WIP meme

Gacked from elfflame, who gacked it from beren_writes, and so on and so on...

Take any currently unfinished fics you have and write the first line/paragraph from each.

( wow, look at the previews. )

I love my Shikishi-kabob

Alrighty. While I work on my current stories, I am revitalizing rec days.

My rec choice of the day is... SHIKISHI. It's Celebrate Shik Day!

shikishi is one of the quieter people I know from LJ, but also one of the nicest. She strikes me as a thoughtful, introspective person, with a dazzling talent for "saying" the unsaid. In her writing, she conveys emotion through action, through what is seen, what is thought, and she gets at what is felt without ever telling the reader how she wants the story to be read. It's a rare talent, one I admire. I have finally gotten to know her a little better, and I am very happy to have done so.

My Shikishi recs are as follows (and I am not disclaiming things here, so keep a look out at the links)...

Boredom

H/D, rated G

Rain makes for ansty Harry. This is such a sweet ficlet. Short, infused with the rain in the story. I can picture the lowering sky, the lazy quiet inside, the contentment with just being. Very heartfelt and tender.

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Absolution

H/D, rated PG

Draco contemplates his world. This fic gradually lets you in, as if you are becoming aware right along with Draco. The use of color and metaphor is fantastic, and the overall tone is gently sorrowful underneath the lovely snippets of humor. I love the boys in this one. Each of them has such a soft touch.

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Trust is the First Step

H/D, rated hard R/NC-17

Draco can be quite creative when he teases. The tone is soft and sweet with a lolling rhythm echoed by what the boys are up to. Harry is sensuous and touching in his uncertainty, and Draco is equally sexy and moving in what he does. The trust issue, I am realizing, applies to both of them.

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Je t'aime aussi

H/D, rated R

Draco always, with Harry, speaks in French when he comes, just in case the pillow isn’t enough. This is my favorite of Shik's fics for many reasons. Oh, Draco in this fic... His actions tell the real story, and Shik is SO GOOD at this. This story works incredibly well as a single shot in time, a piece of a much larger, more painful whole. Absolutely gorgeous.

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And now I leave you with something funny...

How to Mess it All Up and Still Blame Potter

H/D, rated hard R

Scratching's no fun when you're all alone. This is certainly one of the more original fics I have ever read. At times, it threatens to leap right over into the ridiculous, and the resulting ride is GREAT. Snape is wonderful. The progression of events is quite funny... and eerily understandable. How can something so gross be so HOT?? *gleeee* Lurvely.

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So that's my Shik-List. But she has lots more here. Pay a visit, drop a line, check out the writing of this friendly lady. It's Celebrate Shik Day on Ru's lj!