snippety meme
In honor of seeing HBP friday in the theater, I give you...
HP: 10 Genres in 10 Snippets (Various Pairings)
1. Angst
She picked up the receiver with a cheery, "Potter residence!" But as she listened to the voice on the other end, her smile faded. "I told you not to call me." She gave the other party mere moments before she snarled, "I bloody well meant it, Severus!" There were angry tears in her eyes as she slammed the phone down, missing the cradle.
2. AU
"What's that you got there?" Sirius asked, pulling up a bar stool. Harry shook his head, tucking his hand into his pocket. "Nothing important." "I should say not," Sirius chuckled. "Now, what do you say we get you down there before poor Ginevra thinks she's been stood up, yeah?" Harry nodded, grinning, and fumbled around the Resurrection Stone in his pocket for the change to settle his tab.
3. Crack!
Neville settled onto the bench at breakfast and was the first to reveal his condition: "BB CHIKKENZ IZ WURY NOOTRISHUS, PLZ PASS DEM." Seamus and Ron stared blankly at him. Ron shook his head and with a worried glance to Seamus first, replied, "WHUT IN NAME OF MERLIN CAT!! I GET YOO DR, Y/Y?"
4. Crossover
"So let me get this straight," the blonde began ticking points off on her fingers. "Your friend's got this textbook with old notes in it, there's some kooky nickname scrawled in the front, it's helping him not only pass but ace his class, and you think it's some kind of sinister plot?" Ron and Hermione looked at each other, shrugging. "Yeah," he said, crossing his arms. The blonde raised an eyebrow, but shook both their hands as she said, "Rest easy, wizard people, 'cause Veronica Mars is on the case."
5. First Time
She rolled off him and they lay together for a moment on the bed, catching their breath. "Well," she said at last. "You're lucky I love you, Ron, because if that's all you've got--" she leaned up on one elbow to look very sternly at him. "I'm going to have to invent some potions for stamina."
6. Fluff
"Oh my god," Hermione goggled at the creatures emerging from the edge of the lake. "You were right!" Luna settled comfortably into the bush next to her and said with vague pleasantness, "Dad's writing about the mer-squid babies in this issue, but I wanted to show you first. Aren't they lovely?"
7. Humor
The twins stuck their heads in the doorway to have a look, one atop the other like in some farce film reel. Flitwick hovered anxiously before the assembled crowd, but was not too busy to notice the newcomers. "Come in, come in," he said with cheery impatience. "Now, stand up straight, boys. On three, I'm a Little Cauldron." The twins shifted nervously. "I thought this was detention?" Fred--maybe George--said. "Yes, yes," the diminutive professor assured them, and with excessive cheerfulness, expanded, "Detention cum choir auditions!"
8. Hurt/Comfort
"Don't be jealous, Sev. It's just a Hogsmeade outing. We'll be going as Prefects--it's not a date, or anything." When Severus continued only to stare morosely into the potion he was brewing, Lily huffed. "Well, you're being ridiculous," she stabbed her stirrer into the cauldron and gave it a counter-clockwise turn. "You'll be there too, for goodness' sake!" She threw up her hands, unthinking, and her potion spattered, harmless where it struck her robes but giving a sinister hiss from where droplets had hit her bare forearm. She sucked in her breath against the pain and he was at her side in a moment, cool hands at her wrist and elbow. Through the pain, Lily was relieved to hear him say anything at all when he told her to sit still.
9. Smut
She lowered herself onto him with a tantalizing little gasp, robes hitched up to reveal the tops of her stockings. He groaned as she moved slowly, too slowly, up and then down. He grabbed her, long fingers sinking slightly into her pale thighs. "Oh, don't you dare, Ronald," she said breathlessly. She tossed her thick brown hair behind her shoulders. "I want to enjoy it this time."
10. UST
It had been empty in the alley when he exited the rear of the Ministry, but now...now he knew he wasn't alone. She stepped out of the shadows, tense, wand extended from a hand that betrayed only the barest tremble. "You should have apparated," she challenged, voice dampened by the brewing storm overhead. In an instant, he was at her side, robes flowing like water through the thick air. "I'm getting out," he whispered through the mask. "Right now." He reached to place one gloved hand tentatively on the small of her back. "Come with me." He could feel her shiver more violently and she shook her head. "Can't," she gasped, voice as tumultuous as the sky. As soon as she said it he was gone.
