you look like you're lots of fun

Teen Wolf

An Algorithm for Mistakes by [Anonymous]
Fantastic story about Lydia.

que lastima pero adios by magneticwave
Really smart and emotionally true look at Erica.

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come on and do your worst

Crossovers

The Dark Knight Rises/Iron Man

Elliptical Orbit by Croik
Broody, melancholy story of Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne weaving in and out of each other's lives over the years.

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Skyfall/Captain America

You may have my number, you can take my name by lc2l
There wasn't enough evidence to get the headstone changed. Rogers' story is a little too fantastic for the suits up in the Government and there have been enough Margaret Carters in the secret service over the decades that no one can be sure Steve's Peggy is their M.

"It's what you choose to believe," Eve had said, and it turns out Q is okay with that. He's the last person who would be because he likes facts and numbers but M being friends with Captain America fits in his head the same way it fits that light is both a wave and a particle and he can do maths with imaginary numbers. *sniffle* Yes. This.

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But it was nothing that a tenner and a bullet couldn't fix

Skyfall

A Certain Reputation by yunitsa
Bond really does sleep with everyone. Absolutely believable and in character.

Driftwood by ponderosa
Ridiculously hot and wonderfully in character M/Bond.

Iterations by Rheanna
Bond keeps dying in service, and they keep bringing him back; every time they do, he has a different face. Excellently chilling and oh so plausible.

so you were never a saint. by paperclipbitch
"I think Bond's trying to be your friend," Eve tells him.

"...well," Q says slowly, "this is a new and disturbing development." Enjoyable look at Q, Eve, and Bond and their odd friendships.

Until My Dying Day by Rheanna
Melancholy missing scene from the movie, featuring M and Bond.

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i don't remember details but there were english boys with banjos

Elementary

some observations on the segregation of the queen by siria
There were no new photographs on the wall of her parents' living room because there were no more straight lines in Joan's life. There were days when Joan was terrified of that—scared by the fact that it was hard to look back over the last two years and see how she'd gotten here from there in large part because there seemed to be no difference between the two points. Some days she found it comforting, how she could mark off the weeks only by the cycle of Mondays through Sundays, not by this prestigious fellowship or that foreign trip or by the addition of a new publication to her CV. Sharp look at Joan and how she got where she is now.

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Harry Potter

i see a darkness by jiggeypokery
"I don't know what that means," he said, again to the flagstones. "To you or me. I don't know whether you'd want me to be that much a part of your life again or not, and frankly I've been too much of a coward to ask. I don't even know..." He trailed off, sighed, and looked into Remus's eyes again. God, Sirius's eyes. "I don't expect anything from you, not at this stage. But there it is."

Remus took a long, slow breath, and let it out again. He waited until he was sure Sirius was done speaking, and then said, "I love you," which was not what he'd expected to say, but it seemed appropriate to the situation once he'd said it. "I always have. I never stopped."

Sirius's hand had gotten pressed across his eyes somewhere in the last three sentences, and he looked wearier than ever. "I'm sorry," he said, with something not entirely unlike a laugh in the middle. Remus and Sirius, during the last year of the first war and then during OotP. Oh my heart. *sobs*

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rubbing elbows with the moon

Once Upon a Time

Softer the Night by osito_panda
"Does it hurt?" Belle asks.

Red doesn't understand the question for a full five seconds. "Oh," she says. "No, it doesn't hurt."

"How does it feel, then?"

"I... I guess it feels right. Like something that's supposed to happen."

Belle smiles, then, a gentle smile doused with sadness. "Good," she says. "I mean, I'm glad you have that again. You must have missed it, without even knowing, back then."

It makes a startling kind of sense, and Red, who tries not to think of the curse, or of her time in it, says, "Yeah. It's funny, how much I didn't know what I needed."

"Not funny," Belle says, suddenly somber. "Not really."

No, not funny at all. Sweet and wonderful Belle/Ruby.

