September 8th, 2007 
12:27 pm Best to be a Man by Chased Amy (PG13)
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: JC, Justin
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] club_vertigo
Author Website:http://www.because-yes.com/discoball/main2.html
Why this must be read:

How odd that my first two recs this month are stories about Justin and JC. Normal service will resume shortly, I expect.

So, this is a lovely, painful story, written for a songfic challenge years ago. In it, JC watches Justin grow, grow up and grow away from him, and struggles with his own feelings, jealousies, hurts and resentments. It isn't a romance, but it is about love.
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Best to be a Man
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03:37 pm Old Soldiers by AstroGirl (PG)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: gen, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton, others
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] astrogirl2
Author Website: LJ memories with fic links

Why this must be read: A wonderful take on New Who via Old Skool characters. This story follows the Brigadier, dear old Brigadier who never gives up, never stops wanting to help (and be a part of things, something he finds shameful but is so terribly human), and the major events of World War Three, The Christmas Invasion, and Army of Ghosts/Doomsday. It's plotty and slips perfectly into the canon (I'd like to believe this happened!) and has great cameos from Doris and in particular Benton, who is written exactly right ("I've heard you say it yourself often enough, and, if I may say so, it would be a crushing disillusionment if I had to start doubting your word now" he says about the Brig, which is so perfect). A sensational story, and the last line is a killer.

Old Soldiers
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07:06 pm Mockery by maaya1x2 (PG-13)
Fandom: QUEER AS FOLK: US
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] maaya1x2
Author Website: Fic comm, [livejournal.com profile] caveat__lector
Why this must be read: Because this fic is so very, very Brian and Justin.

They break up for the eleventh time. Yes, eleventh :D This time it is absolutely, definitely, over for good.

As usual, they're fooling nobody.

Excerpt:

He sighs and hangs his damp jacket over Brian's Armani, kicks his shoes off and steps into the loft.

And is met by the sight of Brian and a trick (what else?) on the *kitchen counter*. Where Justin likes to *cook*.

And that is the eleventh time they break up. (Why else?)


I love it because it's so completely how I can see them ending up some day. They're both such a pair of drama queens ;D

Mockery
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