hustling for the record machine

Star Trek Reboot

lethal poison through the system by asimaiyat
When she was a kid she thought she was going to grow up to be a spy -- a secret agent. With boots that would let her slink silently down dark corridors, and some kind of special secret weapon, like the phasers she saw in vids but quieter and sleeker. Working on the side of good, to help bring down the Bad Guys, standing outside their doors and listening in on their secret messages.

Yeah, definitely that. Or else a pirate. Nyota Uhura is fiercer and more awesome than everyone. possibly ever.

Pomegranate by loneraven
Nyota goes home after the movie. This is gorgeous, and it made me cry. Her mother hugs her fiercely, without care or delicacy but with love, and Nyota thinks about the long nights she spent in this room, sitting straight-backed at her desk while her mother lay on the bed, leaning on a stack of pillows, grading papers. She tried to persuade her daughter to sleep late on weekends and not to drive herself so hard, and Nyota didn't listen; so Nyota studied late into the night, every night, and her mother made tea after dark and poured out mute, loving cups. Nyota passed the entrance exams for the Academy with the highest distinction, and took packets of tea leaves to San Francisco.

"I'm so sorry," her mother says, softly. "I'm so, so sorry. I know I can't understand." She lets go and stands up. "Let me make you some tea, baby, okay?"

She's gone without waiting for an answer, which is just how Nyota remembers things should be.

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refusal and then surrender

Bones

spent so long waiting here by hebrew_hernia
that getting over her was an effort doomed from the start, that he changed jobs and crossed continents and oceans and left his goddamn kid behind and it didn't change a damn thing. While they're separated, Booth jerks off thinking about Brennan. Really well done.

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Iron Man

Growing Season by dotfic
Adorably flirty story where Tony keeps bringing Pepper fruit until he gets it right. ♥

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The Losers

gauntlets of +1 warming by katemonkey
They had to admit it — everyone on the team was freaked out when Jensen started knitting.

Not so much that he knew how to knit, because that seemed like the kind of dumbass thing Jensen would pick up, like how he kept 20-sided dice in his pack, or how he could make shadow puppets out of duct tape and spare weapons. And no one really raised so much as an eyebrow over the fact that he picked it up on one of his trips to see his sister — Beth was at that age where she'd learn it at Brownies, or Campfire Girls, or whatever sort of group you send little girls with genetic tendencies towards being freakishly smart and frighteningly hyperactive to.

No, what freaked his team out was when Jensen decided that the best time to knit was right in the middle of a goddamned mission. Ahahahahahaha! ♥

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The Middleman

We all got in tune by gloss
Awesomely delicious, sweet, hot and in character Wendy/Lacey/Noser. After the best Art Crawl ever (\o), they kick out the jams.

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time to emancipate

Firefly

The Truth of Wings by lyrstzha
River only sees probability sometimes, and just from the corner of her eye, possibilities kaleidoscoping at the edge of her peripheral vision like a trick of the light. River sees all the ways things could have gone differently. None of them are good. *shivers* Creepy and heartbreaking

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The Good Wife

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by innie_darling
Fantastic look at Kalinda becoming who we know her to be. Fuck it, she thinks as the guy behind the counter rings up the boots and leers in a disarmingly friendly way at her. So she'll be eating off the dollar menu for the foreseeable future. At least she'll look the way she feels, instead of like someone preparing to sell Tupperware door to door.

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Life

Interpersonal Hygiene by amathela
Five times Charlie and Dani showered together (sort of). Lovely. He'll be a good partner one day, and a good man, but for now he's only okay.

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