Five Figure Fanworks Exchange Recs

I wrote a pinch hit for the Five Figure Fanwork Exchange (i.e. an exchange where every fic must be 10k words or more, unless the recip says they're okay with getting 2 5k-word fics instead). And the exchange is now open, and there are some excellent fics in it. I've just finished reading all the ones that interest me, and here are my recs!

Hot Gold Hush of Noon (9704 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Geoffrey M'Benga/Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Developing Relationship, Requited Unrequited Love, Friendship, Getting Together, A Subtle Love Letter To The Desert, Polyamory
Summary:

Jabilo G. M'Benga finds that the USS Enterprise grows on him easily, a new home that he is happy enough to inhabit. There can be no match to the way he feels on Vulcan, however. Her majestic beauty; the expansive red of her deserts, stretched as far as her eye can see; her people.

Murderbot's Law (10778 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dr. Mensah & Murderbot
Additional Tags: Case Fic
Summary:

What can explode, will explode. Murderbot would just prefer it not to happen anywhere near Dr. Mensah, for once.

The Lych Yew Gambit (13048 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Severus Snape/Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Drama, Romance, 1990s, Folklore, Chess, Light BDSM, Severus Snape Lives
Summary:

He never meant to stay in Wiltshire, but for the past ten years Yefim Zelenyj has been fixing up an old cottage, staunchly ignoring the obviously supernatural occurrences in his garden, and sleeping with the ill-tempered boarding school teacher who drops by on holidays. Now it’s the spring of 1998 and the final battle of a war far beyond his understanding is poised to bring death to his doorstep–and Yefim is determined to keep what’s his.

The Heart's Desire (10886 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Abigail Kamara, Thomas Nightingale, Lesley May
Additional Tags: Bechdel Test Pass, Character Study, Training
Summary:

Abigail has earned her right to become a practitioner of magic. Now, the training begins.

with my darling (10066 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan/Kellye
Characters: Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Kellye (MASH)
Additional Tags: Dancing
Summary:

Margaret and Kellye, and all the times they danced.

all my secrets away (19378 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak
Characters: Elim Garak, Julian Bashir, Enabran Tain
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e14 In Purgatory's Shadow, Episode: s05e15 By Inferno's Light, Post-Episode: s05e15 By Inferno's Light, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Implied/Referenced Elim Garak/Enabran Tain, Reveal, Pining, difficult conversations, Emotional Baggage, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, emotional tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, Kissing, Xenophilia
Summary:

"I tried," Father added, hoarse. "Tried to fix it."

Garak swallowed. It was unreasonably difficult to do it. His heart was hammering in his chest; his mind was oddly blank. He felt excruciatingly aware of Julian, unmoving, leaning against the far wall—of the weight of Julian's eyes on him. But he'd told Father they were alone. He could not tell him to stop, could offer him no excuse for failing to respond as he must expect—

"Is that what you were doing," Garak said very softly.

A Barrier to Entry (20000 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Babylon 5
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Kelsey/Talia Winters (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Gaslighting, Manipulation, mention of terrorism, Mars, Psi Corps, Dubious Consent, Femsub, Implied/Referenced Mind Control, Implied Mind Rape, Sex Toys, Bondage and Discipline, Power Imbalance, Telepathy, Murder, Abusive Relationships, Bleak
Summary:

Stuck on Mars with a posting that has her scanning dangerous criminals and terrorists, Talia is about to realise the really dangerous objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.

Read the tags on this one, folks, it's a dead dove.

a small sharp scruple whispering (12249 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Neroon (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: 5 Times, Pre-Canon, Backstory, Missing Scenes, Complicated Relationships, Unreliable Narrator, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Five times Neroon might have doubted himself (even if it was only for an instant)—plus one time it might actually have made a difference, if he'd lived long enough to let it.

Beads on a String (14423 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Black Panther (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ayo & Helmut Zemo
Characters: Ayo (Marvel), Helmut Zemo, T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Case Fic, Action/Adventure, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Enemies to Friends
Summary:

When Wakanda pulls Zemo out of the Raft and sends him on a mission, Ayo is tasked with being his handler. But there is more to it than either of them knows.