woahwoah, spring cleaning: misc recs
Jarhead
Centered by myln
Troy/Swofford. R.
"They had started out as two guys thrown together to make a team, but now they were practically one. When they worked, Troy breathed out and Swoff breathed in.Troy’s heartbeat set the pace for Swoff turning the dials on his scope. Swoff’s finger pressing the trigger made Troy feel complete. That’s how they operated, and they both knew it without saying anything."
pinprick by idees_fixes
Troy/Swofford. R.
"It's the minutes between that he remembers."
Bible
Am I My Brother's Keeper? by magnus_leo
Abel/Cain. NC-17
"He fucked too hard. He pulled too hard, held too hard, hit too hard. He probably didn’t even know it, didn’t notice the bruises he made, blossoming like black flowers all over my body. All he cared about was the release; the building, burning feeling he had in his gut dissipate as he came, entire body bucking and blazing like he was an ifrit chained to imaginary walls."
Aceldama by thamiris
Judas/Belial, Judas/Jesus. NC-17
"It was the nature of men to couch their suffering in simple pleasures."
Unspoken by kassrachel
Judas/Jesus. PG.
"I am ashamed of my jealousy. What Joshua has given me is a blessing; I cannot ask for more."
Good Omens fusion
A Picnic Lunch in the Garden of Eden by kraken_wakes
LOTR RPS. Dom/Billy. R.
"Where Billy is an angel and Dom is a demon."
The Bang and the Clatter by trinityofone*
SGA. McKay/Sheppard. PG.
"Heaven and Hell’s North American representatives have an Arrangement, too."
[also: read everything she's written, quickly]
Hard Core Logo (w/dS)
Northern Comfort by Kellie Matthews.
dS/HCL. Fraser/Billy.
What happens when Billy Tallent and Benton Fraser collide when they're both at a low ebb in their lives, or think they are.
[~250KB]
Ego Collision by Lynnmonster
dS/HCL. RayK/Billy/Joe. NC-17.
"Ray saw Hard Core Logo play, once "
Loneliness by estrella30
dS/HCL. Billy/RayK. NC-17.
"If Ray stopped - even for a minute - it might really freak him out that he was probably going to fuck a guy that looked almost exactly like him."
You Figure It Out by Matthew Haldeman-Time.
Joe/Billy. PG-13.
" Joe: I love Billy Tallent. I also enjoy fucking him over. You figure it out. You got any more questions?"
[interview format]
Bricked In by cesperanza
Joe/Billy. NC-17
"Billy couldn't be bothered with self-expression, because to put yourself down in words was to commit to something, even if for only the space of three minutes."
Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love by dsudis
Joe/Billy. R.
"The thing John had neglected to mention, when he told Mary about how Billy and Joe had dealt with the real issue (which was that Joe had fucked Billy up the ass the night before) was that it had worked, if not for the band, at least for them."
Dry Bones, Dick, Worms and Epitaphs by basingstoke
Joe/Billy. NC-17. warning: disturbing content
post-movie, "Oh God. Blood. On his dick. Blood. Billy had gone down on him with his torn-up mouth and his missing teeth and left *blood on his dick*--
"Joe always loved that," Billy whispered hoarsely. "Goodnight.""
Rome
[spoilers for series in almost all of these, be warned]
The First Prayers of Man by destina
Vorenus/Pullo. R.
"There is one thing more Pullo does well, better than any other Vorenus has known, and that is to follow."
semper hic erro by sweetvalleyslut
Vorenus/Pullo. NC-17.
"Titus Pullo is nothing if not incredibly nosy."
to be a man by musesfool
Vorenus/Pullo. Adult.
"He remembers what it means to be a man."
A Thought, Quartered by troyswann
Pullo/Vorenus. PG-13.
"Noise outside--Rome thrashing and skidding gracelessly in Caesar's blood--nothing inside. Vorenus was marble, sitting at his table with his eyes open and no light in them at all. Pullo couldn't hear him breathing."
Veritas by misspamela
Vorenus/Pullo. PG-13. Gen-ish.
Well, that and a decidedly drunk legionary who had somehow adopted him. Vorenus raised his head to see Pullo lounging next to the fire, grinning at him like a simple fool. Sighing, Vorenus called out, "Men? You are indiscriminate in your tastes, Pullo. That is a game that boys play."
