October 9th, 2013 
01:38 am guide us on the straight path by codesandhearts (teen)
Fandom: TEEN WOLF
Pairing: Gen (some hints of Vernon Boyd/Erica Reyes)
Length: 1500+
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read: In a different vein than my previous two recs, this fic is a quieter (and shorter) character study.

Here we have a story that takes the headcanon of Boyd being Muslim and expands on it - what motivates him, what makes him tick, what he feels and thinks, what his faith means to him. It's a stunning portrayal of a character - and a faith - that rarely gets this kind of representation in the fandom. It's revealing and perfectly paced and beautiful.

The best part, though, is that even for a fic written pre-S3 it's almost prescient. Some of the details woven throughout the fic reflect what was revealed later in canon in a way that feels a bit like being slapped across the mouth.

This is a bittersweet fic in a different way from my first rec in that the reality of canon sharpens its edges and makes it melancholy. But in a way that also makes it even more lovely.

guide us on the straight path
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09:37 am A Leaf Moves by Mlaw (Rating General )


Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: none
Length: 10,836
Author on LJ: mrua7
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2753497/MLaw

Why this must be read:
A Leaf Moves is a moving story of Illya’s survival in a Yugoslavian prison and Napoleon’s search for his partner. As she always does, Mlaw combines research of the region and time with an interweaving plot. This time she gives the reader a ride into a nightmare existence that Illya is thrown into. Only the hope that Napoleon wouldn’t give up on him kept him going. A good summary of Mlaw’s story about their partnership come in the words that Napoleon says this time. “I may be later but I’m always there.”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8464325/1/A-Leaf-Moves
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06:37 pm circling all round the sun by Kyra (G)
Fandom: NEW GIRL
Pairing: Elizabeth/Schmidt, Nick Miller/Schmidt
Length: ~2.5k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kyrafic
Author Website: AO3, FF.Net
Why this must be read:

This is cracky and utterly delightful Schmidt-wakes-up-with-wings fic, which does that thing that the show itself does so well - balancing out ridiculous humor with these little pockets of emotional depth and odd beauty. And it's Elizabeth and Schmidt (with the lightest touch of Nick/Schmidt in the background)! I love the two of them, and treasure the little fic we do have for them.

It's unreal and scary and pretty amazing all at once. He gets so high he can see LA glittering in the distance, all shiny metal and glass, like the unreal place he and Nick always talked about moving to in their dorm room at Syracuse.

circling all round the sun (AO3, FF.Net)
The day Schmidt wakes up with wings is a Saturday.
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08:26 pm Touchstone by shefa (R)
Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length:∼9,000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] shefa
Author Website:On lj
Author Warnings:none, unless magical realism requires a warning…
Author Summary:On John Watson’s sixth birthday, his mum gave him a flat wooden box to hold his wish stones.
Why this must be read: Magical realism!
Okay I’ll give you more. I love the vulnerability the author gives Sherlock with concerns to the world she created. Sherlock is different from everybody else in, what can be, a very visible way and that gives a little more humanity to him that is compelling.

Touchstone
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