Title: Stay with me (Part one)
Author: ladyofpride
Recipient: sapphiiremoon
Pairing(s): Spain/Romano, “others”/Romano (*cough cough* Turkey), as well as the implication of other pairings...and I feel like I should throw in “one-sided France/everyone”, but I think that’s pretty much a given...
Word Count: 2,316 for part one
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: jealous!Spain, and Romano desperately trying not to be his usual self for the sole sake of finding someone to be with (as if that’ll actually work), and perhaps a smidgen of colourful language and violence (of the ridiculous variety)...
Summary: Though he might boast himself as the most passionate nation alive, one Antonio Fernandez Carriedo has yet to confess his everlasting love to his once-ward, Romano Vargas. What’s more, he might be too late...

( Stay With Me (Part One) )

Sorry, there's still two gifts one gift missing. I'm not sure what happened with the pinch hitter, so I'm going to try to do it myself.

In the meantime, I thought I'd wrap this up. Along with the list of everything posted for the exchange, please let me know what you thought of the exchange for this holiday season. What did you like? What did you not like? This was my first time running it, so I'd love some feedback!

Thanks again to everyone who participated! There were some great works turned in this year. I'm quite pleased with it!

If you can, please take the time to view everyone's work and comment on it if you can. I'm sure we all know how nice it is to receive comments. Let's encourage each other!

( Who Had Whom )

Title: The Breakfast Club
Author: counterheist
Recipient: midori_lover
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Romano/Spain, Prussia, England, Japan, Veneziano, peripheral China, Rome
Word Count: 3,038
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Gakuen AU, Romano’s filthy vocabulary, so much awkward, food
Summary: Breakfast may be the best way to start the day, but love confessions aren’t bad either.
Note to Recipient: Happy January! This fic doesn’t have anything to do with the movie of the same name; I was just thinking about food a lot when I wrote it. It follows your second prompt.

( The Breakfast Club )

There are just a few gifts left to go out, but these ones are going to be a bit late. I apologize for that, but if you haven't gotten your gift yet, I want to assure you that all the remaining gifts are covered and I should hopefully get them in within the next week. I'll post these ones as I receive them.

Thanks for your patience and thank you to those who offered to pinch hit.

Title: Elevated
Author: jammerlea
Recipient: candymunchesd
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Spain/Romano, touch of England and America
Word Count: 1,576
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Lovino's language
Summary: Antonio and Lovino get stuck in an elevator.
Note to recipient: I really wanted to string all three of your prompts into a story, but I only got two of them. I kept reworking the story and had wanted to add more with the other prompt, but I couldn't tie it together well. I hope you still like it;;

( Elevated )

Title: Being alone
Author: yuichan
Recipient: kenzi_chi
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Spain/Romano, tiny mention of Germany/Italy
Word Count: 1863
Rating: PG-13 (due to swearing, nothing else)
Warnings: swearing only.
Summary: The prompt was: "Romano just doesn't want to be alone". The result is a very sappy fic, in which Romano considers his feelings on being alone and without Spain.
Note to Recipient: I really wanted to do this prompt, but I wasn't quite sure how to interpret it exactly, so this may be very different from how you wanted it! I hope that it's ok for you;;

( Being Alone )

Title: Buon Natale
Author/Artist: ladyofpride
Recipient: himarules (for the prompt “Heart and Soul”)
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Spain/S.Italy, France/Prussia
Word Count/Media: 1,407
Rating: Pg-17
Warnings: Innuendo-ish, but only a little. Also, Francis.
Summary: “I am the Kingdom of Spain, mi compañero. The faithful flock to me; the philandering stay. No one willingly wanders from a Spanish embrace.”

( Buon Natale )

Title: Confetti Rainfall
Author: karuka_ikashi
Recipient: lillialyce
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Antonio, Lovino
Word Count: 8,209
Rating: G
Warnings: some angst
Summary: 9-year-old Lovino is adopted by 15-year-old Antonio's family. Unable to speak Spanish and insecure in himself, the little Italian has a hard time adjusting, but his new older brother goes on a mission to make him happy and discovers that the boy has a gift for art.

( Confetti Rainfall )

Title: Plug-in Baby
Author: himarules
Recipient: sucrose2071
Pairings: Spain x Romano
Word Count: 3,427 words
Rating: M: Romance and Humor
Warnings: minor innuendo/sexual references but no actual sex; some cursing. Human names used.
Summary: Lovino is working the day shift at Lacey's, grateful at the lack of holiday shoppers. Instead, however, he receives a handful of humility and a mouthful of Spaniard. Oh, the joy.
Note to Recipient: I'm terribly sorry for the delay, but I honestly hope you spent the Holidays well and enjoy this probably fail fic! :')

( Plug-in Baby )

Title: Don’t Stay for the Good Stuff
Author/Artist: reconquista
Recipient: mintbun
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Spain, Romano
Word Count/Media: 5283
Rating: R
Warnings: Cursing, awkward situations, and sexy times.
Summary: The prompt was Spain and Romano participate in La Tomatina together. Romano gets really into it, becoming hot and bothered. Spain notices. Smut is optional! Somehow this turned into: Romano is angry about something, and Spain can’t figure it out for the life of him. Cue La Tomatina finally giving them a chance to get those frustrations out - and bring it to a rather delightful close. Or something like that.
Note to Recipient: Oh good lord, this thing got away from me. Originally this was just some quick little silly thing of Spain being like "oh, Romano thinks I’m hot with my shirt off and tomatoes all over me!" And then it morphed into... well, this. Sorry for the lack of cameos! But honestly, thank you for somehow getting me to write over 5,000 words for the first time in ages - and also for prompts that I absolutely adored. I meant to draw you something as well, but time didn’t really allow it, even with the extension! Maybe another time. Also, for more nonsensical information from your already tl;dring author, this fic was somehow heavily influenced by listening to Romantic Comedy by Stars. I hope you enjoy the fic!

( Don't Stay for the Good Stuff )