[Harry Potter] [Multiple Characters] One
Title: One.
Summary: Fifty one sentence fics devoted to the women of Harry Potter. Alternatively, an accidental ode to Ginny's angst.
Characters/Pairings: Check the tags for characters, pairings are mostly canon (Fleur/Bill, Ginny/Harry, Angelina/Fred, Angelina/George, etc) and Ginny/Astoria.
Genre: Gen, Angst, Romance
Rating/Warnings: PG-13, Infidelity in a couple.
Medium: ...Underfed drabbles.
Word Count: 894
Minerva
Occasionally, she can't sleep for the memory of the flames.
Narcissa
It had always been unnerving the way her sister talked to herself.
Ginny
She leaves him the day he asks if she's doing okay.
Daphne
Sharing with her sister never was her strong suit.
Marietta
Why is always burning on the edge of her tongue.
Hermione
She prides herself on knowledge and science and truth, but that doesn't stop her from wishing three times a day.
Millicent
There are too many weddings after the war, so she stops going to them.
Cho
The idea of having a house full of noise, of children, scares her too much after the war.
Hannah
Somebody else believing in her is all she needs.
Ginny/Astoria
They stay in Budapest for three days and don't worry about anything.
Luna
Nobody asks why she paints the nursery pink.
Andromeda
Teddy looks just like his mother when he rolls his eyes at her, and she can never manage to punish him after that.
Narcissa
The arguments are always ridiculous, yet she still clings to the tiny suggestion of hope they give her.
Astoria
She thinks about leaving him, two signatures and everything is finished, but she can't forget Scorpius' wide eyes and night night, mummy and dry pecks to her cheeks either.
Andromeda
She prefers to be alone these days.
Ginny
He's still brave and beautiful and strong, but he's not what she thought he was at all.
Lily Luna
It's not fair, she wants to scream, that she's female.
Pansy
She always hated the way he smirked.
Katie
She'd been so close, and somehow still she lost it.
Ginny
He lets her have the party she wants to have, lets her pretend that they're normal too.
Lily
She watches James and Sirius, and keeps an eye out for blood.
Molly
She tells herself it's natural to worry as much as she does.
Ginny
It's a success the first morning she wakes up and doesn't cry over breakfast.
Angelina
The jokes are never quite as funny from one person.
Astoria
When the birds sing the coming of spring, the manor feels less like a prison.
Helga
The students are a blessing, a breath of fresh air into a castle starting to feel stagnant.
Rowena
She has her favourites, but she tries not to let it show.
Angelina
Sometimes, at night, she holds her hand to his chest to make sure he's still breathing.
Hannah
It's quiet in Hogsmeade at this time of night and it sets her skin on edge; it's too much like before.
Rose
Absentmindedly, she curls her hair around her fingers, tightens it into something more like her mother's, and cracks the book open.
Petunia
It's just not natural, she thinks, as she watches her sister fly.
Luna
It's something special to find someone who doesn't mock your beliefs.
Gabrielle
Her maman had always told her to be a good girl and she'd always listened, even though it wasn't what she wanted.
Angelina
It's been ten years but the the grief is still overwhelming, it pulls at her chest and tears at her throat and refuses to let her live.
Lucy
Lily holds her hand and whispers in her ear that it's going to be okay, they'll only get in a little bit of trouble.
Ginny
The cottage is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields and and quiet country roads, and it seems like the worst place on earth.
Helga Hufflepuff
The drink burns going down, claws at her throat like sorrow and grief, and it's exactly what she needs.
Ginny
She thinks of what her mother would say as hands that are not her husband's press fingertip kisses to her thighs, and decides she doesn't care.
Hermione
She holds her daughter in her arms - tiny toes and tiny eyes and a tiny pair of lungs for massive cries - and she cannot think of anything she is prouder of.
Ginny
The ring feels heavy on her finger, like a curse instead of a gift.
Ginny
There's cake in James' hair and all over his fingers but when he looks up at her, all Ginny can see is Harry.
Lily Luna
She stands tall with her team, and doesn't let her eyes burn with shame.
Luna
She turns her nightmares into dreams.
Astoria
They honeymoon in Paris, stay in a room with a balcony and the most beautiful view, and it's everything and nothing like she thought it would be.
Ginny
"I don't think I'm okay," she says.
Ginny/Astoria
They watch the sunrise together, marvel at the feel of a smaller, gentler hand held in theirs and smooth sweet legs pressed close on the roof.
Fleur
In the kitchen of their cottage, bare feet gliding across slate, he gives her the dance she'd wanted so long ago.
Rowena
The secrets they keep will be the death of her.
Ginny/Astoria
It's the little things, the subtle differences between a male lover and a female that trip her up most days.
