Nightmares & Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

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My rec table.

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: Nightmares
Author: Annie, aka out_there
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard.
Prompt: 03. Angst.
Rating: PG.
Length: short.
Brief summary: There are a million stories in this fandom about Ancient devices wreaking havoc on the city, the time-space continuum, and the members of the expedition itself—physically, psychologically, psychically, and sexually. But it's relatively rare that those effects are serious, and even more rare that they're long-lasting or irreversible—or both, as they are here. In this story Rodney's been turned back into a twelve-year-old boy, and it could be a wacky case of hijinks, but instead it's heartbreaking. Rodney as a kid is as much Rodney as ever, and the way he processes and analyzes the situation is spot-on; but he can only cope with the implications as a kid can. That's where John comes in, and that's where it breaks your heart.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Nightmares

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts
Author: serialkarma
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard.
Prompt: 04. Fluff.
Rating: PG.
Length: short
Brief summary: Rodney gives Christmas presents! He's generous and oblivious at the same time, and it's hilarious.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

Winter Queen, Ashes of the Night Turn Into Leaves Again

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Winter Queen
Author: k_julia
Characters: Laura, Lee
Prompt: Dark
Rating: PG
Length: long
Brief summary: I hesitate to call this "dark" because it's a delicately characterized exploration of a possible post-KLG world, written with restraint and intelligence. Plus, Helo gets his flirt on.
Link to the story: Winter Queen


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Ashes of the Night Turn Into Leaves Again
Author: jjtaylor
Characters: Laura/Bill
Prompt: Dream
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary: Lyrically written with some beautiful imagery. ( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Ashes of the Night Turn Into Leaves Again

Five Deaths (Laura Roslin), Last Night

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Five Deaths (Laura Roslin)
Author: rheanna27
Characters: Laura(/Adama)
Prompt: Death
Rating: R
Length: epic
Brief summary: One of the difficulties of writing a "Five Things" story is making each scenario equally compelling, and rheanna27 succeeds in spades.
Link to the story: Five Deaths (Laura Roslin)


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Last Night
Author: tellitslant
Characters: Laura(/Adar), Billy
Prompt: Love
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium
Brief summary: Beautifully constructed account of the last day Laura thought she would have, and the one she did.
Link to the story: Last Night

Risk Joy, Faith That Will Carry

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Risk Joy
Author: voleuse
Characters: Laura/Lee
Prompt: Denial
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium
Brief summary: An understated story about the things we allow ourselves to feel, and the things we feel anyway.
Link to the story: Risk Joy


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Faith That Will Carry
Author: tellitslant
Characters: Laura
Prompt: Secrets
Rating: PG
Length: short
Brief summary: Every Roslin fan has to navigate the transition to "of course I'm a prophet," and tellitslant does so with skill and ingenuity.
Link to the story: Faith That Will Carry

Five Ways Lee Adama Never Met Laura Roslin: I. Close to the Ground, The Things Good Adults Do Not Do

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Five Ways Lee Adama Never Met Laura Roslin: I. Close to the Ground
Author: k_julia
Characters: Laura/Lee
Prompt: Sex
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: This is just brain-meltingly hot. Plus, an in-character Lee for an out-of-canon situation.
Link to the story: Five Ways Lee Adama Never Met Laura Roslin: I. Close to the Ground


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: The Things Good Adults Do Not Do
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura/Lee, Laura/Adama, Lee/Kara
Prompt: Family
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: Beautiful and sad, with selfishness and sacrifice in equal amounts.
Link to the story: The Things Good Adults Do Not Do

Stolen Moments, The Ladies' Room

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Stolen Moments
Author: snowballjane
Characters: Laura, Adama
Prompt: Teamwork
Rating: G
Length: medium
Brief summary: Sweet interaction between Laura and Bill, and fleet politics, which I always like.
Link to the story: Stolen Moments


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: The Ladies' Room
Author: minerva_fan
Characters: Laura(/Kara)
Prompt: Jealousy
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium
Brief summary: A short encounter between two very different women, with all the words Laura can't say.
Link to the story: The Ladies' Room

