Title: Shift Colors
Fandom: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Rating: PG-13 (language only)
Length: ~5000 words
Pairing: William Brandt/Ethan Hunt
Notes: There was a new movie and my brain decided to see if we could work that canon into Mission Anomalies (but then it took a long time, surprise.) Also, this turned into fluff when I was expecting not much but a PWP, \o?.

Summary: Because nothing in their life ever plays out the simple or easy way, even after the team delivers Lane to the joint MI6-CIA task force, Will barely has time to check Ethan for obvious injuries before they’re each pulled in opposite directions.

Link (AO3): Shift Colors

From perusing the flist/circle, I gather that it is once again time for the Top Ten On AO3 meme, with optional kudo listing.

( Top 10 by hits )

( Top 10 by kudos )

So, drawing conclusions... I don't know? (You're shocked, I'm sure.) There's a mix of het, slash, and gen-ish romance in there, as well as a mix of fandoms. There are a couple of "big" pairings (McDanno, J2, Wincest) but the rest are a pretty varied set, so I'm guessing people are good with my love of picking out an odd couple and going for it (she says as she gets back to the Bruce/Clint that's languishing in g-docs...)

Title: sunday (past present)
Fandom: Mission Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol
Pairing/Characters: Ethan Hunt/William Brandt
Length: ~5800 words
Rating: Explicit
Notes: Future timestamp for Love and Other Mission Anomalies -- Ghost Protocol started streaming on netflix and I remembered that I wanted to go revisit these two. It was supposed to be a simple PWP but you know how my brain always has to work those pesky feelings in there. For the mirror prompt on my cottoncandy_bingo card.

Summary: Ethan knows who the guy has to be as soon as he hears him call to Will, even before Will tenses up ever so slightly.

Link: AO3

I won't tell you how much time I've spent combing through the comments at ghotocol_kink, but I do have this list of my favorites that have been cross-posted for your (and my own) reading convenience.

Open Like a Bank Vault Door, by ariadnes_string, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Ethan Hunt/William Brandt, NC-17, ~1700 words === I'll put this one first, because it doesn't matter if you have any idea who the characters are, if you have a thing for gun kink this one is allll for you. You could, if you wanted to, google some movie stills or a trailer or two, just so you have faces and voices to go with the characters, but trust me, that is so not necessary. They're right here in all their fucked-up glory. The kink is deftly, responsibly handled, neither of which detracts one bit from the smoking hot.

the secrets we keep, by dearprose, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, William Brandt/Ethan Hunt, R, ~2500 words === Five times Ethan called Brandt by his first name, all of them quick and sharp, deeply felt but not sentimental. Also, sex against an elevator wall is always appreciated.

post hoc ergo propter hoc, by shipmateee, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, William Brandt/Ethan Hunt, Mature, ~2500 words === Another Five Times fic, this one for kisses. This format is always a little dicey for me, but I love it when I find ones that can punch the scene with just a few words, and build a story around those scenes. This one delivers exactly that.

Plays Well With Others, by linaerys, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, William Brandt/Ethan Hunt/OMC, NC-17, ~2800 words === Seducing the rich guy turns out to be a tag-team effort, which is kind of a flip description on my part, because this is more edgy and tense and possessive than not.

Sometimes Necessary, by katydidmischief, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol/RED, William Brandt/Ethan Hunt, Victoria Winslow/Ivan Simanov, Mature, ~4400 words === This one I think you definitely need to have seen RED to get the crossover, but it's an awesome fusion and I really loved both the premise and how the story is presented, in alternating, multiple points of view that give both backstory and present day action.

By Any Means Necessary?, by salvage, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol/Avengers (movie-verse), Clint Barton/Tony Stark, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, NC-17, ~12,000 words === More Avengers than MI4, but with Brandt and Barton being the same person some of Brandt's more pertinent issues bleed over in a believable way. Set during Iron Man 2, with Barton being sent in to "soften up" Tony Stark, koff, to look more kindly toward SHIELD and ultimately the Avengers. He does his job very well, even if he is a little oblivious about some other stuff.


...and one from the Avengers only

Gift of Asylum, by carleton97 and Sister_Wolf, Avengers movie-verse, Darcy Lewis/Clint Barton, NC-17, ~47,182 words === Snarky, sexy, long -- I nearly turned cartwheels with glee over this one.

Title: Love and Other Mission Anomalies
Fandom: Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol
Pairing: Brandt/Hunt
Rating/Warnings: Explicit M/M sex, H/C
Length: ~13,000 words
Notes: Written for ghotocol_kink, for this prompt, the short version of which is: Hurt!Brandt with him and Ethan cut off from the rest of team and Ethan realizing that he has feelings for his teammate (which are reciprocated - happy ending, please!).

Hurt!Brandt is definitely hurt, but there is a happy ending

Summary: The first step to solving an anomaly is identifying it.

Links: LJ || AO3.