"I'm a leaf on the wind...

I wrote two fics for a small gift exchange I did with friends and they've been de-anon'd today so here we go:

My very first foray into writing in Merlin fandom: (also my first time writing a fic with a goose in it....I was not planning on writing about geese but I guess that's the nature of geese - they just come in and cause chaos lol)

A goose, an elk, and a knight (3556 words) by anecdotalist
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gwaine/Merlin (Merlin), Gwaine & Merlin (Merlin)
Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Animal Transformation, Pre-Slash
Summary: Merlin wakes up to a goose on his bed and, well, his day just gets better from there.



Smile, breathe, and go slowly (5823 words) by anecdotalist
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Xiāo Jǐngyǎn/Xiāo Jǐngruì, Xiāo Jǐngruì & Xiāo Jǐngyǎn, Lín Shū | Méi Chángsū | Sū Zhé & Xiāo Jǐngyǎn, Lín Shū | Méi Chángsū | Sū Zhé & Xiāo Jǐngruì
Characters: Xiāo Jǐngruì, Xiāo Jǐngyǎn
Additional Tags: hints of past Lín Shū | Méi Chángsū | Sū Zhé/Xiāo Jǐngyǎn, Canonical Character Death, Canon Compliant, set before the final montage in episode 54
Summary:

Two people finding solace in each other and moving on together, after everything.

I'm counting the second one for trope_bingo as well (which, quick update - I did not manage to get a bingo but I will be continuing to work on for this next round which luckily is a general amnesty round).