Weekly Recs 11/5/10
Is it Friday already?
Completed Stories:
(Mostly newly-completed stories, plus some old ones if I haven't read them before.)
"Dress Rehearsal" by g1rlanachr0n1sm
[PG, Ziva, Tony, set in early season 4, ~360 words]
Summary: He likes his women in pretty things and all she's got are killing clothes.
KEW note: A different take on why Tony and Ziva are so wrong for each other.
"Demons [Part 2]" by Jeanne Luz
[NC-17, Tony/Ziva, set during season 8, ~1,800 words]
Summary: It's New Year's Eve. Tony and Ziva battle some demons and make a decision. Of sorts.
KEW note: It's an unexpected sequel! To one of my favorite stories, natch. The two stories are listed as one on fanfiction.net, so I've linked directly to chapter 2; from there you can easily find your way back to read the original.
"Time" by Pandora Jones ( pandoras_fic)
[PG-13, Ziva, Tony, set during 7x13 "Jet Lag", ~1,200 words, fanfiction.net link]
Summary: A four-star hotel in Paris and Ziva still has trouble sleeping.
KEW note: The sequel to "Untitled" (now called "Patience") from the last edition of Weekly Recs.
"Probie Talk" by LittleSammy ( littlesammy)
[G, Ziva, McGee, set post 8x06 "Cracked", ~1,750 words, fanfiction,net link]
Summary: Ziva and McGee and the ghosts of the Halloween costume that Tony's been parading around.
KEW note: Love this fic so much. Pitch perfect. (Even-more-editorial-than-usual general comment: I wish there were more Ziva-and-McGee fanfic in the world!)
"Testing Courage" by AnnieBooker
[PG-13, Tony, McGee, ~2,500 words]
Summary: Tony finds out there's more to McGee than he realized.
KEW note: Nice, succinct partnership piece.
"Se llamaba Paloma" by sara_f_black (sfb_escritos) *NOW COMPLETE
[PG, Paloma Reynosa, pre-series]
Quote: Las niñas comunes pasaban sus tardes jugando con muñecas y soñando a ser mamás. Paloma pasaba las tardes en la biblioteca con su madre, leyendo clásicos que su mente recién llegaba a entender.
KEW note: The author does a simply amazing job with the characterization of this character.
Works in Progress:
(Stories in this section will be carried over week to week as long as I continue to follow them or until they are completed or abandoned. Recent updates will be noted.)
"An Actor's Penance" by olympianchef213 *NEW
[PG-13, Tony, Gibbs, Fornell, set post 8x03 "Short Fuse"]
Summary: Tony muses over a hot drink as Fornell struggles with a guilty conscience and one too many Kraft dinners. Meanwhile, Gibbs tries to keep his head out of the gutter and on his senior field agent. It's an actor's job, after all.
KEW note: Interesting character interactions and great voices. I'm interested to see where this goes.
"Life is Made" by colorguard28 (colorguard28) *UPDATED
[PG-13, ensemble, established Tony/McGee, Abby/Jimmy, sequel to "Steal my Breath Away"]
Summary: As McGee recovers from injuries sustained during their last case, he, Tony and the team find everything shifting beneath their feet as they try and adjust their goals and dreams to reality.
KEW note: Chapters 13 and 14 added.
"Fallen Angels" by Sashile (sashile) *UPDATED
[PG-13, ensemble plus Harm Rabb (JAG), established Tony/Ziva, casefile, sequel to "The Price of Honesty"]
Summary: A senior JAG goes missing in Bahrain. A junior pilot falls from the skies. As DiNozzo is trying to find his way as team leader and Gibbs is getting used to a new team, they realize that these two cases may not be unrelated.
KEW note: Chapters 15 and 16 added.
"Symbiosis" by Zaedah ( zaedah)
[PG, McGee, Tony/Ziva]
Author's Summary: "The thing that sticks a hook in McGee's gaping mouth in the midst of the unannounced programming is that Tony doesn't seem surprised.
