June 27th, 2009 
12:09 am The Luckiest Girl in the World by imekitty (PG)
Sorry! I sort of dropped out there, didn’t I?

Fandom: DANNY PHANTOM
Pairing: Danny/Sam, Danny/Paulina
Length: ~50,000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] imekitty
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read: If you tried to slot this story into a fanfiction "genre" it would probably be classified as body swap, but that makes it sound simplistic and shallow. Luckiest Girl is a phenomenal, novel-length, redeeming character study of Paulina, as well as a well-thought-out analysis of “what could have been” if Sam had conformed to her parents’ expectations. I love how everyone's a little confused by the situation, and I really, really love how Paulina grows over the course of the story.

The Luckiest Girl in the World
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02:17 pm I’ll remember best of all, all the things we didn’t say, by dorcas_gustine (PG-13)
Fandom: MARVEL COMICS
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Length: ~7,500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dorcas_gustine
Author Website: dorky's fics on lj

Why this must be read:

warnings under the cut, fic has spoilers for recent comics canon, and so does this rec )

I’ll remember best of all, all the things we didn’t say (or, In cyberspace, no one can hear you scream)
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04:03 pm Sweet Like Coffee (R) by Ephemera
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Chris/Nick
Author Website: Index of fic
Why this must be read:

This is unusual for a SeSa fic, in that instead of chronicling the beginning of a relationship, what we see are two people who are firmly and happily in love. It's an AU: Chris and Nick work together in a coffee shop—I want to say 'in London', because it's an Ephemera story, though I'm not absolutely sure it's made explicit—and watch the progress, or, rather, the lack of progress, being made between two of their regular customers.

So there is a 'beginning of the romance' element to the story, too, and it is very sweet, but the really fun thing about it is the way the customers' situation highlights Nick and Chris's relationship.

Also, there is hot sex.

Read more... )
Sweet Like Coffee
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08:49 pm London Calling by Constance_B (NC-17)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS - UK
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Gene Hunt
Length: 7,700~
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] constance_b
Author Website: Contance_b's LoM fic
Why this must be read:

This is an "oldie" that most LoM fans probably already know about, from late 2007, just after Ashes to Ashes had been announced and no one knew if the new series was a sequel or a spin off or just not related at all (we still don't know, point of fact...but that is a discussion for another time). While there is still a lot of fresh writing going on in the fandom, I'm giving space to this story because it is my "go-to" feel-good, slashy, romantic fic of choice. My rainy day fic, as it were. Constance_B really nailed both Sam and Gene's characters as they are years after 1973, IMHO. She takes the set up of "Gene's moved to London" (which is a primary point of A2A, but this is not really a cross-over) and has Sam visit him on vacation. How much did they miss each other? THIIIIIIISSSS MUCH. *grin* I really love this story, it always takes me to my happy place.

Story: London Calling


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09:47 pm The Long Home By Dorian Gray (worksafe)
Fandom: YAMI NO MATSUEI
Pairing: Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Length: 1575 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] b_hallward
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] ghost_of_banquo
Why this must be read:

Because it's a brilliant look at Hisoka and his journey. Most Hisoka fics tend to focus on Muraki, ignoring the scars that his family's abuse left on him. Dorian does no such thing here. Here we have a Hisoka who's struggling to come to terms with his father... and himself.

Excerpt )

The Long Home
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