Chris Month Day 21

[turps]

A few weeks back I asked people to give me recs for stories they thought showed good Chris, and they did. Below the cut is all the recs I was given, and I'm stressing they're from others, not me. My ego isn't so big I'd rec myself ;)

Thank you to everyone that gave me recs, and may I say, it's wonderful to have timbertrick represented so well. Usually that's a pairing that suffers when I ask these things. Sadly, this time it was Choey that lost out. *pets the choey*

If I've messed up links or put stories in the wrong group let me know. I'll get that changed.

Other than that, check them out, read and enjoy. If I was given a reason for the rec I included that, if not, all you get is the rec.



Trickc


Promise Now, Promise Forever ~~ mickeym --- i swear to god i am tearing up over right now. *loves*
Nothing ~~ silveryscrape
30 Kisses ~~ turps33
Boxes ~~ turps33
The Book of Secrets ~~ rhyssj -- has always been special to me, the first epic!TrickC I ever read
One Simple Truth this sold me on the pairing
It Was a Clear and Moonlit Night ~~ ninjetti75 -- is Chris-focused, at least in the big ending
Summer Song ~~ topaz119 -- AU in Chris POV.
Pacific -- the broad scope of exploring + the broad scope of romantic epic
Spill
Marked ~~ silveryscrape
Wolves and Boybands Mate for Life ~~ merryish
And the remix of the above. ~~ giogio
So Wrong txt ~~ ukcalico
Ascension ~~ kaneko
Something More ~~ sola_fiamma -- because it has a self-sabotaging, witty, nasty, funny Chris tormenting both himself and Lance. And there's some TrickC in there too.
Magnetic like Poetry ~~ jchalo -- Chris is annoying. Specifically he's annoying JC. And I love it.
The Dark Side is Sparkly ~~ china_shop -- With zombie cheerleaders and TrickC fleeing!
A Person of Simple Tastes ~~ stubbleglitter JC slutfic
Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder ~~ mickeym and nopseud -- 3,318,000 of sweet, confused and blistering TrickC. Yes I've read it six or seven times more than once. Yes it really is that long. And that good. Button meet kink
The Legendary Grapefruits of Southern California ~~ flambeau -- The story that cemented my TrickC love. Kinda like those boots supplied by the mafia before they toss you into the harbour.
Whisper -- Protective Chris. In his own special way. What? I can't hear you


Trickyfish

The Long Run ~~ wearemany -- ....sucked me into fandom before i even knew who any of these guys really were. to this day, i can't even think about it for too long without getting all choked up!
Heart of Stone, Eye of Tree -- Chris in the sparkly version of Tam Lin synecdochic
Madchen ~~ wearemany -- because it hits every genderfukt kink I own. Holy Guh Batman!
Songs About LA ~~ phaballa -- has an incredibly jaded, bitter, aimless Chris hating everything about LA. It's wonderful and horrible simultaneously.
This Time patchworkdragon -- I just like all of these because they show a 'real' Chris. Not a fantasied version. They just want to make me hug him and read more. Same reason for Boxes and The Long Run.
Always Known ~~ turps33 -- a great Chris - fun and impossible and complicated
Stupid Mouth ~~ -- I love Chris and his relationship with the other guys in this story
Stealth ~~ giddygeek
Spectacle ~~ giddygeek -- totally in denial Chris is so much fun
Something to Say ~~ synchronik
Trade ~~ synchronik
Sleep Good ~~ bard_mercutio -- because Chris-the-cats rules!
The Virgin Bass Ass ~~ bard_mercutio -- Chris-in-denial and Chris-on-a-mission rolled into one, wheee!
Two Straight Guys In Wisconsin ~~ rhyssj -- I love Chris' interior "voice", he's just so absurd and neurotic and fun
Backwards ~~ rhyssj -- another of her great Chrises
The Rental Property ~~ merryish
Find You Out
Body ~~ rhyssj
Kink ~~ rhyssj
Rumour ~~ ukcalico
Under My Skin ~~ sola_fiamma -- obsessed with Lance but heroically trying to resist :-)
Doorways ~~ sirkate
Buoyancy -- I have no words for this because it made me flail that much. More protective Chris

Choey

Slim Fast ~~ rhyssj -- so sexy and hot and just, guh.
Optimistic ~~ jae_w -- Joey is going through a divorce and a biography of his life is obviously the answer. And because the ending makes me cry with sad happiness.
Mysterious Ways ~~ pierson
Party Like It's Nineteen Ninety-Nine ~~ nopseud -- Because in the middle of the end of the world, Joey is focused on the really important thing, namely, Is Chris gay?
Imaginary Boyfriend ~~ Tracy -- Because there's nothing more heartbreaking that Chris realizing he's got everything he wished, and it's not at all what he wanted.


