March 9th, 2009 
08:24 am Hands by Cord Smithee (PG-13)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Length: 9K
Author on LJ: No
Author Website: Most can be found at the Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse
Why this must be read: There are quite a few stories in MFU fandom focusing on Illya's hands but this is my favorite. Most of the story is from Napoleon's POV as he meets his partner for the first time, comes to rely on him in the field, becomes friends with him and as they eventually become lovers. Cord Smithee has been rec'd here a number of times for good reason. Smithee's work is visceral, in your face, steamy and always, always so very real. Don't let the PG-13 warning fool you, Smithee's work doesn't need to be explicit to be hot and this story sizzles.
 

And his eyes weren't cold at all, but warm, and sparking. The Russian steepled those amazing hands in front of himself, lacing the fingers together like thatch, and Napoleon knew in that instant that he was utterly lost.

And so it went. Those hands came to be as known to him as his own--better known than a lover's, in fact. Nimble for all their size, hands that freed him from cages and dressed his wounds and beat his enemies senseless. Hands he trusted as he trusted his own--more, in some cases. He learned the little Russian had a glass jaw and a will of iron, a vicious right hook and a flying front-kick that was a little like being trampled by a pissed-off ploughhorse, except horses didn't wear hobnailed boots. He learned that here, at last, was somebody who wasn't going to die on him. Against all odds. He rediscovered faith.

Hands
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01:57 pm Totally Wired by acidpenguin46 (R)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Gene Hunt
Length: 1,876 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] acidpenguin46 
Author Website: List of LoM fics at [livejournal.com profile] lifein1973 
Why this must be read: [livejournal.com profile] acidpenguin46  writes some of the most brilliantly disturbing fics in the fandom, at least in my opinion. Whenever I see her name by a fic, I know I'm going to be intrigued, satisfied, and disturbed. With this fic, she has a great insight into Sam's neuroses and tells an interesting story of how Sam attempts to get Gene, even if it's only to satisfy his own needs.

The author warns for violence, sexual fantasties, generally dark themes, and drug addiction in a metaphorical sense.

Totally Wired

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09:43 pm Take It A Little Bit Further, by sionnain (R)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Length: ~ 8,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sionnain
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] sionnain_fics
Why this must be read: because [livejournal.com profile] sionnain is such a damn talented writer and her Kowalski and Vecchio voices are perfect. This story is clear and sharp, riding on the edge of the anger between the two Rays, their jealousy and regret divided evenly between Stella and Fraser.

This is a story about Ray Vecchio, post-Vegas, and the cost of putting on the Bookman's mask and living the Bookman's life. This is a story about post-Quest Ray Kowalski, who doesn't know how to define himself outside of “the Mountie's partner” or “Stella's ex.” This is a story about “bad cop, crazy cop” and it works so well.

Short excerpt... )

Take It A Little Bit Further
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