Every year the Yuletide fanfic exchange delivers a bounty of fun and goodness, and enables me to refuel my participation in fandom. (Last night at the Hacker School holiday potluck (I brought beet juice), I ended up having at least one earnest conversation about fan fiction and other transformative artwork.) I myself have, as they say, committed fanfic a few times, but right now I'm much more a reader and cheerleader than a fiction-writer. So let the recommending commence!

In the subverting childhood mass-media memories category:

The Mystery of the Third Storey (3506 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Eyre/Diana Rivers
Characters: Diana Rivers, Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Bertha Mason
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Detectives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Diana Rivers is a promising young detective in the sleepy village of Morton. One day a letter arrives from Jamaica, which leads her to journey across the country to Thornfield Hall, where a strange mystery awaits her.

The Birds of the Sky and the Beasts of the Field (1865 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sound of Music - Rodgers/Hammerstein/Lindsay & Crouse
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Baroness Elsa von Schraeder/Maria (Sound of Music)
Characters: Maria (Sound of Music), Elsa Schraeder
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Yuletide Treat, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:

Maria leaves the convent, but not to be a governess to seven children. There's someone else who needs her.

The Affair of the Filched Fic (1958 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mathnet
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kate Monday, George Frankly, Graciela Hernandez (OFC), Nina Hernandez (OFC)
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Characters Writing Fanfiction, Case Fic
Summary:

A Yuletide fic goes missing. Set in a glorious AU where Yuletide exists but everyone still has 80s hair.

In the mpreg is hot category:

So Goddamn Beautiful (4693 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Saga (Comics)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Alana/Marko (Saga)
Characters: Alana (Saga), Marko (Saga)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Mpreg, Non-Chronological
Summary:

Or, Twelve Things That Alana Didn't Expect When Marko Was Expecting

Snapshots from an AU where it's Marko who got pregnant instead of Alana.

In the awwwww gruff curmudgeons opening up category:

Training Styles (1268 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Keladry of Mindelan, Wyldon of Cavall, Nealan of Queenscove
Additional Tags: Post-Series, New Hope, Training, Banter, Mentor/Protégé, Yuletide, Yuletide 2014
Summary:

Kel has an unexpected visitor.

Mind Over Matter (1108 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicholas Angel/Danny Butterman
Characters: Nicholas Angel, Danny Butterman
Additional Tags: Fluff, Pre-Slash, Missing Scene
Summary:

Mainly, Nicholas just wanted Danny to come out of the coma.

In the someone in this universe gets to be happy?! category:

Unsteady Ground (10108 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Thick of It (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker
Characters: Nicola Murray, Malcolm Tucker, Terri Coverley, Glenn Cullen
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Season/Series 03, Infidelity
Summary:

Malcolm stops the second he's through the door, stares right at her before demanding, "Am I going to enjoy hearing your explanation for how you've lost your fucking mind?"

"Yes," Nicola says, the bitterness rising in her throat, ignoring Terri standing right behind Malcolm, able to hear every word. "Because clearly that's what happened, I decided to end a twenty year marriage to the father of my kids on a whim. Got me all figured out, haven't you." She wants, so badly, for her voice to stay hard and dismissive, but despite Nicola's best efforts, a wobble slips through right at the very end.

(AU, set during Series 3.)

In the pastiches so spot-on they feel like missing scenes from the original category:

Odds Against (2568 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Robot Series - Isaac Asimov
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Susan Calvin, Alfred Lanning
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Robots
Summary:

A steel factory robot starts predicting the results of horse races, with perfect accuracy. With Alfred Lanning flapping wildly, Susan Calvin investigates.

floraphilia (1343 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nicholas Angel/Danny Butterman
Summary:

Nicholas grieves. Danny helps. (Kind of. Not really, but it's the thought that counts, right?)

And finally, because it's Yuletide, in the only this character could give this other character this specific gift category:

Soft Offering (1034 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mercy of Kalr, Justice of Toren One Esk Nineteen | Breq
Summary:

A gift from one ship to another.