for now we see in a mirror darkly

[aberration]

Happy New Year! And Yuletide reveals! This year I wrote -

Childish Things (7378 words) by ronia for randomizer
Fandom: The Americans (2013)
Rating: Teens and Up
Warnings: None
Relationships: Paige Jennings & Henry Jennings, Stan Beeman/Renee Beeman
Characters: Paige Jennings, Henry Jennings, Stan Beeman, Renee Beeman
Additional Tags: Character Study, Christmas, Post-Canon, Biblical References, Historical References
Summary: Paige felt like she needed a manual. Etiquette for dinner guests whose parents are Russian spies. Or maybe just How to act like an adult.

I'd pretty much had this in my head since watching the finale, and so was relieved to have the reason (and you know, requirement) to actually write it down. I can't go into that much without getting into spoilers for the show, given that it's pretty much "fallout from the finale" fic. But it was nice to actually realize the scenes that had been running through my brain for months, and make them fit together, and occasionally yell at myself to just transition between things or this was never going to be finished. Definitely no late nights because I'm an idiot. And I felt lucky to match up on Americans fic just after the final season - I've been intimidated by the idea of writing fic for this show in the past, but this was a prompt I felt pretty confident about and I think it worked out well. So, yay!

(And I love this show so much ugh I'm going to miss it.)