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This Yuletide, I matched on a recipient who requested The Nice Guys. If you haven't seen it (and not many people did, alas) the movie stars Ryan Gosling as an alcoholic mess of a private eye, and Russell Crowe as a thug-for-hire he accidentally starts working with. It is a glorious thing, and possibly my very favourite Gosling performance ever. (I'm not a huge fan of broody!Gosling, but here he's a drunken goofball who occasionally has flashes of brilliance, and he is glorious.)

So, here's the story, in which Gosling's wise-beyond-her-years daughter plays matchmaker:
Holly March's Dad Dating Service (4,581 words)

I also managed to write one treat, for the lovely

dorinda. She requested Trapeze, a circus story with Burt Lancaster and (a very pretty) Tony Curtis as trapeze artists pining after each other. I've been wanting to see the movie for ages, and it does not disappoint. Except the ending. Which this story fixes:
Fight or Flight ( 2,640 words)

Beyond Yuletide, it's been another crazy year, and I haven't posted here much. Partly it's RL competing with time for fannish pursuits. (Along with the usual work, kid, house stuff, Ros is back playing hockey again. And after two years doing learn-to-play classes, I'm now playing in a real league! And I was stupid excited that I got a picture day in my hockey gear. I will totally be posting that as soon as I get it.) With Tumblr imploding, my hope is to post here more often. And to start there, here's my annual writing round up.

I'm still in Marvel fandom, but I've burned through that first flush of being in a new fandom when the words come quickly and easily. Still love the characters, though. Especially these two idiots:

I wrote a lot fewer stories this year than last, four, but one of those stories is the second longest thing I've ever written. I wrote two stories for the Cap Reverse Big Bang, both OT3s. (OT3s seem to be a thing for me. Huh.) The long fic I wrote was for the FTH auction, and took most of the year.

So, here it is, the list o' fic:

The Jeopardy and Jazz Affair (12,728 words)
This was my main story for the CapRBB, based on a gorgeous Man from UNCLE movie AU piece of art, and the first OT3 story of the year. Steve, Bucky and Nat as Napoleon, Illya and Gaby. Here's the art, by the fab ellebeesnknees:

Faraway, So Close (10,596 words)
This was a pinch hit for the CapRBB, and another OT3, this time Tony/Steve/Bucky. That's not a pairing I would have predicted I'd write, but just look at this art by the lovely araydre:

It's gorgeous, and the pinch hit had sat languishing for five hours (I counted) and I couldn't let it go without a story.

Captain America Helps a Friend (2,846 words)
This is another installment of the Captain America Has a Fella series. I didn't think I had another one of these in me, but then a reader mentioned she'd like to see more interaction between my OC, Audrey, and Nat, and this came out. I've got another two (or maybe three) stories in the series planned.

You're the One That I Want (53,452 words)
This was the FTH story, and the second longest thing I've ever written. My bidder,

debwalsh, asked for a fake relationship story, and my brain spit out this modern-day AU with Steve and Bucky getting married for health insurance reasons.

Total word count for the year: 86,843.

Less than last year's 150K, but a heck of a lot more than the previous year's 3k.