#implied hinny at the end

[diana-bookfairchild]

@flufftober Day 23: POV Outsider

5+1 Times Someone Thought Harry Potter’s Family Situation Was Suspect

1.

Sally didn’t want to be a single mother at 20.

That’s the thing none of her family understands: she had sex, of course she did, she’s a teenager. How is it her fault she’s part of the miniscule percentage for whom birth control fails?

And now she’s stuck in this godawful place where literally everything is identical. Little Whinging is a very accurate summarization of what its people – particularly the housewives – tend to do all day.

She thinks her parents sent her here just to see the oh-so-perfect families gracing the place.

Annoyed, she slammed the door and leaned against, taking in the chaos she’d made of the perfect house.

She noticed yelling outside – shouts of freak and cruel laughter. Huh. So maybe this place wasn’t as shiny as it seemed. After all, pretty houses often contained ugly people.

She peered out of the window. One of the boys – the one with the face like a rat, she observed unkindly – had the black-haired boy’s arms behind his back while the other blond was punching him. Sally considered interfering, but she doubted that would make a difference long-term. In fact, it might make it worse for the kid.

As she weighed regular beatings vs someone interfering and them getting worse, the black-haired boy twisted away after stomping on his captor’s foot. He launched a kick at one of them and punched the other – though not the one punching him, Sally noted frowning – and ran off.Resourceful kid. That would serve him well.

She thought for a moment.

“Hey kids,” She said. “Off the lawn.” She nodded at the black-haired boy, the one being punched. “You, stay back.”

Likely assuming that he was in trouble, the others smirked and ran off without a protest.

The boy scowled. His eyes are beautiful, Sally couldn’t help noticing.

“Yes Ma’am?” He asked politely.

Sally studied him. “Come on in,” She said. “I have ice for your nose.” She could feel the boy’s surprise as he followed her. “I didn’t want to interfere,” She said. “Should I have?”

“No,” The boy said with certainty. “That would’ve made it worse.”

She gave him an iced pack of peas. He flinched like he knew what was coming, and held it to his nose with a long suffering look. He was clearly used to it.

“You should tell your parents about this,” Sally noted mildly. She knew kids like that didn’t take to stuff like that well.

The boy gave her a deeply amused look. “My parents are dead,” He said without hesitation. “But thanks for the concern.”

Sally felt a deep shock. She knew orphans existed, of course. But they always seemed like something other, never something that affected her. She was so used to complaining about her parents –“Well, what about your guardians?” She said.

The boy considered her. “You saw the one who was punching me?” He asked. “The fat blond one with the face of a pig?”

Sally had to stifle a laugh. “Sure. Why?”

“He’s their son. And they’re more likely to reward him than punish him for this.” He gestured at all of himself. “Thanks for the ice Miss--?”

“Hopper.” Sally said, unable to understand all the implications of that at that moment. “Sally Hopper.”

The boy smiled. “Thanks, Miss Hopper. I’ll see you around.”

Then he ran away with the swiftness of someone used to running away from dangerous people and situations.

Sally blinked. She sat down heavily and patted her stomach. “I don’t know, kiddo.” She told it. “There’s something. . . really odd about that family. The way that boy talked, how used he was to it, what he said about his guardians. . .” She shook her head, disturbed. “Wish I could help,” She sighed. “But he won’t let me. . . . I’ll see what I can do,” She promised. “And I’ll never let anything like that happen to you.”

2.

“How is he?” Hermione asked.

“No change,” Her friend replied gloomily, throwing himself into the chair sulkily. “And Madam Pomfrey still won’t let us see him!”

“It is her job,” Hermione pointed out sensibly. “And. . . . . Still no reply?”

At that, Ron’s face became serious. He shook his head. “I don’t think they’re coming.”

Hermione considered that. She thought about how Harry ate, how he always packed food from the table that Ron reported he kept under the stasis charm in their room, and how he talked about his family.

“I don’t think his relatives treat him very well,” Ron said soberly.

“Maybe.” Hermione said. “His robes don’t have nametags, you know that?”

To them, that was quite possibly the hardest proof. The rest could be coincidences – but the nametags thing? That wasn’t just abuse, it was lack of thought. Lack of any affection.

Hermione’s parents had been able to talk to her through a ‘floo call’. Which was still so cool! How did the fireplace thing even work? What were the enchantments on the floo powder? Did it make the fire unable to hurt people? But then how did the transport--?

She cut herself off.

And Ron’s parents had come in to see him because his injuries were more severe. They’d come within hours of the owl.

And Harry’s relatives hadn’t answered nearly two days after the owl.

Some of Hermione’s favourite stories and books featured abuse, but she’d never thought she’d meet, let alone befriend someone who had been in a less than supportive and unstable environment.

“I noticed,” Ron looked uncomfortable.

Something was Not Right about Harry Potter’s family.

But.

“He has us,” Ron continued softly.

“Right,” Hermione agreed, not knowing the magnitude of what she was saying, but meaning it with all her heart. “He does.”

3.

Florean Fortescue had been a witness to quite a few spectacular events.

He’d scored fairly well on his NEWTs, but he hadn’t been content with the thought of becoming a Ministry stooge. He wanted a peaceful job, but one where he would still wake up looking forward to the day and to something exciting.

The ice cream parlour was perfect.

He’d survived Voldemort’s first war, to see the dull streets blossom back to what they had been. He’d had the famous Harry Potter’s parents here on a date, when only two years before his mother’d dumped a cone on a grinning James Potter’s head. The parlour had been the place Miranda Goshawk had agonized over her first book. Where he’d driven out the Mulciber and Travers heirs for calling someone a mudblood. Which had fallen apart during the famous Diagon Alley strike after the war.

And now host to Harry Potter’s summer of teenage angst and History of Magic homework.

Florean liked the young man. Polite but cheeky, with bright green eyes and untameable black hair, smart and sincere but bored by academics, loving stories of the ancient times, and a clear talent and adoration for quidditch, he was a beautiful mix of his parents with a lovely added flavour of his own.

But he was thin. Painfully so. Florean fed him free ice creams everyday because he wasn’t sure what else he could do. And he’d run away, the rumours of the Alley said. Diagon Alley had a wonderful gossip network, which, unlike others, was rarely wrong. He didn’t talk about his relatives, at all. And he had a natural instinct for survival – he always picked a table by the wall from where he could see others clearly. And had ducked a flying plate easily without any interference or even seeing it.

Florean was certain Harry’s family wasn’t what it seemed – pleasant muggle relatives who let their foster son wander out to his leisure but with proper strictures in place.

He’d seen these signs before. He knew what they pointed to. He knew there was something worrying about Harry's family.

But he didn’t know if he was right. He didn’t know what to do.

4.

Mark hadn’t meant to piss Dudley Dursley off.

It just happened.

And now he was lying on the street, completely beaten down.

Dursley’s such a coward, he thought sullenly. You’d think he’d at least leave his bloody goons behind. At least he didn’t bring his criminal cousin.

“Easy there,” A voice came. There was a boy with a narrow face, a few years older than Mark himself, with black hair, a lithe body, and what his sister would call ‘striking eyes’. “You get up too quickly, you’ll risk worsening those.” He nodded at Mark’s injuries.

He helped him up, and it was clear that the thin frame held more strength than it looked like it did. “Where do you live?”

“Er – Wisteria Walk. Number Thirteen.”

“Right,” The boy said briskly. “Dudley and his mates should have gone to the park by now, so if we take the long route we shouldn’t run into them.”

“I could take them,” Mark said defensively.

“If you say so,” The boy said, clearly not believing him for a moment. “But you certainly can’t with those lovely bruises. Come on.”

He began walking, matching his pace with Mark’s. Unable to stand the silence, Mark said, “I’m Mark Evans.”

The boy’s eyebrows rose. “Huh. Probably a coincidence,” He muttered to himself.

“What?”

“Nothing. Nice to meet you, kid. What did you do to get Duddykins on your trail?”

Mark had to snicker at the nickname. “Nothing, really. Doesn’t take much to rile him up.”

At that, the boy smirked. “Doesn’t, does it? His temper hasn’t improved at Smeltings.”

Mark groaned. “God, my mum’s going to kill me. I’m probably going to have to miss school, and Smeltings wants a near perfect record.”

“Can’t be helped,” The boy said, though his voice was sympathetic. “D’you think your mum’s going to toss a frying pan at your head? Threaten to whip you to every inch of your life? Starve you?”

Mark stared in horror. “What? No!”

The boy relaxed. Mark hadn’t noticed, but he’d apparently tensed sometime. “Then I wouldn’t really say she’s going to kill you,”

“I didn’t meant that, well, literally,” Mark said. He sounded ridiculously stupid. The boy shrugged. “I guess it could be worse.”

His gaze grew distant. “Pretty much everything could be.” He agreed. “Except when your friend gets murdered in front of you and your parents’ killer comes back to life,” He muttered under his breath.

Mark blinked. “What?”

“Nothing. Just said that your situation could be worse too.”

“Yeah, Dursley could’ve got his delinquent cousin too,” Mark changed the subject and noticed the boy’s eyebrows rise.

“Really?”

“It’s said he goes to St. Brutus’, where he trains to be in a gang,” Mark whispered excitedly, feeling important to be the one to impart such crucial information. “The Dursleys did everything they could for him, but he’s really, really dangerous. Criminally insane. They call him crazy cousin Harry.”

“Hmm.” The boy hummed. “Sounds … interesting.” He nodded at the signpost for Wisteria Walk. Mark hadn’t noticed they’d already reached. The boy was a pretty good conversation partner. “You reckon you can make it to Thirteen without being caught up in more trouble?”

Mark’s chest puffed indignantly. “Can too!”

“Okay,” The boy said, sounding amused. “See you around, Mark Evans.”

“Hey!” Mark called. “What’s your name?”

The boy looked even more amused. “Harry. Harry Potter. Or crazy cousin Harry, you called me, I think?”

Mark blinked, unable to comprehend.

The boy laughed and then turned around and walked off, whistling.

As his mum scolded and fussed over him, Mark couldn’t help but wonder.

The utter derision Harry had had towards his relatives, the brisk kindness he’d shown Mark, the mocking familiarity he’d talked about Dudley with – and most of all, the questions he’d asked about his mum.

He couldn’t help an uneasy feeling that something was very wrong there.

5.

Sirius Black was losing his mind.

He hated being back here, his childhood prison. He hated everything about the place.

Harry being here and helped, mostly, in the summer, and in December before Christmas, but now. . . .

He didn’t know. He liked locking himself in with Buckbeak. Buckbeak liked food, sleep, respect, freedom and him, Hagrid and maybe Harry. Completely uncomplicated.

Better than the memories that rose with every step he took in this godforsaken house. His mother’s ghost wasn’t limited to the portrait – her shrieks at him and Regulus echoed through his mind, replaying over and over from his childhood. Bella’s insanity. Cissy’s whininess. Father’s coldness. The beatings. The expectations. The suffocation. The pain. And Reg, a combination of all of those. Weak, stupid, clever, incredible Reg, who’d gone and gotten himself killed by the Death Eaters.

Sirius loved Harry. He’d loved him with all his heart since the moment Lily had put him in his arms, even before James had declared he was godfather.

But Harry’s eyes and jaw and face and laugh were ghosts that didn’t belong in this house. Ghosts he couldn’t bear to see.

And his manner, it brought back ghosts it had no business bringing. Abuse left its marks. Sirius had no doubt theirs was different, but there were somethings all abuses wrought.

