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So, reveals have happened (and at some point I'll get around to putting up the stories I wrote), but right now I want to rec the stories that I beta'd! They are all wonderful, and the authors were great, and you should totally read these lovely, lovely fics.

without thought of thorns (6169 words) by egelantier
Fandom: Sleepy Hollow (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Abbie Mills (Sleepy Hollow)
Additional Tags: Purgatory, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Horror Imagery, Portrayal Of Canon Mental Illness, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary: How did Abbie escape the dollhouse?
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

picked up her shoes from the red-brick stairway (1168 words) by egelantier
Fandom: Miss Congeniality (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sam Fuller/Gracie Hart
Characters: Sam Fuller, Gracie Hart
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Misses Clause Challenge, Partnership, Pre-Femslash, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Gracie matches her stride for stride and punch for punch and smile for smile, and if somebody tries to pry her away Sam will probably have to make sure they never find the body.

Where There's A Will (2629 words) by Nary
Fandom: Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chloë Viellard/Dominique Viellard
Characters: Chloe Viellard, Dominique Viellard
Additional Tags: Female-Centric, Female Friendship, Female Character of Color, Misses Clause Challenge, Pre-Femslash, Holding Hands, Developing Friendships, Consensual Infidelity, Possibly Asexual Character, Yuletide Treat, Chromatic Yuletide
Summary: Chloë pays an unexpected visit to Dominique's house to bring news about Henri's will, and perhaps for other reasons as well. Set prior to Good Man Friday.

Escargots (9429 words) by Nary
Fandom: Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rose Vitrac January, Olympe Corbier, Gabriel Corbier, Abishag Shaw, Augustus Mayerling, Madeleine Mayerling, Zizi-Marie Corbier, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Mystery, Character(s) of Color, Historical, New Orleans, POV Female Character, Poison, French Food, Chromatic Yuletide, Yuletide
Summary: Rose was not one to offer platitudes for a man she hadn't known, to a man who hadn't cared about him. "What killed him?" she asked instead, for she couldn't think of any reason why Shaw would be telling her about this if it had been a natural death.
"Poison's our best guess." He paused, as if considering how to most gently say what was coming next. "He took his final meal at the Hotel Iberville last night. So as you might imagine, I got a pressin' need to speak with your nephew, Gabriel Corbier."

Possess whatever bliss thou canst devise (4422 words) by originally
Fandom: Penny Dreadful (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Vanessa Ives/Sir Malcolm Murray, Victor Frankenstein/Vanessa Ives, Ethan Chandler/Vanessa Ives, Ethan Chandler/Victor Frankenstein/Sir Malcolm Murray
Characters: Vanessa Ives, Victor Frankenstein, Sir Malcolm Murray, Ethan Chandler
Additional Tags: Episode: s01e07 Possession, Yuleporn
Summary: It was hard, now, to find the edges, to know where Vanessa ended and darkness began.
Scenes during Vanessa's possession and confinement.

Halfway Down the Road to Lethe (3588 words) by voodoochild
Fandom: Peaky Blinders (TV), Penny Dreadful (TV), She - H. Rider Haggard
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sir Malcolm Murray/Evelyn Poole
Characters: Sir Malcolm Murray, Tommy Shelby, Madame Kali | Evelyn Poole, John Shelby, Arthur Shelby
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, World War I, Canon Backstory, Undead, Non Canonical Immortal, Immortality, Opium, Recreational Drug Use, Evelyn really is an evil sorceress, and Malcolm totally is Allan Quatermain
Summary: It's 1917, and Passchendaele is about to blow up. Immortality and undeath seems to be on the schedule as well.

A Game of Pretend (1319 words) by Josselin
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)
Characters: Damen (Captive Prince), Laurent (Captive Prince)
Summary: Despite all of Laurent’s explanations, Damen could not really picture what it would be like to have Laurent pretending to be his slave until it was happening.

