Hello everyone! We hope you’ve had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays this past month. We had so many amazing gifts made for this challenge and we’d like to thank every one of you for participating in this gift exchange that helped spread a little Bellarke cheer around.
We had a few last minute dropouts that forced us to reshuffle some Secret Santas, so we want to take this time to thank everyone participating that had to deal with reassignments too. You were all super nice and understanding! A big thank you also to everyone participating that offered to make extra gifts and, especially, to those that weren’t even participating that volunteered to be pinch hitters.
And now, without further ado, all our Secret Santas revealed, under the cut.
See you next year!
@bellamyblake made this gifset for @dreamingundone
@bonkaiqueen made this edit for @pevxnsie/thesnowblakes
@keiraknighted wrote this fanfic for @lydiamartain
@fayevalcntine made this edit and also this edit and fanfic for @prosciuttoe
@edmundblake made this fanmix for @bellarkekittens
@alfrette wrote this fanfic for @kinetic-elaboration
@chris-evahns made this gifset for @broodybellamys
@beejeebees wrote this fic for @hamiltno
@hooksandheroics wrote this fic for @monroeszoe
@bellamyplake wrote this fic for @bellslarkes
@stingoperation made this gifset for @kay-emm-gee
@shhadowhunter wrote this fic for @livwholikestv
@goldenheadfreckledheart wrote this fic for @kindclaws
@royalblakes made this gifset and this gifset for @inabroomcloset
@hiddenpolkadots wrote this fic for @megaphonemonday
@kinetic-elaboration wrote this fic for @cupcakeblake
@catja wrote this fic for @katchyalater
@queenofchildren wrote this fic for @keiraknighted
@hamiltno wrote this fic for @sherlockvowsontheriverstyx
@skaikruswan wrote this fic for @zouriaf
@lydiawontforget made this edit for @lumoshexfeather
@i-chose-you-simon-snow wrote this fic for @octavianblake
@contraryrhythm wrote this fic for @constellations-and-sunshine
@bellslarkes made this gifset for @idontgiveaneffie
@legividivici wrote this fic and made this gifset for @ithinkwedeserveadrink
@jamesstruttingpotter wrote this fic for @weswithlaurel
@disneyprincessrey made this edit for @hiddenpolkadots
@hufflepuffhermione wrote this fic for @queentheea
@richardsprincessbob wrote this fic for @beejeebees
@lumoshexfeather made this fanart for @lunalliecat
@arthurpendragonz wrote this fic for @queenofchildren
@katchyalater wrote this fic for @frecklessbellamy
@octavianblake made this gifset for @jamesstruttingpotter
@feminist14er wrote this fic for @horcruxa
@weswithlaurel made this gifset for @bilexualclarke
@caramelkru wrote this fic for @contraryrhythm
@ithinkwedeserveadrink made this gifset for @bellsprincess
@thelightreflects wrote this fic for @lydiawontforget
@kvtefullers wrote this fic for @royalblakes
@bellarkekittens made this fanvid for @fayevalcntine
@megaphonemonday wrote this fic for @thelightreflects
@idontgiveaneffie wrote this fic for @thatweirdparamedicstudent
@dreamingundone wrote this fic for @chris-evahns
@bellamyslady wrote this fic for @richardsprincessbob
@boberly made this edit for @caramelkru
@frecklessbellamy wrote this fic for @philomelas
@bellamysfern wrote this fic for @hufflepuffhermione
@adventure-squad made this edit for @goldenheadfreckledheart
@broodybellamys wrote this fic for @bellamyblake
@lydiamartain wrote this fic for @officalchacha15
@erudite-princess wrote this fic for @kvtefullers
@monroeszoe made this fanmix for @adventure-squad
@officalchacha15 wrote this fic for @skaikruswan
@pevxnsie made this gifset and this edit for @the-ships-to-rule-them-all
@inabroomcloset wrote this fanfic for @aarya
@constellations-and-sunshine made this fanart for @boberly
@bilexualclarke wrote this fic for @bellamyspirate
@bellamyspirate made this gifset for @erudite-princess
@rosymamacita wrote this fanfic for @feminist14er
@aarya made this gifset for @waifre
@kay-emm-gee wrote this fic for @bonkaiqueen
@livwholikestv made this fanmix for @beyondtheclouds
@waifre wrote this fic for @disneyprincessrey
@the-ships-to-rule-them-all made this fanmix for @stingoperation
@bellsprincess made this gifset for @bellamyslady
@kindclaws wrote this fic for @bellamysfern
@queentheea wrote this fanfic for @legividivici
@clarke-griffin made this gifset for @rhysand
@fated13th wrote this fanfic for @alfrette
@rhysand made this gifset for @bellamyplake
@horcruxa wrote this fanfic for @rosymamacita
@zouriaf wrote this fanfic for @freckledrebelking
@lunalliecat made this fanart for @i-chose-you-simon-snow
@thatweirdparamedicstudent wrote this fanfic for @edmundblake
@philomelas wrote this fanfic for @catja
@cupcakeblake made this gifset for @fated13th
@prosciuttoe wrote this fanfic for @arthurpendragonz
@sherlockvowsontheriverstyx wrote this fanfic for @shhadowhunter
That’s all, folks! The final gift of this year’s Bellarke Secret Santa Gift Exchange has been revealed. We will be posting a masterlist tonight revealing the secret santas for each gift, so keep an eye out for that!
