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A restful holiday

I had a lovely holiday with my parents with the family from New Jersey visiting on the weekend. It was nice to have time to not do a lot, my dad healing from his back surgery gives us all good reasons to sit and just be. I really enjoyed having money to treat my family and just feel more secure as I had a good evaluation before the holidays.

I even broke the drive down up into two days which made my life so much easier, after work on Monday, I drove through Connecticut so that on Tuesday, I didn't have to do the whole thing. The only annoying thing was it snowed in the morning which was kind of pretty but the roads were covered with so much salt that I actually ran out of windshield wiper fluid. There was one terrifying moment where it ran out while my windshield was dirty, not enough I couldn't see but I was glad to be on a straight road and near a service station. Then I even made it happily in time to have a nice Christmas Eve dinner with my parents.

Yuletide wise, I received a brilliant Saint of Steel fic called Paladin's Lace which led me to so many great Saint of Steel fics. I can recommend pretty much everything in the Yuletide for it, i think there's only one I haven't read yet. Then I spent most of my break rereading Paladin's Faith and various lovely fics. My favorite way to look through Yuletide is the random fics on the main page as I find wonderful stuff. I'll do a proper rec list later as drove home today.

I wrote But we are spirits of another sort, an October Daye fic focused on Chelsea Ames, which my giftee really liked.

Also while down with my parents, I bought a small dresser that's still in the back seat of my car as I didn't have the energy to unload it tonight. But its so cool and when its in place, there will be pictures.

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Yuletide letter

Thank you so much for writing for me. I love Yuletide, one of my favorite parts of winter. I know how heavy these fandoms can be so if there's any darkness, add some light too. My favorite sorts of stories are missing moments, character studies and that feel as if they fit within the world of the canon.

I love all of these fandoms because of the depth of the worlds and the characters, I enjoy action and plot if it fits. When a writer can pull off a complex plot, I love it as that's something I'm not good at writing. If you choose to include sex and violence, I ask that if they're there; no rape/dubcon or torture. All of the ones I've asked for are from worlds with difficult aspects to them and I enjoy how the characters interact with and are changed by what's around them. Also even though I've only requested one or two characters, all of these canons revolve around large and complex casts, so please add others into the mix.

( The Old Kingdom, Talespin, Incryptid, The Saint of Steel )

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Out of the fog

Life has been full and it finally feels like its heading towards happier things. This past week, my parents came up to visit and I got a new car. Same model as my old one but the almost newest one and oh its taken a huge load of worry off my shoulders. Now I'm not wondering what's going to break next and my car is so pretty, its a lovely dark blue so I've decided to name it Jester as I'm a Critter now. Also I think it fits, my car is fast and can do so much more than I've fully realized and its fun to drive.

Since they came up here, I'm not heading down for Thanksgiving, but my fridge is full of leftovers as we did a good bit of cooking when they visited. I made pumpkin cheesecake for the first time and oh, so delicious but next time will make farther ahead of time. We also had a great visit with my older relative and her husband which was nice and felt great after the tough one from before. Her husband has dementia and last time we had gone on a long drive and it was a lot. This time, we brought sandwiches and just stayed at their place which went better.

My Yuletide is going slowly but going, I feel like my writing has started to be happening more. I'm writing for a fandom and a ship that I've written before and I have some ideas.

Work is going okay, I found out that we'll be closed the Sunday and Mondays of the holiday weekends, which is when I normally work so don't have to waste leave days on them. There are more jobs that I need to get out to but I'll do that.

I've also finally started on a project of having a new smaller purse from an army bag that I bought at I think Arisia or Boskone years ago. After I found it, I went online and bought some neat Rogue One patches then didn't have an iron so they've just been sitting there. Well, this past week I finally iron on the patches, I'm going to add some stitches for extra security and they look so good. Next big step is clearing out and sorting my bag to use my new bag and do the same for a smaller wallet as well. The end of this year and next year is going to be about life changes that improve my life.

In might be good, might be bad, the building I live in has been put up for sale, it hasn't been sold yet so trying to not overthink it. I've learned for myself and anxiety that I tend to have moments of thinking of the worst possible outcome then reminding myself how to deal if that happens. This doesn't always work when its kind of ongoing like job things but for the apartment it works. I like this apartment but its not perfect and if I had to find another place, I could do it.

