LINKDING

<blockquote>Simon doesn't remember.</blockquote> ➤ au of what happens post-chip. I have a lot of feelings on Simon's behalf since he doesn't know what he ought to be feeling!!!!

<blockquote>Food and love have a lot in common. Leia learns how to cook. This takes some time.</blockquote> ➤ three times Leia cooks with someone else

<blockquote>"I really wanted something different for us." She thought of her daydreams of the two of them flying across the galaxy together, carefree at last. - Star Wars: Bloodline </blockquote>

<blockquote>How Anna Newland made herself at home in Chicago.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The mule nipped at Marjan’s hand as she burdened it with her packs. She pushed its nose away, careful not to hurt it. She needed the mule to be well. Her life — and her unborn child’s — depended on it. She led the mule outside the stable and carefully latched the door behind them. She didn’t want the other animals to suffer from the cold. Bad enough she was stealing the mule. She didn’t want Iresna and Gavek to lose anything else.</blockquote> ➤ in which women born with a special mark can do magic, but only if with their mother or their daughter. And this sort of magic has been outlawed, so it is dangerous to have a daughter as a marked woman. I liked that the in-laws in this story are good people!

<blockquote>"The king is dead," says Samuels. "Long live the king." A story about fealty and destiny, spies and secrets, and the things we do to hold onto power.</blockquote> ➤ okay this one actually is as good as frostfire's fic, though in different ways. I'll probably still reread frostfire's fic more often though because it's shorter

<blockquote>George had only ever taken one trip without Millie, in the fall of 1951. A letter had arrived from the army asking him to fly to New Mexico.</blockquote> ➤ part 2 http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/in-joy-knowing-the-abyss-behind-part-2/

<blockquote>For never was there a tale of more woe; than this of Juliet & her Romeo.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Force whispers in its ageless voice, its touch peaceful and lulling against Vader’s ancient soul, “Tell me your biggest regrets.” Or the five times Anakin traveled back in time with the intention of making things better, and the one time that it actually worked.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Five times Caine got Stinger out of a bar fight (and one time Caine got into one).</blockquote>

<blockquote>Cool was the breeze in the evening, along the darkened street. The city was retiring, closing shutters at every suite. But even in that stillness, you could hear the faintest sound, Of the music that was playing -      playing, swaying - The music faintly playing from the jazz band underground.</blockquote> ➤ The Highwayman rewritten in the prohibition era! In very good verse in the style of the original!

<blockquote>Nurse Angelica always dreamed of a day when Julia and Tybalt would be happy, surrounded by children and with loving spouses to stand between them. Now that that day has finally come, she can no longer avoid a conversation she's long deflected. A fix-it of sorts, inspired by drcalvin's "Gallant offers ill-delivered."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Fantine goes out to a dance with Tholomyès, and meets an angry young man.</blockquote> ➤ first in a continuing series (Less Miserable, of which all is great series consists of: Angels and Devils A Smaller Surprise Behind the Curtain A More Joyous End Joint Venture

<blockquote>Darcy's impotent.</blockquote> ➤ okay but this is actually amazing???

<blockquote>Simon used to be afraid of getting lost. A collection of missing scenes from the events of Memory.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Valancy was reading when he came in, curled in the shape of a comma next to the fireplace with the book tucked close to the curve of her body.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Valancy always thought letters quite wonderful</blockquote> ➤ letters from Valancy to all sorts of the various people in her life. HOW PERFECT

<blockquote>due South "Victoria's Secret" vid. Now with Polar Bears!</blockquote>

<blockquote>When she wakes early and notices that her father is gone, Cosette slips out alone in hopes of finding some sign of Marius.</blockquote> ➤ NO COME BACK THIS SHIP REALLY WORKS

<blockquote>Favourite is used to putting on a happy face, but as the years go on and new lovers show up and old friends come back, she starts to question that habit.</blockquote> ➤ aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh everything about this is perfect and beautiful and so SAD in that making-the-best-of-things sort of way char-wailschar- ➤ I am so glad this fic exists because YES.

<blockquote>No one noticed the one man who left the city gates on foot, following a flock of starlings winging towards Mantua. A sequel of sorts to sail upon the bosom of the air: a few things that might have happened next.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For drcalvin: "do write us crackfic where Mercutio gives everyone in Verona sexually transmitted wings!" Less...cracky than originally intended. More of a fairytale fix-it. Where everyone in Verona has sexually transmitted wings.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For the kinkmeme, prompt is "blood, love and rhetoric, either concurrent or consecutive." Prompt elaboration is: "Les Mis is all blood, love, and rhetoric, you see." So I tried to do the compulsory elements with absolutely zero Stoppard. And with Marius and Cosette with kidz.</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Gaila escapes from the Syndicate a little earlier than she planned, she finds an unexpected companion - a Vulcan Starfleet commander.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Grantaire and Eponine get drunk and have sex while roleplaying as Marius and Enjolras, respectively.</blockquote> ➤ damn, how to tag pairings when the sex is one thing but the feelings are other things entirely?

<blockquote>The thing about being young is that it happens to most everyone.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Christopher's family expands.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Do you want me to go down on you?" Abed asks, one afternoon, when they're watching My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sometimes people say more than they mean to; sometimes little things that come out at times of stress are things you should keep hold of, remember, because they mean a lot. Nyota knows that, and Spock isn't immune. If anything, it applies more to him than anyone else she knows. So she's spent a lot of time thinking about seven words, the seven words 'I need everyone to continue performing admirably.'</blockquote>

<blockquote>The one where they're all in fandom.</blockquote> ➤ ...Goddamn, I read this and it BREAKS MY HEART that the links are all face because OH MY GOD I NEED THIS BARRAYAR FANDOM TO EXIST. Reading posts like this are EXACTLY how I get into all of my fandoms, and doing it for a fandom that doesn't actually exist and yet sounds awesome is just...TRAGIC. Because this fic has totally pimped me hard into the nonexistent Barrayar