March 12th, 2012 
12:06 am Food of Love (Play On) by inlovewithnight (R)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Alex Suarez/Ryland Blackinton
Length: 9700
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] inlovewithnight
Author Website: by tags on inlovewithnight's journal
Why this must be read:
It's a real-world AU -- everyone here is vividly recognisable, but spun ever so slightly differently. It has old friends reconnecting, obliviousness, getting by, and amazing food, not to mention a healthy dose of Gabe Saporta being just crazy enough you're not sure if he's just screwing with you. Banter, too -- there are too many fantastic, snappy lines to count.

The relationship is foregrounded, but there's a strong secondary theme of friendships and non-romantic connections. Even if the pairing doesn't grab you, I'm serious: she writes a fantastic Gabe.

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Food of Love (Play On) at the bandomstuffsit comm, or on AO3
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07:04 pm Far More Than Rubies by frodogenic (PG)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Gen
Length: 72,216 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: fanfiction.net profile
Why this must be read: One: the characters' voices are spot on, to a degree you'll rarely find outside the movies. Two: the premise is fascinating. Have you seen many - or any - well-written fics about Padmé trying to simultaneously be a Rebel leader and a single mother to Luke, and the conflicts that would inevitably arise between these two roles? The scenes where she pressures Obi-Wan into babysitting when she has to leave on missions are pricelessly dramatic and one hundred percent in character.

When a Rebel Padmé fic is recced by someone who dislikes the very concept of Rebel Padmé, it's got to say a few things about the quality of the fic in question.

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Far More Than Rubies
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08:23 pm Pig Mailman by srsly_yes (PG-13)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: Wilson & House (sorta/sorta), Wilson/OFC-Sara (kinda/sorta)
Length: ~1700 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] srsly_yes
Author Website: Author's Fic on LJ

Why this must be read:

[livejournal.com profile] srsly_yes has given us some seriously epic AUs including the Blood Brothers 'verse and Karma on the Mississippi, but I've decided to rec my favorite of hers, a short, funny story that she wrote in response to [livejournal.com profile] deelaundry's post-7X12 "You Must Remember This" challenge: House gave Wilson ten days to "get back into it." What happens when the ten days are up, if Wilson doesn't? It turns out that Wilson's new companion, Sara, is everything that Wilson could want in a woman. And more.

Fellow lovers of cats, in-jokes, and terrible puns, this crack fic's for you.

Pig Mailman
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08:43 pm Unanswered by thedevilchicken (NC-17)
Fandom: Football RPS
Pairing: Freddie Ljungberg/Joe Cole
Length: 12156 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] thedevilchicken
Why this must be read:

From [livejournal.com profile] _runningmascara
Reading fics about players on opposing teams is a personal favourite of mine. There’s nothing better than hate sex... except developing a relationship that can be seen as ‘taboo’. The author captures Freddie’s sex appeal perfectly and couples it with Joe’s quiet side. What begins as a rendezvous ends as a great story about a pseudo/one sided relationship. Joe’s personal struggles with needing to label what he has with Freddie is the original draw.

From [livejournal.com profile] shana0809
This fic left me with so many unanswered questions that it's sort of ridiculous in the best possible way. It's a compelling piece that's raw and confused and human and lovely for it. Even if you're not 100% sure who everyone is. It's got details and emotions and punch. It's definitely worth checking out.
Unanswered
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09:11 pm Epic Fic Is Epic by cuddyclothes (NC-17)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: House/Wilson
Length: ~1100 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cuddyclothes
Author Website: Author's Fic on LJ

Why this must be read:

[livejournal.com profile] cuddyclothes is one of the reigning queens of House/Wilson crack, witness her contributions to "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and the "Gangster Paradise" chain fic. She also has a keen eye for the cliche in both canon and fanon and, as in many of her House post-ep fics, she skewers both mercilessly in "Epic Fic Is Epic." Every hoary House/Wilson trope is here, from Wilson's Sudden Discovery of Being Madly In Love With House After Twenty Years to my personal pet peeve, the Oncologist/Diagnostician Dichotomy.

Warning: May cause tears of laughter - or shame - to burst from your chocolate brown circles.

Epic Fic Is Epic
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10:17 pm Only Inaction by templemarker (NC-17)
Fandom: GENERATION KILL
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Nate Fick
Length: 4235
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] templemarker
Author Website: fiction archive
Why this must be read:

How do you make Generation Kill even gayer? By adding wrestling, of course! To keep the enlisted guys occupied during downtime, officers decide to have the guys wrestle. Brad gets pissy, Nate gets bossy and challenges him, and Brad has an entirely typical reaction to that. Also to Nate. As he does. [livejournal.com profile] templemarker is fantastic at writing Nate as the badass he is, a little sharp, a little dangerous, and that's reflected here. Full of biting wit, neither of the guys gives an inch. And holy hell, the insanely hot tension between them. Did I mention wrestling? JFC.

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Only Inaction
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11:16 pm this ghost train by waltzmatildah (pg13)
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Stefan/Elena
Length: about 400 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] waltzmatildah
Author Website: fic masterlist

Why this must be read: The prompt that inspired this fic speaks volumes by itself: I never meant to hurt you, you have to believe me. I wasn’t thinking about you at all. It is rare to find a Stefan piece that is this insightful and hard and honest and it is harder still to find a Stefan/Elena piece that is this deeply unapolegetic. It is a series of short glimpses of Stefan throughout his time with Elena, each one haunting and bleak in it's own way. From the very beginning, Stefan built this relationship around the ghosts that haunt him. He can't help it; he built himself around them too.

This Ghost Train
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