The First Eight Don't Count, by Storm Petrel (R)

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Fandom: The Losers
Pairing: Jensen/Cougar
Length: 9047
Author on LJ: storm_petrel
Author's Website: AO3

Why this must be read:
Storm Petrel is an amazing author. She weaves together incredibly well-done action scenes with snarky, snappy dialogue and hot-as-hell sex, and all of her stories work so well that I can't recommend her enough.

And I finish off my month of Losers with the story that is pretty much my absolute favourite story in the fandom. And possibly ever, because I can't stop reading it. It's sharp, witty, sexy, romantic, action-filled and involves a cat.

But not just any cat. It involves Jensen, who might be human most of the month, but has the unfortunate habit of turning into a big black housecat during the full moon. It's about how he copes, about how the team finds out and about how he learns how to turn it into an advantage. And about how he doesn't have to be a cat to get Cougar's hands on him.

I love this story. I seriously love this story. And I hope you love it too.

Excerpt:
So maybe Cat is useful, sometimes, but it’s stupid and uncontrollable, because for every useful, life-saving tipoff, there’s a thousand mornings, afternoons and nights stuck in a truck, in a cargo plane, in a command post in some godforsaken desert, tundra or jungle where sudden, random sensory inputs suddenly hit him like a punch in the gut: the abrupt, overwhelming awareness that no one’s showered in the last week, that Clay’s ringworm has flared up and his feet itch like fuck, that Roque’s carrying so much tension it practically hums off his skin, and Pooch is radiating longing so strong it tastes like blood in Jensen’s mouth and it just beats against him in waves until it suddenly shuts off and he can unclench his jaw.

So yeah, it’s basically the worst superpower ever.

The First Eight Don't Count


I also hope you liked this month-long trip through my favourite fandom, and hope it introduced you to the awesomeness therein.

Comments

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to thank you for your recs this month. While I had seen the movie, I had never really gone out of my way to read any fic. I must say that I enjoyed a majority of the stories you recced and have found myself really enjoying the gen stories and even several Jensen/Cougar stories.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the stories!

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading them!

[evil-jacquie.livejournal.com]

I'll third that, thank you for introducing me to Losers fic. Thank you for my new addiction to J/C, I really needed a new fandom - like I need a hole in my head, but whatevers. I have enjoyed the variety of stories you recced and I now actively look for more by many of these authors.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Aww! I'm sorryu for introducing you to a new fandom!

Oh wait, no I'm not!

I'm glad you liked it and I hope to see you in the fandom more often!

[little-tristan.livejournal.com]

I can't believe the month is over! Not since Supernatural has a fandom sucked me in so quickly and completely with just the power of fics and fandom. May The Losers gain the acclaim they deserve and become a BIG fandom in 2011!

And thanks to you, katemonkey, for bringing us the light of Loser love this holiday season. :D

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I'm glad you liked everything and I'm glad you're in the fandom and I hope it brings you lots of fun this year!