May 4th, 2013 
05:32 am In for Repairs by shinychimera and yeomanrand (NC-17/Explicit)
Fandom: STAR TREK REBOOT
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Length: 66k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] yeomanrand, [livejournal.com profile] shinychimera
Author Website: YeomanRand’s fic list on Google and ShinyChimera’s Master List on LJ
Why this must be read:

Of all the damaged!Jim stories I’ve read, this is one of the very best. I’m not usually a Kirk/McCoy ‘shipper, but, excerpting from the authors’ summary, this one’s “A whole new spin on ‘I want my pain, I need my pain.’" This description was just too fascinating to pass up when I saw it on the [livejournal.com profile] startrekbigbang master list for 2010. I’m so glad I read it.

This is an Academy fic, and is an AU telling of Jim and Bones’ first term at that institution. Bones is surprised to learn that Jim seems addicted to pain on a certain level and, instead of lecturing him or shaming him, he approaches the problem with understanding and friendship - though not without the occasional confusion and missteps. Eventually, his love and patience helps Jim come to terms with the horrors of his childhood as Bones helps Jim approach his kinks in a healthy way.

This is a very finely-wrought Bones – so refreshing from the cranky, cock-blocking caricature he is too often portrayed as – and Jim, while he has many issues, is no victim either.

I’m telling you, this fic kept me up all night on a cross-Atlantic flight – it’s that damn good.

In for Repairs on AO3
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10:38 am Bubblegum & Candied Dreams by Butterfly_Beat (Mature)
Fandom: HOCKEY RPF
Pairing: Jeff Skinner/Jared Staal
Length: 14K
Author on LJ unknown
Author Website: on AO3
Why this must be read:

First, the pairing features all the usual Staal/Skinner goodness with the one Staal who isn't actually married. With Jared as the youngest of four brothers, he surely takes a lot of nonsense, and this story does an excellent job of showing that sibling relationship. Part of the story is a romance between Jeff and Jared, which is written so well, and so age-appropriate. By that, I mean that it has a youthful charm to it, where they clearly love each other, but this isn't the angst-fest of some of the other pairings around. They are young, barely out of their teens, and haven't been battered by circumstance.

The rest of the story is focused on the delightful interactions of the Staal brothers as the older three pile on the youngest in a fest of sibling 'helpful advice' and insults that hit home. Skinner is one of many kids too, and his family gets in on the action.

The story also has a variety of small little details about a hockey player's life, including how it is for someone on a 2-way contract.

Bubblegum & Candied Dreams
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11:25 am "Asymptote" by blackmamba-esq (PG)
Fandom: FRINGE
Characters/Pairings: Walter Bishop & various
Length: 1490 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] blackmamba_esq
Author Website: on Ao3
Why this must be read:

Because this gives six insightful snapshots of Walter's life with his family, his work and the way they intersect. This has his abstract manner nicely done in the more recent moments, contrasted with the stark thought of before he chose to change who he was, but throughout both versions of Walter here his awareness of what matters to him at the time is not lost.

Asymptote
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01:20 pm Fall In, by Devikun (G)
Fandom: PERSON OF INTEREST
Pairing: Reese & Finch
Length: just under 1500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] devikun
Author Website: on AO3
Why this must be read: This is a brilliant take on what Reese might have thought and done after Ulrich Kohl's death in 1.08. It demonstrates the growing relationship between Reese and Finch, plus addresses the abandoned topic of Reese and alcohol.

Fall In
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01:32 pm i woke up before you in the total darkness by minervacat (R)
Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1888
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] minervacat
Author Website:
Why this must be read:
the past is beautiful like the darkness between the fireflies.

One thing I felt like the show could have done more of is Ronon exploration, and here is a fic that does that kind of beautifully. Here is a Ronon trying to make sense of the people and the world around him in the context of what he remembers from Sateda and a bit of the mindset of the Runner he was for years. It's a picture of someone who'd utterly unsure of what the future holds but is willing to wake up in the morning to see what it holds.

i woke up before you in the total darkness
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01:41 pm "Mornings" by Dreaming of Everything (PG)
Fandom: NARUTO
Pairing: none, Sand Sibs genfic
Length: one-shot at 5,393
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dreams_of_all
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] dream_it_all
Why this must be read: In canon we never really see Gaara during that fragile period after Naruto shows him another path and before he finds his precious people. Every so often, a fic gives us a glimpse to what that time could be like, and this one is an excellent example. Told from Temari's and Kankurou's POVs, this story will grab you by the heart. Poor Gaara is trying so hard to show he cares, but he doesn't know how, his siblings are oblivious to his desire to change his relationship, and it's all just an emotional hopeless mess. Right? [set before Shippuuden, soon after the big Gaara vs Naruto fight]

Mornings by Dreaming of Everything
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