Title: Taking Yesterday
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Circle/I want a clearer picture
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG
Summary: Nothing good ever came from thinking about it.
Author’s Notes: Part thirteen of Swan and Snark.

“Why have you been avoiding me?”

It hadn’t been difficult to notice. While it once was common to ( Read more... )

Title:  Elemental Opposites
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith, Cho Chang, and Marietta Edgecombe
Prompt: Friends/the game of compromise
Word Count:  1098
Rating: PG
Summary: Choosing between relationships and friends could have disastrous results.
Author’s Notes: Part twelve of Swan and Snark.

After the humiliating Quidditch match, ( Read more... )

Title: Are We Doing This Right?
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Weeks/well, if you put it that way
Word Count: 1412
Rating: PG
Summary: In which Zacharias Smith experiences Loser's Lurgy.
Author’s Notes: Part eleven of Swan and Snark.

Even though he knew he would regret it later, Zacharias couldn’t help but put aside ( Read more... )

Title: Now That You Know
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Lightening/and that is a panda’s purpose in life
Word Count: 985
Rating: PG
Summary: He was tired of questioning everything. She had the answer.
Author’s Notes: Part ten of Swan and Snark.

Zacharias Smith was not one to usually admit he needed help or ( Read more... )

Title: Loss of Control
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias and Mr Smith, and Cho Chang
Prompt: Winter/ordinary people
Word Count: 1318
Rating: PG
Summary: Some things couldn’t be said through letters.
Author’s Notes: Part nine of Swan and Snark.

His father sat in the study, occupied with a parchment and quill. As if he could read his son’s ( Read more... )

Title: In a Million Years
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Sunrise/I’ll be your...something-or-other
Word Count: 1130
Rating: PG13
Summary: In which boys will be boys, and things were starting to look promising.
Author’s Notes: Part eight of Swan and Snark.

December arrived, and they managed to avoid each other ( Read more... )

Title: Last Thing on My Mind
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Taste/without warning
Word Count: 1000
Rating: PG13
Summary: After that day, Zacharias Smith would know how it really felt to lose a chase.
Author’s Notes: Part seven of Swan and Snark.

The only good thing that could have been said about the match ( Read more... )

Title: The Black Sheep
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Red/little black sheep
Word Count: 1177
Rating: PG13
Summary: He couldn’t remember the last time he was so angry, and all he could see was red. Fortunately, she was prepared to return a favour.
Author’s Notes: Part six of Swan and Snark, in which there is ( Read more... )

Title: Every Move is a Calculated Step
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Cho Chang
Prompt: Drink/of the spectacular sort
Word Count: 862
Rating: PG
Summary: Matters with Cho Chang were taking a turn, and Zacharias decided everything’s better when talked over tankards of butterbeer.
Author’s Notes: Part five of Swan and Snark.

As ( Read more... )

Title: The Key to Persistency
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Zacharias Smith, Cho Chang, and Susan Bones
Prompt: And/diagnosis
Word Count: 1052
Rating: PG
Summary: The start of a new school year provides another chance.
Author’s Notes: Part Four of Swan and Snark.

Matters with Eleanor Branstone fell short after she formed quarrel over his never ( Read more... )