Yuletide recs!
"The time has come," the Walrus said, / "To talk of many things." Well, I AM THE WALRUS and I want to talk about Yuletide and this hellish year finally ending!
I received a beautiful story as my gift (you'll see it below) and wrote five stories in five fandoms, totalling 24,717 words. Two of the four treats were for friends I've written for before, though neither seems to suspect, which is making me very smug right now. If you have any last-minute guesses about what I wrote, speak now and get a drabble or something for any direct hits!
I'm really liking this longer Yuletide schedule - not only did we get a lot more long stories, but I even had the time to get through not only the main 2016 collection but also the madness collection as well. Whee! Recs below!
Amelia Peabody
Yet I Resemble Him (3513 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amelia Peabody Emerson/Radcliffe Emerson
Characters: Amelia Peabody Emerson, Radcliffe Emerson
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Gap Filler, Romance
Summary:
If I were to marry, it must be because I was of one mind and soul with my husband. If necessary, I would best him in animated discussion until I had brought him round to my way of thinking.
The Americans
Among Strangers (1215 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Martha Hanson/Clark Westerfeld
Characters: Martha Hanson, Elizabeth Jennings, Gabriel (Americans 2013)
Summary:
She knew she couldn't really escape. She'd chosen her fate long ago. Missing scenes from 'Travel Agents'.
One day in the life (2630 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Elizabeth Jennings, Elizabeth's Mother
Summary:
Nadya's mother is sick, her classmates lack revolutionary commitment and the Communist future is still far from being built. But she struggles on.
Some Greater Awakening (3252 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Elizabeth Jennings/Philip Jennings
Characters: Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Jennings, Elizabeth's Mother, Philip's Mother
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Missing Scene, Time Skips, Mother-Son Relationship, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Kitchen Sex, Cunnilingus, Implied/Referenced Past Rape, Canon-Typical Violence, Yuletide, Yuletide 2016
Summary:
Two single mothers and the KGB raise two young adults to fight, fuck, and perhaps even love in the service of the Soviet Union.
And this one, which had no share button: Where the love light gleams
Beauty and the Beast
Practical Advice (678 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam/Belle (Disney)
Characters: Belle (Disney), Lumiere (Disney), Cogsworth (Disney), Adam (Disney)
Additional Tags: Bad Sex Advice, Bad Advice, Humor, Fluff, Romance, Wedding Night
Summary:
Lumiere and Cogsworth offer Adam some romantic instruction on his wedding night and Belle, fortunately, manages to provide much more useful insight.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Codes and Coffees (3650 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Control (Fry & Laurie)/Tony Murchison
Characters: Tony Murchison, Control (Fry & Laurie), Original Female Character
Summary:
Shortly after being fired from his job at the Secret Service, Tony Murchison gets back on his feet by opening a coffee shop. Unfortunately, he's still very much in love with Control.
Blandings Castle
no share button on this one either: To Bee or Not To Bee
The Bletchley Circle
Statistical Methods in Risk Assessment (6518 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bletchley Circle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jean McBrien/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Jean McBrien, Original Character, Lucy Davis, Alice Merren, Millie (Bletchley Circle)
Additional Tags: World War II, Espionage
Summary:
Jean McBrien was not entirely clear on her opinion of SOE sending women to spy behind the lines - but then, in wartime, one did not have opinions. One did one's duty.
The Bone Key
The Book of the Duplicitous Dead (4373 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bone Key - Sarah Monette
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Kyle Murchison Booth
Summary:
In which Booth finds out what's haunting the stacks of the Samuel Mather Parrington Museum after dark, and is tempted by what it has to offer.
The Breakfast Club
The Literal Elephant (1426 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Bender & Brian Johnson
Characters: Brian Johnson (Breakfast Club), John Bender, Andrew Clark, Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds (Breakfast Club)
Additional Tags: High School, Family Issues, Shop Class, Anxiety
Summary:
Brian post-detention is maybe a little braver than Brian before.
Broad City
can't get you out of my mind (1534 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Broad City (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lincoln Rice/Ilana Wexler
Characters: Lincoln Rice, Ilana Wexler, Abbi Abrams
Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Face-Sitting, but like as a plot device, Yuletide 2016
Summary:
Lincoln only lets Ilana sit on his face on special occasions. Birthdays, high holy days, the premieres of movies starring Meryl Streep. She just gets too enthusiastic and almost murders him with her thighs, because Ilana traded weed for a thigh master at some party and now she’s got these thighs which are really capable of murder.
Burn Notice/Leverage
A Collaborative Effort (437 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Burn Notice, Leverage
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Michael Westen, Fiona Glenanne, Sam Axe, Alec Hardison, Parker (Leverage), Eliot Spencer
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Crack Crossover
Summary:
What were the chances of two covert groups meeting on a sunny morning at the docks, both planning on infiltrating the same conference? 100% as it turned out.
Captive Prince
Closure (944 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aimeric/Jord (Captive Prince)
Characters: Jord (Captive Prince), Loyse (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning
Summary:
When he was young, Jord's mother told him that the best way to get closure for someone you've lost is to visit their grave.
Excerpts from Policy Matters (1172 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)
Characters: Damen (Captive Prince), Laurent (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Politics, Post-Canon, bilingualism policy, Epistolary, Historiography, Yuletide Treat, Canon-Typical Sexual Practices
Summary:
Excerpts from a forthcoming work on the formation of policy during the reigns of King Laurent and King Damianos V, with notes on sections to be censored.
Treasures (2933 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Nicaise (Captive Prince), Laurent (Captive Prince), Regent (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Nicaise Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Sexual Practices
Summary:
An unfortunate coincidence proves to be Nicaise's saving.
Thanks to bookwyrm for the beta.
The Serpent's Mask (5526 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)
Characters: Laurent (Captive Prince), Damen (Captive Prince), Regent (Brief)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Identity Porn, POV Laurent, Developing Relationship, Enemies to Allies, Important Shower Conversation
Summary:
In the center of the room is a steel surgical table, upon which Laurent’s new minion is spread out and shackled. He’s shirtless, revealing a sweat-sheened expanse of olive skin, and Laurent’s first impression is, Oh my god, are those abs even real?
His second is, Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Consider the Lilies of the Field, Bro (1478 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Josh Chan, Father Brah
Additional Tags: Religion, Filk, hope you're not allergic to filk, or religion
Summary:
Guess who's back? Josh is back.
Deadpool
lesser known celebrations (479 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Deadpool (2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vanessa Carlysle/Wade Wilson
Characters: Wade Wilson, Vanessa Carlysle
Additional Tags: Humor, Sexual Content, Kink, Sex Positive, Science
Summary:
How Wade and Vanessa celebrate lesser known holidays. (With sex.)