And Sirius didn’t like it. Not one bit.

He wanted to drag Harry out of the stupid Dursleys’ house. He wanted to hex them if Harry would let him. He wanted to live with Harry in one of the Potter properties. He wanted to get custody – or at least get someone else, anyone other than his current ones, as his guardian. He wanted to show Harry the world.

He wanted to give Harry everything Sirius had been denied at his age.

But he couldn’t.

Sirius wasn’t free. Either his soul would be sucked out or he would be killed in an instant if he went outside. He wasn’t sure which was worse.

And the prophecy. The Merlin damned prophecy, which Harry still didn’t know about.

James and Lily would have killed him.

Sirius wanted so badly to have given Harry a childhood. But he hadn’t. To prove that his suspicions regarding Harry’s guardians were incorrect. But he couldn’t. He didn’t want to believe that Dumbledore had let this be done to his godson. But he had to. And he couldn’t.

And so he couldn’t bear to admit that Harry’s family was one of the very worst things that could happen to anyone, let alone a child, on the planet.

+ 1.

Malantha had been living in the small town for a long time.

She liked it. Remote, closer to a village than a city, yet more developed, it had next to no dangerous things there, but still the once-in-a-while interesting occurrence.

She’d witnessed some amazing things in her long life.

Then the Potters came along.

They seemed like a normal family. Happy. The three children – four, sometimes, Teddy, Jamie, Al and Lily Lu – tumbled over one another, laughing and mischievous. Their myriad of relatives who came once in a blue moon for parties were headache inducing. The adults, Harry and Ginny, were kind, if a bit aloof.

But Malantha could feel it down to her bones. Something was up with this family.

The way the kids sometimes stumbled over their words. How they didn’t know some very obvious things. How they made up unbelievable, tall stories. How isolated the family was.

All the symptoms pointed to a very grim picture.

Malantha tried to be subtle, but that wasn’t really in her nature. Her inquiries had clearly made their way to Harry and Ginny. She tried not to be mortified, but it was hard. She set her jaw. It was needed. No child would go through anything like what she had on her watch.

“I’m sorry for my assumption,” She said after a long conversation.

“I’m glad you’re looking out for children,” Harry admitted. “And that you actually took some action. That something like – well. That won’t happen.”

The darkness in his eyes. Malantha recognized that. They locked eyes, and for a moment, they understood one another: one abused broken child becoming a functional loving adult to another.

“The signs. . . . .” She shook her head, sighing. “Maybe I was seeing things. You. . . You understand.” She didn’t say that lightly.

Harry smiled, his hand coming up to move over the strange scar over his forehead. “I do. But I wouldn’t say you were seeing things. There may be somethings off about my family, but not like that. Not anymore.”

Malantha smiled softly. “I’m glad.”

[thegirlwhowrites642]

Could you recommend us some of your favorite hinny fics? Love your work btw!

Thank you <3

I would tell you to look at my bookmarks on Ao3 but I'll give you some highlights (I'll keep wips out of this because I never know how to feel about recommending unfinished work):

Gone was any trace of you -- I'm pretty sure I've read this something like a billion times, I can quote it word by word

Come stay for the summer -- this is always such a light fun work to re-read, I'm a big fan of muggle hinny, I really have a soft spot for it

Altered -- the obsession I have for this one-shot, this to me is hinny in its purest form

A Weasley reunion -- some hardcore pining from Harry, and fake dating, what do you want more from life?

Time -- Harry realising he wants children, with Ginny. The specific way in which the realisation is written is something I adore

Summer rain -- this is great, what else there is to say really, it's just great

Sacred new beginnings -- I love how this somehow manages to be a retelling of sixth year despite being a muggle AU with young adults hinny

Orchards -- the author definitely has a higher opinion of the "golden trio" than I have but the way she writes dialogues between Harry and Ginny is perfect, she also does a thing I love which is to make Ginny actually funny. It's one of her main personality traits and yet it's forgotten so often, I think it happens due to some sort of unconscious bias about women not being funny (not native English speakers writers are forgiven though because being funny in a foreign language can be quite hard)

After the leaves have fallen -- this talks about what I call Harry and Ginny's never-ending argument and it's written so beautifully

Everything I am is yours -- I just noticed that on ao3 it's signed as the first chapter of two but it definitely can stand on its own and is a very well done muggle retelling of Harry and Ginny's story

take what I took and give it back to you -- a beautifully written soulmates marks au that doesn't really change Harry and Ginny's story but, as one of the comments says, seems to bring up an existing implied element of the canon one

Already here -- because Hannah's stories that I love the most (they are all great though) are wips, I'll put this one in the hopes that one day she'll decide to turn it into a multi-chapter story (@takearisk-ao3 think about it 👀)

The brilliant dance -- this is so fucking funny and entertaining while also being heartwarming. Fucked up but inevitable/obsessed with each other hinny spending their early 20s being a hot mess is my AU drug

Someone else's life -- finished reading this a few days ago, a very well developed brilliant idea

[I already know the second I post this I'll realise I've forgotten some brilliant work]

[hollowed-theory-hall]

the takeaway from all the hinny asks is… where are the hinny divorce fics

*bangs gavel* *adele voice* DIVORCE BABES, DIVORCE!

Anon is referencing these posts: this, this, and this.

Personally, I'd prefer it if Harry and Ginny just didn't get back together at the end of book 7, but if they do, and if they do get married, yeah, that's headed towards a divorce in my opinion.

(Actually, we never see any divorced couples in the wizarding world, at least in the books. I know it's probably a JKR thing or a children's book thing, but it's interesting from a Watsonian perspective to consider wizards' outlook on divorce.

Perhaps they are old-fashioned about marriage (like many other things) and therefore it's very difficult and frowned upon to annul a marriage. I mean, Tobias and Eileen Snape stay together as the "right thing to do" when they have a kid, even if it's worse for them and their kid. All the older, unmarried people we see are implied to have either never been married or have had their partner die (like McGonagall). Dumbledore speaks about Merope hoping Tom Riddle Sr would stay with her because they had a child like it was expected like he was wrong to leave a woman who raped him because they had a kid together.

All of this paints a certain image of how marriage and family are treated in the Wizarding World, and it seems like divorce would be very uncommon and discouraged in their society. At least, that's what it seems like to me.

Although, Pottermore states divorces do happen:

Celestina’s personal life has provided much fodder for the gossip columns of the Daily Prophet. An early marriage to a backing dancer lasted only a year; Celestina then married her manager, with whom she had a son, only to leave him for the composer Irving Warble ten years later.

(From Pottermore)

And Umbridge also had divorced parents according to Pottermore (that being said, her mother was a muggle):

Both Orford and his daughter blamed Ellen for Dolores’s brother’s lack of magical ability, with the result that when Dolores was fifteen, the family split down the middle, Orford and Dolores remaining together, and Ellen vanishing back into the Muggle world with her son.

(From Pottermore)

It still seems uncommon in the Wizarding World, I'd guess it is since it fits their whole shtick, but it's still clearly possible.

You can use it if you ever write that divorce fic if you wanna make it more dramatic, or just ignore the implications we see. Fic can do whatever.)

[ashesandhackles]

@hprecfest Day 10, 11 and 12

Posting three days worth of recs cos real life got in the way of posting it on their said days :P enjoy!

Day 10 - A fest fic

Nymphadora by @bluethepineapple

Written for the @womenofthehouseofblack , this fic is dark fairytale about families - families you are part of, families you have left behind and the complicated love that runs through both. The implied parallel in conversation between Andromeda and Tonks to Andromeda and Bellatrix is particularly haunting.

Summary:

Nymphadora (Greek) n. "The gifts of the Nymphs"

Andromeda could only watch as her daughter set off to war.

The Rougarou by @evesaintyves

Wolfstar.

I am big champion of reading everything written by Eve, but this fic is my favourite from her! This fic is steeped in grief and death post First War, and even as Remus tries his best to hide away from it all, New Orleans haunts him. It's a beautiful piece and I keep rereading it time and again.

Summary:

After the end of the first war, Remus goes to New Orleans to forget.

Day 11 - A dark fic

Three Knocks Upon the Door by @lunapwrites

Lily/Tonks.

This fic! Such effective imagery and contextaulisation for the quotes we know from canon. The Lily in this story has a hypnotic quality to her, and you can't help be drawn in - like Tonks.

Summary:

Knocking on wood three times is said to bring good fortune; but three knocks on your window or door without a clear cause is an omen of death.

In this case, it's a little of both.

(In which Tonks gets suspended from field duty, and takes matters into her own hands.)

First and Last and Always by Vermoulian

Sirius Black/Severus Snape.

The Snirius discord server is in love with this fic - and I can see why. It is beautifully written and makes you sit viscerally in Snape's headspace, to the point that sometimes you are discomfited.

Summary:

Black had been nearly skeletal when he came out of Azkaban, but he’d put on muscle again.

He prowled, and he loomed, and whatever earthy animal quality he’d had as a younger man had transmuted into something feral and predatory, during his twelve years of imprisonment.

Severus had his wand. He swallowed hard. His wand. Magic. His only defense, because Black outweighed him by at least three stone. But magic was more than enough. Severus had never needed physical prowess. His magical strength, and the keenness of his mind, gave him the advantage.

Except when it didn’t.

Day 12 - A WIP you are following

Beasts by @whinlatter

Ginny Weasley coming of age fic? Ginny Weasley fic that addresses all the canon gaps of Hinny relationship in a layered way? Sign me up! I have always liked Ginny, but beyond wondering about how Chamber of Secrets affected her - I never cared for her. Whinlatter makes you care about her interior life, makes you see that post war Hinny isn't going to be as easy as breathing. Basically, it's love.

Summary:

Ginny Weasley comes of age among them: the beasts, the wild things of their world.

(or: how the youngest Weasley won the Hanging Out With Hagrid Award).

Canon compliant, multi-chapter, non-linear narrative, Golden Gen, PS through post-DH (1981-1999). Harry/Ginny.

The War of Roses by @saintsenara

Sirius Black/Severus Snape.

A canon divergent Snirius fic from asenora? I slammed the subscribe button even before reading it - but having read the first chapter, I greatly enjoy the emphasis on what Azkaban has done to Sirius and I cannot wait to see where she takes this.

Summary:

Sirius Black does not die. But this does not mean that it is easy for him to live.

Or: a butterfly flaps its wings and Sirius does not go to the Department of Mysteries. What follows from that twist of fate is a story about the long, destructive shadow of a schoolboy rivalry; a story about surviving, and how surviving is sometimes more difficult than dying; a story about the fragility of beauty, the gentleness of hope, and the value of choice.

It is also a love story.

Scylla and Charybdis by @saintsenara

Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort.

I love the way Asenora writes Snape - his insecurity, his attraction to power, danger and darkness. I love how the narrative has cuts from his older self reflections, and I am really curious to see where she will take this. It also has Snirius crumbs so large that we could make a sandwich.

Summary:

Severus Snape just wants somewhere to belong.

This will turn out to be a curse.

