Yuletide recs

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From my unsystematic ramblings through the archive so far, courtesy of the handy-dandy Share button:



Like Bottled Lightning (3411 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: MythBusters RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman

Jamie's view of the very beginning, learning his way around cameras and Adam.

Three Things Patrick Kane Is No Longer Allowed To Do On A Roadtrip (Even If It Helps The Team Win) (3439 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Hockey RPF, Sports RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith, Patrick Sharp
Summary:

There is a list. It lives on the luggage tag of Patrick Kane's suitcase, so he'll see it every time the team travels. The capital letters across the top of the list read: PATRICK, DON'T DO THIS.

Delightfully ridiculous! With a cameo by Ryan Miller which I found especially adorable for no very good reason.

The One Where Matt Farrell Is Most Certainly Not Sleeping With John McClane (not even a little) (3132 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Matt Farrell/John McClane
Characters: Frederick "Warlock" Kaludis, Lucy McClane, Miguel Bowman
Summary:

“Life is not a wet dream, Frederick. It’s not even a B movie. Guys like McClane don’t fuck guys like me. Ever.”

In which Matt saves the day just a little bit, and gets what's coming to him.

Those voices that will not be drowned (5308 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ralph Lanyon/Laurie Odell
Characters: Laurie Odell, Ralph Lanyon, Andrew Raynes, Gareth Straike, Lucy Odell Straike
Summary:

Laurie is at Oxford. Ralph is at Bletchley Park. Life carries on.

In which Laurie and Ralph are making it work.

Andreia (3333 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ralph Lanyon/Laurie Odell
Characters: Laurie Odell, Ralph Lanyon
Summary:

After the events of the novel, Laurie and Ralph meet for Christmas.

A wartime Christmas, still figuring out how things work.

To Reconcile All Things Unto Himself (4224 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Laurie Odell, Ralph Lanyon, Lucy Odell Straike, Gareth Straike, Aunt Olive (Charioteer)
Summary:

Gareth Straike 'finds out' about Ralph Lanyon

This is entirely not what I expected from the summary, in a way that is true and fair to all the characters, and absolutely satisfying.

Three Summers, Two Winters, and a Spring (4261 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Alexander, Hephaistion
Summary:

Six seasons in the life of Alexander and Hephaistion, from boyhood at Mieza to just before the conquering of Persia.

ALEXANDER. AND HEPHAISTION. AND THEIR LOVE. ♥


Lieutenant Bennet's Visit (3172 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Temeraire - Naomi Novik, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Bennet, Darcy
Summary:

Elizabeth’s reality is far different from her sisters’.

LIZZY BENNET. DRAGONS. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?