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Title: come and go without ever leaving
Fandom: Tortall/Chrestomanci
Length: 604 words
Prompt: Tortall/Chrestomanci for spellcoats
Pairing: Cat-as-Chrestomanci and Numair gen
Other: n/a

Summary: When Daine calls for a legendary magician from another universe to help her children, Numair is a little surprised by the result.

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Title: haven in a heartless world
Fandom: Chrestomanci/Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 956 words
Prompt: Chrestomanci/Cardcaptor Sakura crossover for spellcoats
Pairing: Clow and Christopher gen; minor Christopher/Millie
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Clow never remembered to announce his visits in advance, which was probably a good thing -- at least, in the eyes of everyone but Christopher.

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Title: Patiently Waiting for Our Wits
Fandom: Chronicles of Chrestomanci/xxxHOLiC
Length: 1271 words
Prompt: From self: I have a sudden brilliant desire to write Chrestomanci/xH fic because Yuuko would dislike grown-up Christopher so very much, and he and Clow would probably get along fabulously.
Pairing: Yuuko and Christopher gen; Clow/Yuuko implied
Other: Set slightly before Charmed Life and some time between Clow's death and Watanuki's employment. Title from a quotation by Eden Phillpotts.

Excerpt: There was a magician in her garden, and he hadn't come through the door. He was just there, adjusting his cuffs and looking around with vague interest.

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Title: Settling In
Day/Theme: Oct 23 // the replacement
Series: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
Character/Pairing: Christopher gen; Christopher/Millie
Rating: G

Excerpt: It didn't sink in to Christopher that Gabriel was really truly done, not right away. He'd stood in the office and listened as DeWitt had grumped on about a retirement in the country, a modest living, his years of service, but he hadn't really been listening. It was a long habit of his. He put his vague look on and hoped that it sufficed.

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