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Chapter Seven

Fenrir snorted. "Sorry if I find that hard to believe," he countered, shaking his head furiously. "I knew that you were too good to be true and I should have listened to my instincts."

"It's not like I asked for any of this either. I'm not an undercover cop. Not really anyway. I'm just a forensic accountant. For real — I sit at a screen all day and read spreadsheets," she said, feeling her own anger welling up inside of her that he was too willing to attach malicious thoughts to her. "I wasn't trained to do any of this. I didn't know how to handle it if a target became interested in me!"

He laughed bitterly and shook his head. "Well, it didn't take you long to use it against me," he said, hurt in his blue eyes.

"It wasn't like that," she swore. "Sirius said to... Sirius said to lean into it, if it happened. Besides, why were you even working with me in the first place? I saw your books. You didn't even have a need for an accountant."

Fenrir flashed her a grin, righting himself. "Guilty as charged," he agreed, unabashedly. "Do you think that I'd have gotten as far as I did if I didn't know my fair share about money laundering?"

"So why did you take me on then?" she asked, unwilling to break their eye contact.

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Venice (Italy)

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Writing Update

Going to try to do these a little differently from now on... I'll probably just edit and then reblog moving forward. Here is the update as of April 2024:

Sleeper — Theo x Hermione | Complete

Undercovers — Fenrir x Hermione. Modern AU It had been an easy decision to join up with the financial crimes division, investigating money laundering and the like. But, she was meant to be kept tucked behind a desk, not trying to infiltrate a notorious gang to help them launder their money. Hermione goes undercover in Fenrir Greyback's gang to catch him doing something illegal, not to catch feelings.  | Complete

Go Away — Lucius x Hermione | Complete

Informants — Fenrir x Hermione. Modern AU, Sequel to Undercovers, Multi-Chapter. Hermione had thought she'd seen the last of Fenrir, but he was back, asking for her specifically. | 5/11

All Too Soon — Salazar x Hermione. My poor neglected WIP. Hermione finds a time portal in Hogwarts that takes her to the time of the Founders after midnight. I've got this fully plotted out, but the updates are slow going. | 4/x

Tribulations — Alfred Nott x Hermione. AU Was meant to be a one-shot set in the Trials Universe where Tom sends Alfie to deal with Hermione, instead of himself. But, it's turned into something massive, and I assume it's going to be around the same length as the original, but slow and unusual updates, seeing as I'm just writing when other obligations are fulfilled | 1/5

Pretend to be Nice — Cassius Warrington x Hermione. One-shot where Ministry workers Cassius and Hermione have to interface with one another. Will try to finish All Too Soon before I post this one | June?

Linen & Curls — Rabastan x Hermione. Time travel AU multi-chapter | May

Arms Full of Lullabies — Theo x Hermione. A little epistolary story that I am mostly mentioning because I miss the pairing | Summer/Fall

Bigger Boys & Stolen Sweethearts — Marcus x Hermione. Updating the grammar and posting to AO3 for Marcus May | May

Red Right Hand — OC x Hermione, Time Travel AU, Hermione Raises Tom. Light rewrite/grammar update and posting to AO3 | July

I’d love to hear if you have any of these you are really looking forward to 💕 Or, are there any pairings that you have been missing?

You can see what was completed since last time below the cut:

Trials — Tom x Hermione | Complete

One Point Perspective — Marcus x Hermione | Complete

Think Twice — Marcus x Hermione | Complete

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she was made of flowers and satin and velveteen dreams

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💌 sending this to the twelve nicest people who seem to have a good heart! Feel free to pass it along! if you got this, you must be pretty awesome

Thank you, Anon! This really brightened by day after a difficult week 💕

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Tough week 😩

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The “oh I could definitely write this fanfic in under 5000 words and it really wouldn’t take me that long” voice in your head is actually the devil speaking

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I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

PABLO NERUDA

One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII

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Impulsive late night Saturday post:

Tribulations | AU multi-chapter set in the Trials Universe where Tom sends Alfie to deal with Hermione, instead of himself. Nott x Hermione.

