Yuletide Recs, Part the First

First of all, HAPPY YULETIDE! Some of these are from the straight-up Yuletide collection, and some are from treats, but all are things that should be read and savored.

That said, the very first fic I want to rec is the unbeliveably wonderful gift I received.

Look and Listen - by Yahtzee - Rear Window -
The first thing about this fic is that is wonderful is the sheer fact it IS a Rear Window fic. I love Hitchcock, and I always loved this movie in particular because there are just so many things happening in it. This really great fic I got focuses on the characters that Jeff nicknamed Miss Lonelyhearts and the Song Writer, who we know end up together at the end after having their own troubles viewed from him window. But now, they're Evelyn and Ross, looking out their own windows, inhabiting their own worlds, and wondering about their own neighbors. They're full fledged, three dimensional, sympathetic characters in this (who have their own fascination with the Shutterbug and the Socialite), and I adore them. This is a perfect Yuletide gift and a job to read.

( Yet more recs beneath )

More coming, of course. :)