Scrubs
My Problem by rionaleonhart
JD/Cox. PG-13.
“Okaaay, were you running after me? Look, Sally, I know you’ve got such a crush on me that you can’t think straight, but - ”
“How did you know?” I squeak.
My New Pants by runpunkrun
JD/Cox. PG.
"JD's having one of those days."
My Big Breakup by iamsab
JD/Cox. PG-13.
You never wake up saying, "today, my world will be rocked."
Myth/Epic
Pyrrha's Bracelet by Gloria Mundi
Achilles/Odysseus. NC-17
"Odysseus had heaped silver and gold and jewels on a gaudy carpet in the middle of the hall, telling the women to choose what they would. Jewelled torcs, delicate earrings, ivory combs: the magpie-girls fell upon them, cooing, as if they were no more than river-polished stones."
[Gloria Mundi has quite a few more Iliad pieces, which are all very good]
In the Dark by thamiris
Achilles/Patroclus. NC-17
"Achilles always comes back to him. He swears that he loves Patroclus best of all his lovers, and Patroclus knows it to be the truth. And out of all those who have loved Achilles, Patroclus loves him best"
And His Name Remembered by torch
Ganymede, short.
"I know how to get caught, and it's divine."
This Life Has Its Victories (But Its Defeats Tear So Viciously) by musesfool
Achilles/Patroclus.
"If nothing else, Achilles' fit of pique has given them more time, and Patroclus can't help but be grateful for that."
[remix of jaebi_lit's Curse of Immortality
Ten Bowls of Wine by cori Lannam
Herakles/Dionysos. R.
Herakles and Dionysos engage in a drinking contest. One of them is bound to regret it.
The Sentinel and crossovers
cold snap by Pares
Jim/Blair. PG.
"We're not huddling for warmth anymore, are we?"
Wine, Women and Schlong by Brighid
Jim/Blair. PG-13.
"Somewhere, somehow, sometime when Blair was writing a paper or checking out a co-ed's GPA (gorgeous, perfect ass), he and Jim had gotten married."
Everything You Need In One Convenient Location by Julad
Jim/Blair. PG-13.
"Just for fun, Jim pretended Blair was his boyfriend. He, Jim Ellison, had somehow captured, seduced and tamed this sexy little bundle of contradictions, and now he got nurtured and fed and fucked by him on a regular basis."
[grocery shopping! domesticity! yaaay!]
Curtains by eliade
"You know, Jim," Blair said, with a pretense of earnestness. He'd meant to finish, you're a charming old geezer, on principle of puncturing Jim's occasionally inflated ego and to ensure that he got the last word in every fight, no matter how absurd. But gazing into Jim's relaxed and expectant face, he found himself caving into dopey worship. "You're a love god."
Lovely by Martha
SG-1/TS. Gen. [~300KB]
Daniel goes looking for peace in the aftermath of "Absolute Power" and "The Light." Unfortunately, he goes looking for it in The Most Dangerous City in America.
Situational Ethics by Merry
X-Files/TS. PG.
"I'm Special Agent Fox Mulder, FBI, and this man is my prisoner."
Blair looked from one man to the other. The taller one was wearing a sweatshirt with a hole under the right arm, blue jeans, and a blue baseball cap with a picture of Elvis on the front. The other was in a black leather jacket, black jeans, and 5'oclock shadow. His right hand was cuffed to Mulder's left. Blair shook his head, and grinned.
"That's got to be the kinkiest thing I've ever heard anybody say out loud," he said.
Life on Mars
Schrodinger's Cat by flurblewig
Sam/Annie, Sam/Gene. R.
"It might have been three o'clock in the morning, but Sam wasn't surprised to hear the knock on the door. He'd been expecting it. In fact, he'd been lying awake waiting for it."
Don't mess with Mister In-Between by hellblazer06
Sam/Gene. NC-17
"Circumstance makes strange bedfellows."
Lawman, and Beating up the wrong man by tigertrapped
vague Sam/Gene. R.
"The Spice Girls hadn't been born. Yuppies didn't exist. No-one had written The Birdie Song. John Lennon was alive. And Marc Bolan. Sometimes, if he concentrated really hard, Sam could see the up-side to all this. Being stuck in 1973, in the company of cavemen, trying to keep a peace that didn't exist and uphold a law which wasn't yet on statute."
