February 24th, 2010 
01:01 am A Thousand Different Skins by tarayith (NC17)
Fandom: MERLIN BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Length: 9,500 Words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] tarayith
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:  Merlin decides to try shapeshifting.  It works.  Now he needs to find a way to make it stop.

The whole 'not turning into animals' thing didn't quite go as planned. Mere days after Merlin was finally recovered and returned to his duties as a manservant, Arthur made a sudden, throwaway comment about wishing he could be a fly on the wall in one of his father's meetings. Merlin thought that'd be pretty interesting and then he was buzzing around Arthur's head, trying to avoid being accidentally swatted.


A Thousand Different Skins
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01:58 pm Carry On by Ariastar, PG-13
Small aside: I am the world's biggest wuss when it comes to dark fic and death fic; anytime you see me recommending something with either of those warnings, you can rest assured that it's exceptionally well written.

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Benton Fraser friendship
Length: 8299 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ariastar
Author Website: Aria's Master Fic List, Aria at Archive of Our Own
Why this must be read: Because Benton Fraser is the most annoying man in the world, because some things are inheritable, because Fraser's partners have to take care of each other, no matter what.

Excerpt: I beg your pardon? )


Carry On

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04:45 pm All I need is the air that I breathe (and to love you) by fadingphantom (PG)
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Pairing: Lee/Kara
Length: ~2500
Author on LJ[livejournal.com profile] fadingphantom 
Author Website: tagged
Why this must be read: This story, written as a series of moments in Lee's life, is a haunting look at how he deals with loss. While Kara is the focus and her death the linchpin, there's a bit of Zak too.  But all in all, this story just makes me ache for Lee (and fadingphantom's astonishing prose).

Excerpt:
She turns, and when she looks at him her eyes are gentle but hold an infinite sadness, as well as a glimpse of something else... something that scares him as her every self-destructive and hurtful tendency had not, because he would almost think it was goodbye, if he didn’t know better.

He frowns slightly, bewildered, because this is Kara and they’ve never said goodbye, not really, because they are both supposed to know deep down that their someday will come. Not today, but one day, when they are finally strong enough to trust each other with their hearts, as they do now with their lives.


All I need is the air that I breathe (and to love you)
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10:27 pm Why Martians Make Better Lovers by Argyle4eva (PG)
Insta-rec! Seeing as this was only posted a few days ago. I was quite taken with it. I'm always pleased to find more Annie-fic.

Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam/Annie
Length: 1700
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] argyle4eva
Author Website: Fic at AO3
Why this must be read: One of the things I love about Annie is that she occasionally makes comments that show she is not as innocent as she may appear. So this, in which she can’t keep her mind out of the gutter, fills me with glee. Annie is beautifully characterized here, as are her observations about Sam. And that’s not even getting into Sam’s conversation with Chris. *g*

Excerpt )

Why Martians Make Better Lovers
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11:25 pm Late for the Arrival by deltacephei (PG-13)
Fandom: STARGATE: ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Length: 8,200 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] deltacephei
Author Website: it's kind of therapeutic
Why this must be read: This story is a delightful riff on a fandom classic: clueless Rodney is very, very clueless. :)

Late for the Arrival
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11:33 pm Lucky Number by Hope (NC-17)
Fandom: TORCHWOOD
Pairing: Jack/Ianto/Gwen
Length: 18,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] angstslashhope
Author Website: All fanworks
Why this must be read: This particular threesome is not easy to write, given all their respective baggage, spouses, etc. But in Hope's hands, this not only does justice to all three characters... it's not only gorgeously written... it's not just smoking hot... dude, it's got plot! Timey wimey plot, even. Awesome.

Lucky Number: Part 1, Part 2
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11:33 pm Miscommunication by salr323 [PG-13]
Fandom: STAR TREK: REBOOT
Pairing: Spock/Uhura
Length: novel-length
Author on LJ:[livejournal.com profile] salr323
Author Website: Trek fic tag on author’s lj
Why this must be read:
Because not only is it a believable, engaging and original take on the start of Spock and Uhura’s relationship (unlike the majority of ‘how they got together’ fics, it starts from a place of mutual antipathy), but it’s also a thought-out exploration of culture in the Trek universe, the (occasionally humorous) misunderstandings that can arise, and ways that gap can be bridged. Bonus for the overall portrayal of life in the Academy, and the spot-on characterizations of various other canon characters that pop up.

Miscommunication
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