Challenge 60

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In addition to any recs you wish to post at any time, the comm has bi-weekly rec challenges issued by the mods.

Challenge 60:



Category: Supernatural
Deadline: March 22
Challenge: Rec us your favorite Supernatural fics. Any and all het pairings welcome! Just c/p the text below and post it as a new entry:

<b>Fandom Category:</b> <b>Pairing:</b> <b>Fic Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Link:</b> <b>Rating/Warning(s):</b> <b>Genre:</b> <b>WIP?:</b> <b>Why This Must Be Read:</b>

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Glass Falcon, by holdouttrout

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Fandom Category: Star Wars
Pairing: Leia Organa/Han Solo
Fic Title: Glass Falcon
Author: holdouttrout
Link: http://sites.google.com/site/holdouttrout/glassfalcon
Rating/Warning(s): pg-13?
Genre: AU
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: What if Han were a private detective, and Leia just happened to be his new client? What if it was told in first-person noir style? What if Chewie could speak English and was called Charles?

Not my standard Star Wars preferences, and yet it works flawlessly. ;)

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The Tribunal by kerimack, M

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Fandom Category: Cruel Intentions
Pairing: Kathryn Merteuil/Sebastian Valmont
Fic Title: The Tribunal
Author: kerimack
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1428178/1/The_Tribunal
Rating/Warning(s): Mature, sexual situations
Genre: AU, Romance, drama
WIP?:no

Why This Must Be Read: the plot is brilliantly original and the OCs introduced to enrich the story are solid and well-characterized. It's an AU where Kathryn and Sebastian's parents never married and our two favorite schemers meet in wholly different circumstances. Borrowing the idea of The Tribunal from Cruel Intentions 2, kerimack creates a more coherent (and intriguing) version of events where Kathryn commands her little elite, controlling whole the school until the new student Sebastian comes along and challenges her power.

The ensuing clash of wills is long and harsh, expressed through a series of highly enjoyable and machiavellian plots at each other expense. Especially when the mutual lust and admiration changes into something more powerful, and Sebastian is in the very difficult position of convince Kathryn that they can be vulnerable to each other and still stay strong.

Time Makes You Bolder by iluvroadrunner6

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Fandom Category: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam Winchester/Bela Talbot
Fic Title: Time Makes You Bolder
Author: iluvroadrunner6
Link:http://community.livejournal.com/spn_hetexchange/43491.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 (implied character death)
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No.

Why This Must Be Read:
She was comfortable with having Sam in her personal space, and if anything he had started to become a bit of a fixture in her life. For once, she had a real friend. It was an odd feeling, but it was a good one. It was one that she was actually starting to value.

“Well,” she sighed. “Don’t let me keep you.”

He didn’t say anything. He was just watching her, like she was something he was trying to figure out, but it wasn’t to the point where it was unsettling—not yet, anyway. She continued to watch him back, letting her head rest on her arm as she waited for him to get to agree with her and say his goodbyes, but he didn’t. Instead he inched forward, closing the gap between them with a soft, gentle kiss.

Full disclosure: this fic was written for me, but bias aside, it gives Bela such a rewarding, respectful arc that it seems criminal not to rec it. The author uses an AU season three scenario to team up Sam and Bela. It’s sad and moving, but still manages to squeeze in a bit of caper fun. A wonderful character piece and it makes me depressed all over again that we never got to see this pairing explored on screen beyond one delicious dream sequence.