Adversaries

[hermitsoul]

BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Adversaries
Author: Miranda
Characters: Spike/Buffy
Prompt: Original Character
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: AU Season 4.  Spike finds himself making a deal to get his chip out, but things go wrong when he realizes he is being framed for recent Sunnydale murders.
Link to the story: Adversaries
 

To Make it Good

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: To Make it Good
Author: ehann
Characters: Spike/Buffy
Prompt: Dreams
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: After the events of Wrecked a series of dreams forces Buffy to rethink her relationship with Spike.
Link to the story: To Make it Good
 

Hook, Like, Sinker & The Other Side of Silence

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My rec table.

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - Rodney McKay
Title: Hook, Line, Sinker
Author: Giddy, aka giddygeek
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard.
Prompt: 13. Established Relationship.
Rating: R.
Length: short.
Brief summary: Rodney at—well, not at his crankiest, but he's a little put-out by the latest hoop he has to jump through in the name of trade negotiations. This is an established-relationship interlude that I love for how perfectly natural it is, how seamless the transition is between the banter that could have been filmed for an episode and their banter and interactions when they're alone.
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Link to the story: Hook, Line, Sinker

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - Rodney McKay
Title: The Other Side of Silence
Author: lemonbella
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, et al.
Prompt: 14. Loss.
Rating: R.
Length: short.
Brief summary: Rodney talks a lot, right? He insults, he babbles, he explains impatiently to the slow ones in the audience, he often doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. It's a natural instinct to want to take the power of speech away from him—temporarily or permanently—and see what he does without it; I can think of at least five stories that fit that bill, but this one is the most horrifying and still so true to him and what he would do.
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Link to the story: The Other Side of Silence

Daemons Luminati

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Daemons Luminati
Author: Kalima
Characters: Spike/Buffy, Tara
Prompt: Light
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Can a vampire be dragged, kicking and screaming into the light?  Tara and Buffy are about to find out.
Link to the story: Daemons Luminati
 

Necessary Evils

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Necessary Evils
Author: rahirah
Characters: Spike/Buffy, Tara/Willow
Prompt: Jealousy
Rating: NC-17
Length: Short
Brief summary: Glory's dead and Buffy's not--all's right with the world, right? So where are the new brainsuck victims coming from? Willow struggles with her conscience, while Buffy struggles to reconcile Spike's lack of same with her growing attraction to him.
Link to the story: Necessary Evils
 

Away from Here Trilogy

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Away from Here Trilogy
Author: wisteria_
Characters: Spike/Buffy
Prompt: Vacation
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Season 6 - Spike, Buffy, and a cross-country road trip.  Can they find a way to be happy together? 
Link to the story: Happiness, first in the Away from Here Trilogy
 

Tussle, Broken Like Dolls

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Claim: Firefly: Jayne Cobb
Title: Tussle
Author: janissa11
Characters: Jayne/Mal
Prompt: Anger
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Mal just keeps pushing until finally pushes back. Warning: borderline non-con.

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Link to the story:Tussle

Claim: Firefly: Jayne Cobb
Title: Broken Like Dolls
Author: aliaspiral
Characters: Jayne, River
Prompt: Dark
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: He was left alive, for some reason only she knew.

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Link to the story: Broken Like Dolls

Big Damn Table

The Rigthness Of It, Three Months

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My F/V rec table

And now we come to my final 2 recs:

Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: The Rightness Of It
Author: T'Mar
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Welsh, Elaine, Ray's family
Prompt: 49 Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Meduim/Long
Brief summary: I like this fic, partly because it tackles an issue that doesn't always come up in slash fic - are the guys gay? Whilst some fic will go out and say they are this fic allows the characters to come a conclusion in a believable way. I also like the way in which this first time is set up, by a celebrity coming out of the closet, it’s an interesting idea we don't often see how things we use in our daily lives, like the media, impact on characters in fics but this does it quite well. Overall it's a solid first time story that goes some way to looking at slash means.
Link to the story: The Rightness Of It


Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Three Months
Author: lorie945, Laura Mason
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Diefenbaker, Ray's fmaily, Ray's co-workers
Prompt: 50 Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: This story is one that captured my imagination really early on it's just one of the best first times moving into established relationship fics I have read and it also manages to weave a credible crime plot in there too which makes it a solid all round fic. By covering both the first time bit which is tenderly done and then going into how Ray's family reacts and how they start to build a life together you are able to see the relationship develop which isn't always the case in some fics which prefer to leave it at the end of the first time this fic takes it a bit further and is all the more richer for it.
Link to the story: Three Months

