Yuletide Recs, Part III

Don't Need to Know Canon

Young Woman with Unicorn, a painting by Raphael.  

The Unbroken Wheel. 2200 words. This strange, bewitching story really does capture the atmosphere of the painting. 

Just Osmosis Knowledge is Fine

Malory Towers, by Enid Blyton. All you need to know is that Malory Towers is a girls' boarding school by the sea, and Bill (butch, brash) and Clarissa (femme, shy) are two horse-mad students who love each other and Bill's horse Thunder, and want to start a riding school together after they graduate. However, if you don't know canon, read these stories in the listed order; the second depends more on having an idea of the characters. 

Both these stories are best unspoiled though for different reasons, so I will just say that they are GREAT and involve elements of fantasy. 

Thunder. 1200 words. Bill/Clarissa. Thunder gallops through a fairy ring... or is it just happenstance and driftwood?

Where the Lovelight Gleams. 3800 words. Bill/Clarissa. Post-canon, Bill and Clarissa return to Malory Towers.

Should Know Canon

Terminator - Dark Fate

What We Make. Grace Harper/Dani Ramos. 1055 words. I can't believe this story is so short, given how satisfying and meaty it is. 

Devuelvete. 11,500 words. Grace Harper/Dani Ramos. A time-travel fix-it with plenty of action and pining. 

Ladyhawke 

A House for the Mouse. 900 words. Philippe comes home. A warm, sweet, cozy story, very much in the tone of the movie.

What have you enjoyed this Yuletide? How has your Yuletide experience been?