WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
A short, lovely story about Jared’s jealousies, there’s Christian and Steve and it’s fabulous, as one should expect from Estrella.
May 23, 2006
something to think about by quackaddict; 7.700 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
Lengthy enough to be well paced and somewhat plotty, with a good Jared voice. Thoroughly enjoyable.
the flow of darkness by halfshell venus; 5.500 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Artful, plotty and well characterized. This is set in the near future probably, and is slightly AU as it has no mentions of the season 1 finale events. Sam’s powers are developing more, the boys take a case in Michigan. It’s creepy and detailed and well characterized; basically everything you can ask for in a Supernatural story, with a lovely slow burn of relationship building.
practical men of the world by esorlehcar; 7.609 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
A companion piece to Stumbling Across Its Bleak Ending (previously recced here) this is that story from Sam’s perspective. The contrasts between the two stories are what make this for me (you know, aside from the excellent writing) because where that story is all about Dean’s having left Sam, this one is all about Sam’s determination to get him back. And it’s just gorgeous.
on the banks of the tiber by hope; 5.372 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
This is fantastic; I love the slow reveal of what’s really going on, and Dean and Sam’s subtle shifts in personality and action as time passes. Also, I am a huge sucker for unreliable narrators and this story totally rocked that; I loved Dean’s perspective and how we learn what’s going on at the same time he does. It’s just such an effective narrative style for a story like this; wonderfully suspenseful. Plus! Werewolves!
light of a match by candy m; 2.984 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
I am totally obsessed with stories that get into the circumstances around Sam leaving for college, and while I don’t often buy the idea that Dean and Sam ever had sex in the pre-college days, this is the kind of story I can buy it in. A refreshingly original take on the situation that so many fic writers have tackled. Much less about the sex than the relationship, this story is both heartbreaking and powerful enough to leave an imprint.
and when they fall by fryadvocate; 5.307 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Complex and perfectly heartbreaking. I love an author who doesn’t flinch at writing the fucked up complicated parts of the Dean/Sam relationship, because it can’t possibly all be puppies and bunnies the way the fall lines are drawn in canon.
May 22, 2006
carry on by liz; 2.287 words
Supernatural: Dean/Sam.
Written after Salvation but before Devil’s Trap, this goes AU before the season 1 ending but it’s a gorgeously executed look at what could have happened if Sam and Dean hadn’t gotten to Papa Winchester in time to save him. Dean and Sam’s characterization is great in this; Sam and Dean always seem like the kind of characters whose best (and worst) qualities come out in times of crisis and Liz totally understand this.
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like sailing and home runs by annie; 63.249 words
Sports Night: Casey/Dan.
Told in alternating sections of Dan talking with Abby in therapy and the events he tells her about, the narration in this story is amazingly tight. Unreliable narrators, when done right, are such an effective trick; they’re fallible, we only know what they know when they know it (but sometimes we can guess at more) and the building of plots is even more intense. And Annie is fantastic at all of this in Like Sailing and Home Runs. Her Dan is charming and fallible, sympathetic and stubborn.
not homophobic by annie; 82.273 words
Sports Night: Casey/Dan.
This is like, an entire afternoon read, but it goes by so quickly. Some authors fall into pacing traps and narrative potholes and diversions when writing stories this length but Annie is not one of them. Epic and at turns frustrating (because boys are just so dense you know?) and romantic but never, ever sappy. And the fantastic thing about Annie’s stories? Is that they always satisfy. She is the queen of telling not showing and she’s a true Sports Night writer, this isn’t just a story about two guys getting together, it’s a story about best friends and sportswriters and tv shows and so, so much more. Every cast member is fleshed out and full of life, and every pice of action is lived by you and the characters. This is how all fanfiction should be written.
May 18, 2006
yoshino by eretria; 16.000 words
Stargate Atlantis/SG-1: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay/Sam Carter.
This makes two het!threesome recs in one day which is weird for me because normally I am not all about the threesomes. But this is so much more than that. Warm and layered, and told from Sam’s point of view, I love that she really gets John and Rodney and genuinely cares about them. I also love that John is so hesitant about it all, because for serious, the only way this could ever go down would have to be like that. And this is as much a John/Rodney story as anything else, which was a lovely surprise.
blowjobs are key by iwantacar; 1.800 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
Omg. while this whole story is perfect in its sleepy, you can feel and taste and hear everything that’s going on style, it also rocks my world for making me actually burtst out laughing with the last lines. Oh man. I am still giggling when I look back at the title. (You’ll get it once you read the story.)
you must remember this by estrella; 12.000 words
WB rps: Jared/Jensen.
OMG 12,000 words of amnesia fic from one of my favorite Jared/Jensen writers is like heaven on a good day. And this is so, so fabulous. Touching and funny, with a perfect side cast and all these lovely details, all paced incredibly well.
stumbling across its bleak ending by esorlehcar; 5.519 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
Stories that go into the whole Dean wants Sam to stay, Sam wants to go conumdrum fascinate me, and this one feels incredibly true to how I think, things should play out if the boys are ever going to find some common ground (and, you know, if they were having the dirtywrong incestuous sex now and again, too.)
the hands series by poisontaster; 4.326 words
Supernatural: Sam/Dean.
