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Hey! Are you having a good holiday? We are. Just the other day, Intern George got into the cooking sherry, and well, let's just say it was some verrrrry interesting peanut-butter-and-jelly that we had for lunch. We laughed, we cried, we made him write down the recipe, etc.

I haven't gotten around to reading anyone else's Yuletide recs because I've been unbelievably busy and the archive is slow so I barely got through the stuff I wanted to read by sight alone, but here's some stuff I liked.

First, for me! I got not one, but two Community fics, one full-length and one Yuletide treat:

Ragged Edges, various permutations of Annie/Abed/Troy and Jeff/Annie, M, 3600 words - Really cute! I didn't expect to get both Annie/Abed/Troy and Jeff/Annie when I said I'd be fine with either of them, but I'm happy I got them. I like the idea of Annie finding herself a lot.

Friendly Rivalry, Abed/Troy & Annie/Troy, G, 410 words - Annie and Abed fighting over Troy by proving how much trivia they know about him! :D Such a cute little moment between them and Troy cracked me up.

Other recs:

( 13 more recs in 11 different fandoms )

Later today, WIP amnesty. The time to stop fooling myself is over. :D

So, Sherlock Holmes.

I knew I was going to love it, but I didn't realize I was going to massively adore it and come home itching to read. I had distinctly not enjoyed Hound of the Baskervilles and never given the series another run. I thought, you know, this is just not one of those things I am going to like!

Well. Well. Either I gave up too fast, or I started with the wrong thing. MissP reccommended trying The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes through the Gutenberg Project, and I ended up taking my laptop to bed with me and staying up MUCH too late.

It's so weird to be coming at things completely backwards -- I read Sherlock Holmes fanfiction over the years when I saw it recced, and then I watched a movie (in 2009!), and THEN I got to the source material. /o\

Which is the exact same path I followed with Star Trek: TOS (although I loved TNG), come to think of it. I am losing so much cred right now that I might as well confess -- I have never seen Star Wars. Well, the first trilogy. I did see one of the new ones in the theatre, and I fell asleep.

I know, I might as well take the 'geek' off my lj pseud right the fuck now, it's wicked sad.

I went by myself last night -- my first time seeing a movie alone. If I'd had to be social yesterday, I probably would've ended up building myself a space ship out of my scarf and the change in my purse and spending a week on the moon. And I needed to NOT be home. I'd been so busy with family party stuff that I hadn't left the house on Sunday, and I needed out out out after work yesterday. But I definitely prefer company, at least when the movie is so much fun and fills me with squee.

Which this one did. I thought I should spell that out, in case I was being subtle. :D

Anyway, so, this is probably going to be another one of those things where I go see it again every time I can sucker someone into going with me. Fair warning, is all. *g*

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Thank you, youroldshirts!

went to the MOMA tim burton exhibition today. it is absolutely amazing. the amount of work shown and the way you see the evolution is insane. the people at MOMA were so amazing to us too. they had a recreation of this piece from “edward scissorhands”. if you are in ny anytime soon go to it.

You're all doing that "if you had me locked in your house for 24 hours" meme, so maybe I will do that later. For now, this one I stole from lizbee instead, because I think we all know how I feel about opportunities to be cranky about fandom!

Ask me about my unpopular fandom opinion, and I shall spew forth some vitriol for you. Or, you know, express an opinion. Depends how I'm feeling, really.

(Feel free to be specific.)

(Excess specificity may result in tongue in cheek responses.)

And then, if you disagree with it, we can fight with knives!

In semi-related news, I am curious about the new Holmes, but also really ambivalent because a) I am a giant Irene Adler-wife and I've heard things about her handling that make me :\ and b) I'm realizing that, with a very few exceptions, I am really fucking sick of epic bromance stories.

