March 9th, 2012 
08:20 am Pyrrhic Victory by ReadingRat (Teen)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: Lucas/Cuddy, between 'Broken'  and '5 to 9'
Length: ~4500 words
Author on LJ: [info]readingrat
Author Website: Author's Fic on LJ

Why this must be read:

[livejournal.com profile] readingrat has written a number of epic fics - several loosely based on the plots of works by Shakespeare and Austen, and a more recent series called When the Wind Is Southerly in which she offers an alternative explanation for the inconsistencies of Seasons 6 and 7 that will have you laughing and wincing by turns. But I've decided to recommend the first fic of hers that grabbed my attention, an insightful study of the complicated House/Cuddy relationship from the POV of Cuddy's hapless would-be husband Lucas Douglas. I love how she allows Lucas to elicit both sympathy and revulsion as he compares himself to House while recounting his own ultimately futile campaign for Cuddy's heart.

Author's Summary: Lucas knows he's fighting House for Lisa. What he can't fathom is why, when he's won every skirmish and the odd battle so far, House should be winning the war.


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Pyrrhic Victory
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05:03 pm Collecting Strays series by SpiritBearr (T)
Fandom: SHERLOCK HOLMES (ACD)
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: Not sure
Author Website: On FFN

Why this must be read: This is a heartbreaking little AU series I found a few years ago, and it's stuck with me ever since. SpiritBearr manages to keep the characters all very much recognisable, despite having changed the ages of the Holmes brothers, as well as their circumstances, quite dramatically. I have a not-so-secret weakness for kid!fic, and this two-part series indulges that particular weakness quite nicely.

Collecting Strays

Collecting Strays: Of Trust and Vices
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10:21 pm Christmas Joy by CC Rated PG-13
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 39K
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Meandthee archive
Why This Must Be Read: I love this story! I love post SR committed relationship stories and also coming out stories. In this one, Molly comes to visit the guys with a problem. (I think CC had a prognostication about Kristy McNichol.) The story has some funny one-liners, and some hysterical situations. You'll love it!



Christmas Joy by CC
Be sure to email the author after you read! Feedback is awesome!
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10:43 pm Echolocation by yarroway (R)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: House/Wilson
Length: 18,380 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] yarroway
Author Website: Author's Fic on LJ

Why this must be read:

 [livejournal.com profile] yarroway writes a wonderfully in-character established House/Wilson relationship, with all of the complications one might imagine, but underlying all, a fundamental loyalty and love. In this fic, House's unresolved feelings about his family are stirred up when his mother asks him to come home to visit his father's gravestone, and you may find yourself alternately giggling and tearing up as Wilson works to figure out what is going wrong with their relationship and what, if anything, he can do to fix it.

To steal borrow unabashedly from one commenter, "I'm honestly not sure if this is good because it hurts so much, or if it hurts because it's so good. Either way, it's wonderful."

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Note: Technically this is a sequel to another story called The Countenance of the Heart, but you don't need to read that one first - I hadn't.

Echolocation
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