Title: Tread But Lightly (In These Cruel Shoes)
Author: LilacFree
Pairing: none
Spoilers: "Castrovalva"
Summary: Every culture has their fairy tales...but not every fairy tale has a happy ending.
Link: Tread But Lightly (In These Cruel Shoes)
Why: A beautifully poignant, bittersweet look at the beginning of Tegan and Nyssa's friendship.

Title: Soul and Sanity
Author: Mouth on Legs
Pairing: Nine/Rose and Five/Tegan implied
Spoilers: "Father's Day"
Summary: What if the Doctor and Rose needed a little help saving the world from the Reapers?
Link: Soul and Sanity
Why: New fandom, why not start off with the best fic of a lot of great stuff I've read in it so far? :-) Took my favorite episode of the Ninth Doctor's era and made it even better--if that's not a rec, I don't know what is!