All manner of annual treats

[kormantic]

This year I wrote stories for Fandom Trumps Hate, SGA Secret Santa and of course YULETIDE MY BELOVED. Here are the ones I can post as reveals, and recs for Yuletide stories galore!

Fandom Trumps Hate 2024

romcom.us (30423 words) by kormantic
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin/Jordan Parrish, Allison Argent/Scott McCall
Characters: Lydia Martin, Derek Hale, Peter Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Jordan Parrish, Laura Hale, Cora Hale, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Kira Yukimura, Malia Tate, Danny Māhealani, Allison Argent, Stiles Stilinski, Braeden (Teen Wolf), Deucalion (Teen Wolf), Marin Morrell, Mason Hewitt
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Matchmaking, meet ugly, Romantic Comedy, technically this is also a coffee shop AU, Meet-Cute, Slow Burn, basically lydia just internalizes how to marry a millionaire ok?, Canon-Typical Violence, Lydia Martin & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, reference to a school shooting, nothing like that happens in this story, Anal Fingering, Oral Sex, Comeplay, Anal Sex, it’s mostly nonsense, and, derek trying to talk himself out of finding stiles hot, NOW WITH AMAZING ART, art by Polyhymnia, Fandom Trumps Hate
Summary:

Let Lydia and Stiles help you meet your match! We run a YouTube channel that catches new romance in the act. We’ll make your meet CUTE. (Lydia Martin recruits Stiles Stilinski for a side project.)

inuksuk (3352 words) by kormantic
Fandom: Reservation Dogs (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Elora Danan (Reservation Dogs), Rita (Reservation Dogs), Jackie (Reservation Dogs)
Additional Tags: Family, Slice of Life, Sibling Bonding, Fandom Trumps Hate, Fandom Trumps Hate 2024
Summary:

“You, though. You’re… solid. Like, dense. Like those rock guys the Canadians make. You won’t wear down, is what I’m saying, right?”

I also won some FTH auctions and these were my spoils:

church bells ring (carry me home) (114 words) by relcutantlyback
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov
Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov
Additional Tags: Romance, Engagement, Poetry
Summary:

Victor, a church in Barcelona, and a dream long-forgotten.

Crowd roaring and standing ovations galore to Polyhymnia and their absolutely breathtaking art, courtesy of the 2024 Fandom Trumps Hate auction. Honestly, the work they did was incomparable and I could just stare at it with a goofy grin on my face all day. You can see it embedded in romcom.us, also linked above.


SGA Secret Santa

your average white suburbanite slobs by wideeyedloner

Jinto observes John and Rodney at a dignified event and finds them... wanting. Very funny and a reminder that most of the cultures that interacted with the Atlantis team must have found them exhausting and/or actively annoying.


I wrote two for the swap:

ferris wheels, college football (1269 words) by kormantic
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Radek Zelenka, Ronon Dex, John Sheppard
Additional Tags: things John likes, ice planets, teamy offworld vacation fun
Summary:

Looking out onto the ice sheet made something small and prickly shift around in John’s chest. A hedgehog of familiar frisson -- John wouldn’t have said he’d been homesick for it, or even that McMurdo had ever really felt like home -- but it had felt like this. Bracing. Fresh. Almost endless.

manual (2281 words) by kormantic
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Additional Tags: SCIENCE!, Kind Of, Magic Fingers
Summary:

Rodney sighed and gave the fridge a wistful little pat. Everyone froze.

"What just happened?" John asked slowly.

The mellow gold luster of the minifridge was now the heavy dull silver of the selion mirror.

Yuletide

For Yuletide, I scored gold twice over:


The Queen's Thief

Over and Over, All Along (1414 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Relius/Teleus (Queen's Thief), Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Characters: Relius (Queen's Thief), Teleus (Queen's Thief), Kamet (Queen's Thief)
Additional Tags: Drinking, Drinking & Talking, queer community, Reminiscing, Established Relationship, Post-Book 6: Return of the Thief (Queen's Thief), Yuletide Madness
Summary:

Kamet drinks with Relius and Teleus and hears some stories about their relationship.

A story featuring flirting and fond memories brought to light in the soft glow of a bottle of remchik and good company.


MacDonald Hall

A Million Memories, And A Million Left To Go (7445 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Macdonald Hall - Gordon Korman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Boots O'Neal/Bruno Walton
Additional Tags: Anniversary, scavenger hunt, Established Relationship, Ensemble Cast, Nebulous Time Period
Summary:

It’s Bruno and Boots’ first anniversary. Naturally, it’s everybody’s business.

MacDonald Hall is absolutely about love and certainly about community. Everyone who ever helped Bruno roar for justice has a part to play in this (elaborate, ridiculous, and most importantly romantic) scavenger hunt.


RECS!

Buffer Time (2441 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carol Freeman & Beckett Mariner
Characters: Carol Freeman, Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, D'Vana Tendi, T'Lyn (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Parent-Child Relationship, Timey-Wimey, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Chromatic Yuletide
Summary:

Captain Freeman should have known that the U.S.S. Cerritos Research Exhibition would end with someone getting sucked into a pocket universe.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I could hear Freeman’s voice all the way through. A little mother/daughter bonding!

A Doggy Tale (1643 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brad Boimler & Beckett Mariner
Characters: Brad Boimler, Beckett Mariner, T'Ana (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Swearing, Comedy, Yuletide
Summary:

In my defense, I thought you’d been turned into a dog. On a related note, I may have stolen someone’s dog.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Very fun and on-point for Boimler.

