Yuletide Rec Post
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sunlit_stoneA Study in Emerald
The Assam Adventure (4552 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Lestrade (briefly mentioned)
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Pre-Canon, very loosely based on The Naval Treaty, Established Relationship
Summary:
"Can you credit it, Watson?" he cried. "A poison? Something that might rid us of these foul creatures once and for all. Is it possible?"
"They are not gods," I reasoned. "We must assume, therefore, that they are mortal. Whatever is born can always die."
Classical Greece RPF
ephemeral thing! do you address me? (1641 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dialogues - Plato, Symposium - Plato, Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alkibiades | Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BCE)/Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE)
Characters: Alkibiades | Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BCE), Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE)
Summary:
On the eve of the City Dionysia, Aristophanes receives a menacing visitor.
Die Hard
When Trouble Comes (3100 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Die Hard (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Matt Farrell/John McClane
Characters: Matt Farrell, John McClane
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, post-movie: Live Free or Die Hard, Happy Ending, Yuletide Treat, supportive snarky co-workers
Summary:
John's path intersects with trouble on holidays, weekends, and workdays ending in y - and Matt's still coming to terms with it.
Discworld
Wayfinding (1918 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lu-Tze (Discworld), Marietta Cosmopilite
Additional Tags: Backstory, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, including the one to enlightenment. It's just that some people choose to walk a different way.
Emelan
Letters Home (8244 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Trisana Chandler, Briar Moss, Sandrilene fa Toren, Daja Kisubo, Niklaren Goldeye
Summary:
Tris at Lightsbridge.
England Series - K. J. Charles
Before, During, After (7024 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: England Series - K. J. Charles, Think of England - K. J. Charles, Proper English - K. J. Charles
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fenella Carruth/Patricia Merton, Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva
Characters: Fenella Carruth, Archie Curtis, Daniel da Silva, Patrician Merton
Additional Tags: House Party, Mystery, Investigations
Summary:
Meeting Fen Carruth entirely changed Pat Merton's life for the better.
That they get to solve mysteries together is a delightful bonus.
(Pat's experiences before, during, and after the events of Think of England)
Ever After
Games Afoot (2547 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ever After (1998)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Danielle de Barbarac/Prince Henry (Ever After)
Characters: Danielle de Barbarac, Prince Henry (Ever After)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hogwarts, Alternate Universe - Daemons, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Percy Jackson Fusion, Alternate Universe - Historical
Summary:
In every world, in every way, Henry and Danielle find one another.
Greek Mythology
a thing of beauty, golden (2283 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Marriage of Aphrodite and Hephaestus (Greek Mythology)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aphrodite/Hephaestus
Characters: Aphrodite (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hephaestus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Athena (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Falling In Love, Courtship, Backstory
Summary:
Olympus’ one-century wonder appears in Hephaestus’ workshop between one strike on his anvil and the next.
beauty, her artificers (2359 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Marriage of Aphrodite and Hephaestus (Greek Mythology)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aphrodite/Hephaestus
Characters: Aphrodite, Hephaestus
Summary:
Shortly after their wedding, Aphrodite sustains a small wound.
Henry IV Part I
Sweet Wag (2019 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Prince Hal (Shakespeare)/Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Characters: Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Kate Percy, Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland, Henry IV of England, Owain Glyndŵr | Owen Glendower
Additional Tags: Crack, Shapeshifting, Fix-It, Fluff, Also literal fluff, Alternate Universe - Magic
Summary:
Never annoy a Welsh wizard. Hotspur did, and now whenever he feels angry, he turns into a small, yappy dog. And Hotspur *always* feels angry. All the more so now he belongs to Prince Hal …
Like the Incredible Hulk, only furrier, more irritating and from the 15th century.
His Dark Materials
Bjørnesagn (1054 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lyra Belacqua, Iorek Byrnison, Pantalaimon
Summary:
A reunion on the ice, some years later.
o'er many a frozen, many a fiery alp (5420 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lord Asriel & Lyra Belacqua
Characters: Lord Asriel, Lyra Belacqua, Thorold, Serafina Pekkala
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Asriel as A Single Father, Father-Daughter Relationship, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Lord Asriel, faced with no other choice, takes Lyra north with him.
Hot Fuzz
London Calling (1364 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nicholas Angel, Danny Butterman
Summary:
It takes London five days to get a hold of him after the station explosion.
Try Hard (with Effulgence) (7425 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Minor or Background Relationship(s), Nicholas Angel & Danny Butterman, Pre-Slash Nicholas Angel/Danny Butterman
Characters: Nicholas Angel, Danny Butterman, Janine (Hot Fuzz), The Sandford Police Department
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Assassins & Hitmen, Car Chases, Explosions, Shameless Lifting of Scenes and Plot Points from Classic Action Films, Gratuitous Crawling Through Vents, Pre-Slash, Janine (Hot Fuzz)/OFC (Minor)
Summary:
A day in the life of Nicholas and Danny: flatmates, best friends, and Sandford Police officers. Featuring encounters with an ex-girlfriend, unrealistic car chases, a grumpy waterfowl, brambleberries, a posh German man holding a party hostage with his team of thieves, and a mysterious Russian assassin.
