Updated WIPs
In the Shadow of his Wings Part 11 by mirasfics. Harry Potter: Harry/Draco. I've recced previous parts of this story before. It's absolutely brilliant. The universe is intensely lush, the pacing is great, and the plot is fantastic. Mira's not even gotten to the textual slash yet and I'm already drooling for it. This is only one of two stories I'm willing to read as a WIP if that's any indication of how good it is.

Visiting Hours Part 5 by rageprufrock. Smallville: Clark/Lex. This is a sequel to Pru's fabulous Conflicts of Interest story. It's awesome and hilarious and oh man I really need the next part now because it's the absolute worst thing ever to be this addicted to anything. But it's so. good.

Completed
Everte Statum by circe_tigana and sparcck. Harry Potter: Harry/Draco. Mmmmm good blend of humour and smut. Harry is a Sex God. Draco is a Potions Genius. They collaborate.

His Body a Boat by romanyg. Angel the Series: Spike/Angel. The characters are really hard to get right, and the relationship, especially between Spike and Angel is intensely complex but romanyg has a good handle on their voices and writes them just the way I like it. Modern, I guess, not so much focused on the sire/childe thing (HATE that), and not too much on the past so much as who the characters are now which is for me, the most interesting aspect of the pairing. How do Angel and Spike help themselves (and each other) get past al of the history and the baggage? The show's writers didn't focus on the angst, they made the two interact humourously exchanging quips and whatnot. And romanyg stays true to that more than many other authors I've seen.

House Rules by romanyg. Angel: Spike/Angel. A fun bit of puppet!Angel fic. It's really lovely, just the right blend of humour and relationship intrigue.

Irreplaceable by rhyssj. Popslash: JC/Justin. Rhys is one of my Ultimate Popslash Writers, and she's prolific too, she's written a TON. And all of it, every last word and punctuation mark is fabulous. This story is no exception, it just happens to be my favorite pairing. JC and JUstin are very, very pretty and they do even prettier things to eachother while Chris celebrates his birthday. Great fic.

Somnambulist by sarahq. Popslash: JC/Justin. This story is... guh fucking amazingly detailed and creepy and SO COOL. It's an AU sort of story and dude. How did I now know about this story before? My god it's brilliant.

And now: it's confession time, Harry Potter fans: I used to think I was a one trick pony, Harry/Draco or nothing baby. But in a fit of homework procrastination last night, I ventured out into the untamed wilds of fandom and read a Harry/Snape story that had been recced to me by saturn92103 back in November. And lo! It was good. Um. So yes, I might possibly like Harry/Snape. And if I'm saying it's a sort of hot and intriguing pairing then that's saying a lot. All of this is leading me to:

Scratch and sequel The Holly and the Ivy by Aucta Sinistra. Harry Potter: Harry/Snape. Um. I'm still slightly freaked out that I even read a Harry/Snape story but the dynamic in this story is amazing. Harry's grown up enough to not freak me out and Snape is perfectly Snape, just a little more human. Also, this story is amazing. It's long and intese and detailed and best of all, plotted. And there's new magic! Aucta is an amazing writer, and evidently, one with quite a few stories up at the Inkstain archive. I can't wait until I have time to read the rest of her work; it's really just that good.