The Year in Fic Meme: 2009 edition!

favorite story this year (of my own): I'm really chuffed that I actually did finish the Unholyverse, and even managed a couple of coda thingies as well, and people seemed to like them. Uhhh secretly though probably the stupid MCR/AI8 high school LARPing crossover. Not the ficlet so much as the entire universe which exists in my head. You can expect more of that, I am not at all sorry to tell you. Crossovers that involve Gerard and Adam are totally my happy place right now.

most popular story this year, in my opinion: Heaven Help Us, hands down.

most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: LOL no. I'm always amazed anybody reads my inane ramblings.

most fun story: To write, probably Mixed Bathing at Home - better known as 'Gerard's toe is stuck in the faucet'. I am currently writing a sequel which is just as pointless and fluffy as the original, if not more so. Whee!

sexiest story: Size Queen, probably.

"holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: Adam Lambert/Robert Pattinson foot fetish porn \o/

story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: I'm not sure that happened this year. Oh, maybe writing John Mayer into Apples are Not the Only Fruit. Now I want all of the John Mayer/Pete Wentz beffies fic in the world, which I didn't before.

hardest story to write: Oh my God, Heaven Help Us. I invented a bunch of pressure in my own head and gave myself performance anxiety. Ridiculous, I know.

biggest disappointment: As Mine See It. It's okay, it's just...formulaic and blah. It didn't come out like it was in my head. Ah, well.

biggest surprise: Anything involving Adam Lambert. Actually the stupid ficlets aren't so much of a surprise but the fruit fic was more of one. Apparently I did have a long story to tell from...Kris Allen's POV. Okay!

most telling story: Ahaha. Either...the Kradam ficlets, which shows you how much I love a good bit of forbidden love, or Turning Point, which tells you how all I want to write nowadays for OTP is established relationship fluff /o\

overall: Only two actual ~stories this year, mostly little ficlets and snippets and crackfics and things. It would have been three if Adam and Drake hadn't broken up and Jossed the one I was writing at the time, sigh.

I did a lot more betaing and cheerleading this year though, which I really enjoyed, and I had two fandoms to think about instead of just one, which is new for me because I've been monofannish for years.

Now I am going to add an extra question onto this because I can:

ambitions for next year: I'd like to write a Bradam story in Idol fandom, but other than that I don't really have any. Maybe try to co-write something without being a total failure at it. Continue to keep the No More Plot resolution I made after Unholyverse was finished. Get better at answering comments /o\. I've really enjoyed the mini-renaissance MCR fic seems to have enjoyed - on my flist anyway - recently, and I look forward to it livening up even more (I hope!) with the release of the new album :D And seeing what Adam Does Next, of course. ♥!

At some point I will probably have multiple Yuletide recs, but for now, I am too beside myself to do anything but say oh my god read this fic right now.

i would cut off my right arm right now if it meant that i could write like the author of this fic. just. amazing. i am so blown away by the voice and the craft and the style. just. completely fucking blown away.

my review: oh my god. i don't even have words for this. You're an incredible writer, and when reveals go up I'm going to read everything you've ever written.

thank you so much for this. i've read so many "progressive" fairy tale reworkings throughout yuletide, but this is the best of them all. the luggage under her eyes. woke up to the smell of delicious. breathed like a marathon. the highwayman. he's only human. she came with him.

you are so fantastic. please rewrite all fairy tales ever. please. i just. i can't tell you how necessary it feels that you keep writing and putting your voice into the world, because i want everyone, forever, to hear it, and to feel the way I do about this story, right now.

PLEASE DROP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ THIS FIC AND TELL THE AUTHOR S/HE IS AMAZING.

Actually wrote something today, which puts my current word count for this thing at 6250 words with no end in sight, but I feel this is going to be one of those times where maybe 30% of the original draft makes it anywhere near the actual internet, since I'm mostly just writing stuff that seems like a good idea at the time, and most of it is me rehashing things that actually happened in the comics. (Although on the other had, hey, why not? It's not like anyone's actually read them!) My point here is that I am really bad at writing things that don't suck.

Up to 36.5% completion on Lego Star Wars. I'm kind of tempted to play more tonight, but my left wrist hurts a little bit. Bleh.

Some dude on OKCupid wants me to join his gaming group. I'm so completely tempted, to be honest. (I'm mostly just interested in being this guy's friend, but who knows? LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM OKCUPID: I have way more of a type than I thought I did. Also, I think I may have been Bruce Wayne in a former life.)