An English lesson (3472 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, no jsmn character appears in this work but they get mentioned a lot
Summary:

An English lesson in which Vietnamese students read and discusses about magical history. No character from JSMN shows up in this work but Norrell, Strange, Uskglass, William, Catherine all get mentioned a lot.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A original, fascinating (and literal) study of modern non-European cultures viewing magical “history” via class assignments. You can practically feel Uyen rolling her eyes. Worth your time.

Shipping to Roa (2530 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Characters: Kamet (Queen's Thief), Costis Ormentiedes
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Post-Book 5: Thick as Thieves (Queen's Thief)
Summary:

To my delight, Costis' cabin was next to mine. I helped him set up his things, then did as I had wistfully been imagining from time to time for the past week, and invited him into my cabin to show him the things I'd obtained in Attolia.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Very charming.

Jeeves and the Limited Nocturnal Accommodations (2718 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves & Wooster (TV 1990)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Reginald Jeeves/Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Characters: Reginald Jeeves, Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, There Was Only One Bed, Period-Typical Homophobia, Crossdressing, Blackmail, Travel
Summary:

Excerpted from the unpublished papers of B. W. Wooster, regarding Reginald Jeeves and varying amounts of available beds.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The odds are too great that the privacy of these papers will be compromised by some sort of shenanigans. Dare I say, perhaps even tomfoolery!

known now in part, to be known in full (7155 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kairos (O'Keefe) Series - Madeleine L'Engle, Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Meg Murry O'Keefe, Polly O'Keefe, Kate Murry
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Multiverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Choices
Summary:

Meg realized that the woman seemed very familiar. She had glasses and shorter hair, but otherwise looked very much like Meg herself; indeed, almost identical. "Hello, who are you?" Meg asked.

"Margaret Murry O'Keefe."

Meg blinked. The woman also had her voice. She said slowly, "That's... a bold claim. Who do you think I am?"

"Margaret Murry O'Keefe, of course!"

Bookmarker's Notes:

Lovely, complex and bittersweet. Meg is always growing up.

FAQ: The Dramatic Car Chase Portion of Your Graduation Ceremony (1291 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Crack, Unconventional Format, Higher Education
Summary:

You've successfully defeated your snake and defended your thesis - congratulations! Now, here's everything you need to know about your upcoming graduation ceremony.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Silly and fun; a worthy successor to The “Snake Fight” portion of your Thesis.

(Not) Defining the Situationship (1718 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fire Island (Movie 2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Noah/Will (Fire Island), Howie & Noah (Fire Island)
Characters: Noah (Fire Island), Howie (Fire Island), Will (Fire Island)
Additional Tags: Developing Relationship, Some Humor, Fluff, Denial of Feelings, Friendship, Long-Distance Relationship, Yuletide 2024
Summary:

After Howie tells Noah he's getting married, Noah and Will talk (sorta)

Bookmarker's Notes:

This was as exactly as romantic as Noah would like without being more romantic than he wants it to be. :D

All Kinds of Music (2554 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Elsbeth (TV 2024)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Elsbeth Tascioni, Kaya Blanke, Detective Donnelly (Elsbeth), Teddy Tascioni, Dr. Yablonksi
Summary:

"You didn’t hear this from me," Detective Donnelly began, "but the real Little Italy isn’t on the Lower East Side. It’s in the Bronx.”

Elsbeth takes a day off.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A little tour of New York with Elsbeth on her own. Very charming, and very colorful, even when she’s melancholy.

Galatea's Isle (8856 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pygmalion (1938)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eliza Doolittle/Henry Higgins
Characters: Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady | Pygmalion)
Additional Tags: Suffering & Character Growth, Inverted Power Balance, Desert Island, Alternate Universe - Shipwrecked, Getting Together
Summary:

Eliza finally gets Higgins all alone on a desert island.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Eliza gets her independence, her competence and her desert island… and her man, of course. On her own terms, as it should be.

The Marriage Plot (3020 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Abbott Elementary (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gregory Eddie/Janine Teagues
Characters: Gregory Eddie, Janine Teagues, Jacob Hill, Melissa Schemmenti, Barbara Howard, Mr. Johnson (Abbott Elementary)
Additional Tags: Engagement, Marriage Proposal, Established Relationship, Bets & Wagers, Hijinks & Shenanigans
Summary:

When the teachers of Abbott start a betting pool around when Gregory and Janine will get engaged, can the two of them turn the tables?

Bookmarker's Notes:

Pitch perfect voices, and very fun

smoke gets in your eyes (3000 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ocean's Eleven Trilogy (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Danny Ocean/Rusty Ryan
Characters: Danny Ocean, Rusty Ryan
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Heist, Smoking, Missions Gone Wrong, Near Death Experiences, Backstory, Banter
Summary:

Danny honestly didn't know much about Rusty Ryan. At a poker game once he'd heard Rusty tell a guy that he was from Orlando. Danny thought not. Everything about him said California, the Valley. Danny would have bet large sums that his people were Okies, migrants who'd fled the Dust Bowl with the banks at their heels, snapping up their homes and their land. There was something post-apocalyptic about Rusty's angle on the world. Besides, nobody who put that much work into being effortlessly cool could have come from anywhere but California.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Deft and assured and funny, just like them.