Yuletide!

My awesome, 11/10 gift:
The Iron Gates
Vorkosigan saga, 10k words (!!!), the ending of Diplomatic Immunity from Ekaterin's POV. IT'S AWESOME, GO READ.

Other neat stuff found in the main collection:
Case for Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Expert Judgement on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion..., 6.5k, three different, intriguing styles of text on post-apocalyptic humans' findings on the nuclear waste storage sites of the past. No canon knowledge required.

The Captain's Report
FTL: Faster Than Light, 2.5k, a Captain Church has to explain the hilarious doings of her crew to Admiral Tully. No canon knowledge required.

Formality
The Goblin Emperor, 11k, Deret Beshelar pines for the Emperor and is distressed when the pining is requieted.

Orbit
Vorkosigan saga, 2.5k, Simon Illyan associates with Aral and Cordelia over the years.

Of Guardsmen, Empress Laisa, and the Art of Trust
Vorkosigan saga, 4k, Ivan befriends Laisa, to the worry of many guards. No canon knowledge required.

Collaboration
Vorkosigan saga, 2k, Helen Vorthys through the years: her marriage, her studies, her children, Barrayar.

Name of the Game
Vorkosigan saga, 1.5k, Miles convinces Gregor to go on vacation and gets drafted as an assistant.

Mind the Gap
Rivers of London, 4.5k, Peter and Nightingale deal with a disturbance in the tube.

Neat stuff from Madness:
Ivan's To-Do List
Vorkosigan saga, 107 words, companion to "Of Guardsmen, Empress Laisa, and the Art of Trust"

Winds of Change
Incompetent Time-Travelling Saxophone Haters, 855 words, a group of grad students attempt to murder the inventor of the saxophone.