I'm just... really bad at sleeping, okay.

Hold me back from signing up for xover_exchange when that goes up 'cos Jesus Christ I don't need to join another ficathon. Much as I want to cross The X-Files over with everything. EVERYTHING. It's so weird looking for X-Files fanfic online because all the links are dead, and it's like coming across the remnants of a lost civilization. Man, the glory days of Geocities. xfiles has some truly amazing picspam posts though.

At some point maybe I'll post my thoughts on X-Files and The Tudors, but for now I'll just get on with the recs meme.

day 01 | a song
day 02 | a picture
day 03 | a book/ebook/fanfic
day 04 | a site
day 05 | a youtube clip
day 06 | a quote
day 07 | whatever tickles your fancy

I'll continue with my habit of overdoing it and rec 5 fics instead.

Anastasia | Dmitri in the Old Palace by Memlu | PG
Pre-movie. Dmitri meets Vladimir. By the third month, they'd earned enough money off Vladimir's forgery and Dmitri's tongue to buy good food and clothing that fit; Dmitri had grown over the winter. Vladimir bathed and trimmed his beard and for once, he nearly looked civilized. "My boy," he said, "I shall drink to excess no more. Money shall be my vice."

Mirrormask | The Flame In Your Eyes by Pen | G
Helena/unValentine, post-movie. Masks are familiar, and he slides into the Circus like he has always been there.

Adventures of Pete & Pete/Harry Potter | untitled by fox1013 | G
There are lots of natural enemies in Wellsville.

The Secret Garden/Buffy the Vampire Slayer | pretty maids all in a row by Aria | PG
Mary Lennox, vampire slayer. Dickon was out in one of the vegetable gardens, gathering the last of the potatoes before they rotted in the ground. He came to his feet with a grin at the whirlwind of Mary bearing down upon him, but the grin dropped from his face as soon as Mary said, half-panting: "Dickon, could you have holy water around your house?"

The Office (US) | Five Stories Kelly Kapour Never Told by typicrobots | PG13
omg Kelly <333. Michael announces to the office that Toby is getting divorced and that everyone should be really nice to him for the day. Kelly goes to find him in the break room during her lunch hour but can't think of anything to say to him. She offers him half her salad; he holds up his Pizza Hot Pocket. She says she's sorry; he just shrugs. The less he speaks, the more uncomfortable Kelly feels and suddenly she's telling him all about her parents' marriage without really knowing why.