Yuletide recs

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Wizard's Engagement (2525 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Young Wizards - Diane Duane
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nita Callahan/Kit Rodriguez, Lissa/Lissa's Special One, Dairine Callahan/Roshaun ke Nelaid, implied Ronan Nolan/Carmela Rodriguez
Characters: Nita Callahan, Dairine Callahan, Carmela Rodriguez, Lissa (Young Wizards), Sker'ret (Young Wizards), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Rirhath B | The Crossings, Ordeal (Young Wizards), Refugees, Female Friendship, Marriage, Pregnancy
Summary:

"Don't tell me that this is a HEN party".

And eventually, no, it wasn't.

Nita & co go to have a Hen Party and get involved in helping a set of refugees. The usual stuff, and very much in line with Young Wizards.


In Our Youth, Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire (2811 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Alberich (Valdemar), Original Child Character(s), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Regional Holidays, Canon-Compliant, Bonfires, Fertility Festival, Yuletide, Gift Fic
Summary:

Alberich attends Valdemar's spring flower festival. It has bonfires. They're not like Karse's bonfires.

An Alberich-focus with a perfect voice and some really fun worldbuilding!

The Great Trig Art Heist (4993 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tomorrow People (1973)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tricia Conway, Stephen Jameson (Tomorrow People 1973), Elizabeth M'Bondo
Additional Tags: Alien Bureaucracy, The Galactic Trig (The Tomorrow People 1973), circa season 6
Summary:

Stephen and Elizabeth are interfering in Tricia's case.

Tricia ends up finding out her case is not as open-and-shut as it seems to be thanks to Elizabeth and Stephen. Case fic with some warm moments and some silliness, and the good guys more or less win in the end.

we could be happy, can't you see? (2134 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: That Thing You Do! (1996)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Faye Dolan/Guy Patterson
Characters: Faye Dolan, Guy Patterson
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fluff
Summary:

It’s actually kind of fun, being stranded-by-choice in LA.

Faye's life has taken a sharp left-turn over the last few months, and this certainly doesn't look like any future she might have planned, but it's so much better than anything she could have imagined.

I have a soft spot for "That Thing You Do!" and this warm-hearted coda from Faye's POV hits all the right spots and reminds me of all I love about the movie.

Salvation (1187 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benvolio/Romeo Montague
Characters: Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Romeo Montague, Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Possibly Unrequited Love, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Cousin Incest, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Canonical Suicide Attempt
Summary:

In which Benvolio is guided into saving Romeo, whether by luck or divine (ghostly?) intervention.

Benvolio arrives just in the nick of time to avert the play's tragedy, and it works beautifully. I would have thought adverting the tragedy would make it sappy but the story cuts out just in the nick of time.