Teeny Yuletide Recs Post #2

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Fandoms: Priest, Shelter, Sons of Anarchy, Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy



Priest (2011)
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (1854 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Priest (2011)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Black Hat (Priest)
Summary:

Chosen by the Holy Spirit, anointed in the beautiful light of His grace, safe in the infinite nature of His mercy.

Then came Sola Mira.

Me -- Totally sells me on the desperation and desolation of Black Hat.

Shelter
On this new morning (5220 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Shelter (2007)
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shaun/Zach (Shelter)
Characters: Zach (Shelter), Shaun (Shelter), Cody (Shelter)
Summary:

Shaun has just left a long-term boyfriend six months ago. The royalty checks from his first book are steadily dwindling. He has moved away from the neighborhood that he's lived in for the last eight years. He is on the edge of finishing a book that he sometimes thinks is a work of art and sometimes wildly pretentious - and if it doesn't sell, he can't bear the thought of having to ask his step-dad for money. He's dating a guy who is ten years younger and who is only just coming to terms with being gay. He didn't mean to fall in love this hard and this quickly.

Me -- a lot of stories in this fandom focus on what this means for Zach, this is a great look at how this all looks through Shaun's eyes.

Sons of Anarchy
Passion In His Heart, Reason In His Mind (6052 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Sons of Anarchy
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chibs Telford/Juice Ortiz
Characters: Chibs Telford, Juice Ortiz
Summary:

For Juice, Chibs has always seemed to be there, just when he's needed most.

Me -- The Chibbs/Juice story I've been dying to read. The fact that a friend of mine got this for her present is just gravy.

Takeshi Kovacs Books, Richard Morgan
Cutting Scenes (or, the orbital keeps turning over her) (3794 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy - Richard Morgan
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Takeshi Kovacs/Sylvie Oshima, Takeshi Kovacs/Nadia Makita | Quellcrist Falconer
Characters: Takeshi Kovacs, Sylvie Oshima, Nadia Makita | Quellcrist Falconer
Summary:

Kovacs has a new body, Sylvie a new consciousness, and the fuck are they lazing about their old ways while the planet convulses to its guts.

Me -- A Tour de Force. Brilliant on every level. Great use of off-kilter language to show how being cross-sleeved fucks with your psyche, brilliant insight to all of the characters, and an f/f scene that blew me (an old skool slash slut) out of the water.

Slip Skin (1654 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy - Richard Morgan
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Takeshi Kovacs/Jimmy de Soto
Characters: Takeshi Kovacs, Jimmy de Soto
Summary:

All Envoys know, you make the most of what you've got. Sometimes, that leads to unexpected encounters.

Me -- Matches, and I think, even exceeds the series, in terms of going there and exploring the implications of sleeving and relationships. And, for all of his girlfriends and hook ups in the novels, it goes right to the fact that Jimmy De Soto was the love of Tak's life.