Shakespeare Backwards, 597

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Shakespeare Backwards
Author: JackieB
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, Kelly.
Prompt: 48. Reccer’s Choice
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: I re-discovered this short fic while re-reading fics centered around the hiatus. Since Joey got married in RL not really that long ago, there are some very good fics that deal with that and still manage to get him together with one of the guys in a realistic way. It’s been a year after the marriage, and Kelly is having problems to deal with married life, which has nothing to do with Joey being in sort of love with Chris, for a change. It’s mostly a Joey piece, but it gives a very special view to the dynamics behind a Joey/Chris pairing.
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Link to the story: Shakespeare Backwards


Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: 597
Author: powrhug
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 41.Drabble
Rating: G
Length: 100 Words.
Brief summary: I’ll admit I don’t like drabbles much. But this one pretty much sums up all the reasons why Chris and Joey work as a pairing for me. Also, it’s a drabble in the traditional sense, being exactly 100 words and not (almost) 100 words. Amazingly, it tells a story in that short moment, which is why I really recommend it to everyone.
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Link to the story: 597

The Way Things Are, Angel Voice

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: The Way Things Are
Author: Steph
Characters: Chris, Joey, Justin
Prompt: 24. Future Fic
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Almost ten years from now, Justin comes out, and that almost breaks Chris. After hiatus, everyone went their own ways, and the contact has been practically lost, except for Joey and Chris, since they live pretty close to each other. When the news come, Chris gets depressed because he and Justin used to be lovers, and everything hints at a bad breakup. Joey is there, to be Chris’s rock. Very, very good story.
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Link to the story: The Way Things Are


Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Angelvoice
Author: Lemon
Characters: Chris, Joey, OC, Justin, JC, Lance
Prompt: 27. Original Character
Rating: R
Length: Long (10 parts)
Brief summary: Joey loves Chris, but Chris is with Dany. When one of the group’s roadies misunderstand the situation and starts going after Chris, Despite the fact that in parts Eddie seems a little too naïve, he’s a likeable character and his presence doesn’t feel forced on the dynamics of the group (It’s a nice touch that really only Joey and Chris warm up to him). An oldie, written around NSA, but still very good.
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Link to the story: Angel Voice

Surrender, Over the Years

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Surrender
Author: Cherry
Characters: Chris, Joey, Justin, JC, Lance
Prompt: 05. Sex
Rating: R
Length: Short
Brief summary: Joey is a slut who will sleep with everyone in the group. After all, it’s just sex. But for Chris, it really isn’t just sex and no matter how much he tries to convince himself otherwise, he’s getting ready to be really hurt. While it doesn’t delve enough in Joey’s thoughts which make Joey come out as a bit of a jerk, it’s a very well written fic with a bitter sweet conclusion that should really be in every ‘must read’ list.
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Link to the story: Surrender (Wayback Machine link)

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Over the Years
Author: Terri turps33
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 38. Kiss
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Four kisses, that pretty much sum up Chris and Joey’s relationship. Short, sweet and to the point, I’ll freely admit that I melt somewhere between kiss 2 and kiss 3. The narration flows like a fairytale, which makes it even more sweet to read.
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Link to the story: Over the Years

Monster; Whatever and ever, amen

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Monster
Author: Rachel
Characters: Chris, Joey, Justin, JC, Lance
Prompt: 11. Character Study
Rating: PG
Length: Long.
Brief summary: Chris has just broke up with his long time girlfriend Dani, and Joey is the one called in to make things better when the rest of the group can’t deal with Chris’s mood. Not really a romantic fic, since it focus completely in the friendship ties between the group, but Joey’s reactions and thoughts about Chris are close enough to platonic to be considered. Sad, a bit angsty, and definitively not to be read if depressed.
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Link to the story: Monster


Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Whatever and Ever, Amen
Author: Rachel
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 26. Death
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Chris is dying, slowly. It’s really hard to summarize this fic without spoiling anything, but I’ll say this in case I’ve forgotten to mention it: Rachel can write angst, and it is like a punch to the stomach when she does. The last line of this particular fic? Makes me cry every single time.
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Link to the story: Whatever and ever, amen

Wilt, Textbook Case

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Wilt
Author: turps33
Characters: Chris, Joey
Prompt: 06. Anger
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Joey needs some time alone. A short fic, that delves mostly in Joey’s state of mind at the moment, although Chris’s reactions are also described in detail. It’s a very brief window into their lives, but as a vignette, works perfectly fine.
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Link to the story: wilt


Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Textbook Case
Author: Arsenic
Characters: Chris, Joey, JC, Lance, Justin
Prompt: 37. Make up
Rating: PG
Length: Long
Brief summary: Arsenic has only written two Chris/Joey fics, and this one was the first. AU where all the guys are in a boarding school, and Chris, being there thanks to a scholarship, ends up tutoring Joey, becoming his roommate for the semester. Despite the fact that the school has a ‘system’ for situational homosexuality which means that they can have a relationship without anyone getting suspicious, both manage to misunderstand the other and have a couple of big fights before and after getting together. All in all, an incredible read.
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Link to the story: Textbook Case

No Skin of My Back, Ever After

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: No Skin of My Back
Author: Rhys
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 25. Kink
Rating: Nc-17
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Chris is uncircumcised, and when Joey finds out, he starts paying a lot of attention to Chris. Set in the pre-Sync era, the guys are just starting to know each other which adds a very interesting layer to their relationship, especially regarding how they talk to each other and of course, the very, very hot sex.
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Link to the story: No Skin of My Back

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Ever After (WIP)
Author: Chris J
Characters: Chris, Joey, Justin, Lance, JC
Prompt: 09. Hurt/Confort
Rating: PG-ish
Length: Long. 12 parts, Prologue and Epilogue in total. WIP, the last part and the epilogue haven’t been posted.
Brief summary: Joey is an alcoholic, went to rehab, and now is back with the group. A very, very touching piece, that deals with the reactions of all the members of *N Sync to how much Joey has changed in rehab, told in two POVS, Joey’s and Chris’s. CJ’s take on rehab is very realistic, and the slow pace at which Joey and Chris’s relationship evolves is perfect for the situation. A must read, even if the updates are very, very slow on it.
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Link to the story: Ever After

When the Tick Meet Mr. T., The Same Inside

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Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: When the Tick Meet Mr. T.
Author: Naiad
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, JC, Justin
Prompt: 23. Time
Rating: PG
Length: Longish.
Brief summary: Au where Joey owns a comic book store with Lance, while Chris moves in next door to open a vintage records store. The fic takes place from the moment when Chris starts fixing the store before the opening to the point when Joey’s store gets in trouble. It’s not a long time, but the most important thing of the story is HOW that time passes, and that the time passed. It even has a moment in which you can see the deadline for Joey coming closer and closer, which made me pick it for this prompt.
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Link to the story: When the Tick meet Mr. T.

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: The Same Inside
Author: Helen
Characters: Chris, Joey, Justin, JC, Lance
Prompt: 31. Discovery
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Chris turns into a girl. I think that The Same Inside was one of the first, if not the first, gender bender in popslash and it has been probably recc’ed to death but I couldn’t think of a better fic for the Discovery prompt. Why? Because it’s not only a very good crack!fic, or a good cliché (The one where everyone turns into something else at least once), but also a fic where Joey does a lot of self discovery once he realizes that he is attracted to his best friend
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Link to the story: The Same Inside

Foul Play

[hermitsoul]

BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Foul Play
Author: ladycat777
Characters: Spike/Xander
Prompt: Established Relationship
Rating: NC-17
Length: Short
Brief summary: Spike likes watching football.  Xander just likes watching Spike.
Link to the story: Foul Play
 

Joined at the Hip

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Joined at the Hip
Author: spurglie
Characters: Spike/Xander
Prompt: First Time
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Season 7.  The girls are fed up with Spike and Xander fighting.  Next thing the boys know they are magically handcuffed together for three days.  As the author notes: a little humour, a smidge of angst, a little smut.
Link to the story: Joined at the Hip
 

Subtleties

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Subtleties
Author: eliade
Characters: Spike/Xander
Prompt: Mask
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Future fic.  Xander finds Spike living in NYC and working as a sought- after escort.  Xander is sent to bring him home.  The relationship starts out based on sex but slowly builds to be much more.  One of the definitive S/X stories - this one is on every must be read list.
Link to the story: Subtleties
 

Small Fry

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: Small Fry
Author: mpoetess and zortified
Characters: Spike/Xander/(Anya)
Prompt: Crack!fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Another one on the must be read list.  Buffy and the Scoobs find an ancient, mysterious, magical artifact that they shouldn't touch. They touch it. Warnings for excessive cuteness.  When you're done check out the sequel: Son of Small Fry
Link to the story: Small Fry
 

The Jump!Verse Series

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BtVS:Spike Table

Claim: Buffyverse: Spike
Title: The Jump!Verse Series
Author: kimberly_fan
Characters: Spike/Xander
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: The first story starts with Xander stuck  in a "Groundhog Day" type of time loop.  As he struggles to find a way out, he slowly starts to see his feelings for Spike change.  In the sequel, Late Night Double Feature, Xander faces the consequences of the time loop and realizes that making changes in his relationship with Spike isn't quite as easy as he'd like
Link to the story: It's Just a Jump to the Left, first in the The Jump!Verse series