Thank you again to everyone who participated, we hope you enjoyed making and receiving your gifts as much as we enjoyed putting it all together and seeing your reactions! It was an amazing experience and we hope we can all repeat it next year. :)
Bellarke Ark AU - Bellamy Blake is chief of the guards and is married to chancellor Clarke Griffin. Bellamy has to work on christmas but left a special surprise for his wife Clarke in the bedroom - merry christmas!
Happy Holidays, @dreamingundone – from your Secret Santa.
Happy Holidays, @lydiamartain! – From your Secret Santa.
Summary: AU where you get two soulmates: a platonic soulmate and a romantic soulmate. You aren't really supposed to fall for your platonic soulmate, but Clarke does anyway.
Word count: 3042
Rating: General Audiences
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff, Friends to Lovers
Moments between Bellamy and Clarke in present time as they meet each other, fall in love, and realize that what they are is more than just a coincidence in the universe.
Happy Holidays, @prosciuttoe! - from your Secret Santa.
Happy Holidays, @kinetic-elaboration! – From your Secret Santa.
Summary: During her very first day as an art student Clarke Griffin gets lost. Luckily she gets help from a charming and handsome young guard, Bellamy Blake
Bellarke Modern Arranged Marriage/Enemies to Lovers AU
After the death of her father, Clarke steps up to head the company that he loved and started. However, when she is informed that her green card is no longer valid, she’s faced with a difficult situation.
To escape her fate of being sent back to Canada and giving up her father’s company, she makes her new assistant, Bellamy Blake, an offer he can’t refuse; a pretty penny in exchange for a marriage.
While their relationship started poorly, during their honeymoon — because every happily married couple needs a honeymoon, for legitimacy — both Clarke and Bellamy discover a side of the other they hadn’t seen before.
By the time the week’s up, they both agree that a fake marriage wasn’t the worst idea Clarke’s ever had. In fact, it worked out pretty damn well..
Happy Holidays @broodybellamys - From your Secret Santa!
Happy holidays @bellslarkes! -- From your Secret Santa.
Summary: “So my mom thinks we’re dating.”
Clarke raised an eyebrow. “And you set her straight?”
Bellamy shrugged. “In so many words.”
or
Octavia’s getting married and Bellamy can’t break his mom’s heart by ending up alone.
Wordcount: 1203
Rating: G
Additional tags: fake relationship, wedding dates, friends to lovers
Octavia and Lincoln get engaged on the exact same day as Clarke’s biggest break up because of course they do. Clarke came home early to their shared apartment with tear stained cheeks, ready to get drunk and rant her heart out to find Lincoln and Octavia making out in their candle-lit, rose petal covered living room immediately after he popped the question. She apologized profusely for ruining the moment and found herself crashing on Bellamy’s couch, crying into his lap while he fumbled his way through trying to make her feel better.
“You know my mom called me yesterday to ask if I’m getting laid?” Bellamy smiled and ran his hand over Clarke’s hair.
She looked up at him and laughed for the first time all night. “You’re kidding.”
“Nope. She and Lincoln had lunch so he could tell her he’s proposing and she called to tell me she was worried about me dying single and childless.”
“I wouldn’t be shocked if I got that call from my mom too. Though at least I’m not dating a girl anymore, she’ll be thrilled about that.”
Bellamy gave her a sympathetic smile and leaned back against his sofa. “You’re not going to die alone. You’ll find someone, Clarke.”
Bellamy’s mom took a turn for the worst a year later, a few months before the wedding. She had to be hospitalized and kept under constant watch. Clarke didn’t technically work on her floor but she spent most of her breaks and time off checking in on Aurora to make sure everything was going well. She looked bad. Thin, grey, ill. Clarke was used to that kind of thing because of work but Bellamy’s heart shattered every time he looked at his mom. They spent more and more time together, Clarke holding him when he’d cry and trying to distract him with any awful movie she could find.
It was about a week before the wedding when Bellamy dropped the bomb. They were in his apartment with her flipping through channels on his TV and him with his back facing her at the stove.
“So my mom thinks we’re dating.”
Clarke raised an eyebrow. “And you set her straight?”
Bellamy shrugged. “In so many words.”
Shutting off the TV and coming into the kitchen, Clarke hopped on the counter and stared at his back, waiting for him to elaborate.
He didn’t.
“What exactly did you tell her?”
Again, he shrugged, in the sort of uninterested way he always did when he was trying to ease the blow of bad news. “I told her we were going to the wedding together. Which we are.”
“We’re the maid of honor and the best man, we’re not going together, we’re walking down the aisle together.”
“Yeah, she mentioned something about an aisle.”
