15 recs for your midweek reading

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I watched John Winchester be a bad guy silently on Walker Texas Ranger at the gym tonight. He looked conflicted. Course, the girl looked like George from Dead Like Me sometimes, but I don't think she actually was. I was running and listening to my dance mix on my headphones and thus really wasn't paying much attention. Surprisingly, running didn't hurt that much, but the machine is so, so wrong about the elliptical workout burning more calories. I am THRASHED.

But, I can still code, man. *fists of determination*

minnow1212 has posted an extraordinary team love ficlette for SGA. Home and family and love and time and instinct and belonging. It's wonderful. Ronon's story was heartbreakingly intimate, I think. Gen, team. Rise, worksafe.

More SGA: team strong-friendshippy/poly thing from psychofilly. The teamy love and goodness is fantastic, right along side a good dose of how bad things can go. John's trust is sweet and his paranoia seems earned. Love is Not a Victory March, poly, worksafe, future fic.

From helenish, a delightfully confusing fall with mystery: This Gun's for Hire, John/Rodney among others, not-worksafe, SGA.

denynothing1 had a great response to the recent kerfuffles, which was to write satire. Really good satire, subtle and biting and funny and sad. Ronon is upstaged by cats. 'Nuff said. We Laughed, We Cried, worksafe, gen, AU (Atlantis and SG-1 are partly cast with animals).

And now for a random left-turn into Firefly: a fantastic autonomous Inara needing the crew, and finding them right where she needs them to be. Miles From Where You Are, by ana_grrl. Gen, worksafe, Firefly.

Weight and Motion and sequels Wild and Unwise and Core and Mind are a fantastic set of fics by sevenfists taking Dean Winchester into the Serenity/Firefly 'verse post-big damn movie. The characters and reactions all feel spot on for after the movie, and the Dean/Mal is a fantastic chemistry and development. About 30,000 all together, NC-17, Crossover. Props to destina for requesting a sequel.

SPN series that's a WIP, but each one stands alone: Five Times Dean Winchester Batted His Eyelashes During a Hunt (1/5). This so worked for me, he would so pull a stunt like that. Gen, worksafe, by researchgrrrl (you are all *fired* for not telling me about this woman's writing.)

Aaaaaand, back to SG-1: a great Sam and Jack from splash_the_cat's archives. This is a great pep-talk from Jack in the face of yet another blase end-of-the-world-SAVE-US burden on Sam's shoulders. I enjoyed Teal'c and Jonas too. Way Smarter, S6, Sam and Jack and team, work-safe.

Another in the pantheon of bloody marvelous Lost City fics from paian: bittersweet and wonderful and great, great partnership. And sexy as hell. Thin Ice, not worksafe, Jack/Daniel, wonderful.

Also from paian: the angsty Tough Choice, post S8's Endgame. Not nearly as bittersweetly happy as Thin Ice, but satisfying in it's own angsty way, not least for the promise of the long fic it might be part of. Not worksafe, Jack/Daniel, SG-1.

Okay, last from paian for the moment (I think--I have had the luscious experience of finding new stuff through her archiving posts lately): Body Memory. Lots of starting over and established relationship remembered and forgotten, and it is an amazing arc for both Jack and Daniel. Not worksafe, Jack/Daniel, SG-1.

Lastly, thank goodness for teand, else paian would be singlehandedly responsible for all the Jack/Daniel on this list. Fortunately, riverfox had a birthday, and she was written a drabble with some impressive voices and emotion. Half-Crazy, S9 or 10 (no real spoilers, though), worksafe, SG-1, Jack/Daniel.

And in conclusion, I have a drawn bath in the here and now and Farscape DVDs in my future. 'Scuse me.