Briefly: I hope you all had lovely holidays. I have been completely absent because I, not even all the way recouped from my lung infection, have come down with the flu. Fa la la la la.

It was a sad year for fic; here is last year's list so you can compare. (Only 40 to 9; it's not that tragic . . .)

2008, in chronological order:

    Fundamental Forces (Tara/Angel, R)
    Unlikely (Fred/River, PG-13)
    Things That Are or Aren't (OFC Slayer/OFC Watcher, PG)
    Vessels (Cordelia/Darla, NC-17)
    The Way Things Work (Cordelia/Gunn, NC-17)
    The Sin Eater (Buffy/Angel, PG-13)
    A Place Called Home (Angel/Spike, R)
    If You Drive Me Back (Buffy/Angel, PG-13)
    A Brief History of Time (A Love Story) (Buffy/Angel, R)

Happy new year.

ETA: On a related note: An Equal Temper has been getting a lot of love the past few days; did someone recc me? I'd just like to thank people accordingly. :)

TITLE: If You Drive Me Back
RATING: PG-13
FANDOM: BtVS/AtS
PAIRING: Buffy/Angel
SPOILERS: Post “NFA.” There are some aspects of the S8 comics—namely, location—but this story contains none of the comics’ original characters or plotlines.
SUMMARY: Maybe you can start over.
PROMPT: Written for germaine_pet’s lynnevitational. Thank you so much for having me, and thanks chrisleeoctaves for recommending me. I'm very flattered. <3
NOTES: I am, as usual, insanely grateful and ridiculously lucky for the help of my beta, myhappyface. And in this case, I owe her the title, too. Thank you.

TITLE: The Sin Eater
RATING: PG-13
FANDOM: BtVS/AtS
PAIRING: Buffy/Angel
SPOILERS: Post-“NFA”
SUMMARY: What’s that mean, “star-crossed?”
PROMPT/NOTES: To begin with: a million thanks to myhappyface, my fabulous beta. Secondly: this was written for midnight_birth for the cya_ficathon. The request was for Buffy and Angel getting back together post-“NFA” in an exotic locale. However, as I’ve already written that (twice), I thought I’d try to do something new, to make it work out another way. I’m not sure it did. Work out. So I’m sorry if this isn’t what you wanted; if that’s the case, I hope you enjoy Return to Me or Release more.

TITLE: Vessels
RATING: NC-17
FANDOM: Angel
PAIRING: Cordelia/Darla
SPOILERS: AtS S2, during the fucking with Angel’s dreams arc.
SUMMARY: Cordelia is impatient, and Darla is bored.
PROMPT: Written for getyourwings for the femslash_minis Darla round. Requested was water, gold, silk, and no adult toys or adult movies. This is a bit of a departure from your request, but I hope you like it.

TITLE: Unlikely
RATING: PG-13
FANDOMS: AtS/Firefly
PAIRING: Fred/River
SPOILERS: Pre-BDM.
SUMMARY: The laws of physics do not support impossibilities.
PROMPT: For globalfruitbat for femslash_minis’s Fred Round. Requested were bubbles, a rainy day, and a window seat.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: globalfruitbat, I sure hope you like this.