“Jesus Christ,” Clarke sighed, putting her forehead in her hand. Bellamy finally turned around and leaned against the counter next to her.
“She’s dying, Clarke. She’s always been worried about me not finding anyone; I couldn’t let her down again. Ever since I broke up with Gina in college, she’s been waiting to hear that I met a girl and you know how much she loves you. I just didn’t want to tell her she was wrong.”
Clarke got that. Honestly, she did. She knew how easy it is to let people on the last leg of their cancer just believe the little things.
“I figured,” he finished, “we could just dance at the wedding a little, I’d buy you a few drinks, and it’d be over. That was the plan anyway, right?”
Aurora was released for the day of the wedding, under Harper’s watch. She cried the entire ceremony, from walking Octavia down the aisle to watching seeing Octavia and Lincoln’s kiss. Clarke caught Bellamy sniffling a bit near the end too but she knew he wouldn’t admit it. When the ceremony was over and the reception began, Clarke found it shockingly easy to pretend she was there as Bellamy’s date. The first time she and Aurora spoke was when Bellamy took Octavia to the dance floor for their version of a father-daughter dance.
“He didn’t used to be this good at dancing.”
Clarke looked over to see Aurora taking Bellamy’s vacant spot. “He’s been practicing in his living room. I think he found a YouTube video.”
Aurora laughed. “That sounds like him. He’s always trying to make his little sister happy.”
“Not just her.” Clarke smiled at Bellamy as he twirled Octavia like she was a little girl again.
“You two seem happy,” Aurora said.
A small seed of guilt twisted in Clarke’s stomach about the lie, but she knew it was best.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my boy look at someone like he looks at you. He watches you every time you move, even when it’s something small.”
Clarke tore her eyes from the dance floor to look at Aurora. “He does?”
“He’s careful about it. I’m sure he doesn’t want you to think he’s overprotective, he’s been known to be called that, and justifiably so. But he means well.” Aurora put her hand over Clarke’s. “He’s been so in love with you for so long. I’m glad I got to see you two work it out.”
When the music ended, Aurora had disappeared and Bellamy came back to his seat. “You were talking to my mom.”
“She’s impressed by your dancing. I had to let her down easy and tell her it’s from YouTube.”
Bellamy laughed once and pushed his chair back. “You want a drink?”
“I thought I was promised a dance, even if I did have to watch you practice in pajamas for three weeks.”
She offered her hand to him and let him lead her out to the dance floor, where they promptly fell into the slow sway they’d been practicing.
“Fake dating you is a lot easier than I thought it would be,” Clarke said, fixing the fold on his lapel with her free hand.
“I might need that in writing as a review for future events. ‘Shockingly not as bad as he seems.’”
Clarke rolled her eyes. “That’s not what I meant.”
“Then what did you mean?” Bellamy’s hand felt warm on her lower back. She was acutely aware of every inch of him touching her and how good he looked in his suit.
“Just… I don’t know, I thought it would be weird, pretending to date you. But it doesn’t feel weird. It feels kind of right.”
Bellamy’s eyebrows furrowed but he said nothing, he just looked down at her with those dark eyes and she couldn’t help herself. She cupped the side of his neck with the hand that had been on his shoulder and pulled him into a soft kiss. It was small and barely there and took a few moments for him to respond, but when he did, all of her nervousness fell away. It felt right. She’d never felt something that felt that right.
When he pulled back, he pressed his forehead to hers and smiled. “Please tell me that wasn’t just for my mom’s benefit.”
Clarke laughed and shook her head. “Shut up,” she said, and kissed him again.
Happy Holidays, @livwholikestv – From your Secret Santa.
Summary: When Bellamy's roommate forces him to leave the apartment for a few days, he turns to his friend Clarke for a place to stay. Unfortunately, Clarke's room is colder than it should be, and they're forced to find ways to stay warm.
Happy Holidays, @kindclaws – From your Secret Santa.
Summary: Getting a nemesis doesn’t really go the way Clarke would have expected.It’s just fairly… anticlimactic. Mostly because they only see each other in lectures, and they don’t ever actually talk to each other. Their rivalry consists of raised hands and pointed responses that are technically directed to the professor, but plainly in opposition to the other.
OR: The one where Clarke and Bellamy are the students you hated in all your classes.
Word count: 2471
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Fluff
Happy Holidays, @megaphonemonday – From your Secret Santa.
Summary: “I was thinking about last night,” she ends up blurting out, and then wants to slap herself, because stupid, stupid girl.
She can actually see Bellamy’s walls go up, and she wants to laugh and cry at the same time because he is so predictable.
“What about last night?” he asks slowly, eyes narrowed and trained on her. A muscle works in his jaw and she swallows, mouth suddenly dry.
“Well, I was thinking,” she continues, still trying for nonchalance and completely missing the mark, “That the two of us deserve some fun. Together.”
“What,” he says, completely deadpan, and Clarke is ready to run for the hills.
or, the one where bellarke has been lowkey bangin' since unity day
