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Dick watches him, his movements, the grace that was never natural or acrobatic but athletic in the way that bikes and muscle cars are, something put together for performance, firing on all cylinders. It used to be a miracle, when he was Robin, flying through his paces because there was a sure hand on the wheel, confidence, enthusiasm. Now he's built-up and tricked-out, a hemi under the hood and an Uzi under the passenger seat, and some beauty's been lost for power and edge. Quiet, achy conversation between Jason and Dick.

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.

Jason pays Dick a visit. Gentle and achy. “Aren’t you going to try to kiss me again?” “I don’t know. Are you going to kiss me back?” “I never have before.” “Things are different now.”

Jason has a cold. Various members of the Batclan stop by to help. Hilarious and adorable. And Alfred pwns all.

Fascinating crossover where Shawn Spencer was at the Academy with River. “He just sees everything. Everyone else, they just see pieces but Shawn-” “No,” Shawn interrupts. “Gus, no. Everyone else sees the whole and I see the pieces. All the little tiny puzzle pieces and they don’t fit together right and sometimes I know why but not always and I can’t just let them go out of focus they’re always-.”

four times Dean had to teach Sam how to get over a fence, and one time he didn't Aw, boys.

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.

Sam thinks Dean is happy where he is, doesn't want to ruin it. Adam is still wondering how they ever got this far if Sam was the brains of their outfit. He knew Dean for five whole minutes and even he knows Dean is likely drowning in a bottle to escape the gaping chasm where Sam should be. Probably to escape the burbs too, because Dean really struck him as the type who'd go slowly insane in a place like that, maybe even become the recluse neighbor that 'always seemed so nice', according to the interviewees on the six o'clock news after a garage full of mutilated bodies are discovered. Yeah, Adam's pretty sure getting those two back together is not only crucial to his own sanity, it's a goddamn public service. After they get out of the pit, Adam can't get away from Sam and it's driving him crazy. Sam's not doing so well, either, but he refuses to go see Dean, choosing instead to be an inept mother hen to Adam. Funny and achy, with a great Adam voice.

Jason/Gotham=OTP. Lush, gorgeous look at the city that made and loves him.

Jay knew that Tim was here before he got home; the pizza is evidence enough of that. That leaves Dick wondering just how good Jay's security systems are and how closely he's being monitored. It's all a question he files for later. In their family, love means surveillance, and that's never going to change. Besides, it's more notable, isn't it, that Jay reacted to Tim's visit by ordering him food, not torching the block. Dick brings Tim home to hang out. Neither Tim nor Jason is pleased, but they manage not to kill each other. Achy and hilarious.

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! ♥

"But this is Gotham. Your parents weren't here legally, they weren't refugees or asylum seekers, and my sergeant would have my badge. It's not up to me." Ah, Jay thinks, we're illegals: nobody cares. It's not even a surprise, really, because that one little word followed them from the moment they first set foot in the raucous Gotham docks and only his mother knew a word of English. Really lovely, achy AU in which Jason is Cambodian, and is adopted by Catwoman instead of Batman after his parents die. (I especially like his flirtation with Dick. Of course.)

Sam/Dean/Motels

Dick gets through most days by only thinking about what he has to. It's a ruthless sort of approach, one that he's hardly even aware of, until moments like this. Until the sheer bizarre absurdity of rolling around naked with his brother who is neither dead nor his brother smacks into him. Now that's what I'm talking about! Hot, sharp, funny, achy Dick/Jason.

Olivia reaches out from the other side, and Peter hears her. Nicely done.

Tiny, gorgeous bit of Dean/OFC. He knows, then, with the logic of dreams, and sometimes still for an instant upon waking, that at times now she sees the unbroken curve of road, the fatal grace of metal and chrome, the ragged map of a world in which she has never walked, and never will.

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

girl!Sam AU in which Sam takes the throne of hell to save Dean from ending up there. Dean's not so sanguine about it, though, and he follows her to try to get her out. Cool story with an interesting plot and take on hell. Also, I was very happy to see Bela out and about. (Wincest)

Sharp, achy look at young Peter's sense of dislocation and the discrepancies that crop up for him after he's recovered from his illness. Really well done.

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.

Cool AU futurefic where Sam and Dean set up a school for hunters, which is one of my favorite possible futures for them. (Wincest)

"Nobody knows what caused the curse. Some say it was the usual - a lover scorned - others claim everything from an angry god to the apocalypse. But they all know what it'll take to break it. They suffer, see their lives crumbling to dust before their very eyes, and still none of 'em is willing to make the sacrifice." "Sacrifice?" Dean asks. "Don't be coy with me, boy. You know the only thing to break a curse this old, this deeply rooted, is a sacrifice. Given willingly, to be bound body and soul for three days and three nights to the Widow Tree." Dean can't deal with his feelings for Sam anymore, so he volunteers to make a sacrifice. Creepy, well-done, with pining and self-sacrificing!Dean at his best. (Wincest) (note: the author has some trouble with too/to confusion, but the story's worth reading anyway)

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

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.

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

Alt!Livia doesn't like Gene, Walter only wants Peter to smile, that is not Ella's Aunt Liv, Elizabeth Bishop isn't going to pretend anymore, and somebody . . . somebody has to set the universes running right again and bring Olivia Dunham home. Smart, enjoyable take on how season 3 might open. (Unbetaed and it shows in spots.)

Clay and his team help out when Eliot gets caught on a job that goes slightly wrong. Highly enjoyable.

Highly enjoyable Losers/A-Team crossover.