Lyras: *gets up; puts on short-sleeved top as usual*
Lyras: Wow, that rain's put a real chill in the air. *adds jumper*
Half an hour later: *adds fleece*
Half an hour later: *plugs in oil heater*
Hello, winter :(.
Ah, well. Bring on the chai tea, bundling up to go running and snuggling up with the boyfriend because it's too cold to get far from the heater.
HP_beholder has started posting! There's a broad range of stuff there already, including this very clever bit of wrangling between Rita Skeeter and Severus Snape:
A Game of Fox and Hounds (rated NC-17). Note the rating, but note also that the sex is a very small part of this story, which for me is all about the brilliant character portrayals.