To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Fandom stockings have been revealed, and I got amazing things! I received a podfic of a lovely Northern Exposure story, some nifty photos from Rouleau, Saskatchewan (aka Dog River), a sweet Michael/Fi-centric Burn Notice fic, and IVANOVA/GARIBALDI FIC OMG OMG!

This year, I didn't write as much as I hoped to, but I did write three things. All are rated G and under 1,000 words.

due South
Glad Spirits - Meg meets her father-in-law for the first time. I guess it could be set in the same AU as "Down the Rabbit Hole," although it doesn't have to be. Fraser/Thatcher.

DS9
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) - "The thing is, she thinks when Julian hits on her yet again at their weekly breakfast together, part of her would like to say yes." My first Bashir/Jadzia Dax fic in...twelve years? Thirteen? It's been over a decade, anyway. Baby's first OTP! The e.e. cummings title may be a fandom cliche by now, but I swear it's relevant.

Fringe
A Very Good Year - Happy birthday to Astrid. Teamy, fluffy S2-era gen.

Since there's no new episode tonight (wah!), have a fic. :)


Title: Double Exposure
Rating: G
Word Count: 2,200
Summary: "The memories are fading, as Walter said they would." Speculation on how the two timelines might eventually be resolved, mostly in regards to Olivia, Nina, and that bombshell they dropped on us in "Subject 9."

( She feels a little like Alice in Wonderland, most days. )

Title: Out of the Ashes
Rating: PG
Pairing: Maggie/Joel
Word Count: 4600
Summary: After Maggie's mother burns down her house ("Burning Down the House"), she resorts to staying with Joel until she can move into a new cabin. Neither is terribly thrilled with the situation. Well, not at first.

( That O'Connell was homeless was a terrible thing. That she was currently homeless in his cabin might well be considered a disaster. )

Title: A Beginning
Rating: G
Word Count: 3500
Characters and Pairings: Megan/Peter friendship and UST. Joan Hunt also features.
Summary: "So, does this"—she pointed the mouth of her empty beer bottle first at herself, then at him—"mean we're friends now?" Post-ep for "Society Hill."
Note: This assumes the original episode order, which has "Buried Secrets" as 1x03, "All in the Family" as 1x04, and "Society Hill" as 1x05.

( 'You rebel.' / 'That was nothing compared to the time I set the canopy on fire at the debutante ball she insisted I have when I was seventeen.' )

DEAR WORLD: I AM SO SORRY. SO VERY, VERY SORRY.

Title: Kate of Nine
Rating: This ABOMINATION is rated G, but that doesn't mean it won't scar your soul.
Summary: In which Kate's co-workers discover what she does on weekends, and I make several really awful jokes.

( Did I mention how sorry I am? )

Title: Logical Progressions
Pairing: Megan/Peter
Rating: G
Word Count: 700
Summary: In which Megan is a workaholic. Just a fluffy bit of silliness.
Notes: Takes place at some vague point in the future. All science in here is completely made up.

( I can hear you thinking all the way in the kitchen. )

I don't even like Peanuts, but the fact that poor, hapless Richard is sort of a grouchier Charlie Brown, and Caroline is a red-headed woman of short stature, would not leave me alone until I excised it from my mind. Thus, fic.

Title: Caroline and the Valentine's Day Cards
Rating: PGish
Pairing: Caroline/Richard
Word Count: 1850
Summary: Two years, two Valentine's Days, and several Peanuts references.

( Roses are cadmium red, violets are dioxazine purple. )

Okay, I appear to have inadvertently cobbled together a sort-of-not-quite series, and I suppose I should explain myself. This is very loosely set in the same universe as "This Gray Spirit Yearning" and "Snow Day," but it's not in any way essential to read them as a unit. I do actually plan to write a thematic sequel to "Gray Spirit," set a couple years after the events of this fic, but again not necessarily making an explicit series out of anything. Plus there's room for all kinds of little fics and ficlets in between any of the ones that already exist, so...yeah. There will probably be more. :)


Title: Sine Qua Non
Rating: G
Pairing: Fraser/Thatcher (established)
Word Count: 1000
Summary: That without which we cannot live does not always remain constant.

( It's spring in Chicago, and change is in the air. )

Because we got snowed on again today, oh god, here is a bit of fluff I wrote basically to cheer myself up about it.

Title: Snow Day
Rating: G
Pairing: Fraser/Thatcher
Word Count: 1400
Summary: "There are occasions, albeit rare, when we might have to subdue a criminal through the use of snow-based projectiles." Set a couple of months after "Perfect Strangers."

( I'm suggesting, Fraser, that we've both been cooped up in court all day, wearing these infernal dress uniforms. I for one feel like I've spent plenty of time being professional today. Let's go play in the snow. )

Fandom stockings have been revealed! Yay! I received some lovely graphics and recs for poetry and books which look interesting indeed.

I volunteered as a pinch-hitter (pinch-stuffer?) and thus ended up doing more than I thought I would for this fest; specifically, I wrote twelve fics and made one vid. Here's everything I wrote/vidded, with links to the AO3 because it's simpler than chasing down comment threads, especially for those that are broken into multiple comments. (Unless otherwise stated, these are 1,000ish words or fewer. All are, at most, PG.)

Babylon 5
And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall for perverseparagon – Londo's life is full of mazes now.

If Equal Affection Cannot Be for rivendellrose – Five poems Marcus Cole knows by heart. One-sided Ivanova/Marcus.

Soldiers for bessemerprocess – In which Susan Ivanova and Olivia Dunham meet in a bar. Angsty and apocalyptic. Crossover with Fringe.

Castle
...In an Elevator for debirlfan – Castle and Beckett, stuck in an elevator. UST.

Murder Most Kindergarten for soobunny – Five-year-old Alexis writes a story. It gives her father cause to worry.

Corner Gas
Baby, Baby for livii – Someone leaves a baby on the steps of the Dog River Police Station. Chaos ensues. Everyone appears, but it's Karen- and Davis-centric. (3,000 words; also at LJ.)

Doctor Who
Second Star to the Right for jenavira – Eight, Charley, and a low-gravity planet.

Follow the Fleet
Side by Side for idharao – Sherry and Bake are having a trying Christmas, but they make the most of it.

Fringe
Soldiers for bessemerprocess – In which Susan Ivanova and Olivia Dunham meet in a bar. Angsty and apocalyptic. Crossover with Babylon 5.

Northern Exposure
I Feel the Sky Tumbling Down for oxoniensis – An alternate explanation for Maggie's vertigo in "I Feel the Earth Move." Joel/Maggie, Ruth-Anne.

The Reality of Experience for juniperphoenix – Roslyn and Cicely share a life lived through books.

Slings & Arrows
All in a Day's Work for wiliqueen – An all-too-typical day for Anna Conroy.

Sea-Changed (vid) for loneraven – A vid about Geoffrey, the theater, and even Oliver. Set to "Full Fathom Five," by Hem, feat. Audra McDonald and Anne Hathaway. 1:30 long, 19 MB Quicktime file.

X-Files
The Heart of Saturday Night for ruuger – "John Doggett requires a cautious, quiet approach, like sneaking up on a bird or squirrel to take its picture." Doggett/Reyes UST.