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Jan. 3rd, 2016

Dizzy asked for any character in the Yuletide BSC tagset and for the writer to queer up the world. I am all about writing lesbian and bisexual stories about the BSC girls, but never expected this story to expand as far as it did. I decided early on that I wanted to write about Dawn and Jeff on a road trip, because I love siblings on road trips, and as soon as I figured out that the tension would come from Dawn and Sunny having to deal with each other in that post-high school graduation tenuous space, everything came together very quickly, at least for the first draft. I loved writing about how Dawn and Sunny had changed, while still working in references and details and styles from the books.

Title: On the Road
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Dawn Schafer/Sunny Winslow, Jeff Schafer, Carol Schafer, Jack Schafer
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after both BSC and California Diaries.
Written for: dizzy for Yuletide 2015
Word count: 10,800
Rating: 13+
Read at AO3.

Summary: Sunshine Daydream Winslow crashes Dawn and Jeff's great road trip adventure, even though Dawn hasn't spoken to her for more than three years.

So yeah. That'll be fun.

( On the Road )

While in the middle of writing my actual assignment, I got worried that I wouldn't be able to finish it and beat it into shape before the deadline. (Yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds now, but at the time, it seemed like a valid worry.) I was glad when this short, self-contained idea hit me, and wrote the first draft in one sitting. Based on a little bit of research, I knew that Dizzy liked Jeff and Byron, and I thought that this would be a nice treat in addition to the longer Dawn/Sunny story (or, if it needed to be, the actual gift fic itself). I don't usually write Jeff or Byron, but I had a lot of fun with this.

Title: Underneath the Mistletoe
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Jeff Schafer/Byron Pike
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after both BSC and California Diaries.
Written for: dizzy as a Yuletide 2015 treat
Word count: 1,500
Rating: 13+
Read at AO3.

Summary: “This is cheesy as fuck,” he tells Byron, because it is. It's also sweet as hell.

( Underneath the Mistletoe )

I grabbed summerstorm's pinch hit, because I already had this story started as a treat for her. I always enjoy talking about the fandom with her, and she loves many of the same things I love about it. To be honest, Payson/Sasha is not one of the things I love, because I nope out of pretty much every pairing where the guy is older and in a position of power over the girl, but I like how summerstorm loves them so much, and I've read with interest all the things she's said, so I wanted to give it a try. After I picked up the pinch hit, I actually wrote two additional stories for her, because this one didn't want to come together; it took me a long, long time to make it actually work. I'm glad I did; I like it a lot, and I even managed to handle the power dynamics in a way that worked for me, at least within the boundaries of the story.

Also, Payson Keeler is the absolute best. I love her as a character so much.

Title: Golden Touch
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Payson Keeler/Sasha Belov
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the end of the series.
Written for: summerstorm for Yuletide 2015
Word count: 3,000
Rating: 18+
Content: age difference, porn, coach/athlete
Read on AO3

Summary: After Payson wins her Olympic gold medal, she decides it's time to claim her real prize.

( Golden Touch )

This was the first story I wrote as a treat when it looked like I wouldn't be able to make "Golden Touch" work. I love Emily Kmetko a lot, despite how the show ended up treating her character, and summerstorm and I have talked about her a lot in the past. I find Payson and Emily's dynamic really interesting; Payson has had the best coaches and gyms, despite the fact her family isn't rich, while Emily, whose family is flat poor, has been teaching herself and working out at the Y before she joins an elite (expensive) gym. Payson is all strength and precision and perfection, at least when the show begins, and Emily is anger and stubbornness and distrust. They are both very, very good gymnasts, and I like the way season one works around them both.

Title: Mirror, Mirror
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Payson Keeler/Emily Kmetko
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set during season one, around "California Girls".
Written for: summerstorm as a Yuletide 2015 treat
Word count: 1,700
Rating: 16+
Content: underage sex
Read at AO3

Summary: Payson promised Emily she would help her find her inner winner, no matter what it took. (They're really through the looking glass on this one.)

( Mirror, Mirror )

This is the second story I wrote as a treat for summerstorm, in case the story I meant to fill the pinch hit didn't work. I actually wrote the first few paragraphs of this as a part of the pinch hit, but it didn't fit the tone I wanted to use in the Payson/Sasha story, so I broke it off and made it something else.

One of my big complaints about the series, and one of the big complaints from most people who watched it, is that after three seasons of following these girls on their quest to become Olympic gymnasts, the show doesn't actually take them to the Olympics. SO FRUSTRATING. So with this, I set out to finally give Payson her dream.

Title: London Calling
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Payson Keeler, Kaylie Cruz, Emily Kmetko, Lauren Tanner
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the series.
Written for: summerstorm as a Yuletide 2015 treat
Word count: 1,000
Rating: all ages
Read it at AO3

Summary: Payson goes to the Olympics.

( London Calling )

The moment Jurassic World was announced, my first thought was: what the hell is Lex Murphy doing during all this mess? And then, during the movie, one of the characters said he was fulfilling John Hammond's dying wish, and I said, out loud, in the middle of the theater, "oh, hell no."

So when I saw reeby10's prompts, I knew I wanted to tell a story about Lex Murphy, her view of Jurassic World and her grandfather's legacy, and her technological genius. I love stories about Lex and Kelly Malcolm, from the second movie, so I wanted to include her here, too, another girl who survived dinosaurs grown into a woman. There are nods to Tim Murphy, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Ian Malcolm, and Dr. Ian Grant, too, but mostly this is a story about Lex, Kelly, and Claire Dearing, and scientifically engineered monsters, and the hubris of men.

Title: Beautiful, Terrible Things
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Lex Murphy/Kelly Curtis Malcolm, Simon Masrani, Claire Dearing
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set before and during Jurassic World. Many thanks to

carlyinrome for the beta.
Word count: 3,600
Rating: all ages
Read at AO3

Summary: Simon Masrani wants only the best for his beloved Jurassic World. That means, somehow, he must convince Lex Murphy, tech genius extraordinaire, to create the perfect systems to run his park.

Lex thinks this is a terrible idea.

( Beautiful, Terrible Things )

I wanted to write a story about Claire (and Owen, at least in how he relates to her) in the immediate aftermath of Jurassic World, when the weight of all those people, all that terror and adrenaline, all that responsibility settles over her, but before she can actually do anything about it. And I wanted to write this story for thecarlysutra, who was having a bad time of things, and loves this movie and this character and this pairing so much.

Title: Follow Me
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Claire Dearing/Owen Grady
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after Jurassic World.
Written for: thecarlysutra as a Yuletide 2015 treat
Word count: 1,700
Rating: 16+
Read at AO3

Summary: In the aftermath of the disaster at Jurassic World, Claire is left both reeling and grounded.

( Follow Me )

This is the only new fandom I wrote for Yuletide. The moment I saw rsadelle's prompt, which wasn't until close to the end of the writing period, I knew I wanted to write her a Gen/Ann story. I sat down that very night, rewatched the movie, and wrote the first draft of this. I love the movie, which is ridiculous and adorable and fun, and I hope I captured some of that joy here.

Title: In the Shadows, In the Light
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Gen Harwood/Ann, Casey Carlyle
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the movie.
Written for: rsadelle as a Yuletide 2015 treat
Word count: 1,600
Rating: all ages
Read at AO3

Summary: Gen Harwood gave up figure skating to have a regular life. Now she just has to figure out what that means.

( In the Shadows, In the Light )