February 11th, 2011 
01:53 am The Gift of the M.A.G.I. Affair by [livejournal.com profile] laughingacademy (Teen and Up
Please forgive me, this is a holiday fic, but not a Valentine fic. I wanted something soothing and glowy and comforting and this little story fits the bill for me. I hope it does for y'all as well.

Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Length: 1272 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] laughingacademy
Author Website: More Stories Here
Why this must be read: This has all kinds of good things including food!porn, established relationship, banter, teasing, appropriate gifts that are appropriate, New York landmarks, books, and a gentle demeanor that is soothing and leaves the reader with a satisfied glow of reflected warmth from the friendship between our two favourite spies.

The Gift of the M.A.G.I. Affair

And please remember, if you enjoy this story, a comment to the author is all the payment they get! Show them some love!

((PostScript! Happy Illya and Napoleon Day! Such a lovely date, don't you think? *grin*))
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09:57 am I-55 by Yahtzee (PG)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER / ANGEL: THE SERIES
Pairing: Buffy/Angel
Length: 5,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] yahtzee63 
Author Website: yahtzee!

Why this must be read: Splitting off from canon in early BtVS S6/AtS S3, this fic follows an Angel desperate to keep his child alive and safe, a Buffy who is struggling with being alive, and a miracle-child of two vampires that isn't remotely Connor. It's hard to believe that the friends Angel and Buffy have surrounded themselves with might feel this way, but with this fic, it's hard to mind that treatment, especially when the characters are so very much there despite the premise. "I-55" is too dark to be called a happy ending, but Yahtzee's Buffy seems content with it, and so am I.

It wasn't always like this. There were moments, the first few months, when it seemed like a dream come true. )

I-55

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11:35 pm Touch My Skin to Keep Me Whole by Leela Cat (NC-17)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Alastor Moody/Severus Snape
Length: ~3000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] leela_cat
Author Website: Leela's fic on InsaneJournal
Why this must be read:

This is written in the first-person from Moody's POV, and the voice is fantastic: colloquial, sharp and rude, gruffly amusing, and, of course, vigilant. It's set during the Death Eater trials, for which Snape has essentially turned state's witness, thus requiring that he be guarded until he can give evidence. Moody is assigned bodyguard duty, the only Auror Snape can't provoke to rashness with his flaunted Darkness and his acid tongue. Moody's got this desperate, death-haunted young man's number; he's aware of how brittlely Snape's held together and how delicately Snape prickles at his touch. Tempted, he takes it from there.

On the one hand, it's a tale of seduction; on the other, a brilliant character piece, tense and crisp and fiercely erotic, twisted with addictive passions and pierced, for one echoing moment, with grief.

The sex is blistering; the voice is irresistible; the depictions of Snape and Moody are spot-on. With almost poetic spareness this fic illuminates a hidden truth in the collision between good and evil, forging from their impact a brief ode to perversity and salvation.

Here's how it starts )

Touch My Skin to Keep Me Whole
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