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I loves me some cowboy lawyer, so here are five great fics with Lindsey McDonald in them for the year:

Hand Job by Celtic-forest
Lindsey/Spike - Lindsey has hand issues. Spike helps.

Bon Jovi Rocks by Ash-Carpenter
Lindsey/Dean Winchester (SPN crossover). Mostly cracky, but good good fun. Because who knows more about the rock-country ballad than Lindsey??

In the Interests of Science by Ash-Carpenter - Lindsey/Spike, dash of Fred. Also cute.

Nothing to Lose by Ash, again. This one is long, and although you may think it, it's not AU. Lindsey/Riley - Iowa and Texas meet before the series. Started in 2008 but finished in 2009, so it counts, right?

Arrangement by RockstarPeach - Lindsey/Giles, humanAU, some Wes and Spike in there. This is a long fic. Giles is a wealthy man and Lindsey is his kept boy. But then that hot young bartender, Spike, starts making trouble. ;)

These are all in my (can I say expert? certainly not "humble") opinion exceedingly well-written.
They make me cry and sob "I'm a hack!"
But, you know, in a good way.

Last Known Address by Girlpire. Superb pacing, characterization, scene-setting, plot, horror elements that give a real frission down the spine! She even manages to have a "kid who never talks" without making one roll ones eyes! Every minor character feels fully-fleshed and every scene is grounded in rich human emotion. If she weren't so nice I'd have to hate her with an undying jealous passion for being better than me!!!

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