August 24th, 2009 
09:35 am Rain by Nataliya (NC-17)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo / Illya Kuryakin
Length: 19K
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cousinnat
Author Website: None that I know of, but her stories can be found on File 40 and The Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse
Why this must be read: It's a wonderfully breezy read from Illya's POV as he, Napoleon and four other U.N.C.L.E. agents are making their way back to New York HQ when their journey is interrupted by a fierce storm. Finding shelter at a small hotel, the story pulls you in with a sense of warmth, humor, camaraderie and ultimately love. It's a tender story that never fails to make me smile.



Rain

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10:44 am Come On, Get Up, Let Me See Your Bruises by imadra_blue (PG)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Gen; Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Length: 5,393
Author on LJ: [personal profile] imadra_blue
Author Website: The Archive
Why this must be read:

Because no one in the Star Wars fandom does gen!fic like [personal profile] imadra_blue; she has such a remarkable grasp of Anakin and Obi-Wan in particular. This fic is really a showcase of the strong relationship that exists between a Master and his Padawan, and the emotional bonds that have tied Obi-Wan and Anakin together, even if it takes almost losing one another for them to realize it. 

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Come On, Get Up, Let Me See Your Bruises
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04:22 pm Room 12 by Sendal (PG13)
Fandom: Tour of Duty
Characters: Lt Myron Goldman/Sgt Zeke Anderson/Lt Johnny McKay
Length 3204 words
author on LJ: No LJ
author website: Notes From the Underground

Why this is a must read: This story features the one true threesome in Tour of Duty. Sendal beautifully contrasts what goes on between these three men in the privacy of a room hidden from judgemental eyes and the necessary restraint they have to show in their professional relationships as officers and NCO. That restraint is sorely tested when Anderson is badly injured while on a mission. Sendal also neatly turns the tables by having the young officers seduce the older, otherwise more experienced NCO who hadn’t yet dared to act on his attraction to other men.

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Room 12
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07:51 pm The Fall of Our Summer by Khyber (NC-17)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: 12k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] that_khyber
Author Website: khyberfic.net
Why this must be read: I suppose "because it's KHYBER!" wouldn't fly as a reason, would it? Okay, okay.

This post-ep, "technically, slightly AU" story for the season six episode "Drive" is an exercise in the darker twists of the show's titular pairing. Khyber says you should read all of the "Khyber vs Season Seven" series of stories in order to understand them, though this one stands alone and requires only a working knowledge of the characters.

As I say, it's a dark one, and like a lot of the show's sixth and seventh seasons, it leaves you with a hollow ache, knowing that there must be more to what's going on. It's a relief to find fic written like this, years after the show's ending. It's gritty, raw, and full of the punch that we came to expect, and rarely got, from Carter & Co.

The Fall of Our Summer by Khyber

And for the curious, Khyber vs Season Seven
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09:08 pm Telegrams by Heather F (PG)
Fandom: Magnificent Seven
Pairing: All Seven, Gen
Length: 5,496

Why this must be read: It's almost Christmas time and Chris and Ezra are in jail - much to the dismay of their current captor, Sherrif Dunbar. The series of telegrams and letters he sends JD in Four Corners mirror his increasing irritation with, and puzzlement about, his prisoners. I love JD's maturity in this story and the fact that the others are quite willing for JD to bare the brunt of Chris' eventual anger at being left in jail. Sherrif Dunbar is a good creation too, his letters and telegrams and the way he finally deals with Ezra are excellent.

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Telegrams
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