Snakeling’s Recs

[Highlander]

Title: so tonight that i might see

• the space between
• and in the morning
• crash of light

Author: hafital
Summary: Post Highlander:Endgame melodrama. Some angst. Some sex, you know, the usual.
Characters/Pairing: Duncan MacLeod/Methos
Rating: NC-17

Why?

hafital never shies from showing all the hurdles two immortals have to overcome to be together, to accept that they are in it for the long haul, and yet that it might not last, because no one can escape the Game. Her writing is beautifully crafted, too.

[Harry Potter]

Title: Both Sides Now
Author: predatrix
Summary: Two viewpoints make up both sides of a story.
Characters/Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: NC-17
Warning: under 18

Why?

The war is ended, Voldemort is dead, and both Snape and Harry want nothing more than someone to shag. And preferably not a groupie.

I'm reccing this primarily because the formatting is so very original, and you can read the fic both horizontally and vertically (and no, it's not in Chinese *g*). But it's also got it all: fun lines; hot, awkward, imperfect first-time sex; fumbling! prematurely-ejaculating! top! Harry and pushy! bottom! Snape. A typical, delightful Predatrix story, it's one you read when you feel a little down and need something to cheer you up.

[Harry Potter]

Title: Stronger than Hope
Author: Alaunatar
Summary: AU after OotP, a few HBP details. An obsessed, grieving Harry has decided on a dangerous way to defeat Voldemort. Snape is paying closer attention than before, but his contempt for Harry blinds him. Eventual Snape as Harry's guardian story.
Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort
Rating: R
Warning: graphic violence, suicidal theme.

Why?

Harry is more mature and vulnerable than in canon, and yet very believable. Snape is the bastard we all know and love. The characterisation is all around excellent.

[Harry Potter]

Title: The Slytherin Kama-Sutra
Author: Angie Astravic angie_v12
Summary: Sex education at Hogwarts: After Draco Malfoy has a near-fatal encounter with Dark Magic, Professor McGonagall decides it needs to be taught earlier.
Characters: Snape and the whole lot of the Fourth Year students
Rating: very mild R

Why?

There are quite a lot of "Snape teaches sex ed" fics out there, and this one is the best of them. Snape is obviously quite uncomfortable about using crude terms, and so resorts to euphemisms. Of course the kids don't understand what he's talking about...

[James Bond]

Title: Queen of Spades
Author: astolat
Summary: "Bond," M said, as he paused in the doorway to hear her out, "the next time you do something like this will be once too many."
Pairing: James Bond/M
Rating: NC-17

Why?

Daniel Craig!James Bond had a lot of on-screen chemistry with Judi Dench!M; it was time someone wrote a fic featuring those two. Astolat captures their voices completely and writes the perfect piece.