“Designate it the Winter Soldier.” Karpov stepped back, satisfaction filling his face. “Prep the first memory shock pattern and—”
“Wipe him.”
Adult, angst. This fic ate my heart and spit it out. Oh, Bucky! I don’t think I’ve ever read such a gut-wrenching description of how the Asset was created. This was written pre-Civil War, and canon was actually kinder to him, something to which I clung while descending into the darkness…
I watched a couple of eps of this show and wasn’t particularly hooked. However, there’s something about Alec and his unimpressed face… Music: Walking On Sunshine (instrumental), by Katrina and the Waves.
Marcus – didn’t step back. His courage, really, ought to have been lauded; as it was, it was a mere unremarked-on necessity. His contract specified that he not engage in communication with the client, but it also stipulated that were a response commanded, he would, if the environment were secure enough, be compelled to obey.
Esca knew that, of course. The brat knew everything. “Come here, Marcus.”
Mature, AU. Esca is a dancer, Marcus his bodyguard. It goes about as well as expected. Intense!
ETA: Sadly the fic has been deleted.
Frank was surprised by how quickly he became used to the cards.
Gen, post-movie. As much as I’d like them to have a romantic happy ending, this story of how Frank and Rachel remain friends is lovely – and happy, too.
He’s sharing his best friend with a guy who doesn’t even know it.
Teen, Josh POV. I love this movie, and this fic does a good job at filling in the blanks and making (mostly) sense of what was only implied in this strange and lovely fairy tale…
The questioning eventually comes to Bucky. “Captain America,” a sharply dressed male reporter says, “what are your thoughts on repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?“
Steve feels a sharp twist in his gut, one that matches the nagging impulse that hasn’t left the back of his mind in the months since he made the decision to not come out.
Mature, comic!verse. I love comic!Steve & Bucky, and this Steve is so great – both during the war with Bucky and after his defrosting, forming new relationships and dealing with his sexuality in a world that hasn’t come quite as far as many would like to think.
ETA: Sadly the fic has been deleted.
Most of him was covered in black robes, just like Luke round about the time of Endor. Leia had laughed at Luke for it. She’d laugh at Ben now, if there was any room for laughter between them. She hadn’t had anyone to laugh with in such a long time.
Teen, post-TFA. I’m not a Kylo/Ben fangirl, but oh, this fic… Leia’s POV here is simply amazing, and I lovedlovedLOVED all the different relationships forming after Ben gets captured by Luke and Rey.
Vid: Don’t Let Me Go, by lonelymundane
I’m enjoying Westworld so far, and the romantic in me is very much rooting for the star-crossed lovers robots Dolores and Teddy. This vid captures both the beauty and the heartbreak of their story. Music by Raign.
When Jack wants a little night music, he looks to make an old song new again.
Adult, post-Cyberwoman AU, dark!fic, Jack/?. This Jack is unsettling, even before it becomes clear who his trick for the night is. Ouch.
Harkness Anthropology 101: An Abridged Guide to Human Sexual Evolution
Sex looks a lot like your life these days. You can have something for an hour, a night, maybe a year or two, and then it’s gone. Even if you believed in it, it would be stupid to think that staking claims means all that much.
Teen, Jack/various. Great Jack character study in early series 1, with just the right dash of Ianto. 🙂
