Multifandom Het Recs

Fandom Category: Leverage
Pairing: Parker/Alec Hardison
Fic Title: Untitled
Author: longsufferingly
Link: LiveJournal
Rating/Warning(s): Not rated – I’d give it a PG
Genre: Humor
WIP?: No
Special rec: 24/25

Why This Must Be Read: You might have noticed a theme with most of my recs – I like funny. This is set during the first season after The Wedding Job...Hardison asks Eliot to be his wingman and find out if Parker likes him. How desperate do you have to be to ask Eliot to be your go between?

Fandom Category: Leverage
Pairing: Parker/Alec Hardison
Fic Title: Understanding and Feeling
Author: emily64cooper
Link: LiveJournal
Rating/Warning(s): PG
Genre: Angsty
WIP?: No
Special rec: 25/25

Why This Must Be Read: On the other hand, I also like fics that make me go “aww” and sniffle a bit (must be the dust in here). This one is set right after this season’s The Hot Potato Job…Parker is learning how to deal with feelings, hers and other people’s. It’s not easy to love Parker, but it’s not easy to be Parker, either. This season of Leverage has been all about her journey toward the light, and this fic captures that perfectly.
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Hope you’ve enjoyed my recs this month…it’s been fun highlighting some of my faves. Good luck to October’s special reccer!

Fandom Category: The Bourne Trilogy
Pairing: Marie Kreutz/Jason Bourne
Fic Title: Breathe
Author: fearlessfan
Link: Fanfiction.net
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No
Special rec: 21/25

Why This Must Be Read: Takes place after The Bourne Identity…what sacrifices has Marie made to live a life on the run with Jason Bourne, and how does she feel about it? And how does he? The author creates a wonderful Marie voice.

Fandom Category: The Bourne Trilogy
Pairing: Marie Kreutz/Jason Bourne
Fic Title: The World of Women
Author: seperis
Link: Archive of Our Own
Rating/Warning(s): Explicit (Explicit sex, descriptions of violence)
Genre: Drama
WIP?: No
Special rec: 22/25

Why This Must Be Read: Another post-Bourne Identity story…Marie asks Jason why he only watches the men, never the women. As he explains, they both realize just how vulnerable Marie is. He starts teaching her how to live like he does, which allows Marie to shoulder some of Jason’s burden…and isn’t that part of what love and marriage are?

Fandom Category: TV Commercials
Pairing: Flo (Progressive)/Mayhem (Allstate)
Fic Title: On the Clock
Author: YappiChick
Link: Archive of Our Own
Rating/Warning(s): T
Genre: UST, Humor
WIP?: No
Special rec: 11/25

Why This Must Be Read: It’s Flo the Progressive Insurance girl, isn’t that enough? Ok, it’s Flo and Mayhem from Allstate flirting in the break room before their shifts as insurance spokespeople. Even the Geico gecko has had it with their sexual tension in the workplace! Bonus: Mayhem has checked Flo’s background…what is she hiding?

Fandom Category: Law and Order, Law and Order: LA
Pairing: Connie Rubirosa/Mike Cutter
Fic Title: Forget Voicemail
Author: blueabsinthe
Link: LiveJournal
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No
Special rec: 9/25

Why This Must Be Read: We get a quick peek at Mike and Connie’s relationship after Connie moved from New York to Los Angeles. It's sweet and suggestive (and slightly fluffy).

Fandom Category: Leverage
Pairing: Parker/Alec Hardison
Fic Title: Lock & Key
Author: arobynsung
Link: LiveJournal
Rating/Warning(s): PG
Genre: Flangst (which I assume is 'fluff' and 'angst'?)
WIP?: No
Special rec: 7/25

Why This Must Be Read: From Parker's quote in The Beantown Bailout Job comparing people to locks…you have to take your time and be fiddly. The author connects several small moments between Parker and Hardison, showing the truth in Parker's words. It's sweet and funny and perfectly in character.

Fandom Category: Doctor Who
Pairing: Amy Pond/The Doctor
Fic Title: Wrong Turn on the Way to Albuquerque
Author: nonelvis
Link: LiveJournal
Rating/Warning(s): PG
Genre: Humor, UST
WIP?: No
Special rec: 5/25

Why This Must Be Read: Apparently the Eleventh Doctor doesn’t trust himself with Amy’s virtue, so he attempts to bring Rory to the TARDIS as a buffer. This is the hilarious tale of the other time the Doctor jumped out of a cake. The author’s Eleven voice is spot on.

Fandom Category: Leverage
Pairing: Parker/Alec Hardison
Fic Title: Somebody's Crying
Author: hannasus
Link: Archive of Our Own or LJ
Rating/Warning(s): Teen
Genre: Humor, Angst
WIP?: No
Special rec: 1/25

Why This Must Be Read: Alec Hardison loves Parker and he is willing to wait for her to figure out what love means. In this story, Eliot knows Parker is crying in the ladies room and he figures Hardison is to blame. What did Hardison do to make Parker cry?

The author does a fabulous job recreating the voices of the characters and blending humor with a touch of angst.