L&O, ficathons, etc.

See, this is why there aren't as many recs lately. 'Cause the ficathons are killing me with the good. For serious. I don't know if it's the nature of the 'thons, the mods (who deserve at least 90% of the credit and 100% of the femslash love), or the pressure of deadline, but the ficathons are producing nothing but good and often spectacular. Possibly, it's that many of my favorite writers are typically involved, or maybe it's the pressure of knowing you're writing a story for another incredible writer. Whatever it is, please ghod, don't ever let it stop.

Anything on femslash_minis EVER, femslash06 which makes me squee with joy and also squirm with stress, and now there's guns & microscopes
I haven't made it through all or many of these hot chicks with guns, but the first two I read were worth sitting my ass down on a Friday night when I should be out celebrating the fact that I quit today (woohoo!). I hate to even rec single stories from a ficathon because they're all good, so consider this a little taste of the bigger buffet of femslashtic goodness.

The Phone Rang by joran, Alex/Olivia, PG-13. joran's Alex and Olivia are women - bitter, fucked up and...distant. Really wonderful characterization. Alex is dealing with her dying mother but this isn't some overemotional, crying Alex. This is ice queen, jaded, bitter Alex. And Olivia is there for her the only way she knows how. This was exactly what I was looking for tonight: hot, complicated women in law enforcement.

and

the clean horse of our courage by omiceti, Barek/Eames, (L&O Criminal Intent), NC-17. Mira's fic is soooooo sexy on so many levels. From scene level down to the individual word choice, omiceti is teh hawt. All of the details, mismatched bra and panties, partially shaved legs, to the yes and no back and forth of a straight women trying to deal with her first time of a woman' are so fucking true.

you think about them wrapped around the handle of her Glock, think about the little shit she and Logan popped today, about how he wanted to kill her. About blood everywhere, Barek’s animated blood spilling in flat, matte crimson across the computer screen, and you can’t breathe.

You would have cared. You would have cared.

But it's all good at guns & microscopes so go, check it out. More fic arriving every minute. What is it about chicks with guns? And microscopes?