September 19th, 2012 
02:11 am never too late to be who you might have been by acetamide (Mature)
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Fandom: X-MEN (various movie canon bits and comics bits)
Pairing: Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr
Length: 19,606 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] acetamide
Author Website: on AO3
Why this must be read:
Because the end of X-Men: First Class is so very, very heartbreaking (EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS COMING). Seriously. Also, there is something of a disconnect... how did Erik and Charles get to be the people they have become by the time of the earlier X-Men movies (X-Men, X2, and The Last Stand)? This fanfic is a perfect melding of seemingly disparate movie canons and comics, with all the pathos and angst that a Professor X/Magneto pairing implies. It is, quite simply, divine.

Charles and Erik from First Class wake up in the future post-X2 with no memories of the intervening years. Second chance, or a lesson in destiny? Find out! Read and enjoy!

never too late to be who you might have been by acetamide
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11:29 am Six Meetings Before Lunch by victoriap (G)

Fandom: THE AVENGERS
Pairing: none, gen
Length: 4130
Author on LJ:[livejournal.com profile] musesfool
Author Website: AO3

Why this must be read:

It's a Steve and Thor friendship fic that's sweet and yet oh so cracktastic. And if you aren't smiling or haven't laughed by the end of it, there is something seriously wrong with you.

Six Meetings Before Lunch
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03:03 pm With My Little Eye by Golden meliades (G)
Fandom: SKIP BEAT!
Pairing: none
Length: one-shot at 3,957 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] golden_meliades
Author Website: author page at FF.net
Why this must be read: This author truly knows and writes the Skip cast well, and I like seeing Kyoko find a way to help Mr. Tsuruga without using the chicken suit. Also it's fun to learn things through fic! [If you know the particulars of the character "BJ", you'll be safe from spoilers. Note this was written before the Cains appeared in canon.]

With My Little Eye
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03:45 pm The Music Box Affair by GM (Gina Martin) - Rated PG
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: none
Length: approx 3100 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: http://www.solosojourn.com/unindex.htm
Why this must be read:

It's Christmas Eve 1970. Napoleon and Illya are stuck by a bad snow storm in a cabin in Newfoundland. The mission they were there to complete has gone sour. And now they are snowed in during the holidays. Which leaves Napoleon grumpy and frustrated (no gals!). While Illya has found a guitar in the cabin and is perfectly happy to strum and sing. Only not the Christmas tunes Napoleon would prefer; rather Beatles' tunes and rather philosophical ones at that.

I'll be honest and say I generally don't much care for stories that depend a great deal on the lyrics from songs to forward them. But this one is sweet if a bit melancholy.

The Music Box Affair
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