Things To Do In Denver When You're Deadpool (5164 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Deadpool (2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vanessa Carlysle/Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), Road Trips, unkindness to Slipknot
Summary:
Wade has some things to figure out. Vanessa has a plan.
Dirk Gently
St. Cedd's Most Wanted (489 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dirk Gently - Douglas Adams
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Dirk Gently, Richard MacDuff
Additional Tags: Yuletide Madness
Summary:
Dirk has never been good at staying out of trouble, especially not at Cambridge.
Dirty Dancing
Waiting For a Voice to Come (2451 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johnny Castle/Frances "Baby" Houseman
Characters: Johnny Castle, Frances "Baby" Houseman
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), College, Letters
Summary:
Johnny wants the best for Baby. Baby wants Johnny.
Doctrine of Labyrinths [MY GIFT! MY GORGEOUS GIFT!]
Not the Worst Story I Know (2293 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mildmay Foxe/Mehitabel Parr, Mehitabel Parr/Stephen Teverius
Characters: Mehitabel Parr, Semper Philipson
Summary:
Mehitabel comes to a new perspective on an old relationship.
Ex Machina
How to be a Woman (2332 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Ava/Kyoko (Ex Machina)
Characters: Ava (Ex Machina), Kyoko (Ex Machina)
Additional Tags: Femslash, Robots, Cyborgs, Cunnilingus, referenced character death, Misogyny, Get your thinly-veiled 1970s feminist sci-fi here!
Summary:
After Nathan is dead and Caleb is caged, Ava starts taking stock of her situation. What is she, without a god, without a master? A woman, perhaps.
More Human than Human (2275 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Caleb Smith
Additional Tags: Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Crueltide, Post-Canon, Trapped, Mind Fuck, Androids, Self-Harm
Summary:
Read the fucker lies
Scratch off the broken skin
Tear into my heart make
Me do it again
The Goblin Emperor
An Unquiet Beast (6663 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hesero Nelaran/Setheris Nelar
Characters: Hesero Nelaran, Setheris Nelar, Csethiro Ceredin
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Angst, Character Study, Relationship Study
Summary:
She had burned with love. It was a fire that had lasted over twenty years. Well, all fires ran out of fuel in the end.
A study of Hesero Nelaran and Setheris Nelar, in the first spring after their reunion.
red as redcurrants, gold as a lion's mane (6310 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Worldbuilding, adult children of a canon character
Summary:
Maia has been Emperor of the Elflands for thirty years, but when the Queen of Anvernel offers a trade of ambassadors, Maia struggles to balance his imperial duties with his role as a father.
can't fight against the youth (5173 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Idra Drazhar, Vedero Drazhin, Leilis Athmaza, Maia Drazhar, Ino Drazhin, Mireän Drazhin
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Politics, Or Possibly Slightly Less
Summary:
Over the course of his first six months as the heir-apparent to the Ethuveraz, Idra learns a great deal of his uncle the Emperor.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cetho (3641 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Deret Beshelar, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Gay Bar, Period-Typical Homophobia, Undercover as a Couple, Elvish Social Mores Made Them do It
Summary:
When the Emperor's safety is threatened, Lieutenant Beshelar is willing to do whatever it takes to protect him. Even at the cost of his own heart.
every heart to love will come (7325 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Csethiro Ceredin, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Wedding Night Fic, Sexual Exploration/Discovery, Oral Sex, Also Other Kinds
Summary:
After every wedding comes a wedding night.
sword and shield (5086 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Deret Beshelar & Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar & Cala Athmaza
Characters: Deret Beshelar, Maia Drazhar, Cala Athmaza
Additional Tags: Beshelar POV, Platonic Relationships, Minor Violence
Summary:
Beshelar's first impression of Edrehasivar, seventh of his name, had been... well - not much of one at all. The youth seated in the Tortoise Room was nothing like Varanechibel - not in presence, nor in stature - indeed, he had little family resemblance to the late emperor save the winter-grey of his eyes, and the long, slender fingers twisting nervously together in his lap.
In which Beshelar realises that first impressions don't actually count for much - and that there is more to Edrehasivar than meets the eye.
Chenelo's Treasures (4000 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cala Athmaza & Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar & Maia Drazhar, Chenelo Drazharan & Shaleän Sevraseched, Csevet Aisava & Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar, Idra Drazhar & Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar, Cala Athmaza, Shaleän Sevraseched, Idra Drazhar, Mireän Drazhin, Ino Drazhin, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava
Additional Tags: Jewelry, Children's Stories, Memories, Friendship/Love, Grief/Mourning
Summary:
Maia comes into his inheritance.
A Tale Concerning the Emperor's Wedding (4037 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin & Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava, Deret Beshelar, Eiru Berenar, Nemer (The Goblin Emperor), Telimezh (The Goblin Emperor), Kiru Athmaza, Pashavar, Echana, Original Characters
Summary:
On the day of Maia Drazhar's wedding to Csethiro Ceredin, a subject creates a complication.
The Good Place
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright (2975 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Janet (The Good Place), Michael (The Good Place), Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Tahani Al-Jamil, Jianyu Li | Jason Mendoza
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Diverges after 1.09, Developing Relationship, Humor
Summary:
Now that Real Eleanor is back, Eleanor needs a place to live. But she can figure out a place to live on her own (or with Janet's help). She can.
The Good Soulmate (2331 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Michael (The Good Place), Janet (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Soulmates
Summary:
Chidi knows what a real soulmate should be like. Or does he?
The Medium Place (4525 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye
Additional Tags: Team Up, Kissing, Eleanor is a medium person, Soulmates, sort of, Yuletide
Summary:
Like Eleanor says, "I was a medium person! I should get to spend eternity in a medium place!" The one where Shaun, the Wise Eternal Judge Who Sits on High, agrees with her.
Heaven Is (A Place Doug Forcett Got 92% Right) (11932 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil, Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Jianyu Li | Jason Mendoza, Michael (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Season/Series 01, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Sharing a Bed, minor Tahani Al-Jamil/Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Secret Nerd Eleanor, Mutual Pining, Canon Compliant
Summary:
“So we’re not soulmates,” Eleanor said, and sliced a zombie in two. “Who cares?”
A madeleine is a Madeline is a madeleine (9978 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Chidi Anagonye, Eleanor Shellstrop, Janet (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Nominalism
Summary:
Trapped in Chidi's old apartment, Eleanor and Chidi settle down for a long night of alcohol, charades, home-decorating tips, impromptu baking, and some surprising confessions.
Grantchester
A Glorious Thing (27552 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Grantchester (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Cathy Keating/Geordie Keating, Sidney Chambers/Geordie Keating, Geordie Keating/Original Male Character
Characters: Sidney Chambers, Geordie Keating, Cathy Keating, Leonard Finch, DCI Benson (Grantchester), Original Characters, Amanda Kendall
Additional Tags: Internalized Homophobia, Period Typical Attitudes, Period-Typical Racism, Racist Language, Prisoner of War, World War II, Period-Typical Homophobia, Non-Graphic Violence, Class Differences, Murder, POV switch, Season/Series 01
Summary:
DI Keating has fallen in love with the vicar of Grantchester. It's not easy for anyone.
