recs and links

Jo/Bela, all sharp edges and missed opportunities. Could use another beta pass (tense issues), but gets the characters right.

Lovely moment in time, where Dean works on the car and Sam eats ice cream in the summer heat.

Adorable bantery casefile that reads like an episode.

"I don't believe in a universe so limited it has only enough room for one view of the cosmos." Sheldon and the universe conspire to give Penny a second chance. Very cool story.

Growing up, she thought it was unfair her brother got all the looks while she got all the bones and as she got older, it wasn't just his looks, it was how she sized up every man she came across, taught by Dean to see if she could take them down, see their weaknesses, how they'd fight or back down, but on her own, she sized them up against Dean and though she thought it was unfair, she never shook the habit, more like something deep as instinct or DNA or how they sort of share the same nose. Shivery good Dean/girl!Sam with wonderful tension that ratchets up until it finally breaks. *hearts* I really love this girl!Sam.

“I’m just saying, I don’t see why I have to wear the hat,” Booth said. The white chef’s toque on his head sagged sideways, and he batted at it ineffectually, trying to make it stand upright. / “My dear boy,” Gordon replied, “as my grandmother always said—a very wise woman, if somewhat prone to clichés—if something is worth doing, then it’s worth doing properly. The hat is traditional. It provides a certain air of gravitas to the proceedings, don’t you think?” Booth goes to Gordon Gordon to learn how to make mac and cheese for Brennan. Utterly awesome and adorable.

Lovely look at Gaila.

"Dean," Sam said, trembling. "How. How did you know?" / Dean shook his head, his brain gibbering and thoughtless because Sam was so close and warm; it had been an experience beyond joy to be pressed flush against him. / "I know you," Dean said. "You--you're what I know best." Lovely first time Wincest from Dean's POV.

a fantastic exploration of Uhura and what language and music mean to her. Gorgeous.

“Vampires?” he said, because he couldn’t not say it. “Seriously?” Adorable Chuck/SPN crossover. Dean walks into the Buy More looking for a Walkman. Chuck flashes. Wackiness ensues.

Dean has ALWAYS been Batman, so it only makes sense that Sam is his Boy Wonder. Utterly adorable. *makes tiny toddler fists of glee*

Lovely look at Sam and Dean through season 1. (Wincest)

Kirk apologizes to Uhura for groping her boobs, three and a half years after the fact. Brief, but adorable and in character.

Follow up to "Do Winchesters Dream Of Electric Impalas" (previously recced). Dean's time is running out and Sam is running himself ragged trying to fix things. Heartbreaking, and really gets at canon even from such a strange starting point.

Fantastic AU in which Mary tells John about hunting in 1973, and they search for a way to break her deal. I would totally watch this version of the show.

Nice look at Sam realizing something AWESOME about Dean, with a last line that's really a kick in the gut.

On the second-to-last night of winter break, Jim Kirk finds himself at a house party in Oakland with not a clue how he got there. Jim is a good guy - he takes care of Gaila when she's vulnerable. Wonderfully evocative in the party scene, and full of telling details and the hovering knowledge we have and Jim doesn't. Lovely.

She’s not twenty-four anymore and she doesn’t remember the fight. Vague memories, maybe planted, but she doesn’t remember how she got here. She only remembers her sons. The Winchester family, together again for the first time, on the road. *sniffle*

Lovely bit of girl!Sam/Jess.

Wendy has a plan. It involves the Middleman and sex pollen. This is adorable.

Fantastic fusion of SPN with Hamlet. Sam was at the University at Wittenberg along with Hamlet and Horatio, and the Winchesters get drawn into the intrigue at the Danish court. Really well done.

"It's becoming apparent that I have a type," said Peter. Peter, Neal and El negotiate their relationship, with El taking the lead. Sweet and hot.

Uhura didn't sign on to be a soldier or a killer. That's not going to stop her from getting her captain back. Uhura will protect the crew, even at Kirk's expense, which is what he'd want her to do. Sharp, tense look at Uhura out of her comfort zone.

Their lives were no longer cyclical, however. They were linear, straight lines unending, a concept that couldn't exist in reality, though there they were. The double helix of their lives was as eternal as the horizon. Gorgeous, haunting story of Sam and Dean coming to terms with unwanted immortality. (Wincest)

There's no Iron Man without Tony Stark, and no Tony Stark without Pepper Potts, and there's no normal for Pepper Potts – nor can she quite remember, now, why she ever wanted there to be. This takes a typical fic premise - Pepper gets a boyfriend and Tony gets jealous - and plays it out in a mature, logical way with some lovely writing and a satisfying, believable conclusion.