Thanksgiving-Themed Multi-Fandom Recs

[jenna_marianne]

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, here is a random assortment of Thanksgiving themed fics from a variety of fandoms (American Idol, due South, House, Inception, Leverage, Die Hard, The Losers, RED, SGA, Supernatural, X-Men).

Resources:
As of 11/29/10, there's 204 hits on Archive of Own own when searching "thanksgiving", and 38 tagged "Thanksgiving."
Here's my Thanksgiving delicious bookmark, which basically has the below stories and a few I have marked to read.
Inception's holiday_heist ficathon


Absolute Horizon (on author website) (on AO3) by Annie D / scaramouche (NC-17)
Fandom: Live Free or Die Hard
Pairing: John/Matt
Categories: romance
Words: 23,203 words
Summary: Sequel to Orbits, Drift. John has issues, but he's dealing. Then there's a road trip, Thanksgiving and a whole lot of sex.

Build a Big Log Cabin in the Country by liketheroad / smallacts (G)
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Categories: fluff, kids, domestic
Words: 3,430 words
Summary: A fluffy sequel to the story about Arthur buying an island, "A Town at the Bottom of the Ocean." In which Cobb and the kids come for Thanksgiving, Eames flies his helicopter, Arthur cooks a turkey (yo), Cobb is occasionally a douche, and Eames chops wood.

Cooking and Other Experiments (on AO3) (on LJ) by penknife (PG)
Fandom: X-Men
Pairing: gen
Categories: drama, cooking
Words: 909 words
Summary: They're figuring out this holiday thing.
Quote: Scott stayed still for a moment, trying to decide how angry he was about being told he ought to be grateful when his parents were dead. After a moment he realized he wasn't actually angry. He knew Professor Xavier meant that it could be worse, and he knew that it could. It would be worse for any of them to be alone.

Dysfunctional by maratonista (R)
Fandom: The Losers, RED
Pairing: Cougar/Jensen, Ivan/Victoria
Categories: crossover, humor, family
Words: 1,998 words
Summary: Jensen takes his team home to meet his family for Thanksgiving.
Quote: “When most parents say ‘we want to meet your boyfriend’, they mean just that. Not ‘we want to duct tape him to the kitchen chair and interrogate the fuck out of him!”

Fake Birds and Real Holidays by xparrot (PG)
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: gen
Categories: fluff, humor, family
Words: ~8,300 words
Summary: The team descends on the Miller household. No turkeys were harmed in the making of this story. Much to Rodney and Ronon's disappointment.

A Five-Letter Word for ‘Boredom’ by scarletsherlock (PG)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen
Categories: drama
Words: 4, 290 words
Summary: Thanksgiving during the apocalypse is…surprisingly just like all the rest of them: kinda boring. While waiting around for dinner, Castiel finds a new hobby...crossword puzzles. [Spoilers for 5x10 “Abandon All Hope” and general season 5 thematic spoilers.]

*Force of Nature by mrshamill (PG)
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, Jeannie/Kaleb, Teyla/Kanaan
Categories: fluff, family, domestic, vacation
Words: 10,693 words
Summary: Jeannie Miller gets fed up and the IOA wisely gets out of her way.
Quote: "Dr. McKay, your sister is apparently a force of nature."

Interlude No. 1, or In-Laws in D Flat Major by lamardeuse (NC-17)
Fandom: Live Free or Die Hard
Pairing: John/Matt
Categories: humor, family
Words: 7,773 words
Summary: A sequel to "Life, Mid-Crisis" and "From a Rut To A Groove." John and Matt celebrate Thanksgiving. Sort of.

I've Got Your Number (aka Of Squash Casserole and X-Men Sheets) and sequels by yekoc (NC-17)
Fandom: American Idol RPF
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Categories: fluff, romance
Words: 10,050 words
Summary: AU. Thanksgiving story in which Adam is determined to be grumpy and Kris is a bespectacled and adorable guest.
Quote: Adam hates Thanksgiving. "There aren't even presents!" he grumbles, just like he has every year since he was five. "The best holidays have presents. We never even got to celebrate Christmas growing up, so I'm present deprived." "Hanukkah has eight nights of presents, douche," says Neil. "You're so greedy."
I've Got Your Number [originally posted in an abbreviated form as Of Squash Casserole and X-Men Sheets at aianonlovefest] and sequels: Sleepyhead, Better Things, Smile Upon Me.

