Yuletide 2022 Recs
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saiditallbeforeHere are all my recs from both the main Yuletide collection and Yuletide Madness.
i know every mile would be worth my while
Esti Gonzalez
Rated G, 1.5k words
Esti's journey to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
I Know You, Rider
Max Chapman & Carson Shaw
Rated G, 1.1k words
Max and Carson meet up on the road and chat about what has - and hasn't - changed since they last saw each other.
My gift!
i say you're space, you say i'm time
Max Chapman/Esther Warner
Rated E, 1.4k words
Being with Esther is the least-secretive Max has gotten to be about love in her life.
my kind's your kind
Max Chapman/Esther Warner
Rated T, 3.1k words
“‘S late, Max,” Esther says, her voice rough and rich and low. “Don’t be startin’ something you can’t finish.”
Max just presses in close, tucking her face beneath Esther’s jaw, mouth at her throat. She wraps her arm around Esther’s waist and after a moment Esther does the same, rucking up the billowy men’s dress shirt Max is wearing. For long minutes they just hold each other, and Max thinks, I never knew a person could feel like home.
Take Care
Greta Gill/Carson Shaw
Rated T, 1k words
Greta has rules and Carson does try to mind them.
there's no place like home
Jess McCready
Rated T, 1.4k words
It’s not like Moose Jaw, she thinks, looking around.
Jess starts to find her place in Rockford.
no gentlemen left
Beverly
Rated G, 1k words
Beverly looks after her girls.
Magic Casements
Becky
Rated G, 5.6k words
Becky is the one who rescues Mr Carrisford's monkey, and so the one whom the Magic happens to instead.
Rajasi
Becky/Sara Crewe
Rated T, 2k words
Four princesses Becky met, and one she loved.
sparring partners
Helena Bertinelli/Dinah Lance
Rated E, 2.1k words
“Yeah,” Helena grabs a water bottle, “No one to punch, gotta punch something. Otherwise I’ll never sleep.”
Dinah grins, “Some of us just jerk off.”
Küsse, Bisse
Carmilla/Laura
Rated M, 2.9k words
I must now admit the previously circulated account to be, in part, a work of fiction: The vampire who first became known to me as Carmilla survives, and I, at nineteen, gave my life to her.
Carmilla turns Laura, and the two retreat to Vienna.
Dominos Cascading in a Line
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated M, 1.9k words
Treachery doesn't stop following Drea once she graduates high school. When a CEO at her internship threatens her chances at getting into Harvard Law, Drea pulls Eleanor back in to doing revenge.
orgasm mommy
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated E, 3.5k words
Drea’s never had an orgasm. Eleanor’s more than happy to show her.
the hell (it's better with you)
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated T, 3.9k words
“I have a 4.0, but it may shock you to learn that I do not understand the physics of time loops.”
“There has to be a reason this happened,” Eleanor presses, and Drea sighs.
“Maybe we’re just two toxic bitches, destined to annoy each other forever.”
Or: Eleanor and Drea get stuck in a time loop at the Admissions Party.
Waiting Close the Approach of Morning
Ensemble
Rated T, 2.5k words
In the week before they depart for Varna, the Crew Light spends the time as best they can.
Freedom is a girl and a house
Hideko/Sook-hee
Rated T, 4.6k words
The rest of their lives comes a day at a time.
un oiseau rebelle
Casey Carlyle/Gen Harwood
Rated T, 4.4k words
In a reversal of the plans originally laid out for them, Casey goes to Nationals and Gen goes to college. It's apparently surprisingly hard to fully step away from the ice, though, so when Casey clearly needs a hand with a program, Gen steps in to help out.
gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
Blue/Red
Rated E, 4.8k words
Red and Blue try to have sex for the first time—but it turns out "sex" means something very different to Garden and the Agency.
warp to weft
Blue/Red
Rated G, 1.9k words
As we dance our steps in counterpoint across the braid, laying dormant threads we’ll cats-cradle into shape when our former shifts least expect, I find myself fantasizing that you are embroidering your pattern directly into my skin.
If I'm Shining Everybody Gonna Shine
Duke Thomas
Rated G, 3.9k words
Duke is finally going to his first gala and needs some advice. The quality of advice some of his siblings give is questionable. Very questionable.
Katie, Bar the Door
Duke Thomas & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
Rated T, 2.9k words
Duke's never been to a hockey game. Jason thinks that's a shame.
World's Okayest Detective
Bruce Wayne
Rated G, 2.6k words
Bruce tries to shake a present. Tries being the operative word.
Once and Future
Nynaeve al'Meara/Lan Mandragoran
Rated T, 8.7k words
When Lan reclaims the throne of Malkier, Nynaeve must decide what it means to be a Wisdom and what it means to go home.
Happy Yuletide!
