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I love writing holiday/seasonal fics and I usually try to get at least a couple in every year (admittedly sometimes in July).  I thought I'd do a masterlist of my holiday fics from recent years before things really get rolling.  Also it's tumblr log-off day, and some of you here might find something fun.

Christmas Fics

Brand New Start (The Musketeers, d'Artagnan/Athos/Constance) Constance always has trouble with the holidays. This year may or may not be worse than usual.

The Brightest of Signs (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy + Roxy/Merlin) Harry talks Roxy through a mission just before Christmas.

The Calm (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) An interlude while in the field.

Carols and Pomegranate Seeds (Identity, John/Martha) John reflects, and pays Martha a visit.

Takeout Christmas (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Jim and Artie are next door neighbors.

Through the Years (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Across three Christmases.

Wasting Time (Thorne, Phil/Tom) Phil gets a boyfriend. Tom gets a clue.

New Year's Fics

Bubbles (Identity, John/Martha) Martha has something to tell John.

To Make a Beginning (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy + Tilde) Villains are thwarted, a princess rescues Eggsy more than the other way around, and Harry is a bit difficult- so probably a pretty average New Year's Eve, all things considered.

Winter & Huddling for Warmth Fics

A Room for the Night (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) After a trying day, Childermass and Segundus secure a room at an inn. Things transpire.

Baby It's Cold Outside (Cormoran Strike, Robin/Cormoran) After Warmth, one thing leads to another.

Chill (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Artie warms Jim up.

Feels Like Home (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Harry learns to like holding Eggsy- perhaps too much.

Frozen (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Jim runs into Artie at Christmas.

In Winter (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Emma/Arabella) Something warm.

Out of the Cold (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) A mission gone wrong.

Snowbound (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Considering how many times Harry has almost died in the field, it would be silly to call this his worst mission. It rather feels like it is, though.

To Make Dreams Truths and Fables Histories (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) Segundus' attempt to cure a toothache with magic goes somewhat awry.

Warmth (Cormoran Strike, Robin/Cormoran) Strike and Robin help keep each other warm.

Misc.

Getting It Right (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Five times Eggsy gets Harry to kiss him for the wrong reasons (and one time he gets it right).

Sunshine and Snow (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) Segundus runs afoul of some weather magic.  Technically a summer fic but I swear it counts. 


If anyone has any holiday ficlet prompts, feel free to hit me up!  I'm already working on a couple of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Sherlock Holmes, and Raffles fics, but the more the merrier. 

My latest batch of musketeerstills icons.

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Title: The Second Time Around
Fandom: The Musketeers
Pairing/Characters: Athos/Milady de Winter, Anne of Austria, Catherine, Sarazin, Original Characters
Summary: Milady finds a second chance where she least expects it.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium (5,578 words)
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize belongs to me.
Notes/Warnings:This started as a little vignette I wrote on tumblr that grew unexpectedly. It's kind of jossed already by what we've heard about S3, but I still wanted to get it out of my system.
Excerpt: He crossed to her, silent, and reached into his jacket. He withdrew a glove. It had been white, once, but it wasn‘t anymore. Oil, gunpowder, dirt and blood had entirely transformed it, but it was hers. Dropped in the struggle. Hers.

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I was tagged by a_phoenixdragon for this meme: Ze Challange Grande is to pull seven lines from the seventh page of your WIP. Then you're supposed to tag seven other writers.

These kind of memes always crack my zillion WIPs and me up.  Like I just have one.  *snorts*


An excerpt from an Athos/Milady thing I'm working on for The Musketeers:

“Are you happy?” Athos asked.

His tone suggested… something. It was a leading question, that much Anne knew, and she stiffened a little. “What do you mean?”

“I mean that…” He sighed and started again: “I suspect you’ve been… satisfied, in your way, being queen of this… rather unimpressive little castle. But are you happy?”
  

So I think I'm never going to be great at tagging people, but if you're reading this and you you feel like posting a bit of whatever you're working on, go for it.  I'd love to see it!
  

My next batch of musketeerstills icons.

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My next batch of musketeerstills icons.

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I've been making The Musketeers icons for the musketeerstills weekly challenges.  Some of them are better than others, but I'm definitely learning a lot.

Anyway, I keep telling myself to post them here and then forgetting, but here are the results from the first five challenges.

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I reccomend checking out the comm!  There are some lovely icons being submitted.
  

Snagged from daria234

Choose 5 OTP’s without looking at the questions behind the cut first, then tag friends to do the same.

1)      Aramis/Athos/Porthos (The Musketeers)
2)      Henry/Walt (Longmire)
3)      Ava/Boyd/Raylan (Justified)
4)      Belle/Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
5)      Clint/Phil (MCU)

I cheated a little and did some OT3s (not that I'm the only one).  I couldn't help myself.

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Tagging: anyone who wants to try it!
    

Title: What Comes Next
Fandom: The Musketeers
Pairing/Characters: Aramis/Athos/Porthos (from established Aramis/Porthos), d'Artagnan
Summary: Between "Knight Takes Queen" and "Musketeers Don't Die Easily" the boys get on the same page (in more ways than one).
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium (10,221 words)
Disclaimer: These characters don't belong to me.
Notes/Warnings: I'd done the natural amount of speculating, regarding the actual pre-1x10 conversation where the guys work out who knew what when, but it wasn't until I rewatched "Commodities" that I had a real light bulb moment regarding a possible sticking point. And thus this fic was born.
Excerpt: Athos looked dazed, as he often did when confronted by strong emotions. Aramis knew from experience that the only way to keep Athos from retreating into his head- and from thence a bottle- when he was like that was to give him something to do or someone to worry about.

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