[takeariskao3]

This might be a strange question but I’m curious to hear your thoughts. What do you say to hinny haters? People who say they’re boring or came out of nowhere? Those seem to be the most common arguments that I see.

me, personally? i would probably say nothing? because i typically don't engage with people who actively dislike something that i like? i have no desire to seek out reddit posts or anti blogs and try to convert people over to my point of view. if someone thinks harry/ginny is boring that's fine, they're within their rights to think that. i obviously don't think that so as long as they respect my point of view then there's nothing else to say.

however, if someone came to me and was like "why is hinny interesting to you? isn't teenage sweethearts kind of boring?" i would say that is a very surface level examination of their relationship and a disservice to both of their characters.

like, yes, they are teenage/high school sweethearts but that's not why i'm interested in them as a dynamic. there are lots of other people out there who have used in-text examples and book quotes to prove that they're endgame/understand the other perfectly/made for each other/etc.etc. but i think for me the most compelling thing about their relationship isn't necessarily how they interact together, but their separate journeys when they are apart.

in my opinion (because this is truly honestly an opinion, i am not trying to imply what i am saying is fact or even authorial intent) harry and ginny work because there are quite literally no other characters in the text that are more directly impacted by the antagonist.

like even if you throw quidditch, and sense of humor, and physical attraction out the window. they have SHARED TRAUMA?!?! sign me the fuck up.

they might start out as friends to lovers or teenage sweethearts but they don't end there. the reason that they last is because when it comes to the bad, they're is no lack of understanding of what the other person has gone through and is going through. ginny doesn't understand harry's tendency to be emotionally guarded by accident or instinct, or even by choice. it's because she's been through some shit and she gets it. adversity, betrayal, loss... you can't explain how trauma and grief changes a person, and their response to conflict, to someone who hasn't experienced it. and that is so so interesting to me.

also they are set up for some of my fav tropes: second chance romance, power/battle couple, and height difference.

[stonecoldhedwig]

Fic List

I have not done an updated fic list in a while, so here it is! I want to finish up my WIP this year, and then in the works I have a Dating App AU Jily fic (Remus is a dairy farmer?); another Oxford Chronicles installment; a massive Jily Hogwarts era thing; a Lily Luna/OC Quidditch AU; and about 19 other ideas.

WIP

A Great Many Things (M, eventual E; Alicia Spinnet/Oliver Wood; canon compliant; probably my favourite OC ever)

Celandine (E; Wolfstar, Jily, Blackinnon, literally every ship ever; open relationships; magical AU)

Coming, Evans? (M, but eventually E; magical AU inspired by Around the World in 80 Days; Jily and Wolfstar)

Highgate Mews (M; established Wolfstar, Jily & Dorlene; Muggle AU; part of the Marauders Map series)

Honeybee Mine (M; Muggle AU; Jily and Blackinnon; James Potter keeps bees)

The Shoelaces Case; or, the many ways to spend your 37th birthday (M; Blackinnon; magical AU; time travel)

Use Your Best Colours (T; canon from Hedwig's perspective; it's so stupid)

Multi-Chapter fics (completed)

In Love and Death We Don't Decide (M; eventual Blackinnon and Jily; Hogwarts era fic)

Miracles series (James Potter as the Boy Who Lived):

A Bitter Little Eucharist (T; established Wolfstar and Jily)

The Marauders' Map series:

Hepburn Avenue (M; text fic; utter chaos as the Marauders meet the girls at uni)

Canterbury Lane (T; Wolfstar; Remus checks Sirius out in a car)

Costa del Sol (T; text fic; established Jily and Wolfstar; the gang go on holiday; currently unfinished for a really petty reason and tbh, probably staying like that)

Caraway Street (E; established Jily and Wolfstar; the post-uni years)

Peverell Hall (G; fluff; James Potter's idyllic childhood)

The Oxford Chronicles series:

The Paintbox (M; Blackinnon, background Jily and Remadora; Muggle AU)

Jily One-Shots

A Little Bloom of Hope (T; Muggle AU; flower shop)

Better Ways (G; pre-relationship)

James Potter and the Case of the Lacy Black Bra (E; everyone lives)

Last Rites (E; canon compliant; emotional smut)

My Heart is Overcome (Gen; canon compliant; fluff and angst)

The Parting Glass (T; fluff)

The Way the Light Looks (T; fluff, but in an angsty setting)

Blackinnon One-Shots

Confession (M; love confessions)

Oceans and Glaciers (E; ok, it's actually a 2 shot, but hey ho; very explicit)

Wolfstar One-Shots

Mosaic (E; 8 one-shots with a lot of different kinks, I guess)

Snowed In (T; first kiss; Hanukkah; Jewish!Remus)

Until It Shines (G; mild angst but also very fluff; canon divergence)

Hinny One-Shots

A Lesson Overheard (E; first time[ish]; canon compliant)

A Place for Hidden Things (T; canon compliant; post-canon; sad but with a happy ending)

Opaline (E; post-war; angry sex and unhealthy coping mechanisms)

Three Gnomes in a Knitted Trench Coat (G; technically canon compliant; a bit of a crack fic tho)

Misc. One-Shots

Afternoon Delight (E; Colin Creevey/Draco Malfoy; yeah, I hate myself too)

Enough Pizza to Feed a Horse (G; canon compliant[ish]; the OotP girls hang out)

Giving Us Doomsday (T; angst; original OotP celebrating New Year)

God Bless the Shed, and All Who Sail in Her (G; fluff and humour; the Potters being Potters)

hoax (G; Marlene/Gideon; angst; implied cheating)

Remember that You are Dust (M; 2nd person POV; the universe addresses the Marauders at the time of their deaths)

The Theory of Relativity (T; established Jily and Wolfstar, previous Remadora and Blackinnon, but not in a misogynist way; Lily is enby)

Rabastan Lestrange/Narcissa Malfoy fics

coney island (M; angst; sex; adultery)

The Burning Edge of Dawn (M; angst; who is Draco's dad?)

Collabs

All's Well That Ends Well (even if it takes four years) with a lot of people (E; Wolfstar; angst then fluff)

WIP: The Secret "Oral" History with @jennandblitz (E; 1980s university; lots of drugs; we affectionately call this Coke Fic)

WIP: We Were Electrified with @siriusly-sapphic (M; how the Lestrange twins became the worst people ever)

[broomsticks]

femslash fic recs: ginny + infidelity

for a request on the @hpsaffics server! most are smutty; there is some dead dove. i do admit i went slightly overboard with the number of fics on this list. i make no apologies 😂

dead dove content includes: noncon, heavy kink, underage, incest.

⭐️: my personal faves, but ymmv!

Ginmione

the same as they always had been by violetclarity (6k, M): a long term affair

Honoring the Head Girl by Viridescence (3k, E): poly femslash, written pre-OOTP. Hermione is eagerly looking forward to the secret Gryffindor ritual for honoring a new Head Girl.

⭐️ Consequences by Inell (800, E): ginny/hermione/pansy, who’s polyjuiced into luna. CW noncon, mind control and other heavy kink.

⭐️ Apples and Oranges Too by drawlight (ripeteeth) (1k, E): forbidden love. podfic elsewhere on AO3

A Helping Hand by Rorimore (3k, E). "My git brother not fucking you right?" Ginny wondered, leaning in closer towards the table.

The Hand We've Been Dealt by Kylo_Ken (5k, E). When Hermione discovers her fiancés affair, she does what any sane woman would do; she sleeps with his sister.

Can I Tell You Something? by SleekGeek (4k, E): ginmione, pre romione wedding.

⭐️ Just bring me flowers by Anakletos (300, M). poetry! incredible pining!

⭐️ Green Light by iota_after_dark (6k, E). What if the best way to get over Ron was to get under Ginny? there’s no cheating in this one, romione are “on a break” and hinny are open — but the ginmione smut is Very good.

Ginsy

⭐️ the Aesthetic of Realness by imaginarium_imperfecta (25k, E): ginsy, pansy planning the hinny wedding. When you don't know what you want your wedding to be like, you call Pansy Parkinson. That's her job: To figure out what you want, and then give it to you.

⭐️ Chasing the Sun by sdk (1.5k, M): established hinny, infidelity and angst. They don't touch anytime it's real.

Vases of Vanity by Slumber (1k, T): Pansy and Ginny meet at a benefit while both are married to other people. steamy!

Yes, Mrs Zabini by Dramione818 (7k, E). in which pansy is ginny’s boss and married to blaise.

Fleurinny

⭐️ Water & Earth by @venom0usbarbie (series, 8k, E). bill dies pre-story, gorgeously written fleurinny angst.

⭐️ The Peak of One's Girlhood by hjgmilf (2k, E). pre bill/fleur wedding, hermione and ginny throw her a bridal shower at the burrow. fleur/hermione/ginny.

Girl secrets by piximera (2k, E); what fleur does instead of getting a divorce.

⭐️ Fall by arcadian_dream (1k, M). on the eve of hinny’s wedding. podfic elsewhere on ao3.

Linny

(no smut just kissing, at most, in all but the last. lots of songfic!!)

not in love tonight (but i might fall on another day) (1k, T). established ginny/OC, linny kissing in the club fic set to ‘i kissed a girl.’

you should probably leave by awesomefatkitty (1k, T). luna pov linny, past hinny, more kissing and angst

Happily Ever After by Kitty September (KittyAug) (7k, T). ginny time travels to the past to fix it.

Those Who Choose by Lomonaaeren (3k, T) amicable divorce, hinny -> drarry and linny.

Speak Now by onlykatelyn (3k, T) hinny wedding, inspired by the song by taylor swift, ends in drarry and linny.

Values by Shadowmun (2k, E). ginny is the one being cheated on here -- consensual infidelity (of the ‘opening the relationship to reignite the spark’ kind), linny + luna/OFC

misc Ginny rarepairs

⭐️ Something We Do by sdk (1.5k, E): ginny cheats on harry with millicent, ft. hot angsty kink. You do what I want until I ask you to stay.

⭐️ The Flavour of Loss by @vdoshu (7k, E): postwar grief and mourning and andromeda/ginny, hinny, prev bella/andromeda.

⭐️ Starting Over by @val-creative (400, M): ginny/tonks, ginny is pregnant and finds herself having doubts.

Someone to talk to by FireOpal (Sandel) (3k, rated M but imo T?): ginny/hannah (ginny is cheating on harry), dialogue-only fic.

gather your peace like fine, woven threads by kwritten (3k, G but… imo maybe M? there is definitely implied smut): cho/ginny, eighth year fic.

[samcat0925]

what are your owl house and harry potter ships?

My Owl house ships:

Lumity(It’s just perfect and I love them with all of my heart)

Rieda(Eda and Raine were just so much fun to see together and I really want them to be together in season 3 as some point)

Goldric(or Huntric, whichever you prefer)(If you ship Huntlow, then that’s fine and no hate to you. I just don’t ship them because I haven’t seen any kind of feelings for Hunter from Willow and I see her actions towards him as more friend-based rather than romantic but that’s just me. Although I don’t see Hunter and Edric ending up together in the show due to the show being cut short, I think that their dynamic would be really fun and cute)

Skarlow(To me, it’s a past bully who becomes nice and was able to redeem herself by becoming friends with a past victim. Although I’m a little sad that there wasn’t an episode that explored Skara becoming redeemed as well as her and Willow becoming friends and close enough where Willow chooses her to be a part of her flyer derby team. It would have been so cute and sweet to see.)

Gustholomule(I love these two so much. I was smiling so much during the end of the “Through the Looking Glass Ruins” episode as well as the scene in Labyrinth Runners where Matt gets so mad about not being able to multi-track in the illusion track.)

Vinira(They give me a special happy feeling whenever I look at them. I like to think that they would play off of each other well.)

Darius X Alador(In my mind, they are pretty much two old friends who probably had crushes on each other as some point before having a falling out where they stopped talking to each other but would constantly complain about the other to whoever is around to listen but the second that one of them is in danger, the other won’t hesitate to save the other and protect them with their lives if it comes to that.)

Veesha(Their friendship was really cute in the second season and while I’m not crazy about it just yet, I think that they have a lot of potential. Also, I think that Marsha would be the type of person who’d be really cool with Vee’s true form.)

My Harry Potter ships:

(in the books/movies aka my cannon ships that I like)

Hinny(I like it more in the books than the movies. Mostly because Ginny had more of a place in the books than in the movies. In the movies, she felt less like a person and way more like a love interest to Harry.)

Ronmione(again liked it more in the books than the movies; while the movies were great and I love them a lot, just liked how their relationship played out more in the books than in the movies but that’s just my opinion.)

(My non-cannon ships)

Darry(The classic Rivals/Enemies to Lovers trope that just hits my heart in the right way.)

Linny(This was more thanks to the books and how it was implied that Ginny and Luna were a lot closer than what was shown in the movies.)

Please don’t attack me for my ships. If you don’t ship them, then that’s fine. I won’t judge you for having a different ship than me but don’t hate on me for having a different ship than you. Thank you.

[danpuff-ao3]

my year in fic

Thanks for the tag @wolfpants! I've needed to do a roundup post for the year, and your post was a good reminder to do so! I've accomplished a lot in 2023, but specifically looking at fics...I've written 27(ish) fics this year, and surpassed 100 fics total this year! 182,231 (posted) words. I wrote several fics I've long wanted to write. And 3 fics from this year jumped right up to my Top 10 favorites (if not top 5!) 2023 has been a good year for writing, I think! And I can't wait to see what I accomplish in 2024.

Tagging: anyone who wants in, but please tag me! I'd love to see what everyone did this year!

Again (and Again)

Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 700. Art by A_Loveunlaced (@a-loveunlaced).

Unspeakable Snape catches Auror Potter snooping around the Department of Mysteries.

White Lies & Silver Bells

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 2,768. Christmas. Secret relationship. Foot fetish. Bottom Snape. Demi Harry. Fluff & angst & smut. Hoggywartyxmas 2022.

Minerva is angry. Harry is smitten. Severus is afraid. Just another Christmas at Hogwarts!

profane, holy

Harry/Severus, Neville/Severus, Draco/Severus, Blaise/Severus, Percy/Severus, Cedric/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 666. Underage. Rape/non-con. Power imbalance. HP Chan Fest 2023.

5 boys Severus seduced, and 1 who seduced him.

Cruel Summer

Harry/Sirius. Rated: E. Words: 5,445. Minor Snarry. Rape/non-con. Grooming. Emotional manipulation. Dysfunctional relationship. Extremely dubious consent. Ambiguous/open ending. Features art by MrVillain (@mrviran).

Sirius rescues Harry. Number Twelve is a different sort of Hell than Number Four.

Valentine's Victor

Harry/Severus. Mentions of Harry/Ginny. Rated: G. Words: 46. Letters. Humor. Poetry.

Severus is the Prince of Petty. I mean Poetry.

Amortentia

Harry/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 300. Pre-slash. Student/teacher. Hogwarts 6th year.

Harry dreams of love.

Killer's Caress

Harry/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 300. Pre-slash. Student/teacher.

Potter’s magic is a killer’s caress.

Kiss and Control

Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 400. Kissing. Erotica.

Part your lips a bit more, I'll swallow your fear.

Washes & Wishes

Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 300. Bathtubs. Domestic fluff. Romance. No smut just nudity.

Harry and Severus take a bath.

Amor Aetnerus

Harry/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 500. MCD. Underage. Student/teacher. Tragedy. True love.

Harry and Snape belong together.

Lovestruck

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,343. Secret relationship. Ceraunophilia. Thunderstorms. Contempt-verse. Kinkuary 2023.

It’s only Harry and Severus in all the world, or so it seems. OR: It's Valentine's Day, and they're in Germany for a potions conference, but alone in the hotel while a storm rages outside, they might be anyone, anywhere.

Gray Eyes (Tell No Lies)

Draco/Sirius. Rated: E. Words: 3,695. Underage. Size kink. Small penis. First time. Implies Snarry. Kinkuary 2023.

Draco is trapped with Sirius at Number Twelve, the summer between fifth and sixth year. He's a shiny new toy Sirius can't resist.

Hatefuck

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,166. Rough sex. Love/hate. Implied cheating. Contempt-verse. Kinkuary 2023.

Loathing is the easy part.

The Virgin Bride

Draco/Voldemort. Rated: E. Words: 5,337. Underage. Rape/non-con. Ambiguous age. Rough sex. Violence. Auction. Punishment. Manipulation. Forced prostitution. Minor/implied Snarry. HP Chan Fest 2023.

Lucius pushes Voldemort too far. Voldemort retaliates...and uses Draco to do so.

The Perfect Shade of Purple

Albus/Tom. Rated: E. Words: 1,101. Underage. Cockwarming. Ambiguous age. Kinkuary 2023.

Who's using who?

Allure

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,973. A/B/O. Heat cycles. Omega Severus.

Never has Harry been able to pin Severus down. Mystery is part of the allure. Sequel to Obscene.

Devotion

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 25,843. Cheating. Background Hinny. Unhealthy relationships. Self-hatred. Mental health issues. Enemies to lovers. Obsession. POV Severus Snape. Ambiguous/open ending. Contempt-verse. Snarry-a-Thon 2023.

Is there anything more undignified than needing someone so much?

Wisdom in Temptation

Draco/Sirius. Rated: E. Words: 2,581. Drapple. Virginity loss. Secret relationship. HP Fruit Fest.

Draco snacks on fruit. Sirius snacks on Draco. Sequel to Gray Eyes (Tell No Lies)

Sunkissed

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,939. Background Hinny. Cheating. Secret relationship. Fluff & angst. HP Fruit Fest. Contempt-verse.

There is no room for beauty here. Still, Severus covets.

The Golden Apple

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 3,469. Mpreg. Fluff & angst.

Severus' life is ruined. Can be read as a sequel to Choice but can also be read as a standalone.

The Curse of Anteros

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 53,443. Underage. Student/teacher. Auror/prisoner. Time skips. POV Alternating. Animal transformations. Animagus bestiality. Curses. Background Relationships. Angst with a happy ending. Romance. True love. Magical theory. Magical creatures. Years: 1996-2036. Art by MrVillain (@mrviran). Snarry Bang 2023.

When Harry is cursed, he seeks out Severus Snape. They have a long history behind them, after all, and they've always had so much between them. Who else would he go to?

Hyacinth Wild

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 5,403. Underage. Student/teacher. Sex pollen. Dubious consent. Ambiguous age. Non-linear narrative. Ambiguous/open ending. Kinktober 2023. HP Flowers - Autumn Round 2023.

Neville brings sex pollen to a inter-House party, and Harry wakes up in Professor Snape's bed.

smile with sweet surprise

Harry/Severus. Lily/Severus. Rated: E. WIP. Words: 13,655. Chapters: 3/5. Underage. Stepdad Snape. Infidelity. Virginity loss.

Chapter 3 posted in 2023.

Harry is barely sixteen. Had barely blown out his candle when Severus kissed him.

Wasted for Love

Harry/Severus. Harry/Hermione/Ron. Rated: E. WIP. Words: 9,620. Chapters: 3/25. Polyamory. Closed triad. Established relationship. Temptation. Fidelity issues.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are living happily ever after 5 years after the war. That is until the Prince returns, and with him all of the turmoil and temptation from the past.

A Taste for You

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. WIP. Words: 5,374. Chapters: 3/?. Sugar Daddy Harry. Bottom Snape. Postwar. Dubious consent. Self-hatred.

Severus Snape has been down on his luck since the war ended. Enter: Harry Potter. With no other causes to occupy his time, he makes Severus an offer he can't refuse; but Severus can't help but wonder: what is it the boy really wants?

War and Heartbreak

Neville/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 880. Background Snarry. Cheating. Heartache. Angst. Unrequited love. Student/teacher. HP No Nut November 2023.

When Harry asked Neville to look after Snape, he probably didn’t mean this.

Sweet Nothing

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 7,080. Underage. OotP. Forced bonding. Virginity loss. Ritual. Sex magic. Voyeurism. HP Deflower December 2023.

It's up to Harry to save the day, as always. This time that means getting married and getting fucked.

[hajimesbestdefender]

i saw this essay while i was trying to find kmhn and i have so many thoughts..

if you want to read my thoughts i recommend reading them as you read the sections because thats how i wrote it

okay i'll go chapter by chapter (there are 5 chapters)

chapter 1: faqs

faq #1: the blatant homophobia towards the women youre trying to "protect" in this is very ironic to me. your point here is just plainly incorrect. how on earth does wlw ships further the ideology that women only want men for sex? and what is with the shaming women for not being virgins? there is nothing inherently wrong with having sex, having a sexual past, or anything of the sort. you sexualized these women. miu & sonia have done nothing wrong, and deserve the equal opportunity to be in a relationship and be loved.

faq #2: it *is* simply a matter of preference. there is nothing wrong w preferring makoto/byakuya, hajime/nagito, or kokichi/suichi. yes, those characters (kyoko, chiaki, and kaede) were written to be the protagonists respective love intrest. however, when has a fandom *not* shipped a character with someone who wasnt their love intrest? i can give several examples. it is not down to gender. people can see themselves represented through these relationships, they can hold the belief that those ships work better for the characters, or they can plain like the dynamic better. it does not matter.

faq #3: ...what? that makes no sense. the whole question doesnt make sense. im just not gunna adress it, but it is there.

faq #4: those crushes could be arguable. however, there was a slight hesitation from nagito when he said it, leading many people to believe that. i dont know enough about v3 to speak on that other part.

chapter 2: nagami

once again, it comes down to preference. you cannot controls someones preference. if they like naegami? fine! if they like naegiri? fine! it does not *matter*. at the end of the day, these two ships are perfectly resonable, and do no harm. therefore, both should equally be resepcted. the reason why naegami has more fics on ao3 because people prefer it more. simple as that.

also, this exact senario has happened before in another fandom. in the hp fandom, hinny (harry/ginny, his current wife) is less popular than drarry (draco/harry, his rival). and yk what? they have damn near the same dynamic as naegami. the simple thing is: people prefer the dynamic more. it is not misogynistic to prefer a dynamic. (i could go into a whole ass tangent on how similiar draco and byakuya are, but i digress)

chapter 3: komahina

i could ramble day in and day out abt this ship, but i dont feel like retyping all of it so ima just ss my original ramble to my friends in discord.

(apologies for going off track for a little, PLS IGNORE THE PFP 😭)

moving on, you mentioned nagito lied about having cancer. he didnt. he said he had stage 4 malignant lymphoma and front mental dementia. both of which were never implied to be lies.