"A History of Smoke and Mirrors" by ama_blue
[Bones, PG-13, Booth/Brennan, Booth/OFC, set post 5x22 "The Beginning in the End"]
Summary: "You strike metal against metal for long enough, sweetie, you're supposed to catch a spark. Even us non-scientists know." A post-finale fic about a whole lot of things that never really change, and some things that do.
"The Stipulation" by Jedicren
[PG-13, Tony/Ziva, appearances by NCIS:LA characters]
Summary: An undercover operation further complicates Tony and Ziva's tense relationship when they are asked to assist the L.A. division in catching a serial killer tearing through the city.
"Yetoma" by Cricket Songs
[PG-13, Ziva]
Summary: On the morning of December 10, 2009, Ziva's ties to her old world are suddenly, violently broken. A bomb drifts over Jerusalem. Israel is gone.
"Rag Doll" by cheekymice (cheekymice)
[PG, Tony-centric, alternate link]
Author's Summary: Tony finds himself cut off from the rest of the team when Vance sends him on a difficult and unpleasant undercover assignment.
"Growing Up" by fmd-jade
[PG, Tony/Ziva, McGee/Abby, future fic, ~25,000 words]
Summary: People get older, they grow up, grow more mature. Or so you'd think. But trying to handle a normal life can be rather challenging for our favourite agents.
"The Impractical Heart" by Pough
[PG-13, Tony-centric]
Author's Summary: When a tiny virus sweeps through Tony's body, leaving catastrophic results, his team remains vigilant.
"The Right to Serve" by McStories (mcstories)
[NC-17, ensemble, past McGee/OMC, casefile]
Summary: A Marine appears to have been murdered simply for being gay. When the victim is linked to a member of his team Gibbs is forced to tackle Don't Ask Don't Tell head-on, and it leads him somewhere he never thought he'd go.
"Rule Zero" by timewalker05
[PG-13, ensemble, casefile]
Summary: When a body shows up with 'Rule 40' carved on it's chest, it appears that there is a killer on the loose with a personal connection to Gibb's team.
"Sicarii" by PegasusUnbound
[R, Ziva, set after 6x25 "Aliyah"]
Summary: It was like she'd once told McGee . . . there is only so much torment the human body can endure. No one can hold out forever, not even Gibbs. Not even her.
"Heartbeats" by wildskysong
[PG-13, ensemble, supernatural]
Summary: "Does it hurt?" She asked him, her living green eyes meeting his dead ones. "Being dead, I mean." He smiled a little, his eyes far away, and before he could answer, he slipped away, his glowing outline melting into the air.
"Regency" by Trinity Destler (trinity_destler)
[PG, ensemble, set after 3x24 "Hiatus", alternate link]
Author's Summary: In the fallout after "Hiatus" the team copes, Tony leads, and it isn't at all like they expected.
Ongoing Stories:
(These stories follow the events of canon or are collections of one-shots and therefore could continue indefinitely. Recent updates are noted. Stories will roll over from week to week until I stop following or they are abandoned.)
"Something More" by CSIGurlie07
[PG-13, Gibbs/Ziva, takes off from 5x12 "Stakeout"]
Author's Summary: The ever-evolving relationship between Ziva and Gibbs. Unusual, unorthodox, and totally right. It started with a stakeout, and nothing will ever be the same.
"Still and Always, McGee" by Malvolia
[G, McGee/Abby]
Author's Summary: Sometimes you have to give something up to safeguard something you want more. A series of one-shot missing McGee and Abby moments, starting with their break-up.
"What's Past is Prologue" by Caliente (hellokatzchen)
[PG-13, McGee/Abby, set during season 7, alternate link]
Summary: A series of unrelated add-ins or 'un'-scenes during season 7
"Conversations" by Embolalia
[PG, Ziva, Gibbs]
Author's Summary: A series of one-shot conversations between Ziva and Gibbs over the course of the show.
"Touch and Go" by nancystagerat
[R, Tony/Ziva]
Summary: Suggestive Tiva one-shots, the first involving live weapons & willing partners in an impromptu booty-call, the second a baseball game & one very cold water bottle, the third a private reading of a very specific book, & the rest you'll have to read on for!
