Snakeling’s Recs

[Vorkosigan]

Title: The Long Con
Author: E.E. Beck lightgetsin
Summary: Byerly needs someone to act as a cover for him, and Ivan is the perfect person for the role.
Pairing: Ivan Vorpatril/Byerly Vorrutyer
Rating: R

Why?

Brilliant and hilarious, with perfect characterisation.

[Vorkosigan]

Title: A Maze of Twisty Passages, All Alike
Author: Merry merryish
Summary: Thanks to some rather unsavory family connections on his mother's side, Ivan Vorpatril had had occasion in his life to be half-killed by a truly impressive array of instruments and circumstances.
Characters: Ivan Vorpatril, Gregor Vorbarra.
Rating: PG

Why?

There just isn’t enough Ivan/Gregor interaction in the books, but Merry remedies to that masterfully. A hilarious tale, completely in tone with canon.

[Vorkosigan]

Title: A Deeper Season

• Keeping the Silence
• A Quiet Fortitude
• A Deeper Season
• Analecta
• Homecoming
• What Passing Bells
• Seeds
• This Time (the First Time)
• Other Ways
• Significant
• Favoritism
• No Other Star
• An Impossible Day
• Royal Negotiations
• Responsible
• A Year to Fall in Love

Authors: E.E. Beck lightgetsin and Sahiya sahiya
Summary: Take one Miles, a hapless cousin, Cetagandan social politics, a galactic conspiracy, a scientific discovery, a lot of firepower, and an unexpected declaration. Mix well and step back quickly.
Pairing: Miles Vorkosigan/Gregor Vorbarra, Ivan Vorpatril/Ekaterin Vorsoisson
Rating: up to NC-17
Warning: AU

Why?

Simply the best fanfic I’ve ever read. The romantic relationship between Miles and Gregor is built completely convincingly. It could fit seamlessly in canon, in terms of plot, tone and characterisation. Not to be missed.

Note

Although I’ve done my best to put all the stories in chronological order, anyone reading them for the first time should begin with A Deeper Season, then What Passing Bells.

[Harry Potter]

Title: Dirty, Dirty Boys
Author: Miz Tyrious miz_tyrious
Summary: Detention in the dungeons is dirty, dirty business.
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: NC-17
Warning: chan, underage sex, dubious consent, caning, spanking, biting, frottage, comeplay, sloppy seconds, foreskin play, bukkake, rimming, felching, role-play.

Why?

Mmm, non-guilt inducing chan. Quite filthy, and hot.

[Harry Potter]

Title: The Apple Tree
Author: Philo
Summary: Harry returns for his seventh year determined to change the status quo.
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: NC-17
Warning: underage

Why?

One of the best superpowered!Harry I’ve read, though not without its problems. Though quite different from canon!Harry, Harry is quite attaching, and his relationship with Snape builds believably.

Caveat lector

The main problem I had with it was the numerous plot twists, which make the fic a veritable angst-fest. With a lesser writer, I probably would have abandoned the fic midway, but Philo does manage to pull it off.