several santas

[tielan]

I got two awesome fics in my fandom_stocking:

Taking Care Of Business by friendshipper: SGA - John/Teyla
Hurt-comfort fic, with Teyla taking care of their enemies and looking after John. Definitely a kink of mine!

The Blacksmith by tassosss: Merlin - Arthur/Gwen
Gwen helping tidy up in the wake of 3.13, and talking with Arthur. I LOVE the conversations that people write about these two contemplating their relationship.

Sadly, that was it for the 'personalised' part of my stocking this year. I'm not sure when it became fashionable to post 'Merry Christmas' graphics as gifts to everyone in the stocking exchange, but I have to admit, I'm not particularly enamoured of the practice.

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My sga_beya elf turned out to be artaxastra (oh yes, I spiesed you early on there, Artie!)

1. Cultural - a missing scene from the SGA novel Death Game, in which John concludes that he shouldn't be reading anything into it - it's probably just cultural...

2. Divided - a missing scene from the SGA Legacy book Homecoming, when Teyla goes back to New Athos for the first time.

3. Teyla's Angels - Team Teyla AU, kinda cute rehash of Charlie's Angels. I'm actually a bit mystified by this gift - it's really really not in artaxastra's style at all. But it doesn't indicate that it's an interim gift. So... (ETA: Teyla's Angels was apparently written by jeyla4ever - so thank you, Camy!)

4. Connecting Doors - John/Teyla, totally adorkable with John justifying why all his stuff is at Teyla's, although they're not living together or anything, oh, no!

5. Conspiracy - John/Teyla, Sam/Jack, and I am really hoping there is more to this, although I suspect that it wouldn't do to hold my breath for it!


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sheppard_hc: The Path Less Travelled by wildcat88

Right, so it took me forever to write my Sheppard H/C fic, and then it took me forever to get around to reading this fic thanks to dodgy livejournal and ridiculously stressful work stuff.

But this was awesome! John/Teyla hurt/comfort, with John hurt and Teyla comforting him, action-adventure, survival, and interreliance, especially when their situation is over and they find themselves having to learn to cope without the other! And I'm delighted that the author included Athosian customs and integrated them into the fic! And that it's undeniably John/Teyla - no half-half measures.

I seem to be having a real year of being written for by gen ficcers. Which is fine, because I haven't met a fandom yet where I didn't end up wishing there were more people able to write action-adventure fics for my favourite pairings!

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and now...on to ante_up_losers

Comments

[sholio]

Thank you for the link to my fic - I'm delighted that you liked it! :)

[tielan]

I always want to write more for stockings but I never get around to it, unfortunately. And this year, all my fics were actually 'emergency' ones, when I offered to pinch-hit.

[sholio]

This is the first year I've written for it, but I had a lot of fun! I started working on them back in early December, doing it as a break between my bigger Santa fics and my other projects. It made it less of a chore, I guess, because I had time to noodle around and wait for inspiration to hit me rather than struggling with it.