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selenakI received two magnificent stories and am an extraordinarily happy reader.
My Yuletide gift takes place in the 'verse of Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January mysteries, focusing on his youngest sister, Dominique, and the relationship she builds with the woman she dreaded for a long time before knowing her. (To put it unspoilery for Hambly readers who haven't gotten there yet.) It's also an excellent case fic, as Dominique and Chloé solve a mystery together, and the author even included some of my other prompts, to wit, Dominique's relationship with her and Ben's older sister, Olympe, which I've often wondered about.
The Affair of the Necklace (6298 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dominique Viellard & Chloe Viellard
Characters: Dominique Viellard, Chloe Viellard, Olympe Corbier, Rose Vitrac January
Additional Tags: casefic, Mystery, Crossdressing
Summary:
Now this story alone would have already have made my Yuletide. But then there is also the treat I received:
Counterpoint for Two Flutes (6467 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
Additional Tags: Music, Flute - Freeform, Mother Love, Healing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Mood Swings, Yuletide Treat, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
I'm a big, big fan of stories where people who've gone through a terrible tragedy manage to rebuild something of their shattered lives and - without forgetting the past - start to live again, slowly starting to risk new emotional relationships again. I'm also a great fan of characters, fictional and reality-based, who manage to combine kindness with being also eminently practical and competent. The relationship between Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf and Frederick II manages to find all these criteria. (Having read the correspondance, I told some friends that basically Fredesdorf strikes me as Prussian Pepper Potts, and they agreed.) This is basically the historical hurt/comfort tale of my dreams.
The archive is here, and I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the week when I'm not visiting family... but first I must reread my wonderful gifts!
My Yuletide gift takes place in the 'verse of Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January mysteries, focusing on his youngest sister, Dominique, and the relationship she builds with the woman she dreaded for a long time before knowing her. (To put it unspoilery for Hambly readers who haven't gotten there yet.) It's also an excellent case fic, as Dominique and Chloé solve a mystery together, and the author even included some of my other prompts, to wit, Dominique's relationship with her and Ben's older sister, Olympe, which I've often wondered about.
The Affair of the Necklace (6298 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dominique Viellard & Chloe Viellard
Characters: Dominique Viellard, Chloe Viellard, Olympe Corbier, Rose Vitrac January
Additional Tags: casefic, Mystery, Crossdressing
Summary:
Chloe Viellard had often proved herself impervious to awkwardness. When she arrived, she did not even glance towards the stairs; simply sat down in the armchair that Dominique showed her to and said, without preamble, “I have been thinking of how it might be proven who stole the Garneau jewels."
Now this story alone would have already have made my Yuletide. But then there is also the treat I received:
Counterpoint for Two Flutes (6467 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
Additional Tags: Music, Flute - Freeform, Mother Love, Healing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Mood Swings, Yuletide Treat, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
Crown Prince Friedrich's escape attempt having failed, the King's judgment took all that the Prince loved from him, and now the Prince is languishing under house arrest, bereft of even music. Young army musician Fredersdorf finds himself trying to help the Prince in every way he can think of, no matter how small.
I'm a big, big fan of stories where people who've gone through a terrible tragedy manage to rebuild something of their shattered lives and - without forgetting the past - start to live again, slowly starting to risk new emotional relationships again. I'm also a great fan of characters, fictional and reality-based, who manage to combine kindness with being also eminently practical and competent. The relationship between Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf and Frederick II manages to find all these criteria. (Having read the correspondance, I told some friends that basically Fredesdorf strikes me as Prussian Pepper Potts, and they agreed.) This is basically the historical hurt/comfort tale of my dreams.
The archive is here, and I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the week when I'm not visiting family... but first I must reread my wonderful gifts!
