I'm pretty much finished with what I wanted to read from the Yuletide 2020 exchange collection (aside from that novel-length Dracula fic, which I haven't gotten around to yet), so. Rec time!

Things I enjoyed without being familiar with the canon

'Penguin Diplomacy' - John Finnemore's Double Acts. "A Friend in Need".
George Bunning/Søndergaard. T, 10.9k. Friends to lovers, illness/caretaking, only one bed, also lots of penguins.
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2020/works/27777937

Confessions of Dorian Gray crossover with The Terror (2018). "The Thing That Eats". Dorian Gray & OFC. M, 2.8k. Set in modern day. The Tuunbaq returns.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28063980

Cargill - King Creosote (Song). "But Give Me Wings Like Noah's Dove". Cargill/Singer. T, 8.8k. Friends to lovers set against the background of WWI.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28032564

Punic Wars RPF. "pacem pati non potuistis". Scipio Africanus/Hannibal Barca. G, 2.9k. Epistolary.
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2020/works/28127250

Canon knowledge recommended

The Wicker Man (1973). "The Bite of the Apple". Lord Summerisle & Neil Howie. T, 1.5k. Very atmospheric.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28188138

The Stand - Stephen King. "Christening". Randall Flagg/Lloyd Henreid. E, 2.5k. All kinds of questionable and hot. (Mind the tags.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28061646

Padmaavat (2018). "Aglo". Nagmati (+ background Padmavati/Mehrunissa). T, 2k, canon divergent in a way I found very satisfying.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28060488

Jonathan Strange / Mister Norrel - Susanna Clarke. "Check Change Go!". Original characters. 13+, 1.1k. Worldbuilding-focused; set in modern day; comedic look at Brexit unfolding in the world of JS&MN.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28213470

Train to Busan. "All we have is now". Sang-hwa/Seong-kyeong/Seok-woo. T, 3.4k. Canon-divergent/postcanon fix-it.
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2020/works/28235145

Nirvana in Fire. "suffering as I suffer you". Mei Changsu/Xiao Jingyan, also Li Gang. M, 2k. Romance and chronic pain and identity porn (wait, that's NiF fandom in a nutshell...)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28303080

Nirvana in Fire. "Hypothetically". Yujin & Jingruie & Mei Changsu (& others). G, 1.7k. Hypothetical betrothals and silliness.
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2020/works/28271844