February 7th, 2007 
10:53 am 65 Photographs by Sara (NC-17)
Fandom: SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sara_merry99
Why this must be read:

This is one of those stories I somehow didn't know about until this year's LMFA awards, but which blew me away when I did. After the dissertation, after leaving Cascade, Blair thumbs through an album with 65 photographs, which fans will recognize as the number of episodes the show ran. As he turns each page, the memories that well up ring absolutely true, while never falling into fannish cliches.

I suppose I have to admit to myself that the first photo sort of gives the tone of the whole album. I mean, when I collect photos of my life with Jim there's an awful lot of crime and violence involved.

So the first photo in the album, from the first couple of days we were together, is of my injuries from the Switchman's explosion on the bus. I wasn't badly hurt, just a few cuts, an embedded piece of glass or two. Nothing major, but evidence all the same.

Joel took them right there in the ambulance before the EMTs treated me. He was surprised when I asked him for a copy, but I explained it was to document my activities for my diss committee and he had it printed for me without any further questions.

So, like I said, in a way it sets the tone. Me injured.

My mother would say that it sets the tone in another way. I'm injured and Jim is nowhere in sight. But she's not looking closely enough. I can see his shadow there, cast on the back wall of the ambulance next to Joel's. He never left while I was being treated. He even made the other cops who needed a report come to him until EMS cleared me to go.

So Jim there quietly hovering over an injured me. Not saying a word but not leaving either. Definitely the foundation of our relationship.


65 Photographs
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11:09 am Polar Ice Caps by Alyjude (NC-17)
Fandom: SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alyburns
Author Website: Stories by Alyjude
Why this must be read:

It never fails: Every time I drive Crackvan for Sentinel, I weed out the couple hundred stories that have been recced already, and then blink in shock and double check, because favorites, absolute classics of the fandom, are still left unmentioned. This is one of those stories I read and reread and love to pieces, and it all starts with a quiet ad in the classifieds...

To: BS-parts unknown

From: SB-Cascade

JE-911


Polar Ice Caps
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04:06 pm Cadence of the hours before dawn by Internationalprincess
Hi everyone! I'm your West Wing reccer this month, and I apologize for my slow start but never fear, I promise I'll make up for it!

Fandom: West Wing
Pairing: CJ/Toby
Author: International Princess (website)
Why this must be read:

This is a post-administration fic that will rip your heart out. It's an unusual take on CJ, in that this time she's the one who falls apart after Bartlet leaves office (in a lot of post-admin fics Toby crashes and burns). The relationship portrayed between CJ and Toby is brutal and honest and raw, but also beautiful. It's a unique take on a pair that has been written a lot, and is definitely worth a read or reread.

The cadence of the hours before dawn
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