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Yuletide Letter

Thank you so much for writing for me. I love Yuletide, one of my favorite parts of winter. I know how heavy these fandoms can be so if there's any darkness, add some light too. My favorite sorts of stories are missing moments, character studies and that feel as if they fit within the world of the canon.

I love all of these fandoms because of the depth of the worlds and the characters, I enjoy action and plot if it fits. When a writer can pull off a complex plot, I love it as that's something I'm not good at writing. If you choose to include sex and violence, I ask that if they're there; no rape/dubcon or torture. All of the ones I've asked for are from worlds with difficult aspects to them and I enjoy how the characters interact with and are changed by what's around them. Also even though I've only requested one or two characters, all of these canons revolve around large and complex casts, so please add others into the mix.

( Old Kingdom, Candela Obscura, EXU: Calamity, Ever After )

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New Year

My New Year's has been quiet, I successfully made challah bread with a fig filling that was used in French bread this morning and was delicious. This past year has been full of so much good and bad that I'm ready for a new one especially where I can get more settled.

The big things that I want to do in the coming year are travel more, find ways to be more social and creative in my new neighborhood and be active as much as I can in my new job at my old place. I just want to build on the new foundations that I created last year and trust that they won't disappear. I think that was the biggest scar that my bad landlady and mice experience left me with, this worry and sense of uncertainty especially in my home. The new place is lovely and the management so far are great but I'm taking my time feeling settled.

For Yuletide I wrote A Divided Duty, an October Daye fic of the teens hanging out together. I was very lucky that my request was a fic that I've been wanting to write.

Next week, I'm back to work and will have two lovely paychecks, one in my mail and one later this week, which along with holiday money will go towards making my home feel like a home. Also I'm going to take one of my SWs toys to live on my desk so work feels more like my space. I have things I meant to mail that will go out at some point and want to spend more time with my friends. I hope everyone has a wonderful new year.

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Strange holiday season

This has been an odd but nice holiday season so far. My parents and their friend group has become the health care coordinating team for another couple; the wife had a major stroke the week before Christmas and her husband is dealing with the onset of dementia. For all of us its bringing back hard memories of the Christmas that my sister spent in the hospital. Also I drove down early enough to avoid the worst of the storm last week, just had to deal with a good bit of traffic as I wasn't the only one thinking of moving ahead of the storm.

Thankfully my brother and his family took on the major cooking and hosting. I did some baking; a Greek yogurt cake and a gingerbread buche de Noel, which were fun and big hits.

Another bump was that my first paycheck was mailed to my apartment so I don't get to use that money until I'm home. Apparently it take them one round of set up for the direct deposit to work.

In good things, I'm enjoying having the time to finally read At the Feet of the Sun which is wonderful. Goddard is such a good writer. I'm also enjoying cooking with my new Smitten Kitchen cookbook, so far we've made endive salad and a leek and brie galette.

For Yuletide, I received two wonderful gifts.

The Proving Grounds of Coruscant which feels very like the Andor series with all its choices.

Hero is an amazing short October Daye fic that has all the feels and vibes of why I love that series.

And my fic is going over very well which feels nice. At the moment, I have some challah rising and I'm going to finish writing a fic for another small exchange that I'm in.

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Good things on a rainy day

I'm feeling accomplished and a little tired but in a good way tonight. Yesterday I was able to get my flu and booster jabs, so far my arm's a little sore and I'm kind of achey. Thankfully I didn't have to work today so I was able to have a slow day which suited me. First I finally got my car taken care of at the great garage I've found near work; inspection and oil change and apparently a bulb change.

Then I had an interview at where I work which was really good and involved them saying so someone's leaving, there will be more hours to fill, could you? I said yes, the position I was originally interviewing for doesn't have a lot of hours but I'd actually be properly working for the library. This was them going, we want to use you more. It also felt good since I stood up for myself and said, no, I won't work every Saturday, every other yes but not every one and they listened. They know how valuable I am, which it feels good.

Last night I did my Yuletide app, which was remarkably hard this year especially with Andor available. If you've talked to me on other places, you'll know that I'm having all kinds of conflicting feelings about this show. I love how incredibly well done and thoughtful it is, but the changes to Cassian's timeline and story leave me conflicted and wanting more for him. So I decided to offer to write for it and to request it, we'll see what happens. Knowing how my Yuletide's tend to go, I'll probably end up writing something for a DWJ canon.

In good home stuff, I've been putting more things up on my walls, this is taking longer because I can only use sticky stuff, no holes. And I'm not as familiar with what they can all hold and I have a lot of art, but I like how its coming along. I need to find a new way to display my stickers as the shapes from Target keep falling off the wall as well as more places to display pins.

( Health stuff about insect stings and allergies )

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Yuletide letter

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Stuff

I meant to post earlier since I've now been in the new place just over a month and I really like it, but wow, I have so little energy. It kind of feels like I used up so much energy in July and August for all the mice and moving that I've hit September and almost deflating. My parents came to visit at the start of the month which was really nice, they helped me with setting some things up and it was nice just to spend time with them and see my other relatives too, who's cat likes me again.

Work has been going along, I now have a work email which is very nice but I still really miss desk shifts. I'm getting efficient at the end processing for books but I miss the variation of interactions from the desk.

I still have more things to set up, I keep planning to do things and then sleeping in and not doing what I had in mind. I know none of it will take that long and will be satisfying to get sorted but there are still boxes, the majority of them empty but still. And need to change my address in a few places and get my car inspected, life keeps on happening.

I think I'm going to talk with my parents and brother in France about a visit out there, which I hope will also include some time in the UK for seeing people. And I want to poke around more for where to make connections in my new neighborhood. I'm playing D&D again tonight, which will be good too, missed and didn't have some sessions but hopefully can get back to playing more consistently. Next weekend there's a mini romance con at my library which will be neat.

I'm really looking forward to the new Andor series and love how the Rogue One/rebelcaptain fandom is getting revved up for it.

And Yuletide nominations are open which is wild, need to remember to do them, Old Kingdom in the hope that someday, someone will write me Sameth/Ferin and a DWJ or two.

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Holidays and Yuletide

This is a late post for this but I've been having a lovely, quiet holiday with my family that's ending with a snowstorm. I've realized that for the last few holidays, I'm online differently than I used to be. With Discord, I can connect to friends without having to pull out my laptop which is nice and Ao3 has also improved the mobile experience.

Also one wonderfully unexpected part of this holiday is realizing that one of my major stresses isn't there the way its been before. I'm working at a place that values me and will work with me, because they know how much I can help them. That makes the ground under my feet feel a little solider as the rest of the world is still a mess.

Now for Yuletide news, I received Time Out, a really sweet That Thing You Do! fic about Guy and Faye, which really captured the feel of the movie while adding to the world.

I wrote Patient as a gentle stream, an October Daye fic about the Lordens and their changing family. This was one of those lovely times where I was asked to write the fic that I wanted to read. I also think this might be one of my more popular Yuletide fics since so many of us wanted more of these characters.

For reading Yuletide, I really love the random fics generator on the dashboard and there was so much good stuff. I'll only hit a few of my real favorites since I know there's a lot I've missed.

over the furthest hill which combines The Dalemark Quartet and the Attolia books and wow, I didn't realize how well these two fandoms fit together. This is a fic about someone not fitting in and then finding a friend.

very strange and wonderful which is a Space AU for The Repair Shop and I love how it conjures up an anthropologist who gets caught up in what they do. And I adore all the little choices for the characters.

This Hallowed House which is one of the fluffiest and sweetest October Daye fics that I've ever read.

Scenes from an Answering Machine, which is a 10 Things I Hate About You fic and I love this glimpse of the family and their possible futures.

Schedule: 15th Day of the Month, Amended, a Temple of the White Rat fic that is wonderful and I feel like one of the best advertisements of why people should read T. Kingfishers' books.

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I’ve signed up for Yuletide and it actually feels like Fall here. I love this kind of weather and I don’t have to work anymore Saturdays this month. Also looks like I definitely will have my contract extended until December and have my Thanksgiving travel sorted. All good things, but for the moment, I’m mainly feeling far too tired.

This Saturday I have a lovely alum thing coming up that I’m looking forward to and next Friday, a Halloween party at work. Honestly I think all those Saturdays wore me down more than I expected.

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Yuletide letter

Thank you so much for writing for me. This year has been a ride and I love Yuletide, one of my favorite parts of winter. I know how heavy these fandoms can be so if there's any darkness, add some light too. My favorite sorts of stories are missing moments, character studies and that feel as if they fit within the world of the canon.

I love all of these fandoms because of the depth of the worlds and the characters, I enjoy action and plot if it fits. When a writer can pull off a complex plot, I love it as that's something I'm not good at writing. If you choose to include sex and violence, I ask that if they're there; no rape/dubcon or torture. All of the ones I've asked for are from worlds with difficult aspects to them and I enjoy how the characters interact with and are changed by what's around them. Also even though I've only requested one or two characters, all of these canons revolve around large and complex casts, so please add others into the mix.

( The Old Kingdom, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, October Daye, That Thing You Do! )

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Good things

My work contract has been picked up for another month, knew it was going to happen but saw the confirmation of it today in my timesheet. Also last week an old friend, someone that I've known since elementary school but had fallen out of touch with reached out to me. We've been texting and communicating and is great. There's the same ease in conversation as there used to be. I've missed her so much and oddly this gives me hope to try and connect with newer people. I had started to a little bit before Covid then Covid and my own shyness kind of got in the way. Now I think I'm maybe going to look into options for new ways to connect to people.

Work is going well and my creativity has started to come back which is a nice feeling. I put in my Yuletide nominations and people are actually commenting on my list of fandoms and characters. I've never had that happen but its nice. It helps that one of them, October Daye's new book came out this week and was really good. Not the biggest plot or world changes but a really satisfying book with a moment that's been in the offing for years actually happening.

The weather is also starting to get cooler which is always nice. I like not sweating so much.

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New Year and hope

To begin with good news, I've been hired as a contact tracer and start my training on Monday, so heading home from my wonderful family visit soon. I'm having new job jitters but really looking forward to this job which I think will be a good match for my skills. That means that my writing and such will have to find a new schedule but I'll make it work.

I've had such an amazing break, just being with family, Zoom calls with my brother in France, a day visit from my other brother and his family for present opening and a lunch outside. Lots of emotions and hope and love, but the best has simply been having time to be with my parents. I've been doing some baking and cooking, enjoying my parents' bigger kitchen.

For Yuletide, I wrote one fic, Victory Bringer, a post-canon Eight Days of Luke fic that my giftee loved and that I'm proud of. I kind of love that one of my niches for Yuletide is Diana Wynne Jones' fics in all different books. It also means that I'm used to not a lot of love to my fics but when the person I wrote it for likes it, that's the best. There are some wonderful fics this year and I hope to do recs later.

I still have more to post on my Rebelcaptain Big Bang, I had been expecting to write down here but instead haven't. But that's okay, that last fic will get finished. Now to send out some holiday cards as this has been a year of mail. I hope everyone's New Year is off to a good start, I'm so grateful to the various friends and communities that I've found online.

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Quiet holiday

I've been having a wonderful and quiet holiday with my parents. Lots of baking, cooking and reading with a dusting of snow. I made a glorious honey cake that we're slowly eating and enjoying.

My Yuletide gift was a wonderful Toby Daye fic about the Luidaeg and Quentin that I loved, and my giftee really liked their fic, which is really all I ask for on Yuletide.

Alms for Oblivion (1254 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: The Luidaeg (October Daye), Quentin Sollys
Additional Tags: mentions of Toby, Light Angst, Future Fic, ish, Not completely canon compliant, as it predicts something that may not happen
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The request was "I loved the last book and had a hard time figuring out who to ask for so I think I'm going to go with the Luidaeg as her story and family is at the center of everything. I'd love her perspective and thoughts on changes, what's she's seen or even wonderful lighter moments with the new generation of Fae that's she's been leaving a mark on. Please include anyone that you'd like since she lives at the center of a lovely big world of people who care. I also really love the various teens; Quentin, Raj, Dean, Chelsea and have requested them previous years so would love to see them if they fit."

