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Kon's having a crisis with his heat vision, but Tim makes it all better. Adorable! "Why haven't we been doing this?" Kon says, watching Tim curl his hips into the motion of Kon's hand, sweat making the hair at his temples go damp. "You talk about girls, Kon. All the time," Tim says, his voice weirdly breathy. "I like girls," Kon says, ducking down to suck on Tim's neck. Salt tingles on his tongue. "I like boys. I like you."

Kon gets hit with sex pollen and Tim does what he can to make the situation less awkward. Hot and sweet and a little bit achy.

Luna has always spoken to the dead. In all the books she eventually reads on the subject it is described as difficult on the verge of being impossible, a branch of magic as hushed up as the day is long. It’s her mother who teaches her, but she does it with a half-smile and a this is our secret, my princess so Luna understands it's quite a rare thing that should be kept from others. Lovely.

There's really no way for this not to be weird. And insane. And probably for the first time ever, Kon's happy that he's stuck with stodgy old Superman as his mentor, because dressing up like a hooker is never gonna be part of his battle plan. Tim goes undercover as a hooker and calls on Kon for help in making things authentic. Hot and funny.

If Pepper Potts were a superhero, her superpower would be appearing silently out of nowhere while wearing sky-high heels. Tony has days where he's 80% sure that Pepper seriously is a super; the rare one who actually succeeds at maintaining a secret identity. Adorable snip of Tony/Pepper banter.

“Kent residence, Superboy speaking,” he says. “Twice as sexy as Superman for half the price.” “Hard to pull off, since Superman does it free,” Tim says dryly. “Whatever, man, you know you want my ass.” For a second there's complete silence on the other end of the phone, and Kon thinks, oh shit. Teasing the super-straight Birdboy might not be the best way to do things. Adorable and hilarious and full of stupidly oblivious boys who are in love with their best friends. ♥

Tim hadn’t expected to spot him so soon, but the modelling of his forehead, and his cheekbones, were obviously, unmistakeably, Clark’s. His mouth was completely different though, and his jaw, and his eyes were a shade or two lighter in their blue. They landed on Tim, briefly, and Tim looked back, held the glance steadily for a beat, two, before looking away. It was a reasonable start to the mission. His heart was pounding a little, irritatingly. He ignored it. Tim goes undercover in Metropolis to observe Conner and gets more than he bargained for. Adorably sweet and achy Tim/Kon. *happy sigh*

Tim gets dosed with sex pollen and worries that things with Kon will be awkward afterward, but Kon just wants Tim. Though I still know fuck-all about these guys in canon, I have such a soft spot for them in fic (expect more recs), and this is really lovely. “I – think you’ve been avoiding me. Since. Since last week. And. I wanted to apologise. If I made you uncomfortable.” Kon pictured burning a giant hole into the roof above them and taking off through it. Uncomfortable was probably Tim-speak for hard and if Tim tried to give him the Talk – “I’m fine,” he said. Tim stared up at him, his mouth twisting weirdly. “You’re fine. You just, you haven’t looked at me since –” His voice was rising, and he cut himself off sharply and started again. “Kon. We need to talk about this.” “Because we need to work together,” Kon said, ready with all his examples of how well they still did, and Tim flinched.

Lovely, unexpectedly gentle Batman/Clark kiss.

An interesting twist on the Alec helps Max out with heat trope - very matter-of-fact about things, with some nice stoical pining from Alec under the surface.

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Let's consider this my very very very late submission to pilotsbigbang. Also a X-mas present for sisabet. (Sorry? *g*) Also, since work bought me one, I figured I might as well start making iPod-ready versions too. ;) Vid: "Who Knew" Artist: Pink (*GASP*) Fandom: Battlestar Galactica 2003 Summary:…

Having sex with Jason is such a terrible idea that Bruce can't believe Dick is doing exactly that. Having sex with Dick is such a terrible idea that Bruce isn't surprised at all Jason is doing exactly that. Bruce finds out that Dick and Jason are bumping uglies. He doesn't take it well. Starts out hilarious but the ending is nicely heart-clenchy. *happy sigh* Also featuring Alfred pwning all and Selina being awesome. *draws sparkly hearts around them all*

Peter and Olivia, through various universes. Lovely.

Wendy makes a bit of a rookie mistake in the throes of her first end of the world scenario, and when the world doesn't end, she and the Middleman have to have an awkward conversation. Adorable.

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Really well done crossover in which Wendy does her laundry at the same laundromat as Billy and Penny. These two 'verses go well together.

Olivia and Emily, kicking ass together.

Wendy and Jolene team up to fight a monster. Awesome!

Arthur prizes himself on three things in life: 1) His skill with firearms 2) His ability to demolish any building with only a handful of materials 3) His epic cuddling skills ARTHUR IS AN ANGRY CUDDLE NINJA! ♥

"What do you think I should do?" she said. "Train," he said. "There are skills. Ways to escape from ropes, to pick locks. Look into it." "Will you teach me?" she said. Batman teaches Wonder Woman escape artistry, and she learns a couple of other things she probably wishes she hadn't. Nicely fraught with UST, but the inevitable ending is a heartbreaker.

Remus travels to the underworld to bring Sirius back. Really nicely done, full of mythological references. "Are you sure this is the quickest way?" "Why wouldn't it be?" she asked, sharp and brisk, without sparing him a glance. "Sirius…my friend, he fell through a veiled archway in the Department of Mysteries. I assume it leads directly to the Underworld." "No one can pass through the veil and remain alive; not even with the bough," said Sybill. "There are seven entrances to the Underworld, scattered around higgledy-piggledy, and the veil isn't one of them. It's just a short-cut, or an open window; a passage straight to the final judgement." Remus followed her across the grass, his eyes on the Tor, but all he could see was Sirius falling backwards through the archway; that split-second, that knowledge of loss.

To be perfectly honest, I only really know Kon (and Tim) from reading Smallville fic back in the day, but he's wonderful in this story and makes me want to give him a lot of hugs and cookies. A kid gets murdered at Smallville High, and Kon does everything he can, including calling Tim in for backup, to find out who did it. Of course, complications ensue. Long and engrossing read, really well done.

TOO MUCH AWESOME IN ONE PLACE

He can’t quite remember now how he managed, or what he even saw, when he couldn’t decipher a person’s face. That Sam, that soulless Sam, feels so far away now. He isn’t entirely certain that the real Sam feels any closer. “Be sure to tell us when you’ve got the whole spectrum of emotion,” Dean says. He’s only half joking. “I will,” Sam says, not joking at all. Aw, boys. Sam gets his soul back. It just takes him a little while to adjust is all.

My exposure to Tim Drake has been minimal, but this made me laugh and say, "Oh, Tim." It really is complicated!

Really good look inside alt!Olivia's head. There are a few tense moments, times where lies and facts fill her head and it takes a second to spin the right story. But she’s really really good, and failure means a lot more than her life, so those incidents are few.

While scouting for Earth, the Demetrius comes across Serenity dead in the water (aka, during Out of Gas); they rescue Mal and discover that maybe they've found what they're looking for. Enjoyable crossover; Mal, Zoe, and Kara together will never not be awesome.

Utterly wonderful story of how Jaime slowly starts to find a place with the Titans, and also his slow-blooming relationship with Tim. Hilarious and heart-breaking and bittersweet in the best ways.

AU in which Katara and Zuko get captured/infiltrate the Fire Lord's palace to discover a secret weapon he's been developing; while I wasn't thrilled with how Mai is handled (and how the stormbending thing kind of fizzles out completely, no pun intended), I really did like the slow development of Katara's feelings for Zuko and his pining for her.