I only take advice from 80s songs.

I am sort of torn about today's entry in the calendar. On the one hand, it is pretty hilarious that this exists. On the other hand, it is so bad. So, so bad. I'm really sorry, you guys.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta -- Baby It's Cold Outside
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta -- Auld Lang Syne/Christmas Time Is Here

I really hate Baby It's Cold Outside, no matter who's singing it, but in this one at least the roles are reversed? Olivia Newton-John will be singing the part of the date rapist for your listening pleasure. You can hear how much fun they're having together, and how ridiculous they both find the entire experience, so it's sort of sweet. But I can't listen to it anymore, because I seriously hate that song.

Unrelated to the above, I wrote a holiday-type fic thing for the puckurt Chrismukkah exchange on tumblr. It's posted on my AO3 now, if you're into that sort of thing.

While You're Busy Making Other Plans, Puck/Kurt, PG, ~1000 words. Warnings: Kidfic and schmooop.

I am working today and tomorrow, and then I'm off until New Year's Eve. (I can't believe the library's open on New Year's Eve, but whatever.) I hope to get lots of writing done at work, because I still have a pinch hit and a treat to finish for Yuletide, and there are plenty of fandom stockings to fill. Have a great weekend, everyone! I hope you're all done with your shopping so you can stay in and enjoy the anticipation. And the cookies. Also I hope there are cookies.

Title: Longer Ways to Go
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s)/Characters: Kurt/Puck, Will/Finn
Rating: PG13
Summary: All good things must come to an end. ~3800 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: I...haven't written in this universe for awhile. Feels a little rusty. AO3 link.

( It turns out Hudson’s a total slut. )

Title: the people I saw (were the people I know)
Fandom: Glee
Pairing/Characters: Finn/Will, Kurt/Puck
Rating: PG
Summary: Sarah's sitting across the table from her Spanish teacher. ~2280 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: With thanks to Cat Stevens for the title. You know how I feel about titles.

( Sarah's sitting across the table from her Spanish teacher. )

Title: the river's running course
Fandom: Glee
Pairing/Characters: Puck/Kurt, Burt, Carole, Finn
Rating: PG
Summary: Of course his father gives Carole a digital camera for Christmas. ~5700 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: I made cinderlily look this over and she assured me it wasn't too cheesy. (I don't know if I believe her, but I'm going with it.) Liz, I know I said I was going to add more, but then I thought of a better way to go, so I ended it at the part you've read. Just in case you think either of us has lost our minds or anything. Thanks for the reassurance. ♥

( Christmas morning at the Hudson-Hummel compound. )

Title: stars in the sky
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s): Kurt/Puck
Rating: NC17
Summary: There's an art to being an awesome fiance. Good thing Puck has skills. ~2800 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: Is there such a thing as 'intercalary chapters' in fic series? If so, this is kind of that.

Title: At Regular Intervals
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s)/Characters: Kurt/Puck, Carole
Rating: PG
Summary: Puck knows this much about Christmas: If you're still awake when Santa shows up, you can kiss your presents goodbye. ~2700 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: This installment is mostly avoidance behavior, but you should have learned by now that that's just how I roll. cinderlily assures me that it works as a stand-alone, so here we are. Thanks for the read-through, Liz. ♥

Title: Open Doors
Fandom: Glee
Pairing(s): Kurt/Puck
Rating: PG
Summary: Puck has a promise to keep to his sister, and a Facebook status to update. ~3300 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: The next several parts of this series are mostly little scenes that are kind of meandering and quiet, but I think necessary. I hope so, anyway. I'm just trying not to delve into silliness. And I'd like to get to the end of the world's longest two week vacation at some point as well.

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S. I wish you all a low-key, drama-free day spent with good food and people who don't drive you crazy, and plenty of time to reflect on the things you cherish most about your life. Or plenty of time to read porn and eat pie. Whichever!

I will be spending most of my day hanging around at home, maybe running the vacuum and cleaning up a little, then I will go to my sister's house for cooking and eating and all-important brat face time and then probably a movie and some wine. That's about as low-key as it gets.

For those of you who aren't spending the day celebrating gluttony and organized violence in the form of professional sports, and are therefore mostly slogging through a Thursday and wishing the internet weren't so damn quiet, I can offer you only this: roughly 6500 words of sort of awkward, disappointingly PG-rated Finn/Will fic. I've hit that part of the series that's kind of tricky and weird, and I hope I manage to pull it off okay.

Anyway, posting fic on Thanksgiving, that's kind of weak, but I actually posted this last night and this is just the announcement, so it doesn't count:

Title: Professional Jealousy
Pairing: Finn/Will
Rating: PG13
Summary: It’s weird, and there’s not really any way around that. It’s the waiting out the weird that’s tough. ~6500 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From

There's work drama to talk about, but I think I'll skip it for the time being. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Know that I am thankful to know you. ♥

Title: Like a Sunday Bell
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Will/Finn
Rating: NC17
Summary: Somewhere along the way Will became Finn's best friend, and if Finn can't tell him the dumb stuff that goes through his head, he can't say it to anybody. In which Finn talks and Will listens. 5180 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: I fail at Nano on pretty much every level. OH WELL. It's been a week; I don't feel that bad about it. I don't usually post fic on Sundays, but with this pairing it doesn't even matter. I don't care, I kind of love them anyway.

Finn forgets to check for a Fiddler On the Roof DVD until it's too late.

Title: Fuel For Fire
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Will/Finn
Rating: NC17
Summary: Finn's not sure about much in his life so far, but he's sure about this. 7126 words.
Series: Down Is Where We Came From
A/N: Today at work I: a) fed my coworkers cake, and b) wrote 7,000 words of porn. Both were equally satisfying.

( Finn wakes up with a sharp pain in his neck and a vivid memory of calling Will in the middle of the night to give him a status update on Kurt's relationship. )