Three of these were previously listed in my mass Yuletide recs.

Eye Contact, by aka_arduinna
(Johnny/Walt drabble)
A drabble that never fails to give me a jolt.

Everything he loved came from Johnny. Everything he feared.

Serendipity,  by aka_arduinna
(gen)A lovely story that captures so many things about the Johnny-Sarah-Walt dynamic so well, and it's really funny. It' ( Read more... )

Rather than sorting these by fandom, I posted recs in my personal LJ each day as I finished reading for the day. Each set is a mixture of fandoms and different source types, ie, literary, TV, movies, comics, etc.

All links take you to the relevant entries in my own LJ.

First Day of Yuletide recs

Second Day of Yuletide recs

Third Day of ( Read more... )

Doppelganger, october_9_1890
(Sherlock Holmes, Holmes/Watson)
This is such a difficult pairing to do well, I think, and this author does it very well. She takes the tropes of a disapproving partner and the substitionary lover and uses them in ways that I found fresh and convincing, and utterly lovely.

I did not answer, I was too distracted simply looking at him ( Read more... )

The Language of Angels, Melymbrosia (coffee_and_ink)
(Angel Sanctuary)
I know nothing of this fandom, but this is a short, gorgeous piece that makes me want to know more. The format is very interesting, and there's so much more story implied by what Mely has written. Stories of creation, of angels and Lucifer, of the one trapped in Eden.

Come with me, Lucifer ( Read more... )

Nom de Coeur, by Dorinda.
(Casablanca, Rick/Louis)
This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship -- but beginnings are only seeds, and it's a long way to Brazzaville.I want to encourage anyone who enjoyed Casablanca (and even if you didn't, although it's probably best if you've at least seen it) to read this ( Read more... )

Things Are Changing, by Gale (iphignia939)
(Joan of Arcadia, Grace/Luke)I adore Grace, and I was enchanted when she showed signs that she wasn't entirely immune to the smart, snarky adorableness that is Luke Girardi. This story does a great job of capturing both the snark and crankiness of Grace, as well as the underlying tart sweetness. The voices just sound ( Read more... )

Errata, by Punk Maneuverability and Tiffany Rawlins
(Everwood, Colin/Ephram)Ephram is longing and Colin is so close he can almost taste it. Punk&Tiffany capture the dynamic that Colin&Ephram had for me, where Colin could be closer to Ephram than anyone else, because Ephram was the only one who didn't expect Colin to be someone else, and Colin only ( Read more... )

The Wabash, Far Away, by Punk Maneuverability
(XF, Skinner/Mulderish)
I wandered over to runpunkrun's page thinking I might read some of her SV, even though I haven't read any SV in months, but I was distracted by the thought of XF, which was my second major fandom after ST. Apparently reading about a drunken Skinner thinking about Mulder was exactly what I ( Read more... )

A Choriambic Progression, by Mairead Triste & Aristide
(HP, Harry/Snape)
Note: available at Ink Stained Fingers; you must request the site ID and password.Sometimes I reach a point in a fandom where I just need one. more. story. The Story. The one that satisfies all the inarticulate yearnings I have for a particular pairing, that takes its time and ( Read more... )

Love in a big weird life, by basingstoke
(The Authority, Apollo/Midnighter)
Very short snippit that gave me a lovely warm feeling with just a touch of sorrow and pain -- very appropriate, all things considered. The Big Gay Superhero Love of these two is just about the most romantic relationship going.

"Then you really *don't* have proper names," Angie says ( Read more... )