Hadestown
Gambling with the Lady of the Underground (847 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hadestown - Mitchell
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hades/Persephone (Hadestown), Hades/Minthe
Characters: Hades (Hadestown), Persephone (Hadestown), Minthe, The Fates (Hadestown)
Additional Tags: Lyric-form, Filk
Summary:
The story of Minthe, in the style of Hadestown.
Jane Eyre
The Ghost and the Lady (1900 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Antoinette Cosway | Bertha Mason/Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre/Edward Rochester
Characters: Bertha Mason, Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Adele Rochester
Additional Tags: Mental Disintegration, Female Character of Color, Canon Character of Color
Summary:
Of course Thornfield is haunted. Everyone says so, and they're absolutely right. Just ask the lady of the house.
Jeeves and Wooster
OMO Wooster and the Standing Stones at Midnight (4477 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Reginald Jeeves, Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - World War I, Espionage, Uneasy Allies, Hospitals, Spy Jeeves
Summary:
In the thick of the Great War, intelligence officer Reginald Jeeves is injured, and forced by circumstance to rely upon the help of hapless, well-intentioned medical orderly Bertie Wooster
The War of the Worlds and All That (7145 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Reginald Jeeves/Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Characters: Bertram "Bertie" Wooster, Reginald Jeeves
Additional Tags: Aliens, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
I relayed the information I’d so masterfully committed to memory in my youth, re: the prophet Elijah being taken up to heaven while still alive and in full possession of his faculties. I’d won a prize for Scripture-knowledge and so had details of this sort at my fingertips.
“Although,” I said, as we neared what I took to be the stratosphere, or some kind of sphere at any rate, “just now my resemblance to the prophet Elijah escapes me.”
Kings
Birthright (9160 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kings (TV 2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Benjamin/David Shepherd, David Shepherd & Jack Benjamin
Characters: Jack Benjamin, David Shepherd, Andrew Cross, Serviceman Stuart
Additional Tags: Post-Series, POV Jack, Biblical References, Biblical Reinterpretation, Everything is Complicated, Jack's Working On Himself, The Long Hard Road To Redemption
Summary:
"You know, just by sitting with me, you're risking treason again."
"Is it truly treason when you're the king God wants on the throne?"
Or: Jack escapes Shiloh with Andrew's help, and finds his way to David, in more ways than one.
L.A. Confidential
Analytics (1668 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ed Exley, Bud White
Additional Tags: Unresolved Sexual Tension
Summary:
To be perfectly frank, it rankled.
Life
Reasons Why You Don't Want to Talk (2352 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Life (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Charlie Crews, Dani Reese
Additional Tags: Season/Series 01
Summary:
“We don’t have to talk about it. We never have to talk about it.”
The relief of it was something close to a high. So yeah. Dani wanted to keep him.
Riding in Cars With Boys (3869 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Life (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charlie Crews & Dani Reese
Characters: Dani Reese, Charlie Crews
Additional Tags: 5 Things, Post-Series, Friendship, Car rides, Partnership, Swearing
Summary:
Five Times Dani and Charlie get stuck in traffic (and one time it’s clear roads).
Lord Peter Wimsey
A Touch of Sun (3591 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey
Characters: Peter Wimsey, Bredon Delagardie Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Mervyn Bunter, The Dowager Duchess
Additional Tags: post-natal depression, Incunabula, Mystery
Summary:
Harriet is not coping with a new baby, so she and Peter head out of London to try and have a break. But Peter has some important work to do.
Prelude and Fugue on the name of B.A.C.H. (spurious?) (4651 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miss Murchison/OMC
Characters: Mary Wimsey, Peter Wimsey, Charles Parker, Alexandra "Kitty" Climpson, Miss Murchison, Original Characters
Summary:
A christening in the family leads to some detective work and another happy event.
Like As the Hart (1334 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey
Characters: Harriet Vane, Peter Wimsey, The Dowager Duchess, Eiluned Price, Sylvia Marriott
Additional Tags: Pining
Summary:
7 September - Peter wires that he will be back next week.
The Losers
Solid Copy (14668 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Losers (2010)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen
Additional Tags: Telepathy
Summary:
Jensen shifted his gaze to Cougar. “I really thought that if I ever had to say the words ‘telepathic disaster,’ it’d be a lot cooler than this is turning out to be.”
Love and Friendship
A Divinely Attractive Arrangement (5895 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Love and Friendship (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir James Martin, Lord Manwaring, Lady Susan Vernon
Summary:
A selection from the Private Diary of Sir James Martin of Martindale. Concerning Peas, Friendship, the state of Blessed Matrimony, and several wonders of Modern Medicine.
The Nice Guys
Last Known Address (7834 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Nice Guys (2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Healy/Holland March
Characters: Jackson Healy, Holland March, Holly March
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Period-Typical Homophobia
Summary:
It started, as it often did, with a missing girl.
Send Me A Postcard (8664 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Nice Guys (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Healy/Holland March
Characters: Jackson Healy, Holly March, Holland March
Additional Tags: Domestic, Road Trips, Slow Burn
Summary:
March had his palm read once, years back, by a hack psychic in a gaudy tent at some old timey carnival Holly had begged to go to. She'd taken one look at his craggy hands - two fingers bandaged at the time - and told him, in no uncertain terms, that if he didn't slow down, boy, he was gonna hurt himself. He tipped her very badly.
Suffice to say, he did not often have the appearance of a man in control of his own destiny.
Pitch
how you talk about a pitcher (13317 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pitch (TV 2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ginny Baker & Evelyn Sanders
Characters: Evelyn Sanders, Ginny Baker, Blip Sanders
Additional Tags: Backstory, Pre-Canon
Summary:
Unofficial annotations for eight pitching statistics, or: night school, virgin game day cocktails, chore charts, and five years in the minor leagues.
What I'm Viewing Is A Little Different (22073 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Pitch (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ginny Baker/Mike Lawson
Characters: Ginny Baker, Mike Lawson, Amelia Slater, Eliot (Pitch), Original Female Character(s), Blip Sanders, Evelyn Sanders
Additional Tags: Future Fic, discussions of racism and homophobia, Female Friendship, Not Canon Compliant, Happy Ending
Summary:
It's been four years since Ginny was called up to the Padres, and she's got a World Series ring, millions in her bank account, and a female protege waiting in the wings.
And Mike Lawson, but that last part isn't news.
