Firefly, BtVS, and Ats fic recs

[lunabee34]

Here's hoping you guys aren't tiring of these rec posts.

Firefly fic recs

http://www.livejournal.com/users/executrix/210916.html?view=1248228#t1248228 Mr. and Mr. Big Pile of Dust by executrix Mal/Jayne ala Spike/Buffy in "Something Blue." "It's the happiest day of my life! Look!" Mal said with a simper, shoving his left hand practically up her nose. There was a hideous ring with a gigantic purple-and-orange stone, vaguely shaped like a beetle, clinging to his fourth finger on spidery legs. "I'm engaged!" Likely to cause beverages to squirt from the nose.


http://www.livejournal.com/community/fireflyslash/56772.html?view=272068#t272068 Copia by laytoncolt Mal/Simon PG-13 Very very subtle. Post Serenity, so spoilers. Serenity has a pulse. He can feel it beat beneath his feet, every time he crosses a room. River says it's because the ship has a soul, but Simon's always thought it was Kaylee's unique touch, the way she put the engine back together again and again. "That's what I meant," River says, and slips away.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ff_fanfic/66630.html?#cutid1 A Place to Be by trinityvixen PG-13 BDM spoilers What happens when it's all over, for good? “Vera didn’t take kindly to your grappling with another woman,” Mal explained. Apparently, his wife had made another of her psychotic guest stays aboard Serenity, successfully seducing Jayne to achieve her ends. Somewhere in the night, loosened on her pegs from too much thumping, Vera fell from her rack and fired off a womanly protest through Jayne’s head. They all had a good laugh about that, even Jayne.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/executrix/211480.html?view=1257240#t1257240 Class Reunion by executrix PG-13; River fic; very short; brilliant. BDM spoilers "Well, it wasn't all bad, was it?" he said, his arm dark along her pale shoulder. "The enhancement of all the senses, in the quest to extend the sheer meaning of what it is to be human."



BtVS/Ats recs

http://www.geocities.com/glossolalia_01/guile.html What Guile is This? A Luddite's Love Story by glossings NC-17; Giles/Buffy[bot] It hurts to read this. Deep down in your gut hurt. Beautiful writing. Slayers are toys, identical and replaceable. They are made to be broken; it's the watchers who endure. Who remain afterwards, stalwart in their grief, having loved and watched and lost. She mispronounces his name. Giles no longer corrects her. He is not himself with her, he is Guiles and it's more appropriate than any of the half-literate children could possibly appreciate.


http://archive.shriftweb.org/archive/29/thingsleft.html Things Left Undone by Minnow 12 vignettes of what happens to various characters post-Not Fade Away; PG-13; All are well done, but the Nina one is particularly haunting

http://melymbrosia.gatefiction.com/buffy/maternity.html Mother Love by Melymbrosia Very short piece about Connor from Darla's perspective. Gives us more of her back story as well. (there are other ways, Linette whispered, but they'd both seen how Mags had died, and Brown Ruth before that)

http://thedoublehelix.org/jintian/2004/01/theurgy.html Theurgy by Jintian; Rated R; Buffy/Faith. The sheets rustled. Quietly, Faith said, "Nothing ever changes between us." "No," Buffy replied. "It just doesn't change the way you want it to." "Same thing." This is beautiful and hard, with sharp edges hidden under bits of dreaminess. It kicks you in the stomach and kisses you on the cheek, and by the end you are weeping.

http://www.dymphna.net/deadletters/human.html Human by Insomnitic; Rated PG; A Dead Letter Home from Xander to Anya. REally short but packs a wallop

http://www.livejournal.com/users/thelastgoodname/39840.html#cutid1 Fool's Paradise by thelastgoodname Faith/Buffy; PG-13 Faith wanted to wipe that look of triumph off of Buffy's face, rip away her confidence and calm. Faith's muscles trembled and the sweat trickled down her neck. She could feel the insistent heat of a strained quadriceps and the multitude of bruises across her stomach. And Faith could see the blood spreading across Buffy's shirt; it made her nauseous. Suppressing the feeling with a great deal of effort, she reached out to grab Buffy, but before Faith could reach her, Buffy smiled and shook her head. Slayer dreams and fear and death and the connection between the only two Slayers truly called.

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[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

I doubt I could tire of being rec'd — thank you very, very much.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*grins*