end of the year fannish meme

Grabbed from sineala. And I know I still owe people answers on the December meme. Forthcoming, I swear!

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Yuletide recs, part 3

As usual, I haven't gotten all the way through the fandoms I wanted to read before the reveal. And I'm too tired and irritable to read any more fics tonight. But here are two last recs.

Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch

The Purple Jug (5826 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Peter Grant/Thomas Nightingale
Characters: Peter Grant, Thomas Nightingale, Lesley May
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Undercover as a Couple, Sex Pollen
Summary: Nightingale and Peter on a case at a gay bar. Set before Broken Homes, no spoilers.

"Undercover in a gay bar" and "sex pollen" are not my favorite tropes, but they're not unfitting for this fandom and the author does a great job of keeping them in character. Good Peter voice and good Nightingale characterization, too.


Folly To Be Wise (6661 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Thomas Nightingale, Peter Grant, Lesley May
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Ghosts, World War II, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Ettersberg
Summary: Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

This is a casefic about a haunted room in an old house, but it's much more than that. I especially like the Nightingale and Peter characterization here, and the way Peter cares for Nightingale and is protective of him even while looking up to him as a mentor.