Run From Themselves by loneraven
Gen. PG-13.
"Even after everything, it was quite ordinary when it happened. It was night, and there were no clowns, no test card girls, no frenzied, hysterical screaming in the deserted toilet cubicles of Sam’s mind. Instead, there was dim, smoky light filtering through the internal glass, and the evening sounds and silences of people and their paperwork."
The Choices We Make by kyuuketsukirui
Closer. Dan/Larry. NC-17.
Though Alice and Anna are out of the picture, Dan and Larry can't seem to escape each other.
the long way home by musesfool
Highway. Pilot/Jack. PG-13.
Maybe they've been heading toward this their whole lives.
By Action Rather Than Words by pseudy
Historical RPS. John Laurens/Alexander Hamilton. R.
"Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words to convince you that I love you."
[and follow-up: a conversation]
Waste Our Lights In Vain by Nifra Idril
Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio/Romeo, Mercutio/Tybalt. R.
Romeo will be as Romeo will be, and Mercutio will always be near at hand.
Sometimes, things just go down smooth by ana_grrl
Firefly. Jayne/Simon. NC-17. post-Serenity.
"They settle on a sum, enough that it close to wipes out Jayne's savings. Then, Simon lays out his plan."
Rosetta Stone by uberaeryn
Lost AU. Jack/Sawyer. NC-17. warning: bloodplay, pain
"Jack, he’d said his name was, and Sawyer had no reason either to doubt him or to believe him, since he always paid in cash. He’d appeared out of nowhere, had walked into Sawyer’s shop over six months ago and when Sawyer had asked him what he wanted he’d simply stripped off his t-shirt."
Adulteration by lillyjk
Lost. Sawyer/Sayid. NC-17.
"They’ve come full-circle in less than two months, both outcasts again, different reasons but the same results. Blame it on human nature, or something deeper, but the fuck ups always drift together eventually." [PWP]
Breathless Mouths May Summon by vulgarweed
Good Omens. Crowley/Aziraphale. NC-17
"The Crusades could throw a spanner into any new and rather delicate Arrangement. Especially since it seems neither party has read all the fine print."
Centered by myln
Troy/Swofford. R.
"They had started out as two guys thrown together to make a team, but now they were practically one. When they worked, Troy breathed out and Swoff breathed in.Troy’s heartbeat set the pace for Swoff turning the dials on his scope. Swoff’s finger pressing the trigger made Troy feel complete. That’s how they operated, and they both knew it without saying anything."
pinprick by idees_fixes
Troy/Swofford. R.
"It's the minutes between that he remembers."
Bible
Am I My Brother's Keeper? by magnus_leo
Abel/Cain. NC-17
"He fucked too hard. He pulled too hard, held too hard, hit too hard. He probably didn’t even know it, didn’t notice the bruises he made, blossoming like black flowers all over my body. All he cared about was the release; the building, burning feeling he had in his gut dissipate as he came, entire body bucking and blazing like he was an ifrit chained to imaginary walls."
Aceldama by thamiris
Judas/Belial, Judas/Jesus. NC-17
"It was the nature of men to couch their suffering in simple pleasures."
Unspoken by kassrachel
Judas/Jesus. PG.
"I am ashamed of my jealousy. What Joshua has given me is a blessing; I cannot ask for more."
Good Omens fusion
A Picnic Lunch in the Garden of Eden by kraken_wakes
LOTR RPS. Dom/Billy. R.
"Where Billy is an angel and Dom is a demon."
The Bang and the Clatter by trinityofone*
SGA. McKay/Sheppard. PG.
"Heaven and Hell’s North American representatives have an Arrangement, too."
[also: read everything she's written, quickly]
Hard Core Logo (w/dS)
Northern Comfort by Kellie Matthews.
dS/HCL. Fraser/Billy.
What happens when Billy Tallent and Benton Fraser collide when they're both at a low ebb in their lives, or think they are.
[~250KB]
Ego Collision by Lynnmonster
dS/HCL. RayK/Billy/Joe. NC-17.
"Ray saw Hard Core Logo play, once "
Loneliness by estrella30
dS/HCL. Billy/RayK. NC-17.
"If Ray stopped - even for a minute - it might really freak him out that he was probably going to fuck a guy that looked almost exactly like him."
