Weekly Recs 11/12/10
This is a rather abbreviated post. It's not that I don't love you; it's just that I don't have a computer with a working screen.
Completed Stories:
(Mostly newly-completed stories, plus some old ones if I haven't read them before.)
"They Call Me Boss" by oxoniensis
[PG-13, McGee-centric, set post 6x02 "Agent Afloat", ~1,100 words]
Quote: "Boss," Tony says, and Tim can't help it-he's had four months of conditioning, answering is a reflex.
"Repayments of Gratitude" by Jananae
[PG-13, Ziva, Tony, spoiler speculation for 8x08 "Enemies Foreign"]
Summary: A gesture of gratitude can be something simple or incredibly large. Tony and Ziva realize this in the middle of a fatal shooting.
"Salvage Rights" by SETI-fan
[G, Vance, set post 7x04 "Good Cop, Bad Cop"]
Summary: Vance thinks about Eli David and his own children.
"Job Security" by DrawMeASheep
[PG-13, references to 4x11 "Driven"]
Summary: Madam No-Hugs returns with a new tactic for discouraging sexual harassment in the workplace, with predictable results.
"Stages" by mayfever_86
[Buffy, Buffy/Angel, AU]
Summary: Buffy is a wreck. Angel is missing. What happened?
KEW note: A for-old-time's-sake rec from iwry_marathon.
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.)
"The Stipulation" by Jedicren *UPDATED
[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.
KEW note: Chapter 2 added.
"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 15 and 16 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 17 and 18 added.
"An Actor's Penance" by olympianchef213
[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.
"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.
"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.)
"They Call Me Boss" by oxoniensis
[PG-13, McGee-centric, set post 6x02 "Agent Afloat", ~1,100 words]
Quote: "Boss," Tony says, and Tim can't help it-he's had four months of conditioning, answering is a reflex.
"Repayments of Gratitude" by Jananae
[PG-13, Ziva, Tony, spoiler speculation for 8x08 "Enemies Foreign"]
Summary: A gesture of gratitude can be something simple or incredibly large. Tony and Ziva realize this in the middle of a fatal shooting.
"Salvage Rights" by SETI-fan
[G, Vance, set post 7x04 "Good Cop, Bad Cop"]
Summary: Vance thinks about Eli David and his own children.
"Job Security" by DrawMeASheep
[PG-13, references to 4x11 "Driven"]
Summary: Madam No-Hugs returns with a new tactic for discouraging sexual harassment in the workplace, with predictable results.
"Stages" by mayfever_86
[Buffy, Buffy/Angel, AU]
Summary: Buffy is a wreck. Angel is missing. What happened?
KEW note: A for-old-time's-sake rec from iwry_marathon.
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.)
"The Stipulation" by Jedicren *UPDATED
[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.
KEW note: Chapter 2 added.
"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 15 and 16 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 17 and 18 added.
"An Actor's Penance" by olympianchef213
[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.
"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.
"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: