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yuletide authors have been revealed, so I can say thank you to Kiera Kingsley, who wrote me the gorgeous Fireside (The Brothers Grimm historical RPF). I also found a wonderful New Year Resolution story for me by misura called Fifteen Moments (Whistle!, Shigeki/Tatsuya/Shou &hearts) - woot!

As for me, I tackled Georgette Heyer's The Foundling for luthien, who wanted some Gilly/Gideon slash - which I was very happy to provide! My only worry was how to write this pairing without setting off my infidelity squick; if it takes place pre-book, then Gilly will be eventually cheating on Gideon with Harriet, and if it takes place post-book, then he will be cheating on Harriet with Gideon, neither of which option sits comfortably with me. I really didn't want to break up Gilly and Harriet; quite aside from the fact that I love her dearly, just think of the ducal succession! (Yes, like Lord Lionel, I can't help but obsess over such practicalities.) So I, er, killed my dearest Harriet off. Probably in childbirth. Oh dear.

Anyhow, it was all good fun - especially playing with Heyer's Regency cant - and the result was Flapdragon'd (ha! after a brief foray into Housman, I am back to Shakespeare-inspired titles.) If you like your Heyer G-rated, then just read the first section; the sex doesn't happen until the second half. (No, I didn't manage to come up with an actual plot - I'm still worn out after snarry_holidays!)

Going into this assignment, I honestly thought I was going to write it straight, with no clumsy attempts at Heyer language. Then the cant just started bursting out of me regardless. Huh. I didn't think I was doing too badly, either, but I did read one particular yuletide story called Of All Our Yesterdays (Sunrise, Sunset) by freneticfloetry (set in JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood universe) which was an impressive demonstration of how to nail a crazyass distinctive writing style right into the mattress.