Femslash Friday #5
Femslash Friday is here again! (Sorry I missed last week; Reasons). Anyway, what would you say to a little Minerva McGonagall/Aurora Sinistra? This is one of the first McG femslash fics I read, back in my early fandom days (2009?), and it has stayed with me -- very nicely characterized. I didn't realize at the time just how rare a pairing this was, but I thought it made good sense then, and I still think so now.
Title: The Cat and the Star
Author: Hijja (aka Kennahijja)
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall / Aurora Sinistra (Note: the fic was written before Sinistra's canon first name was revealed, so Hijja calls her "Estella," which works just as well as "Aurora.")
Rating: R
Word Count: ~6000
Author's Summary: In the aftermath of the battle in the Ministry, two Hogwarts professors try to come to terms with the year’s events, their conflicting loyalties, and their own uneasy relationship.
Why I Love It: I always enjoy well-done "established relationship" fics like this one, and I particularly like how the story addresses Minerva's reluctance to have a public relationship with a staff member and the effect of that reluctance on Sinistra.
Title: The Cat and the Star
Author: Hijja (aka Kennahijja)
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall / Aurora Sinistra (Note: the fic was written before Sinistra's canon first name was revealed, so Hijja calls her "Estella," which works just as well as "Aurora.")
Rating: R
Word Count: ~6000
Author's Summary: In the aftermath of the battle in the Ministry, two Hogwarts professors try to come to terms with the year’s events, their conflicting loyalties, and their own uneasy relationship.
Why I Love It: I always enjoy well-done "established relationship" fics like this one, and I particularly like how the story addresses Minerva's reluctance to have a public relationship with a staff member and the effect of that reluctance on Sinistra.