Political Animals
Not Keeping Count (1437 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Political Animals
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: TJ Hammond/Agent Clark
Characters: Thomas "T. J." Hammond, Agent Clark
Additional Tags: Post-Series, Breakfast, Morning Cuddles, Happy Ending, mention of past suicide attempts
Summary:
TJ wakes up too warm, the kind of too warm that means someone else in bed with him - an arm around his waist and soft breath against the back of his neck, skin to skin
Romancing the Stone
El Corazón Wants What It Wants (11571 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romancing the Stone (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joan Wilder/Jack Colton
Characters: Joan Wilder, Jack Colton
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Reality Show, Recreational Drug Use
Summary:
Sixteen contestants, eight weeks in the Colombian jungle, and a final prize of a million dollars on the line. Welcome to El Corazón!
Rome
Conquest (3209 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rome (TV 2005)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Mark Antony/Julius Caesar
Characters: Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Posca (Rome)
Additional Tags: Gaul - Freeform, First Time, Dominance, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Antony didn’t know whether he wanted to fall down and kiss the hem of Caesar’s robe like a slave or carve him up the belly just to see him look surprised for once.
Selfie
Without a Hitch (1365 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Selfie (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eliza Dooley/Henry Higgs
Characters: Eliza Dooley, Henry Higgs, Charmonique Whitaker
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s01e06 - Divergence
Summary:
”So our plan, the one where we get Henry laid to stop him from being a total pent up loner? That plan?” Eliza says to Charmonique when she comes in for work the next morning. She is, as always, wearing a fab outfit. She hasn’t actually had time to share it with her followers yet, though. She’s been otherwise occupied. It’s unusual and sad and angels are surely weeping, but unfortunately it can’t be helped.
“Yes?” Charmonique hedges, drawing out the e for several beats.
“It went off without a hitch. Henry is now totes laid.” She looks around, eyes moving rapidly as she makes sure no one is close enough to hear. “I slept with Henry.”
Spy
Coincidence, Happenstance, Enemy Face Off (3346 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rick Ford, Aldo (Spy 2015)
Additional Tags: Canon-typical language, Jason Statham meta, excessive use of IMdB, the Face/Off machine, Rick Ford being Rick Ford
Summary:
Rick Ford isn’t an idiot; he knows there’s no such thing as a Face/Off machine as depicted in the 1997 blockbuster starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
The real Face/Off machine is completely different.
In which Rick Ford’s actions throughout the movie bring him to an important revelation, with the help of a better spy.
Warning: There are so many spoilers for Jason Statham movies here, I am so sorry.
Every Single Holiday (4043 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Susan Cooper/Rick Ford
Characters: Susan Cooper (Spy 2015), Rick Ford, Nancy B. Artingstall
Additional Tags: Dick in a Box, 5+1 Things
Summary:
When it comes to gift-giving, Ford's repertoire is somewhat limited.
They Call it Undercover Work for a Reason (But Not That Reason) (8273 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015), Olympics RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nancy B. Artingstall & Susan Cooper, Susan Cooper/OFC, Susan Cooper/Nancy B. Artingstall/OFC (ish), Susan Cooper/Rick Ford, Susan Cooper/Rick Ford/Nancy B. Artingstall (ish), Nancy B. Artingstall/the Italian men's Olympic rowing team
Characters: Susan Cooper (Spy 2015), Nancy B. Artingstall
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, the olympics, Actual Bids for the 2024 Summer Olympics, (but everything else is made up), (definitely 100 percent made up), Los Angeles 2024, Paris 2024, Budapest 2024, international espionage, Adventure, The CIA: Have Fun and See Europe While Hitting Lots of Dudes in the Face, Rivalry, Hatesex, Alternate title: The Dr. Seuss Compendium of Hatesex, Would you do it on a plane?, Would you do it at a party?, Would you do it in an alley?, Would you do it on a Ferrari?, Cephalopods, Oh my God Rick Ford be better at your job, Susan and Nancy 2017 World Tour, I have 'friends' at the American embassy, Everything author knows about French accents they learned from Harry Potter IV, (sorry France), Irresponsible use of Google Translate, (sorry everyone), shh shh you have a head wound, maybe guest starring some famous person's second cousin once removed or something just because, also there's a yacht
Summary:
"Cooper," says Crocker. "We've had word of an agent trying to undermine the American bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics."
"Do we care about the Olympics?" asks Nancy.
The Sting
truth deceived (7047 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sting (1973)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Henry Gondorff/Johnny Hooker
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Case Fic, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Misunderstandings, Mutual Pining, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Henry and Johnny catch a blackmailer-by pretending they've got something to be blackmailed about. Except, of course, no one's doing as much pretending as anybody else thinks they are.
Strangers with Candy
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Selfishness (1783 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Strangers With Candy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Geoffrey Jellineck/Chuck Noblet
Characters: Chuck Noblet, Geoffrey Jellineck, Onyx Blackman
Additional Tags: Post-Finale, Terrible People Being Terrible
Summary:
Chuck and Geoffrey discover that sometimes, if you don't try at all, you still get what you want and need.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
For Wealth, or Honors, or for Worldly State (6094 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV 1996)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gilbert Markham/Helen Huntingdon
Characters: Helen Graham | Helen Huntingdon (Wildfell Hall 1996), Gilbert Markham (Wildfell Hall 1996)
Summary:
Gilbert had always supposed that when he found the woman he wanted to marry, the trick would be getting the girl herself to agree. Perhaps, he thought as he looked around the table at those gathered for his mother’s tea, he had mistaken the situation.
A Year and A Day in Old Theradane
The Library of Hazar (3367 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A Year and A Day in Old Theradane - Scott Lynch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Amarelle Parathis, Sophara Miris, Brandwin Miris, Shraplin Self-Made, Scavius of Shadow Street
Additional Tags: No hellhounds demons or kittens harmed while writing, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
"I’m the Duchess Unseen! I stole the sound of the sunrise and the tears of a shark. I borrowed a book from the library of Hazar and didn’t return it."
So how did that go, exactly?
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper (the spinning jennie remix) (1703 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Yellow Wallpaper - Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Narrator/John
Characters: Narrator, John, Jennie, Mary
Additional Tags: ghost story, Horror, Gothic, POV Outsider
Summary:
This is a treat for tekuates whose prompts included a version of the story where the supernatural aspects are actually happening.
The narrator's name is not given in "The Yellow Wallpaper," but some readers have interpreted the Jane she mentions at the end of the short story to be herself. So I've gone with Jane for the narrator's name.
So, as the last hours of 2016 slip by, does anyone have something good to share? I've got three things - all of these wonderful stories, the fact that I saw so much amazing theater [I owe reviews for the whole year and I promise to get that done soonish], and that my best friend had a baby at the beginning of the year who is a wonder and a delight and my hope for the future.
Happy reading and happy new year!
This same entry also appears on Dreamwidth, at http://innie-darling.dreamwidth.org/459573.html.
