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Fic: At the Sign of the Falcon
Popping in briefly from the liminal space of the end/beginning of the year to say: Omg Yuletide was SO fun this year! (and also that it's odd that liminal isn't recognized by spellcheck. Get with it, spellcheck!)
I wrote a fic for my favorite book when I was 11 years old (and 12, and 13, and 14), Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. My recipient also had an intense childhood affection for the book, which made it a delight to write--truly my favorite thing about Yuletide is the way that you can end up delighting someone else who loves an obscure thing the way you do! It's what keeps me participating year after year!
My recipient seemed to love it and that is what makes me happiest about Yuletide.
Special thanks to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jo_lasalle for beta-ing, especially for making the ending much stronger than it would have been and for reminding me to keep things rooted in the physical space instead of living only in Sheftu's head. Several commenters mentioned that the details of the inn in particular worked for them, and there wasn't nearly as much of that until you pointed out how long I have him ~thinking~
Fic: At the Sign of the Falcon
Fandom: Mara: Daughter of the Nile - Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Characters/Pairing: Sheftu-centric, Sheftu/Mara
Rating: T
Wordcount: 4,238 words
Summary: After years of planning, the time drew near—he could taste it in the air, like an approaching storm. And now here he was, waiting for the signal to plunge into the darkness and commit the worst of sins, to stare death in the face in an attempt to keep his dream alive. Were his nerves fraying like an old rope past its usefulness? How else to explain the way this one, infuriating girl kept preying on his mind?
An evening at the Inn of the Falcon.
I wrote a fic for my favorite book when I was 11 years old (and 12, and 13, and 14), Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. My recipient also had an intense childhood affection for the book, which made it a delight to write--truly my favorite thing about Yuletide is the way that you can end up delighting someone else who loves an obscure thing the way you do! It's what keeps me participating year after year!
My recipient seemed to love it and that is what makes me happiest about Yuletide.
Special thanks to
jo_lasalle for beta-ing, especially for making the ending much stronger than it would have been and for reminding me to keep things rooted in the physical space instead of living only in Sheftu's head. Several commenters mentioned that the details of the inn in particular worked for them, and there wasn't nearly as much of that until you pointed out how long I have him ~thinking~Fic: At the Sign of the Falcon
Fandom: Mara: Daughter of the Nile - Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Characters/Pairing: Sheftu-centric, Sheftu/Mara
Rating: T
Wordcount: 4,238 words
Summary: After years of planning, the time drew near—he could taste it in the air, like an approaching storm. And now here he was, waiting for the signal to plunge into the darkness and commit the worst of sins, to stare death in the face in an attempt to keep his dream alive. Were his nerves fraying like an old rope past its usefulness? How else to explain the way this one, infuriating girl kept preying on his mind?
An evening at the Inn of the Falcon.