Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: none
Length: 3700 words
Author on LJ: anemille
Author Website: Stories on Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:

Driver’s Note: This will be the last rec for Spooks this month. I’ve tried to showcase as many characters and aspects of the fandom as possible, but there are many more great stories and authors out there. Thanks for ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)

Pairing: Dimitri Levendis / Tariq Massoud

Length: 1700 words

Author on LJ: inflightdata

Author Website: Spooks fic archive

Why this must be read:

Dimitri and Tariq were about as close to normal as series 9 and 10 team members came. This story is about their emerging relationship, but also fills in the gaps after the series 9 finale left section ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: Ruth Evershed / Harry Pearce
Length: 2 shorts, 6000 words total
Author on LJ: dweomeroflight
Author Website: Fic masterlist

Why this must be read:

Series after series, Ruth and Harry would almost, but not quite, get together. What was it keeping Ruth and Harry apart? This duet of stories explores the idea that it wasn’t abductions, ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: None
Length: 5000 words
Author on LJ: zooeyrye
Author Website: Foolish Times
Why this must be read:
Dimitri’s onscreen characterization was a bit thin, to put it lightly. This story assembles the puzzle pieces of Dimitri’s canon backstory into a dimensional character, a man who despite his courage and resourcefulness finds himself ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: Ros Myers / Andrew Lawrence
Length: 4500 words
Author on LJ: zulu_ottawa
Author Website: Fanfiction.net profile and stories on Spooky_doings
Why this must be read:

Ros and Lucas: those two just got each other. They were quippy, emotionally damaged, rabidly loyal, totally lacking in caution, and a lot of other things that are hard to ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: Adam Carter / Lucas North
Length: Eight shorts (about 15,000 words total)
Author on LJ: paperclipbitch
Author Website: Other fandoms masterlist

Why this must be read:

For two characters who had three scenes and ten minutes onscreen together, Adam and Lucas had some pretty impressive chemistry (of the complete-opposites-completely-messed- ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: Lucas North / Kate Masters (original character), Harry Pearce / Ruth Evershed
Length: Novel (150,000 words)
Author on LJ: not that I know of
Author Website: fanfiction.net and Wattpad

Why this must be read:

Lucas as introduced in series 7 had enough backstory for several mini-series and enough angst to fuel a small nation. ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: none
Length: one shot (5000 words)
Author on LJ: lips_r_sealed aka nozenfordaddy
Author Website: tagged fic

At her best, Jo Portman was spunky (and I normally hate spunky); at her worse, I wondered how exactly how much loss and trauma the writers could pile on one character in the name of enormous doe-eyes and suspenseful cliffhangers.

Ultimately, ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: Ruth Evershed / Harry Pearce
Length: one shot (5000 words)
Author on LJ: daygloparker
Author Website: daygloparker’s fic masterlist

Why this must be read:

Harry and Ruth: a not-exactly relationship nine years and several thousand meaningful looks in the making, which the Spooks producers and an awful lot of fanfic writers mined for ( Read more... )

Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: none
Length: 2000 words
Author on LJ: tigertrapped
Author Website: Fanfiction masterlist (note that some stories are locked, but these are open to all)
Why this must be read:

Connie and Lucas: two enigmas, wrapped in riddles, surrounded by mystery. For every word each said, ten things went unsaid; behind every meaningful look, ( Read more... )