Hermione
The scars still hurt.
Summary: Fifty one sentence fics devoted to the women of Harry Potter. Alternatively, an accidental ode to Ginny's angst.
Characters/Pairings: Check the tags for characters, pairings are mostly canon (Fleur/Bill, Ginny/Harry, Angelina/Fred, Angelina/George, etc) and Ginny/Astoria.
Genre: Gen, Angst, Romance
Rating/Warnings: PG-13, Infidelity in a couple.
Medium: ...Underfed drabbles.
Word Count: 894
Minerva
Occasionally, she can't sleep for the memory of the flames.
Narcissa
It had always been unnerving the way her sister talked to herself.
Ginny
She leaves him the day he asks if she's doing okay.
Daphne
Sharing with her sister never was her strong suit.
Marietta
Why is always burning on the edge of her tongue.
Hermione
She prides herself on knowledge and science and truth, but that doesn't stop her from wishing three times a day.
Millicent
There are too many weddings after the war, so she stops going to them.
Cho
The idea of having a house full of noise, of children, scares her too much after the war.
Hannah
Somebody else believing in her is all she needs.
Ginny/Astoria
They stay in Budapest for three days and don't worry about anything.
Luna
Nobody asks why she paints the nursery pink.
Andromeda
Teddy looks just like his mother when he rolls his eyes at her, and she can never manage to punish him after that.
Narcissa
The arguments are always ridiculous, yet she still clings to the tiny suggestion of hope they give her.
Astoria
She thinks about leaving him, two signatures and everything is finished, but she can't forget Scorpius' wide eyes and night night, mummy and dry pecks to her cheeks either.
Andromeda
She prefers to be alone these days.
Ginny
He's still brave and beautiful and strong, but he's not what she thought he was at all.
Lily Luna
It's not fair, she wants to scream, that she's female.
Pansy
She always hated the way he smirked.
Katie
She'd been so close, and somehow still she lost it.
Ginny
He lets her have the party she wants to have, lets her pretend that they're normal too.
Lily
She watches James and Sirius, and keeps an eye out for blood.
Molly
She tells herself it's natural to worry as much as she does.
Ginny
It's a success the first morning she wakes up and doesn't cry over breakfast.
Angelina
The jokes are never quite as funny from one person.
Astoria
When the birds sing the coming of spring, the manor feels less like a prison.
Helga
The students are a blessing, a breath of fresh air into a castle starting to feel stagnant.
Rowena
She has her favourites, but she tries not to let it show.
Angelina
Sometimes, at night, she holds her hand to his chest to make sure he's still breathing.
Hannah
It's quiet in Hogsmeade at this time of night and it sets her skin on edge; it's too much like before.
Rose
Absentmindedly, she curls her hair around her fingers, tightens it into something more like her mother's, and cracks the book open.
Petunia
It's just not natural, she thinks, as she watches her sister fly.
Luna
It's something special to find someone who doesn't mock your beliefs.
Gabrielle
Her maman had always told her to be a good girl and she'd always listened, even though it wasn't what she wanted.
Angelina
It's been ten years but the the grief is still overwhelming, it pulls at her chest and tears at her throat and refuses to let her live.
Lucy
Lily holds her hand and whispers in her ear that it's going to be okay, they'll only get in a little bit of trouble.
Ginny
The cottage is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields and and quiet country roads, and it seems like the worst place on earth.
Helga Hufflepuff
The drink burns going down, claws at her throat like sorrow and grief, and it's exactly what she needs.
Ginny
She thinks of what her mother would say as hands that are not her husband's press fingertip kisses to her thighs, and decides she doesn't care.
Hermione
She holds her daughter in her arms - tiny toes and tiny eyes and a tiny pair of lungs for massive cries - and she cannot think of anything she is prouder of.
Ginny
The ring feels heavy on her finger, like a curse instead of a gift.
Ginny
There's cake in James' hair and all over his fingers but when he looks up at her, all Ginny can see is Harry.
Lily Luna
She stands tall with her team, and doesn't let her eyes burn with shame.
Luna
She turns her nightmares into dreams.
Astoria
They honeymoon in Paris, stay in a room with a balcony and the most beautiful view, and it's everything and nothing like she thought it would be.
Ginny
"I don't think I'm okay," she says.
Ginny/Astoria
They watch the sunrise together, marvel at the feel of a smaller, gentler hand held in theirs and smooth sweet legs pressed close on the roof.
Fleur
In the kitchen of their cottage, bare feet gliding across slate, he gives her the dance she'd wanted so long ago.
Rowena
The secrets they keep will be the death of her.
Ginny/Astoria
It's the little things, the subtle differences between a male lover and a female that trip her up most days.
Hermione
The scars still hurt.