edited: seven Yuletide recs, all different fandoms

[yhlee]

Yuletide recs

Mostly from the first half of the alphabet.


Who Needs (1686 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman Beyond
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Terry McGinnis
Summary:

'Is it leprechauns?' he asks Bruce out of the blue one cold December morning as they sit together, huddled over the console in the Cave and eating some nutritious slop of a supper.

A great look at Terry, Bruce, and self-sufficiency, with delightful humorous touches.

The Kindness of Men (2921 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ginger (Black Beauty)
Additional Tags: Stealth Crossover, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2014
Summary:

The last time Ginger saw Black Beauty, she'd said, "I wish the end was come, I wish I was dead. I have seen dead horses, and I am sure they do not suffer pain."

Fix-it for Ginger. Unutterably beautiful.

Between thee and thine (3429 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: F'nor, Original Characters, F'lar
Summary:

F'nor as a green rider au

Both clever and warm.

Genesis (1937 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: AM/Ted
Characters: Ted, AM
Additional Tags: Additional Warnings Apply, Horror
Summary:

AM returns Ted to his human form. This can't possibly be a good sign.

Warning: This is so terrible and full of bad things, implied and explied, that probably nobody should read it. Possibly not even the recipient. If you are triggered by anything at all, please don't read :(.

Take the warning seriously! Not at all for anyone remotely squicked or triggered.

Two from the North (3543 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chronicles of the Kencyrath - P. C. Hodgell
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Torisen Knorth, The Wolver Grimly, Original Characters
Additional Tags: First Meetings, Getting to Know Each Other, Cultural Differences, Were-Creatures
Summary:

The night's leave in Kothifir was supposed to help Torisen recover from his experiences in Urakarn. It wouldn't have worked at all if he hadn't met another sojourner from the north.

A sharply lovely out-take for these two characters.

(History Is) A Pattern Of Timeless Moments (3179 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer, Greek and Roman Mythology
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Achilles/Patroclus
Characters: Achilles (Song of Achilles), Patroclus (Song of Achilles), Ἀχιλλεύ | Achilles (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Πάτροκλος | Patroklos | Patroclus (Hellenistic Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant
Summary:

Achilles knew his truest triumphs would never be strung together in verse to be sung at campfires, knew that no poet or aoidos would ever know his greatest success. No, these conquests – the huff of Patroclus' laughter against his throat, the sharp, sea-salt taste of Patroclus' skin after a swim, the way Patroclus' eyelids fluttered after every kiss – those were Achilles alone to cherish.

Or:

Four times Achilles and Patroclus were truly happy.

A lovely collection of scenes.

ETA: I'd forgotten that I'd separately posted a rec for my gift, but didn't put it in this post here!

The Use of Negative Space (1167 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aral Vorkosigan/Ges Vorrutyer
Characters: Aral Vorkosigan, Ges Vorrutyer
Additional Tags: Yuletide 2014, Pre-Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Dubious Consent, Drawing, Crueltide
Summary:

Aral cannot remember the first time he picked up a pen.

Amazing, gorgeous, painfully vivid fic told in the interstices. Like the author read my heart and stretched it out on wires.


(cross-posted to my personal DW)