Unfit for Society Recs

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All the Love in the World by alocalband
When Coach goes into the hospital, Jack rushes to Bitty's side. This is lovely. *sobs*

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Dark Angel

Fever Break by Marie_L
AU for Designate This. Manticore stimulates Max's heat to harvest her eggs, and Alec is along for the ride.

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Star Trek Reboot

Baby, We're Going Up by Lizzen
Adorable Kirk/McCoy featuring Joanna McCoy. Oh heart.

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Dark Angel

This Tired World Could Change by ranalore
Original Cindy has always allowed for the possibility that the right guy might tempt her to give bi a shot. It's just that she's pretty sure Alec MacDowell has never immediately leaped to anybody's mind as "the right guy" for anything legal, let alone non-destructive. If what they're doing here can be described as non-destructive. Original Cindy's withholding judgment for now. Really nice, drama-free Original Cindy/Max/Alec threesome. Gets Cindy's voice just right.

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The Hunger Games

Those Who Wait by wisteria_
Lovely, quiet look at Katniss and Peeta, slowly healing in the aftermath, from Peeta's POV. Makes the epilogue a little easier to believe, I think.

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White Collar

Foursquare by innie_darling
Someone from Neal's past catches up with him, but it's okay, El's got the situation well in hand. Adorable, with some great Mozzie bits, too.

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Bones

Next to Me Is All That You Need to Be by lovelythings
"Booth..." she starts and then lets her voice trail off. She stands there for a minute with a tiny little smile on her face and shrugs. "I was wrong."

There's too much space between them. He crosses the room to stand in front of her, staring straight into her eyes. "That doesn't sound like you."

"No," she says, "it's me. I was wrong."

"I'll mark it on the calendar," he says.

oh my heart. This is totally how it has to go. If the show doesn't provide, this will totally be my canon. *happy sigh*

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Dark Angel

Where Angels Fear by Stand In Girl
Max doesn't deal well with her feelings for Alec.

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Firefly

Unnatural Selection by mousewitchy
He is something more than human, now. All of his impurities, his human failings have been washed away, purged in the heat of the divine wrath that filled him. A burning fire, the ultimate test of his soul, and it didn’t leave room for anything else.

He is the hand of God. He is here to purify the masses, the same way he was purified himself. He will take their sins and weaknesses in unto himself and leave them nothing but the righteous, cleansing fury that fills him even now. His cup overfloweth.

It is better this way. He is better, now. Gone are the petty human failings that had once defined him; gone are the trifling and troublesome worries that plagued him. He is more now, he is stronger. He is drunk on the glory of his own existence.

Exceptionally creepy story of the crew of Serenity waiting out a Reaver attack post-movie.

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Being Human

Everything Arrives at the Light by troyswann
Mitchell and Annie give George Hanukkah, even though he thinks he doesn't deserve it. Lovely.

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Bones

This Space Intentionally Left Blank by kita0610
(And oh, you remember now, this is what she does: she reads the dead like Braille, like ancient hieroglyphs, she interprets the space and silence of things long gone, then whispers all of their secrets back to you, in words you can understand.) Lovely, delicate look at Booth dealing with his amnesia, trying to fit himself back into the life he doesn't remember.

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Dark Angel

Dogs of War by aflightoffancy
Sequel to "Loose the Hounds" (previously recced). Someone's discovered hidden triggers in some of the transgenics, causing missions to go bad just when things were starting to work out. Interesting plot with some good Max/Alec angst (and the usual whumpage *sigh*).

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Friday Night Lights

Not Flesh and Blood by queenofthorns
Eric would rather spend an afternoon getting relationship advice Mac Magill than let the truth out of the deepest, darkest corner of his unspoken thoughts: he loves his boys. All of 'em, jackasses and smartasses, benchwarmers and superstars. He loves them for their occasional moments of sweetness and their constant low-level idiocy; he loves them for the boys they are and for the men they might become. But there are only two of them who've ever made Eric think If I had a son, this is who I'd want him to be. One was Jason Street. The other is hunched over a plate of untouched food, Eric's daughter by his side, politely listening to Buddy Garrity say something or other that's totally out of place. This totally made me bawl my face off at work (much like the episode [spoilers for 4.05 "the Son"]). Fathers and sons, Coach Taylor and Matt Saracen, in the aftermath. *sniffle*

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Bones

Booth Surpasses Biological Imperative by lovelythings
Hot, sweet, Booth/Brennan with a spot-on Brennan voice. Lovely.

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Dark Angel

What You Want (I'll Take It) by ranalore
Ridiculously hot, porny Max/Alec heatfic. Awesome.

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Leverage

On belay by dotfic
Adorable Parker/Hardison/Eliot story.

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Psych

Liberty Challenged by angelgazing
Sometimes, Gus daydreams about having a new best friend. Most of the time, he can comfort himself from the trials of Life as Shawn Spencer's Best Friend with thoughts of a tell-all book, or by planning a trip to Vegas where they don't nearly get their kneecaps broken. When it gets tough, he just thinks about how popular his blog would be if he started telling all of Shawn's secrets, like how he's read all the Twilight books, and kind of thinks Robert Pattinson is dreamy. ♥ Gus/Shawn FTW!