I somehow ended up writing the Luidaeg and her thoughts on being the Lady of the Lake, Quentin finding Excalibur, and what it may mean. I hope you like it, as I've not written in this fandom before, but I love the characters a whole lot!

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Christmas bubble

I've made my way to my family holiday bubble after a full day of driving and everyone testing negative. Now I'm in the last stretch of writing my Yuletide so I can post it tonight. Then I'll get into helping to carry the Christmas tree down, decorations and cooking. I really needed to be down here, to take a break and be with family. Also the drive turned out beautiful with a wonderfully colored sky and ribbons of birds doing their twisting and turning ribbons. The traffic was lighter than usual too and I had my music.

I'll be slightly about as I'm enjoying taking the time to read The Return of the Thief, which is really good and relax. Another nice that happened before I came down was getting paid for working election day. I feel like there's hope as the year ends, along with stress. Today we went shopping as I couldn't see the one way aisle places and people weren't paying attention to where they were. Everyone was masked but it ended up highly stressful.

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Yuletide letter

To begin with, thank you so much for writing for me. Yuletide is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season and this year has been another tough one, so I'd prefer stories that lean towards the lighter side. I know how heavy these fandoms can be so if there's any darkness, add some light too. My favorite sorts of stories are missing moments, character studies and that feel as if they fit within the world of the canon.

I love all of these fandoms because of the depth of the worlds and the characters, I enjoy action and plot if it fits. When a writer can pull off a complex plot, I love it as that's something I'm not good at writing. If you choose to include sex and violence, I ask that if they're there; no rape/dubcon or torture. All of the ones I've asked for are from worlds with difficult aspects to them and I enjoy how the characters interact with and are changed by what's around them. Also even though I've only requested one or two characters, all of these canons revolve around large and complex casts, so please add others into the mix.

( Old Kingdom, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, October Daye, The Will Darling Adventures, Ever After )

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Current Music: Classical music on the radio
Crossposts: https://ceitfianna.livejournal.com/486235.html

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Quiet holiday, New Year and writing

I've been having a lovely quiet holiday mainly involving some cooking, reading magazines and books, lots of Yuletide and then the busy of helping my parents with a New Year's Day party. This has been what I needed, time to be and be grateful to have time with my parents and phone calls with my other family. Now I feel like I can take on the new year with hope.

Before I left for the holidays, I saw the new Star Wars and mainly it left me feeling sort of like The Last Jedi, during it I was pulled in and interested. Then after as I started thinking about it, I ended up feeling disappointed. Both movies remind me of some fantasy novels I've read where great ideas but the execution is odd and I'm left seeing the holes. Also I felt like there was an uncomfortable balance in all the movies in terms of which characters the directors thought were the most interesting. The trilogy didn't feel much like a trilogy. I'm sorry about that as there's so much potential in the new trilogy but I felt it kind of got lost. Though I have enjoyed many of the other material from them like the various books. The way I feel about it, these aren't movies I'll eagerly rewatch the way that I do Rogue One, The Clone Wars or Star Wars Rebels.

In good news, I wrote for the Rebelcaptain Secret Santa along with Yuletide this year and really do love the rebelcaptain fandom. It was so much fun to be going into Yuletide after having watched enough of Guardian to have context for fic. Later I'll do a proper Yuletide rec post.

Follow-on (1180 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Christopher Chant/Millie, Christopher Chant & Mordecai Roberts
Characters: Christopher Chant, Millie | Millie Chant, Mordecai Roberts | Tacroy
Additional Tags: after conrad's fate, Friendship, Cricket
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After the events of Conrad's Fate, Christopher learns that he disappointed Tacroy and realizes cricket might be a way to help their relationship. My wonderful prompt was about wanting more about how Tacroy's perception of Christopher isn't the same as everyone else's and I used that as a way to look into what happened after Conrad's Fate.

This was a tricky fic and at this point, I haven't heard from my recipient but I'm proud of it. Young Christopher is a fascinating character and Tacroy intriguing but hard to get a read on. This is the first fic I've written in the Chrestomanci fandom proper, I did write one odd fic that was from the fictional Millie series. At this point, I've now written Hexwood, Magids, Chrestomanci, and Eight Days of Luke of Diana Wynne Jones' works. I don't know if I'll ever write for all of them but her fandoms are great.