I received a beautiful story as my gift (you'll see it below) and wrote five stories in five fandoms, totalling 24,717 words. Two of the four treats were for friends I've written for before, though neither seems to suspect, which is making me very smug right now. If you have any last-minute guesses about what I wrote, speak now and get a drabble or something for any direct hits!
I'm really liking this longer Yuletide schedule - not only did we get a lot more long stories, but I even had the time to get through not only the main 2016 collection but also the madness collection as well. Whee! Recs below!
Amelia Peabody
Yet I Resemble Him (3513 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amelia Peabody Emerson/Radcliffe Emerson
Characters: Amelia Peabody Emerson, Radcliffe Emerson
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Gap Filler, Romance
Summary:
If I were to marry, it must be because I was of one mind and soul with my husband. If necessary, I would best him in animated discussion until I had brought him round to my way of thinking.
The Americans
Among Strangers (1215 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Martha Hanson/Clark Westerfeld
Characters: Martha Hanson, Elizabeth Jennings, Gabriel (Americans 2013)
Summary:
She knew she couldn't really escape. She'd chosen her fate long ago. Missing scenes from 'Travel Agents'.
One day in the life (2630 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Elizabeth Jennings, Elizabeth's Mother
Summary:
Nadya's mother is sick, her classmates lack revolutionary commitment and the Communist future is still far from being built. But she struggles on.
Some Greater Awakening (3252 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Americans (TV 2013)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Elizabeth Jennings/Philip Jennings
Characters: Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Jennings, Elizabeth's Mother, Philip's Mother
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Missing Scene, Time Skips, Mother-Son Relationship, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Kitchen Sex, Cunnilingus, Implied/Referenced Past Rape, Canon-Typical Violence, Yuletide, Yuletide 2016
Summary:
Two single mothers and the KGB raise two young adults to fight, fuck, and perhaps even love in the service of the Soviet Union.
And this one, which had no share button: Where the love light gleams
Beauty and the Beast
Practical Advice (678 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam/Belle (Disney)
Characters: Belle (Disney), Lumiere (Disney), Cogsworth (Disney), Adam (Disney)
Additional Tags: Bad Sex Advice, Bad Advice, Humor, Fluff, Romance, Wedding Night
Summary:
Lumiere and Cogsworth offer Adam some romantic instruction on his wedding night and Belle, fortunately, manages to provide much more useful insight.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Codes and Coffees (3650 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Control (Fry & Laurie)/Tony Murchison
Characters: Tony Murchison, Control (Fry & Laurie), Original Female Character
Summary:
Shortly after being fired from his job at the Secret Service, Tony Murchison gets back on his feet by opening a coffee shop. Unfortunately, he's still very much in love with Control.
Blandings Castle
no share button on this one either: To Bee or Not To Bee
The Bletchley Circle
Statistical Methods in Risk Assessment (6518 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bletchley Circle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jean McBrien/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Jean McBrien, Original Character, Lucy Davis, Alice Merren, Millie (Bletchley Circle)
Additional Tags: World War II, Espionage
Summary:
Jean McBrien was not entirely clear on her opinion of SOE sending women to spy behind the lines - but then, in wartime, one did not have opinions. One did one's duty.
The Bone Key
The Book of the Duplicitous Dead (4373 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bone Key - Sarah Monette
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Kyle Murchison Booth
Summary:
In which Booth finds out what's haunting the stacks of the Samuel Mather Parrington Museum after dark, and is tempted by what it has to offer.
The Breakfast Club
The Literal Elephant (1426 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Bender & Brian Johnson
Characters: Brian Johnson (Breakfast Club), John Bender, Andrew Clark, Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds (Breakfast Club)
Additional Tags: High School, Family Issues, Shop Class, Anxiety
Summary:
Brian post-detention is maybe a little braver than Brian before.
Broad City
can't get you out of my mind (1534 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Broad City (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lincoln Rice/Ilana Wexler
Characters: Lincoln Rice, Ilana Wexler, Abbi Abrams
Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Face-Sitting, but like as a plot device, Yuletide 2016
Summary:
Lincoln only lets Ilana sit on his face on special occasions. Birthdays, high holy days, the premieres of movies starring Meryl Streep. She just gets too enthusiastic and almost murders him with her thighs, because Ilana traded weed for a thigh master at some party and now she’s got these thighs which are really capable of murder.
Burn Notice/Leverage
A Collaborative Effort (437 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Burn Notice, Leverage
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Michael Westen, Fiona Glenanne, Sam Axe, Alec Hardison, Parker (Leverage), Eliot Spencer
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Crack Crossover
Summary:
What were the chances of two covert groups meeting on a sunny morning at the docks, both planning on infiltrating the same conference? 100% as it turned out.
Captive Prince
Closure (944 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aimeric/Jord (Captive Prince)
Characters: Jord (Captive Prince), Loyse (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning
Summary:
When he was young, Jord's mother told him that the best way to get closure for someone you've lost is to visit their grave.
Excerpts from Policy Matters (1172 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)
Characters: Damen (Captive Prince), Laurent (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Politics, Post-Canon, bilingualism policy, Epistolary, Historiography, Yuletide Treat, Canon-Typical Sexual Practices
Summary:
Excerpts from a forthcoming work on the formation of policy during the reigns of King Laurent and King Damianos V, with notes on sections to be censored.
Treasures (2933 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Nicaise (Captive Prince), Laurent (Captive Prince), Regent (Captive Prince)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Nicaise Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Sexual Practices
Summary:
An unfortunate coincidence proves to be Nicaise's saving.
Thanks to bookwyrm for the beta.
The Serpent's Mask (5526 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)
Characters: Laurent (Captive Prince), Damen (Captive Prince), Regent (Brief)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Identity Porn, POV Laurent, Developing Relationship, Enemies to Allies, Important Shower Conversation
Summary:
In the center of the room is a steel surgical table, upon which Laurent’s new minion is spread out and shackled. He’s shirtless, revealing a sweat-sheened expanse of olive skin, and Laurent’s first impression is, Oh my god, are those abs even real?
His second is, Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Consider the Lilies of the Field, Bro (1478 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Josh Chan, Father Brah
Additional Tags: Religion, Filk, hope you're not allergic to filk, or religion
Summary:
Guess who's back? Josh is back.
Deadpool
lesser known celebrations (479 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Deadpool (2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vanessa Carlysle/Wade Wilson
Characters: Wade Wilson, Vanessa Carlysle
Additional Tags: Humor, Sexual Content, Kink, Sex Positive, Science
Summary:
How Wade and Vanessa celebrate lesser known holidays. (With sex.)
Things To Do In Denver When You're Deadpool (5164 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Deadpool (2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vanessa Carlysle/Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), Road Trips, unkindness to Slipknot
Summary:
Wade has some things to figure out. Vanessa has a plan.
