FIC: Lost and Found (Sirius/Bellatrix; R)

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Title: Lost and Found (written Spring 2004) (Web version)
Author: Slytherlynx (spare_change)
Pairing: Sirius/Bellatrix
Rating: R
Length: ~10,300 words
Genre: Drama, humor, coming-of-age
Warnings: Underaged sexual fumblings - not chan unless you consider Judy Blume to be chan as well. NOT A DARK FIC.
Summary: Sirius and Bellatrix, the summer before

Comments

[proteinscollide]

Oh, S. I really really liked this. I've always thought that any Sirius/Bellatrix would have to be very dark to work, but you manage to make it so convincing in its teenaged tone. I love how the darkness is only alluded to, at the edges, but it's enough to keep things on edge, knowing their bleak futures coming up. Your characterisations really work for me - Bella's awkward, confused, unhappy transition from child to teen, to Sirius' carelessness as a boy to his cousin's feelings, the smug grace of Narcissa - and I love all the little glimpses of other characters that we know to be important later on.

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Thank you so much for reading this, and I'm really glad the characterizations worked for you. Obviously Bellatrix is a big leap from canon, but I kind of like wondering how someone could become the way she is (rather than being born that way as Tom Riddle was in HBP).

And, as always, I'm so grateful for how your comments always help me to understand my own fic so much more clearly! Makes me miss your own fics all the more ... any plans to write more HP?

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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This is really beautiful, S. You've managed to make Bellatrix sympathetic and still seem completely plausible. The follow-up from her POV is great, too - my heart sort of breaks for her with all that angst and betrayal. This is all aided of course by my finding Sirius to generally be the douchiest of douche bags. :)

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:D :D :D Oh, I'm so delighted that it worked for you! And yeah, I love the idea that BOYANGST made her the nutter she is ...

Sirius is indeed the douchiest of douchebags, but damn, I do love him anyway. I have a Sirius/Draco that is sort of in the same universe (albeit ~30 years later), in which he feels infinitely more beaten-down by life. (And deals with it by fucking a teenager ... so, um, yeah. He's a douchebag!)

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I meant to say how much I loved that the L-guy ended up being Longbottom rather than Lestrange. A little added motive can give a girl a lot of depth!

And OMG, I hope you end up posting your Sirius/Draco fic. The only time I like Sirius is when he's fucking one of the kids. :D :D

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AHHAHAAA I'm glad you liked the Longbottom twist! I had way too much fun writing that. You go, Bella! Crucio that bastard!

Finishing this fic took more out of me than I had anticipated, so I don't think I'll get the Sirius/Draco done before DH. (It's even longer and has less of it drafted than this one had.) Since it's AU anyway, I'm going to wait until after DH.

BUT this means I'm going to work on the Harry/Draco/Remus instead. Which is also much pornier. So we all win, really! :D

p.s. Whatever happened to that yummy, yummy, yummy H/D fic you were writing? I loved that so!

[sistermagpie]

OMG, you have totally made me glad that Bellatrix is going to crucio Frank's ass into insanity. You really do get in the most awful fixes

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*starry-eyed*

Oh, I'm so happy this works for you! I'm sure you don't remember, but back in the day, you gave me some really helpful feedback on the "Theory and Practice" ficlet, and that gave me the encouragement to write this much longer fic.

Not weird as in twisted--though of course with their upbringing things that are completely bizarre are normal to themI have to admit that I have a huge fetish for stories about kids who grow up in really fucked-up circumstances and have no clue that their perceptions of life are completely off-kilter. :D It's one of the things I love about Draco

[sistermagpie]

I feel like I've contributed to the fic now--yay! It's funny how so many Slytherins, here and in canon, seem to be made up of kids hurting from rejection. Every time they deal with non-Slyths they get screwed!

Am even more intrigued by your YA novel.:-D

[traveler_girl]

yes, i am interested too!

[traveler_girl]

i loved it. i really feel for bella. sirius is an ass. thanks for the shout out!

[traveler_girl]

why does this fic have to be so damn sad????? we all know bella goes bonkers and has a sick love for voldie. anyway, the sadness makes me love it even more. i want to see more words goddamn it!!!!

[traveler_girl]

sorry for spamming but read the follow up with sirius and bella. what a fucking cheesed off idiot sirius is. you basically force your coz to have sex with you and then you don't have the decency to say sorry or even leave a thank you note!!!!

[traveler_girl]

on a final note,
it's a fucking good story. for some reason, the angst between sirius and bella makes me want to ship them. should we expect more angsty canoodling between these two in the future?

[weehobbit]

Hi, I found my way here the other night via del.icio.us and really enjoyed reading this! :) I haven't read a fic before from a Bella like this and it was interesting to see how similar but also different she is from Sirius. I love how you added Frank Longbottom in there! A great read and although I'm quite late to this fic I wanted to let you know I enjoyed it :)

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Oh, thank you so much! ♥ I don't get a lot of feedback for this fic, and so it really means a lot that you commented. I'm so glad you liked it (especially the Frank Longbottom bit >:D ).