Puzzles

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Rec table

Claim: Angel: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Title: Puzzles
Author: flaming_muse
Characters: Wesley, Spike
Prompt: 31: Discovery
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Author's summary: Wesley solves a few puzzles. That pretty much sums up the ficlet. I don't really know how to explain it. I just love how FM makes them so comfortable with each other (it's an established Wes/Spike). And the fic just makes me smile every time I read it. (I'm totally not doing this fic any justice in trying to explain its merits. It'll be easier on the both of us if you just read it.)

Link to the story: Puzzles by Flaming muse

Half Of Heaven, Doin' The Wildthing

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My F/V Rec Table

Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Half of Heaven
Author: Renny Ramos
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio
Prompt: 39 Break-Up
Rating: R
Length: Medium/Long
Brief summary: This is a heck of painful read and I defy anyone to not cry at it. It starts quite upbeat we have Fraser and Ray quite happy with their friendship but Ray is dating and in the end he gets married. What really hurts tough is that you have this beautiful first time between Fraser and Ray. They come to terms with their feelings as Ray gets deeper and deeper into his relationship with a woman. We know that Fraser really is the one for Ray. Fraser knows it and Ray knows it but in the end there is no happy and both Fraser and the reader are left with the pain of Ray choosing convention over the man he loves.
Link to the story: Half of Heaven


Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Doin' The Wildthing
Author: The Cloudwalker
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Welsh, Karen-Sue, Fraser's father and Grandmother
Prompt: 42 Holiday
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: This is a fun little Halloween story that is not only a first time but also shows another side for Fraser, the side that is able to let loose and. as the title says, do the wild thing. It's an interesting idea to use the costume at Halloween to have Fraser be able to let go a bit more and then the pleasant little first time bit that follows nicely wraps up the story as Fraser is no longer afraid to show his feelings as the real him, using the costume earlier has allowed him to get over his fear about that.
Link to the story: Doing the Wild Thing

Last week!

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This is a reminder that Round II ends on February 28th and Round III begins March 1st. Get your claims for Round III in now. To do that you can go here. Thanks for making Round II full of fun and interesting recs.

For Round III we'll be using the same table of prompts, because I think that worked out well this round. Look for a bit of a switch up for Round IV though.

Have fun and thanks for playing!

"Choice & Insatiable" + "Post-Show"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Titles: Choice & Insatiable
Author: Lucy, at lucy_fic
Characters: BSB
Prompt: 05 Sex
Rating: explicit sex
Length: medium & medium
Brief summary: Lucy has written so many incredibly hot stories I knew I wanted to use one of them for this prompt. Which one to choose wasn't that easy though and in the end I settled on both of these, since they form a coherent whole and neither can really be read without the other. They tell the story of how AJ and Howie got together and how Nick ended up involved too. Not only full of scorchingly hot sex, they also have great dialogue and characterisation. And they are funny too!
( Excerpts )

Link to the stories: Choice & Insatiable


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Post-Show
Author: nafs, at Idle Dreams and nafs
Characters: Nick, AJ, the rest of BSB
Prompt: 13 Established Relationship
Rating: -
Length: short
Brief summary:A very warm glimpse into Nick's and AJ's relationship on the Never Gone tour.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Post-Show

"Ink" + "Untitled ficlet for KC"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Ink
Author: Lucy, at lucy_fic
Characters: Kevin, AJ
Prompt: 31 Discovery
Rating: sex
Length: short
Brief summary: A very hot little story wherein Kevin discovers one of AJ's kinks.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Ink


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Untitled ficlet for KC
Author: Raven, at ravenfic
Characters: Aaron, Nick, Howie
Prompt: 32 Secrets
Rating: -
Length: very short (less than 500 words)
Brief summary: Sentence by sentence, almost word by word, the reader gets to discover Nick's secret as Aaron walks through the house. One of the few stories written in second person that I really like.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Untitled ficlet for KC

"Dark-Haired Men" + "Pretty, Pretty Princess"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Dark-Haired Men
Author: Mercutio, at Mercutio's Stories and bard_mercutio
Characters: Nick, Adam, AJ
Prompt: 33 Crossover
Rating: -
Length: short/medium
Brief summary: Nick is having a great time, alone and anonymous in Paris, and one evening he meets a fascinating, dark-haired, green-eyed man at a bar. A funny little story about Nick's meeting with Methos, with some nice insights into Nick's character, and a great cameo by AJ.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Dark-Haired Men or here


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Pretty, Pretty Princess
Author: Patchwork Dragon, at Patchwork Dragon and patchworkdragon
Characters: BSB, Leighanne, Baylee
Prompt: 39 Break-up
Rating: -
Length: short/medium
Brief summary: A very sweet and funny story about the spectacular break-up of the Littrell marriage.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Pretty, Pretty Princess

Denial, Cave In

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My F/V rec table

Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Denial
Author: Mrs Fish
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Ray's mother, Welsh
Prompt: 43 Denial
Rating: NC-17
Length: Meduim/Long
Brief summary: A simple fic in some senses in that it's title really says it all yes it is about denial and yes it is also about overcoming that denial. What I like is the simply and straightforward way that this fic does it and not only that but it also draws on a very powerful dS episode - Juliet is Bleeding and does well to set the denial after an episode which featured almost a fight. We also get to see the good happy ending of a first time story once the denial has been overcome. Although Ray's denial is the focus it comes from Fraser's POV who doesn't know that Ray is in denial which is a good thing and keeps the plot moving.
Link to the story: Denial


Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Cave In
Author: Kateri Marie
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Ray's mother, Jill Kennedy
Prompt: 45 Trapped
Rating: PG
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Whilst the formatting on this fic does make it hard to read there is something very endearing about this first time fic. It has a simple premise of the fact the guys are trapped but Fraser finds a way out although not before Ray says some things he later wishes he hadn't. Of course he realises his mistake and discovers just what Fraser went through to free them and in doing so realises his own feelings which makes for a nice first time story.
Link to the story: Cave In