The Jacket (1312 words) by Josselin
Fandom: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Laurent (Captive Prince), Nicaise (Captive Prince)
Summary: “Why do you never wear any of these?” Nicaise said, emerging from the carved mahogany of Laurent’s wardrobe with an armful of clothing embellished with velvet ties and lace cuffs.

For Hire (1094 words) by Flamebyrd
Fandom: Death by Silver - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Cordelia Frost (Death by Silver)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Victorian Attitudes, Women Being Awesome
Summary: Miss Cordelia Frost plans her career.

The Good-Morrow (5236 words) by oliviacirce
Fandom: Points - Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Philip Eslingen/Nicolas Rathe
Characters: Philip Eslingen, Nicolas Rathe
Additional Tags: First Time, Missing Scene
Summary: Eslingen was silent for a moment, and then he said, "Make me a better offer, Adjunct Point, and we'll see."

So Goddamn Beautiful (4693 words) by lousy_science
Fandom: Saga (Comics)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Alana/Marko (Saga)
Characters: Alana (Saga), Marko (Saga)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Mpreg, Non-Chronological
Summary: Or, Twelve Things That Alana Didn't Expect When Marko Was Expecting
Snapshots from an AU where it's Marko who got pregnant instead of Alana.

Code 1199 (4264 words) by mesonyx
Fandom: Walt Longmire Mysteries - Craig Johnson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Walt Longmire/Henry Standing Bear
Characters: Walt Longmire, Henry Standing Bear, Victoria "Vic" Moretti
Additional Tags: Huddling For Warmth, Yuletide 2014, Yuletide Treat, Shippy Gen, Pre-Slash
Summary: There was little chance a trained adult could survive the night outside. “I do not intend to let either of us freeze to death," said Henry.

Protect the Lemons! (1027 words) by lah_mrh
Fandom: Lemon Stealing Whores (YouTube)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Man with Lemons/Woman with Lemons
Characters: Man with lemons, Woman with lemons, Lemon-stealing whore, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Humour, Backstory, Canon-typical language, Yuletide Treat
Summary: All Hayley and Tom have ever wanted is a lemon tree of their very own, and no Lemon-Stealing Whores are going to ruin that.

Rain on a Sunny Day (4003 words) by Esteliel
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Grant/Thomas Nightingale
Characters: Peter Grant, Thomas Nightingale
Additional Tags: Yuleporn, Yuletide Treat, First Time, Rain Sex, Blow Jobs, Magic Rain Clouds, Hand Jobs
Summary: When Nightingale summoned the rain cloud to follow his apprentice around the house, he didn't realize how distracting Peter would be in wet clothes.

And This Is How the World Ends (1081 words) by sassafrasx
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Gamora/Nebula (Marvel)
Characters: Gamora (Marvel), Nebula (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Dark, Character Study, Origin Story, Angst, Misses Clause Challenge, First Time, Sexual Content
Summary: On her homeworld — her real homeworld, the one that will stay locked and buried inside her chest — there was a saying that the universe will end painted in the scorching blood of the gods, burnt out of existence by the wrath of the small and the oppressed who will have no more of their rule.
As her tiny body quakes in the ruins of her people, her parents’ twisted bodies behind her and Thanos’ first task ahead, she whispers the words to herself over and over, in a voice so low even the gods cannot hear.

I Have Loved the Stars Too Fondly (36275 words) by Shusu (Sameshima_Shuzumi)
Fandom: Steven Universe (Cartoon)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Rose Quartz & Garnet, Garnet/Pearl (Steven Universe), Amethyst/Garnet (Steven Universe), Amethyst/Pearl (Steven Universe), Amethyst/Garnet/Pearl
Characters: Garnet (Steven Universe), Rose Quartz (Steven Universe), Pearl (Steven Universe), Amethyst (Steven Universe)
Additional Tags: Historical References, Body Modification, Alien Gender/Sexuality, Female-Centric, Explicit Sexual Content, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary: The essential chemistry: Rose is the catalyst.

(I really hope I didn't forget anyone!)