"chiaki died for him and the rest of the class"

oh, do you mean in the real world, where she was brutality murdered so class 77 could become brainwashed, and how hajime was already too far gone at that point? or do you mean in the simulation, where they had zero chance of getting out without leaving chiaki behind because she was ai and apart of the system? or the time she had to be executed to save the rest of the group? thats not an act of romance, it was quite literally life or death. in 2 of those situations, it makes no logical sense for chiaki to live and have the rest of the group die. shes a team player, through and through.

chapter 4: saiouma

chapter 5: stats

it comes down to prefrence. there is no misogyny here. it is just people preferring one ship over the other. nothing more, nothing less. this is getting embarrassing atp.

also, as someone pointed out in the comments: kokichi & suichi just have a lot more screen time tg. kokichi made it to chapter 5 & kaede made it to chapter 1 so theres more content to work off.

chiriho: ...you missed their entire story arc!! not suprising you dont actually pay attention to stuff. ALSO!! the transmisogny!! and, to top it all off: youre a terf. whos fucking suprised. chiriho hid under the cover as a woman because they were afraid. thats it. they wanted to become stronger and braver. thats their arc. you red far too into it to come to the conclusions you came to. (using they/them on chiriho bcs i felt like it)

sonia: youre promoting purity culture. women do not need so save their virginity for anyone. nor does anyone. virginity is something given up when that person is ready. sonia was ready. so she gave it up. shouldnt that be a symbol of women empowerment? (note: i hate the concept of virginity as a whole, literally just have sex nobody gives a fuck.)

miu: "she doesnt deserve to be called a woman because of how preverted she acts." you wrote this whole essay as a callout for what you precieve as misogyny. however, throughout the entire damn thing you promoted misogynistic take after take. you basically just said in fujisaki's section that women shouldnt be pushed into a box, and yet,,, youre here telling women they cant be sexual beings? that they have to be pure, clean, and submit to men? miu didnt do anything wrong. she expressed herself in the way she saw fit, and YOURE mad that the way she did so didnt fit your standards? get the fuck out of here, weirdo.

final thoughts:

op has been continuously misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic throughout this entire read. it is disgusting. now, this can be a blatant troll, but at the same time this is still perpetuating a very disgusting view on women and what they should be. as an afab, i'm disgusted. this is appaling. you disregard so many women writing this. queer women, women who didnt save themselves for marriage (because god forbid women do what they want to do.), or any woman that doesnt fit in your little box. you say youre against misogyny, but this is the most apparent example ive ever seen of a woman with internalized misogyny. if youre being serious? i truly hope you recieve the help you need, and do some interal work trying to combat this. writing 2,643 words worth of fictional parings you dont like when you can simply ignore it and walk outside is just sad. if youre a troll? fuck you.

(also, before you question that "writing 2,643..." line, i wouldve left it alone, but i happened to see it whilst on a 2 hour car ride to thanksgiving and i was bored as shit. sue me.)

EDIT: i came back to this because kendrick dropped euphoria and the hating he did in that song reminded me of my greatest hating moment: this post

[academicdisasterfic]

The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual

Drarry | 1.6k | G

Potter can't follow simple rules, and Draco has had enough.

This fic is a gift for one of my favourite people in the entire world @theteacupredemption. Not only is Zoey an amazing friend and person, she is also a Harry Potter fandom historian and knows literally everything about this weird corner of the internet. Her Tiktok is a plethora of intriguing, hilarious, and often weird information - I highly recommend her series on the characterisation of Snape in early Snamione fanfiction and her deep dive into the Hinny/Harmony shipping wars of the mid-2000s.

Big thanks to @lou-isfake for looking at this when I was in a pit of despair and pushing me to finish it - you're a real one, bud.

Some things never change.

Over the course of seven years, Draco has changed many things about himself. He is now reformed, tolerant and philanthropic. The current event he is hosting is a clear example of this - a Christmas market in the Malfoy Manor grounds. Draco has spent months decorating his home in preparation. Dozens of Christmas trees are wrapped in fairy lights, reflecting shades of blue and silver. The marquee that floats above the vendors is lit up by floating lanterns and mistletoe. The fountains spout gold and red water, and the peacocks have - begrudgingly - been charmed to have their tail feathers glow.

It is spectacular. Incandescent. The proceeds from the two Galleon entry fee will be donated to the new children’s ward of St Mungo’s. The entire market is a testament to the power of change.

But, as previously stated, some things never change. Such as Harry Potter’s flagrant disregard for rules.

‘Potter,’ Draco says sharply, marching up to the Saviour’s stall. Potter looks up - the picture of innocence - arranging his wand holsters and harnesses crafted from recycled Dragonhide. As if he has no idea what could be prompting Draco’s outrage. As if just because he is the Saviour, with his perpetual sex hair and broad white grin, he is exempt from basic regulations.

‘Hello, Malfoy,’ Potter grins, folding his ridiculously buff arms over his chest. ‘What’s your problem today?’

‘It is not my problem, Potter,’ Draco sniffs, outraged at the accusation. ‘You have simply, once again, clearly not read the Manual.’

‘The one hundred and seventy-two page Manual?’

‘Yes, Potter. You see, if you knew how to read, we wouldn’t keep having these issues.’

Potter sighs dramatically, still smirking. Insufferable.

‘The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual clearly states that all tents must be floating exactly two inches above the ground.’ Draco takes out his wand with a dramatic flourish and casts a Measuring Spell at the tent. ‘One point six five inches, Potter, or are you deficient in mathematics as well as reading?’

Potter’s smile grows, and he runs a hand through that ridiculous hair. ‘You know, Malfoy, I seem to be the only one you pull up on these technicalities.’

‘ I don’t know what you’re implying, Potter,’ Draco sniffs and points at the glowing measurement, ‘but I am merely here to make sure you don’t turn my market into a circus.’

‘Malfoy.’ Potter points to the far end of the grounds. ‘You have a literal circus here.’

‘And they are excellent at following rules.’ Draco smiles as one of the acrobats releases from the trapeze, flips twice in the air, and lands on a Hippogriff. ‘So impressive.’

‘You’re unbelievable,’ Potter huffs, giving Draco a wry grin.

‘Believe me now, Potter.’ Draco points at Potter’s now-well-used copy of the Manual, sitting in the corner of his tent. ‘Follow the rules, or I’ll be back.’

‘Oh no,’ Potter says, grinning and leaning forward across his counter. ‘That’d be awful.’

Draco huffs, feeling his neck growing warm under his scarf at the sight of Harry’s veiny forearms, and abruptly turns to hurry away.

…

Of course, the Prat Who Lived tests Draco’s patience - yet again - the very next day.

‘Hello, Malfoy,’ Potter smirks, leaning back from a conversation with Hannah Abbott, who is selling him a cup of her spiced cider.

‘Oh, Draco! Harry and I were just discussing how wonderful this opportunity is for our small businesses,’ Hannah beams, handing Draco a cup of cider. He accepts it gratefully.

‘Well, you’re a model vendor, Hannah,’ he says, and her smile impossibly broadens before she says goodbye and wanders off to where Dean and Seamus are selling framed prints. Draco turns to Potter, letting any and all amusement drop from his face. ‘Unlike some vendors, who seem determined to operate outside the law.’

‘Okay, Draco, what is it today?’ Harry sighs and leans back, as Draco seethes at the casual use of his first name. First name privileges are reserved for friends. Like Hannah, who Draco has spoken to…three times before? Four?

‘The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual expressly bans the use of Gryffindor house colours, Potter.’

‘Malfoy.’ Potter chuckles and tilts his head, gesturing around the lawns. ‘It’s Christmas. There’s red and gold everywhere.’

‘Christmas red and Gryffindor red are two very different shades,’ Draco sniffs, pulling out the fabric samples he has brought specifically for this purpose. He holds up the Gryffindor burgundy to Harry’s sweater, and looks sternly at him. ‘That is an exact shade match, Potter. I’m afraid you’ll have to take your jumper off.’

Harry bites down on his bottom lip, like he’s trying to hold back a smile. Like there’s something amusing about this.

‘You want me to take my jumper off, in the middle of winter, because it’s Gryffindor red?’

‘The Manual–’

Harry snorts a laugh. ‘Draco.’

‘Do I look not serious to you?’ Draco crosses his arms and straightens his back, trying for his haughtiest Malfoy expression. Harry grins lazily at him, then nods towards where Luna is selling her Gryffindor lion hats.

‘But I suppose that’s fine, right?’

‘Of course,’ Draco frowns. ‘Lovegood has not included any banned house colours in her apparel.’

‘You’re ridiculous.’ Harry keeps eye contact with him, then very, very slowly, starts peeling off his jumper. Inch by inch, the wool moves up his torso, like Harry’s enjoying extending the amount of rule-breaking he’s doing. Draco feels a hot flush run up his neck at the sheer audacity of Potter’s lawlessness, as the t-shirt rides up and reveals a band of dark hair running into his jeans. Potter sighs contentedly as the jumper goes over his head and he tosses it into the corner of the tent. He’s in nothing but a tight white t-shirt - and a ripped one at that, for Salazar’s sake - and he casually stretches his arms upwards.

‘Like what you see, Malfoy?’

‘What I am seeing is the rules being obeyed, so, yes.’ Draco sniffs. ‘I should stay here though, just in case you get lazy with warming charms and decide to put it back on.’

‘Mhmm.’ Harry grins and conjures another chair beside him. ‘Want some tea?’

…

‘Potter.’

‘Malfoy!’ Harry grins broadly at him, today in a forest green jumper that obnoxiously highlights his eyes. Unfortunately, it’s a permitted colour in the Manual, so Draco will have to endure it. ‘What’s my deviance today?’

‘Do I even need to tell you?’

‘Hmm, let me see.’ Potter glances around his tent, humming. ‘My holsters are arranged incorrectly? My leather is the wrong shade of brown? My tent is an inch too far to the left?’

Draco huffs.

‘Don’t play dumb with me. The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual clearly states that tents can be decorated with between one and three wreaths. You have five wreaths in your tent today, Potter, which is quite frankly, ludicrous. Are you planning on creating a small forest in there?’

Potter’s mouth parts slightly, lips pink and plump, and it takes Draco a minute to stop staring at them and follow Potter’s gaze to Longbottom’s tent. One of the gravity resistant trees has shot through the top of the tent, floating happily in the wind, and Longbottom is currently wrestling back a Fanged Geranium trying to devour an elderly woman’s snakeskin purse. The Devil’s Snare pods are attempting to suffocate each other.

‘Surprisingly dangerous business, Herbology,’ Draco murmurs. ‘Good on Longbottom for following his dreams.’

‘Mhm,’ Harry says, smirking and bright eyed. ‘Good for him.’

‘Don’t change the subject,’ Draco warns. ‘At least two wreaths down, now.’

Harry smiles, slow and lazy, flicking his eyes between Draco and the wreaths. ‘I don’t know if I can reach, Malfoy. You might have to help me.’

‘Well.’ Draco suddenly feels quite warm. ‘If you insist.’

…

Just when Draco thought that Potter was incapable of irritating him any further, the git manages it.

Draco stares beadily at Potter’s tent - floating two inches above the ground, devoid of banned colours, exactly three wreaths hanging from the fabric walls.

Draco cannot detect a single rule Potter has broken tonight.

Which means that he must be hiding something.

Draco grits his teeth and marches over to the tent, stomach churning uncomfortably.

‘Hi.’ Potter smiles at him artlessly, his face lit up under the twinkling lights. He’s wearing a blue jumper, bright against his dark skin, and his hair is even messier than usual. Whatever game he’s playing tonight - well, he won’t be getting away with it.

‘Hello,’ Draco says, heart racing. ‘I’m conducting an inspection of your premises.’

‘Why?’ Potter’s lips twitch up, and he leans across the counter. ‘You know, Malfoy, sometimes it just feels like you’re obsessed with me.’

Draco narrows his eyes. ‘You’re one to talk, Potter. Think I didn’t notice your mouth breathing for the entirety of sixth year?’

‘I’m not saying it’s one-sided.’ Potter leans even closer, and he smells like leather and cedar. Draco’s mouth goes dry.

