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there's a good chance he hit it further
I was supposed to go into the office yesterday, but my meeting got moved to tomorrow on Zoom, so I didn't have to go in. Luckily, my boss understands that I'm much more productive at home, and doesn't demand my presence more than once a month or so (if that). It's just been stupidly busy with the search committee stuff, though she and I are getting ourselves through it by clinging to the idea that once the search firm is on board, there will be significantly less of that work on our plates. *fingers crossed*
Meanwhile, I read another book:
What I've just finished: Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano, the second book in the series. I enjoyed it, but I couldn't think too hard about any of it - just keep it light and breezy - because otherwise it's very hard to believe some of the things the characters choose to do.
What I'm reading now/next: Probably the next book in the series, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, since I don't want to lose momentum (okay, I did lose momentum between books 1 and 2 - I had 2 open in a tab for weeks before I actually settled into reading it; sometimes all I want is Batfamily, which is still my main interest in fic-reading these days, for whatever reason).
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The Pitt Fic: Hit Upside the Head (Robby/Abbot, PG-13)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Secret Crush, First Kiss, abbot is a badass, with strong feelings about beer, and robby
Summary:
"IPA," Robby called again, a reminder.
"For that, I'm getting you a Bavarian wheat beer, you prissy fuck." But Jack bypassed the respectable Penn Pilsner and grabbed a pack of their hopped-to-shit IPA, hating himself a little for giving in...but it would make Robby smile.
The door banged open, spinning Jack around, senses instantly on alert as a guy rushed in, black bandana tied around his face, pistol pointing at Sal as he shouted. "Open the register! Now!"
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Seasons of Drabbles!
i see the lightning flashing (300 words) by dizzydragonfly
Fandom: Daredevil (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Vanessa Marianna Fisk & Matt Murdock, Vanessa Marianna Fisk/Wilson Fisk
Additional Tags: Daredevil: Born Again (TV) Season 01, Episode: s01e08 Isle of Joy (Daredevil: Born Again), Gunshot Wounds, Canon Compliant, Vanessa Fisk POV, Drabble, Triple Drabble
Summary: Murdock's figured her out. It was probably inevitable, now that Wilson's returned to the spotlight and it seems so has his own darker half.
Vanessa's POV at the end of Born Again episode 8
I wrote two drabbles! First, for Daredevil: Born Again:
Likeness (100 words) by alchemise
Fandom: Daredevil (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Frank Castle
Additional Tags: Drabble, Daredevil: Born Again (TV) Season 01
Summary: Frank would never pretend any great attachment to the skull graphic.
( drabble behind the cut! )
And second for True Detective: Night Country:
Calling (100 words) by alchemise
Fandom: True Detective: Night Country (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Characters: Evangeline Navarro
Additional Tags: Drabble, Implied Evangeline Navarro/Liz Danvers
Summary: The ghosts became her new normal.
( drabble behind the cut! )
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Summer?
2) Saw The Woman King which wasn't always an easy view but a wortwhile one. Good story and wonderful hand to hand combat scenes. I never thought John Boyega was all that attractive but have to say he looked magnificent in this part.
3) I've been meaning to do it for ages but finally got around to posting some of my beading projects over at Bling Share. A relative sent me a bunch of orphaned earrings she'd shoved in a drawer and wanted me to make something with them. I haven't finished all of them yet but it's been fun to try making different looks with them.
4) Also posted photos of a visiting swan to
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5) Had our first corn on the cob since last year and the ears were all so sweet! We also got our first hummingbird visit since October as we were eating. If it wasn't for the fact that it'll be a high in the 50s tomorrow I'd say it was summer.
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Knitting update
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Seriously, how cute is this pattern?
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Sherlock Holmes: Come If Convenient by rudbeckia
Pairings/Characters: Holmes/Watson
Rating: E
Length: 13,317 words
Creator Links: rudbeckia
Theme: Angst with a Happy Ending, courting
Summary: Watson, finally pushed away by Holmes’s lack of regard for his feelings, has left 221B Baker Street and moved into his practice. Holmes is confused—he did nothing wrong! But when Holmes realises (because everyone who gives him advice tells him so) that he is to blame, he knows he has to do something meaningful to win Watson back.
