Yuletide 2024

Been reading all morning and can particularly recommend: Hot Buttered Rum (1578 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Timothy "Squashy Hat" Stedding/James "Captain Flint" Turner
Characters: Timothy "Squashy Hat" Stedding, James "Captain Flint" Turner
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Slash
Summary:

As the winter cold deepens in the Lake District, Jim Turner decides to return to Beckfoot in the hope the lake will indeed freeze over completely.

For the Love of Tea (1088 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arthur Dent & Ford Prefect, Ford's Towel & Arthur Dent, Ford's Towel & Ford Prefect
Characters: Ford's Towel, Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent
Additional Tags: Tea, or lack thereof
Summary:

Oh, what Arthur would do for a cup of tea…

not going anywhere (1813 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harold and Maude (1971)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dame Marjorie "Maude" Chardin/Harold Chasen
Characters: Harold Chasen, Dame Marjorie "Maude" Chardin
Additional Tags: Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Dreams, Suicide Attempt, Moral Ambiguity, Unconventional Marriage Proposal
Summary:

Maude survives. Harold reckons with what it meant to almost lose her.

ritornello (1787 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hauntings - Vernon Lee, A Wicked Voice - Vernon Lee
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Zaffirino/Magnus
Characters: Magnus (A Wicked Voice), Balthasar Cesari
Additional Tags: Dream Sex, Orgasm Edging, First Person, Canon-Typical Musical Consent Issues, Castrati
Summary:

If this account of my sufferings is destined for the fire, there can be no harm in going further.

Chance Encounter (1730 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Andrew Raynes, Ralph Lanyon
Summary:

Andrew at work.

What if We Kissed at Morquinda’s BBQ and We Were Both Called Jim? (1619 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: "Australian Soap Opera" sketch, A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stephen Fry's character/Hugh Laurie's character
Characters: Owen | Clark | Jim, Bradley | Craig | Shane | Finley | Declan | Jim, Javelina
Additional Tags: Comedy, Getting Together, Australia, Parody, Cruising, Barbecue, Yuletide
Summary:

After the bombshell revelation that they've been having an affair, two fan favorite characters on Australian Soap Opera must face each other again at the barbecue to celebrate the opening of Morquinda's new executive fitness center and garage. Sparks will fly. Sausages will sizzle. Tune in primetime. Only on Ao3.

Marty Hong Faces the Terror Tank! (1587 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sam Clay, Rosa Saks
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary:

It was the first thing Sam had told him: “You trade in your leverage, those guys’ll eat your lunch.”

And I got two gifts this year: But Never Jam Today (3267 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Night of the Jabberwock - Fredric Brown
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Elsie Minton / Doc Stoeger
Characters: Doc Stoeger, Elsie Minton
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Racism
Summary:

We’d been engaged for four years by then, but Doc Minton— he was the other kind of doctor— was dead set against us setting a date. First I wasn’t good enough for her. Now that I had a degree and a steady job, it was her health, or so he claimed.

Doc and Elsie, 25 years before.

A Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliate (3356 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (Song)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: folk horror, Kinks lyrics, Village Greens
Summary:

Alex is just doing his job, attempting to acquire 5.37 metres of village green for his property developer boss. But something about the Village is not quite right …