Title: Coming Up Tails
Warning: Adult Themes (Rated M)
Pairing: ShikaTema
Summary: Temari makes a sacrifice to protect her people and Shikamaru won't let her do it alone. He's willing to help her, whatever it takes.

This is my first LJ post! (This was originally posted on FF.net).

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The first installment of the rec list can be found here. And, as always, feel free to rec in the comments.

( Master Rec List: Installment Two )

Title: A Beatiful Day For Death
Day/Theme: 31st March - "When in doubt, blame someone else."
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/Humour
Summary: Shikamaru's breath quickened - he was actually level with clouds. That could not be a good thing.
Comments: Inspired by this really cool shot
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 Title: The Wind That Blew My Heart Away
Author: yumi-maki
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: AU, pre civil war America. Temari is not your typical Southern belle...and she's about to meet someone who's not quite a gentleman.
Comments: A 30 flowers fic. Inspired by Gone With the Wind. I'm not claiming that this is historically accurate so if ( Read more... )

Title: Promise Me
Author: yumi-maki
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/Drama
Summary: "Troublesome woman," Shikamaru muttered as he moved aside to make room for her, "don't you know that hospital beds are only made for one person."
Comments: A 30 flowers fic. Inspired by Grey's Anatomy. Sequel to Waiting.
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Title: Back to Black
Author: yumi-maki
Rating: T
Genre: Romance/Angst
Summary: AU, Paris. We only said goodbye with words, I died a hundred times, you go back to her and I go back to, I go back to black.
Comments: A 30 flowers fic. An experimental piece. Inspired by the Amy Winehouse song of the same name and tons of pictures of black and white.    

Title: Love is Strange
Author: yumi-maki
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/Humour
Summary: [AU, late 1950's America] Bored out of his mind at a school dance, Shikamaru meets an unusual girl who manages to liven things up for him.
Comments: A 30 flowers fic. You should probably listen to Love is Strange" by Mickey and Sylvia while reading - it'll help. Thank ( Read more... )

Title: Le Petit Mort
Author: yumi-maki
Rating: T
Genre: Romance
Summary: Their first time together.
Comments: Another experimental piece. Inspired by Jay-Z's "I Know." Trying to find a way to talk about that without actually describing the act.

Anyone remember the latest Shikatema poll? Probably not.
Well....I've waited long enough, so....

Results are in the cut!

Question of the moment: Just how devoted to the pairing are the members in the comm?

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Yep. Finally joined this community. (After stalking it for a looong time) and I wanted to say...YES FINALLY ( Read more... )