No Takebacks

Scattered through The Farm (pre-Home)
Home I & II
Final Cut
Flight of the Phoenix
Pegasus
Resurrection Ship I & II
Epiphanies
Black Market
Scar
Sacrifice & The Captain's Hand
Razor
Lay Down Your Burdens I & II


( Bonus recs )

With the return of the rewatch (and don't forget, this week's rewatch of LDYB I will take place SUNDAY at 10 PM EDT), we return you to your regularly scheduled recs as well. And, oh, finale fic, how I love you...

Please keep in mind, folks, that this is only the tip of the iceberg that is 2.19 & 2.20 fic, and that I am well aware of this. There is a vast amount of truly awesome fic out there concerning (and/or taking off from) these two episodes. For now I've picked just a few of my favorites, with the intention of adding more when my fingers aren't about to fall off. :D Until then, by all means, feel free to comment here with any fics I haven't listed that you feel should be required reading by Kara/Lee shippers.

Regrets Only by taragel

Essential by wisteria_ (Kara, with Kara/Sam and some angsty Kara/Lee)

Testing the Gods (Kara) and Asking the Gods (Lee) by taragel (Warning: angst as only pilots can bring it)

Not the Colonial Dream I and Not the Colonial Dream II by rayruz

the furthest distance between two points by bantha_fodder and stars_like_dust 50 sentences about Lee and Kara.

Ten I Love Yous by wisteria_ and indigo419 (Lee + various, but with with a K/L bias--plus the first appearance of baby Jack!)

Plural Possessive by wisteria_ (Anders POV, with both Kara/Lee and Kara/Sam)

distance enough by stars_like_dust (Season 3 spec)

Five Times She Doesn't Want Him; or, Psychological Definitions by indigo419

Fearful Symmetry by leda13 (Kara, with mentions of Kara/Lee, Kara/Sam, and Kara/Zak)

Lost & Found by suffolkgirl (Warning: MAJOR angst in the first few chapters)(15 chapters)

Promises by suffolkgirl (Lots o' angst in this one; 17 chapters)

The Stitches Around Your Collar (Or Five Dresses Kara Wears on Colonial Day by stars_like_dust

Fingers in the Mire by daphnaea Buddy!cops planetside. (Season 3 spec.)

Freedom (Guess what? More angst!) 6 chapters) and its sequel Picking Up the Pieces (12 chapters) by suffolkgirl

Reunion by choosing_sarah (Currently a WIP--17 chapters so far. Also, note that while this story diverges from canon sometime during LDYBII, it DOES reference certain info not revealed until 3.09, Unfinished Business.)

**Bonus pre-LDYB future fic! 10 Times Lee Adama Belongs to Her by daphnaea "The story of a relationship in 10 paragraphs."

Oh, how I love the fic that has (and will, I hope!) come from these two eps...

Sacrifice
Almost Rhymes With Orange by mercurial_wit/fahye
Caught in the Crossfire by leavingslowly
Until the Truth Comes Out by stars_like_dust (There are no real spoilers in this fic, since it was written as speculation/future!fic. However, I'd say it has to diverge from canon after "Sacrifice" and before "The Captain's Hand," with, uh, the rescue of a certain resistance leader in there somewhere too, a bit ahead of schedule.)
digging a hole (nothing romantic about the hours we keep) by bantha_fodder (This is a Lee fic with some delicious Lee/Kara moments)

The Captain's Hand
Ship to Ship by brynnmck
different in time (back to me again) by whatimages
A Sunny Day in Tartarus (The Nameless Things Remix) by fahye

Please comment with any recs I may have missed!

Thanks to taragel for her help with this week's recs! This list would have been MUCH shorter if it weren't for her, let's just say that. :) Thanks to the rest of the "collective brain trust" for piping in too. ;)

Wish You Were Here by wisteria_

Under the Shadow by daphnaea

We Bend, We Break by callmebombshell

Missing Things by leavingslowly

Annnd a little junk food for the shipper soul after all that dark fic:
Speak to Me in Kisses by Farringtongirl

The Alternative Scar by bsg_rp_apollo and wulfgrl71

So Much by raedances

This next fic is unfinished (I'm guessing forever) and thus something I wasn't sure I should list, but since RabidRaeann's "Nugget Slang" series is so entertaining, I figured I'd rec this one too for those who can handle the lack of resolution. Minotaur, Part I, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by rabid1st

Seriously, why is there not more Scar fic out there? I'd love to see someone fix this ep (*cough*Ray*cough*). And what about Sacrifice? If there were one ep I REALLY wish there were more for, it's that one. The *potential* there, people! Just sayin'.

Fair warning: I know a lot of people hate this ep with the fire of a thousand suns and all (though it doesn't even compare to some of the awfulness we got in S4, does it?!), but I can get pretty defensive about it. It's a LEE ep, after all, and he's my boy! While I agree with everyone else that the whole thing came out of left field and was poorly executed, I really like some of the ideas behind it, as well as what it revealed about who Lee was and had been. What can I say? Screwed-up Lee is hot! And I'd say the fic for this ep backs me up... :) Here are a few of my favorites:

Beauty and the Beast (in two parts) by innibis (Okay, so this one is completely AU from the miniseries on. It also includes a character from Razor we've not yet been introduced to at this point in the series. But for all that, it's unquestionably a Black Market fic. I feel like this is what Black Market could have/should have been in terms of what it does for Lee's development as a complex and only too human character--with Kara actually getting to play a part, as she should have gotten to in BM. If you've already read it, you know what I mean. If you haven't, you're in for a treat.)

Secrets by greensleeves (From what I remember, though there are only hardcore spoilers up through 2.13, the whole thing is based on speculation about Black Market.)

Scars That Words Have Carved (in nine chapters) by rayruz (Note: this fic BEGINS around the Black Market time period, but as the story progresses, does include spoilers for later eps as well.)

Untouchable (in two parts) by taragel (Set somewhere post-BM; Tara describes it as a sort of anti-Scar.)

Early Drafts of Surprise Endings by wisteria_

Double Dates Are the Best, Right? by anni_erie (I am pretty sure I've already rec'd this, since it's actually set pre-mini, but I'm ridiculously fond of this little fic and it includes Gianne so...yeah.)


See? If nothing else, it cannot be denied that BM inspired some FANTASTIC fic (of which I'm sure I've only scratched the surface), whether out of love or hate.

As always, please feel free to post your own recs in the comments!