Title: Lust is but Gluttony's Twin (series)
Fandom: Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler
Pairing: Sebastian/Ciel
Categories: First time, supernatural, virginity
Length: Medium (the series as a whole is about 15k)
Warnings: Underage/shota (13-year-old boy/ancient demon), references to previous non-con (not between Ciel and Sebastian)

Author on LJ:  _newworld

Summary: “Gluttony is your sin of choice, is it not, Sebastian?”

Review: Ciel supposes that demons are free from human desires, driven as they are by their deep hunger for souls. When he suggests this theory to Sebastian, however, he learns that lust and gluttony are overlapping sins, sometimes impossible to tell apart. Realizing that Sebastian hungers for his body as well as his soul, Ciel tries to re-draw the line between the two of them, even as part of him desperately wants to cross it.

The UST in this series is absolutely sizzling as Ciel and Sebastian dance around the line between earl and butler, master and demon. Kagome beautifully layers this new element into the power dynamics that already make the Sebastian/Ciel relationship so intriguing. I loved watching Ciel and Sebastian try to one-up each other in their new game, and I loved the perfectly in-character dialogue. And when they finally do decide to cross that line, the sex is well worth the wait. Part character study, part PWP, and part meditation on the nature of hunger and desire, this series is one of my favorites in the Kuroshitsuji fandom. Unfortunately, since it's hosted on LJ and not AO3, it's also one of those gems that new fans might have to do some digging to uncover, especially as only the final story in the series contains links back to the others. I'm including links to all four stories below to make it easier for readers to find their way across it.

Lust is but Gluttony's Twin
The Thin Line Between
Lead me (not) into Temptation
Lines not to Cross

Title: It's the Fault of the Kid in the Dress
Fandom: Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler
Pairing: Sebastian/Ciel
Categories: Fantasies, Telepathy/Soul Bond, Virginity
Length: Medium (3,648 words)
Warnings: Underage (13-year-old boy/ancient demon)

Author on ff.net: Sanpizil

Summary: In which Ciel and Sebastian share, or don't, an intimate moment- or a non-intimate one. Complete whimsy.

Review: Ciel can't stop thinking about the way Alois (the "kid in the dress" to whom the title refers) licked his ear at the Trancy ball. Although "he's never really thought about that kind of thing before," too focused on his work and his revenge, Ciel finds himself reflecting that ear licking might actually be pleasant, if someone other than Alois were doing it. Naturally, his thoughts stray to Sebastian. But fantasizing about a demon has unexpected consequences.

It's hard to review this story without spoiling the central conceit that makes it so wonderful. Let me just say that, literally and figuratively, it works on many levels. On the one hand, it's a story of Ciel's sexual awakening. On the other hand, it's a story of the relationship between Ciel and Sebastian, mostly proper on the surface, but with hints of much deeper possibilities. The characterization is golden in this fic. I especially liked that Ciel, though young and virginal, isn't the wilting violet some Kuro writers like to cast in his place. Instead, their dynamics echo the mentor/mentee relationship Ciel and Sebastian have in canon, where Ciel's forceful personality and power over the demon help to balance their differences in age and experience. Although short, this story packs a powerful amount of characterization, and it's worth reading multiple times to catch all of the nuances folded into it.

It's the Fault of the Kid in the Dress

New reccer coming onboard just in time for small fandom week! This is a Yuletide favorite from 2010, and one that I've probably read twenty times since then.

Title: Baby-sitters Club The Next Generation #6: Byron and the God of California
Fandom: The Baby-sitters Club - Ann M. Martin
Pairing: Byron Pike/Jeff Schafer
Categories/Genres: Humor, first-time, post-canon, virgin
Length: Long (29,893)
Warnings: Underage (sex between two consenting fifteen-year-olds)

Author/Artist on LJ: zelempa
Author/Artist Website: AO3

Summary: And then he was there, standing in the doorway.

He obviously hadn't put much thought into what he was wearing, but somehow, he made a white T-shirt and jeans look like designer fashion. Unlike most of my shirts, his actually fitted him perfectly, showing off his slim waist and muscular arms. The bright white set off his golden skin perfectly. Around his throat he wore one of those hemp-and-shell surfer necklaces. His pale blond hair had been cut short and stuck out in every direction. He was grinning that wide, friendly, dimpled grin of his.

Oh, man. Oh, man. I was in trouble.

Review: Fast forward a few years past the eternal eighth-grade of the books, and 15-year-old Adam Pike is President of a Baby-sitters Club composed of former sitting charges. Byron, the sensitive and shy Pike triplet, has "wishy-washily half-joined" the club as an Associate Member. He has bigger things on his mind than baby-sitting as he tries to come to terms with his sexuality. On the other side of the country, Jeff Schafer has just come out on his blog, making Byron's secret crush on him more exhilarating and terrifying than ever. Byron tells himself that, if he has to be gay, at least his crush lives safely off-limits in California. But Byron's life gets a lot more confusing when Jeff and his sister Dawn return to Stoneybrook for the summer, just as the original BSC members come home from their first year of college to see how the club has been running in their absence.

If you grew up devouring BSC books like Claudia's hidden candy, then this story will bring you on the nostalgia trip of your life! I love the romance between Byron and Jeff. This story does a fantastic job of capturing the terrifying thrill of first love along with the fear and isolation of growing up queer in a small town. But it's the tension between the old club and the new that really makes this story come alive for me. In pitting Kristy and the original BSC members against Adam and the Next Generation club, zelempa really highlights her ability to stay true to the girls we knew and loved, while also creating new and dynamic characters from the former sitting charges, who only played minor roles in the books. Even as I rooted for Adam and the Next Generation sitters to come into their own, I understood Kristy's desire to hold onto the club that's meant so much to her. The first time I read this, I was giggling out loud through most of it because it captures so much of what I loved about the BSC as a little girl -- the club drama, the outfit descriptions, the notebook entries, the LUV, the sense that Stoneybrook would fall apart without the BSC around to watch over its kids . . . . What zelempa has really managed to do is create a BSC book for adults, but without losing the core of friendship and belonging that is really at the heart of the Baby-sitters Club. I just wish this really were the sixth of a series because I would happily read them all. Fortunately, this one does have a sequel, which is equally good.

Baby-sitters Club The Next Generation #6: Byron and the God of California

Also make sure to check out the sequel! Baby-sitters Club: The Next Generation Super Special #1: What Happens in Sea City…