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Sam gets Dean's soul out of hell, but has some trouble making it stay in Dean's body. This is sweet and lovely and suffused with brotherly love. A little British in some places, but some fun outsider points of view of the Winchesters.

interview with rebecca tushnet, mentions of otw etc.

Lovely, lyrical look at Susan. "King Peter's courage and King Edmund's wisdom and Queen Lucy's boldness I would have," Reepicheep said, "but for a keen eye and a graceful hand, I could find no better, my archer queen."

Brilliant, sweet, heartbreaking AU where Cordelia and Faith meet as high school students in Boston. Really well done.

Sam and Dean investigate a haunting at a preschool; Dean fits right in, but the kids don't really take to Sam. Adorable, and shot through with melancholy, as Sam gets to see a side of Dean he doesn't really see much anymore. Written for me! *hearts*

Achy and hot and note-perfect story in which Dean hooks up with Wonder Woman. He's Batman, indeed. And written for ME. *hearts*

Michael Westen goes to work for Tony Stark. Also, Sark shows up for a threesome. Hilarious, with spot-on voices.

Sam finds a way to get Dean back. Just... not how he was expecting. Stickfigure!Dean! *hearts* Cracktastically awesome.

unlike everyone else in Sarah's life, [Cameron] doesn't need to be protected. There's something breathtakingly appealing about that. Sharp and smart look at Sarah watching (wanting) Cameron.

Heartbreaking Julie/Tyra story that nails Julie's voice, and what it's probably like to be a teenager who's different, in Dillon. lovely.

faith/dean hotness

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"When I told Dad I was scared of the thing in my closet, he gave me a .45...I was nine years old." Fantastic story set in s3, where Sam and Dean face another closet monster, and try to hash out some of the stuff between them. Awesome story.

The time between Tony's rescue and his homecoming, from Rhodey's POV. It's not easy, and Rhodey doesn't know what to do. Heartbreaking.

If she was an ocean, he was her beach. Sam's highs had always bolstered him and drowned him. Her lows left him exposed and raw. Hot, gorgeous, bittersweet girl!Sam/Dean, set while she's at Stanford.

So let there be no more loose talk -- especially not now, with summer arriving -- about beer not being essential. Benjamin Franklin was, as usual, on to something when he said, "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Iron Man is the culmination of our wildest, most urgent fantasies. If only we disposed of a piece of technology that could not only detect and take out the bad guys, but tell the bad guys from the good, we would never have to deal with collateral damage

He met Bela again by watching her ruined face reform itself into a pair of sparkling hazel eyes. Dean and Bela in hell. Cool.

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Tony gets turned into a puppy. Pepper deals. Hilarity ensues.

Frankentim, circa season 3, with Bayliss drunk and full of self-pity, and Frank being Frank. *heart* "All I ever wanted to do was be a cop." / "That was your first mistake." / "A good cop." / "Yeah. That was your second."

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She hates when he makes her pick sides. (As if she's ever chosen differently.) SHIELD wants Tony to go to Obadiah's funeral. Tony doesn't want to. Pepper's caught in between. Feels true to both of them.

"Everybody has secrets," Remus said. "Nobody tells everybody the whole truth. Not you, not me, not James, not Peter. We're all lying. That's how we get by." *sniffle* Sirius learns Remus's secret. Wonderful.

Remus tries not to be jealous of James. Lovely, achy and full of pining. *sigh* Nobody pines quite like Remus.

Three billionaires, James Bond, and a hyper-efficient personal assistant walk into a room. Who walks out? Fantastic.

What Ron Moore has given us is a show with real heart, about deeply flawed characters who are gradually, we hope, learning better, but are perpetually finding ways of seriously frakking up.

Sam gets cursed and Dean has to fix it. Hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure. Oh, boys...