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Gale/Randy

First Aid (and ch.2)
Phobosgirl
PG13
Summary: (unoffical) Gale comes to Randy for first aid and a confession long since due.
My Comments:
A beautiful fic.  I love the abuse from the girlfriend, it's sad how peope think that males are never abused by their spouses just because they're manly and the girl is, well, a girl.  I liked Randy and Gale's interaction here and the way Randy reacted to Gale's confession.  It's rare when a PG13 fic is good, but it seems like this author can really pull it off.  I loved the following conversation, it made me smile.  I love how Gale is such a romantic, yet he's also so practical and goofy, it's so sweet and cute ^^
Favourite Lines: “I’ll never forget it. You said, ‘I’m craving an orange; I wonder if there are any left on the craft table?’”
Randy blinked and then suddenly bellowed laughter. “No way!”
“I’m serious,” Gale was grinning again, “that’s what you said!”
“And that made you fall in love with me?”
“Yeah.” Gale licked his lips as if the memory carried taste- and was delicious.
“Freak. Of. Nature.” Randy was still giggling in that way that drove his acting partner to luscious distraction.
“Yeah,” Gale repeated, smiling.


Breaking Point
Phobosgirl
NC17
Summary: 'Gale was pretty pissed off about this whole “Showtime Camp” shit they were being forced to abide. They’d been canceled and were only weeks from wrapping up their final season, but still Greenblatt wanted everyone in his little “family” to take this ridiculous course in teamwork. What a fucking joke.'
My Comments: Everything in this fic is so real!  I can really imagine Gale going through this, since the companies do closet their gays when they can.  The characterization was exactly what I think Gale and Randy would act like and I enjoyed the original setting of the QAF team going out to a sort of 'camp' when all the seasons have ended and the show has been cancelled.  A great read for those wanting to get in Gale's mind and what a wonderfully written fic.  I loved Gale's perspective.


Brian/Justin

Broken Image
Susan K. James & NJPax
NC17
Summary: In the aftermath of a life-altering event, Brian Kinney survives only to face the challenges of rebuilding his image with the help of the two men closest to him and his unconventional extended "family."  Justin's love and Michael's friendship show him the man he can be again.
My Comments:
A rare fic with Brian having a stroke and going through therapy, and various other things to get better and to combat his depression.  This is a very true to life story and I truly loved reading it and found my chest aching sometimes when Brian jumped over another hurdle, or when he came crashing down on the other side.  All the characters were very IC in this and I love Brian's brutal honesty which sometimes gets him in trouble if the other person doesn't stay patient enough to listen to the rest of the story.  The scattered pictures throughout the chapters also adds to the whole affect and mood of the piece.  Definitely a a good read (hell, I didn't even notice any spelling or grammar mistakes, and that's always a plus ^^).
Favourite Lines: The late-November night descended early, the dusky edge of sky visible from their windows bleeding into indigo black.
  The conundrum of stroke recovery is that while one's conscious efforts are devoted to recovering one's lost self, the cruel fact is that this former self is irretrievably shattered into a thousand pieces, and try as one may to glue those bits together again, the reconstituted version of the old self will never be better than a cracked, imperfect assembly, a constant mockery of one's former, successful individuality.


Crisis
Jane (no email given)
NC17
Summary: Justin's plane crashes.
My Comments:
A beautiful fic.  Justin's plane crashes, and Brian goes through a change, starting to realize that he took Justin forgranted and that he's been living a bullshit life, the exact thing he's always put other people done for. 
  The ending is very sweet with a special gift from Brian, once again proving his love without words.


I Will Remember You
CuJo (no email given)
NC17
Summary: What if the only thing that Justin remembered after the bashing was 'The Dance'?
My Comments:
A beautiful fic.  Very touching, very IC for all characters.  The original characters were nicely written.
  My favourite scene in the whole fic next to the very IC way of Brian asking Justin to move in: Reaching out, Brian wrapped the scarf around his hand and pulled the boy in for a gentle, but thorough kiss. Pulling back just a little, Justin searched his lover’s face, ‘listening’ to what Brian was telling him. The crimson lips that kissed him so hungrily, ‘I need you.’ The hard body pressed against his, ‘I want you.’ The arms that held him so tight, ‘I’ll never let you go.’ The soft hazel eyes gazing into his, ‘I love you.’


Remus/Harry/Sirius

Of Wolf and Man
Maeglin Yedi
NC17
Summary: Remus is stuck as a wolf, Harry is stuck with a very unusual and persistent lover, and Sirius is stuck somewhere in the middle.
My Comments:
Very nice fic..  I'm into bestiality (yeah yeah, I can just hear the outrage), so this really caught my attention.  This was actually my third or fourth time reading it ^_^
  It's basically about Harry letting Moony do.. certian things to him (^^), and things go horribly wrong later on... of course, the ending is happy (yes yes, sorry to wreck it for you ^^)  But I love happy endings, and it'll be 1 out of 99 times that you'll catch me read a fic that ends terribly.  I don't mind death and what not, so long as it's somehow in someway happy, I'm happy ^_^

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