October 21st, 2011 
10:08 am Love is the Harder Times by Snow (G)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Zoe/Wash
Length: 447 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Snow at AO3

Why this must be read: Post-Serenity, fandom speculation that Zoe might be pregnant abounded, and executions of that hope have produced some of the lovelier character studies of Zoe I've read. "Love is the Harder Times" is one of them.

Zoe supposes she's coming close to being serene, these days. )

Love is the Harder Times
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10:56 am It Coughs When You Would Kiss by cause_to_effect (R)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: Adrian/Jon
Length: ~1300
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cause_to_effect
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read: This sparse, poetic little piece gets over so much about both characters in so few words. It shows a human, vulnerable side to Adrian without ignoring his flaws, while Jon's detachment and inability to connect even with someone with whom he's sexually and intellectually intimate are both chilling and poignant.

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It Coughs When You Would Kiss
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04:12 pm Love, Russian Style by Nicole D'Annais (NC-17)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo /Illya Kuryakin
Length: approximately 1,500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ndannais 
AuthorWebsite: Nicole's Fic
Why this must be read:  Porn in a hot tub! Not enough? Okay, porn in an outside hot tub. Um, outside surrounded by snow. Oh, heck I had you at porn didn't I? In case I really didn't grab your attention with the whole hot porn thing, in this short story the boys are on vacation and Illya has a surprise for his partner. With porn.

Love, Russian Style

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07:44 pm he stays, blind by uncaused (PG-13)
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Leroy Jethro Gibbs/Tony DiNozzo
Length: ~11,200 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] uncaused
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read: In this AU, we have a blind ex-cop named Tony DiNozzo witnessing a crime and helping the investigating NCIS agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. I'm usually wary when it comes to AUs because a lot of times, the characterization is terribly off. In this story, however, everyone is incredibly in character, and I can absolutely see Tony be that way if he were blind: still competent and independent, funny and snarky, a flirt and a bit of an adorable brat. The case is interesting, the way the team solves it (with Tony's help, of course) could be straight out of an episode, and the ending is sweet and hot and promises a lot more. I wish we would get a sequel to this!

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he stays, blind
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10:24 pm Lady of the Flowers by Amy Wolf (Explicit)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: 1st Doctor/Cameca
Length: 746 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] amy_wolf (amy_wolf)
Author Website: DW master list, LJ master list, Teaspoon page
Why this must be read:

In the First Doctor serial The Aztecs, the Doctor had a delicate and charming accidental romance with an Aztec woman named Cameca.  This is her story, and it fits her perfectly.  This is a poignant tale of life, death, history, and flowers.  Oh, and a certain brooding angsty incarnation of the Doctor makes an appearance, too.

It's too short for an excerpt, but it's very well-written.

Lady of the Flowers.
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11:59 pm Polishing Shoes by T. Verano (G)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: none
Length: 93k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] t_verano
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived): Pleasance
Why this must be read:

This lovely story is an account of Blair and Jim's first Christmas together - well, not-Christmas, really. See, Jim likes his peace and quiet at the holidays, and Blair figures the best present he can give him is to clear out a few days. No problem, right? Except when everything goes horribly wrong...

As in most of her stories, T. has Blair's voice down perfectly, both internal and external. And there's no mystery as to why this story won Best Gen Short Story for 2008 in the LMFAs.

ETA: Updated links to new site (Thanks, T.!). Also, here's a link to a podfic of Polishing Shoes; a follow-up story, Discerning the Magi's Gift by [livejournal.com profile] laurie_ky; and a podfic of same.

Polishing Shoes
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