I managed five Yuletide stories this year, my assignment and four treats. Not my most prolific year, but pretty damn good, and I'm proud of the stories I wrote.

Assignment: Out of Bounds and Off the Trail, Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin, Abby/Kristy (and ensemble)
Summary: Abby heads up to Shadow Lake for a long weekend of skiing, snowball fights, and hot chocolate. Add in an unrequited crush, two sets of best friends, and a blizzard, and the only thing Abby can think is this: At least we're not being stalked by a failed killer this time.

Treat: (Not a) Survival Group, Jurassic Park series/Jurassic World series, Lex/Kelly (and ensemble)
Summary: It's not a dinosaur survival group. Not really. It's just that, well, they all survived dinosaurs once. Or twice. Kelly hopes there will never be a third time for any of them.

Treat: No More Crossroads, No More Waiting, Thunderheart, Ray/Walter, soulmate AU
Summary: The movies got the soulmate thing all wrong.

(I 100% expected carlyinrome to guess this was me, but she swears she did not.)

Treat: Advance and Retreat, Avengers Grimm, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood
Summary: Beauty's magic fails her sometimes. Snow thinks it's high time she learned to fight. Red's the one given the job. No one is happy about this.

(New fandom! I've wanted to write for this for a few years now, and I was thrilled to find another fan.)

Treat: Say Hello to Your Friends (Again and Again and Again), Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin, Mallory/Jessi (and ensemble)
Summary: When Mary Anne gets married (again), Mallory and Jessi reunite with some old friends. It's not nearly as awkward as Mallory fears.

I have been intending to write carlyinrome a Thunderheart fic for years now, but have never managed something good enough. I was beyond thrilled when this story finally came together for me. It may have taken me forever, but I finally wrote a story that made me proud and that could be shared with her! (It references many of her Thunderheart stories in a way that filled me with joy each time I slipped in another reference.)

This was the third treat I wrote, and this is a new fandom. I am terribly grateful I finished this fic; literally right after I posted it and updated an entry here, I got the call about the death in the family, and knowing I finished a story I loved really helped me get through everything.

Title: Hops, Malt, Water
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Walter Crow Horse/Ray Levoi
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the movie Thunderheart.
Written for: thecarlysutra as a Yuletide 2013 Treat
Word count: 1100
Rating: All ages
Summary: Ray's trying to do something nice for Walter. He pretty much fails.

( Hops, Malt, Water )