fic: the seventh dancing princess (fairy tales)

this is so totally self-indulgent, but I saw that aradiachiba had requested fairy tale retellings for yuletide last year, and I love The Twelve Dancing Princesses, so... I kind of couldn't help myself. I hope she likes it! (everybody who writes fic, go over to the Yuletide site and write New Year's Resolution fic before it closes for this year's sign-ups!)

title: The Seventh Dancing Princess
author: meretricula
recipient: aradiachiba
fandom: Fairy Tales (trad)
rating: G
word count: 2700
summary: Prima was, in her own way, rather pleased by the curse. All well and good for her, Septima thought crossly when she heard their father's proclamation regarding the reward for uncursing his daughters; whatever man managed to figure it out would clearly choose either the eldest or the youngest, and as the youngest was twelve, unless he was a disgusting pedophile he would choose the eldest. Meanwhile, Septima would never see sixteen again, and her chances of finding a husband who even recognized her as an individual rather than one-twelfth of one, let alone liked her, were even smaller now that she was one-twelfth of a cursed conglomerate.

The Seventh Dancing Princess

yuletide yay!

friends! Romans! countrywomen! you're signing up for yuletide, right? because you totally should. it's the most awesome seasonal fic-exchange imaginable, and it's great for those obscure book-fandoms where you want fic but nobody ever seems to be writing it.

I've been contemplating what I want to ask for, and I think I have it narrowed down to four requests. I'm not sure, though, because... well, you'll see.

Naomi Novik - Temeraire series
William Laurence/John Granby/Tharkay
slash would be awesome! any combination of the above would make me so unspeakably happy. (Granby is my favorite character, which is not to say that I don't love Tharkay/Laurence - I do! - but just that I would like Granby to make an appearance even if he isn't in the main pairing or trio.) if you don't want to go the slash route, wacky shenanigans, perhaps involving the dragons, would also delight me. all I ask is that they get a happy or at least hopeful ending. (no Jane-bashing, please. I love Jane.)

RPF - Classical history and literature
Virgil/Horace
this is my absurd academic OTP. I love them to distraction, and I believe with all the tin-hatted fervor at my disposal that they were totally in love. so pretty much anything about the two of them together will make me happy. (they don't have to be romantically in love if you're not comfortable with that; platonic mutual admiration and BFF-ness will do me fine.) poetical one-upmanship! road-trips with Maecenas! anxieties about the political situation! crazed AUs! late-night poetry readings! again, wacky shenanigans and happy endings are the way to my heart.

RPF - tennis
Rafael Nadal/Novak Djokovic
anything about them being total dorks in love is a-ok by me. I love their posses, too, so side-characters (including Novak's coterie of lady-friends) are very welcome. play-station dates! watching football together! Novak's amusement at Rafa's terminal fashion FAIL! I like them best when they're being the twelve-year-olds they totally are inside, and tease each other relentlessly. (oh, and I also adore their girlfriends: if you're not seeing the slash, I am all for them as friends who double-date.)

RPF - tennis
Rafael Nadal/Feliciano Lopez
one of the things I find most fascinating about Rafa is how he relates to the rest of the Spanish tennis players: he's so the spoiled baby of the family. they raised him right, though, and now he's such a good boy. I think his friendship with Feli is just darling; they really adore each other. I'd love anything about the two of them (and any other members of the Spanish Armada you see fit to include). if you would like a few potential starting points: ever-fabulous Feli mentoring young Rafa in fashion (or sex, or alcohol, or anything, really); Rafa being proud of Feli for helping bring home the Davis Cup in 2008; anything from when they were sharing a house at Wimbledon (subtlety: you're doing it wrong); anything from a Davis Cup tie they won together; or anything else that strikes your fancy! I love slash (as you may have noticed) and I'd be happy with porn, but I'd also be so so so happy with friendship fic. I love them so much!

so I'm not sure if it's fair to request two prompts in the same tiny fandom, but I want them! idk...