Three by medie
Sweet, hot Snow/Red/Charming.

The Wolf and the Rose by osito_panda
Maybe it's the stillness, the throbbing quiet that surrounds them. It's them, alone, whispering in a building full of ancient whispers. Red scoots up so her mouth is near Belle's ear as she whispers, "I'm glad I met you."

Belle whispers back, "Me, too."

"I'm not lonely anymore."

Belle nods and nods. They sit there, in the quiet, until Belle opens the book again and reads another story, her voice a lullaby, her words a dream. Really lovely Ruby/Belle, set post-Child of the moon.

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i know i'm selfish, i'm unkind

Avengers

Distance Into Miles by circ_bamboo
Lovely story in which Pepper and Tony slowly bring Bruce into their relationship, with a really good Pepper POV.

escape from new york by beardsley
When everyone in New York City, including the Avengers, gets hit with sex pollen, Steve and Bucky are the only two people who are immune, so it's up to them to save the day. Hilarious and awesome and sweet and full of PINING and EVENTUALLY REQUITED FEELINGS. <3

everybody talks by haipollai
In which Carol is a good friend to Steve, and discovers he's sleeping with Bucky. lovely.

fellowship by irnan
"Are you still scared of him?"

Natasha stamped on his foot.

"No," she said sweetly once he'd resurfaced, red-faced, from under the table and she'd had time to chew and swallow. "Why?"

Clint shrugged. "Well," he said. "I always think you're really alike."

Natasha felt her jaw swinging open.

"He uses people's expectations about the Hulk like you use people's expectations about being a woman." Five conversations Natasha and Clint have about/with their teammates. Lovely and understated.

A Glossary of the 21st Century by kinky_kneazle
Lovely story of Steve's attempts to get acclimated to the 21st century, deal with his teammates (and warmer feelings for Natasha) with bonus Logan and Deadpool (if Deadpool is ever a bonus).

Hard Rain Tesserae by framlingem
Really lovely story that takes place just post movie and handles the grieving and starting to move towards becoming a team really well. Have tissues handy.

He Likes a Boy in Uniform by [Anonymous]
Bucky's always been better than Steve at things like this; at pulling his collar just so and making his tie sit right. Bucky always looks sharp, a real dapper dresser. Steve always looks slouched over and small, no matter how Bucky fusses with his collar or pulls the shoulders of his jacket. He says maybe someday they'll get Steve a good suit, a tailored one, instead of buying a secondhand one, and Steve will look real good, he's sure of it.

It's nice that Bucky believes in Steve, but there's no money for a real suit, even if Bucky does one of the jobs they don't talk about, guarding warehouses or delivering things that Bucky won't look at while he's carrying it, and Steve knows they could go to one of the fancy stores on Fifth Avenue and spend all day in it, finding a suit for him, and he'd still look small and slouched over. He'd rather Bucky get the suit anyway. That way he can look at it and admire the way it falls over Bucky's broad shoulders like a painting in a suit advertisement, and not feel ridiculous himself. Lovely, achy look at Steve and Bucky.

I Wish I Could Buy Back the Woman You Stole by waketosleep
Natasha tries to take up a hobby. It's not as easy as she'd like.

love is for children and other lies by Fahye
Really excellent look at who Natasha is - how she was made into the Black Widow and who she decides to remake herself into.

One More by reggievass
Sharp look at Pepper and what she's done - and prepared to do - to protect Tony.

Rule Number Nine by DevilDoll
Steve and Darcy become fuckbuddies. Darcy has a lot of rules about this, the most important of which is NO FEELINGS. Which Steve kind of breaks a lot. A LOT. I draw a million sparkly hearts around this story - it is sweet and hot and it made me cry and then it made me happy. ♥

Running on Empty by enigmaticblue
Steve's rarely had enough to eat. Here's five times someone tried to help him out with that.

Sleeping With the Light On by starkly
"No, I never dated Rhodey."

