Yuletide Stories

[andraste]

Now that the grand unveiling has arrived, I can reveal that I wrote two Yuletide treats this year! (This makes up for not getting myself organised enough last year.) Both in fandoms I've not written in before, although I have made a Hitman vid.

Diamonds Aren't Forever (2351 words) by Andraste
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Music Video)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Gold Nose Villain/Secret Agent (Genghis Khan - Miike Snow), Gold Nose Villain & Wife (Genghis Khan - Miike Snow)

Summary: It was just barely possible that he'd made a miscalculation somewhere. That was probably how he'd ended up strapped to a nuclear bomb by his ex-wife, right next to his new boyfriend.

Take Your Assassin To IHOP Day (4603 words) by Andraste
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hitman (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Agent 47 & Diana Burnwood
Characters: Agent 47 (Hitman), Diana Burnwood
Additional Tags: Accidental Drug Use, Canon-Typical Violence, Also Canon-Typical Diana Drugging 47 Without Permission, Yuletide Treat, Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Het, if there is such a thing

Summary: They've done just enough jobs together for Diana to get complacent the first time something goes spectacularly wrong.

Comments

[dianafortyseven]

I would NEVER have expected that you haven't written for Hitman before! You not only hit the exact perfect character voice, but you also ticked all the boxes for me. You even included pancakes!

Thank you again for this amazing treat (I know I still owe you the long comment on it, I won't forget!)

[andraste]

I should really be thanking you for giving me the push to actually finish something in this fandom. 47 and Diana are both such vivid characters and I love them so much, it was a pleasure to write their banter.

Thank you for both your lovely comments! I swear I will reply to them Soom(tm). (Having so much nice feedback I am currently slightly buried under it is a very good problem to have.)

[lizvogel]

I couldn't resist a title like "Take Your Assassin To IHOP Day", even though I don't know the fandom at all. I really enjoyed it! Lovely snark, and really good exploration of the way the two characters depend on and trust each other even though they apparently really shouldn't. ;-)

[andraste]

The title was initially a placeholder, but eventually I realised that I was never going to come up with a better one because in more than two decades I'm not sure I've ever come up with a better title than that.

As for these two trusting each other - let's just say there's a reason I had to come up with the tag 'canon-typical Diana drugging 47 without permission.' (It's not her fault it's the only way to keep him alive on more than one occasion!)

[lizvogel]

*grin* For sufficiently flexible definitions of "trust", of course.