July 19th, 2011 
08:07 am The Secrets Beneath by Sally Fell (NC-17)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 224k, 42,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] londonronnie
Author Website: at the Automated Hatstand archive
Why this must be read: Because it's wonderful. *g* I can't quite believe that it's not been recced here yet, because this is one of my favourite Pros stories. It's an AU story, where Doyle is an archaeologist (investigative, tenacious, passionate about what he does - geddit?) and Bodie is property manager (efficient, protective - see?) of the land where something rather special is discovered. They meet as Doyle is setting up the dig, and of course there turns out to be mayhem, bad guys and danger - just as in the eps.

This is another one of those stories that's just imbued with passion and love - of the lads for each other, and of the author for both Bodie and Doyle - as well as the setting. You can tell that Sally Fell is familiar with it all, with every last spadeful of earth removed, with the state of the tents, with village life. As a result Bodie and Doyle fit here, they're utterly themselves placed in another world, which is, for me, the perfect AU. It's one of those stories that will leave you feeling absolutely in love with the lads, and that the world is just as it should be...

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12:40 pm From the Greek Paradeigma, Meaning "Example" by daygloparker (PG)
Fandom: BONES
Pairing: Booth/Brennan
Length: 8,000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] daygloparker
Author Website: daygloparker’s fic index
Why this must be read:

Author’s summary: "Once upon a time, Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan had a baby."

I’m not generally a fan of baby!fic, but this is so gorgeous and funny that it grabbed me right off the bat. I love the circuitous narrative style here— [livejournal.com profile] daygloparker jumps in and out of different moments in the story, picking up various threads before bringing us full circle. My favorite part has to be Booth and Brennan trying to pick out a name, which goes just about as smoothly as you’d expect. In my perfect world, this is exactly how Season 7 would go down.

From the Greek Paradeigma, Meaning ‘Example’
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06:32 pm Tintagel by seperis (NC-17)
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur Pendragon/Merlin Emrys
Length: 20,750 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] seperis
Author Website: Indulgence at Illuminated Text
Why this must be read:
This story is an AU set in the canon 'verse and features the revelation of Merlin's magic as well as an eerie disclosure of Arthur's birth and his mother's death. The ending is a bit creepy to me, but I love it. Seperis is a skillfull tale spinner, and she captures the otherworldly aspect of magic in this story.

Tintagel on DW
Tintagel on LJ
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09:12 pm When will I feel soft by empressearwig (pg13)
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Jenna (Jenna/Logan, Jenna/John)
Length: about 4500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] empressearwig
Author Website [livejournal.com profile] earwigfic
Why this must be read:

Jenna fic. Honestly, do I need to say anything more than that this is an entire story just about Jenna? It follows her from a young age until Miranda and Grayson's funeral. A wonderful character piece that fleshes Jenna out into this fascinating, fully-developed character. She fights with her mom and loves her sister (most of the time) and keeps dating assholes and is desperate to escape Mystic Falls with all it's small town pagentry and gossip. Stories like this really make me mourn the tragedy that we didn't get to see more of Jenna when she was on the show.

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When will I feel soft
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09:33 pm You're the Nicest Thing I've Seen by skintightsocks (NC-17)
Fandom: GLEE
Pairing: Mike/Tina
Length: 2100+
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] skintightsocks
Author Website: Masterlist
Why this must be read:
Let me just say that everything [livejournal.com profile] skintightsocks writes is excellent. [livejournal.com profile] skintightsocks is a pair of authors, and most of their fiction is Kurt/Blaine, but even their other pairings are always in character. This is a really hot fic, and I love the way Tina and Mike interact with each other. The dialog is fantastic, and Tina is just the right amount of bossy, and Mike is sweet, but also a little devious. I hope you enjoy!

"Please stop talking about your mother," Tina groans. "That is not an unreasonable request."

You're the Nicest Thing I've Seen
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11:35 pm Distraction, Double Word Score, 28 points by valderys (Mature, NC-17)
Back again with a little more David Mitchell goodness.

Fandom: RPF (British Comedy)
Pairing: David Mitchell/Charlie Brooker
Length: 4179
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] valderys
Author Website < href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/valderys/works">On AO3
Why this must be read:

Two men trapped in Jonathan Ross' panic room. What could possibly happen? Well, mostly scrabble. Mostly. Sort of.

This is one of the first pieces of Brookerfic that really got me loving him just as much as I adore David. Valderys is excellent with creating the level of awkwardness inherent in any story involving David Mitchell. Layered on top of that delightful awkwardness is this delightful bit of smutty goodness that comes out of the boredom of being trapped for who knows how long in a bunker.

Distraction, Double Word Score, 28 points
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