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Oh, B.Urie

Questions:

1. What room of the house is this in?
   
   
2. How did he manage to take the picture/who took it for him?
   
   
3. No glasses will ever top the red glasses, y/n?
   
   
4. LOL, his face.

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Tonight we built a fire( , )

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I think I figured out what I want to do for that one story that I didn't know what to do with. If Spencer hooking up with another dude leads to sex that involves kink, clearly that will be completely different than everything I've ever written. Especially if it's Spencer who kind of bottoms! BAM. mrsquizzical said something about what she thought submissive!Spencer would be like, and I've been thinking about it ever since.

But then when I sat down to write it, accidentally my fingers typed a bit of a scene with Brendon as the submissive one.

So, anyway, that is in a separate doc, and I think I've got this whole situation under control.

(Legit, though, the way I see it working with Spencer bottoming is with a kind of switchy dynamic, and that's not even because I'm being stubborn . I was thinking about hedonistic!Spencer before this and also Spencer The Cheerful Bisexual (they are kind of the same person, but theoretically started as different stories. That I never wrote.) and... do you see? It makes sense in my head! Spencer bottoming in a hedonistic, cheerful way.)

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So we saw Sherlock Holmes yesterday! And in a word it is DELIGHTFUL.

Then Erinna was like, 'make me some icons!'. So I have. :D

( LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEVERYONE )

Guys, I have gotten so many presents I don't know what to do with myself. ♥

I have to start with one that I haven't had a chance to share before, amidst all my Yuletide insanity: these fabulous fabulous movie posters katekat1010 did for House of the Living and City of a Thousand Wonders:


(click for full & for the House of the Living pic too)

Besides this, I totally MADE OUT LIKE A BANDIT in yuletide \o/ and I have endless endless squee for all my fabulous stories YAY:

They Come In Threes, an AI RPF/Merlin xover with hapless-wish-granting!Merlin inflicted upon an unsuspecting Adam, with resulting hijinx and also awesome awesome Kris-from-the-future. ♥

Not Gonna Write You A Love Song, Adam/Dustin Lance Black (the fabulous screenwriter of Milk who gave that lovely speech at the Oscars and then had photos come out of himself barebacking with an ex-bf). This is seriously just a gorgeous happy-making romance story, even if you don't know who either of them are. (Granted, I don't know how you could be reading my lj and avoid knowing who Adam is at this point, I'm just saying!)

Black Belt -- Adam grows a tail! He has to -- okay, no, I am not saying anything more because I would spoil it. It is hilarious and also now I want a pic of Adam with a tail. <3

Just A Kiss -- an awesome Lambliff treat, all unlooked-for, because alas, Tommy was not yet on the radar when Yuletide signups occurred!

and last but not least:

Real Vampires Don't Sparkle, an awesome kitchen-sink-vampires treat where Alexander Lucard offers his opinions on an assortment of vampires from Twilight, Moonlight, The Vampire Diaries, and Vampire!Adam Lambert (hahaha I love this bit especially).

♥ ♥ ♥

And I have ALSO gotten SUCH AMAZING KRADAM CHIBI ART OMG from dun but she has not posted it in public yet so I am just telling you this to TAUNT YOU until she does, I have seen it and you haven't, but haunt her lj and wait for it because omg LOVE.

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This is really supposed to be a pared-down list of recs, I swear! After reveals, I'm going to go back in and add the author names to this post, too. Ahhh so much great fic.

( A ridic number of recs in 36 fandoms )

The short version: Read The Cable and Deadpool Yuletide Special, Encounter Specialists, a little bit of something, Fevers and Mirrors, Cookies and MILF and There's No I in Team.

SOMEBODY POST HOT PICTURES OF JOEL MCHALE IN THE COMMENTS STAT. IT'S A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

okay, so i am really in the mood for a meme where we share confessions about 2009, and our fandoms, and our hopes and dreams, and the world, and each other.

so that's what this is. you can comment anonymously or as yourself.

it's just been sort of a... really rough year for me? i think i would like the catharsis of an open space where we talk about ourselves and what's going on with each of us. i need that right now.

trolling and wank will be deleted ruthlessly at my discretion (and if it gets flooded with meme trolls, i'll just screen all comments automatically until i feel like i can deal with wading through the insults).

