we're all stories in the end

Forging Fate (The Worlds Collide)
His Dark Materials ; Lord Asriel (Asriel/Marisa) ; PG-13 ; 1400 words
Asriel has never believed in destiny.

Written for Canoptic in the Yuletide '08 exchange, with many thanks to glass_icarus for the read-through. Originally archived here.

( The morning sun was pleasant and warm on Asriel's shoulders as he considered the marketplace. )

Yuletiiide! I never did get around to doing any recs posts pre-reveal, alas, but I've still got such a backlog of fic to read that I guess I might as well get through all of that first.

Firstly, thank you so so much to my two delightful authors, firstgold and vivien529, you are both wonderful!

Second, reveals. My main story was in Skins fandom for mturtle, which I've backdated, because seriously, does anybody even watch this? It only got a response from my recipient on the site (and she was delighted with it, it sounded like, so that's more than good enough for me), so hmm. Anyway, if you're interested:

Make Believe
Cassie, PG-13, 1500 words
Queen Cassie would like to present herself to her royal court.

My other story was a pinch-hit for lyras! I was pleased with how this turned out, but I really wish I could have had more time on it - there's all sorts of middle scenes with Will and bits with Lyra that I realised I just wasn't going to have time to write. Another time, then.

Four Midsummers
His Dark Materials
Will, PG, 1500 words
Summary: Four of Will's Midsummer days.
Notes: Written for lyras in the 2007 Yuletide exchange.

( Summer was bursting with warmth and colour, and Will was beginning to feel as though he had a pattern of life again. )

There really isn't a His Dark Materials fandom as such, is there? In terms of fanfic, anyway - the only community I could find on LJ was decidedly dead. This strikes me as a great tragedy, especially after I got such a kick out of writing this.

Lord Asriel/Mrs Coulter, 300 words, PG-13. For expositionary.

( Five things Asriel regrets not having done. )