She is the Earth, call her what you will; Like Ambrosia

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: She is the Earth, call her what you will
Author: tellitslant
Characters: Laura(/Adar)
Prompt: Time
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary: Solid command of mythology and Laura, "now with 100% more Real Live Chamalla Visions!" (Not dial-up friendly.)
Link to the story: She is the Earth, call her what you will


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Like Ambrosia
Author: deborah_judge
Characters: Laura/Ellen
Prompt: Loss
Rating: R
Length: medium
Brief summary: Beautifully structured with tense and repetition. Sanity, sex, death, and power.
Link to the story: Like Ambrosia

Things We've Done, Something Better

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Things We've Done, work in progress
Author: k_julia
Characters: Laura, Lee (eventual Laura/Lee)
Prompt: AU
Rating: PG so far
Length: epic
Brief summary: Written with Julia's usual control and insight, a very plausible post-KLG scenario with all the politics I've missed from the second season so far. And it goes without saying that the characterization is top notch. (Except there I went and said it anyway.)
Link to the story: Things We've Done: Remained
Things We've Done: Built


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Something Better
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura/Lee, Laura/Adama, Lee/Kara
Prompt: Fight
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Brief summary: This hits my "combative Laura/Lee with the big doomed love" kink hard. ( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Something Better

Voices Carry, She Thinks Of

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Voices Carry
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura(/)Bill
Prompt: Trapped
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Brief summary: Fascinating psychology of a possible relationship between Laura and Adama.
Link to the story: Voices Carry


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: She Thinks Of
Author: minerva_fan
Characters: Laura
Prompt: Character Study
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium
Brief summary: Deceptively simple character study, with an ending that just kills me.
Link to the story: She Thinks Of

Know Well The Gathering of Stars, Living Like the Lilies

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Know Well The Gathering of Stars
Author: stars_like_dust
Characters: Laura
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is Laura coming into power and learning to live after the end of the world, but so much more.
Link to the story: Know Well The Gathering of Stars


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Living Like the Lilies
Author: jjtaylor
Characters: Laura
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG
Length: short
Brief summary: Things Laura misses, and things she can't have. ( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Living Like the Lilies

Gift of Light, Love (Actually) Is All Around

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Claim: Harry Potter Fandom: Severus Snape
Title: Gift of Light
Author: Josan
Characters: Severus Snape/Eirik Brekke (OMC), Alexander Hillswick (OMC) *age12*
Prompt: 27. Original Character
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic [938KB]
Brief summary: Don't be frightened by the original characters, they are well written and very real. Alexander is Snape's son from a brief affair some 12 yrs ago. Now Igna Hillswick is dying and handing over her much loved son to a man who has never before felt love. Oh, and Alexander just happens to also be a genetic werewolf. This story takes you slowly, but surely, through Severus painful transformation from the greasy git in the dungeons, to a man who can love and be loved in return, something the Git couldn't even imagine. What I love most of this story is the careful handling of Severus' character. Josan is one of my favorite authors. I can not recommend ALL of her work enough. As you'll see when I rec a few of her other stories later. Each story is unique and wonderful.
Link to the story: Gift of Light, link leads to the first post in tales-of-josan's livejournal. At the end of each chapter a link will lead you to the next.

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Claim: Harry Potter: Severus Snape
Title: Love (Actually) Is All Around
Author: McKay at remembra@remembrall.slashcity.net
Characters: Snape/Lupin, past Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny, mentions of other pairings
Prompt: 46. Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG
Length: Epic [14,120 words]
Brief summary: I've never seen or even heard of the movie, "Love Actually", but I loved this. For one it's HBP compliant. The war is over, Severus is cleared but people still hate and distrust him. He did murder, even if it was for a good cause. Remus is recovering from the loss of Tonks, who died in the war. Lonely he asks Severus for dinner. As Snape says, "Is this some bizarre form of Gryffindor nobility during which you intend for us to lay aside our animosity so we may put the past behind us and move on, or is it simply because I've moved up to the top of your social list by virtue of still being alive?" As always McKay is funny and sensitive, pulling laughter and tears from unsuspecting readers.
Link to the story: McKay has a linking policy. All links must be to the warning page To read the story: 1.Click the big ENTER, after reading all the warnings of course. 2. Then click Fiction. 3. Scroll down and click HP FICTION: SLASH, GEN & HET. 4. Scroll till you see Love (Actually) Is All Around, click, and enjoy.