Also, i want tl__dr to comment on this post, so i'm stealing a meme from her: If you had me alone, locked up in your house for twenty-four hours and I had to do whatever you wanted me to, what would you have me do?

Not to like, bribe y'all or anything (except for how I totally am), but the last of the undermistletoe stories just got posted for Mystery Weekend - people should go in and guess who wrote what and try to win the STUNNINGLY* AWESOME** prize package that I will send youuuuu.

It's ANYBODY'S GAME RIGHT NOW, so go check out the how to play post, read the stories, and guess who wrote some stories, yo.

* Sadly, Matthew Bomer is not included in this prize package, in any way, shape or form.

**Your definition of stunningly awesome may differ from mine.

And of course, check out the rest of the work posted on the community while you're at it. *g* \o/

More people ought to guess who wrote the Mystery Weekend stories! *g* PRIZE PACKAGE ON OFFER. You're all quiet since this year I didn't even give the dim, dim hope of that cruise with Jensen Ackles and Rosenbaum as part of the prize package this year, aren't you. *grins*

Here's your handy master list of 2009 stories and artwork - make sure you get your guesses in on the Mystery Weekend stories soon!

Your mystery weekend how-to!

2009 undermistletoe Master List

Day 1: Exercise in Fertility by starrdust411 | Fandom: Heroes | Prompt - Assignment: Baby! | Summary: Making a baby is harder than it seems.

Day 2: Burke's Favorite Mission, artwork by brille | Fandom: White Collar | Prompt - His Princess In The Making | Summary: Uh, see prompt?

Day 2: Fate Takes A Hand by joanne_c | Fandom: Star Trek RPF | Prompt: From Waif to Gentleman's Wife (or Husband) | Summary: Bruce picks up a waif one night and it changes his life completely.

Day 3: Bodyguard Under the Mistletoe by celli | Fandom: American Idol RPF | Prompt - Bodyguard Under the Mistletoe | Summary: "I'm not here for Christmas, okay? I'm not doing Christmas. I'm not interested in Christmas, and I promise you Christmas isn't interested in me."

Day 4: Attendance Mandatory by everagaby | Fandom: Supernatural | Prompt - Invitation to the Boss's Ball | Summary: Congratulations! You've saved the world and all you get is this lousy banquet.

Day 4: Beau of the Ball by velocitygrass | Fandom: Stargate Atlantis | Prompt: Bachelor CEO and Invitation to the Boss's Ball | Summary: Sheppard wanted them to go into the ballroom together, with Rodney as his companion for the evening, a spot normally reserved for high society ladies who combined beauty, grace and intelligence, not to mention one honest-to-god European princess three years ago. This couldn't be happening to him.

Day 5: His Runaway, artwork by lenkti | Fandom: Stargate Atlantis | Prompt: His Runaway Maiden

Day 5: Lese majeste by ancarett | Fandom: Smallville | Prompt: A Bride for His Majesty's Pleasure | Summary: A slightly warped and crack-tastic take on where S9 and a Harlequin title might take matters. Involves some massive destruction of buildings.

Day 6: The Innocent's Dark Seduction by goddess47 | Fandom: Stargate Atlantis | Prompt: The Innocent's Dark Seduction | Summary: "Pregnant? Yes," Rodney snarled. "Now that Dave's devious plan has worked, you know about it. Yes, it's yours. No, you don't have to have anything to do with it... her......"

Day 7: Out of Mind by valderys | Fandom: Merlin/Dollhouse | Prompt: Changing Channels | Summary: The year is 2019, and Merlin has let things slip a bit; he can't find Arthur reborn, or anyone else. But in his despair will he notice there's a dangerous new phenomenon stalking the streets before it's too late?

