Life continues to be so busy. SO VERY BUSY. OY.

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Fandom: FAST AND THE FURIOUS SERIES
Pairing: Mia/Letty
Length: 4400 words
Author on LJ: brandil (but no longer active)
Author Website: LJ Fic Tag
Why this must be read:

(Note: Another Yuletide story for me.)

It's such a simple premise -- Letty moves in with Mia after prison -- but it's so delightfully layered as Letty and Mia struggle to find the ways their lives fit together with all the guys gone. It's down to just them and they are very different people than they were in The Fast and the Furious, but they are also very much the same.

I really enjoy the romance, which is more about two people trying to learn to be friends and Mia trying not to resent all the pieces she's had to pick up for Dom and Letty trying to deal with being free again. I found it lovely and sharp and believable.

Flowers Can Grow Between the Cracks in the Sidewalk by brandil

Today is crossover day at crack_van and I get one (only one) crossover to rec. So this is the one I chose, which apparently I haven't recced before on LJ, just linked to once.

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Title: Her Attention by nikitangel
Pairing: Sort of Mia/Letty, Faith/Letty. Faith's a big flirt.
Author on LJ: nikitangel
Author Website: Fic Tag on LJ
Why this must be read:

(Note, this was another story written for me. Because have I mentioned I really push Faith/Letty on people? A lot? Yeah, I do.)

"Her Attention" nicely captures all three women and their various attitudes. Set after Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended but before The Fast and the Furious, it revels in the way powerful women can size each other up and check each other out, and the way there's an edge to their flirting. Faith's awareness of her own sexuality is wonderful, as is her knowledge that she turns on other people just by strutting into a room.

There's some subtle bite to the exchanges between Letty and Mia, too, the way Letty demands so much from the people around her and how Mia is awkward in her love.

And, as always, there's Dom in the background, not even the point of the story, but always, always there.

"Her Attention" by nikitangel

I'm reccing Fast and the Furious series fic at crack_van this month, and I thought I'd crosspost them here, too, though most of these I think I've already recced in my journal. It's been awhile, though.

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Hi all. I'm driving the crack_van for the Fast and the Furious series this month. I was waiting to rec anything until I finished an updated fandom overview (this overview is really useful, but there's been a fourth movie since it was written), but it is taking longer than I expected. Instead, I will start reccing stories, and I'll put up the fandom overview when I get a chance.

In short, I love the Fast and the Furious series because it deals with created families, loyalty, love, friendship, and an evolving sense of self all wrapped up in shiny, fast cars and super hot characters. Good times. Mostly, I love the different ways families are created, the way they hurt each other and help each other, the way they're filled with love and hate.

A huge part of the fandom is mostly interested in boy slash, but my interests lean toward girl slash, gen, and het, so my recommendations will echo that interest. (I'm also a big fan of crossovers, so look for those on the appropriate day.)

For my first rec, a story that so very well encompasses family it fills me with emotion every time I read it.

Fandom: FAST AND THE FURIOUS SERIES
Pairing: Gen, Letty and Mia
Length: approximately 3,000 words
Author on LJ: turnonmyheels
Author Website: Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read:

"Gravity" encompasses so much of what I love about The Fast and the Furious in general and Letty and Mia in particular. It's a lovely story about families, born and created, and the way your family can hurt you even while trying to take care of you, and how loss can rock a family to the core without actually destroying it.

( More reasons you should read this fic. )

"Gravity" by Turnonmyheels