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[fics_by_maple]

Title: Said The Spider To The Fly
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Word Count: 5116
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Harry takes Ginny on a private assignment.
Warnings: vampiric blood, depictions of slash and femmeslash (not H/G or canon characters)
Prompt: Written for Changing Season's H/G fic exchange.
A/N: Many thanks to fitzette, lnalvgd, mrsquizzical and grownuphermione for the help and input!

Dear beckaandzac

Comments

[cupboardwitch]

This is fantastic!

First of all you seem to be one of the few authors who can get grown-up Harry exactly right in my mind. He's powerful and dangerous (otherwise, how could he be an Auror?) but he's still sweet and chivalrous and modest and obviously very much in love with Ginny.

You've done Ginny brilliantly as well - she's a strong-willed witch, but she's no Auror and although she wasn't frightened by what she saw, it was certainly nothing she was prepared for.

As for the sex - it was fantastic! There was just enough in the background to set the reader on edge in the same way that Harry and Ginny were being effected by it. Then finally, their own coupling was that perfect blend of need and emotion; neither sappy nor desperate and more than getting-off but not passionate love-making.

And the ending? Perfect! I'll think of this every time I see a hydrangea.

[fics_by_maple]

Oh, thank you for complimenting my grown up Harry. I do try with him. :)

Gah - you said so many wonderful things, I'm positively *bouncing* - thank you!

[flyingcarpet]

OK, wow. This is really hot!

I love the use of vampires in an HP fic -- we see so little of them in canon that sometimes I almost forget they even exist in the HP universe. I love Auror!Harry here, and Ginny's irritation at being a bridesmaid is hilarious and very apropos. Overall, the story has a compelling and very unique feel.

Great job with this!

[fics_by_maple]

Huzzah! I've never had any inclination to write vampire!fic before, but I wanted to try my hand at something a little darker and out of the ordinary for me. I'm SO glad you liked it.

Thank you for organizing this exchange for us. I was so stressed out, but now that it's over, it's a lot of fun. :)

[mrsquizzical]

oh you made this so GOOOOOOD, maple!

and the harry-logic of taking her there, because he's kept enough secrets in his life. and she can handle it. this ginny kicks arse.

"Probably shouldn't have done that," he answered quietly.

echoes of hagrid!

i love his sort of stoic good character and attempts to not look and not be affected. *squishes him*

great job, girl.

[fics_by_maple]

*bounces*

echoes of hagrid!
ahahaha! I noticed that on a re-read, I wondered if anyone would notice. *snort*

Thank you very much. I always hope I can't make the Harry I put into words as wonderful as the Harry in my head. Mwah!

[anoipua]

This is fabulous. It was dark, and hot, and funny, and just really really well written.

I told my roommate "I like reading and writing, 'cause in literature, you can make up words. Like slapsliding. Which was brilliant to begin with, and you can hear it, but aside from all that, in an already great sex scene, it's down right hot."

Brava!

[fics_by_maple]

Thank you! Hee -I like the made up words, too! :P

I think sex and emotions are just so visceral sometimes there aren't enough 'real' words to describe them.

[rose_starr]

Holy crap!!

OMFG!!!!!!

Seriously, Maple, this is amazing!!

This might possibly be my new favorite thing you've written!!

[fics_by_maple]

LOL - oh, you're funny.

Really? Wow. That's so neat.

Vampire fetish? :P