Yuletide 2018 recs: Video Game fandoms

[wallwalker]

I didn't participate directly in Yuletide, and haven't for a while (I haven't written a lot of fic lately at all, to be honest.) But I took a quick look over the works and thought I'd see what there was to read that caught my eye.

Six recs, video game fandoms, in no particular order.

Operation: Save Marle (Chrono Trigger, Lucca/Marle, 11157 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17025927
Lucca tries to save Marle's life by finding her a girlfriend, and things work out differently from how she hoped. Cute, a bit silly, and has a happy ending.

Kwehst (FFV, Butz and baby Boco, 1425 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/works/17107109
A story about traveler/chocobo bonding while Boco is still a tiny chicibo. (That's the word, right?) Very cute.

when I speak there is only silence (Transistor, Red/Boxer, 6428 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/works/17050652
A story of how the two of them ended up falling in love, and then how the attack tore them apart. Seems to contain a hint of recursion.

hello my old heart (Final Fantasy, Garland/Sara, 1212 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/works/17032146
A short story of star-crossed lovers, and how heartbreak opens Garland's mind to something else.

Echolocation (Final Fantasy, Ensemble, 1503 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/works/16992429
The Light Warriors make friends with a fruit bat on their journey, and it is cute.

All Manner of Thing (Fallen London/Sunless Sea, First Curator Obsequious Steward, 4592 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/works/16607696
A character study and a fascinating one - not an easy read, contains FL spoilers, but definitely worth reading.