September 3rd, 2011 
01:37 am Captive Heart by Elessar
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 36758 word count
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/2/thecaptive.html
Why this must be read:This is great fic,and actually great crackfic. Bodie's a prince, Doyle is silent by choice, Murphy comes and goes, Doyle has a secret, Cowley is a regent, it's kind of like a fairy tale in some ways but not in others and best of all, it really works. I get lost in the story, and better yet, I still see my lads. Come closer and be entertained.


There are birthday gifts and then there is this. . . )




The Captive Heart
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08:40 am A Cold Angel Eye by jordan (R)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Scully/Skinner, Scully/Mulder UST
Length: approx. 60k words

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] notreallyjordan
Author Website: jordan's fic on Gossamer

Why this must be read:

jordan's later story Oyster has already appeared here on [livejournal.com profile] crack_van, but A Cold Angel Eye is a classic, the fic that everyone would point to when a newbie showed up on the boards looking for Sk/Sc. Appropriately, this fic was the 1998 Spooky Awards Winner for Outstanding Skinner/Scully Romance, but it is so much more than that. jordan has created a mesmerizing casefic with creepy supernatural overtones that resonates with the long-ago loss of Mulder's sister and used it to illuminate Scully's heroism as well as her complicated feelings for the two men in her life.

Excerpt )

A Cold Angel Eye (in three parts; please scroll down)
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12:07 pm This Bitch of a Country by Rave (NC-17)
Fandom: FOOTBALL (SOCCER) RPF
Pairing: Steven Gerrard/Xabi Alonso
Length: ~9000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dorkorific
Author Website: fic tag
Why this must be read: if football RPF can be said to have an OTP, it's Stevie/Xabi. When they've both retired, I suspect we'll still be reading new stories about their tragic fated love. This fic gets that, gets the whole tragic fated thing, and it's also fantastically funny in a sort of bittersweet way and really just a wonderful read.

This Bitch of a Country
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01:55 pm Five of Gene’s nicknames for Sam, none of them being ‘Gladys’ by fawsley
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: sam/gene
Length: 490 words
Author on LJ: fawsley
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived)
Why this must be read:

Another author I could happily rec until the end of time, Fawsley has written a lot of Life on Mars fic over the years, and I've loved every little bit I've read. She's particularly adept at capturing their banter and word usage, but then there are pieces like this one in which there's no dialogue at all and yet the very souls of the characters shine right through it. This one starts out humorous and shifts to a level of intimacy that takes my breath away. It's probably PG-13ish. Also there's Gene's mental image of Sam as a Manchester Terrier, which is easily one of my favorite tender little Gene moments in all of Life on Mars fanfic.


Five of Gene’s nicknames for Sam, none of them being ‘Gladys’
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03:59 pm Fanboy by HonorH (M)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Rose, Ninth Doctor/Rose/Jack
Length: 1500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] honorh
Author Website: HonorH on Teaspoon
Why this must be read: Jack writes Doctor/Rose fanfic – really badly. If the hilarious purple prose and the rich sprinkling of epithets is not enough to make you fall off your chair laughing, I guarantee his reaction when the Doctor and Rose catch him at it will.

Fanboy
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08:03 pm Highwayman by Toshua
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 4020 words
Author on LJ: Not known
Author Website: http://www.852prospect.org/archive/
Why this must be read: - As part of a Rainier concert, Blair recites the poem The Highwayman, and ropes in Jim to help him in a brilliant dramatisation.

The story fits exactly with the anguished plea of the student who is on stage after him - "How am I supposed to top that?"


Highwayman
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