‘I have sufficient reason not to trust your adherence to the rules, Potter–’

‘Go on, then,’ Potter smirks, waving his hand and ushering Draco into the tent. Draco brushes past him and takes out his wand, casting a Revelio for hidden hexes or spellwork. To his dismay, nothing happens.

He turns back to Potter, who looks so smug that Draco just wants to punch him, until Potter flicks a finger towards the ceiling.

‘Look up, Malfoy.’

Above Draco, a single stem of mistletoe is unfurling, growing rapidly and unfurling its leaves. When Draco lowers his head again, Potter is standing right in front of him, green eyes crinkled and sparkling. His smile is almost blindingly white, the lightning scar running through his eyebrow and laugh lines. He’s staring at Draco’s lips.

Draco clears his throat and attempts to keep his voice even.

‘Potter, the Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual states that you must seek approval for additional tent charms–’

Potter laughs and grabs Draco by the lapels of his jacket.

‘Some things never change,’ Potter murmurs, and kisses him.

[chudleycanonficfest]

Read participating stories on AO3

Week 1:

Air (Romione, side Hinny) by @zurisenchantedquill

Stay, Stay, Stay (Hinny) by @voldemorts-tap-shoes

The Soul Truth (Romione) by @honouraryweasley12

The Greenhouse (Neville/Hannah) by zurisenchantedquill

A Million Possibilities (Molly/Arthur) by honouraryweasley12

Stars in the Night Sky (Jily) by @adenei

One Last Dance (Jily) by @be11atrixthestrange

Safe in Your Arms (Romione) by @whenihaveyouromione / @rafa-rafaelx

For Good (Harry & Ron) by @accio-broom

Thinking About You as I March On (Romione) by @bjornthorsson20

Hide and Seek (Tedoire) by adenei

Five Lies (Romione) by be11atrixthestrange

Rewrite the Stars (Romione) by adenei

End Credits (Jily) by @zephyrcove

Week 2

t-shirt (Romione) by accio-broom

Lover (Ron/Lavender with hints of Romione) by adenei

Took Far Longer then it Should’ve (Romione) by @candy-man91

Make a Move (Frank/Alice) by adenei

Sword & Shield (Romione) by accio-broom

The Switch (George/Angelina) by adenei

you belong with me (Molly/Arthur) by accio-broom

Absolutely Ridiculous (Romione) by @sp0okynerd

Just One Night (Ron & Ginny with side Romione) by rafa-rafaelx / whenihaveyouromione

the big spoon (Hinny) by accio-broom

I can’t imagine my life without you (Romione) by @cheesyficwriter

Quiet (Molly/Arthur) by voldemorts-tap-shoes

Stop Thinking (Romione) by voldemorts-tap-shoes

all of the stars (Neville/Hannah) by accio-broom

Week Three

Worth Fighting For (Romione) by cheesyficwriter

Showstopper (Jily) by @mina-roman

Summer Nights (Weasley Family) by zurisenchantedquill

Heart-Shaped Wreckage (Romione) by adenei

Liquid Courage (Romione) by mina-roman

More or Less (Trio friendship with implied Hinny & Romione) by @bavalon18

Hopelessly (Romione) by mina-roman

Sorry, they're maroon (Harry & Ron) by HeavenSoul

Family Tradition (Weasley family) by bavalon18

Flooded (Jily) by voldemorts-tap-shoes

Dorkus Maximus (Hinny) by honouraryweasley12

Just The Girl (Scorose) by adenei

Dittany (Neville/Hannah) by @floreatcastellumposts

Nerves (Hinny) by @velvethopewrites

Week Four

Nobody Compares (Romione) by @arianatwycross

Washing Machine Heart (Hinny) by @rosequartzstarswrites

Wipeout (Dean & Seamus) by adenei

the hippogriffs and the flobberworms (Arthur & Ron) by accio-broom

I Love Wine (Romione) by be11atrixthestrange

Cold Feet (Bill/Fleur) by adenei

Vino (Hinny) by @thedistantdusk

More Like Family (Ron & Harry) by cheesyficwriter

The Greatest Chapter (Hinny) by cheesyficwriter

young dumb thrills (Gryffindor friends) by accio-broom

Fluffy Town (Dean & Seamus bromance) by Adenei

Untitled (Hinny) by @booksforevermore13

The Argument (Gen Weasley) by floreatcastellumposts

Four Little Sips (General) by John McHacker

Week Five

In Vino Veritas (Harry & Molly) by floreatcastellumposts

The Masterstroke (Romione) by @maggotsstuff

Don’t run, please (Romione) by @blimeypeople

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 (Hinny) by @whizzfizz

Late Night in the Library (Romione) by sp0okynerd

Dancing Around You (Jily) by Adenei

Dancing (Romione) by honouraryweasley12

The Castle of Agony (Romione) by @ahankar1610

[thedistantdusk]

Invisible Stranger

Written for @clarensjoy‘s Hinny Fic Fest! Prompt #28: “Just... talk to me. Please.” Thanks to Ina for the quick beta :D Summary:  When Ginny Weasley is eleven years old, Tom Riddle changes the course of her life. But she’s only eleven, so she doesn’t see it at first.  TW: Coded/implied assault. Mild smut (later excerpts).  ________________________________________________________ When Ginny Weasley is eleven years old, Tom Riddle changes the course of her life. 

But she’s only eleven, so she doesn’t see it at first. 

All she knows is that Tom talks to her when she’s lonely, although to say they merely talk would be a staggering understatement. She hears his voice more than anyone else’s. She sees his face when she sleeps. She cries to him, bonds with him, pines with him. She thinks of him so often — regardless of if they’re actually talking — that it doesn’t even occur to her that some of these thoughts might not be her own. 

She doesn’t even realize he’s entered her until it’s too late. Until he’s done it. Until he’s made her do things… shameful things. Things she’d been embarrassed to report to her parents. She knows full well she’d only be met with reprimands for making herself vulnerable in the first place. 

When she tries to ask her brothers for help, a tiny part of her is happy they don’t. How can she possibly explain this without feeling a hot, aching brand of shame deep in her soul? She’d have to answer some ghastly questions, ones that would make the whole situation even harder to believe. The thought of taking Veritaserum makes her shudder; she’d have to admit — perhaps to a Ministry stranger — that she did enjoy parts of this. 

She’d have to watch even more of her agency slip away, right in front of her eyes, as her body betrayed her yet again. The mere thought of the sort of mortifying confession that might slide off her tongue is enough to shut her up… enough to keep her from being even more persistent. 

Ginny just lies awake at night and grasps at the straws in her spinning mind until her head pounds from the exertion of trying. She’s desperate to remember something — anything — from the swaths of time that just disappeared. She eventually reaches the conclusion that perhaps she’s forgetting on purpose; perhaps she’s protecting herself. 

She just hopes and prays that the memories won’t slam into her sometime in the future with the force of a freight train.

She ultimately decides it’s a blessing, really, that she doesn’t get help. After all, she’s spent eleven years trying to convince everyone that she’s not a baby. It would be the worst kind of setback to ask for help now, just as she’s gained some independence. 

When she chucks the diary in the toilet, she’s confident she’s handled it herself. Her mother wouldn’t be thrilled that her only daughter found herself in this situation, but Ginny likes to think she’d be proud of her resourcefulness. Proud of her only daughter, who’s finally taken control. 

Still, Ginny keeps her head down, keeps her face impassive, keeps her cloak pulled tightly to hide the deepest blush of regret that crawls up her chest whenever she thinks of Tom.

Then the worst possible thing happens: Harry gets ahold of the diary. The second she sees it with his books, she can almost hear the entire world crumbling beneath her feet. 

She only has a single thought: No. She can’t let him. She can’t let Harry, of all people, have open access to the thoughts that have plagued her for months. The thoughts (the lurid, inappropriate thoughts) that she’s had about him. 

So she steals up to Harry’s room and snatches it back, her heart pounding in her throat. She’s long past the point of needing the diary itself to hear Tom’s voice, but seizing it again — letting him inside of her again — doesn’t exactly help. 

Because right from the off, this time is different. The diary hums against her fingers, throbbing in her palm; Tom hasn’t said a word, but she knows he’s going to punish her. She lets out a strangled choke, her eyes rolling back in her head. He’s going to make her regret her little stunt of chucking him in the toilet, isn’t he? Yes. He’s going to make her rue the stupid, impulsive part of her that thought she’d find a way out.  

Her last thought as she loses consciousness is that maybe death will end it. Maybe in death, she’ll truly be free.

Ginny doesn’t die, though — and to her surprise, she can’t even hear Tom when she wakes in the Chamber. All she knows is that Harry’s there. And Ron. And… Lockhart? Seriously? 

Shit, maybe it would’ve been better if she died. Then she wouldn’t have to endure the remnants of this mortifying, twisted nightmare. Then maybe she wouldn’t have to sit there and sob as Dumbledore and McGonagall explain this to her parents. 

She just lets the tears flow as her father yells, as her mother makes incredulous sounds. With every intonation and raised voice, a single word thumps against her skull: Weak.

Weak. Weak. Weak. 

She’s weak. 

But at least for now, she’s alone in her own mind. At least for now, it won’t happen again… not like it has. In retrospect, she reckons she should’ve known better to think he’d ever truly left. Because Tom Riddle has already become her past, present, and future. She just doesn’t know it yet. _______________

Tom takes a different form during her second and third years at Hogwarts. He isn’t entering her or forcing her to do things or beguiling her with his charm and feigned interest, but he’s there nonetheless. He’s dancing, taunting her in the edges of her periphery… crawling in when the weather changes and everything grows cold and dark. Whenever she does poorly on an exam — especially in the winter months, the anniversaries of when things went from Vaguely Bad to Horrifically Bad — she swears she can feel his sneering lips pressed to her neck as his high-pitched cackle resonates in her brain. 

“You’re a baby,” he jeers, his face split into a predatory grin. “I can’t wait to see how else you fail.” 

When Ginny catches a glimpse of the way Harry peers at Cho, Tom only reinforces how she’ll never compare. “Look at her,” he taunts, and Ginny can almost see the leer curling his lips. “She’s poised and beautiful and perfect. She looks like a woman. Why would Harry ever want a girl?” 

And he says it so much — and Ginny thinks it so much — that she starts to believe it. He’ll never want her, will he? It’s clear Harry likes girls, women, who don’t need rescuing. Why would he want someone who’s been tainted with darkness? 

So Ginny moves on… slowly. She finds strength in other ways. She uses quidditch to regain trust in her own body, the trust she had before Tom made her question her own muscles and movements. 

She even dates, as she feels a normal teenager would. Not that she breathes a word about Tom to any of her potential suitors. She knows they couldn’t handle it; most boys couldn’t, not that she blames them. She knows untainted boys would respond like her friends have: by awkwardly clearing their throats through a whispered, “Oh” or a strangled, “I’m so sorry.” Then they’d treat her like she’s made of glass, and it would ruin things. 

Because if there’s one thing she won’t tolerate, it’s someone making her feel weak. Weak gets you in trouble; weak ruins your life and makes you undesirable. No matter how much Tom loves to bother her in winter, she’ll never let anyone see the resulting weakness.

_______________

Ginny considers herself fortunate, really, that Tom doesn’t outwardly come up when she ends things with Dean. It’s an accomplishment that she escapes from that relationship relatively unscathed. Her darkness didn’t accidentally show itself or lay there, sprawling and naked, for him to pick apart. 

