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01. and the moon in their net (Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump) [RPS] {Glory}

Pete's part-fairy. There are wacky hijinks. And a magical-sex hangover. Basically, it's the story I never knew I always wanted, except better, because come on, magical-sex hangover.

02. any which way you can (Sam/Dean) [Supernatural] {Fight}

Incest fic, FYI. It's also the best SPN fic I've ever read. I love the style and I love the story and there are phrases in here that fucking kill me, every time I read it.

03. Price of Wisdom (Percy/Various) [Harry Potter] {Conquering Hero}

This is Gryffindor!Percy, as full of damn-the-torpedos courage as he is of duty. I love this story. And there's incestuous overtones, but they're pretty understated.

04. Apparent Horizon (Bates/Sumner) [Stargate Atlantis] {Powerless}

Oh my god. Amazing explanation of Bates and Sumner's reactions to Sheppard.

05. Kailash, When It Rises (Harry/Draco) [Harry Potter] {Countdown}

Quoting my previous rec of this story: This is one of those stories I'd never read until I started doing [rec50] and wow, this one fic makes the whole thing worth it. It's...wrenching, to watch Harry slowly drive himself crazy like this. The uncertainty and tension and fear are so well-written you practically feel them along with him. The whole thing is flat-out amazing.

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01. Hospitality (Various) [Stargate Atlantis] {AU}

Oh my god. This story is horrifying. I mean, it's an AU where John, Teyla, and Ford get brainwashed into conscienceless thugs so they'll take over a city for a local chief. That goes badly enough, what with the torture and murder and threatened noncon. But the author got pleas for more and gave us a dozen different endings. And in those endings we get to see everybody corrupted, everybody dead, everybody traumatised... A whole range of unhappy endings.

02. Five Days a Week (House/Wilson) [House] {Discovery}

Five ways the ducklings find out about House and Wilson. Oh, wow, there aren't words for awesome this story is. It's absolutely hilarious, for one thing. For another, each story is from a different POV and every character reads true, which is quite a feat.

03. Living Arrangements (Crowley/Aziraphale) [Good Omens] {180 Degrees}

Hell's got nothing on heaven when it comes to punishing the defiant. God, this story brought me to tears.

04. Temps Perdu (gen) [Angel] {Quandary}

An absolutely gorgeous alternate ending to season five of Angel. This story also deals wonderfully with some of the show's issues with memory. And there's UST in every direction, which is fun.

05. War Profit (Ryan/Seth) [The OC] {Book}

This story continually reminds me why I have that giant crush on Seth Cohen. Also, there's lit-geekery. And boykissing. It's like my dream story!

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01. No Refunds or Exchanges [Harlequin Challenge]

An AU where John comes to a declassified Atlantis as Rodney's mail-order bride. Oh, the Harlequin challenge; how I loved you. It's Shalott, so of course it's a good story. But specifically, it's a very good Harlequin story; everything from plot to tone fits the genre beautifully. There's angst, and pining, and true love. How could one ask for more?

02. Quest [Amnesty Challenge/Slave Challenge]

Oh, wow. This is a Ford-POV McKay/Sheppard story. It also happens to be the story of the team's daring rescue of McKay from slavery, which... It's really well-characterized - funny, but you also get to see things like Teyla's pragmatism and Sheppard's possible-psychosis.

03. Shock [Stories About Buildings and Food Challenge]

I love anaphylactic shock stories. Which, y'know, sounds horrible, but I'm a hurt/comfort girl and this is one of the most plausible types of hurt, especially in Stargate fandom and especially when it comes to Rodney McKay.

This story on particular is very well done; it's one of my favorite gen stories in SGA.

04. The Hostage Major [Harlequin Challenge]

Another story from the Harlequin challenge that manages to incorporate everything I loved about Harlequin novels and still fit in boykissing besides. In this one, Rodney holds John hostage as part of a byzantine plot. So, of course, they bond.

05. magus_minor's Shark Trilogy (Out of Sight, Obvious Place, and Open Blade) - written, of course, for the Shark Challenge - was sequeled by ix_tab in Ripped and torn, again by ellex42 in Predator, Shiver, and Frenzy, and finally, by kharessa in Incision.

The original trilogy features a very dark John, who has, for his own...gratification, stashed away a video clip of Rodney's torture by Kolya. Rodney finds out.

The various incarnations of this story contain BDSM, character death, slash, and torture. Oh, and darkness liek woah. That having been said, this story is awesome and I don't care if it squicks you, read it anyway. Seriously, it is crazy-wonderful, in a completely horrifying way. And how can you resist a story where you can basically choose your own ending: horrific, fucked-up, or twisted but happy?

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