ain't no time for crying

[unfitforsociety]

Kings

Cuius Regio by k8andrewz
Jack wants to know this David before the crown leaves its inevitable mark. He's going to love that marked David, and until the second he thinks it, Jack hadn't really thought of this in terms of love. Though, to be fair, it's not as if it's a familiar sort of thought. It's a sure one, though, one that fills him with an excitement he can't recall feeling. The sort of first-taste high you chase but can never again catch.

He's going to love that David. But this one, he thinks as he smiles, this one Jack owes it to himself to know. Deliciously tense and hot first kiss for Jack and David.

Epilogue by miarr
Really good epilogue to the series finale, following Jack, Michelle, and David as they start off in their new directions and begin learning how to be the people they're becoming.

i was trying to describe the kingdom by postcardmystery
"You are my brother and I love you," says Michelle, "no matter who you are or what you do."

Jack's sixteen, now, and he knows what he is and what he cannot be, says, "It must be nice to think that you have that luxury, sister." Sharp, bitter look at Jack's life.

Sacrifice by ChristyCorr
"Jonathan Benjamin," Nathan all but roared, in that same thunderous voice Samuels used when he got really pissed, "I am here on the Lord God's orders, and you will listen."

Jack swallowed dryly, intimidated. It was pointless to play games when talking to a prophet of the Lord, so Jack said honestly, "I just don't see why He'd bother with me, that's all. I'm not cut out to be one of His men; my father reminds me of that at least once a day." He thought of the righteous anger in Samuels's voice: You are not the one he wants. Certainly, if Jack hadn't been sure at the time whom God wanted, he had no such doubts now. "I'm no saint, you know, and I'm definitely not David Shepherd."

"You may not be David, and you may have betrayed Silas, Jonathan, but the king betrayed the Lord; you are more in His favor than your father ever will be again. The Lord has a plan for you; all He needs is for you to stop struggling against it and open your eyes. There is nothing in David's destiny you should envy."

Jack could imagine the hardships Shepherd would face: how easily the damned Boy Scout would sail past them; and how impossible they would be to anyone lacking David's anointment.

"No, I don't suppose there is," he admitted. Jack grows up during his imprisonment and finds a place at David's side.

a time to refrain from embracing by Pouncer
Really lovely look at Jack and David in exile, planning to take the throne from Silas, and how Jack grows and heals.

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