The Last Leg Home by threequarters (PG)
Fandom: due South, Stargate: Atlantis (just a cameo)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, McKay/Sheppard
Categories: crossover, fluff, post-Call of the Wild
Words: 1,807 words
Summary: Ray has to go to Thanksgiving at his parents' alone. And as if his mood isn't bad enough, the whole flight he's annoyed by a kicking kid and an obnoxiously complaining Canadian guy.

Pumpkin Cheesecake by aimlesstravels (PG)
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Categories: fluff, kids, cooking
Words: 1,004 words
Summary: Arthur tries to make pumpkin cheesecake. Phillipa tries to help. And Eames causes shenanigans. Just your normal Thanksgiving at the Cobb residence.

*Talk Turkey to Me by ronsard (NC-17)
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Categories: crack, humor, cooking
Words: 4,604 words
Quote:He gave up and flew back to Paris, only to find that the Yank half of the team was scuttling off to partake in some cultish nonsense called “Thanksgiving”. He had never seen Cobb get this excited about—anything...Then he found out Arthur was staying in Paris.
“I was thinking of making Thanksgiving dinner on my own,” he explained over the phone. Eames examined his voice for a trace of humor, and was mildly alarmed to find there wasn’t any.
“Were you?” he said wryly. “And who’s on the guest list?”
“Just me for now. There’s room for one more, I suppose.”

*Thanksgiving, 2005 by derryderrydown (PG)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen, Sam/Jess, John/Mary
Categories: fluff (for 3/4) & angst (1/4), family
Words: 1,438 words
Summary: Thanksgiving, 2005 as it would be in an AU where Mary and Jess hadn't died and as it actually was.

Unfurl by Emma15 (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen, Sam/Jess
Categories: angst, family
Words: 25,919 words
Summary: Tensions ride high and the links that bind begin to unfurl. A Thanksgiving Story.
[Fifth in the sadly unfinished Beer'verse series: 1) Area Codes, 2) A Beer, 3) Time for a Visit, 4) Insurance, 5)
Unfurl, 6) A Bridge You Can't Cross (unfinished).]

*The Unwilling Host by jmtorres (PG)
Fandom: House
Pairing: gen
Categories: fluff, humor
Words: 2,944 words
Summary: House wants to spend Thanksgiving all on his own, but his best friend has other plans in mind.
Summary: "Wilson showed up on Thursday morning with a twelve-pound frozen turkey hanging from one hand and in the other hand, a grocery bag containing six sweet potatoes, a can of cranberry sauce and a roll of Pilsbury dough."

*What Are You Afraid Of? by makesmyheadspin (NC-17)
Fandom: Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries
Pairing: Eric/Sookie
Categories: drama, romance
Words: 8,326 words
Summary: It's the most depressing Thanksgiving ever, and Sookie finds herself alone for the holiday. Then a gift is delivered to her home, and the sender soon follows. (Set post Dead and Gone.)

When Come Back Bring Pie (on AO3) (on LJ) by Livia / liviapenn (R)
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing: Eliot/Hardison/Parker
Categories: fluff, domestic, cooking
Words: 1,852 words
Summary: Thanksgiving Eliot/Hardison/Parker-style, with Eliot cooking, Parker doing the triathlon of shoplifting, Hardison providing recipes and kitchen, pie and porn.
Quote: So Alec had randomly mentioned that he was actually just gonna stay home on Thanksgiving and yes, as Eliot so awesomely put it, "play stupid video games."


I'd love to hear about any other Thanksgiving stories people have come across.

ETA: just added a few more (marked with an *).
ETA: added the Inception holiday_heist ficathon 12/4/10