You Figure It Out by Matthew Haldeman-Time.
Joe/Billy. PG-13.
" Joe: I love Billy Tallent. I also enjoy fucking him over. You figure it out. You got any more questions?"
[interview format]
Bricked In by cesperanza
Joe/Billy. NC-17
"Billy couldn't be bothered with self-expression, because to put yourself down in words was to commit to something, even if for only the space of three minutes."
Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love by dsudis
Joe/Billy. R.
"The thing John had neglected to mention, when he told Mary about how Billy and Joe had dealt with the real issue (which was that Joe had fucked Billy up the ass the night before) was that it had worked, if not for the band, at least for them."
Dry Bones, Dick, Worms and Epitaphs by basingstoke
Joe/Billy. NC-17. warning: disturbing content
post-movie, "Oh God. Blood. On his dick. Blood. Billy had gone down on him with his torn-up mouth and his missing teeth and left *blood on his dick*--
"Joe always loved that," Billy whispered hoarsely. "Goodnight.""
Rome
[spoilers for series in almost all of these, be warned]
The First Prayers of Man by destina
Vorenus/Pullo. R.
"There is one thing more Pullo does well, better than any other Vorenus has known, and that is to follow."
semper hic erro by sweetvalleyslut
Vorenus/Pullo. NC-17.
"Titus Pullo is nothing if not incredibly nosy."
to be a man by musesfool
Vorenus/Pullo. Adult.
"He remembers what it means to be a man."
A Thought, Quartered by troyswann
Pullo/Vorenus. PG-13.
"Noise outside--Rome thrashing and skidding gracelessly in Caesar's blood--nothing inside. Vorenus was marble, sitting at his table with his eyes open and no light in them at all. Pullo couldn't hear him breathing."
Veritas by misspamela
Vorenus/Pullo. PG-13. Gen-ish.
Well, that and a decidedly drunk legionary who had somehow adopted him. Vorenus raised his head to see Pullo lounging next to the fire, grinning at him like a simple fool. Sighing, Vorenus called out, "Men? You are indiscriminate in your tastes, Pullo. That is a game that boys play."
Scrubs
My Problem by rionaleonhart
JD/Cox. PG-13.
“Okaaay, were you running after me? Look, Sally, I know you’ve got such a crush on me that you can’t think straight, but - ”
“How did you know?” I squeak.
My New Pants by runpunkrun
JD/Cox. PG.
"JD's having one of those days."
My Big Breakup by iamsab
JD/Cox. PG-13.
You never wake up saying, "today, my world will be rocked."
Myth/Epic
Pyrrha's Bracelet by Gloria Mundi
Achilles/Odysseus. NC-17
"Odysseus had heaped silver and gold and jewels on a gaudy carpet in the middle of the hall, telling the women to choose what they would. Jewelled torcs, delicate earrings, ivory combs: the magpie-girls fell upon them, cooing, as if they were no more than river-polished stones."
[Gloria Mundi has quite a few more Iliad pieces, which are all very good]
In the Dark by thamiris
Achilles/Patroclus. NC-17
"Achilles always comes back to him. He swears that he loves Patroclus best of all his lovers, and Patroclus knows it to be the truth. And out of all those who have loved Achilles, Patroclus loves him best"
And His Name Remembered by torch
Ganymede, short.
"I know how to get caught, and it's divine."
This Life Has Its Victories (But Its Defeats Tear So Viciously) by musesfool
Achilles/Patroclus.
"If nothing else, Achilles' fit of pique has given them more time, and Patroclus can't help but be grateful for that."
[remix of jaebi_lit's Curse of Immortality
Ten Bowls of Wine by cori Lannam
Herakles/Dionysos. R.
Herakles and Dionysos engage in a drinking contest. One of them is bound to regret it.
The Sentinel and crossovers
cold snap by Pares
Jim/Blair. PG.
"We're not huddling for warmth anymore, are we?"
Wine, Women and Schlong by Brighid
Jim/Blair. PG-13.
"Somewhere, somehow, sometime when Blair was writing a paper or checking out a co-ed's GPA (gorgeous, perfect ass), he and Jim had gotten married."
Everything You Need In One Convenient Location by Julad
Jim/Blair. PG-13.
