Multifandom Het Recs

Fandom Category: Terminator Salvation/Terminator (1984)
Pairing: Blair Williams/Marcus Wright, Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese, Kate Brewster/John Connor
Fic Title: Across the New Divide
Author: ellie_kat89
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/237213
Rating/Warning(s): mature
Genre: time-traveling, drama/romance.
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: In the year 2024 cyborg turned Resistance soldier Marcus Wright will partake in the most important mission of his new life, save Kyle Reese from the T-800 in 1984. But can the strands of time really be changed so simply and destiny fooled so easily? A story of love, second chances, and sacrifices set post Judgment-Day. Awesome look into Terminator Salvation, and the world there, and how that could cut back to changing the past if only Marcus had lived. Give it a go if you love this 'verse as much as I do.


Fandom Category: Terminator: Salvation
Pairing: Kate Brewster/John Connor
Fic Title: Losing Your Own Reflection
Author: tommygirl
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/34537
Rating/Warning(s): teen and up
Genre: post-movie
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Set Post Terminator Salvation, Kate struggles to understand her own role as a leader while still being a wife. A lovely look at John/Kate in the hellish aftermath of Salvation, and I just love how their connection and feelings run through the length of this fic so well. Kate's strength and voice is so strong, and John is, here, not the leader of the resistance so much as he's just a banged-up guy and a husband. This pairing gives me so many feels, and I really wish there was more fics centered around them.

Fandom Category: Terminator (movies)
Pairing: Kate Brewster/John Connor
Fic Title: What's In A Name
Author: gega_cai
Link: http://community.livejournal.com/moviefanfiction/179875.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13
Genre: action/adventure
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: Long, plotty Terminator fic that is just perfectly written for this verse. I was waiting for this story to be complete before reccing, but I've known I was going to rec it for a while as it slowly built chapter by chapter. The action, the complexity of their situation, and best of all, the author posits Kate Brewster front and center as she goes from being a passanger in John Connor's fate to an integral part in it. This romance is more slow-burning than I would have expected, but I guess that makes sense as there's, y'know, an apocalypse going on and they've got to keep focused. But the characterization and the journey is deflty written. Another thing that has my envy, and I say this because I myself struggle with it as a writer, is the action sequences. Very, very well written, with detail and grit and a thousand small details that make you think the author just lived and breathed this verse.

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Fandom Category: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Pairing: Sarah/Derek
Fic Title: Testify
Author: svilleficrecs
Link: http://svilleficrecs.livejournal.com/725594.html
Rating/Warning(s): Sex
Genre: Smut, angst
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: Season One fic where Derek finds out that Kyle is John's father, and all the fallout of that. This story explores the tension between Sarah and Derek of S1 perfectly, how they're kinda antagonistic, but they both have the same goals and mindset. Hot, in character, and wonderfully in character. Great exploration of these two, without sugarcoating any of the issues inherent in this pairing.

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