Fic Recs: Winter Holidays Edition

Our monthly fic rec is back; and this time we’ve chosen Winter Holidays as our theme! We’ve found a great selection of fics for you to enjoy, featuring all kinds of interesting prompts!

If you have some recs that aren’t there, including your own fics, please share to your heart’s content!

Please also take a look at our posting guidelines if you’re not sure what you can and cannot post on this thread! And more importantly, double check the tags on these recs to make sure you don’t end up reading something you don’t want to!

We hope you like this month’s edition! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

First (2032 words) by inuzuru
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka
Additional Tags: Modern AU, New Year’s Kiss, Alcohol, Pining, no beta reader we die like men
Summary:

a sweet, soft new years fic

KakaIru!!! on ICE (533 words) by hatakelynx
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi & Umino Iruka
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka
Additional Tags: kakairu - Freeform, Hokage Hatake Kakashi, Protective Hatake Kakashi, Rokudaime Hatake Kakashi, Christmas, Tumblr Prompt, POV Umino Iruka, Umino Iruka-centric, Konohagakure | Hidden Leaf Village, One Shot, Short One Shot, Prompt Fic
Summary:

“Hey, I’m back. I’d like to take you somewhere tonight, if that’s alright.”
Oh no, it wasn’t alright.
Something was off. Iruka knew it.

Worth The Trouble (2047 words) by katsubakudeku
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Kakairu
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka
Additional Tags: kakairu - Freeform, kkir, Oneshot, Prompt Fic, Tumblr Prompt, Christmas, Fluff, comedy in the form of physical harm, Hot Chocolate, Kissing, there’s a knife involved, Pakkun is there too, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern AU, Christmas Tree
Summary:

“Let’s get a real Christmas tree,” he said.

“It’ll be fun,” he said.

Kakashi and Iruka run into trouble when they bring home a Christmas tree that has a little surprise inside.

merry and bright (3465 words) by justdoityoufucker
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi, Mitarashi Anko, Sarutobi Asuma, Yuuhi Kurenai
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Drunken Kissing, Mistletoe, Christmas Parties, idiots being idiots, Kissing
Summary:

Iruka doesn’t even know why he bothers going to Christmas parties, at this point.

(or, five times Kakashi kissed Iruka, and one time Iruka beat him to the punch)

Snowfall, Fairy Lights, and a Ring (2325 words) by LazarusII, Jubokko
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi
Additional Tags: Vacation, Fairy Lights, Slow Dancing, Fluff, Flirting, Marriage Proposal, Snow, Umino Iruka is an Amazing Human Being, Kakashi Sometimes Can’t Put Together Coherent Wordage, Established Relationship, kakairu - Freeform, Hokage Hatake Kakashi
Series: Part 9 of KakaIru One-Shots to Heal (or Break) Your Heart
Summary:

Kakashi’s fingers brushed against the soft, velvet box contained in the inner pocket of his flak jacket. He’d been carrying it with him for some time now, waiting for a moment that felt…right.

Even the very thought of proposing caused heat to rush into Kakashi’s face. He still had no idea what he’d say, despite having imagined the moment over and over in his head.

Closing his eyes, Kakashi took a deep breath, feeling his stomach flutter nervously. He’d wanted it for a long, long time, and he knew Iruka did as well…
But that didn’t stop the unnamed fears and anxieties from racing through his mind like a small storm.

Kiss Kringle (1063 words) by Dilly_Oh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi
Additional Tags: KakaIru 25 Days of Kisses, Mistletoe, Humor, kkir25
Summary:

“Who the hell broke into my apartment,” Iruka thinks to himself as he creeps in through his front door, “and covered the ceiling in mistletoe?”

Written for Kakairu's 25 Days of Kisses, Day 24: Mistletoe Kiss.

you’re my firecracker (1103 words) by tencentsmore
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka
Additional Tags: New Years, Idiots in Love, Established Relationship, Fluff, literally nothing but fluff
Summary:

The clock strikes midnight approximately two hours before it’s actually midnight, because apparently the only way to keep Kakashi on time is to live two hours ahead of schedule.

Wrapping (1010 words) by The_Lady_smaell
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka, Uzumaki Naruto
Additional Tags: Christmas Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Challenge: kakairu_fest Mini-Bingo, Kakashi is an asshole, Iruka is an asshole, They’re assholes in love, Wrapping presents is literally THE WORST
Summary:

Kakashi asks Iruka for a favour at 11:30 in the evening. He is not best pleased.

Momo (1049 words) by EternalSurvivor
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka
Additional Tags: Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Established Relationship, Presents, Ninken | Ninja Dogs
Summary:

“Please tell me, Kakashi, why does my present have air holes?”

toki ni wa (1499 words) by justdoityoufucker
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Characters: Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi
Additional Tags: Fluff, New Year’s Eve
Summary:

Iruka is used to being alone at the end of the year, but maybe it’s about time for that old routine to be shaken up.

I have one of my own to rec as well!

Candid Moments (3345 words) by demonofabove
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Hatake Kakashi & Umino Iruka
Characters: Umino Iruka, Sukea (Naruto), Hatake Kakashi
Additional Tags: Sweet, Cute, Fluff
Summary:

Iruka has a great idea for Kakashi’s Christmas present this year…

And Kakashi doesn’t realise he’s involved in the planning.