Title: Air Heart
Characters: Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch (background Minerva McGonagall/Walburga Black)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,800
Warnings: None
Summary: A young Minerva McGonagall takes flight.
Notes: Written for leela_cat at hp_beholder and originally posted here.. Thanks to Leela for inspiration, bethbethbeth for patience, and S for reassurance and a critical eye. ( Read more... )

*thunk* Exhausting day, but I did manage to do one thing I've been dreading for a while, so I've rewarded myself by taking the time to do something else I've meant to do for ages. Although in this case, I couldn't be happier to do it. Apologies in advance for this second-person kick I've been on lately.

Title: Do You Remember Alan Mackenzie?
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I'm the last to the party, I'm sure, but just in case anyone else has come in late, the giant Remus/Sirius post of love is this way, chez imochan. Drop by and enjoy the R/S love! I wrote a tiny ficlet for it, which I'm going to repost below.

Title: This Is What Grace Looks Like
Characters: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin
Rating: PG
Word count: 800
Summary An ( Read more... )

Title: This Absolutely Brilliant Thing (Remix)
Characters: Lavender/Parvati
Word count: 2400
Summary: There should be another word for what they have but there isn’t, so Lavender secretly calls it their Thing.
Notes: A remix of a thought-provoking ficlet about race and sexuality, woldy's Three Reasons, or Maybe Excuses, which explains why Parvati can't ( Read more... )

Title: A Slow Waltz with Severus Snape
Characters: Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape
Rating: G
Word count: 2600
Summary: As they say of the greatest dancers, Neville's strength is in his passion, not his technique.
Notes: A belated happy birthday to Severus Snape!

( As his grandmother always said, there are some wizards whose backs were more attractive than their faces, and Neville had been very glad to see the back of Professor Snape. )

Title: How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?
Characters: Alice and Frank Longbottom, Marlene MacKinnon, Sirius Black
Rating: PG for language
Word Count: 2400
Summary: 1979 has been a difficult year. Alice blames Frank, who couldn’t say no to a stray.
Notes: Yet again, the very last submission over at rs_small_gifts, and, yet again, an R/S that's mostly ( Read more... )

Title: The King of Grimmauld Place
Summary: The family treats Arthur like royalty when he returns from St Mungo's.
Characters: Arthur, Remus, Molly, Sirius, and assorted Weasley children, red-headed and honorary
Rating: Thoroughly G
Word Count: 1500
Notes: For such_heights. Thanks to secretsolitaire for last-minute beta help!

( On the day he is released from St Mungo’s, Arthur Weasley is king of Grimmauld Place. Or, if not king, at least an honored citizen. For three--well, two and a half hours. Give or take a few minutes. )

Title: Voldemort's Return: A Love Story
Summary: Defeating Voldemort is the essential task for the Order, but it's not about spells or battles or prophecies. It's about sacrificing those we love because we didn't get it right the first time. Arabella Figg has her own story to tell about Voldemort's return.
Characters: Arabella Figg, Albus ( Read more... )

Title: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Summary: A funeral in the Forbidden Forest and a conversation afterward. This kind of sentimentality would have got Severus killed years ago.
Word count: 1,000
Rated: G
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore
Notes: This was written last summer, an epilogue to a series on Snape I never had the chance to ( Read more... )

Title: Pants Down
Summary: Moody is suspicious, James and Peter are angry, Sirius is overly enthusiastic, and Remus has no pants. But friends come through, in the end.
Word count: 4,000
Rating: A very mild R for sexual situations
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Notes: For the rs_small_gifts pinch-hitters. Thanks for doing such a wonderful job! And much heartfelt ( Read more... )