Contact me:
Completed Stories:
(Mostly newly-completed stories, plus some old ones if I haven't read them before.)
"Dress Rehearsal" by g1rlanachr0n1sm
[PG, Ziva, Tony, set in early season 4, ~360 words]
Summary: He likes his women in pretty things and all she's got are killing clothes.
KEW note: A different take on why Tony and Ziva are so wrong for each other.
"Demons [Part 2]" by Jeanne Luz
[NC-17, Tony/Ziva, set during season 8, ~1,800 words]
Summary: It's New Year's Eve. Tony and Ziva battle some demons and make a decision. Of sorts.
KEW note: It's an unexpected sequel! To one of my favorite stories, natch. The two stories are listed as one on fanfiction.net, so I've linked directly to chapter 2; from there you can easily find your way back to read the original.
"Time" by Pandora Jones ( pandoras_fic)
[PG-13, Ziva, Tony, set during 7x13 "Jet Lag", ~1,200 words, fanfiction.net link]
Summary: A four-star hotel in Paris and Ziva still has trouble sleeping.
KEW note: The sequel to "Untitled" (now called "Patience") from the last edition of Weekly Recs.
"Probie Talk" by LittleSammy ( littlesammy)
[G, Ziva, McGee, set post 8x06 "Cracked", ~1,750 words, fanfiction,net link]
Summary: Ziva and McGee and the ghosts of the Halloween costume that Tony's been parading around.
KEW note: Love this fic so much. Pitch perfect. (Even-more-editorial-than-usual general comment: I wish there were more Ziva-and-McGee fanfic in the world!)
"Testing Courage" by AnnieBooker
[PG-13, Tony, McGee, ~2,500 words]
Summary: Tony finds out there's more to McGee than he realized.
KEW note: Nice, succinct partnership piece.
"Se llamaba Paloma" by sara_f_black (sfb_escritos) *NOW COMPLETE
[PG, Paloma Reynosa, pre-series]
Quote: Las niñas comunes pasaban sus tardes jugando con muñecas y soñando a ser mamás. Paloma pasaba las tardes en la biblioteca con su madre, leyendo clásicos que su mente recién llegaba a entender.
KEW note: The author does a simply amazing job with the characterization of this character.
Works in Progress:
(Stories in this section will be carried over week to week as long as I continue to follow them or until they are completed or abandoned. Recent updates will be noted.)
"An Actor's Penance" by olympianchef213 *NEW
[PG-13, Tony, Gibbs, Fornell, set post 8x03 "Short Fuse"]
Summary: Tony muses over a hot drink as Fornell struggles with a guilty conscience and one too many Kraft dinners. Meanwhile, Gibbs tries to keep his head out of the gutter and on his senior field agent. It's an actor's job, after all.
KEW note: Interesting character interactions and great voices. I'm interested to see where this goes.
"Life is Made" by colorguard28 (colorguard28) *UPDATED
[PG-13, ensemble, established Tony/McGee, Abby/Jimmy, sequel to "Steal my Breath Away"]
Summary: As McGee recovers from injuries sustained during their last case, he, Tony and the team find everything shifting beneath their feet as they try and adjust their goals and dreams to reality.
KEW note: Chapters 13 and 14 added.
"Fallen Angels" by Sashile (sashile) *UPDATED
[PG-13, ensemble plus Harm Rabb (JAG), established Tony/Ziva, casefile, sequel to "The Price of Honesty"]
Summary: A senior JAG goes missing in Bahrain. A junior pilot falls from the skies. As DiNozzo is trying to find his way as team leader and Gibbs is getting used to a new team, they realize that these two cases may not be unrelated.
KEW note: Chapters 15 and 16 added.
"Symbiosis" by Zaedah ( zaedah)
[PG, McGee, Tony/Ziva]
Author's Summary: "The thing that sticks a hook in McGee's gaping mouth in the midst of the unannounced programming is that Tony doesn't seem surprised.
