Recs

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Supernatural

Four Wall Rule and Pleading the Fifth by eighthorizon

Not quite Wincest but not really Gen, wingfic

I'll blame the pre-Christmas rush for missing the fact that eighth_horizon had published a sequel to her wonderful wingfic story Three Point Landing. Both sequels are wonderful - I adore drunken Dean and Sammy in Four Wall Rule and the subtle tease of the shifting dynamics of their relationship in Pleading the Fifth.As always highly recommended.

Use My Skin by merepersiflage

Sam/Dean

Hot, vivid post Crotoan fic.

Torchwood

The majority of these recs are Jack/Ianto and it is fair to say that a lot of the stories tend to be thematically similar to the extent that if you read them all in one sitting you may feel that you're just reading variations of the same story. Unfortunately for reasons best known to themselves the writers pretty much sidelined the character of Jack until the penultimate episode so neither Jack nor Ianto were blessed with much character development. As a result the fic out there tends to focus on the two episodes which did give us lots of Jack/Ianto interaction - Cyberwoman and Countrycide - episodes which were unfortunately undoubtedly the weakest of the season.So there is fic after fic after fic concentrating on Jack caring for Ianto after the events of Countrycide and Ianto reconciling his feelings of love and loss after the death of Lisa in Cyberwoman. Suprisingly there hasn't actually been much fic (or at least much good fic) based around the events of the two part finale but I presume that more will be written once people have gotten the squeeing out of their system!

Brilliant Illusion by nessaja82

Jack/Ianto

This is just wonderful. Small moments of Jack and Ianto connecting over the course of the first series up to the episode Out of Time. The progression of the relationship is slow but highly believable and she nails the characters perfectly. Definitely one of the strongest Torchwood stories I've read so far.

Six Uses for a Stopwatch that Have Nothing to Do with Sex (and one that Does) by shaggydogstail

Jack/Ianto

Series of 6 drabbles riffing on the stopwatch that appeared at the end of They Keep Killing Suzie. 1-5 is gen and 6 and 7 are Jack/Ianto. Very sweet and funny (Owen trying to hypnotise the pterodactyl is hilarious) and the 7th drabble as Jack sets Ianto a treasure hunt in order to retrieve his stolen stopwatch is adrorable and fluffy!

No Raven by centaurea_m

Jack/Ianto

Ianto discovers that Jack is immortal - violent and angsty with a sweet melancholy ending.

Sir by misslucyjane

Jack/Ianto

Romantic and dyly witty piece with Jack determined to make Ianto see him as Jack - his lover, not just Captain Jack Harness his boss. Ianto's voice is very strong and I love the insight into Jack's character - the flashes of vulnerability.

Whiskey by notevery

Jack/Ianto

Pre-series piece with Jack and Ianto taking a roadtrip to retrieve a possible alien artifact. Told from Ianto's point of view (who is coming apart at the seams) as he tries to cope with his burgeoning feelings for Jack and his loyalty to Lisa. Affecting imagery and a very realistic, very human warts and all sex scene.

Quantum is just a fancy word for hell if I know by lyra_wing

Jack/Ianto

Another wonderful SPN author writing Torchwood fic! Sweet, angsty, funny look at Jack/Ianto's relationship before and after the events of Cyberwoman.

Random Clocks by clarity_lore

Jack/Joe Jack/Ianto

Very clever story riffing off the idea of the episode Random Shoes which allowed us to see a stranger's perspective of the Torchwood team.

Sinnerman by cs_whitewolf

Jack/Ianto

Very different in tone from the other fics this is a dark piece detailing a violent sexual encounter between Jack and Ianto. The reader isn't given any clues as to what has transpired to prompt this degree of hatred between the two characters and the sex is pretty much quasi-rape. Somehwat bleak but well written and despite the depth ofthe emotion on display remarkably in character.