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What fics did you love this YT that

- have a m/m pairing (canonical or non-canonical)
- end on a somewhat hopeful or happy note

Extra bonus if the fic is in historical fandoms, action/crime/adventure fandoms, or sci-fi/fantasy fandoms.

Any medium is fine. Any rating is fine.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21834055
Guardian TV, M/M/M (including twins). SFF fandom, time loop, time tampering - the villain tries to rewrite the world and ends up inserting himself into his brother/his brother's boyfriend's relationship.

Far from comprehensive, since I've only just started going through some of my fandoms, but so far I've enjoyed:

A Solitary Death
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21826942
Bone Key, Booth/Ratcliffe, 7.6k. Casefic, very much in keeping with the tone of canon ... except for the part where it ends on an upbeat note with m/m potential strongly leaned into. (Historical + sff.)

Dépaysement
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21574309
Banlieue 13, Damien/Leïto, 4.9k. Lovely post-canon get-together fic, which leans on revisiting some canonical crossdressing for one character - big plus for me, may or may not be one for you! (Action/crime/adventure.)

Your Answers, Please
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21784564
Die Hard, John/Matt, 13k. Die Hard almost always gets something good at Yuletide, IME, and there are some shorter John/Matt fics this year too; but this one was my favorite! I'll never ever get tired of post-canon moving in together, recovery, and bedsharing. *______* (Action/crime/adventure.)

your smile's a frown turned upside down
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21720640
Great Wall, William/Tovar, 1.6k. You honestly probably don't even need to know canon to enjoy this, lightweight and delightful and bantery - but if you happen to like the idea of monsters from space attacking ancient China, and Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal helping to stop them, Great Wall may be your jam. Just FYI. (Historical + action/adventure + sff! TRIFECTA.)

lay me down and close my eyes
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21920392
Jeremiah (TV), Jeremiah/Markus, 3.4k. Tropey "casual" sex-as-stress-relief with hints of deeper feelings in the background, and some excellently in-character dialogue, too. (Sff + action/adventure-ish, depending on the episode.)

A Favour for a Friend
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21409522
The Mummy series, Ardeth/Jonathan, 4.6k. There's another Ardeth/Jonathan fic that's solid, but I found this one a bit more fun. :D Delightful Jonathan POV, A++ Mummy shenanigans, and Ardeth to the rescue. (Historical + action/adventure + sff! TRIFECTA AGAIN.)

And I haven't gotten to them yet, but there's m/m I expect to end happily in Shazam! (action/adventure + sff, at least if you count superheroes as sff) and Yank at Oxford (historical, at least sort of, since the movie's from 1938).

DC

Thank you, coalie! I've only read a few of your recs so far, but I thought I'd come back and wholeheartedly second the ones I've enjoyed: The Mummy fic is really well plotted and lots of fun (those scenery descriptions are lovely). And the Great Wall fic is very funny and very warm.

And now I'm going to try some of the others, you have good taste!

CYRT

You're so welcome - glad you enjoyed some of them, coalie, and I can only hope you still think I have good taste once you've looked at the others. ;D

There is quality m/m with happy endings or a promise of thereof in The Bone Key, Doom Patrol, Prax/Amos in The Expanse, Ethan/Victor in Penny Dreadful, The Sting, Y Tu Mamá También.

I'm still reading tonight and I might be back with more :)

Historical canons, M/M:

Magnificent Seven:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21840757

Limehouse Golem:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21926656

Tolkien (The movie):
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletidemadness2019/works/21847381

A Yank at Oxford:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/works/21849874

Ahh, you folks are amazing, thanks so much! *runs off to read*

Night at the Museum

Finishing (Touches) https://archiveofourown.org/works/21797242

Ain't No Prince Charming https://archiveofourown.org/works/21930370

Scenes From A Relationship: Hand in Hand
Fandom: Independence Day
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21811156

The Binding by Bridget Collins is a fantasy setting with roughly 19th-century technology levels and a canon m/m ship - all three fics written for it are about the pairing, though if you're looking to pick up the canon, be aware that the first part of the book is a mystery that's thoroughly spoiled by all of these fics, two out of three of which are post-canon.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2019/tags/The%20Binding%20-%20Bridget%20Collins/works

The Witcher (games/books canon), M/M getting together that ends on a hopeful note, fantasy/action:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21806119

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