FIC: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" by irislock

[irislock]

To: pluschi

Title:  Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Author/Artist:  irislock
Pairing: Harry, Ginny, Ginny/Dean
Rating:  PG-13
Word Count: about 4900
Summary:  It didn't really matter if he told her or not.  He was doomed either way.
Warnings:  mention of chest monster, if that bothers you

Author/Artist's Notes:  Many thanks to antoshevu for the beta work.  This is

Comments

[pluschi]

Oooohhhhh *squishes you* This is sooooooooo great! I love it *g*

This is a really good missing moment - I love the interaction between them altogether. I like jealous Harry but he's also considerate of her. And luckily he's not too cryptic.
Love their chat about Ron and Hermione, funny how Ginny's so perceptive concerning those two but not about Harry. Also, very cute how she keeps asking him about the girl he wants to snog. Makes me wonder what the little voices in her head were.

I think I might have to read this again tomorrow, just because it's soooo yummy and perfect!
Thanks soooooooooo much *g*

Oh and I like pre- Ginny/Harry stories as well. I completely agree with you (watch the fic I'm writing for the fest *winks*.

[irislock]

Thanks for the lovely review!

funny how Ginny's so perceptive concerning those two but not about Harry

I tried to leave that part a little ambiguous - it's entirely possible that Ginny is not thinking that Harry has feelings for her in the first part of the story. On the other hand, it's possible (in my mind at least) that Ginny might suspect deep down that Harry is thinking of her a little differently after the Quidditch game (where Harry hugged her awkwardly) and one way to interpret their conversation is that she uses talking about Ron & Hermione to gauge his feelings about going out with a friend.

In either case, I'm glad you liked it!

[jodytheclown]

She has a feeling that Harry likes her. I caught it when she mentioned that Dean was "nice." Harry said the girl he likes is with a "nice" guy and Ginny picked up on that and wanted to see how he'd react when she said Dean was nice.- That was great!

I always like it when you write stuff and this was an awesome missing moment. Very realistic to HG's characters too. Nice work!! :)

[irislock]

Thank you so much! Yes - by the end, Ginny knows that there is "something" there. That's why she looks a little glum when she has to join Dean back at Hogwarts :)

[antskog]

Lovely. You write Harry and Ginny very well.

[irislock]

Thank you - I'm glad you liked it!

[dorotdsz]

Lovely story! I liked the idea of Harry realising Ginny will stand by his side and fight.

Great use of prompt.

[irislock]

Thank you so much! When I started thinking about it, there were a lot of secrets in HBP.

re: between a rock and a hard place

[rutzy69]

yay, you penned another excellent h&g! very canon missing hbp moment possible plus great interaction between h&g! best was towards the end ginny figured she's the witch harry was pinning for - really like a ginny who's not a fan girl and handled being a "friend" to harry well. luv harry's monster, always! vibe you'll scrib more h&g soon! best from nyc! :-)

Re: between a rock and a hard place

[irislock]

Thanks so much - I'm glad you liked the interaction between them!