Thank you all for a very successful and stress-free swap. I got all entries in more than enough time, and the quality this year is amongst the best I've seen in my years in SPEW. And, with no further ado, I present to you the authors of these fine works:

Behind My Smile, as requested by BrokenPromise, written by Helena/goldendsnidget92

Fairy ( Read more... )

Characters/Pairings: Katie/Oliver, past Katie/Leanne, some vague Lisa Turpin/Colin Creevey if you squint, Dennis, Fred Weasley
Rating: Professors
Warnings:  Sexual Situations, Slash, Strong Profanity, Substance Abuse, Violence
Author’s Note: Jess, you are amazing, and you deserve far, far better than this. The slash warning is for a past ( Read more... )

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Characters/Pairings: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Narcissa Malfoy, Voldemort; Draco/Harry
Rating: 6th/7th Years
Warnings:  Character Death, Slash, Violence, Mental Disorders, Mild Profanity, Dark Themes
Author’s Note: So this didn’t turn out quite like I’d expected, but I hope you like it. My initial inspiration was Leave Out All the Rest, much to ( Read more... )

Characters/Pairings: Louis/Lily
Rating: Sixth-Seventh Years
Warnings (if any): Sexual Situations, Mild Profanity
Author’s Note: Thank you to Lily who betaed this, even if she shouldn’t have. Inspiration for this story came from the general theme of unhealthy relationships in Soraya’s song choices, but one that resonated with me was Turning Tables, ( Read more... )

Characters/Pairings: Lily/Scorpius
Rating: 3rd-5th years
Warnings (if any): Mild sexual situations, profanity, mentions of student/teacher romance
Author’s Note: Merry Christmas, Maple!

( “You should work this out with her. I’m not really part of this, am I?” Scorpius sat up slowly and suddenly they were close, so close that the warmth of his breath caressed her lips. “Are you?” )

Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius

Rating: 3rd-5th years

Warnings (if any): Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations

Author’s Note: This was beta’ed by Nora/Eleanor Lupin, and the lyrics in the title and subtitles belong to It’s Oh So Quiet by Bjork.  I’m so sorry, Sophie, because I seem incapable of writing anything other than straight angst (or gay angst, ( Read more... )

Characters/Pairings: The Marauders and Lily
Rating: 3rd-5th years
Warnings (if any): substance abuse, mild profanity,
Author’s Note: Thank you to Ari/Royari for betaing so rapidly and excellently.

Helena, I hope you have a lovely Christmas and that this is a suitably amusing story for you.

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( “Can you smell the cake?” Sirius asked, pausing in the doorway. Without waiting for an answer, he came right into the room and leaned on the end of the bed. “Because I have a plan.” )

Title: Behind My Smile
For: BrokenPromise
Characters/Pairings: Fleur/Cedric
Rating: 3rd-5th Years (being safe)
Warnings (if any): None
Author’s Note: This story was written for BrokenPromise as part of the Secret SPEW Story Swap 2012. A MASSIVE thank you with chocolate icing and a cherry on top to the magnificently speedy betas, WrenWinterSong and ( Read more... )