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"I can tell you what Finn told me about what he's used to, why he needs to do things this way." Rey shook her head. "I understand, I think. First Order couldn't let Stormtroopers be distracted or suborned by desire, so they trained them to separate sex from affection. You're trying to ease Finn into connecting them again." Poe blinked at that neat summation, which made all his floundering in the last two days seem like a sensible plan. He nodded. "I want to help. I want--" Her shoulders jerked. "I want to be with Finn, I want to be--I want to not be alone." Poe nodded, preparing to assure her that she could take her time, or that it was totally normal to be disappointed that her sex life with their mutual boyfriend was going to be decidedly nonstandard for a while. Before he could say any of that, Rey went on, "I just don't know how." Poe, Finn, and Rey work out how to be together in a way that works for all of them.

When Kevin calls up to the second floor lab to tell them that there is a man with a goat on his face asking for Holtzmann, Erin makes what she thinks is actually a very reasonable assumption and dives for her proton pack. Tony Stark can't, in good concience, welch on a bet. Well, he can, but it at least demands an in person meeting. Quick, fun crossover!

Really lovely melancholy Bucky recovery story from Steve's POV, though it does fumble Peggy.

AU where Leia's raised on Tatooine and Luke on Alderaan. Lovely. And the sequel: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7248439 When the mirror crashed I called you in which Leia finds out who her father is.

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

Adorable Kirk/McCoy featuring Joanna McCoy. Oh heart.

Spectacularly gorgeous post-TRK story in which Henry Cheng helps Gansey find his purpose while finding his own place with Blue and Gansey and the gang.

When Coach goes into the hospital, Jack rushes to Bitty's side. This is lovely. *sobs*

Dick/Jason fake dating! Hee! Jason is so grumpy about it! (one unfortunate use of 'the older man' but it's short enough that the epithets don't proliferate)

Five times Luke brushed Leia's hair. Exactly what it says on the tin. Lovely.

Luke and Lando have a conversation just post-ESB. Oh heart.

Padme survives to raise her children and a rebellion, with Obi-Wan at her side.

"When I walked out of the water with you...I waited to make sure you were breathing and then I had to leave. Had to walk. It was like a baptism. I went in the water a machine and came out a man. Or more of a man." Bucky wakes up unexpectedly. *sobs*

AU where Steve rescues Bucky from Zola before he's turned into the Winter Soldier, but then they have to learn how to live as civilians again after the war. Oh heart.

Bucky arranges an intramural baseball game for Steve's birthday. Oh heart.

Sequel to "In all your wanderings," in which Yoda and Shmi learn from each other. Oh heart.

Really lovely Bruce/Selina post TDKR.

A series of vignettes from different parts of the movie. Some lovely Steve/Bucky scenes here, sweet and hot and melancholy in turn. (It says the series is incomplete but it doesn't feel unfinished.)

A highly enjoyable Star Wars/Pride & Prejudice fusion in which Ahsoka is Lizzie and Barriss is Darcy, with Anakin as Jane and Padme as Bingley for good measure.

ADORABLE

Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo Ren + food. I really like the structure of this.

Steve looks at him. Soft in the dim light. Bucky wants to kiss him again. Just a minute longer, he tells himself. Just a moment. Inside him, the mirror is still shattering. I love you, Bucky thinks. Enough to live for it. He wants to tell him. But he can’t, yet. Exquisitely melancholy post-CACW Steve/Bucky. *sobs* Oh my heart.

Rey learns a few things - and meets some interesting people - while listening to cantina gossip. This is delightful!

Luke tells Rey a story about why winter exists. Nicely done.

This is a really lovely, meditative story about Luna that punches you in the gut just before the end. *sobs*

“Bucky," he says, voice almost uncertain. "I ain’t a redhead with a cute smile and a mean right hook.” Bucky feels his stomach swoop even as a swell of affection makes him grin. So that's how it is, huh? Good for Steve. “Well, pal," he says just as hesitantly, "I don’t got three dollars to blow, either.” Steve and Bucky from the end of CACW to the mid-credits scene. *sobs*

Quiet, lovely, domestic future Steve/Bucky.

Utterly stunning and brutal (if sometimes a little purple) Obi-Wan/Ventress spies AU that works really, really well. With some lovely art, too.

enjoyable Adam-at-Harvard story.

A tiny yet excellent morsel of Jane Foster as a Hogwarts student. (first person POV)