February 3rd, 2007 
12:20 am Snow Gardens by elfin (NC-17)

Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] elfinessy
Author Website: http://www.sundive.co.uk/

Do you ever read a story, finish it, and then it starts to grow on you the more you think about it? Eventually you find yourself reading and rereading it until you've practically memorized it.  I had that sort of reaction to "Snow Gardens."  The first time I read the tale I enjoyed it, then I discovered myself thinking about it more and more until now it's one of my favorites.

I find it hauntingly beautiful, especially in the way Elfin's writing evokes Illya's dignity when Napoleon wants to take him to bed for the first time, just hours after Illya has survived a bad time with Thrush.   There is an equal partnership here with real caring and desire for each other.

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01:37 pm Choices by Lonelywalker (PG-13)
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: pre-slash
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lonelywalker
Author Website: World on a Wire


So what happens to Gibbs’ boat when he’s finished it?

Lonelywalker describes Gibbs’ negative mood perfectly, all his women don’t stay. There’s a sense of fear in the way she writes Ducky, but that’s probably because Ducky knows, like all of us, that Gibbs can be a little unpredictable at times.

But, apart from the angst, there’s also fun.


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