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Apparently I've been forgetting to rec the gifts-for-me this year. But then, it's been that kind of year - multiple unexpected, exhausting RL events hitting one after another. Apologies, lovely authors! These stories were all very, very much enjoyed.

I haven't had time to write much outside these artificially imposed deadlines - don't think I'm going to make my

getyourwordsout goal, but I am trying to keep at least some momentum going. So here we are: my prezzies from

chocolateboxcomm,

multifandomdrabble,

nightonficmountain,

fandom5k, and

not_primetime.

(Minus one ficlet from an author who turned off their AO3 share button - respecting that choice.)

The Bag (451 words) by Ashling
Fandom: Jack Reacher (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Samantha Dutton & Jack Reacher
Characters: Jack Reacher, Samantha Dutton
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary: Nothing can ever be easy. Not with Reacher.

With All the Exits Sealed (200 words) by SegaBarrett
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: General Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Malcolm Reynolds/Inara Serra
Characters: Inara Serra, Malcolm Reynolds
Additional Tags: Double Drabble
Summary: Mal and Inara and the dance they do.

Recoup Planning (100 words) by LittleRaven
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: Not Rated; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Saffron (Firefly)
Additional Tags: Drabble, Episode Related, Episode Tag, post-episode: s01e11 Trash
Summary: Saffron has time to think.

Mornings Maketh (100 words) by heeroluva
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jayne Cobb/River Tam
Characters: Malcolm Reynolds, River Tam, Jayne Cobb
Additional Tags: Caught, Drabble
Summary: Mal wakes to screaming.

In Want Of (14520 words) by Damkianna
Fandom: Battle Creek (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Russ Agnew/Milt Chamberlain
Characters: Russ Agnew, Milt Chamberlain
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Background Case, Undercover as Married, Trust Issues, Confessions
Summary: "Why, hello there, Mr. and Mr—Baumgartner?" / "Yeah," Russ bites out. "That's us."

the sum of every yesterday (5188 words) by susiecarter
Fandom: The Great Wall (2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: William Garin/Pero Tovar
Characters: William Garin, Pero Tovar
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Time Loop, Reconciliation, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pining, Denial of Feelings, Kissing
Summary: "The morning as it had passed, the whole day, the day before it," Tovar tries to explain, "it was all—it was unmade. Time ran backward, all at once, instead of forward. When they attacked, with the mist—" / "I remember it," William says, and again Tovar wants to laugh, wild and useless, and bites his tongue hard to stop it. / "Ah, but that's just it, amigo," he says instead, when he's able. "You don't."

Entirely a Matter of Chance (10040 words) by blancwene
Fandom: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences; Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth Bennet/Charles Bingley, Mary Bennet/William Collins, Jane Bennet/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Charles Bingley, Charlotte Lucas, Jane Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, William Collins (Pride and Prejudice), Mary Bennet, Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Developing Relationship
Summary: It is an unfortunate truth that though a mother may bask in the triumph of her eldest daughter’s marriage for an interminable amount of time, she eventually regains her senses. And in Mrs. Bennet’s case, the joy of seeing Jane married to a gentleman met at her brother Gardiner’s in town was only too quickly followed by panic at the realisation that she had four daughters still to settle. (Upon his arrival in Meryton, Mr. Bingley is immediately smitten with a different Miss Bennet.)