Intermezzo, Part 2/5

[irislock]

Author: irislock
Title: Intermezzo
Challenge: #16. She dived under the table to retrieve the bowl and emerged with her face glowing like the setting sun. (Chamber of Secrets, UK adult cover page 51)
Rating: Hard R
Summary: Love was the easy part.
Word count: 3,656
Warnings: Harry/OFC, Ginny/OMC, implied Ginny/Luna, explicit sexual

Comments

[alejandrasilva]

good, what an arse is this Harry, and poor ginny practically begging him to reason... keep doing!

[irislock]

Be patient with him, he's a little...confused. Thanks for reading!

[anonymous]

Only 2 moths left before Harry starts stalking her :) This line had me cracking up:
"It was a woman. Under the circumstances, he supposed he should be grateful for that".
I wonder what he would have done if it had been Draco Malfoy :)
So funny. Of course Harry's chest monster makes an appearance when she is seeing someone else. What an idiot, just have a talk with her already! (I'm having fun abusing your Harry before my kids get out of bed).

[cacata]

The above post was me, btw. Are you updating again tomorrow?

[irislock]

I'm so glad that made you laugh.

Yep. Part 3 will be submitted late tonight and should be up in the morning.

[lnalvgd]

*whimpers*

It was a woman. Under the circumstances, he supposed he should be grateful for that.

*snorts*

Ron appeared briefly with some hangover potion and pot of soup from Hermione (“For when you feel better.”) Harry wasn’t sure he would ever feel better enough for Hermione’s soup, but the potion was welcome.

This line cracked me up! Poor Hermione and her lack of cooking skills!!

I can't wait to read part three! I'm so wrapped up in these characters!

Again, my heart is breaking for Harry and Ginny!

I know you already have it worked out, but DAMN!Harry! get some sense!!!

[irislock]

Yeah - Harry is a bit slow. Part 3 should be up by tomorrow if not sooner. And that is the perfect icon for Harry smashing the wireless :)

[ginny88]

The chapter's so good. I like the angst created by Harry and Ginny's break up because of him getting cold feet, that leads eventually to their involvement with other people.

I'm just wondering though why the Weasleys still welcome Harry at the Burrow when they all know that he broke Ginny's heart? And Ron, he didn't take offense when Harry had a one night stand with a total stranger? Oh well, the next chapters might reveal the answers to these questions.

The build up of angst is making me excited for the next chapters :-)

[irislock]

Glad you enjoyed it! The whole thing is a little more angsty than I intended, but it's sort of unavoidable in a fic where they are apart

[geor_geor]

My, this is kinda awesome!

I love the angst, how its an issue that is so concievable too; Harry's spent his entire life wanting a family so it's so easy to picture him getting petrified at the idea of it actually finally happening. Ginny's being her usual self which is always great. I'm glad that you've made her try to move on and actually step away from Harry with so little drama. At Hogwarts when she was trying to move on from him, she always had that little bit of hope "I never gave up on you" lingering, but now its at a stage for her where it's forever or never, and I have no doubt that despite her outward togetherness that she's also cut up on the inside.

Anyhoo, I'm liking this and where it is going. The angst isn't overbearing, which is pretty much my pet hate in fanfiction, so those little amusing lines in there (Hermione's soup, it being a woman) really break it up nicely without ruining the angst... In basics, this is awesome!

[irislock]

What a lovely review - You have just made my day!

I'm glad you don't think the angst to over the top, and that the premise of Harry loving her but a bit terrified of marriage is believable.

Thanks so much for reading!