rec50 | Meet Me at Penn Station and Not Dark Yet

Claim: "Without a Trace," Jack/Samantha
Title: Meet Me at Penn Station
Author: Kate Anderson
Characters: Jack Malone, Samantha Spade.
Prompt: 04. Fluff.
Rating: PG.
Length: Short.

Brief summary: There's such a wonderful mood to this fic -- and the author paints a beautiful picture of happiness and normalcy without getting "cheesy." The plot is simple: Jack picks up Samantha from the train station, but it's the details (the description of the train and the station, the short note that opens the story, even the sweet and simple dialogue at the end) that absolutely make this story.

Link to the story: Meet Me at Penn Station

Claim: "Without a Trace," Jack/Samantha
Title: Not Dark Yet
Author: Devanie Maxwell
Characters: Jack Malone, Samantha Spade.
Prompt: 03. Angst.
Rating: PG.
Length: Medium.

Brief summary: For a relationship so filled with angst, it's only fitting to represent the category with this pairing's very first published fic. Jack and Samantha meet in a bar after the events of the S1 episode, "In Extremis." It's Jack trying to assuage his ever-present guilt, and Samantha trying to comfort him in one of the only ways she knows how. It's the right thing winning out over the right choice. It's everything their relationship was and is, wrapped up in one perfect scene. A classic -- both then and now.

Link to the story: Not Dark Yet