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Unidentified Friendship Objective is a story written by [[Ogiwara Saki]] and illustrated by [[olukemi]]. It ran in [[Issue 33]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/192597.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/unidentified-friendship-objective/.

== Summary ==
From [http://jibrailis.livejournal.com/26811.html the author]: "In which being in love with your best friend is complicated enough without aliens."

From [http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/398917.html the Slash Pile]: "Four days after the photo of the chupacabra turned out to be nothing more than a rabid coyote with mange, Felix began talking about UFOs. A story in which being in love with your best friend is complicated enough without aliens..."

== Connections ==
This story has related stories: an epilogue, [http://jibrailis.livejournal.com/109730.html Your Heart an Open Flame], and  [http://jibrailis.livejournal.com/97319.html several smaller ficlets].

== External Reviews ==
*http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/398917.html:
<BLOCKQUOTE>I'm no good at writing reviews but let me assure you that this story is wonderful! It's a tender and bittersweet tale of two friends becoming more, after one of them has survived cancer (happening prior to the story). I couldn't help but fall in love with the main characters Lysander and Felix, who are both complex and believable. My review doesn't do it justice, but this story has it all: emotions, attention to detail, plot... Go read it!</BLOCKQUOTE>
*http://hetrez.livejournal.com/594843.html
*http://oaktree.dreamwidth.org/126514.html
*[http://shousetsubangbang.tumblr.com/post/28425378642/as-list-of-fics-to-read shadow-birds.tumblr.com]: "they are BEST FRIENDS WHO FALL IN LOVE DO I HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE"
*[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/93604.html?thread=454639780#cmt454639 fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org]: "It's about two best friends since childhood, who run into some unusual alien-related trouble and realize they've been in love the whole time. It's really cute. There's some pining, there's some hot sex, there's some slow burn- not in that order."
*[https://delicious.com/link/754e2ba0367ee1c1e940e66937e03130 delicious.com]: <BLOCKQUOTE>Felix is convinced that aliens have landed in High Park, but his best friend Lysandros remains disbelieving... <3 This is partially a comfort-read for the soul-warming love, and partially for all the incredible descriptions of food *_* It's so beautifully told - so many details of their lives and personalities that make them so easy to love, as though I know them. It's a perfect blend of humour and poignancy and misunderstandings and happiness. And the piiiiining ahhhhh.</BLOCKQUOTE>
*[http://pinboard.in/u:jedusaur/b:cda7f3d8eaac pinboard.in/u:jedusaur]: "Oh jeez. This is a great friends-to-lovers story, sweet and cute with some striking threads of grief. Kinda like real life."
*http://melissae-astron.tumblr.com/post/124494588341/fic-rec-unidentified-friendship-objective

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