Title: Arabesque
Rating: R
Pairing: Justin/Hugh
Fandom: These Old Shades (Georgette Heyer)
Wordcount: 1475
Author's Notes: written for Yuletide, previously posted at AO3
Summary: Loving Satanas has never been easy -- but a youthful, beautiful page living within Avon's own house was something even Davenant never foresaw...

( It behove Davenant to style himself Léon's protector. He could hardly else; if any knew Satanas and the depths of his wickedness, it were he. )

Let me start with a further huge thank you to my very own Yuletide author for the wonderful Riptide fic You Don't Count the Cost. That author has been revealed as my very dear quoshara. I asked for a fic in which "Nick and Cody are the most important person in each other's lives". Quo has totally nailed that with this fantastic first-time story. *hugs, Quo ( Read more... )

Title: 'Twixt Blame & Blindness
Author: tinx_r
Fandom: These Old Shades (Georgette Heyer)
Genre/Rating: Slash/R
Wordcount: 1300
Pairing/Characters: Justin Alistair, the Duke of Avon/Leon the Page
Notes/Warnings: Yuletide 2010. Reposted from AO3
Summary: What if there never was a Leonie? What if Leon was in very truth Leon?

( Léon's small room in the hôtel on the Rue St.-Honore was neither large nor luxurious, but he saw no fault in it. He had it to compare with a pallet by the hearth in the noisome scullery of the tavern of the Crossbow, and before that with the tiny room under the thatch that he had shared with Jean, in the long-ago farmhouse in Bassincourt. )

I did Yuletide for the first time ever, and had a lovely time! I'll definitely be signing up in the future.

First of all, the beautiful Riptide fic I received, Home Is Where The Christmas Is, is by hardboiledbaby. Squee! Thank you, dearest!! As I have said before, I love it greatly. I'm not sure how many times I've read it so far, but it's many. And it's going ( Read more... )