June 9th, 2013 
12:17 pm Not Poison by Arrow (Explicit)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 6K words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] arrow00
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: Because Arrow writes Jim and Blair who are so recognizable. In canon, Jim often pokes fun at Blair. It’s usually gently done, but sometimes, especially when it’s directed at Blair’s sex life, it’s as sharp as a pointy stick.

Jim comes home and soon realizes that Blair is whacking off. There’s no real way to hide that Jim has overheard, so Jim chooses to make an off-hand remark that he thinks is funny. It’s anything but, and leads to a long and winding road of awkwardness, angst and self-discovery. Enjoy.

Arrow’s a regular contributor at Sentinel Thursday and other challenges such as this one for April Showers. She also posted at 852 and she’s the one who approached me about becoming the new collection archivist. Thanks, dear, for thinking of me. It’s a lot of fun.

Not Poison by Arrow


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01:11 pm when Harry met Sally (and then Sherlock Holmes) by etharei (PG)
Fandom: SHERLOCK
Pairing: Gen, implied Sherlock/John, ref. to Harry/Clara
Length: ~5,500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] etharei
Author Website:
Why this must be read:
Harry Watson hadn’t expected the Met, and possibly the British government, to be this keen on locating her missing brother.

It feels like the fic started out as a fun take on the title, but it works out really well on its own. Harry and John aren't close siblings and she doesn’t really have much of an idea what goes on in John’s life until John is suddenly kidnapped after a dinner with her and the Met and Mycroft get involved. Harry is looked after by Sally for most of the chaos that follows and with all the worry, anxiety, and stress she feels, Harry talks a lot about her relationship with her brother, what she thinks of him and their relationship, and ultimately, what she thinks of John’s relationship with Sherlock. Which may impact Sally's views on the people she sees far more than Harry does.

when Harry met Sally (and then Sherlock Holmes)
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01:13 pm Here Open the Gate by takadainmate (PG)
Fandom: SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: Dean/Cas
Length: 10k+
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] takadainmate
Author Website:
Why this must be read:
Death watches Dean Winchester. After eons of existence the feeling of something different, something original, is a novelty.

Death POV. Death puts Castiel back together again and watches Dean from afar. It might be Dean’s (and Sam’s and Castiel’s) instinctual self-sacrificing tendencies that interests Death in the first place, but Death is curious enough to keep checking back to watch Dean, and Dean with Castiel. Death is always just an observer (except when he’s not because he’s putting people back together) and his point of view feels foreign in a way that seems just enough removed from humanity to provide an interesting flavor to the pov.


Here Open the Gates
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11:54 pm Putting the B Back In Subtle by algernon_mouse, pinn, NC-17
Fandom: BANDOM (My Chemical Romance, The Used)
Pairing: Bob Bryar/Brian Schetcher, past Bob Bryar/Jepha
Length: About 29000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] algernon_mouse, Pinn
Author Website: Algernon Mouse on AO3, Pinn on AO3

Why this must be read:
This fic is what got me into the Brian and Bob pairing. It's a slow build fic, but it offers such wonderful characterization for everyone, including Bob. I think the summary sums up the fic perfectly and why it must be read: In which Bob Bryar gets a real job, grows up a little, puts the drums aside, becomes a touring sound engineer, drinks too much, repeatedly goes against his better judgment, hooks up with Jepha, gets sucked in by the earnestness of My Chem's message, is dumped by Jepha, joins MCR, develops an inconvenient crush on Brian Schechter, nearly dies, and says something he's been meaning to say for awhile.

Putting the B Back In Subtle
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