Fic: Hiding in Plain Sight (Neville/Draco) - part 2/2

[mayfly_78]

Author: mayfly_78
Title: Hiding In Plain Sight
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Neville/Draco
Summary: Can a love remain hidden? Do the interfering women of the family always know best?
Warnings: Explicit sexual content, meddling mothers, angst, and then some angst
Word Count: 14.400
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling

Comments

[theshirelife]

M'dear, this was absolutely beautiful!!! For starters, I LOVE how you portrayed Augusta. I'm really quite fond of her and you just got her voice and her sensibilities down to a T. I also love how you portrayed Narcissa. You struck a great balance with her and how you really highlighted her love unconditional love for her son.

Furthermore, I adore and applaud how you handled Draco and what he was going through. You made my heart break for him. He's now fast becoming another character I'm intrigued with and may well love very soon.

And then there's Neville... my dearest most wonderful Neville. You treated him very well and handled his side beautifully. And Luna's friendship? BRILLIANCE. I've always seen them as great friends- like they have this unique bond.

Bravisimo Mayfly!

[mayfly_78]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I'm really happy you liked it!

When I begun writing this, I realised I hadn't written nearly enough strong female characters so I set out to rectify it. Narcissa and Luna have long been favourites of mine, but I grew to love Augusta too while writing this. I couldn't help but make the women a bit more perceptive and intelligent than the boys... (And people don't write nearly as much Luna-Neville friendship as they should. It truly is a shame!)

I think it's easy to see that Draco is my favourite character, he is so deliciously flawed and conflicted and grey. He's not unequivocally good and honest like dear Neville (or Harry). And that's why I like pairing them, I think they balance out nicely.

[theshirelife]

You want to know something funny? I've been reading a few Nev-centric stories with Augusta featured in it and two stories in particular really show her prominently and then reading this story of yours- well, it cemented my love for her. I'm now putting together an application to play Augusta (and Alice) in one of the HP rpgs I'm in (where I already play Neville and Arthur). ^___^ Honestly, last night I was supposed to be putting together Alice's app but Augusta just came in and stole the show.

Anyway, back to the story, I do love your Draco for that reason! I love characters that are flawed and marinated in shades of grey, and you're totally right, they do have a very unique complementary and balancing sort of relationship. It's quite beautiful, actually.

p.s. Would it be all right if I humbly request friendsies? You seem like a lovely person and it looks to me like we'll have many things to talk about and shared interests and such. :-)

[mayfly_78]

Of course you can friend me! I really enjoy our little back and forward.

Unfortunately I am in the middle of a big upheaval at the moment (I'm getting ready to emmigrate to the UK from Greece), so I will be really bad at responding and generally being active until things settle down again.

[theshirelife]

"Unfortunately I am in the middle of a big upheaval at the moment (I'm getting ready to emmigrate to the UK from Greece), so I will be really bad at responding and generally being active until things settle down again."

That's perfectly fine! I've been commenting to friends more than actually posting lately. :-)