Second set of Yuletide recs

[abluestocking]

Racing in before reveals, here's a second set of recs for you! Ten fics in ten fandoms, this time (for my first set of recs, 32 fics + 5 gifts, see here). Enjoy!

Ten recs in ten fandoms: Decoys (2004), Hockey RPF, Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout), Non je ne regrette rien (Edith Piaf - Song), Persuasion (Jane Austen), Princess Bride, Protector of the Small (Tamora Pierce), The Sound of Music, Top Chef RPF/Unusual Dragon Hoards, and Unusual Dragon Hoards.


Decoys (2004)

I Dated a Tentacle Babe from Outer Space (7449 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Decoys (2004)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Roger/Constance
Characters: Roger (Decoys), Constance (Decoys)
Additional Tags: Xeno, Mpreg, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Canadian Shack, Happy Ending, Minor Character Death, Vomiting, Body Horror
Summary:
Maybe Roger hadn’t had sex before, but he still had ideas about the morning after. None of them included running for the hills with his alien girlfriend, much less being pregnant with her alien babies.

• This fic is fun, sweet, romantic, and has a lot of great lines. Yes, even though the main character is about to barf up ice alien-tentacle babies. It works.

Hockey RPF

Symphonies In My Head (2741 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF, Montreal Canadiens RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carey Price/P. K. Subban, Brandon Prust/P. K. Subban, Maripier Morin/Brandon Prust (background)
Characters: P. K. Subban, Carey Price, Brandon Prust
Additional Tags: Soul Bond, Sex Pollen, Trapped In Elevator, Open Relationships, bro-boning
Summary:
PK and Carey wake up temporarily soulbonded, and that's not even the weirdest thing that happens all week.

(Contains soulbonding, sex pollen, and being trapped in an elevator -- uh, I heard you liked tropes, so I put some tropes in your tropes! Also includes mention of an open relationship, which I will explain more spoiler-ily in the end notes for people with concerns.)

This is a Yuletide treat!

• I loved this. Tropes folded into tropes! It's an affectionate fluffy first-time fic, and I love PK's voice.

Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout)

Dinner and a Movie (4120 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Nero Wolfe - Rex Stout
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Archie Goodwin/Saul Panzer
Characters: Archie Goodwin, Saul Panzer, Nero Wolfe
Additional Tags: First Time, Case Fic
Summary:
Saul and Archie have Friday night plans. Wolfe throws a wrench in the works.

• This is a fantastic fic! Archie's voice is perfect, the case is fun, and the romance is sweet.

Non, je ne regrette rien (Edith Piaf - Song)

The Flight of the Sparrow (1401 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Non je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Narrator/Toi
Characters: Narrator, Toi
Additional Tags: Space Pirates, Lesbians in Space, Secrets
Summary:
Why be retired when you can be a space pirate for hire instead? No regrets.

• The tags “space pirates” and “lesbians in space” guaranteed that this one would catch my eye. ;) I love Edie's backstory, and Mo's fantastic. I'd read a whole novel about these two.

Persuasion (Jane Austen)

Together At Sea (864 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Persuasion - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Admiral Croft/Sophia Croft
Characters: Sophia Croft, Admiral Croft
Additional Tags: at sea, Pre-Canon, Canon Relationships
Summary:
Mrs Croft knows her place aboard ship and so does her husband.

• This one is gorgeous and feels just right.

Princess Bride

Reason And (314 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Princess Bride (1987)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fezzik/Inigo Montoya
Characters: Inigo Montoya, Fezzik (Princess Bride)
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Rhyming Pirate Husbands
Summary:
Inigo, Fezzik, and the sea.

• How can you resist a fic tagged “Rhyming Pirate Husbands”? :) This fic is super cute.

Protector of the Small (Tamora Pierce)

Intervals in Progression (6962 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Wyldon of Cavall, Keladry of Mindelan
Additional Tags: canonical levels of mysogyny, Mentorship, growing respect, Wyldon can change, Keladry is awesome
Summary:
Four times Keladry surprised Wyldon, one time he surprised himself, and one time he wasn't surprised. Also known as: Wyldon thinks a lot more than he talks.

• Simply lovely. Really nice progression over the course of the fic, and great narrative Wyldon voice.

The Sound of Music

The Birds of the Sky and the Beasts of the Field (1866 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sound of Music - Rodgers/Hammerstein/Lindsay & Crouse
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Baroness Elsa von Schraeder/Maria (Sound of Music)
Characters: Maria (Sound of Music), Elsa Schraeder
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Yuletide Treat, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
Maria leaves the convent, but not to be a governess to seven children. There's someone else who needs her.

• I love Elsa's narration in this. Wonderful AU which leaves you smiling.

Top Chef RPF/Unusual Dragon Hoards

Unusual Dragons with Adventurous Palates (7012 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Top Chef RPF, Unusual Dragon Hoards - iguanamouth
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hoard of Knives Dragon, Hoard of Cats Dragon, Hoard of Panties Dragon, Hoard of Stars Dragon, Hoard of Snakes and Lizards Dragon, Hoard of Broken VHS Tapes Dragon, Hoard of Teacups and Saucers Dragon, Spike Mendelsohn, Tiffani Faison, Richard Blais, Fabio Viviani, Antonia Lofaso, Dale Talde, Tre Wilcox, Marcel Vigneron, Padma Lakshmi, Kristen Kish
Additional Tags: Humor, Crossover, tongue-in-cheek cooking, bizarre ingredients, everything's better with DRAGONS, worst Top Chef challenge ever, Padma Lakshmi doesn't get paid enough for this, everything's better with RANCH DRESSING, Yuletide Treat, RPF, Crack, Crossdressing
Summary:
Unusual Dragons are big fans of Top Chef, and decide to visit earth and have their favorite chefs whip them up a meal. It's going to take all of Spike Mendelsohn's cunning to survive this challenge.

• Fabio and Richard are hilarious in this. Well, all the contestants, really! If you like Top Chef and have always wondered what would happen if the challenge was to cook for a passel of ornery dragons - and even if you haven't - this is the fic for you.

Unusual Dragon Hoards

From Small Beginnings (192 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Unusual Dragon Hoards - iguanamouth
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hoard of Panties Dragon, Hoard of Pastries Dragon, Hoard of Kittens Dragon, Hoard of Junk Food Dragon
Additional Tags: Dragons, Cats
Summary:
If there was one rule Egon always heard growing up, it was, "You don't choose your hoard. Your hoard chooses you." She just hadn't expected it to be so literal.

• And finally, a cuddly little ficlet about a dragon and the kitten that chooses her. :)

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I hope everyone had a fantastic Yuletide! :) On to 2015!