Howl Series
colors passing through us (2702 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sophie Hatter/Howl Pendragon
Characters: Sophie Hatter, Howl Pendragon, Calcifer (Howl Series), Michael Fisher
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Summary:
In the land of Ingary, where such things as soulmates and red strings of fate really exist, it is not really so sad or surprising a fate to find your vision restricted to drab shades of gray until you stumbled across your heart’s own.
In Which the Nature of Demons is Illuminated (6932 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sophie Hatter/Howl Pendragon
Characters: Sophie Hatter, Howl Pendragon, Calcifer (Howl Series)
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, canon-typical smack talk, Magic Mishaps
Summary:
Sophie runs into problems. Howl makes them worse. Calcifer reminisces.
Humans Are Space Orcs
Ain (1162 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Humans Are Space Orcs (Meme)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:
Humanity, as a species, is confusing.
Some Things Just Don't Happen (1803 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Humans Are Space Orcs (Meme)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Characters, Original Non-Human Character(s)
Additional Tags: First Contact, Aliens, Alien Cultural Differences, Slice of Life, Humor, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
Or at least that's Thrii’Nik’kikk, an ordinary enough satellite repair technician used to believe. Even on the edges of known space, more or an arbitrary mapping and navigational designation rather than there being terribly much unknown beyond them, another ordinary day on the job should have been another ordinary day on the job. Then he got back home and turned over his ship's logs as was procedure, that was when things got strange.
Jeeves Series
All the Spinach You Can Eat (6095 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Reginald Jeeves/Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Characters: Reginald Jeeves, Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Summary:
A man finds himself at the mercy of a valet who destroys his engagements, his wardrobe, and then his self esteem. Bertie thinks it's jolly good pornography but wonders what it's got to do with him.
Legally Blonde (Musical)
...for some reason I can't get the share button on this one! But it's great.
'Tis A Gift To Be Simple: Emmett realizes Elle has nowhere to go during her first Thanksgiving at Harvard, and rectifies the matter. Emmett/Elle, almost 3.9K words.
Miss Marple
The case of the cheese shortage (1234 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:
“It’s a mistake that city people often make,” Miss Marple said, “to say that nothing happens in villages like St. Mary Mead.”
Mulan
A Matter of Honor (2581 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mulan (1998)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fa Mulan/Li Shang
Characters: Fa Mulan (Disney), Li Shang, Grandmother Fa (Disney), Fa Li, Mushu (Disney)
Additional Tags: Misses Clause Challenge, Chromatic Yuletide
Summary:
The women in Mulan's life try to prepare her for her wedding. Mushu is less than helpful.
the proper order of things (2512 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mulan (1998)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Characters, Fa Mulan (Disney), Li Shang
Nirvana in Fire
Party's Over (1663 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Yán Yùjīn, Mēng Zhì, Fēi Liú, Lìn Chén
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Slice of Life, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
In the aftermath of Jingrui's birthday party, four individuals take stock and move forward.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(Ain’t) Too Proud to Beg (2405 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Olivia Octavius/May Parker (Spider-Man)
Characters: Olivia Octavius, May Parker (Spider-Man), Miles Morales
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary:
The newest Spider-Man was plastered all over the front pages still, and Liv squinted at the pictures, doing her best without her glasses. She remembered him - the skinny one who could turn invisible. Under his picture was a picture of Peter, all blonde hair and bright smile.
She wondered how May was doing
Spinning Silver
On Dangerous Ground (5377 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Irina & Miryem Mandelstam, Irina/Miryem Mandelstam
Characters: Miryem Mandelstam, Irina (Spinning Silver)
Additional Tags: Murder Mystery, Case Fic, Period-Typical Antisemitism, Magic, Misses Clause Challenge, Pre-Femslash, Competence, Canon Jewish Character
Summary:
When a murder is committed in Vysnia, many more lives than the victim's are at stake if Miryem and Irina can't find the killer.
Lighting Candles (2209 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miryem Mandelstam/Wanda Vitkus, Miryem Mandelstam/The Staryk Lord
Characters: Miryem Mandelstam, Wanda Vitkus, The Staryk Lord (Spinning Silver)
Additional Tags: Stolen Kisses, minor infidelity, Knitting, Canon Jewish Character, Jewish Holidays, Hanukkah
Summary:
A desire for the familiar turns into something else.
Miryem and the Three Goblins (3600 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Miryem Mandelstam, The Staryk Lord (Spinning Silver), Goblins - Character
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Gen Work, Modified Folktales, gold - Freeform, Three Challenges - Freeform
Summary:
Listen, children, to the tale of Miryem Open-Handed, Queen of the Staryk, and the three goblins.
Steerswoman Series
Things That Make You Think Different (2659 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Steerswoman Series - Rosemary Kirstein
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Steffie (Steerswoman), Gwen (Steerswoman)
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Post-Adventure
Summary:
Alemeth will go on forever, more or less the same. It's Steffie that's changed.
Twelfth Night
Cut & Caper (4458 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sir Andrew Aguecheek/Sir Toby Belch
Characters: Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night), Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night), Maria (Twelfth Night)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Friends With Benefits, Profanity, A Life of the Mind, Academia
Summary:
When Toby had broken up with Andy, he had said I want us to stay friends, because that was just a thing you said. Everyone knew that. Nobody took it literally. Nobody except little Andrew Aguecheek.