Title: Slowly Learning That Life Is Okay Author: Pouncer Fandom: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Rating: Teen Genre: Gen Penny Priddy, Buckaroo Banzai, Mrs. Johnson, Banzai Institute, Hong Kong Cavaliers, friendship, team, aftermath of canonical trauma Summary: Penny finds her place.
Title: Left All My Doubts on the Airplane Author: Pouncer Fandom: Covert Affairs Rating: Explicit Pairing: Auggie Anderson/Annie Walker Genre: romance, spy hijinks, angst, stealth crossover Summary: "You do whatever you have to," Auggie said. "Whatever makes the mission a success."
Title: A Recollection Half Erased Author: Pouncer Fandom: Sherlock (BBC) Rating: PG Genre: hurt/comfort, pining, het, slash Pairing: John/Sherlock/(Sarah) Mentions of past drug use, twelve-tone modernist composers Summary: Sherlock lay on the sofa and moaned. Fever was like oxycodone, with the added delight of achy muscles, splitting pain above his eyes, a sore throat, and no energy to move. Almost 2100 words.
Title: A Million Lies to Sell Yourself (Is All You Ever Had) Author: Pouncer Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Rating: R Category: het, tragedy, the future is past, the past is future Pairing: Jesse/Derek Spoilers through the end of the second season. Summary: Jesse had wondered, after the Jimmy Carter went down, how it was possible to see people as pawns, nothing more than tokens to be sacrificed on the altar of a higher cause. Just under 2000 words.
Title: Her Bougainvillea Blues Author: Pouncer Fandom: Justified Rating: NC-17 Category: het, PWP, character study Pairing: Ava Crowder/Raylan Givens Summary: Raylan's motel room gets clean sheets every day. Ava does her best to give the maids something to talk about. 463 words.
Title: All My Uphill Clawing Author: Pouncer Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Rating: NC-17 Category: het, first time, angst Pairing: Sarah Connor/Derek Reese Spoilers through the end of the second season. The majority of the action takes place between 2x04 Alison from Palmdale and 2x05 Goodbye to All That. Summary: Derek is harsher than Kyle, or maybe Kyle was only gentle with her. 2455 words.
Title: Choose Instead to Dwell in My Disasters Author: Pouncer Fandom: NCIS Rating: PG Genre: gen Spoilers: mostly season three, but contains information revealed at the end of season six. Summary: Ziva is determined that she will make a new life for herself here, no matter the initial reason for her stranding. ~2600 words.
Title: A Relative to Truth For: Gryvon Fandom: NCIS: LA Rating: PG Genre: character musings, episode related, implied slash Summary: G's relationship with memory is a complicated one. 475 words.
Title: a time to refrain from embracing For: christycorr (who ended up writing my story as a pinch hit -- thank you so much!) Fandom: Kings Rating: PG-13 Genre: Het, Slash, unrequited, political intrigue Pairings: David Shepherd/Jack Benjamin, David Shepherd/Michelle Benjamin Summary: "I swear to you from this moment on, I am your friend." Jack had broken that promise too. He tried to redeem it, now that they were planning together for the fight that would remove King Silas from the throne. David was changed, in this their sanctuary. Grown colder, harder, the naïveté tarnished to something approaching cynicism, yet Jack judged him still nowhere near as jaded as a Benjamin. ~4300 words.
My gratitude to Tigress35, Chicklet Girl, and Bettina for their thoughts on my first draft, and to Serial Karma for wrangling verb tenses.
Title: Composition Author: Pouncer Fandom: Battlestar Galactica/bandom (Fall Out Boy) Rating: R Genre: fusion, post-apocalyptic, het, slash Pairing: Pete/Starbuck, Pete/Patrick Summary: Hurry the frak up, Patrick! Dirty's got us two seats on a ship, but we've got to make it before the Toasters drop a frakkin' bomb on Attica. Pete had never been so grateful to be touring in the middle of nowhere. 1100+ words.
Disclaimer: Fall Out Boy are real people. Battlestar Galactica, and this story, are fiction. Don't google yourself or your friends, and if you do, please don't tell me.
What better way to celebrate seeing Panic(!) at the Disco and the Hush Sound tonight than to post smut featuring their singers, right? Right!
Title: Rills That Run With Honey Author: Pouncer Fandom: Bandom (Panic(!) at the Disco, The Hush Sound) Rating: NC-17 Genre: het, PWP Pairing: Brendon Urie/Greta Salpeter Summary: Greta reached out, tugged Brendon inside, and said, "This better be worth interrupting my bath." 1245 words.
Disclaimer: The people are real. The story is fiction.
In other fanfiction-related news, I've been reading lots and lots of bandslash lately, so if you're in the market for recs, check here. Also! There's now judgment_daily for all your Terminator fandom link needs. I've got my own story recommendations here.
Programming note: The first season of Burn Notice starts airing on Thursdays on USA at 11 pm, 17 April (90 minutes for the first episode, 60 minutes thereafter). I adore this show so, so much, and can't wait for the second season to begin this summer. It's well worth your time.
Title: Moderation In All Things Save Love Author: Pouncer Fandom: Cupid Rating: R Genre: het, romance, stealth crossover Pairing: Claire Allen/Alex DeMouy Summary: Everybody dreams of winning the lottery. Claire said, "I always thought I'd travel." Alex reached out for Claire's hand, and her breath caught at the touch. "Me too. Want to go together?" Almost 6000 words.
My much delayed story for the episode1x10 challenge.
And then there's this John/Elizabeth ficlet I found. The file title was "SGA sparky for miera". I don't remember writing this? It's dated December 2006, so.
Title: Ahab's Revenge Author: Pouncer Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis Genre: gen, episode-related Rating: PG Spoilers: through 4x04 Doppelganger Summary: After dark, when they gathered in the mess hall, Rodney told his team "I'm afraid of whales." They nodded, unsurprised. 764 words.
Title: Collaborations Author: Pouncer Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis Genre: slash, anachronistic alternate universe Pairing: Rodney McKay/Radek Zelenka, background Elizabeth Weir/Stephen Caldwell, Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard Rating: PG Spoilers: none Summary: Rodney had been brought in to try to lower Atlantis Shipping's maintenance costs, but he was short of ideas and time. 1200+ words
Pinch hit for nonesane in the "Czech is in the Male" ficathon.
Title: Waiting Round the Bend Author: Pouncer Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis Genre: slash Pairing: Zelenka/Lorne Rating: PG Spoilers: early season three, nothing specific Summary: Radek found himself staring at the bump on the outside of Lorne's wrist, strong and tanned and covered in hair. 1000 words.
Doing double duty for alyse in the "Czech is in the Male" ficathon and the picfor1000 challenge.
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