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[lilac_one]

Imagine you are feeling slightly blue and you know just the thing to cheer yourself up. And that thing is TS fic. What's your favorite pick-me-up read? If you happen to be one of those people for whom lots of angst makes you feel better (hey, it's a totally valid lifestyle choice), I'd ask you to restrain yourself here, or at least provide a

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[lilac_one]

Thank you. They are cute.

[janedavitt]

This classic one is fun with a frantic Jim and MC trying to find Blair.

Don't Mess Around With Jim by Karen.

This is a nice slice of life one:

Curtains by Anna S

Another classic funny one:

Sentinel's Rules For Dating the Guide by Diana

[lilac_one]

All of these are old favorites and did the trick! Thank you for reminding me of them.

[magician113]

Yikes, how to choose? These all work for me and most are slash

[lilac_one]

I've read almost (but not all) of them before, and this made for some fabulous pick-me-up reading. You are awesome. Thank you!

[magician113]

You are most welcome. I see from your responses that you are pretty well read in TS -- wow! Here's a few more that I found while I was perusing a rec list. Not as often recommended, perhaps there's one or two you haven't read yet

[lilac_one]

Thank you so much! There are several here I haven't yet read. Which is major for me. I've been reading TS since 2000? 2001? And recently, during long bout of illness that had me stuck at home, I searched 852 for J/B, started on the first page, and pretty much read on through.

[green_grrl]

Rresonant's Thirteen Christmas Traditions is just pure happy-making. :-)

[lilac_one]

Pure happy-making is right! It was perfect. Thank you.

[anonymous]

Anniversary Story by Francesca always cheers me up :)

http://www.trickster.org/francesca/Anniverstory.html

-Maria-

[lilac_one]

This is one of my all-time favorites; thank you so much for reminding me of it. I love how it takes Jim explaining over and over for Blair to finally make sense of what Jim's trying to say.