#deck the dates

Do you hear what I hear...?

It’s an update! Yes, indeed!

This chapter is dedicated to @clyde-side who joined us on our first venture as collaborators, and we were so glad to have you for this ride!

It’s time! The snow is falling and the hot chocolate is flowing. With the holiday season upon us, now is the time to finally share our most recent Hivemind project!

The lovely @xauroraxborealisx and I have come together to hand-craft a holiday/Christmas flavoured puzzleshipping story that is our pride and joy. We are so very excited to share it with you!

So pull up a blanket and cozy up, it’s time to Deck the Dates!

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Summary:

With his best friends’ Christmas Eve wedding less than two weeks away, Yugi Mutou tries to uphold his promise to find a plus one in a very unconventional way. But not even careful planning could prepare him for what is to come when he joins a holiday dating app.

Atem has never thought much about holiday romance. Heck, he has not thought about romance at all recently. However, when a cute little customer enters both his coffee shop and his life, he is forced to reconsider his opinion on the topic.

Naughty or nice, can they both find their merry and bright?

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

Tagged by: @alectoperdita, @elexica, @clyde-side and my absolutely precious partner in crime @atems-leather-pants ! Thank you all for thinking about me!

So, I started writing only back in June 2020. I mean, I wrote before, but I had been on a 10-12 years hiatus because of life. And then, suddenly, I found YGO again and then I found the courage to write for this fandom and publish, and it led me to where I am right now and I could not be happier about taking that leap! <3

My favourite: Netflix and Chill

Okay, so this fic may not be finished, but it is my baby, the first ever time I actually jumped into a complex multi-chapter fic on a somewhat dare (yup, Pants and I actually challenged each other to do the AU-gust but while writing a cohesive story instead of separate prompts!). I absolutely adore working all these different angles of that complex puzzleboys relationship I’m building! (Puzzleshipping)

Notable runner-ups:

Deck the Dates: This actualy @atems-leather-pants and I’s second collaboration. We decided to indulge in cheesy Christmas stuff, mixed in with a coffee shop AU to boost! It became ever dearer to my heart as we wrote each chapter that led to the beautiful conclusion that will be up online tonight! (Puzzleshipping)

Couting the Days: So this was our first collab and took us both way outside our comfort zone! It was a thrill to write, a thriller piece based in a zombie post-apocalyptic AU with different pairings that we are used to and different POVs also! It gave us the itch to write together again... and probably again and again! (Kleptoshipping)

The Art of Conversation: My first ever completed one-shot, very self-indulgent fluff with autumn vibes, flannel and music. A soft slow-burn ode to my puzzleboys! (Puzzleshipping)

Elemental: The one that started it all. It’s my PuzzleJune 2020 offerings, the first thing I published on my AO3 account, my official re-entry in the YGO fandom and my first fics too! Some of them have inspired other of my works, some of them will also be reworked into their proper story, but I am so very proud to see how I have evolved from the first one to the last one. (Puzzleshipping)

A dozen dates. A dozen chances. His best friends’ wedding is tomorrow... will this last date be just the person Yugi is looking for?

It’s often the little things that make the biggest difference.

This is it, readers! The epilogue to Deck the Dates in now posted, putting the last touch to this amazing adventure! This very last chapter is dedicated to @shinayashipper, a friend who has been giving us so much love along our own writing journeys! So this is the moment you were waiting for, the Devotionshipping wedding that was the backbone of Yugi and Atem’s meeting  😊

Thank you so much for the love all of you have given us along the way!

Because of it, this story came to life and shine! We could not have done this without all of you!

Okay, so before I start crying, I shall let you enjoy this one!