Reccer's Notes: Watson gets tried of Holmes' mistreatment and decides to leave Baker St. Much angst in the beginning, but also a Holmes determined to get his Watson back, cue the wooing! I enjoyed the inclusion of side characters like Mrs Hudson, Mycroft and Lestrade, and there was also an original character, a woman doctor who works with Watson, that I greatly enjoyed. It is tagged as both books and Granada, but I pictured the Granada lads when reading it.
Fanwork Links: AO3
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a variety of other things
I also watched the first two episodes of Murderbot. It was cute. I like Mensah a lot. I only read the first novella and thought it was fine but not at all memorable, so I have no real dog in this hunt. ( spoiler )
Ugh, I just found out the Mets are on ESPN next Sunday night too. ESPN is the worst broadcast.
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Star Trek AOS: A Guiding Star by BC_Brynn
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/Spock
Rating: Teen +
Length: 11,213
Creator Links: BC_Brynn at AO3
Theme: Angst with a happy ending.
Summary: My name is S’chn T’gai Spock, and I am six years old. At the age of twenty-nine, I have been involved in an accident that has reduced my physical age and erased my memories accordingly.
Reccer's Notes: Usually, in stories about aging, one partner/beloved grows old, but in this one, Spock finds himself a child again. Despite losing many memories, he knows and remembers Jim, and he is absolutely determined to get back to him. But he has to grow up first. There are a lot of challenges along the way.
What I admire about this story is that both the author and the narrator (Spock) have such singular focus and total commitment to the project. One of the issues the story takes on--and what sets it apart, IMO--is the way that a slightly different upbringing and life path create a different person. It also addresses the sacrifices one must make to achieve a goal. It's absolutely heartbreaking. But, as this theme specifies, there is a happy ending. Also, of course, it's got big meant-to-be energy!
Fanwork Links: A Guiding Star
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Murderbot!
( longer version )
So yeah, that was great fun and I can't wait to see more.
Since we got the Apple TV for this, I decided to take advantage and also start watching Severance. Just to demonstrate how out of touch I am with popular culture, up until about three weeks ago I hadn't realized that it was science fiction. I thought it was a mundane workplace drama, which explains why I haven't tried to watch it until now. Oops. Anyway, it's weird and dystopian and extremely well acted, and I've already finished season 1.
SGA: Not Near the Sea by Auburn
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Teen
Length: 617
Content Notes: no AO3-type warnings apply
Creator Links: Auburn on AO3, Auburn's old eternalvox website on Wayback
Themes: Angst with a happy ending, Established relationship
Summary: John might walk into the water and disappear like a changeling from some bastard fairy tale; everything rich and strange he’d given Rodney fading like magic without him, lost.
Reccer's Notes: Angst with a happy ending can be compact as well. We start the story with hints of John having been through something traumatic, but we never know what (and given Pegasus, take your pick). Or maybe they've lost Atlantis. It's from Rodney's point of view, his angst, and I love the unknowns here, the lyricism and pain, finally resolved in a storm's wild beauty.
Fanwork Links: Not Near the Sea
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More The Pitt Fic
Blind Spots (4327 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Parker Ellis
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Established Relationship, Sexism, Porn, mostly just porn, the ungovernable trinity santos, Discussions of sexism, abbot collecting lesbian daughters, the night shift goes hard
Summary:
"It's Santos."
Parker's dry observations flitted through Jack's mind again—that ever-present question of whether he should raise it...but now didn't seem like the time. "A month in and still driving you up the wall? What'd she do this time?"
Robby shook his head, despairing. "What didn't she do?" Then he refocused on Jack, something sharper there, more intent. "Doesn't matter. Distract me?"
Game Face (5348 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Dana Evans, Victoria Javadi, Dennis Whitaker, Trinity Santos, Samira Mohan, Melissa "Mel" King, Princess (The Pitt), Perlah (The Pitt), Heather Collins
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Established Relationship, Teasing, Texting, Workplace Relationship, Secret Relationship, Blushing, Porn, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Filthy, pitting robby's dick against his self-concept
Summary:
As she walked away, another text came in, Robby unable to help checking.
you blushing for me?
...oh. Oh, that absolute asshole. Jack knew exactly what he was doing, sending shit that would turn him on.
I'm fucking working here, Robby sent back, shoving his phone back in his pocket. He'd just...not look.