It’s different with Harry, of course. She knows it will be from the second he kisses her in the common room. He’s the first one who doesn’t need to see her in a mask of normalcy and constant contentment. He’s the first one who understands that she’s not asking for an apology or reassurance when she accidentally drops a sad piece of her backstory into a casual conversation. 

On the few occasions when she does say things like that (because, again, she doesn’t have to watch her words with him) Harry just holds her closer, her ear pressed to his beating heart, as he runs his calloused fingers through her hair. 

And Ginny thinks, for once in her life, that perhaps there’s an unspoken value in sharing that sort of darkness. 

_______________

She tells Harry the full details of Tom pretty soon after they start shagging. She knows the war’s over; she knows they’ve kind of won. She also knows a well-adjusted person would have left this bit behind… but she reckons neither of them will ever be well-adjusted, really. They’re the sort of couple who cries when they hear I love you but remains stone-faced at funerals of their friends. For Harry especially, she knows that love presents as something that makes him feel uncomfortably warm, almost smothered. It can be a prickly, painful, cloying sensation… one he doesn’t always know how to respond to. With everyone else, he’s afraid of saying the wrong thing. Of seeming either too flippant or too mindful. 

But as their bodies connect, as they rock together in the dying sunlight, his fingers digging into her hips as he pulses inside her, he doesn’t have to pretend, either. 

Harry’s angry when she tells him… but not with her. He’s angry Tom ever made her feel that way. He’s especially angry with the worst of what Tom said: that on the off-chance Harry did want her, he’d only want her for sex. 

Harry brings it up several months after her initial admission.

“You know what I think about a lot?” he slurs, his finger tracing the curve of her breast as she lies naked beside him. 

She quirks a brow; no, but it doesn’t seem like a rhetorical question. 

Harry sighs, flopping over to his back. “I mean, I know it’s horrible and everything,” he allows, raising his hand in warning, “but seriously, I can’t help but be confused that Tom thought I’d be good enough at sex to use anyone for anything in the first place!”

There’s a moment of silence. 

And then Ginny cackles, shaking her head against the threadbare pillow in her bedroom. Harry joins her, pressing her against his side.

“I’m glad we’re both fucked up,” she says, when the giggles subside. “I reckon normal people are boring.” 

“Probably,” Harry agrees, his hand unconsciously toying with her hair. “Guess normal isn’t really my type, though.”

“Oh, so you prefer funny and traumatized?”

Harry smirks. “I prefer you.”

_______________

Tom doesn’t come back in full force until she falls pregnant the first time. 

Maybe it’s because they hadn’t planned on this— and regardless of how misty-eyed and excited Harry is, they definitely hadn’t planned on it. 

Maybe it’s because she’s certain it’s a boy, which carries certain burdens as the son of the Chosen One.

Maybe it’s because she’s feeling a similar loss of control, like her body isn’t her own. 

But mostly, she reckons, it’s because she’s plagued with the near-constant thought that she’s doing something wrong. 

She had a glass of wine before she found out (strike one, Bad Mum). She trips on her trainers and lands on her bum (very, very Bad Mum). She starts spotting at 12 weeks after she goes for the only jog of her entire pregnancy (horrifically Bad Mum; utterly unfit to raise a child). 

And all of this spins around in her head, faster and faster and faster, until she sees Tom’s face again one night. “You’re fat now,” he mocks, his voice a cruel whisper that slithers into the space between slumber and consciousness. “The nerve of you, thinking you’d do something so selfish as staying in shape at a time like this. I can’t wait to see Harry’s face when you tell him you’ve lost the ba—“

She bolts upright in bed, her heart pounding, and throws the blankets off to peer between her thighs. A ragged chuckle of relief escapes her lips. Nothing. There’s nothing, the baby’s fine, and—

“Ginny?” 

Shit.

She bites her lip and turns to Harry. He’s peering at her, his expression exhausted but alert. She hates that look, she really does; it reminds her too much of when he’d woken from his own dreams, right after the war. 

“A nightmare,” she whispers, brushing his hair from his eyes. “Only a nightmare. Go back to sleep.”

Harry sighs and grips her hand. He knows better. “Just... talk to me. Please. You don’t even have—“

“—It’s Tom,” she cut across, biting her lip. She feels guilty enough for waking Harry when he’s got work tomorrow; she’d better make it quick. “It’s just… stupid pregnancy shit, taking the form of Tom. Or maybe it just is Tom, somehow. I don’t really know.”

She throws her hands in the air before settling back against the headboard. And then, in a small voice: “He just… he’s so great at making me feel stupid.” 

There’s a beat. 

Harry reaches up to cup her cheek; she leans into the warmth, unsure if she’s finding more comfort in the familiarity or the gesture itself. 

“Well,” he says slowly; she can tell from his tone that he’s biting his lip, even if she can’t see it in the darkness. “You’re not stupid. But it’s also not stupid that he still makes you feel like that sometimes. Does that… make any sense?”

Her lips twitch in a soft smile. “It does. It makes sense. I just... I hate feeling weak.”

Harry chuckles and pulls her against him. She sighs into the crook of his neck, her eyelashes fluttering against his skin. 

“I could use a lot of words to describe you, darling.” His fingers dance on the gentle swell of her belly; he always sounds so pleased when he touches her, especially here, like he can’t help but feel chuffed that he’s actually knocked her up. “But I’m afraid that weak doesn’t make the cut.” 

Ginny giggles. “I’ll just have to settle for mad, I reckon,” she manages through a yawn. What is it about his bloody heartbeat that always settles her?

“Mad it is,” he agrees, kissing her forehead.

_______________

“It’s him again, isn’t it.” 

It’s not a question. But if it were, the answer would be obvious. 

Ginny’s staring out the window, her whole body poised and anxious. Every fiber of her being is taut. If she had a bit more self-awareness, she might compare herself to a hunting dog who’s just sensed a pheasant. 

But self-awareness is the furthest thing from her mind. Not when she’s worried about her babies. And she’s worried about all of her babies, yes — but there’s something especially triggering about the involvement of her little girl. Her only girl. Her girl, who’s exactly the same age as she was, right when—

“He’s here!” 

Ginny scarcely hears the words leave her lips as Pig flies through the air and into their open window. Safe. She hasn’t even read the letter yet, but she can tell from Lily’s messy scrawl across the parchment, from the agreed upon symbol of a tiny dragon, printed in the corner, that she’s safe.

Ginny has to draw a deep breath to stop herself from bawling with relief.

“Told you she’d be fine,” Harry murmurs, wrapping an arm around her waist. He rests his chin on the crown of her head as Ginny rips the letter open, nonetheless desperate for the proof she knows she’ll flnd. Desperate for confirmation that her baby’s made it to school all right. Desperate to know another little girl — her little girl — won’t find herself violated and alone. 

Ginny reads the letter through a veil of tears and presses it to her chest when she’s done. Safe. Her baby’s safe. 

A few minutes later, she turns to Harry with an apologetic shrug, brushing the tears from her eyes. “Ready for dinner?” she asks, gesturing towards the door. “Or did you want to stay inside all day and mope about having an empty house for the first time in ages?” 

Harry rolls his eyes, but a smile plays at his lips. He mutters something under his breath that distinctly sounds like not sure which of us was doing the moping, darling. 

But Ginny’s happy to ignore that as she links her arm in his. She’s pleased to go to dinner and drink too much and laugh too loudly. It’s just another reminder of what she has… and how she almost didn’t have it, at all. 

Because while Tom Riddle might be her past, present, and future, Ginny will do everything in her power to ensure he never defines another little girl’s life like that. 

Ever again.

[hp-fearfest]

HP Fear Fest Week 3 Roundup! Catch up on all the shivers and spooks you may have missed! Prompts this week include: Tarot Cards, Poisoned Fruit, Cult Activity, Ancient Evil, Abandoned Building, and Labyrinth. If you wrote something for a week 3 prompt and it isn’t included on this list, but you would like it to be, send us a message!

Prompts 16-18 + more below the cut!

Day 14 Prompt: Poisoned Fruit

Always His Favorite by @moonstruckwytch (100 | T | Drarry) cw: TW: MCD, Implied Murder

Poisoned by @triggerlil (272 | T | Drarry/Hinny) cw: cheating Harry, self-hatred, unhappy ending, mature

Untitled by @mysticdreamers (~1k | M | Drarry)

golden eve by @shah-writes (~1k | T | Drarry)

arsenic and earl grey by @corvuscrowned​ (100 | G | Drarry)

Day 16 Prompt: Ancient Evil

Return by @cavendishbutterfly (270 | T | Drarry) cw: spooky/dark, unhappy ending

Hearing Voices by @moonstruckwytch (100 | T | Drarry) cw: Implied Murder, Auditory Hallucinations

Come Night’s Fall by @corvuscrowned​ (11k | M | Drarry)

Day 17 Prompt: Abandoned Building

At the Crux of Everything by @calypsotempete (<1k | T | Drarry)

The Void of Reason by @moonstruckwytch (100 | T | Gen)

the nourishing by @corvuscrowned​ (100 | T | Drarry)

Day 18 Prompt: Labyrinth

All Night by @moonstruckwytch (100 | T | Drarry) cw: Unreality, Nightmares

The Labyrinth by @corvuscrowned​ (100 | T | Drarry)

Past Prompts

Never Alone by @samunderthelights for Haunted House (1.5k | T | Jegulus)

[ART] Blood Magic by @xgardensinspace for Blood Magic cw: blood, wounds, possession

Don't Watch That by @moonstruckwytch for Possession

His Other Half by @written-in-ash for In The Forbidden Forest (<1k | M | Drarry) cw: TW: murder, darkness, mentions of blood, and infidelity

The Bone Collector by @written-in-ash for Bone Collector (~100 | T | Drarry) CW: MCD, depression

Chain Around My Neck by @starlitsilvereyes for Bone Collector (~1k | M | Drarry) cw: Implied murder, Implied Sex, Praise kink, Mild pain kink (if you squint), Mild blood, (Human) Bones

[headcanonsandmore]

