Yuletide Reveal and the 2012 Wrap-Up

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Yesterday was spent doing some de-cluttering in the house and getting the takethatslash Secret Santa sorted, but now that everything's under control, I thought I'd do my Yuletide reveal and a wrap-up of my 2012 fic.

For Yuletide, I was matched on Haywire, a film I love for its kickass heroine, Mallory Kane, and its really top-notch fight scenes. The first thing my recipient's Dear Yulegoat letter listed as a like was, and I quote, "WOMEN BEING AWESOME." Which led to a little story about Mallory protecting, and training, two very different women. It's not my usual run of things, but I'm pretty happy with it.

The Diner Rules (4523 words)
Fandom: Haywire (2011)

Massive thanks goes to shayheyred for doing a fantastic beta on this story.

Besides Yuletide, I wrote 12 other stories: 11 Take That RPS, 1 Take That/Wings of Desire crossover, and my monster Pros/TT/zombie crossover. Here are the links:

Five Christmases (5871 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairing: Mark Owen/Robbie Williams
My entry for last year's takethatslash Secret Santa challenge. Two men, twenty years, five Christmases.

The Waiting Game (1000 words)
Fandom: The Professionals
Pairing: William Bodie/Ray Doyle
A naughty little Pros story inspired by a prompt from halotolerant.

All My Faith in You (12506 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairing: Mark Owen/Robbie Williams
A time-travelling Mark Owen gets a chance to save history. One of my patented Looks-Like-a-Death-Story-But-It-Isn't stories.

Deep Waters (11457 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairings: Gary Barlow/Mark Owen, Howard Donald/Jason Orange
This is possibly the story I'm most proud of. It certainly took the most work. I basically wanted to turn TT I'd Wait for Life video into a coherent narrative. As it turned out, that took some doing.

Someone to Watch Over You (2193 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairing: Howard Donald/Jason Orange/Mark Owen
A Howard/Jason/Mark porn for the Progress ficathon.

Reaching Out for the Light (2133 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairing: Howard Donald/Jason Orange
A birthday fic for one of my best friends who I seem to have turned into a Howard/Jason fan.

Between (2374 words)
Believe (2220 words)
Begin (3353 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairings: Howard/Mark, Jason/Mark, Howard/Jason/Mark
A series of three short stories that all started because the thought of Mark topping Howard seemed pretty hot, but they ended being as angsty as they were porny.

Peace in Sleep (1458 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairing: Howard Donald/Jason Orange
Another entry in my TT WW I AU series.

'Til We Have Built Jerusalem (36981 words)
Fandom: The Professionals, Take That
Pairings: William Bodie/Ray Doyle, Mark Owen/Robbie Williams
My Pros Big Bang, TT and zombies story. I have to say, I'm really pleased that this worked.

Pretty Little Liars (20935 words)
Fandom: Take That
Pairings: Mark Owen/Robbie Williams, Howard Donald/Jason Orange
My entry for the takethatslash Big Bang.

No Regrets (1022 words)
Fandom: Take That, Der Himmel über Berlin | Wings of Desire (1987)
Pairing: Howard/Jason
I wrote this for soundofthesurf's birthday, and it was inspired both by her wonderful circus AU, The Greatest Show on Earth, and halotolerant's fantastic wingfic, Or You'll Find Yourself Floating Home

Final word count for the year: 108,026
Total TT fic: 65,522 (not including the Pros crossover)

Yep, the Take That obsession continues unabated. And I've beat last year's record-setting word count by over 20,000 words. Yikes!