Title: Mr. Disher and the Date (aka Mr. Monk Hates Almonds), 4/4
Rating: PG
Word Count: Part 4: 2,500 words
Characters: Leland Stottlemeyer, Randy Disher, Adrian Monk, Natalie Teeger
Setting: During the Season 6 hiatus, after “Mr. Monk Stays Up All Night.” However, it’s spoiler-light, so anyone who is familiar with the later seasons should have no trouble!
Summary: The team investigates the puzzling murder of a welder. Oh, and Randy Disher has a date. A Stottlemeyer and Disher-focused tale. Gen.

Previously: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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( “So, Mr. Monk, do you think she did it?” Randy asked in a low voice as the four of them -- Monk, Natalie, Disher and Stottlemeyer -- walked up the drive to the Nichols’ house. He was far too cheerful -- especially after the night he’d had. But something about getting close to a solution on a case always made the junior detective giddy. )

Title: Mr. Disher and the Date (aka Mr. Monk Hates Almonds), 3/4
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,000 words
Characters: Leland Stottlemeyer, Randy Disher, Adrian Monk, Natalie Teeger
Setting: During the Season 6 hiatus, after “Mr. Monk Stays Up All Night.” However, it’s spoiler-light, so anyone who is familiar with the later seasons should have no trouble!
Summary: The team investigates the puzzling murder of a welder. Oh, and Randy Disher has a date. A Stottlemeyer and Disher-focused tale. Gen.

Previously: Part 1 | Part 2

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( Captain Stottlemeyer was spending another evening reading a report, this time the coroner’s report for Bill Nichols. He scanned the page, noting the place and time of death. Nichols definitely had a cold; his nasal passages had been blocked and his lungs filled with fluid, but the coroner had determined his illness was not the cause of death. And no head trauma either, which might have explained the way he was found on the floor. )

Next: Part 4

Title: Mr. Disher and the Date (aka Mr. Monk Hates Almonds), 2/4
Rating: PG
Word Count: Part 2: 2,300 words
Characters: Leland Stottlemeyer, Randy Disher, Adrian Monk, Natalie Teeger
Setting: During the Season 6 hiatus, after “Mr. Monk Stays Up All Night.” However, it’s spoiler-light, so anyone who is familiar with the later seasons should have no trouble!
Summary: The team investigates the puzzling murder of a welder. Oh, and Randy Disher has a date. A Stottlemeyer and Disher-focused tale. Gen.

Previously: Part 1

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( Monk stared warily at the object of his disdain -- an innocuous-looking sachet. It spun slowly as it hung from the rear-view mirror, unfortunately emitting a strong almond scent. )

Next: Part 3

Title: Mr. Disher and the Date (aka Mr. Monk Hates Almonds), 1/4
Rating: PG
Word Count: Part 1: 1700 words
Characters: Leland Stottlemeyer, Randy Disher, Adrian Monk, Natalie Teeger
Setting: During the Season 6 hiatus, after “Mr. Monk Stays Up All Night.” However, it’s spoiler-light, so anyone who is familiar with the later seasons should have no trouble!
Summary: The team investigates the puzzling murder of a welder. Oh, and Randy Disher has a date. A Stottlemeyer and Disher-focused tale. Gen.
Author's Note This was my yuletide story -- and my first ever real foray into the Monk fandom. I wrote it for jane_elliot, who asked for a Stottlemeyer/Disher story -- with PLOT! I'd never thought of focusing on those two (though I did place the characters into my list of characters I would write for!), so I completely blame any awesomeness on her idea. ♥ A big, special thank you to everyone who commented and recommended this story in the community!

Thank you to alphielj, alamo_girl80, foxtwin, oldromantic and van_el for the beta help -- I was so nervous about this!

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( Although winter in San Francisco was rarely very cold, nightfall still came as early here as anywhere else. Most of the shop windows on Bryant Street were dark, the businesses closed for the evening. One light, however, illuminated the street outside with intermittent flickers of sparkling light. )

Next: Part 2

Okay, so I've been reading, reading, reading steadily for 6 (is it 6? I'm losing track) days in the yuletide archive, and I came across one I had to rec to my fellow PD fans on the f-list:

Twice Upon a Time: A fourth-wall breaking tale in which the Narrator steps into his own story, with unusual results.

At that very moment (in the sense that the infinite encompassed all moments), the narrator was making himself a cup of tea.

I keep meaning to do a comprehensive recs post, but I am still only halfway through the fandoms I want to read!

ETA: Okay, so I took a page from several people's books, and made del.icio.us account to put the recs in. This is by no means complete, but it's a start. Good reading, kids!

Recs include: addams_family, adventures_of_pete_and_pete, arrested_development, batman_begins, batman_tas, batman_beyond, blackadder, birds_of_prey, bones, coupling_uk, flight_of_the_conchords, how_i_met_your_mother, mary_poppins, moonlight, northern_exposure, pretty_in_pink, princess_bride, pushing_daisies, runaways, scrubs, snow_crash, spider-man, twilight, wheel_of_time, wonderfalls

Edited to add authors and my lovely New Years Resolution story!

I got some fantastic gifts for my first Yuletide! Both of the stories are perfectly canon and written very well! Please go leave some love for these people: you don't need to be a Yuletide participant to leave a review.

First -- my assigned gift.  A hilarious Barney-POV How I Met Your Mother story, set in MacLaren's bar.

Second -- my Yuletide treat (an extra gift written by someone at the last minute).  A Scrubs fic with cute interaction between Janitor and Dr. Cox, regarding J.D.

Third -- my New Years Resolution story -- A lovely Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane ficlet! So cute!

Hi!

I'm really excited to be part of the fun this year! I hope that you found something in my request list that grabs you! And thank you in advance for the time you're putting into this event.

Here are a few things you should know about me and my fic tastes:

I LIKE:
** All different genres - drama, romance, comedy, suspense, action... so don't worry about the tone of the piece.
** Stories that end with a bang - a loose end, a punch line, a "wow, never thought of that" line...
** Either gen or het
** Canon! I prefer the characters be as close to their canon counterparts as you are able to manage.

I DON'T MIND:
** Sexual scenes, but keep them het, and no kink or threesomes, please.

I DON'T LIKE:
** Deathfic, depressing stories (although unrequited love is okay), BDSM, torture fic

If you want to get a feel for my writing style, visit my archive, or look at the short pieces on my main LJ.