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My Yuletide this year was an embarrassment of riches:

Man, What Are You Doing Here? (2754 words) by Bevita
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Piano Man - Billy Joel (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Davy (Piano Man), Paul (Piano Man), John (Piano Man), Waitress (Piano Man), Businessman (Piano Man), Bill (Piano Man), Old Man (Piano Man)
Additional Tags: Gay Bar, Gay Male Character, everyone is gay except the pianist and the waitress, oblivious straight guy, No Smut, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Drinking, Bisexual Male Character
Summary:

"No, I mean, what are you doing here?"

(delightful!)

The Gershwin Medley (3915 words) by VirginiaPlain64
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Piano Man - Billy Joel (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Bill/John (Piano Man), bill/waitress
Characters: Bill (Piano Man), John (Piano Man), Waitress (Piano Man), Businessman (Piano Man), Paul (Piano Man), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Angst, Singing, Drug Use, Drinking, Pre-Slash, Male Homosexuality, 1970s, Period-Typical Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Yuletide Treat
Summary:

John wants to be more than a friend.

(brilliant!, and deserves a lot more attention than it seems to be getting)

Bright Lights, Big Dreams (1058 words) by karrenia_rune
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Piano Man - Billy Joel (Song)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: John at the Bar, Original Characters
Additional Tags: i could be a movie star, Gift Fic, Yuletide Treat

(charming!)

The Old Crowd (1894 words) by tannne
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Piano Man - Billy Joel (Song)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Davy/Paul (Piano Man)
Characters: Bill (Piano Man), Paul (Piano Man), Davy (Piano Man)
Additional Tags: Twenty Years Later, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide Madness
Summary:

After years Bill once again went to 'Gramps', the bar he used to play the piano every 2nd Saturday of the month more than 20 years ago. By chance he met some old friends and they started to catch up with each other.

(lovely!)

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I myself wrote "Life's Little Quirks," a Princess Bride story whose title I'm not bananas about but I'm pleased very much with the story itself, and so was my recipient, which is the main thing, and so have been a pleasant sufficiency of others. :-) Hooray Yuletide!

Life's Little Quirks (6583 words) by Fox
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Princess Bride (1987)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Buttercup/Westley (Princess Bride)
Characters: Inigo Montoya, Westley (Princess Bride), Buttercup (Princess Bride), Fezzik (Princess Bride), Prince Humperdinck (Princess Bride), The King (Princess Bride), The Queen (Princess Bride)
Summary:

Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.

You guys, I had a moment of COMPLETE TRIUMPH in the Yuletide draft today. One of those lightning strikes. I'd forgotten how great that feels.

[off turning metaphorical handsprings]
[because there isn't room in here for real ones]
[plus I'd hurt myself badly]