Tom stilled when he took too long to answer. "Has someone caught your eye, friend?" he asked.

Alfie stood straighter, shaking his head. "Not... not in that way," he cautioned, though he couldn't help an unbidden reminder of how well the Ministry witch's skirt had hugged her behind. "I wanted to talk to you about the Granger witch."

"Oh?" Tom asked, surprised. "I thought that you had promised you would handle her."

"That was before I met her," Alfie answered. "She surprised me. Now, I believe that I was a bit too hasty in my judgment. I think that there is more worth exploring with her. I think that she has potential."

"Potential," Tom said, his eyes shifting around. "She's a mudblood."

"Yes, I know, but..." Alfie licked his lips, realizing how strange this must sound. "She knows so much already, about magic. And, even if she did not come right out and say it, she is interested in dark magic. I think she could be useful."

Tom's frown deepened the longer that Alfie was talking, making him nervous. "I don't know if potential is enough to make up for her parentage," he answered.

"There are exceptions," Alfie insisted. "You yourself and a half blood, but it is no secret that you are the most powerful among us. I think that Hermione could have a use. I'm not saying that we don't kill her if she proves resistant, but I think that we should coax her... see how far she is willing to go. I know you see her potential, or else you wouldn't have mentioned her after one meeting."

Tom sighed. "You were the one who told me that my interest in her was unnatural. That it needed to be snuffed out," he said, obviously annoyed at the turn of events.

Alfie ran his hand through his hair. He knew how ridiculous this all sounded, of course. "Do you think I would be insisting on this if I wasn't serious?" he demanded, though he knew he was chancing summoning Tom's ire. "Please, Tom. All I ask for is a chance to see where this goes."

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Chapter Three

He was always gruff with her, commanding that everything would be easier with a bit of rum between them. Hermione hated feeling like she was waiting hand and foot on him, but she would oblige and return from the kitchen with a glass in hand for each of them.

It took Fenrir a few minutes to decompress. He would drop his head back between sips of rum, letting his eyes close and the stress fade away. She knew that he must carry some nerves about what he was doing — betraying Tom Riddle and Antonin and everyone else that he'd built a connection with — even if it was the only way that he could live moving forward. She knew the feeling well enough herself.

So that's why she didn't kick up too much of a fuss when he asked for a drink.

She liked to watch his face during this time, in the beginning before all of the details came spilling out of his mouth and they were trading snide quips back and forth — too much left unsaid between them. He was just as striking as she remembered, with his deep blue eyes and stubble on his cheeks. She longed to trace her finger across his face, cataloging every detail so that she would not forget the side Fenrir she knew before she hurt him.

Sometimes she wondered if she made the first move, if she kissed him, could all be forgiven?

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online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

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“Hjartao mitt…it means my heart” 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥

Viking AU

I want to start doing more fanart for ongoing WIPs I love and White Wolf by DarkCloud190 has completely given me brainrot about loving, ax wielding, shifter Viking Draco soooo here we are lolol

ff: White Wolf by DarkCloud190 on AO3

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Chapter Two

When her mind was made up, she met his eyes again and found him leering at her. "Is this what you normally wear?" he asked, gesturing to her white and black polka dot blouse, one eyebrow raised in amusement. "It certainly fits your persona better than a leather jacket."

Hermione rolled her eyes, but answered his challenge with a smile. "Sirius picked out that jacket and I still wear it today... just not to work," she explained, triumphantly.

"And I suppose he's not really your Uncle either?" he asked, amused.

She smirked. "No, I was quite pleased to have come up with that one on the fly," she replied. "My, how the tables have turned, Fenrir. You know, when I first came to you, you had to check me for a wire. Maybe we better check you... just to make sure that you aren't simply spying on us for Riddle's benefit."

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snoopy of the day

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i finished reading your story and i must say that, while it's alright, there's so many plot holes because the characters made irrational decisions and didn't think logically 100% of the time. consider fixing this next time please

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Population density around Danube river.

by Alexandru F. Ghiță