December 6th, 2006 
10:28 am Spring Cleaning by fearlessfan (PG)
Fandom: THE OFFICE
Pairing: Jim/Pam, ensemble
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fearlessfan
Author Website: curiousity slowdown
Why this must be read: This is so good it reads like an episode: post-Casino Night, Michael makes everyone clean each other's desks. The ensemble stuff is hilarious, and the Jim/Pam is perfectly heart-wrenching and sweet and smart. [livejournal.com profile] fearlessfan captures the awkwardness between them and the tangible minutiae of office life -- favorite pens, memos, Free Cell -- in a way that advances the plot before you even realize what's happening. Plus the Michael/Ryan(/Kelly) parts are to die for.

"Creed likes Kelly's desk. It's isolated. He finds four dollars in loose change in the top drawer and takes seventy-five cents (enough for peanut butter crackers, not enough to arouse real suspicion). He finds an envelope of pictures in the second desk drawer and pulls out the ones featuring attractive girls (there are several). He spends the rest of the day making long-distance phone calls and trying out the pens in Kelly's desk to find the best ones to take with him when he leaves (he takes four)."

Spring Cleaning
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07:20 pm Average Man by hackthis (PG)
Fandom: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Pairing: Jack Twist/Ennis del Mar
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] hackthis
Author Website: LJ memories
Why this must be read: One of the best Ennis character studies I’ve come across. I forthrightly admit that I am extremely picky about Ennis characterization, and everything in this piece fits the bill perfectly. He’s not overly romanticized or overly denigrated, he’s just who he is, another guy trying to make his way through life like everyone else. Even though it’s written in the third person, it reads like you’re inside his head, you’re seeing his life through the his own lens. This piece is straightforward but poignant, short but gut-wrenching, and subtly beautiful—just like Ennis.

Average Man
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