Fic Rec: All Summer in a Day by Luna (True Detective: Night Country, Danvers/Navarro)

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Kicking off rec_cember with a recent femslash fic (written for rarepairexchange 2025) that blew my socks off.

Fandom: True Detective: Night Country
Fanwork type: Fic
Pairings/Characters: Liz Danvers/Evangeline Navarro
Rating and/or Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, implied/referenced suicide
Links: All Summer in a Day by Luna
Summary:

Liz stops sleeping.

Some nights, she's busy trying to claw her way out from under an avalanche of paperwork. Some nights, she just can't keep her eyes closed. She can put on a sleep mask or bury her face in the pillows, but she's still aware of the light glowing out there, and the absence of anyone warm in the bed next to her.

(Or: six months later, a reunion.)

Reccer's Notes: Post-canon reunion (or is it?). I loved the lyrical rhythm of the writing, and beautifully vivid descriptions of the landscape. Liz's sharp, cynical narrative voice is excellent, and I loved the thoughtfulness and depth of the characterization and the focus on their spiky, intense relationship. (And hot! It's very sexy, too.)

Vid Rec: Rise Up

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Fandom: Hidden Figures
Fanwork type: vid
Pairings/Characters: Mary Jackson & Katherine Johnson & Dorothy Vaughan
Rating and/or Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Links: Vid: Rise Up by cosmic_llin
Summary: I promise we'll take the world to its feet

Reccer's Notes: I thought this would be a good vid to kick off my 'ladies in space recs' for rec_cember
This is one of my favorite movies vidded to one of my favorite songs. Both are full of tenacity and hope and overcoming odds and the vid is just beautiful. And it's what got us to the moon! <333