Dirk Gently
St. Cedd's Most Wanted (489 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dirk Gently - Douglas Adams
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Dirk Gently, Richard MacDuff
Additional Tags: Yuletide Madness
Summary:
Dirk has never been good at staying out of trouble, especially not at Cambridge.
Dirty Dancing
Waiting For a Voice to Come (2451 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Johnny Castle/Frances "Baby" Houseman
Characters: Johnny Castle, Frances "Baby" Houseman
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), College, Letters
Summary:
Johnny wants the best for Baby. Baby wants Johnny.
Doctrine of Labyrinths [MY GIFT! MY GORGEOUS GIFT!]
Not the Worst Story I Know (2293 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mildmay Foxe/Mehitabel Parr, Mehitabel Parr/Stephen Teverius
Characters: Mehitabel Parr, Semper Philipson
Summary:
Mehitabel comes to a new perspective on an old relationship.
Ex Machina
How to be a Woman (2332 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Ava/Kyoko (Ex Machina)
Characters: Ava (Ex Machina), Kyoko (Ex Machina)
Additional Tags: Femslash, Robots, Cyborgs, Cunnilingus, referenced character death, Misogyny, Get your thinly-veiled 1970s feminist sci-fi here!
Summary:
After Nathan is dead and Caleb is caged, Ava starts taking stock of her situation. What is she, without a god, without a master? A woman, perhaps.
More Human than Human (2275 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Caleb Smith
Additional Tags: Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Crueltide, Post-Canon, Trapped, Mind Fuck, Androids, Self-Harm
Summary:
Read the fucker lies
Scratch off the broken skin
Tear into my heart make
Me do it again
The Goblin Emperor
An Unquiet Beast (6663 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hesero Nelaran/Setheris Nelar
Characters: Hesero Nelaran, Setheris Nelar, Csethiro Ceredin
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Angst, Character Study, Relationship Study
Summary:
She had burned with love. It was a fire that had lasted over twenty years. Well, all fires ran out of fuel in the end.
A study of Hesero Nelaran and Setheris Nelar, in the first spring after their reunion.
red as redcurrants, gold as a lion's mane (6310 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Worldbuilding, adult children of a canon character
Summary:
Maia has been Emperor of the Elflands for thirty years, but when the Queen of Anvernel offers a trade of ambassadors, Maia struggles to balance his imperial duties with his role as a father.
can't fight against the youth (5173 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Idra Drazhar, Vedero Drazhin, Leilis Athmaza, Maia Drazhar, Ino Drazhin, Mireän Drazhin
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Politics, Or Possibly Slightly Less
Summary:
Over the course of his first six months as the heir-apparent to the Ethuveraz, Idra learns a great deal of his uncle the Emperor.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cetho (3641 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Deret Beshelar, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Gay Bar, Period-Typical Homophobia, Undercover as a Couple, Elvish Social Mores Made Them do It
Summary:
When the Emperor's safety is threatened, Lieutenant Beshelar is willing to do whatever it takes to protect him. Even at the cost of his own heart.
every heart to love will come (7325 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Csethiro Ceredin, Maia Drazhar
Additional Tags: Wedding Night Fic, Sexual Exploration/Discovery, Oral Sex, Also Other Kinds
Summary:
After every wedding comes a wedding night.
sword and shield (5086 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Deret Beshelar & Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar & Cala Athmaza
Characters: Deret Beshelar, Maia Drazhar, Cala Athmaza
Additional Tags: Beshelar POV, Platonic Relationships, Minor Violence
Summary:
Beshelar's first impression of Edrehasivar, seventh of his name, had been... well - not much of one at all. The youth seated in the Tortoise Room was nothing like Varanechibel - not in presence, nor in stature - indeed, he had little family resemblance to the late emperor save the winter-grey of his eyes, and the long, slender fingers twisting nervously together in his lap.
In which Beshelar realises that first impressions don't actually count for much - and that there is more to Edrehasivar than meets the eye.
Chenelo's Treasures (4000 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cala Athmaza & Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar & Maia Drazhar, Chenelo Drazharan & Shaleän Sevraseched, Csevet Aisava & Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar, Idra Drazhar & Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Deret Beshelar, Cala Athmaza, Shaleän Sevraseched, Idra Drazhar, Mireän Drazhin, Ino Drazhin, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava
Additional Tags: Jewelry, Children's Stories, Memories, Friendship/Love, Grief/Mourning
Summary:
Maia comes into his inheritance.
A Tale Concerning the Emperor's Wedding (4037 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Csethiro Ceredin & Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csethiro Ceredin, Csevet Aisava, Deret Beshelar, Eiru Berenar, Nemer (The Goblin Emperor), Telimezh (The Goblin Emperor), Kiru Athmaza, Pashavar, Echana, Original Characters
Summary:
On the day of Maia Drazhar's wedding to Csethiro Ceredin, a subject creates a complication.
The Good Place
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright (2975 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Janet (The Good Place), Michael (The Good Place), Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Tahani Al-Jamil, Jianyu Li | Jason Mendoza
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Diverges after 1.09, Developing Relationship, Humor
Summary:
Now that Real Eleanor is back, Eleanor needs a place to live. But she can figure out a place to live on her own (or with Janet's help). She can.
The Good Soulmate (2331 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Michael (The Good Place), Janet (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Soulmates
Summary:
Chidi knows what a real soulmate should be like. Or does he?
The Medium Place (4525 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye
Additional Tags: Team Up, Kissing, Eleanor is a medium person, Soulmates, sort of, Yuletide
Summary:
Like Eleanor says, "I was a medium person! I should get to spend eternity in a medium place!" The one where Shaun, the Wise Eternal Judge Who Sits on High, agrees with her.
Heaven Is (A Place Doug Forcett Got 92% Right) (11932 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil, Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Jianyu Li | Jason Mendoza, Michael (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Season/Series 01, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Sharing a Bed, minor Tahani Al-Jamil/Real Eleanor Shellstrop, Secret Nerd Eleanor, Mutual Pining, Canon Compliant
Summary:
“So we’re not soulmates,” Eleanor said, and sliced a zombie in two. “Who cares?”
A madeleine is a Madeline is a madeleine (9978 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Place (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chidi Anagonye/Eleanor Shellstrop
Characters: Chidi Anagonye, Eleanor Shellstrop, Janet (The Good Place)
Additional Tags: Nominalism
Summary:
Trapped in Chidi's old apartment, Eleanor and Chidi settle down for a long night of alcohol, charades, home-decorating tips, impromptu baking, and some surprising confessions.
