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It's been a bit of a funny Christmas Day, as I am still recovering from a bad cold (I am recovering! but only so much yet, and I have a very annoying cough). But I was still very excited about Yuletide reveals, and the three (!) gifts I've got have definitely cheered me up. :)

This one is a beautiful little Ewen/Keith post-canon fic, at once cosy and eerily supernatural, with some lovely warm relationship development:

Other Such Mysteries (1452 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fix-It, (very vague on the specifics), Banter, Supernatural Elements, the heron - Freeform
Summary:

A late-night conversation after Keith and Ewen reunite at Ardroy leads to something otherworldly.

And two Jill fics—this tiny fandom is certainly doing well, and there's one more fic in the collection besides my gifts! This is a canon divergence where Kitty doesn't find out about Jill's deception and Jill remains as her maid throughout her return to England and her marriage—providing lots of opportunity for pining and heartwarming yet bittersweet mistress/maid relationship development:

To Stay in Service (4219 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jill - E. A. Dillwyn
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gilbertina Trecastle/Kitty Mervyn
Characters: Gilbertina Trecastle, Kitty Mervyn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, 19th Century, Identity Reveal, Don't Have to Know Canon
Summary:

As Kitty's time in Paris and on the Continent drew to an end, I wondered whether it would also mean the end of her time with me. I was a travelling maid, after all, and my skills were peculiarly suited to that end; perhaps she would prefer to find another lady's maid when she returned, with greater skills in dressmaking and fashion?

I finally had my answer to this question the night before our departure for London.

And this is an absolutely gorgeous hurt/comfort fic in which Kitty's illness provides an opportunity for her and Jill to grow closer—with lots of anguished pining and devoted nursing along the way:

An Affair of the Heart (3283 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jill - E. A. Dillwyn
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gilbertina "Jill" Trecastle/Kitty Mervyn
Characters: Gilbertina "Jill" Trecastle, Kitty Mervyn, Mrs Rollin (Jill - Dillwyn)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Vulnerability, Emotionally Repressed, Angst with a Happy Ending, Victorian, Period Typical Attitudes, Pastiche, Yuletide Treat, Queering The Tide
Summary:

Kitty falls ill in Paris following the announcement of Captain Norroy's engagement. Jill, playing the part of her nurse, finds herself giving way to the sentimental impulses she has tried for so long to resist.

I am fairly sure I know who wrote two of these fics, and could have a guess at the third—we'll see how accurate my predictions have been once authors are revealed, but in the meantime, thank you very much to any of the authors who may be reading this, these stories are all lovely gifts and have really brightened my Christmas Day <3