"Just for fun, Jim pretended Blair was his boyfriend. He, Jim Ellison, had somehow captured, seduced and tamed this sexy little bundle of contradictions, and now he got nurtured and fed and fucked by him on a regular basis."
[grocery shopping! domesticity! yaaay!]
Curtains by eliade
"You know, Jim," Blair said, with a pretense of earnestness. He'd meant to finish, you're a charming old geezer, on principle of puncturing Jim's occasionally inflated ego and to ensure that he got the last word in every fight, no matter how absurd. But gazing into Jim's relaxed and expectant face, he found himself caving into dopey worship. "You're a love god."
Lovely by Martha
SG-1/TS. Gen. [~300KB]
Daniel goes looking for peace in the aftermath of "Absolute Power" and "The Light." Unfortunately, he goes looking for it in The Most Dangerous City in America.
Situational Ethics by Merry
X-Files/TS. PG.
"I'm Special Agent Fox Mulder, FBI, and this man is my prisoner."
Blair looked from one man to the other. The taller one was wearing a sweatshirt with a hole under the right arm, blue jeans, and a blue baseball cap with a picture of Elvis on the front. The other was in a black leather jacket, black jeans, and 5'oclock shadow. His right hand was cuffed to Mulder's left. Blair shook his head, and grinned.
"That's got to be the kinkiest thing I've ever heard anybody say out loud," he said.
Life on Mars
Schrodinger's Cat by flurblewig
Sam/Annie, Sam/Gene. R.
"It might have been three o'clock in the morning, but Sam wasn't surprised to hear the knock on the door. He'd been expecting it. In fact, he'd been lying awake waiting for it."
Don't mess with Mister In-Between by hellblazer06
Sam/Gene. NC-17
"Circumstance makes strange bedfellows."
Lawman, and Beating up the wrong man by tigertrapped
vague Sam/Gene. R.
"The Spice Girls hadn't been born. Yuppies didn't exist. No-one had written The Birdie Song. John Lennon was alive. And Marc Bolan. Sometimes, if he concentrated really hard, Sam could see the up-side to all this. Being stuck in 1973, in the company of cavemen, trying to keep a peace that didn't exist and uphold a law which wasn't yet on statute."
Run From Themselves by loneraven
Gen. PG-13.
"Even after everything, it was quite ordinary when it happened. It was night, and there were no clowns, no test card girls, no frenzied, hysterical screaming in the deserted toilet cubicles of Sam’s mind. Instead, there was dim, smoky light filtering through the internal glass, and the evening sounds and silences of people and their paperwork."
The Choices We Make by kyuuketsukirui
Closer. Dan/Larry. NC-17.
Though Alice and Anna are out of the picture, Dan and Larry can't seem to escape each other.
the long way home by musesfool
Highway. Pilot/Jack. PG-13.
Maybe they've been heading toward this their whole lives.
By Action Rather Than Words by pseudy
Historical RPS. John Laurens/Alexander Hamilton. R.
"Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words to convince you that I love you."
[and follow-up: a conversation]
Waste Our Lights In Vain by Nifra Idril
Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio/Romeo, Mercutio/Tybalt. R.
Romeo will be as Romeo will be, and Mercutio will always be near at hand.
Sometimes, things just go down smooth by ana_grrl
Firefly. Jayne/Simon. NC-17. post-Serenity.
"They settle on a sum, enough that it close to wipes out Jayne's savings. Then, Simon lays out his plan."
Rosetta Stone by uberaeryn
Lost AU. Jack/Sawyer. NC-17. warning: bloodplay, pain
"Jack, he’d said his name was, and Sawyer had no reason either to doubt him or to believe him, since he always paid in cash. He’d appeared out of nowhere, had walked into Sawyer’s shop over six months ago and when Sawyer had asked him what he wanted he’d simply stripped off his t-shirt."
Adulteration by lillyjk
Lost. Sawyer/Sayid. NC-17.
"They’ve come full-circle in less than two months, both outcasts again, different reasons but the same results. Blame it on human nature, or something deeper, but the fuck ups always drift together eventually." [PWP]
Breathless Mouths May Summon by vulgarweed
Good Omens. Crowley/Aziraphale. NC-17
"The Crusades could throw a spanner into any new and rather delicate Arrangement. Especially since it seems neither party has read all the fine print."