Fandom: NUMB3RS
Pairing: none
Length: 22,093 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Ancient Maverick on FF.net
Why this must be read:

Hawk is a paid assassin and she's very good at her job. She kidnaps Don and taunts his team and family that they are helpless to find him in time. But is there more to the story? Secret organizations and government corruption make it hard to tell who the good guys are. 'Trigger' is an exciting ride that will leave you wanting more. Maybe some feedback will make it happen.

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Trigger

Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Main Pairings are Sakura/Kiba, Hinata/Chouji, Temari/Shino, Ino/Gaara, Tenten/Kankuro but many more ..
Length: Epic = 238,000+ words (50 Chapters)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Kaotic312 @FF.net
Why this must be read:

Don't tell my friends but ... sometimes I still read het. Shhhhhhh. :o I know, I know, it's shocking but true. I started on Harlequins at 11 and never recovered. A really good fic just drags me back to those white covers. And I need to rec at least one to be fair. Actually, if it was ever finished, I'd rec Team 8 in a heartbeat; it's my favorite Naruto/Hinata fic. Unfortunately, it's still a WIP. So as my token het this month, may I present ...

Three Months - Star-crossed lovers, misunderstandings, a woman getting revenge ... ok, 5 women, ahem, 5 kunoichi getting revenge - When Shikamaru, Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke are declared 'undateable' for 'crimes' against the kunoichi of Leaf (and Temari), the women pull names from a teacup to find good men they may have overlooked. Making a pact to 'try out' the new guys for at least 3 months, Sakura, Hinata, Temari, Ino, and Tenten change the dating game in 2 hidden villages permanently.

Funny, Sexy, with unusual pairings, Kaotic312's Three Months is a captivating romance sure to find a place on your favorites list. And don't forget, authors live on feedback!

I've been moving this month so my recs have not been as frequent as I would have liked. From now until the 30th I'll try to get as many of my favorites in as possible.

Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Length: 25K
Author on LJ:Don't think so
Author Website: http://www.chromeandgunmetal.com/chrome/
Why this must be read: I'm sure I'll get comments that this one has been recced before, but really, with Cord Smithee does it really matter. I really wish this author was still writing in the MFU universe. His stories are hot beyond belief and every one of them is a really well written tale. This one is no different. Hope you enjoy and go to Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse and read all of Cord Smithee's stories. They are well worth it.

The Helena of Troy Affair

Fandom: MARVEL COMICS
Pairing: Toad/OMC
Length: 7200 words
Author on LJ: basingstoke
Author Website: Basingstoke's fanfiction at the Archive Of Our Own
Why this must be read: It's a look at the immensely complicated struggle of the mutants of the Marvel Universe, the Brotherhood versus the X-Men, from an outsider's point of view, and the outsider doesn't know and doesn't care. What he cares about is that back when they were in a band together, Toad was a really good bassist. The story has great character work, taking a fourth-string evil mutant -- the Toad -- and giving him a history and a personality. There's also some very strange sex.

Kissable Fanatic, Unhinged Minim Artists.

Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Faith/Buffy
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: deird1
Author Website: Here
Why this must be read: I do like a good bit of uncomplicated, cheerful fluff. It's quite difficult to make that work with Buffy/Faith since their relationship is anything but light; they have a dark, complicated past together and the friction is usually what makes me love them so much. Not in this fic. In this fic, I love the way Faith knows Buffy while Buffy remains clueless. I love what Faith sees and the way she reacts.

It's set post-Chosen but isn't set in the comicverse. Usually that wouldn't appeal to me (I love season eight) but this is just a brilliantly happy ficlet and I can't resist it.

B's completely clueless. And never going to make the first move.

So in the end, she grabs Dawn and talks it out with her, and after looking ridiculously smug and saying "I knew it!" a whole bunch of times, Dawn tells her that Buffy's still all freaked out after her last few relationships - well, duh - and plus she's "just hopeless, generally", and concludes that Faith's going to have to take her by surprise.

Three rescheduled patrols, one fake emergency, two cab rides, and one pink teddy bear later, she pulls her mouth away from Buffy's, watching the colour rise in her cheeks, tucks a stray piece of hair behind Buffy's ear, and says bluntly "See, B, this stuff I've just been doing - all the frenching? Yeah - that's what we'd call a pretty major clue that I like you. Got that? Clear enough?"

What We Got (Is Everything)

Fandom: BAND OF BROTHERS
Pairing: Winters/Nixon
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: ishmael_tonight
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: Nixon finally takes Winters to Chicago, but that's really not the point at all. Told in fragments of internal monologues, this short fic packs a real punch. It gives us an unsentimental glimpse of Nixon after the war, how he's just barely keeping himself together, which rings very true; the moments of grace with Winters are all the more poignant in contrast. Train-of-thought is a hard style to pull off, but Ishmael nails it.

Home: is where the heart is, is where the name on town hall matches your own. Dick sits across the table from you, reading the paper and drinking coffee. He does this, sometimes, after the wives and girlfriends pack their things and leave, after the bad nights (and how he always knows, well, is something you're not looking into too deeply). You always offer him (more) eggs, or pancakes, or, hell, a hamburger or filet mignon or escar-fucking-gots; he always smiles that smile and says, “just coffee's fine, I ate at home.”

Home, according to Richard Winters: a place to call one's own. An honest day's work for an honest day's pay; a homecooked meal, and friends with whom to share it. You read the sports page; Dick is engrossed in current events.

This Book Is Not About Heroes