I hate not having enough time to indulge in the things I love, like the Star Wars fandom ;-(   It gives me a lot less time than the previous times I was reccing stories, so to make up for only having given you one rec so far, I'm going to rec a story today, that's garanteed to give you hours of reading pleasure. It's that good, really!

Fandom: Star Wars prequel
Pairing: Quilan Finn/Ben Kennan (Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi as AR characters)
Length: novella
Author on LJ: katbear
Author Website: I don't think so, but her stories are on Master and Apprentice
Warning: alternative reality, this story is a contemporary story and not science fiction or fantasy. But the characters are still very much recognizalbe. And for those that don't like slash, yep, it's that, although mostly it's preslash.

Why this must be read:
The superb writing? The lovely details that give the story a very real feel and lots of 'body'? OCs that are very likeable and only add to the story, without taking any of it away from the two main characters? Obi-Wan... eh... Ben Kennan's lovely internal voice? The wonderful visuals? (I'm particularly fond of the ones she gives of a certain true hunk of a man *g*) And hey, Ben as a biker!

I would say, read it for all of the aforementioned, and above all because this is a truly lovely story that will suck you in until you've read it all. You're lucky, you can go at it and not stop, I had to wait for (luckily almost day to day) updates! Sheer torture that was. But it was worth the wait, it became one of my very favorite stories in this and any fandom before I was halfway through.


You can read the story at KatBear's livejournal

Or without being broken up in parts at Master and Apprentice


And if, like me, you haven't got enough after that, there are two sequels. Alas they are a lot shorter *sniff*:

The Honeymoon (NC17), part 1 and part 2,  or on M&A

First session, or on M&A (also NC17)


Now go read and then go to KatBear's livejournal to pester her for more. She did promise more after all (and I'm sticking to that!)

In the Season Three finale, 'Janus List', team member Colby Granger was revealed as a traitor who has been selling secrets to the Chinese. 'Canta y No Llores' was written as a response (before the opening of Season Four made it an AU). Colby was tried, convicted and sentenced to death as a traitor, then died in a prison riot. Life goes on. Liz joins the team. Alan injures his knee. Charlie stumbles into the middle of a case. A mysterious assassin is killing participants in an investigation involving a secretive drug (and everything else criminal) lord.

So why does a convicted traitor have a grave-marker in a veteran's cemetery?

Kiki weaves many threads into an engaging and exciting tale. It is heart-breaking, hilarious, and heart-stopping by turns. I love this story. Please read it and then join me in urging Kiki to write more Numb3rs fiction.

( Test it out )

Canta y No Llores