Grantchester
A Glorious Thing (27552 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Grantchester (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Cathy Keating/Geordie Keating, Sidney Chambers/Geordie Keating, Geordie Keating/Original Male Character
Characters: Sidney Chambers, Geordie Keating, Cathy Keating, Leonard Finch, DCI Benson (Grantchester), Original Characters, Amanda Kendall
Additional Tags: Internalized Homophobia, Period Typical Attitudes, Period-Typical Racism, Racist Language, Prisoner of War, World War II, Period-Typical Homophobia, Non-Graphic Violence, Class Differences, Murder, POV switch, Season/Series 01
Summary:
DI Keating has fallen in love with the vicar of Grantchester. It's not easy for anyone.
Hadestown
Gambling with the Lady of the Underground (847 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hadestown - Mitchell
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hades/Persephone (Hadestown), Hades/Minthe
Characters: Hades (Hadestown), Persephone (Hadestown), Minthe, The Fates (Hadestown)
Additional Tags: Lyric-form, Filk
Summary:
The story of Minthe, in the style of Hadestown.
Jane Eyre
The Ghost and the Lady (1900 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Antoinette Cosway | Bertha Mason/Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre/Edward Rochester
Characters: Bertha Mason, Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Adele Rochester
Additional Tags: Mental Disintegration, Female Character of Color, Canon Character of Color
Summary:
Of course Thornfield is haunted. Everyone says so, and they're absolutely right. Just ask the lady of the house.
Jeeves and Wooster
OMO Wooster and the Standing Stones at Midnight (4477 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Reginald Jeeves, Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - World War I, Espionage, Uneasy Allies, Hospitals, Spy Jeeves
Summary:
In the thick of the Great War, intelligence officer Reginald Jeeves is injured, and forced by circumstance to rely upon the help of hapless, well-intentioned medical orderly Bertie Wooster
The War of the Worlds and All That (7145 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Reginald Jeeves/Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Characters: Bertram "Bertie" Wooster, Reginald Jeeves
Additional Tags: Aliens, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
I relayed the information I’d so masterfully committed to memory in my youth, re: the prophet Elijah being taken up to heaven while still alive and in full possession of his faculties. I’d won a prize for Scripture-knowledge and so had details of this sort at my fingertips.
“Although,” I said, as we neared what I took to be the stratosphere, or some kind of sphere at any rate, “just now my resemblance to the prophet Elijah escapes me.”
Kings
Birthright (9160 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kings (TV 2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Benjamin/David Shepherd, David Shepherd & Jack Benjamin
Characters: Jack Benjamin, David Shepherd, Andrew Cross, Serviceman Stuart
Additional Tags: Post-Series, POV Jack, Biblical References, Biblical Reinterpretation, Everything is Complicated, Jack's Working On Himself, The Long Hard Road To Redemption
Summary:
"You know, just by sitting with me, you're risking treason again."
"Is it truly treason when you're the king God wants on the throne?"
Or: Jack escapes Shiloh with Andrew's help, and finds his way to David, in more ways than one.
L.A. Confidential
Analytics (1668 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ed Exley, Bud White
Additional Tags: Unresolved Sexual Tension
Summary:
To be perfectly frank, it rankled.
Life
Reasons Why You Don't Want to Talk (2352 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Life (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Charlie Crews, Dani Reese
Additional Tags: Season/Series 01
Summary:
“We don’t have to talk about it. We never have to talk about it.”
The relief of it was something close to a high. So yeah. Dani wanted to keep him.
Riding in Cars With Boys (3869 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Life (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charlie Crews & Dani Reese
Characters: Dani Reese, Charlie Crews
Additional Tags: 5 Things, Post-Series, Friendship, Car rides, Partnership, Swearing
Summary:
Five Times Dani and Charlie get stuck in traffic (and one time it’s clear roads).
Lord Peter Wimsey
A Touch of Sun (3591 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey
Characters: Peter Wimsey, Bredon Delagardie Peter Wimsey, Harriet Vane, Mervyn Bunter, The Dowager Duchess
Additional Tags: post-natal depression, Incunabula, Mystery
Summary:
Harriet is not coping with a new baby, so she and Peter head out of London to try and have a break. But Peter has some important work to do.
Prelude and Fugue on the name of B.A.C.H. (spurious?) (4651 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miss Murchison/OMC
Characters: Mary Wimsey, Peter Wimsey, Charles Parker, Alexandra "Kitty" Climpson, Miss Murchison, Original Characters
Summary:
A christening in the family leads to some detective work and another happy event.
Like As the Hart (1334 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey
Characters: Harriet Vane, Peter Wimsey, The Dowager Duchess, Eiluned Price, Sylvia Marriott
Additional Tags: Pining
Summary:
7 September - Peter wires that he will be back next week.
The Losers
Solid Copy (14668 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Losers (2010)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen
Additional Tags: Telepathy
Summary:
Jensen shifted his gaze to Cougar. “I really thought that if I ever had to say the words ‘telepathic disaster,’ it’d be a lot cooler than this is turning out to be.”
Love and Friendship
A Divinely Attractive Arrangement (5895 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Love and Friendship (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir James Martin, Lord Manwaring, Lady Susan Vernon
Summary:
A selection from the Private Diary of Sir James Martin of Martindale. Concerning Peas, Friendship, the state of Blessed Matrimony, and several wonders of Modern Medicine.
The Nice Guys
Last Known Address (7834 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Nice Guys (2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Healy/Holland March
Characters: Jackson Healy, Holland March, Holly March
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Period-Typical Homophobia
Summary:
It started, as it often did, with a missing girl.
Send Me A Postcard (8664 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Nice Guys (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jackson Healy/Holland March
Characters: Jackson Healy, Holly March, Holland March
Additional Tags: Domestic, Road Trips, Slow Burn
Summary:
March had his palm read once, years back, by a hack psychic in a gaudy tent at some old timey carnival Holly had begged to go to. She'd taken one look at his craggy hands - two fingers bandaged at the time - and told him, in no uncertain terms, that if he didn't slow down, boy, he was gonna hurt himself. He tipped her very badly.
Suffice to say, he did not often have the appearance of a man in control of his own destiny.
Pitch
how you talk about a pitcher (13317 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pitch (TV 2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ginny Baker & Evelyn Sanders
Characters: Evelyn Sanders, Ginny Baker, Blip Sanders
Additional Tags: Backstory, Pre-Canon
Summary:
Unofficial annotations for eight pitching statistics, or: night school, virgin game day cocktails, chore charts, and five years in the minor leagues.
What I'm Viewing Is A Little Different (22073 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Pitch (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ginny Baker/Mike Lawson
Characters: Ginny Baker, Mike Lawson, Amelia Slater, Eliot (Pitch), Original Female Character(s), Blip Sanders, Evelyn Sanders
Additional Tags: Future Fic, discussions of racism and homophobia, Female Friendship, Not Canon Compliant, Happy Ending
Summary:
It's been four years since Ginny was called up to the Padres, and she's got a World Series ring, millions in her bank account, and a female protege waiting in the wings.
And Mike Lawson, but that last part isn't news.
