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I was gonna wait until authors were revealed BUT I feel like if I do that I’ll forget to do it at all, so. Here is my list of Yuletide recs for 2018 (my own gifts not included). Not really complete–I may make another post later.

Sixteen recs in almost as many fandoms, in no particular order.
(Crossposted from Tumblr bc this seems to be the Yuletide place.)

Flip Turn–Gattaca, Eugene-centric.

The water is always colder than it looks, but sometimes you have to swim anyway.

Flower Among Them All–The Perilous Gard, Kate Sutton

What is gone is not always so easily forgotten.

better cheated to the last–The Sting, Johnny Hooker/Henry Gondorff

Henry finds Johnny in trouble in St. Louis

Dangers Along the Way–Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus

John Childermass has a predilection for wandering and getting into trouble. Luckily for him, Mr Segundus is there to help him escape.

take my medicine, treat you like adrenalin–Fantastic Four (Comicverse) and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Spideytorch

Peter finds a rebound hookup after his divorce.

A Latverian Affair–Fantastic Four (Comicverse), Reed Richards/Victor Von Doom

The Council of Reeds deals with a difficult member: Reed Von Doom.

Solace Themselves–The Martian, Chris Beck/Beth Johanssen/Mark Watney

“And then I thought,” Beth says softly, voice wobbling, “at least I could talk to Mark.”

He Loves and She Loves–Singin’ In the Rain, Cosmo/Don/Kathy.

Don was helping Kathy make dinner that evening when it burst out. “I’m not sure what you meant about Cosmo. We’ve never been like that, him and me.”
She looked at him for a long time. “Why not?” she asked, finally.

hasta que te conoci–Sense8, Hernando/Lito & Daniela

Dani meddles. Hernando worries. Lito overreacts. It’s all par for the course when a misunderstanding happens.

Sloane Peterson’s Summer Off–Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Ferris/Cameron/Sloane

A summer evening, basically.

To Catch a Thief–Queen’s Thief series, Eugenides/Irene

Gen wants.

Golden Egg–Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin & Inspector Cramer

Archie and Cramer are on a stakeout on Christmas Eve. Good times are had by some.

Tell Me What You Eat–Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin & Fritz Brenner

Fritz interviews a young man for the position of Mr. Wolfe’s assistant.

The Eve of Epiphany; or, What She Will–Twelfth Night (National Theatre 2017), Malvolia & or / Olivia.

A concierge arranged, and Malvolia knew how to do that.

Farming is what Katarina’s best at–Destruction Flag Otome, Katarina Claes/Mary Hunt

Katarina hits a destruction flag and is exiled from the kingdom. She’s given a farm, and it turns out that she’s quite good at it, and might even want to stay there forever.

Let’s–Catherine (Web Series), Catherine/Samantha