A Dirty (Baker's) Dozen: My Favorite H/D Holidays Fics

These were my ten eleven twelve, argh THIRTEEN favorites of the hd_holidays fest. I read (or started to read, anyway) every fic posted this year. There were several that were just not my cuppa, so I hit the back button -- y'all know how it goes. They weren't written for me, of course, and I'm sure their recipients loved them. :-)

But man, the vast majority of what I read was so, so amazing, and I enjoyed every minute of it! I haven't gone on a fanfic binge like that in a long time. It made me fall in love with my OTP all over again. \0/

So here are my favorites of the fest, in the order they were posted. All hit my favorite fic buttons in one way or another, through amazing plot, fantastic characterization, incredibly engaging storytelling, fantastically hot sex, and so on. If you haven't read these already and suspect that you and I share the same taste in H/D fic, you will love them!

1. I Await a Protector by megyal

2. Packing the Flat by marguerite_26

3. Excuses, Excuses by leela_cat

4. The Waters Know Their Own by musamihi

5. Love Is... by melusinahp

6. The Page Eleven Wars by fireflavored

7. Burns Out Another's Burning by lomonaaeren

8. The Unexpected Windfall by mindabbles

9. Harry Potter and the Case of the Befeathered Ninja by grey_hunter

10. When Hippogriffs and Pygmy Puffs Collide by oldenuf2nb

11. Conquering the Dark by noeon

12. On the Couch by frayach

13. The Decoy Dilemma by dysonrules

Edit: 14. As Souls From Bodies Steal by femmequixotic

And obviously, the one I wrote isn't on this list, though I completely adore it and am very proud of it. ;-) Any guesses as to which was mine? No one has yet guessed it on the poll...

I wrote Five Times Draco Malfoy Got Sacked (And One Time He Didn't). :-)

Hmmm...

Should I feel guilty that while so many on my flist are resolving to read n great books this next year and blog about them, my resolution was to read and write more porny fanfic?

Yeah, I didn't think so either. :-P