Timbertrick

Reentry -- learning how to fit back together again
But in the Quiet -- justin can't talk, and chris talks around him
It Makes Me Ill -- early asshole detection warning system
The Window -- curiosity nearly kills the cripple
His to Take -- i can't even give any pithy summary here b/c it's so hot it melted my synapses
Bring it Down to Loserville -- crappy jobs sound romantic on paper
Papertrails -- chris & justin as distilled through print
Toasted ~~ ukcalico
Borne
Just Another Drunken Bet ~~ i_naiad -- which manages to explain both SexyBack and ManBand.
Grow ~~ glendaglamazon


Odds and Sods.


Not the Reel Nsync -- another great Chris ~~ nopseud
the earl of rothinghamtonfordshire ~~ jae_w -- the best romance novel ever!
Cold Hearted ~~ jae_w
Epic of the Lambs ~~ withdiamonds Lambs but with good Chris.
Fool for Lesser Things ~~ Chris/Joey/Lance rhyssj -- Threesome!!!!! And I had to recommend at least ONE of Rhys' fics
Uninvited ~~ lucy_fic -- Because there's nothing cuter than a totally clueless Chris, between Nick and Joey.
Plan A ~~ arsenicjade -- Because this one proves that nothing, nothing stands between Chris and whoever he wants. Not even said whoever.

Comments

[rikes]

Grow:
http://www.juppy.org/santa/stories.php?ForAuthorID=64&Year=2006

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You're a star! And also very speedy! Thank you!

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Promise Now, Promise forever is probably my very very favoritest TrickC ever. Like ever ever (and yes, mickeym knows this. hee!). Second to that? Is Absinthe. Hm. Do we see a pattern here? ;-)

Wonderful list!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They're both fantastic stories. So very good.

Yep, I got good recs.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

ahahahahah! Timbatrick represent, indeed!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Timbertrick is sadly low on my flists favourites, because they're mad and just don't see the beauty of Chris and Justin!

[geneli4.livejournal.com]

*bookmarks*

thanks so much for putting this list together!  

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

I always find it so interesting that some stories that make me shudder [in the bad way] are loved so adamantly by others. I even see some titles I've not read! Thanks for doing this.

[also, you need to separate Backwards and The Rental Property, it shows as one link.]

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I knew you wouldn't like one. I'll have to hit you up for the others one day.

No worries about doing it. I'm sure people get sick of the pics.

Thanks for the coding heads up too.

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I've read everything on this list at least once. But hey, checking will be wonderful!

Oh and for the Choey...
* Like A Big Pizza Pie () - Because they’re such boys together. Incompetent, loving, idiot boys. And the dialogue in this could out sparkle the Kohinoor. So so pretty.
* Optimistic (http://www.juppy.org/santa/stories.php?ForAuthorID=56&Year=2006) - Joey is going through a divorce and a biography of his life is obviously the answer. And because the ending makes me cry with sad happiness.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I think rechecking is a find idea!

YAY! More Choey! That one story was looking very lonely.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Have you got the link for the first one? It's just coming back to my journal at the moment.

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

Whoops! Here you go... http://www.juppy.org/santa/stories.php?ForAuthorID=36&Year=2006

*mwah*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

My favourite Choey story (and it gives good Chris) is Mysterious Ways (http://www.infinitepassions.com/linda/mways.html) by pierson :)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! I totally agree!

[cardalia.livejournal.com]

Woe is me, I forgot to send stories! Well, I spot a lot of favourites on the list so it wasn't a great loss anyway. Thanks for compiling the list!

*bookmarks*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Feel free to send in stories, I'll add them on no worries :)

[luxshine.livejournal.com]

I suck for not having added my reccs before. But here they are... more choey ;)

Party Like it is Ninety Ninety Nine (http://www.nsa.slashcity.org/nsa/fic/dwnoga2006.html)- by nopseud Because in the middle of the end of the world, Joey is focused on the really important thing, namely, Is Chris gay?

Imaginary Boyfriend (http://www.juppy.org/santa/stories.php?ForAuthorID=69&Year=2005) by Tracy - Because there's nothing more heartbreaking that Chris realizing he's got everything he wished, and it's not at all what he wanted.

A Threesome

Uninvited (http://lucy-fic.livejournal.com/20132.html#cutid1) by lucy_fic. Because there's nothing cuter than a totally clueless Chris, between Nick and Joey.

And a Kevin/Chris

by Arsenic. Because this one proves that nothing, nothing stands between Chris and whoever he wants. Not even said whoever.

(http://www.mediageek.ca/arsenicjade/writing/plana.html)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

No worries about them being late.

Thank you so much!

[between-names.livejournal.com]

I was browsing poprecs_request and saw this post linked. I was amazingly flattered to see this:

One Simple Truth this sold me on the pairing

thank you so much :)

I'd like to share with you a 'more updated' link -- I found an error in the SESA story that I couldn't correct later :-/ One Simple Truth (http://www.because-yes.com/discoball/stories/onesimpletruth.html) (the accurate version ;) ).

Thanks again for the rec!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I've changed the link. Thanks for letting me know :)