"Did you want to?"

The hand in her hair stills, Tony pushing himself upright on his elbows. "What?"

"Did you ask him? Or consider asking him?" Pepper stares up at him, expression curious.

"What's with the twenty questions? I don't know how you forgot, but I'm kind of dating you right now, so — "

"Because I like him."

Tony falls silent, the rest of his ramblings dying on his lips. "You might have to clarify that statement for me."

"I said I liked Rhodey and was wondering if you liked him too." She draws a heart lightly with a finger in the space above the arc reactor.

Tony swallows heavily. "Oh. Oh. I, wow. Um, yes. Definitely yes."

"I had a feeling you'd say that," Pepper says with a grin, and kisses him. How Tony and Rhodey and Pepper become Tony/Rhodey/Pepper. Lovely.

someday, somebody from somewhere by beardsley
'All right. I didn't want to do this, but I got vetoed by the others. Steve, this is officially an intervention.'

'An intervention,' Steve repeats, not particularly enthusiastic.

Clint nods. 'You have a problem. With the whole, the living vicariously through the people you throw at Barnes? It's a problem. We think maybe you need to get out more. Get your groove back. Meet someone. Get laid.' He makes a zip-it gesture with his hand when Steve opens his mouth to protest. 'Tony's words, not mine. Now shut up, this is my intervention speech. Okay? Okay. Now, we have a perfect date for you.' Steve's perfect date is, of course, Bucky and it all works out in the end when they realize they don't have to pine stoically for each other anymore. *happy sigh*

a sort of walking miracle, my skin by weatheredlaw
Ridiculously hot Maria/Bruce.

Stratospheric by icarus_chained
Really lovely Tony/Rhodey(/Pepper).

Tea, Coffee, Chocolate by [Anonymous]
Really lovely and warm Bruce/Tony/Pepper.

The Missing Queen Job by meinterrupted
Fun Avengers/Leverage fusion; Clint as Parker and Tony as Hardison work especially well.

These Are Better Days by adventurepants
He's used to being in the public eye, to being called a hero and a freak in the same breath, and Tony's been famous practically his whole life, but Steve knows it's new and uncomfortable for the rest of them. There's one clip he's seen a couple of times, of someone shoving a microphone in Natasha's face and asking her what it feels like to be a hero. She'd shot a pretty impressive glare at the camera before declaring in an even voice, "I'm not a hero."

Steve knows she hates the idea that anyone's looking up to her. She doesn't see herself as good. But she was there, fighting right next to him in the streets, and he knows better. He'd tell her, if he could figure out the right time to do it. Really good Steve-settles-into-the-future story. I especially like his relationship with Natasha, and the section with Thor made me tear up.

Time and Place by [Anonymous]
Maria Hill gets tapped to accompany Nick Fury to a charity gala. Mayhem and hilarity ensue.

Watching from the Wall by Sharkgloves
A spy who is also a ballerina. Take a step back and it makes sense.

Because he's watching Natasha glide across a ballroom and at the same time he's watching her walk into her tiny Parisian garret and kick off her heels. He's been waiting for thirteen hours on a rooftop in the dead of winter and he just wants to finish the job and go home.

It's snowing lightly and he watches as she takes off her makeup and jewellery and changes into a loose sweater and shorts. She steps closer to the window and he draws an arrow back. Inhales.

And then she begins to dance.

Slowly at first, as if she's carrying a heavy weight almost too much for her to bear, but her steps gradually growing lighter and more certain until each movement flows together like music.

Earlier that week he watched her kill six armed men with her bare hands. He's read her file. He knows what she is. But he watches her dance like it's the only thing holding her together and he knows he can't kill her. Not without offering her the same choice he'd been given.

Four days later he holds out his hand and she takes it. really lovely backstory for Clint and Natasha and their relationship.

we got a groovy thing goin' by weatheredlaw
Very hot Clint/Kate.

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