Yuletide recs

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Starting with the THREE awesome stories I received this year!!!

(Silver in the Wood) Butterflies - a gorgeous Henry POV set post-canon, featuring strong feelings about stories (of course) and some sweet, playful Tobias/Henry.

(Silver in the Wood) Conversations on Trains and Libraries - in which Tobias is rusty at life outside the woods as well as human connections, but he’s trying. <3

(Banlieue 13) Dépaysement - anyone who has ever mentioned parkour within hearing range of me will know how much I love these ridiculous, gay af action movies, and this is a FANTASTIC post-canon story with Damien and Leïto working together and (naturally) falling in love. Worldbuilding! Banter *and* unspoken understanding! Trust and teamwork! PLUS the infamous undercover butt-window dress!!! I request this fandom every Yuletide, and I was SO DELIGHTED to get this as a treat. So delighted, that I’m rather suspicious this person knows me....

And continuing in fandom alphabetical order:

(Band Sinister) Part Per Cross - Corvin has a much better idea for what to do with virgins than sacrifice them. aka post-canon polyamory smut!

(Charm of Magpies - Jackdaw) anonymous and sweet - Perfect little coda for Jonah and Ben, domestic and a little magical and very them.

(Crown Duel) sweet basil and ivy - neat pair of outside POVs on Vidanric and Meliara, first from Savona being asked to help Mel at court, and then from the Hill Folk post-canon.

(Goblin Emperor) Light A Mourner’s Candle - in which Maia finally gets a chaplain, and it’s very wrenching but cathartic.

(Sky High) Smoke Signals - totally cute and surprisingly plotty AU where Warren doesn’t go to Sky High, but starts doing vigilante stuff on his own. Identity porn! Faily teenage romance! Arson!