February 5th, 2010 
02:34 pm As You Become a Habit to Me by Loz (PG-13)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Gene Hunt/The Missus
Length: 2575
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lozenger8
Author Website: Her Life on Mars Fanfiction Index and in the [livejournal.com profile] lifein1973 memories
Why this must be read: Gene's mysterious missus, who in canon is mentioned rarely and never seen, tends to be written out in fic. This turns her into a real character, and exactly the sort of woman that I can see Gene being married to. It's short, but packs in a lot of lovely little details about their relationship and Gene's past. It's sweet without being cloying, and there's a nice edge of snarkiness between them. By the end I kind of want to adopt George into my personal canon.

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As You Become a Habit to Me
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04:00 pm Depot by Luzula, R
One of the great things about writing fic in the due South fandom is that we have great swaths of pre-series territory sketched in, populated, and left to our imaginations. Luzula takes full advantage of what we know of Benton Fraser's youth in this story, which takes him through a series of benchmarks as he approaches independent adulthood.

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Mostly gen with Benton Fraser/Erik Kitikmeot
Length: 10,500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] luzula
Author Website: Luzula's stories at AO3
Why this must be read: Because it is graced with the breath of life, and because Benton Fraser, boy, becomes Constable Fraser, young man, through some tough moments- all of which feel as real as a personal memoir, or a personal memory

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Unexpectedly, Benton's belly flipped at being addressed as 'Cadet Fraser', although he couldn't say why, exactly. Perhaps it was the formality of it--he was used to Ben or Benton, or sometimes 'that Fraser boy', from some neighbor who thought he wasn't listening.

The rest of the day passed in a whirl of new faces and information. The troop in which he and Tommy were to train was shown the Depot grounds (mess, driving range, parade ground, shooting range, and a host of other buildings). There was a formal reception with a speech by the commanding officer of Depot, and a display of Mounties in full RCMP dress uniform standing motionless at parade rest, which Benton fully realized was meant to impress the new cadets, but which impressed him nevertheless. He'd rarely seen his father or Buck in a dress uniform.


Depot

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05:24 pm Thea Soteira, Thea Apollousa by munditia (PG-13)
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Pairing: Kara/Lee, Kara/Zak
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] munditia /[livejournal.com profile] having_written 
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] having_written 
Why this must be read: This gen fic highlights ten moments in the life of Kara Thrace from childhood to just before the miniseries. And it is beautiful. But don’t take my word for it.

The numbers of push-ups she can do on her fingertips, of sit-ups at 5:00 in the morning, of laps in the pool are supposed to make up for her traitorous weakness. ‘Shit happens,’ the doctor said when she injured her knee in her first term, brushing her off with a joke. She hasn’t found anything yet to replace pyramid, to fill her with this stark simplicity that almost resembles peace of mind.


Thea Soteira, Thea Apollousa
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