March 22nd, 2012 
01:14 pm as far east (north, south or west) by oxoniensis (NC-17)
Fandom: GENERATION KILL
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Nate Fick
Length: 3612
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis
Author Website: Grooves as Spirals
Why this must be read:

This is a lovely little post-mini story where Nate quietly comes out and Brad goes looking for why. It blends their instinctive understanding of one another with hesitance in this intriguing push-pull as they try to come to terms. And then there's lots of awesome kissing. Among other things.

"But yeah, scuttlebutt is he's come out."

"Fuck me," Brad says.

"Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if he wanted to," Poke says. Brad looks at him, icy calm. "What? I've got eyes. I'm just saying, the way he used to look at you, well... he didn't look at none of the rest of us quite like that."

as far east (north, south or west)
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07:43 pm Dr. Solo's Excellent Cure for Insomnia by TheRimmerConnection (R)
I was just wandering along a side street and found this van with the door hanging open and the keys in the ignition. Maybe I'd better see if I can find the owners...

(HEY! There was nobody there, you can't prove a thing.)

Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Length: 4000 words
Author on LJ: I have no idea (sorry!)
Author Website: on Chrome&Gunmetal
Why this must be read: So Many Reasons! It's a First Time Fic (one of my favourite kind), it's soft and sweet and hawt and sleepy!Illya and generous!Napoleon are beautiful and I just always enjoy TheRimmerConnection. So give it a try if you like lovely and loving Illya and Napoleon action that is enjoyable and just enough without being too much of anything.

Story at Chrome&Gunmetal

And please remember, if you enjoy this story, a comment to the author is all the payment they get! Show them some love!

(Ok, really, I wondered why I wasn't getting enough MFU in my daily read and realized that there was no driver, so I volunteered and the kind and lovely CommunityMistress let me in, thank you by the way.)
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07:48 pm The Pull by Armagnac (rated T or probably PG-13)
Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: none
Length: ~4000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] armagnacaflame
Author Website: Fanfiction.net (censored versions) | AO3 (uncensored versions)
Why this must be read:

This is one of the better gen-fics of L's childhood I've ever read. It fills out L's background in an interesting and dark way that outlines both L's slightly evil nature and his devotion to justice. What incidents made L into what he is? Why is he so untrusting and socially awkward? This fanfic offers some potential answers about a time in L's life that canon tells us virtually nothing about.

Technically, this is part of a series, and I could have recommended the entire series, a decision I struggled with. However, I thought it might not exactly count as a series because it is an untitled series and it is only a series in the sense that most of Armagnac's Death Note fanfics are set in the same timeline. They can all stand apart just fine, and readers only get a few bonuses in understanding if reading them in order.

The Pull is not only chronologically the first of this series, it is also probably the best, and I heartily recommend it.

The Pull
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08:17 pm all my love that rages high by ever_neutral (pg13)
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Elena (mentions of Elena/Stefan, past Elena/Matt, Elena/Damon)
Length: about 1200 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ever_neutral
Author Website: fic masterlist

Why this must be read: Whenever I'm talking to someone who doesn't think Elena is a layered character or a complex protagonist, I send them directly to this fic. [livejournal.com profile] ever_neutral's Elena is bleaker than most, but she carries a steely resolve and determination. The story is sharp and cutting and so true to the darkness inherent in the show. I love the self-awareness Elena has, so aware that her face is not her own, that the adoration she receives from the Salvatores has more to do with that face than it does with her.

an excerpt )


all my love that rages high (or: 10 things everyone thinks they know about elena gilbert)
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10:07 pm The Joy of Cooking by Lemon Drop (PG)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 3K words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Quercus/Lemon Drop’s site and at AO3

Why this must be read: It’s an unusually written story by one of our more singular writers.

Lemon Drop has a way of writing that is hard to describe; it’s got an ethereal quality to it that I find sometimes puzzling, often beautiful, and very satisfying. No more so that this small glimpse of the future written in the second person.

It’s 2019 and we’re following Jim Ellison around town as he prepares for a special occasion: Blair’s 50th birthday. First stop is their favorite deli:

You can practically smell the matzo ball soup... )

Interwoven in the day’s activities are Jim’s memories, both beautiful and painful, of their life together, as well as his imagining of what the day will bring when Blair finally makes it home. The whole story has a very soft, slightly blurred feeling to it; the last part always gets to me. Enjoy.

The Joy of Cooking


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