A League of Their Own (2022)
i know every mile would be worth my while
Esti Gonzalez
Rated G, 1.5k words
Esti's journey to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
I Know You, Rider
Max Chapman & Carson Shaw
Rated G, 1.1k words
Max and Carson meet up on the road and chat about what has - and hasn't - changed since they last saw each other.
My gift!
i say you're space, you say i'm time
Max Chapman/Esther Warner
Rated E, 1.4k words
Being with Esther is the least-secretive Max has gotten to be about love in her life.
my kind's your kind
Max Chapman/Esther Warner
Rated T, 3.1k words
“‘S late, Max,” Esther says, her voice rough and rich and low. “Don’t be startin’ something you can’t finish.”
Max just presses in close, tucking her face beneath Esther’s jaw, mouth at her throat. She wraps her arm around Esther’s waist and after a moment Esther does the same, rucking up the billowy men’s dress shirt Max is wearing. For long minutes they just hold each other, and Max thinks, I never knew a person could feel like home.
Take Care
Greta Gill/Carson Shaw
Rated T, 1k words
Greta has rules and Carson does try to mind them.
there's no place like home
Jess McCready
Rated T, 1.4k words
It’s not like Moose Jaw, she thinks, looking around.
Jess starts to find her place in Rockford.
no gentlemen left
Beverly
Rated G, 1k words
Beverly looks after her girls.
A Little Princess
Magic Casements
Becky
Rated G, 5.6k words
Becky is the one who rescues Mr Carrisford's monkey, and so the one whom the Magic happens to instead.
Rajasi
Becky/Sara Crewe
Rated T, 2k words
Four princesses Becky met, and one she loved.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
sparring partners
Helena Bertinelli/Dinah Lance
Rated E, 2.1k words
“Yeah,” Helena grabs a water bottle, “No one to punch, gotta punch something. Otherwise I’ll never sleep.”
Dinah grins, “Some of us just jerk off.”
Carmilla
Küsse, Bisse
Carmilla/Laura
Rated M, 2.9k words
I must now admit the previously circulated account to be, in part, a work of fiction: The vampire who first became known to me as Carmilla survives, and I, at nineteen, gave my life to her.
Carmilla turns Laura, and the two retreat to Vienna.
Do Revenge
Dominos Cascading in a Line
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated M, 1.9k words
Treachery doesn't stop following Drea once she graduates high school. When a CEO at her internship threatens her chances at getting into Harvard Law, Drea pulls Eleanor back in to doing revenge.
orgasm mommy
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated E, 3.5k words
Drea’s never had an orgasm. Eleanor’s more than happy to show her.
the hell (it's better with you)
Eleanor Levetan/Drea Torres
Rated T, 3.9k words
“I have a 4.0, but it may shock you to learn that I do not understand the physics of time loops.”
“There has to be a reason this happened,” Eleanor presses, and Drea sighs.
“Maybe we’re just two toxic bitches, destined to annoy each other forever.”
Or: Eleanor and Drea get stuck in a time loop at the Admissions Party.
Dracula
Waiting Close the Approach of Morning
Ensemble
Rated T, 2.5k words
In the week before they depart for Varna, the Crew Light spends the time as best they can.
The Handmaiden
Freedom is a girl and a house
Hideko/Sook-hee
Rated T, 4.6k words
The rest of their lives comes a day at a time.
Ice Princess
un oiseau rebelle
Casey Carlyle/Gen Harwood
Rated T, 4.4k words
In a reversal of the plans originally laid out for them, Casey goes to Nationals and Gen goes to college. It's apparently surprisingly hard to fully step away from the ice, though, so when Casey clearly needs a hand with a program, Gen steps in to help out.
This is How You Lose the Time War
gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
Blue/Red
Rated E, 4.8k words
Red and Blue try to have sex for the first time—but it turns out "sex" means something very different to Garden and the Agency.
warp to weft
Blue/Red
Rated G, 1.9k words
As we dance our steps in counterpoint across the braid, laying dormant threads we’ll cats-cradle into shape when our former shifts least expect, I find myself fantasizing that you are embroidering your pattern directly into my skin.
Wayne Family Adventures
If I'm Shining Everybody Gonna Shine
Duke Thomas
Rated G, 3.9k words
Duke is finally going to his first gala and needs some advice. The quality of advice some of his siblings give is questionable. Very questionable.
Katie, Bar the Door
Duke Thomas & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
Rated T, 2.9k words
Duke's never been to a hockey game. Jason thinks that's a shame.
World's Okayest Detective
Bruce Wayne
Rated G, 2.6k words
Bruce tries to shake a present. Tries being the operative word.
Wheel of Time (TV)
Once and Future
Nynaeve al'Meara/Lan Mandragoran
Rated T, 8.7k words
When Lan reclaims the throne of Malkier, Nynaeve must decide what it means to be a Wisdom and what it means to go home.
Happy Yuletide!