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Sports Night

Snowstorms and Other Forces of Nature by nestra
"I am trapped in your apartment, I have no shoes, and I have the worst hangover I've had since college. I'm stealing eight pairs of your socks." There's a snowstorm, the power goes out, and Dana, Dan and Casey end up in bed together. Adorable and hilarious and very them. *heart*

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Castle

The Thing About Mornings by fialka
Here's the thing about mornings: when you wake up, you have no idea if it's going to be the last. The last time you look in the mirror as you put on a little makeup, just enough so that you look like you've had more than three hours sleep. The last time you put your badge on your belt, and your gun in the holster in the small of your back. Last time you drink a cup of raw sewage instead of the good coffee from Castle's machine, because you still won't admit that yes, sometimes it's nice to have nice things. Beckett gets shot and Castle has to deal. Lovely.

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Dark Angel

Behind Masks by miss_annthropic
Lovely look at Max and Alec after their conversation about Ben.

Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) by amathela
"What do you think you're doing?" she demands, keeping her voice low. / He shrugs. "Your game, Maxie." / "It's not a game." / "Could have fooled me. I'm just playing along." / "There's playing along," she says, "and then there's being obnoxious." Tasty, tasty Max/Alec.

My Favorite Plum by azephirin
Adorable bit of domestic Max/Alec schmoop.

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Bones

The Art of Off-Topic by fivil
Sweet ficlet in which Zack tries to connect and Angela helps. Lovely.

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The Cutting Edge

the ugliness you see (to the left, the fallout) by bantha_fodder
He loves her more than the ice, and he sniffs her, just to prove it. Awesome Kate/Doug fic. What more do I need to say?

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Dark Angel

The Here and Now by azephirin
Mmm...heat fic. Hot and sweet and a little funny, just like Max and Alec.

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Gilmore Girls

I Don't Know Why Sometimes I Get Frightened by shaye
Luke and Lorelai attempt to go on a date. It goes about as well as can be expected. Adorable and sounds just like them. "I think," Lorelai panted as Luke's hand snaked under the hem of her spaghetti-stained top, "maybe we should just skip the dating and go straight to the kissing next time."

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Dark Angel

Culpability by nickeldime_17
This story hits so many of my bulletproof kinks that I am willing to overlook some of the technical issues (POV slips, epithets) and fanon (mating wtf?) that would normally irritate me. Max and Alec start sleeping together, but then Logan finds a cure for the virus, and Max chooses him instead of Alec, setting up years of angst and regret before she figures out what she really wants, because of course, they can't stay away from each other, either. For all its flaws, this story is excellent at looking at all the ways two people who love each other can inflict the most damage, but they can also find ways to overcome it.

He hated heat, great sex aside, but it fucked up his head. She wasn't ever going to be his, not even with his mark around her barcode. They could play at being in love for Logan, pretend they were together in every way that mattered, but it was just make believe. Heat screwed up the balance of things, made him want. Made him think he could have.

Mixed Signals by dazedizzy
Six months after Freak Nation, Logan calls Alec out about his behavior, because he thinks Alec and Max are actually a couple, and he's seen Alec leave the bar with other girls. Could use fewer epithets, but nice pining from both Max and Alec, and also it feels in character that they'd be so clueless about each other's feelings.

Test of Wills by alethialia
Ridiculously hot AU of Designate This, in which Renfro pushes until Max and Alec follow orders.

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Battlestar Galactica

Daybreak by palmetto
Post-Revelations story showing how the human-Cylon alliance is working out. Really nice Kara/Sam interaction.

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Dark Angel

Surrender by alethialia
Wonderful, hot Max/Alec dealing with the aftermath of Max's heat. "Dollars to donuts it was the best sex you've ever had. You're afraid of how strongly you felt? You didn't expect it to be like that, and now you don't know how to act. Because you want more."

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Indiana Jones

Passing Through History by Laura Smith
Mutt doesn't really believe his mom's stories about this guy named Indiana Jones. *hearts*

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Firefly

Faithless by Ari
Folk believe. It's in the constitution of folk, between heart and head, some part that's foolish enough to need certainty. Lovely meditation on faith - and the lack thereof - by Mal.

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Dark Angel

Five Times Alec Didn't Get Busy by soundingsea
Alec's history is written in the curve of Max's bicep, the scent of her hair, the straight lines of her barcode. He nuzzles it and tastes home. Lovely. I especially like the Max and Joshua sections.

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Pirates of the Caribbean

(Swing, Swing, Swing) When The Free Winds Blow by inlovewithnight
Sharp look at Elizabeth, looking back at her life when she's locked up for piracy.

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Dark Angel

Can I just say that it is ridiculously hard to find good Dark Angel fic, especially of the Max/Alec variety, so I may occasionally rec something that isn't quite up to my usual technical standards, but that worked for me emotionally. Anyway.

Deadly Fix by aflightoffancy
Max needs Alec to help get the cure for the virus, but things don't go quite as planned. Decently written Max/Alec with some excellent pining.

Deadly Mercy by aflightoffancy
Decently written, enjoyable Max/Alec banter as they work together to save Alec from someone who's trying to kill him.

Fun Between Friends by littledrop
Hot, funny, in character porn ficlet in which Max is bossy and Alec digs it.

In the backseat of a black jeep on a back street by zarahemla
Really excellent look at what Alec is willing to do for Max, and vice versa, with some nice extrapolation from Freak Nation about the state of the post-pulse world.

A Long Time Running by Northlight
It had taken a long time for Max to discover the joy in moving just to move: to go far, and fast, and faster yet. Lovely bit of Max/Alec friendship.

Moving Right Along by minim_calibre
Funny, sweet, perfect post-Freak Nation story where Max and Alec finally get together.

Probabilities in View by LC
Weird sex is better than no sex in Alec's book, and this is definitely a little weird. Hot, hilarious and in character. (Alec/Max/Original Cindy)

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