The Classics

So, I was thinking. Someone in the recent past referred to the list of D/G classics from the old Fire and Ice Library, and it occurred to me that that list is handy in the sense of it gives newer fans a sense of what the big stories are in the fandom, but it's kind of outdated like whoa, since it's years old.

Therefore, I'm soliciting opinions - what do you think are the classic D/G fics, the ones that you can go back to and think "This is why I love this ship!"? If possible, I'd like to eventually narrow it down to a set number of both (complete) novel length fics and a corresponding number of short stories - probably ten of each, unless we go hog wild and go for fifteen. Once we arrive at a final list, I'll post it as an essay here, and that way anyone who wants to can access it.

What I'd like is suggestions/nominations for what y'all consider the very best D/G fics, the ones you keep going back to as reaffirming why you love the ship. There's two categories, novel-length and short stories, and I'm limiting it to completed fics just because I think you really can't judge a work's merits until you can see the complete product. Apart from that, my only real request is that you nominate things that truly fit the definition of "classic", or at least "best", not "I wrote this and all my friends really like it!" or "Dude, my friend/someone I fangirl wrote this, so I must nominate is so she'll be happy and flattered."

You can put nominations here as comments, or you can leave them here. In a week or so, when we have a confluence of sufficient nominations and time for me to sort them out, I'll hold a vote and we'll have a new list of classics. :D