March 2nd, 2012 
10:16 am Jadem Das Seine by lirpa (PG-13)
Hi! I'm [livejournal.com profile] shana0809, and I'm in charge of reccing Football RPS this month. Since football RPS has a lot of recs lately, I'll try to stay away from ground already covered! Anyway, you'll see me throughout the month, and I hope you have as much fun as I do! To start, one of my favourite stories in this fandom.

Fandom: FOOTBALL RPF
Pairing: Mesut Özil/Sami Khedira
Length: One shot, approximately 1000 words
Author on LJ: lirpa also known as [livejournal.com profile] almitablanca
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] almitablanca
Why this must be read: Sometimes, historical AU fics come off as cheesy, but this is not one of those. This fic absolutely rips your heart out. It's overpowering in its simple portrayal of the emotions, characters, and situation. The historical details are thoroughly researched, and the piece is incredibly well written. The first time I read this piece, I cried because there's a beauty to both the words and the way the situation is portrayed.

“There’s no food,” Sami mumbles, climbing over a corpse to sit next to Mesut in the yard next to the munitions factory. His friend is almost too weak to move now. Lack of food, water, and too much toil under the harsh eyes of the guards have taken their toll on both of their bodies. They’re emaciated and weak. Dying.

“Of course not,” Mesut returns, his voice hoarse and raspy. “There’s no food anywhere. They say even the guards are starting to go hungry. They say that the British and the Americans are coming. They say the Red Cross is bringing us food, but we never see it.”

“Maybe they are,” Sami argues tiredly. Everything he does now, he does tiredly. He’s tired right down to his very bones.


Jedem Das Seine
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11:07 am Written in the Heart by Constance Collins rated R
Guess what? I've got the keys to the Crack Van again! Whoo hoo! My first rec could lead to lots of reading for you.

Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 77K
Author on LJ: ?
Author Website: Constance Collins S/H
Why This Must Be Read: This is the very first story on her page, and it lists the second story as the sequel, but really every story on the page follows the other, so it is best to read this one first and then the rest in order. This is a post "Sweet Revenge" story that begins with Starsky still in the hospital. When a volunteer comes to read Wuthering Heights to him, he embarks upon an epiphany. (Can you guess what it might be?) There's just something about recovering Starsky that I like. It may be mother hen Hutch! The R rating is for language.




Written in the Heart by Constance Collins





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12:38 pm The Task at Hand by rsadelle (explicit)
Greetings, all! I'm [livejournal.com profile] chalcopyrite and I swiped the keys to drive for this month's bandom tour. So let's start with a bang -- a [livejournal.com profile] bandgirlsbang, to be precise.

Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing:Victoria Asher/Leighton Meester, Victoria Asher/Gabe Saporta (offscreen)
Length: 58,768
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rsadelle
Author Website: rsadelle's stories on AO3
Why this must be read:

It's long. It's plotty. It's a rare pairing. It's got awesome ladies. It's fabulously written. You need more? Oh, all right then:

This is an AU based on Cobra Starship's video for Good Girls Go Bad, and it takes the usual trope of going undercover and turns it on its head. Rather than getting together while infiltrating Gabe Saporta's criminal empire, Vicky-T and Leighton have to deal with being separated while working the same case. It isn't easy, but they can't let it slow them down too much -- they have bad guys to catch. The plot is twisty and complex, the characters are vivid, and [livejournal.com profile] rsadelle makes it look easy.

If you like stories about people being really good at what they do, this is one for you.

Excerpt )

The Task at Hand (on AO3) or here (LJ masterpost)
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07:47 pm THE SHARKVERSE by stenveny (various ratings)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: House/Cuddy
Length: various, mostly multichapters
Author on LJ: [info]stenveny
Author Website: Author's Fic on LJ

Why this must be read:

If there is one thing that House/Cuddy shippers and the rest of the House fandom agree on, it is that the romantic relationship between Greg House and Lisa Cuddy as portrayed in Season 7 was thoroughly unsatisfying. Fortunately, a talented new author took matters into her own hands by writing an enormously popular House/Cuddy series set parallel to the events of canon. Deriving its name, the Sharkverse, from the third story of the series, this appealing alternative to the Shoreverse is still going strong.


Long-ish and explicit excerpt from the first in the series, "Coming to Terms" )


In chronological order, with the first story set at the end of 6X22 "Help Me":

Coming to Terms
Fault Lines
Shark Week
Onward
In the Rough
Curses
Considerations
Unintended Consequences
The Mouths of Babes
Faint of Heart
Blessings
Uncommon
Unexpected
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07:59 pm you and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos by musesfool (NC-17)
Hi! I'll be reccing comics this month. I'm fairly new to comics fandoms but I am quickly making up time. I'm a fan of both DC and Marvel but most of my recs will likely be in the Avengers movieverse because it is the newest and shiniest.

Fandom: MARVEL COMICS (AVENGERS MOVIEVERSE)
Pairing: Steve/Darcy
Length: 5,870 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] musesfool
Author Website: AO3 Profile
Why this must be read:

It is a common assumption that in the Avengers movieverse Captain America is a virgin. This fic is a very fun look at fan-favorite Darcy showing him a thing or two. The author's summary says it all:

In which Darcy Lewis punches Captain America's v-card. Yeah, she can't believe it either.

As a pretty solid Steve/Tony shipper, I didn't expect to like this fic as much as I did, but it was funny and sweet and so beautifully in character. The thing I liked the best, though, was that neither Cap nor Darcy were looking for something serious in this fic. They were both just finding a moment with each other.

An Excerpt )

you and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
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