May 8th, 2009 
10:02 am The Summertime Black and Blues by OliveHornby (PG)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Gen; Sirius, Regulus
Length: 5,737; one-shot
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Stories at FictionAlley.org
Why this must be read:

Because it has brotherly angst, and who doesn't like brotherly angst? After another year away at Hogwarts Sirius and Regulus have to make their way through the streets of London and back to 12 Grimmauld Place. As much both Black brothers try the avoid each other throughout the year, the task becomes impossible as Sirius and Regulus are forced to confront each other.

The Summertime Black and Blues
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11:41 am A Jack-Knifed Juggernaut (I am born again) by arenotvalid (PG-13)
Fandom: TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
Pairing: none
Length: ~7,500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] arenotvalid
Author Website: none
Why this must be read:

A Jack Knifed Juggernaut (I am born again) is a thing of beauty. Set pretty much at the end of s1/beginning of s2, Cameron's somewhat broken point of view and a stilted style are perfect for this piece, which really gets inside Cameron's head and leaves you with a believable understanding of how she works (or doesn't) and how very different she is from humans and even from other terminators. Not like a real girl at all, but something that is unique in the universe, even though that isn't what she was meant to be when she was created.

Excerpt )

A Jack-Knifed Juggernaut (I am born again)
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01:51 pm Damage by Xanthe (NC-17)
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Length: 132 000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] xanthelj
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] xanthestories
Why this must be read:

Xanthe has to be one of the best Gibbs/DiNozzo authors currently writing in the NCIS fandom. She writes both humor and much more serious stories – and this is one of the latter ones, and in my opinion, her best story yet.

One of the longest Gibbs/DiNozzo stories out there, and doubtlessly one of the best. It’s impossible to put it into a single category – I’d say angst first and foremost, but also hurt/comfort, with drama and maybe a bit of romance. The characters are so in character that you’ll forget you’re reading a fanfic. Pretty much everyone is featured, although Gibbs and Tony are obviously in the center of the story.

What the team thinks will be a simple case turns out to be something much more complicated, and it brings up things in Tony’s past that he’s spent years ignoring. The story deals heavily with child abuse (but not incest), but it’s handled with extreme care.

”Excerpt” )

Damage
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07:51 pm Halcyon Days by lassiterfics (PG)
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Gen (Merlin/Will if you really want it)
Length: 3, 776
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lassiterfics
Author Website: fandom: merlin tag
Why this must be read:

Oh, Will. Oh, Merlin. Oh, Will and Merlin. *draws hearts*
The way Lass writes their friendship is so lovely and, well, true that I want this fic to be canon! This is a powerful look at the way Will and Merlin become friends and then BFF and the fallout from Merlin being sent to Camelot.

Excerpt! )

Halcyon Days
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11:11 pm Hostel by Emma Leigh (NC-17)
Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Length: 1800 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown

Why this must be read:

I admit, I'm really surprised that this hasn't been recced before (at least, not as far as I know). It's such a good, economical, and ultimately erotic look at the two while they're undercover. The amount of tension that exists in this short fic is palpable--but it's not exactly sexual tension. I'd better stop here, otherwise I'll spoil it. But I must say that I have to love it for the first line alone: "The heat was oppressive, the hostel hostile." The play on the words "hostel" and "hostile" was my most immediate thought when I first saw the title of this fic, and I'm glad the author chose to get that pun out of the way in the first sentence, in the most nonchalant way possible.

Hostel
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