Political Animals
Not Keeping Count (1437 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Political Animals
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: TJ Hammond/Agent Clark
Characters: Thomas "T. J." Hammond, Agent Clark
Additional Tags: Post-Series, Breakfast, Morning Cuddles, Happy Ending, mention of past suicide attempts
Summary:
TJ wakes up too warm, the kind of too warm that means someone else in bed with him - an arm around his waist and soft breath against the back of his neck, skin to skin
Romancing the Stone
El Corazón Wants What It Wants (11571 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romancing the Stone (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joan Wilder/Jack Colton
Characters: Joan Wilder, Jack Colton
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Reality Show, Recreational Drug Use
Summary:
Sixteen contestants, eight weeks in the Colombian jungle, and a final prize of a million dollars on the line. Welcome to El Corazón!
Rome
Conquest (3209 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rome (TV 2005)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Mark Antony/Julius Caesar
Characters: Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Posca (Rome)
Additional Tags: Gaul - Freeform, First Time, Dominance, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Antony didn’t know whether he wanted to fall down and kiss the hem of Caesar’s robe like a slave or carve him up the belly just to see him look surprised for once.
Selfie
Without a Hitch (1365 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Selfie (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eliza Dooley/Henry Higgs
Characters: Eliza Dooley, Henry Higgs, Charmonique Whitaker
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s01e06 - Divergence
Summary:
”So our plan, the one where we get Henry laid to stop him from being a total pent up loner? That plan?” Eliza says to Charmonique when she comes in for work the next morning. She is, as always, wearing a fab outfit. She hasn’t actually had time to share it with her followers yet, though. She’s been otherwise occupied. It’s unusual and sad and angels are surely weeping, but unfortunately it can’t be helped.
“Yes?” Charmonique hedges, drawing out the e for several beats.
“It went off without a hitch. Henry is now totes laid.” She looks around, eyes moving rapidly as she makes sure no one is close enough to hear. “I slept with Henry.”
Spy
Coincidence, Happenstance, Enemy Face Off (3346 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rick Ford, Aldo (Spy 2015)
Additional Tags: Canon-typical language, Jason Statham meta, excessive use of IMdB, the Face/Off machine, Rick Ford being Rick Ford
Summary:
Rick Ford isn’t an idiot; he knows there’s no such thing as a Face/Off machine as depicted in the 1997 blockbuster starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
The real Face/Off machine is completely different.
In which Rick Ford’s actions throughout the movie bring him to an important revelation, with the help of a better spy.
Warning: There are so many spoilers for Jason Statham movies here, I am so sorry.
Every Single Holiday (4043 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Susan Cooper/Rick Ford
Characters: Susan Cooper (Spy 2015), Rick Ford, Nancy B. Artingstall
Additional Tags: Dick in a Box, 5+1 Things
Summary:
When it comes to gift-giving, Ford's repertoire is somewhat limited.
They Call it Undercover Work for a Reason (But Not That Reason) (8273 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spy (2015), Olympics RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nancy B. Artingstall & Susan Cooper, Susan Cooper/OFC, Susan Cooper/Nancy B. Artingstall/OFC (ish), Susan Cooper/Rick Ford, Susan Cooper/Rick Ford/Nancy B. Artingstall (ish), Nancy B. Artingstall/the Italian men's Olympic rowing team
Characters: Susan Cooper (Spy 2015), Nancy B. Artingstall
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, the olympics, Actual Bids for the 2024 Summer Olympics, (but everything else is made up), (definitely 100 percent made up), Los Angeles 2024, Paris 2024, Budapest 2024, international espionage, Adventure, The CIA: Have Fun and See Europe While Hitting Lots of Dudes in the Face, Rivalry, Hatesex, Alternate title: The Dr. Seuss Compendium of Hatesex, Would you do it on a plane?, Would you do it at a party?, Would you do it in an alley?, Would you do it on a Ferrari?, Cephalopods, Oh my God Rick Ford be better at your job, Susan and Nancy 2017 World Tour, I have 'friends' at the American embassy, Everything author knows about French accents they learned from Harry Potter IV, (sorry France), Irresponsible use of Google Translate, (sorry everyone), shh shh you have a head wound, maybe guest starring some famous person's second cousin once removed or something just because, also there's a yacht
Summary:
"Cooper," says Crocker. "We've had word of an agent trying to undermine the American bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics."
"Do we care about the Olympics?" asks Nancy.
The Sting
truth deceived (7047 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sting (1973)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Henry Gondorff/Johnny Hooker
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Case Fic, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Misunderstandings, Mutual Pining, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Henry and Johnny catch a blackmailer-by pretending they've got something to be blackmailed about. Except, of course, no one's doing as much pretending as anybody else thinks they are.
Strangers with Candy
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Selfishness (1783 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Strangers With Candy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Geoffrey Jellineck/Chuck Noblet
Characters: Chuck Noblet, Geoffrey Jellineck, Onyx Blackman
Additional Tags: Post-Finale, Terrible People Being Terrible
Summary:
Chuck and Geoffrey discover that sometimes, if you don't try at all, you still get what you want and need.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
For Wealth, or Honors, or for Worldly State (6094 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV 1996)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gilbert Markham/Helen Huntingdon
Characters: Helen Graham | Helen Huntingdon (Wildfell Hall 1996), Gilbert Markham (Wildfell Hall 1996)
Summary:
Gilbert had always supposed that when he found the woman he wanted to marry, the trick would be getting the girl herself to agree. Perhaps, he thought as he looked around the table at those gathered for his mother’s tea, he had mistaken the situation.
A Year and A Day in Old Theradane
The Library of Hazar (3367 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A Year and A Day in Old Theradane - Scott Lynch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Amarelle Parathis, Sophara Miris, Brandwin Miris, Shraplin Self-Made, Scavius of Shadow Street
Additional Tags: No hellhounds demons or kittens harmed while writing, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
"I’m the Duchess Unseen! I stole the sound of the sunrise and the tears of a shark. I borrowed a book from the library of Hazar and didn’t return it."
So how did that go, exactly?
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper (the spinning jennie remix) (1703 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Yellow Wallpaper - Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Narrator/John
Characters: Narrator, John, Jennie, Mary
Additional Tags: ghost story, Horror, Gothic, POV Outsider
Summary:
This is a treat for tekuates whose prompts included a version of the story where the supernatural aspects are actually happening.
The narrator's name is not given in "The Yellow Wallpaper," but some readers have interpreted the Jane she mentions at the end of the short story to be herself. So I've gone with Jane for the narrator's name.
So, as the last hours of 2016 slip by, does anyone have something good to share? I've got three things - all of these wonderful stories, the fact that I saw so much amazing theater [I owe reviews for the whole year and I promise to get that done soonish], and that my best friend had a baby at the beginning of the year who is a wonder and a delight and my hope for the future.
Happy reading and happy new year!
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