Day 8: Once and Future, artwork by beeej | Fandom: Merlin/Highlander | Prompt: Changing Channels

Day 9: Ooooops, artwork by xenakis_ | Fandom: Merlin/I'm not telling! | Prompt: Changing Channels

Day 9: The Puppy!Andy Story by pocketmouse | Fandom: Torchwood | Prompt: Changing Channels | Summary: In which Andy gets turned into a Puppy. And Owen is forced to look after him.

Day 10: International Treasure, artwork by saldemonium | Fandom: Stargate Atlantis | Prompt: Disney

Day 11: Easily Persuaded by tarlanx | Fandom: Stargate Atlantis | Prompt: Austentatious Days (Persuasion) | Summary: To involve yourself with a man who had nothing but himself to recommend him! Spirit and brilliance, to be sure, but no fortune, and no connections! It was entirely prudent of you to reject him. Yet, fifteen years later, John wishes he had followed his heart rather than Lady Weir's sage advice.

MYSTERY WEEKEND (still open for GUESSING!)

Day 12: What will be, will be by ?? | Fandom: Highlander | Summary: Duncan has called them both beloved

Day 13: Maps Are for Girls by ?? | Fandom: Merlin RPS | Summary: After their journey through Wales with a film crew, Bradley and Colin decide to take a road trip on their own. Their direction finding skills haven't improved, though.

Day 14: Circe's gift by ?? | Fandom: Smallville/Justice League | Summary: An encounter with the goddess Circe has a transforming effect on Superman....will Lex take advantage of the situation?

Day 14: One Night On Risa by ?? | Fandom: Star Trek XI | Summary: Leonard McCoy's father is getting married. Too bad his stepmother's kids are crazy. And hot. That last part could be a problem.

Day 14: Pavlov's Curse by ?? | Fandom: NCIS | Summary: Abby turned her big, miserable eyes up to his. "I think I broke Gibbs."

(Mystery Weekend Rules)

Title: Pavlov's Curse

Author: ??
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Word count: 4,292
Rating: PG

Summary: Abby turned her big, miserable eyes up to his. "I think I broke Gibbs."

( Pavlov's Curse )

Poll #1504541 Mystery Weekend
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

Who is today's mystery author?

Just a reminder: tomorrow is the last day to sign up for The 8th Annual 'A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words' Challenge: Year Number Ate, so, you know... if that's your kind of thing. I hope to get the pictures out by New Year's Day, but I suppose that depends how New Year's Eve goes. ;D


In holiday-related news:

• On Christmas Day, my parents and I watched the Criminal Minds marathon. So, yes... fine, I surrender, whatever. HELLO NEW FANDOM. I made celli guess my favorite character, and she was WRONG. :D Also, damn you, Netflix, for not having it on Instant Watch. >:(



• I watched Doctor Who. I... I have yet to recover. AHAHAWHUUUUUUUT?!



• celli got me watch for Christmas. It was made in China, and I joked that she was trying to kill me. Her response?
  
  "... don't lick it."
  
  I lol'd, true story.

(Mystery Weekend Rules)

Author: ??
Title: One Night On Risa
Fandom: STXI
Pairing: girl!Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 6435
Disclaimer: Chris Pine is in possession of all his boyparts, does not look like a hot blonde woman, and neither does James T. Kirk on whom I have no claim.
Summary: Leonard McCoy's father is getting married. Too bad his stepmother's kids are crazy. And hot. That last part could be a problem.
Author's note: Thanks so much to the last minute readthroughs. However, the names of the betas have been withheld to protect the innocent. Any and all remaining errors are largely because I just can't stop picking (I know, I know, it'll never heal, but what can you do?) and, thus, don't blame them should we ever actually provide their names.

( One Night On Risa )

Poll #1504537 Mystery Weekend
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

Who is today's mystery author?

(Mystery Weekend Rules)

Title: Circe's gift
Author: ???
Fandom: Smallville, Justice League
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Not Mine!
Word Count: 5,587
Summary: An encounter with the goddess Circe has a transforming effect on Superman....will Lex take advantage of the situation?

( Circe's gift )

Poll #1504534 Mystery Weekend
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

Who is today's mystery author?

