September 23rd, 2012 
01:35 am As You Wish by winterhill (PG-13)
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot
Length: 19,589 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] misswinterhill
Author Website: LJ masterlist | AO3 profile
Why this must be read )

As You Wish
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01:47 am Powerful, Beautiful and Without Regret (series) by songlin (explicit)
Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: long
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] song_lin
Author Website: songlin on AO3
Why this must be read:

I seem to be on a vampire kick. In this AU Sherlock is a vampire and John is a recently turned werewolf in a world where vampirism and lycanthropy are treated like chronic diseases - medicated and controlled.

Powerful, beautiful, and without regret perfectly describes the writing as well as being the title of the series... savage, passionate, and gorgeous.

And oh yes, Moriarty is even scarier as a vampire.

Just a sip... )

Warning: there is character death in the last story - as heartbreaking and beautiful as "Alone in the Water." Don't skip the series if you can't handle it - it is really a stand-alone and the series is completely satisfying if you stop at the end of the 8th installment (the notes give ample warning).

Powerful, Beautiful and Without Regret
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12:13 pm Rescue Me by Ceindreadh (Rated T)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: none
Length: approx 5600 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ceindreadh
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/14782/cein
Why this must be read:

While our two favorite U.N.C.L.E. agents are on stakeout, Napoleon goes out to pick up lunch for the two of them. He returns to find a fire raging in the abandoned building the two men were using as a base for the reconnaissance mission. Ignoring the personal risks, Napoleon tries to enter the burning building to save his partner, but succumbs to the smoke and is himself rescued by a police officer at the scene.

Yet Napoleon is of course still frantic to get his partner out. The police officer tells him to leave it to the firefighters now responding to the call. And then that officer makes another suggestion, one seemingly innocent, yet one that unexpectedly winds up saving Illya's life.

Ah, but you see this police officer has certain... connections (and I don't mean Thrush).

Rescue Me
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02:49 pm Fraternization by kalisgirl (Teen)
Fandom: Fringe
Pairing: Alternate Astrid Farnsworth/Alternate Lincoln Lee
Length: 3793
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kalisgirl
Author Website: http://archiveofourown.org/users/kalisgirl
Why this must be read: Written for the Rare Pairing Fest, this pairing was so unexpected (to me) and so delightful. I hope more writers will give it a try. [livejournal.com profile] kalisgirl creates a back story for Alt!Astrid, rounds out and extends her canon character, and gives her a wonderful romance with Captain Lincoln Lee. I love this story.

Read Fraternization.
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04:27 pm Loved Girl, The (A Portrait in Tabloids) by peroxidepest17 (G)
Fandom: SKIP BEAT!
Pairing: Kyoko/Ren, with a touch of Kyoko/Sho
Length: one-shot at 3,152 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] peroxidepest17
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] peroxide_fic
Why this must be read: This fic takes the trope of Ren, Sho, and Kyoko acting in the same drama and makes it WORK delightfully well. Sho's frustration is perfection, and Kyoko and Ren are enjoyable to watch interact, and even Yashiro's continuing shipping hopes are fabulous. This fic could easily be part of canon! It also makes good use of tabloid headlines to introduce each section of the fic. [Set at no definite point in canon, but I suggest you've read through volume 15 more for character development than spoilers.]

Loved Girl, The (A Portrait in Tabloids)
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05:12 pm Things Shaped in Passing by Elfin (Teen)
Fandom: Fringe
Pairing: Alternate Olivia Dunham/Lincoln Lee
Length: 6890
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] crazylittleelf
Author Website: http://archiveofourown.org/users/crazylittleelf
Why this must be read: I was quite traumatized by the events of season four. This was one of the first stories I read after—the bad things happened—and I'm so glad I did. Elfin is one of the most talented writers in our fandom so it made me cry, but they were the good kind of tears. This is as hopeful an ending as I can imagine for these two characters. I'm very grateful that she wrote it.

Read Things Shaped in Passing.
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08:41 pm At His Back by Golden meliades (G)
Fandom: SKIP BEAT!
Pairing: none
Length: one-shot at 2,236 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] golden_meliades
Author Website: author page at FF.net
Why this must be read: This fic is an introspective one-shot that sheds some light on the fallout of being Ren's manager--a subject yet to be touched in canon. (Well, aside from dealing with Ren's Valentines Day surplus chocolate...) This fic is a rare gen!fic jewel in an ocean of mediocre het. [Set after volume 18]

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