February 19th, 2013 
07:23 pm Geothermal by antistar_e (PG-13)
Fandom: The Hunger Games
Pairing: Gen (I'd label it pre-Katniss/Peeta)
Length: 2,932
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: spoilers for the first book
Author on LJ:
Author's Website: antistar_e (kaikamahine) on AO3
Summary: There were very strict rules regarding what you could and could not do to another person's daemon in the Games. [daemon fusion fic.]

Why this must be read: This fic is entirely from Peeta's point of view and covers some vital moments with the addition of daemons. Each scene is carefully crafted to give us an in-depth look at how Peeta's daemon settled, and therefore in essence about how Peeta accepts who he is--a very powerful subject given that Peeta's acceptance of not being a fighter is also his acceptance of death in the Games. The ending is great, but it's especially powerful if you know what happens next in canon. This fic is the very definition of short but sweet.

This fic is listed as gen, but I'm calling the author's bluff. It's easily read as pre-Katniss/Peeta. Just so you know.

Geothermal
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08:17 pm Nothing Says I Love You (Like Blackmail) by carolinecrane (PG-13)
Fandom: NEWSIES
Pairing: Spot Conlon/Racetrack Higgins
Length: 3,000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] carolinecrane
Author Website: carolinecrane
Why this must be read: If pressed I would say this story and its sequel are the best written stories in the Newsies fandom, at least that I've come across. Finding great fic can be difficult in a small fandom so when I read this story it just filled my heart to bursting and then I read it like 30 times. The story takes place during the movie and it features a spot-on (hah) Racetrack pov as well as fantastic dialogue between Race and Spot. It also shows how far Racetrack will go for his boys, even if it means losing a good thing. The scene in the holding cell is just fantastic. Spot is cool and calm with that slight layer of violence/energy/warmth/amusement beneath the surface, and it's never over the top. An excerpt is below which contains one of my favorite Spot lines in a fic ever.

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Nothing Says I Love You (Like Blackmail)
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08:19 pm An Alternate Existence by The Moo, with fanart by Janice Sager [M]
Fandom : due South
Pairing : Benton Fraser / Ray Kowalski
Author on LJ : [livejournal.com profile] themoo37
Author Website : The Moo-niverse
Why this must be read :

I <3 The Moo so much that I have been struggling with deciding which fic of hers to rec here : from comedy that makes me laugh until I cry to death!fic that makes me just plain cry until I'm all cried out, I have so many faves amongst her fics. Then I thought to rec a series of hers that has comedy, drama, death!fic all clearly marked as such in separate sections, so...chacun à son goût.

Excerpt of author's summary from her website : This is a series of alternate universe Fraser/Kowalski stories....F/K in different time periods...a few different takes on how life might have turned out for a couple of souls that sometimes find themselves born in the same place, the same time, the same gender and destined to fall in love.

An Alternate Existence
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