While I haven’t loved all of poisontaster’s writing, (she tends to go the dark, incest can never be right and Dean’s a bad bad man for thinking about it route more often than I prefer) I really like this series. All three are short, pwp style stories with a heavy emphasis on the public sex kink which, dude, I can totally get behind. Jerk off sessions in bathrooms and crowded bars? Hell yes. So if you’re into that at all, you will probably like this series as much as I did.
Maui Gold by nutmeg; 6.319
House MD: House/Wilson.
These characters are so hard to get right and I’m always left with this incredibly pleased feeling when an authors just gets them. Written for the prompt: Wilson takes House home for dinner with the parents., there are some really fabulous lines in this, and the banter, like everything else, is spot on.
knot by kass; 2.188 words
House MD: House/Wilson/Cuddy.
Episode 2×22 (aka Forever, aka the one with the crazy mom who seizes in the bathtub with her baby) left me with a total hankering for House/Cuddy or Wilson/Cuddy, or really, Cuddy anyone. This story is like the best of both worlds because I adore House/Wilson, too.
May 14, 2006
an arrangement of parts by ana; 9.129 words
Firefly: Jayne/Simon.
Ana has written some of my favorite Firefly stories. This one is new to me, and totally charming as ever. Jayne and Simon are both wonderful, although I think this is a particularly good Simon in this. There are heists and build-up and snark, what more could you really ask for in a Firefly story. note: this is post Serenity.
up the yin yang by rose emily; 23.698 words
Smallville: Clark/Lex.
So, you know, I have a not so secret love for mpreg when it’s written well. Well as in fully recognizing the ridiculousness of the genre and delighting in taking a bizarre situation and making it funny and awesome all at the same time. There’s banter, and and it’s a post-rift future fic and Lex built a Superbot and just yes. You should read this.
ulterior motives by shallot; 19.416 words
Smallville: Clark/Lex.
Shallot pretty much rules at everything so when I heard that she’d written new Smallville I jumped at the opportunity for a good, long read. And this satisfies perfectly. Long, plotty, and well detailed, it ties in perfectly with the Batman Begins mythology and has a great Bruce Wayne.
second skin by toft; 11.210 words
Stargate Atlantis: Sheppard/McKay.
This is a really interesting story because Toft takes all these things (or maybe really only one thing) that I didn’t think could possibly work and convinces me of them absolutely. John’s into cross-dressing and Rodney’s pretty much just into John; but it’s so much more than that too.
parsus by lenore; 12.749 words
Stargate Atlantis: John/Rodney, with a side order of John/Teyla and implied Rodney/Teyla.
This is such a fantastic story, detailed and complex. This Sheppard is really interesting, I love that Lenore goes into his Afghanistan experience and ties it in with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell so thoroughly. Also, Teyla especially is really excellent in this, strong and intuitive and incredibly loyal.
it’s still pizza by cee; 888 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
Sort of scenes from a courtship style vignettes. I. Hmmm. Okay, you know, this is lovely, but it actively bothers me that Cee doesn’t use quotation marks to delineate between spoken words and everything else. I guess it’s a style? But it pretty much makes everything she’s written completely unreadable for me. I’m reccing this story anyways because there’s barely any dialogue and it really is lovely, but uh, due warning and everything on that.
6 lessons to live by (as told by jared padalecki) by lindsay; 11.605 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
Messy and complicated and lengthy. Jared is really good in this, and the whole story is just good. The author calls this porn with a little plot, and while the sex is scorching, there’s totally a plot in there with it.
geography for beginners by sevenfists; 3.500 words
WB rps: Jared/Sandy/Jensen.
Oh lord. There’s not a ton of stuff I’m actually embarassed to read but this is so shockingly hot and dirtywrong it’s just. I’m possibly a little broken.
it seemed like a good idea at the time by joyfulgirl; 6.974 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
I love this because it’s Texas and Jared is fantastic and he speaks Spanish and this one is all about the slow seduction and frustration. It’s fabulous.
the old 97s mix by phaballa; 23.613 words
WB rps: Jensen/Chris, Jensen/Jared.
This totally blew me away. Jensen is fabulous as is Chris and Jared. Also, I really feel like the locations are characters too because the whole story just oozes atmosphere. And it had me aching for everyone involved because it’s messy and heartbreaking, and gorgeous all the same.
one am wednesday, vancouver by anna; 1.307 words
WB rps: Jensen/Jared.
A short but fabulous glimpse of the boys, note: has mild spoilers for Devil’s Trap.
keep trying by genee li; 2.300 words
WB rps: Chris/Jensen.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Christian is hypnotic and raw, and her Jensen voice is particularly good. Plus, there’s rimming, which uh, is totally hot when written this well.
gulf coast highway by ethrosdemon; 5.614 words
WB rps: Christian Kane/Jensen Ackles.
My girl Kassie writes like no other. Every story is just riddled with amazing lines that could pretty much only come from her. She world-builds like no other, too. This story is heavy with the south and so atmospheric it fucking kills me. It also has the benefit of being incredibly fucking hot, and brilliantly characterized, as always.