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FIC: "Souvenirs and Lost Luggage" for florahart

May 18, 2011 13:54

Recipient: florahart
Author: girl_tarte / tarteaucitron
Title: Souvenirs and Lost Luggage
Rating: PG
Pairings: Petunia Dursley/OFC (pre-slash), Dudley Dursley/Piers Polkiss (established)
Word Count: 5900
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *none*.
Summary: In 2003, Petunia leaves Little Whinging for good. It is four years before she can talk about it.

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dudley/piers, piers polkiss, petunia/ofc, fic, beholder_2011, femslash, dudley dursley, petunia dursley, original character, rating:pg

Comments 1

thisaestus May 18 2011, 20:23:57 UTC

I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked the link, but it definitely wasn't this. This fic is one of the loveliest I've read in I can't remember how long--perfectly gutting and aching and hopeful too. Part of the beauty of this fic is in the small, mundane details

It's been raining this morning. It has left great grey-brown birthmarks round the outflow pipes on the brickwork of the terraces opposite

She fills a glass from the tap and takes it to her windowbox. A hosepipe ban will be in place by the weekend if the weather reports are right. The soil is bone dry, and the water is sucked quickly in; a second glass turns it black and rich. A bud is beginning to open on Piers's geranium, a soft scarlet petal that folds itself tightly over Petunia's fingernail.

One of my favorite parts--it sums up the entire story so well: An indistinct girl in a short fur jacket, a cigarette in her hand and a shopping bag at her feet. A dirty little tart, Vernon says in her head, but her own voice is stronger these days and Petunia's not so ( ... )