Unfit for Society Recs

Firefly

Leave of Absence by zoewarren
She was wading through paperwork and discharge formalities when Simon's surgeon approached, bowed over her hand, asked if he might be permitted to book some of her time. He was polite, respectable, well groomed. Alliance. The revulsion she felt, the rage, was overwhelming. She put a pretty smile on her rejection, a well-trained silver tongue. He left feeling he'd been paid a better compliment than if she'd accepted. She swallowed bile as he walked away. Inara, making her choices, in the aftermath of Miranda. Lovely.

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Friday Night Lights

Three Movements by innie_darling
Brief, lovely look at Julie Taylor and three moments she was awesome.

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Narnia

Now We Are Sixteen by athousandwinds
In the afternoons, Lucy usually took care of what Peter called "handwriting practice" and she called bumf. Susan didn't like that. It was not an activity she enjoyed, but between Peter galloping off to parts unknown and Su being gracious and Ed sitting in court, they all said they didn't have the time to do any paperwork. Hmph. Lucy plonked herself down at her desk and attacked her list of Things to Do. A day in the life of the Pevensies, kings and queens of Narnias. Lovely.

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Star Trek Reboot

Farewell Transmission by dafnap
Beautiful, heartbreaking look at Uhura in the aftermath of the film.

A Future of Friends and Maybes by tielan
Nyota is determined that, like her namesake, she will shine. Lovely look at Uhura.

One Last Night On Earth by northatlantic
"Jim. I do know why you did what you did for the Kobayashi Maru, now. It is why I do not think you cheated. You passed your first time, for the record. It was an acceptable mark, and as the Kobayashi Maru is a pass/fail exercise, you were not able to improve upon it for purposes of your transcript. It is why I should have realized earlier that you were...attempting to achieve something else, when you insisted on retaking it." Achingly lovely look at the crew, mourning, from Spock's POV.

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Middleman

The Job Description Actuality by The Blue Raven
Wendy comes home in bad shape, and Lacey decides she and the Middleman need to talk. Lovely.

Just Words and a Tune by hematitebadger
Ten wonderful little slices of life with the Middleman and Wendy.

Make a Feast Out of Trouble by voleuse
The problem with living in a building filled with other young, photogenic artists was, Wendy knew, that idealistic rebel very easily devolved into pretentious jerkwad. Lovely slice of Wendy/Lacey. Sigh.

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Crossovers

Criminal Minds/Supernatural

The Time Has Come to Be Gone by jujuberry136
A really enjoyable SPN/Criminal Minds crossover - the writing is a little clunky, and it doesn't take into account the state of Sam and Dean's relationship in early season 5, but the outsider POV on Sam and Dean, plus the interaction between the BAU team and the Winchesters, is a lot of fun.

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Supernatural

As We Know It by roque_clasique
"Fuck mankind!" / "And womenkind," Sam says, waggles a finger, trying to be fair and non gender-specific. "Fuck womenkind, too." / Dean cuffs him on the back of the head. "What, I teach you nothin', Sam? You can fuck mankind – but you gotta make love to womenkind. Show the ladies some respec', huh?" Sam and Dean get their drink on after they save the world. Adorable. *happy sigh*

Come Due by utsusemia
I tried, you want to say. I tried everything I could, and nothing worked. But you can see it in his eyes: you didn't try hard enough. You just failed, all over again. After that, you suck Ruby's blood like a fucking vampire, and you don't care. This time you won't fail. This time you'll save him. You'll save the world. Absolutely heartbreaking look at Sam, post 4.22. The second person POV really works here.

Living Vicariously by debbiel66
In the aftermath of 4.22, Sam starts seeing dead people. Well, more than usual. Dean tries to deal. Lovely bit of reconciliation between them. Also, I really like Sam hanging out with Chuck.

Palimpsest by innie_darling
That was twice now that Zachariah had tried to reduce Dean into an eating-and-fucking golem, a mindless beast that could be controlled with fresh meat and other, more delectable flesh. / Zachariah hadn't counted on his little helper, his mud-monkey, his weapon of choice having a memory, or at least fragments of one that he could slide together to stay whole, stay strong, even after his descent into hell, where he was harrowed for longer than he'd been alive. / And Dean remembered. Maybe not everything, maybe not always clearly, but that simply meant he was human. Sam, Dean, Castiel and bumper cars. Adorable.

The Stars of His Army by smilla
Interesting, heartbreaking story in which Dean's not the weapon, he's the trap. AU from 4.22

This old world is rough by dotfic
Lovely, melancholy Dean/Ellen set in the interstices of 5.02.

True Believer by debbiel66
Interesting story that casts Ruby and Azazel as Sam's shadow parents, watching over him and waiting for him to come into his own. Especially chilling are Azazel's reasons for leaving him with John.

The Waffle Option Initiative by angelgazing
Dean sighed, and did exactly what he'd been doing since Sam was seven and huffing because Dean was telling him it was bedtime. He caved. He did his level best to look innocent as he stepped on Sam's toes on the way to the door, though. Sam and Dean stop for waffles. Hilarity ensues.

we two by mimblexwimble
Gorgeous, lyrical look at s1 Sam realizing that maybe he wants to stay, wants to hunt. Lovely.

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