My gift:

Speak Low when Speaking of Love (3086 words) by estelraca
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Lorden/Quentin Sollys
Characters: Dean Lorden, Quentin Sollys, The Luidaeg (October Daye)
Additional Tags: Aftermath, Friendship, Musings on the Future
Summary:

In the aftermath of the situation with the Selkies and the Roane, Quentin and Dean try to help their families feel better. For Quentin that includes convincing the woman that most of the world is terrified of that she should come to dinner with him. Spoilers through Unkindest Tide.

This fic made me so happy. I love all the teens of the October Daye books and their perspective on what's going on around them.

The Rebelcaptain Secret Santa ended up being a lovely exchange and I wrote a very fluffy Modern AU fic. My prompt was a fluffy domestic and after asking, I learned my person liked baking together and I went for it.

Cookie Plan (1314 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Modern AU, Rebelcaptain Secret Santa, Cassian the cook, Fluff, Domestic, Holidays, Established Relationship
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When it comes time to bake cookies for the holidays, Cassian has a plan and Jyn's ready to help. Since this is the first year that they're able to bake and prepare together. This modern version of Jyn and Cassian is slightly inspired by my College AU about them.

Written for Pawprinterfanfic and the 2019 Rebelcaptain Secret Santa. I hope you like it.

My gift was a sweet fic with Jyn taking care of Cassian.

Day and Night and Morning Light (1278 words) by YoukaiLuvr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Caretaking, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, tension headache, Post-RotJ, RebelCaptain Secret Santa 2019
Summary:

“Good morning,” he responded, ducking down to kiss her.

“What was that for?” Jyn asked.

“Just…because I can,” he said, smiling and leaning down for another kiss.

***********

RebelCaptain Secret Santa gift fic for FiKate.

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Crossposts: https://ceitfianna.livejournal.com/485889.html

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Yuletide and looking towards the holidays

My Yuletide is posted and I'm actually looking forward to having time to read the archive this year. Now I also feel like I can go back to some other things that I'm writing, my Rebelcaptain secret santa and a prompt for the Cassian prompt-a-thon. I hope that this is a quieter holiday, last year was so strange. Most of the holiday was spent going between my sister's hospital room and my brother's place in New Jersey. We made it work but there was no real time to simply be as there usually is in the holidays.

This year my brother and his family are at his in-laws so its going to be me and my parents. I think that will be nice, trying to do big family after last year I think would be kind of jarring. This way, we'll have moments together and time to be, I expect to do lots of reading. I'm thinking about even trying to do holiday cards since I do love sending them, but didn't happen last year. So if you've given me your address, there might be a card.

Also before I head down, I'll be seeing the new Star Wars' movie, which I'm hoping for good. Knowing who I'll be seeing it with, I know I'll have good time.

My holiday felt like it started off early when I saw opening night of the Christmas Revels, and then on Sunday, I volunteered backstage. I helped to feed the cast and crew which was wonderful. I've only recently started volunteering with the Revels but its filling a spot in me for the theater. I'm hoping to keep getting more involved with them in the coming year.

Crossposts: https://ceitfianna.livejournal.com/485084.html

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Yuletide letter 2019

To begin with, thank you so much for writing for me. Yuletide is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season and this year has been a tough one for me, so I'd prefer stories that lean towards the lighter side. I know how heavy these fandoms can be so if there's any darkness, add some light too. My favorite sorts of stories are missing moments, character studies and that feel as if they fit within the world of the canon.

I love all of these fandoms because of the depth of the worlds and the characters, I enjoy action and plot if it fits. When a writer can pull off a complex plot, I love it as that's something I'm not good at writing. If you choose to include sex and violence, I ask that if they're there; no rape/dubcon or torture. All of the ones I've asked for are from worlds with difficult aspects to them and I enjoy how the characters interact with and are changed by what's around them. Also even though I've only requested one or two characters, all of these canons revolve around large and complex casts, so please add others into the mix.

( Old Kingdom, October Daye, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Tam Lin, Six of Crows series )