"A History of Smoke and Mirrors" by ama_blue
[Bones, PG-13, Booth/Brennan, Booth/OFC, set post 5x22 "The Beginning in the End"]
Summary: "You strike metal against metal for long enough, sweetie, you're supposed to catch a spark. Even us non-scientists know." A post-finale fic about a whole lot of things that never really change, and some things that do.
"The Stipulation" by Jedicren
[PG-13, Tony/Ziva, appearances by NCIS:LA characters]
Summary: An undercover operation further complicates Tony and Ziva's tense relationship when they are asked to assist the L.A. division in catching a serial killer tearing through the city.
"Yetoma" by Cricket Songs
[PG-13, Ziva]
Summary: On the morning of December 10, 2009, Ziva's ties to her old world are suddenly, violently broken. A bomb drifts over Jerusalem. Israel is gone.
"Rag Doll" by cheekymice (cheekymice)
[PG, Tony-centric, alternate link]
Author's Summary: Tony finds himself cut off from the rest of the team when Vance sends him on a difficult and unpleasant undercover assignment.
"Growing Up" by fmd-jade
[PG, Tony/Ziva, McGee/Abby, future fic, ~25,000 words]
Summary: People get older, they grow up, grow more mature. Or so you'd think. But trying to handle a normal life can be rather challenging for our favourite agents.
"The Impractical Heart" by Pough
[PG-13, Tony-centric]
Author's Summary: When a tiny virus sweeps through Tony's body, leaving catastrophic results, his team remains vigilant.
"The Right to Serve" by McStories (mcstories)
[NC-17, ensemble, past McGee/OMC, casefile]
Summary: A Marine appears to have been murdered simply for being gay. When the victim is linked to a member of his team Gibbs is forced to tackle Don't Ask Don't Tell head-on, and it leads him somewhere he never thought he'd go.
"Rule Zero" by timewalker05
[PG-13, ensemble, casefile]
Summary: When a body shows up with 'Rule 40' carved on it's chest, it appears that there is a killer on the loose with a personal connection to Gibb's team.
"Sicarii" by PegasusUnbound
[R, Ziva, set after 6x25 "Aliyah"]
Summary: It was like she'd once told McGee . . . there is only so much torment the human body can endure. No one can hold out forever, not even Gibbs. Not even her.
"Heartbeats" by wildskysong
[PG-13, ensemble, supernatural]
Summary: "Does it hurt?" She asked him, her living green eyes meeting his dead ones. "Being dead, I mean." He smiled a little, his eyes far away, and before he could answer, he slipped away, his glowing outline melting into the air.
"Regency" by Trinity Destler (trinity_destler)
[PG, ensemble, set after 3x24 "Hiatus", alternate link]
Author's Summary: In the fallout after "Hiatus" the team copes, Tony leads, and it isn't at all like they expected.
Ongoing Stories:
(These stories follow the events of canon or are collections of one-shots and therefore could continue indefinitely. Recent updates are noted. Stories will roll over from week to week until I stop following or they are abandoned.)
"Something More" by CSIGurlie07
[PG-13, Gibbs/Ziva, takes off from 5x12 "Stakeout"]
Author's Summary: The ever-evolving relationship between Ziva and Gibbs. Unusual, unorthodox, and totally right. It started with a stakeout, and nothing will ever be the same.
"Still and Always, McGee" by Malvolia
[G, McGee/Abby]
Author's Summary: Sometimes you have to give something up to safeguard something you want more. A series of one-shot missing McGee and Abby moments, starting with their break-up.
"What's Past is Prologue" by Caliente (hellokatzchen)
[PG-13, McGee/Abby, set during season 7, alternate link]
Summary: A series of unrelated add-ins or 'un'-scenes during season 7
"Conversations" by Embolalia
[PG, Ziva, Gibbs]
Author's Summary: A series of one-shot conversations between Ziva and Gibbs over the course of the show.
"Touch and Go" by nancystagerat
[R, Tony/Ziva]
Summary: Suggestive Tiva one-shots, the first involving live weapons & willing partners in an impromptu booty-call, the second a baseball game & one very cold water bottle, the third a private reading of a very specific book, & the rest you'll have to read on for!
Contact me: