Kat Recs All The Fics, Round 2 - Day 1

[kat_lair]

Welcome to Kat Recs All The Fics, Round 2 - another week wherein I post 10 fic recs per day in a variety of fandoms. And still somehow manage to make headway with my thesis. Trufax.

Enjoy.

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American Idol

Save Tonight - Adam/Kris, AU. Kris is a detective, Adam is a FBI-agent, they work together on an undercover operation that almost ends in tragedy. Oh my, this has lot of my favourite things including a genuinely tense 'oh god how will he get out of this?' situation. Bonus points for the GPS tracker location...

Starstruck - Adam/Kris, AU. This is amazing and deliciously long. Adam is a rock diva, Kris is his personal assistant. Told half in the present where Adam has disappeared and Kris is called back (after he resigned) to find him, and half as flashbacks charting their relationship, this is both hysterically funny and a wonderful lovestory. Look up rom-com in your fandom dictionary, and there's a link there to this fic. Go read now.



Harry Potter (yes, so I saw the film and now I basically want to read/re-read ALL the Draco/Harry in the world. Also umpteen fics about Neville kicking ass. Feel free to drop me recs of your own)

Cerulean Blue - Draco/Harry (also includes a sort-of-but-not-really Draco/Harry/Snape scene). I'm usually pretty iffy about amnesia fics, but this one managed to draw me in. Draco (now a Potions Master at Hogwarts) has a bit of an accident in the lab and loses the last four years of his life. It's up to Harry and Snape's portrait to sort him out... The magic in this was fascinating as was the trip through Draco's psyche.

Master Work - Draco/Harry. Draco is determined to repay Harry for saving his life and so he pledges to 'protect and serve' him for ten months. At which point my whole face split into a giant shit-eating grin, because hello there my favourite kinks all wrapped in a sexy little package of power dynamics and dependence and sacrifice and mutual dislike morphing into something quite else. Happy sigh of contentment.

On a Clear Day - Draco/Harry. Draco works for the War Orphans Trust. Harry won't attend their annual Charity Gala. Steps must be taken. This was just delightful in every way; slow relationship development, plenty of UST, great OCs and boys helping each other to deal with their issues. Also includes one of the best drunken almost-sex scenes ever (no really, it was beautiful and left me aching, you'll see. But it was okay because the actual sex scene made everything all better. Guh.)



Hawaii Five-0

Ending one minute at a time - Danny/Steve. Boys are kidnapped and Steve is forced to go to some extremes to protect his partner. Guys, there's cagefighting! What more do you need? Okay, well, there's also an awesome h/c element and a realistic look at violence and effects of it.

Instinct - Danny/Steve. Danny has a thing about tattoos. So does Steve. Funny that. Guh.

Sympathy for the werewolf - Danny/Steve, AU. Werewolf!fic but with a twist. I wanted a little more exploration of the government conspiracy plot but all in all this was an extremely entertaining read and interesting take on the myth. 

you in the sea - Danny/Steve. There's a sharp shooter killing people in downtown Honolulu and it seems he's doing it for no other reason than to get Steve's attention. Interesting case fic and the getting together at the end has a warm feel of inevitability.



Torchwood

Fading - Owen/Tosh. This is one of my favourite het pairings and while the canon broke my heart, this fic healed it, at least temporarily. This is beautiful and bittersweet, and Tosh here is exactly as she is in my head; brave and self-contained.

Comments

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

I'm very rarely convinced that Draco/Harry makes ANY SENSE AT ALL but in a strange twist of fate it is actually TOM FELTON and all his ridiculous comments about those two lately that has made me curious. So thanks for some recs to start me off! :D

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I was never really into HP fandom, it's always been something I've dipped in and out of when the mood strikes me. I like quite a few different pairings, though curiously not really anything involving Snape (though I make an exception for Draco/Snape). Anyway. Yes, enjoy! :D

ps. I don't know what ridiculous things Tom Felton has said about Draco and Harry, you should tell me!

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

I don't have my external hard drive handy with my embarrassingly large folder of the Harry Potter cast being equal parts hilarious and hot, but I could track down these two with not too much of a challenge:

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

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Oh Tom Felton, I knew there was a reason you were my favourite.

Thank you for these, my morning is made.

[tartary-lamb.livejournal.com]

Seconding the thanks for the Harry/Draco recs. It wasn't something that interested me at all during my first run as a Harry Potter fan (all Snape, all the time, tyvm), but having seen the movie I'm curious.

This should make for a good start. :)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome, hope you enjoy them. I tend to like the fics set after the war where they have both had a chance to grow up some. I've never really gotten to any pairings involving Snape (except Snape/Draco and that was almost completely because of the wall-slamming scene in the Ican'trememberwhicmovie)

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

Okay, first of all KAT SHOULD REC FICS FOREVER! (jsyk \o/) And also, omg that new movie has made me want HP fic too. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? I actually am totally interested in the RPS because apparently Tom Felton and Rupert Grint ship themselves. I may have to start looking for that. And while I kind of don't like Harry Potter as a character (I know, I know, blasphemy) I'll totally check out that last one you recced because that almost drunk sex scene sounds awesome!

HAI! I have all the words tonight apparently!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

:D If only someone would like pay to read, rec and write fanfic all day then that would be a completely acceptable career choice.

I don't think I've ever read any HP RPS... I'm intrigued but not enough to brave actually looking for it. Feel free to drop me any links you come across though.

And not blasphemy, Harry is a bit of a whiny brat, it's true. Which is why I tend to prefer the fics where they are adults or at least very close to it.

Your words are awesome and always welcome <3

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

omg I started reading Master Work yesterday night. BAD DECISION! Had to make myself pull away because I need at least a few hours of sleep!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

The management accepts no responsibility for loss of sleep and/or cognitive faculties *g*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Great - more fic recs from Kat!! On a Clear Day is already in my folder of HP recs which I am going to pass on to you (probably on a disc). Everything else is new to me - apart, of course, from my own fic. (Hee!! You recced me!!)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Yes, more procrastination from Kat. *stares at the stupid thesis chapter which is stupid and not writing itself. cos it's stupid*

Yay for recs from you too. And yes I did rec you, that fic has been on the 'to rec' list since you wrote it - re-read it the other day and still awesome <3

[shutyourface.livejournal.com]

I got into reading HP fanfic way late so saras_girl's Reparations was the first H/D story I ever read. I absolutely adore the worlds she builds! I love these rec lists that you do, thanks!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the lateness. Or well... waxing and waning interest? HP was never a fandom I'd class myself 'into'. As such. You know what I mean.

Don't think I've read that one (or at least can't remember it off the top of my head) so shall check it out.

And yay, I'm really pleased people are enjoying the rec lists.

[shutyourface.livejournal.com]

You should go and read everything she's written, it's all brilliant. But Reparations and it's sequel, Foundations, are my favorite H/D fics.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I shall have to check it out, thanks!

[phemie.livejournal.com]

yes, so I saw the film and now I basically want to read/re-read ALL the Draco/Harry in the world.

You too, eh? I've somehow managed to read NEW fics instead of going back to read the old classics from 2005 or something. I've also realized that wow, reading fics the way I used to do back in my Potter fandom days requires a) a monkeyjob where you spend all day surfing the internet or b) hell of a lot more of freetime than I have these days. *sigh*

You wouldn't happen to have any recs in the Neville Is Awesome genre by any chance?

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

To be fair most of it is new to me so I'm just happily trawling through rec lists and comms and picking out stuff that looks good to try. Haven't really gone looking for Neville fic yet, but the time may yet come. I do remember this one really good Draco/Neville one I read ages ago... Perhaps I should go and find the link?

RL ruins fandom, trufax.

[phemie.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say no to a good Draco/Neville fic either if you have a link at hand. :P

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Don't have a link at hand, unfortunately, but I'll keep you mind. May go looking for it later...

[ungratefulwench.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any Harry/Draco in years. BOOKMARKING LIKE WHOA!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Happy to enable :D