Lewis Fic Recs: Blue Christmas
Injury, loneliness, and existential flu. Christmas stories with a flavor of melancholy and hurt/comfort. As usual, this list is far from exhaustive so feel free to add your own favs!
Keeping Company (series) by wendymr
8,000 Words, James/Robbie, Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply
Over the years, Robbie and James are each other's fallback date when other Christmas plans fall through—until they realize they're something more. Lewis is especially breathtaking in the first section, with his casual-but-frighteningly competent protective mode after James is injured while working under a different inspector.
Through the years we all will stay together by serenbach
3,834 Words,James/Robbie, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
Robbie and James spend Christmas together through the years. A look at how their friendship slowly develops into something more through quiet pints at the pub, dreary days spent at crime scenes, injury, and eventually the ordeal of cooking Christmas dinner together for the family.
Christmas Capers in Ringstead (series) by divingforstones, wendymr
13,291 Words,James/Robbie, Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply
After Robbie orders him to go away somewhere nice for Christmas, James ends up injured preventing a mugging and Robbie goes to keep him company. The first fic does a great job showing them opening up about their pasts, but the sequels take a hilarious turn, with the extra treat of giving us a glimpse into Innocent's holiday with her family.
Breaking The Ice by Somniare
9,599 Words, James/Robbie, Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply
James jumps into a river on Christmas Eve to save a drowning child, and Robbie has to prevent him from getting hypothermia. Huddling for warmth made all the more delicious by the deeper feelings that go unspoken between them—and by the uncertainty of waking up tangled together the following morning.
And The Snow Came Down by wendymr
2,795 Words, James/Robbie, Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply
Bad weather hits Oxford on Christmas Eve, and Robbie ends up in a car crash on his way up to Manchester. As their conversation shifts from asking for help when in trouble, to spending Christmas alone, Robbie makes a discovery.
Mistletoe and No Wine by Somniare
17,508 Words, James/Robbie, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lyn and the family are visiting Oxford for Christmas, and Robbie finds himself agreeing to cook an entire Christmas roast. Thankfully, James is there to help with food and decorations, especially after Robbie takes a fall while hanging the tinsel. Made even better by the moments of domesticity, Lyn's observation skills, and James' aversion to mistletoe.
Mistletoe and Whine by perclexed
7,724 Words, James/Robbie, Lizzie/Tony, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
Lizzie's pov. Lizzie watches Lewis and Hathaway dance around their feelings for one another, after Lewis returns from New Zealand alone. When Hathaway is stabbed on Christmas Eve, she rushes to the hospital to check on Hathaway and ends up playing chaperone. The growing rapport and banter between the three, and especially Lizzie's inner observations, are such a treat to read.
Scissure by wendymr
6,841 Words, James/Robbie, Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply
When Robbie sprains his ankle over the Christmas holiday, Lyn calls James to help him back to Oxford—a fraught affair after their recent falling out. This does a great job building that emotional tension through their inability to communicate, until finally the truth comes out.
A History of Flight by Jackie Thomas
2,628 Words, James/Robbie, NR, No Archive Warnings Apply, Allusions to Potentially Suicidal Behavior
It's Christmas Eve and James goes to arrest a suspect alone, ending up in the hospital. Surely it's only his imagination that Lewis is there at his side, when he ought to be on a holiday cruise to Norway with Laura. The fic evokes James' desolation at Robbie's retirement and his post season 7 existential flu so clearly. Extra kudos for sergeants Richard the 1st and 2nd.
Ghosts Of Christmas Future by loves_books
5,693 Words, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
Open-ended, with a hint of A Christmas Carol minus the ghosts. An achingly powerful look at the effects of loneliness and different kinds of friendship and companionship through four possible Christmases where James is injured after the ending of season 9.
An Oxford Carol by Somniare
11,447 Words, James/Robbie, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
An Oxford Christmas Carol. On Christmas Eve, Robbie awakens to a familiar "Lew-is" and a ghostly tour through Christmases past and present, as well as a glimpse into the dismal future that may yet come to past. He wakes the next morning determined to put together a proper Christmas for his sergeant, and to finally overcome his reticence and tell James how he feels.
The Surrender of James Hathaway by divingforstones
41,726 Words, James/Laura/Robbie, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply
James struggles as Christmas approaches and Laura and Robbie settle further into their relationship. Little does he know, but an especially insightful and determined Laura has a plan already set in motion. This fic fits so much comfort in it, and does a great job of naturally building up the relationships of each pair within the trio, as well as the three of them as a whole.
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Robin James Melton, G0OJP – 27 October 2023
Born in Docking, Norfolk, in 1938, Dad was always keen on radio communication and had an amazing sense of humour right until the very end of his life. Robin moved all over North Norfolk as a child including Docking, Ringstead, Sedgeford, Fring and Holme. After two years of National Service in the RAF, he […] http://dlvr.it/SzQM48
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