There are at least four of these that I now really want to write as full fics. Maybe I will! Like betweenthebliss I had a hard time keeping them to tiny snippets, but dammit, sometimes I need atmosphere! ;)
HP: 10 Genres in 10 Snippets (Various Pairings)
1. Angst
She picked up the receiver with a cheery, "Potter residence!" But as she listened to the voice on the other end, her smile faded. "I told you not to call me." She gave the other party mere moments before she snarled, "I bloody well meant it, Severus!" There were angry tears in her eyes as she slammed the phone down, missing the cradle.
2. AU
"What's that you got there?" Sirius asked, pulling up a bar stool. Harry shook his head, tucking his hand into his pocket. "Nothing important." "I should say not," Sirius chuckled. "Now, what do you say we get you down there before poor Ginevra thinks she's been stood up, yeah?" Harry nodded, grinning, and fumbled around the Resurrection Stone in his pocket for the change to settle his tab.
3. Crack!
Neville settled onto the bench at breakfast and was the first to reveal his condition: "BB CHIKKENZ IZ WURY NOOTRISHUS, PLZ PASS DEM." Seamus and Ron stared blankly at him. Ron shook his head and with a worried glance to Seamus first, replied, "WHUT IN NAME OF MERLIN CAT!! I GET YOO DR, Y/Y?"
4. Crossover
"So let me get this straight," the blonde began ticking points off on her fingers. "Your friend's got this textbook with old notes in it, there's some kooky nickname scrawled in the front, it's helping him not only pass but ace his class, and you think it's some kind of sinister plot?" Ron and Hermione looked at each other, shrugging. "Yeah," he said, crossing his arms. The blonde raised an eyebrow, but shook both their hands as she said, "Rest easy, wizard people, 'cause Veronica Mars is on the case."
5. First Time
She rolled off him and they lay together for a moment on the bed, catching their breath. "Well," she said at last. "You're lucky I love you, Ron, because if that's all you've got--" she leaned up on one elbow to look very sternly at him. "I'm going to have to invent some potions for stamina."
6. Fluff
"Oh my god," Hermione goggled at the creatures emerging from the edge of the lake. "You were right!" Luna settled comfortably into the bush next to her and said with vague pleasantness, "Dad's writing about the mer-squid babies in this issue, but I wanted to show you first. Aren't they lovely?"
7. Humor
The twins stuck their heads in the doorway to have a look, one atop the other like in some farce film reel. Flitwick hovered anxiously before the assembled crowd, but was not too busy to notice the newcomers. "Come in, come in," he said with cheery impatience. "Now, stand up straight, boys. On three, I'm a Little Cauldron." The twins shifted nervously. "I thought this was detention?" Fred--maybe George--said. "Yes, yes," the diminutive professor assured them, and with excessive cheerfulness, expanded, "Detention cum choir auditions!"
8. Hurt/Comfort
"Don't be jealous, Sev. It's just a Hogsmeade outing. We'll be going as Prefects--it's not a date, or anything." When Severus continued only to stare morosely into the potion he was brewing, Lily huffed. "Well, you're being ridiculous," she stabbed her stirrer into the cauldron and gave it a counter-clockwise turn. "You'll be there too, for goodness' sake!" She threw up her hands, unthinking, and her potion spattered, harmless where it struck her robes but giving a sinister hiss from where droplets had hit her bare forearm. She sucked in her breath against the pain and he was at her side in a moment, cool hands at her wrist and elbow. Through the pain, Lily was relieved to hear him say anything at all when he told her to sit still.
9. Smut
She lowered herself onto him with a tantalizing little gasp, robes hitched up to reveal the tops of her stockings. He groaned as she moved slowly, too slowly, up and then down. He grabbed her, long fingers sinking slightly into her pale thighs. "Oh, don't you dare, Ronald," she said breathlessly. She tossed her thick brown hair behind her shoulders. "I want to enjoy it this time."
10. UST
It had been empty in the alley when he exited the rear of the Ministry, but now...now he knew he wasn't alone. She stepped out of the shadows, tense, wand extended from a hand that betrayed only the barest tremble. "You should have apparated," she challenged, voice dampened by the brewing storm overhead. In an instant, he was at her side, robes flowing like water through the thick air. "I'm getting out," he whispered through the mask. "Right now." He reached to place one gloved hand tentatively on the small of her back. "Come with me." He could feel her shiver more violently and she shook her head. "Can't," she gasped, voice as tumultuous as the sky. As soon as she said it he was gone.
There are at least four of these that I now really want to write as full fics. Maybe I will! Like betweenthebliss I had a hard time keeping them to tiny snippets, but dammit, sometimes I need atmosphere! ;)