I've been podbanged! (Wow, that sounds so wrong...) But the intrepid lian_li and fleurrochard workingtogether as "fleur-de-li" have taken on my DS story Eight Sessions (you know, the crazy one with the psychiatrists and the bowling.) Apparently it was just as hard as you'd think it would be, but we all get the results of their hard work, so if you like podfic--go, download, and don't forget to thank those guys!

THE WEATHER IS SCARING ME. today was okay, we had a high of 40, which is a lot colder than i'm used to but manageable. tonight it is going to maybe snow and drop almost TWENTY DEGREES and the high will be TWENTY-THREE. guys i might die D:

So once again, I did Yuletide this year, and once again, it was a CRAZY last-minute extravaganza heavily featuring liviapenn's couch; let me tell you, I am all for an AO3 Yuletide, because the "Edit" feature saved my ass this year.

I received a lovely story--Sparks, from Karin Lowachee's Warchild series, featuring Sidney and Dorr, exactly how they'd act; I think this scene is now part of my personal canon for the series. Some delightful emotional h/c, too.

I wrote two stories, one for my recipient and one pinch-hit, and if anyone wants to guess which, they're welcome to! Let's see, some hints--

--one is for a very obscure fandom and one is for a less-obscure fandom

--one is short and one is long

--one is gen and one is slash

I'm always happy when I manage to write more than one Yuletide story (livia's scoffing at me right now, but hey, it's an accomplishment! really!) so I'm pretty pleased with this year. Can't wait for reveals!

In other news, HOLMES TONIGHT. PREPARING FOR AWESOME.

This only includes the things that I've already written some of, no matter how much or little, and not any of the fic ideas I haven't got around to actually writing down beyond a description.

( The WIP List of Doom )

I'm so annoyed with myself for posting JUST under my 100,000 word goal for the year (93,375 at current count), because it's not like I haven't got a shit load in my files that I could post if only it I finished it. Still, it's more than I've posted any previous year. I think my goal for 2010, writing-wise, has to be to finish at least some of the 25 things on The WIP List of Doom before I start anything new and different, as well as the more general goal of writing 100,000 words (again).

In the meantime, I have two questions:

1. I am really dithering over posting my Due South fic on AO3, except for the 2 stories I actually still like. My reasoning is that (a) they're all ficlets, (b) they're mostly quite bad, (c) they're all on the DS archive and (d) I feel kind of embarrassed by my earliest fannish writing. What is anyone else doing/what does anyone else think? ETA: I decided I would in the end, so they are all posted up.
2. If you were 6,625 words away from meeting your 2009 writing goal and you knew you could write upwards of 3000 words a day if you really wanted to, with 3 days left of 2009 would you try to get there (and if you did, what would you post?) or would you decide you'd done your best and move on? (I thought about doing a meme, but I can't think of a fun meme to get people to prompt me with.)

In 2009, I:

-Experienced my first entire year of not being a student (yay vacation days and real health insurance!)
-Went to see my first real opera (Tristan und Isolde, with bookshop)
-Saw David Archuleta in concert
-Watched the Chicago river being dyed green for St. Patrick's
-Committed to public transit and gave my car to my mom
-Went to my first Vividcon, which was actually my first non-anime fannish convention, and it was fabulous
-Got in shape and lost 40 pounds
-Had a few of my Tokyo girls (cienna and reppu) come visit
-Went to Japan with my sister!
-Met kalpurna ♥♥♥

This year, I wrote for a truly weird mix of fandoms -- I'm having a hard time remembering when I wasn't all Wodehouse, all the time (or perhaps even, all Stephen Fry, all the time), but apparently that happened!

Truce, The Dresden Files, Marcone/Dresden
Pivot, American Idol RPS, Cook/Archuleta
Contingency, Batman, Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson
The Right Deductions, Batman (toonverse), Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson
Ties That Bind, Batman, Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson
Yorokobi, Japanese baseball RPS, Inaba/Morimoto
Exile, Star Trek: DS9, Garak/Bashir
Misplaced, Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves/Wooster
Taking Liberties, Jeeves & Wooster, Jeeves/Wooster