(NOTE: I wanted to send you an Ask on this, but it became too long, so I decided to Submit it. I hope you don’t mind that this is more of an extended Ask than a headcanon. Also, I made sure to keep this submission swear-free.) I remember for the longest time (I think it’s slowly subsided in more recent years, but I know it’s not completely gone), “H*rmonian” stans kept calling Ginny an S-word or a W-word for having the audacity to have 3 boyfriends total throughout the books: Michael, Dean, and Harry. Never mind that: 1) both prior relationships before Harry were not serious, given how Ginny only loved Harry; 2) Hermione herself dated 3 boys total (Krum, McLaggen, and Ron) (I’m aware she only dated McLaggen once to make Ron jealous, but still), so the “H*rmonian” stans are being hypocrites; 3) Hermione was the one who encouraged Ginny to date other guys so that she could try to move on from Harry; 4) having 3 boyfriends really just makes Ginny a chronic monogamist at worst, considering she’s never shown or stated or even remotely implied to have cheated on Michael or Dean or Harry; 5) dating is normal. It will take time before you find “the one”, so it’s perfectly okay to date around. Really, I hope the more neutral “H*rmonians” aren’t as bad as their stans (if there are any neutral fans, that is; I actually haven’t been active in the HP fandom since the movies ended a decade ago, so I personally don’t know). PS - How the heck did the combination of Harry/Hermione become “H*rmony”? It should be “H*rmione.” Dang, they can’t even spell their own ship-name correctly. At least “Hinny” and “Hanny” actually come from the combination of Harry/Ginny. End submission.

~~~~~

Thank you; no need to apologise for the length. 

Honestly, a lot of people can have pretty weird double standards about the characters. 

I think the reason some call it ‘H*rmony’ is because they want to imply it’s somehow calmer and deeper than Romione (who enjoy bickering and arguing as a way of communication). Which is -quite frankly- baffling, considering that Harry and Hermione do not get along with each other for long periods of time without Ron, and often end up upsetting the other (Hermione nags Harry until he explodes, which scares Hermione and makes her tear up). 

I honestly feel sorry for the H*rmione shippers who have to put up with the bad name this hardcore minority give their pairing. 

[buttmuncher91]

a lot of advanceshippers love to say such bs about Drew even to this day. Drew is not my favorite character & it’s fine to prefer advanceshipping over contestshipping and I kinda like advanceshipping , but some of the things they say are ridiculous! This is not bashing on all advanceshippers or advanceshipping in general, this is just some quotes (not exact) I’ve seen that I’ve had problems with.

”Drew is a jerk! Ash would treat her right!“

Both would treat her just fine! Drew watches out for her & tells her when Harley is tricking her, saved her friends & brother when she was busy, saves her friends, cheers her up when she’s down, & they both calmly talk to each other when alone.

Besides, there are some things to point Ash being a jerk to her too! Ash yelled at her because he was butthurt he had no boat to get his next gym badge & skips out on watching some of her contest when May even watches him battle regular trainers.

And it’s not like May is an innocent angel herself. She yelled at Ash & Drew for no reason, had her torchic attack Ash, & forced Ash to agree to let her travel with him by bringing up her bike.

I know May & Ash have developed a lot sense than, but so has Drew & y’all are just stuck viewing him how he reacted at the beginning.

”May hates Drew & loves ash!“

She doesnt hate Drew. At the very worst, she sees him as a friend & has seen him that way by “Who, What, When, Where, Wynut.” Like I said we seen them talk a lot when they run into each other & heck, she even ditched the group, including Ash as he was talking to her, to talk to Drew when she saw Drew. So tell me again how she loves Ash way more than Drew lol!

And in ”Spontaneous Combustion“ May blushes at Drew after he waved and walked off. May never blushed around Ash, even when some weird couple accused her of being Ash’s lover. And there was nothing in that scene that indicates her getting red met something else. She wasn’t sick, doesn’t look mad, didn’t do anything embarrassing, etc... so it looks as if she really likes Drew.

”Drew is a flirts with any girl & would cheat on May, but Ash would never cheat on her!”

You people have nothing to back this up. Drew had fangirls gushing all over him? May being Norman‘s daughter and probably because she’s referred to as hoenn princess, has a lot of fanboys! In fact, Ash is more likely to cheat on May then Drew dispite him being oblivious, as Drew showed 0 interest in his fangirls & ran from them. If he was such a flirt, he wouldn’t run from fan girls, but would try & you know, FLIRT with them. Drew also showed 0 interest for other girls, & only teases May. You advanceshipper fanbrats (not saying all advanceshippers are fanbrats just the advanceshippers who think this) only pretend he is to make up reasons for May to reject Drew.

”He only likes May for her rack, & wouldn’t care for her if it was flat!“

Talk about reaching. Drew only stares at her FACE! He never stared at them, & the anime gave her chest 0 focus. He isn’t just some creeper. Despite not being interested in her, he treated Breanna nicely & she was flat. He may just have puppy love/a crush on her, but saying he’s just trying to win her because of her rack is complete bs!

”Think about it, Drew & May would make ugly babies!”

Based on what? Cuz Drew has green hair? As someone whose least favorite color is green (okay, okay dark/forest green is pretty), I think this is a stupid claim. Even with a weird hair color, there’s a chance the child could be cute, & really beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Hair color is NOT even close to a huge factor to what separates not ugly to ugly. And they don’t have to make babies if they do get together. They can just choose to adopt to help out those who need a home or just happily be with each other with no children at all.

”Drew is in less episodes with May than Ash, so advanceshipping is better & will be canon!”

🤦‍♀️Misty has the most screen time with ash. By this cruddy ”logic,” Misty & ash (so far) are canon. Yes, misty has much more screen time with ash than May. Misty had all of Kanto, Orange Islands, AND Jhoto with ash... as well as a cameo with ash in Hoenn, and TWO separate cameos in Alola. And at this point, May could have spent more time with Drew. It’s been 4 regions that Ash hasn’t even thought of 1 of her Pokémon after all this time. I’m no pokeshipper, but let’s be real here.

And most of the time Ash & May are on screen, it’s them focusing on their goals/Pokémon. They cheer & encourage each other too, but it’s mostly friendship stuff. Could something happen later on between them to spark love? Sure. But nothing in the anime ever pointed to that. And you can literally say that with Ash and... ANYONE! Like Ash could grow up, met back up with Roxie & they could fall for each other.

When Drew appears on screen, you mostly see hard evidence for contestshipping, weather on Drew’s side, May’s side, or both. Yes, there’s evidence on BOTH sides that they like each other. At best, advanceshipping looks one-sided on May’s side. And even then, it mostly looked that way in the beginning of AG. There’s way more evidence that May likes Drew & vice vesa than with ash & May, even with “less contestshipping hints!“ A lot of hints for shippings are overblown. Not just advanceshipping hints, but poke/pearl/negai(actually never mind, negai is under looked & over hated)/amour/etc... are over blown & it’s just ash being his usual nice/childish self. With Drew, it’s obvious he likes her as how he constantly stares at her, teases her, gives her red roses (& says they’re for beutifly), etc... While I think I covered how May likes Drew enough already. And yes, this could just be a kiddy crush for the both of them, but in the end there’s still harder evidence that Drew & May like each other.

Plus there are a lot of canon fictIonal couples who had less screen time with each other than other characters. Naruhina, ichihime, Hinny, gochi, etc...

“Drew never saves May’s life, unlike Ash!”

So? May never even tried to saved Ash, like she did with Drew!

Ash has also saved: Angie (who has a more confirmed crush on ash), Dawn, Pikachu (3x I can think of), Chinchar, Lillie (or at least attempts to help a lot of times), Celiebi, Erika’s Gloom, Serena, Misty’s sisters Pokémon, a ton of CotDs & their Pokémon...

And what of those who saved Ash? Misty, Sabrina’s... family photographer, Gary, Iris, Clemont’s father, Zeroara dude, a ton of officer jennys, Pikachu, a lapras, Paul, Drew (ya keep on hating him if it werent for him Ash Brock and Max would probably be dead in that crate Jessie, James & Meowth trapped them in so not even advanceshipping could happen).

“Rivals can’t be dating!”

Where did you get this bs? Even in the pokeani IN THE AG SERIES this has been proven false. Watch Pasificlog Jam again. Who put you in charge of how couples should work anyways? If a writer wants to have rivals hookup in their story, than they have that freedom to have the rivals hookup regardless how upset you get over it.

“Ash & May kissed in a banned episode, so advanceshipping is canon not contestshipping!”

Come on guys, they’re 10. The anime creators aren’t gonna have two 10 yr olds kiss on the lips. Its really creepy some person came up with this. No, it’s not creepy cuz I don’t like advaceshipping (I actually like some aspects of it). Again, it’s creepy because they’re 10. If they were like 13+ yrs old, it‘d be okay, but NOT 10. Plus, even Japan is very sensitive when having kissing on the lips happen with kid shows. Even with adults, they censor it/show something else as the kiss happens & just imply it happened. Expecally how they view kissing on the lips in the first place, they ain’t having 2 ten year olds kiss.

And there would be NOTHING to imply that they where going to kiss. Around this time this episode that they kissed claimed to happen (episode 357), Ash & co. where heading to fortree. Nothing ever was implied from the both of them even want to kiss each other. They just where supportive friends of each other with no hinting there where secret feelings or developing feelings from ether of them. Theres also nothing beyond that episode that implied the kiss happened. Because if it did actually happen, I’m sure something like that would impact the next few episodes, but nope no mention of any kiss nor do ash & May act any differently around each other in 358 and beyond. So even if it did happen, it was going to more than likely sink the ship, like it was some akaward thing they did because they were “under the mistletoe“ & afterwards just agreed to be friends & forget about it. The pokemon anime was always about friendship, adventure, and Pokemon themselves, never romance.

Also episode 357 is “Take This House and Shuppet!” not “A Kiss Under the Mistletoe!“ The Japanese episode is the same as the English barring names & episode number.

Were do you get such a sorce for this info? “my friend’s japanese friend who talked to the director of the AG anime & saw it!” or some other ridiculous unreliable garbage like that? Give me actual sources with interviews from the writers talking about this supposed banned episode. Bet you can’t, unless it’s fake & unreliable. If it existed, it would have floated up by someone from Japan. After All, even if for 20 mins that episode should’ve existed if it was just banned. Like “Electric Soldier Porygon” was banned completely & only aired one time in Japan. However, there are places that you can watch the episode despite it being completely banned due to putting a lot of children in the hospital from seizures. That was older than the supposed advanceshipping kiss episode as ’Electric Soldier Porygon’ is a Original Series episode in Kanto the 38th episode. No one can find this supposed advanceshipping episode nor is it even listed in the banned episode list. It should be harder to find this older banned episode than it should be to find this supposed banned kiss episode.

“Why should May choose Drew over Ash? Ash is like a literal god!”

What? Yes, he’s befriended every legendary & come back though poketears, save the world so many times, has arua abilities (he rarely uses), & whatever else, but it’s not like he seems that BA or whatever. Ash not aging seems over focused on, when in reality NO ONE is aging. It took him 7 regions to win 1 league (a questionable one at that), can’t remember Pokémon he seen before & sometimes forgets what he learned, & needs saved by others sometimes. Some god, can’t even rescue himself. Besides, who knows what Drew has done on his adventures. Drew has also saved Ash, Brock, & Max from trouble, isn’t Drew awesome saving someone ”like a god!”? Drew also has beat him in a battle as well, is that y’all’s problem?

And where is Ash’s voice in all this? It’s like this in all this anti-Drew bs. “Drew is just this terrible creature who possesses all 7 deadly sins & is the creation of Giratina & thus May hates & so does everyone else! However... blessed by Arceus himself, we all just know not dense Ash Ketchem is waiting to sweep May off her feet & save her from the demonic spawn that is Drew who is lusting after her bewbs😡” (<-original ideas, do not steal jkjk). Like there’s NOTHING to indicate ash wants her. And do you think this of May as well? Like do y‘all think May is just this perfect, sweetest, most divine woman in the pokeani that only Ash “blessed by Arceus“ is the only guy that should be blessed by such an angel? 🤣

Look, I like Ash & I like May. But even with my favorite characters I wouldn’t go as far as to think so highly of them that it makes Helga’s obsession with Arnold look like nothing. And just because Ash is more amazing with more feets & whatever, doesn’t mean May has to love ash or that Ash has to choose may because Drew doesn’t measure up to him.🤷‍♀️ Just think about it, should Timmy’s mom go with Dinkleburg? After all, he is smarter than Timmy’s dad, has more money & is more successful than he is. And Wandesemo is more popular, not stupid, & mostly competent unlike Casmo. Should Wanda dump Casmo for him? Of course i understand wanting the best person to end with you’re favorite character. But that’s not how love works & in the long run isn’t fair to both Ash & May (& Drew, but I know you haters don’t care about that).