October 14th, 2011 
09:34 am Under New Management by ivyfic (gen)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Donna noble
Length: Short
Author on LJ: ivyfic
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read:
Donna is awesome, and Torchwood 3 desperately needed sane management.  (I love Jack, but he was in no mental or emotional shape to be leading anything, by the time he got control of Torchwood.)  So when Jack disappeared, she was sent out to take over.

She was a bit of a shock to the Torchwood crew ...

This is a hysterically funny story, go read it!

Under New Management
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12:37 pm Away From Convenience by monjinator (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Simon/Inara
Length: ~3700 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] monjinator
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived) [livejournal.com profile] monjtales

Why this must be read: I'm usually a canon-pairings kind of girl, but this AU intrigues me. Simon and Inara don't interact much one-on-one that we see, but they have plenty more in common than was shown in the series (or the movie). That being said, I liked that this fic doesn't overplay their commonalities or underplay the strong characterizations both were given in canon. Their interaction here isn't so much romantic as deeply caring, which is truer to both characters and leaves room for Mal and Inara to dance around each other a little. A full-on romance between these two wouldn't have given them much room to develop as individual characters (thus why both are pulled from their comfort zones and set opposite a less obvious love interest in canon), but [livejournal.com profile] monjinator manages to find the way.

But that doesn’t mean it has to remain a purely business arrangement. We made a long term commitment, and I think it would be helpful if we could…talk to each other, frankly. Maybe even as friends, eventually. )

Away From Convenience
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06:13 pm Dream As If You'll Live Forever by commodoresexual (NC-17)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Dean/Castiel, Sam/Jo, Bobby/Ellen
Length: ~29,399
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] commodoresexual
Author Website: Fanfic Tag

This is a great AU where Cas is a mute former hobo (or so he seems), Dean went to jail for a youthful mistake, Bobby and Ellen are married and running a border house, and a lot of other great cast makes an appearance. I love the way Dean and Cas communicate in this which takes the lingering, meaningful glances they give each other on the show up a notch and it works out well. The sex is hot, the writing excellent. But what I really love about this story is its heart. All the characters reflect those we know from the show, but there's an unusual lightness that this fic carries and it's all about love and family in the end.

Mini-Teaser )

Dream As If You'll Live Forever
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10:11 pm Chatterbox by ami_ven (G)
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: None. Gen.
Length: 300 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ami_ven
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read: This one is so short and sweet, giving us a peek at little Leroy Jethro Gibbs, that you can't help but fall in love with it.

Chatterbox
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