Special Rec: # 28
Fandom Category: RPF
Pairings: Angel Coulby/Bradley James
Fic Title: Our Souls Sit Close and Silently
Author: misslucyjane
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Angel doesn't love Bradley the way Gwen loves Arthur. There is no epic romance, just the tender sort of silly shenanigans and ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 27
Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairings: Millicent Bulstrode/Theodore Nott
Fic Title: Wrong Side of the War
Author: hollycomb
Link: On LJ
Rating/Warning(s): NC-17
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Overlooked side characters deserve a bit of love too, and hollycomb has crafted a short but well fleshed-out piece for ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 26
Fandom Category: Teen Wolf
Pairings: Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski
Fic Title: An Algorithm for Mistakes
Author: fleete
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): E
Genre: Angst, Slow Burn
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Lydia is such a BAMF. fleete does such a wonderful characterization of her as she moves off to college, and her ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 21
Fandom Category: Elementary
Pairings: Joan Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Fic Title: A Lopsided Symmetry of Sin and Virtue
Author: language_escapes
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): T (Racism)
Genre: Case!fic, Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Sherlock and Joan go undercover as a married couple to solve a case of missing infants. A ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 17
Fandom Category: Once Upon A Time
Pairings: Belle/Rumpelstiltskin
Fic Title: The Darling Buds of May
Author: Bad_Faery
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): E (Belle is 16)
Genre: AU!Storybrooke, Romance, Angst
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: As the curse is enacted, Rumpelstiltskin is made aware of Belle’s existence, and in his panic ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 16
Fandom Category: Bleach
Pairings: Hisana Kuchiki/Byakuya Kuchiki
Fic Title: Bound by Blood, Divided by Power
Author: EvanSol0919
Link: On FF.net
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Romance, Drama
WIP?: Yes

Why This Must Be Read: Long and plotty, this fic weaves in a whole host of colourful characters as it explores the political intrigue ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 12
Fandom Category: Ruroni Kenshin
Pairings: Kamiya Kaoru/Himura
Fic Title: Vaster Than Empires
Author: Ayezur
Link: On FF.net
Rating/Warning(s): M
Genre: Romance, Drama
WIP?: Yes

Why This Must Be Read: This is a beautiful, slow burn Historical AU where Kaoru is offered up in marriage to seal a political alliance after her father is ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 11
Fandom Category: North and South
Pairings: Margaret Hale/John Thornton
Fic Title: Age of Evolution
Author: SummerRed
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): G
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: This fic follows up from the BBC ending, which saw Margaret and John openly kissing on a train platform and travelling together ( ( Read more... )

Special Rec: # 10
Fandom Category: The Avengers/Thor
Pairings: Jane/Thor, Sif/Loki, Pepper/Tony
Fic Title: The Insectivore
Author: antistar_e
Link: On AO3
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Character Studies, His Dark Materials!AU
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: I love daemon fic, and antistar_e writes some of the best fusions across multiple fandoms. ( Read more... )

Special Rec: #9
Fandom Category: The Addams Family
Pairing: Morticia Addams/Gomez Addams
Fic Title: Cleopatra’s Needle
Author: Fuschia
Link: On Yuletide Treasure
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Romance, Canon-typical humour
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Morticia and Gomez are my favourite fictional married couple, and this lush fic, strewn heavily ( Read more... )