Snow and After All

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Claim: "Without a Trace," Jack/Samantha
Title: Snow
Author: Midnight Caller
Characters: Samantha Spade, Jack Malone.
Prompt: 48. Reccer's Choice.
Rating: R.
Length: Medium.

Brief summary: An intricate and gorgeously told story, where Jack and Samantha each brave a snowstorm to get to work, and then wind up at Samantha's apartment in bed, sharing stories about their pasts. There's an easy intimacy between the two of them, and their conversation is eerily prescient of the (clothed) one the show had them sharing in "Malone vs. Malone." The author blends the details of their seduction with the more mundane details of their work day -- all set against the backdrop of a snowstorm. The fic gives you chills and makes you hot at the same time.

Link to the story: Snow

Claim: "Without a Trace," Jack/Samantha
Title: After All
Author: Running Up Fawn
Characters: Samantha Spade, Jack Malone.
Prompt: 49. Reccer's Choice.
Rating: PG.
Length: Medium.

Brief summary: Both Samantha and Jack are at work on Christmas Eve, and share a phone conversation about being unhappy at Christmas. The metaphor of the two of them being on the phone when they're actually in the same office is not lost on the reader. It's emotional -- invoking the past and lamenting the present, and of course, honest and heartfelt. When the two of them actually share a kiss before going their separate ways for the holiday, it feels more like a promise than a regret.

Link to the story: After All