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Title: Nocturnal
Pairing: Pan/Selene
Rating: PG
Word count: 440
Summary: She's sure he doesn't understand her.
Notes: for rin_x_x's prompt: "Pan seducing Selene".

( Nocturnal )

First of all, see this post for my earlier recs, although I will gladly restate that Ballycastle Bats are Big, Fat Cheaters, my gift from luvscharlie is amazing and you should read it. :)

* Art: My second gift (although I had no idea I was supposed to get one, but I'm not complaining!): You're Mine, Alice, Mine - Bellatrix/Alice, a beautiful almost Grecian art piece by venturous1. I love the shading, the intensity, and the positioning of the bodies.

* We Intertwined - Through Hot Chocolate and Sun-Kissed Freedom (Daphne/Hermione) by the_spinnersend is a dark, raw and painful portrait of an almost WWII-like post-war world.

* This is a Game I Would Gladly Participate in (Helga/Rowena) by shyath. Nice, steamy fic - as a history freak I miss a bit of medieval context, but still, a very nice fic. I especially like the balance of the nicely flowing narrative and yet the slightly formal, "medieval" language.

* Maybe Being Sick Isn't That Bad (Hermione/Lavender) by bablefisk because I'm a complete sap for being cared for when I'm ill. A very simple, sweet, warm fic.

* Fiddlesticks (Hermione/Pansy) by peskywhistpaw. Amazing, this one! Hermione and Pansy are written perfectly, and the wittiness and cleverness of the fic is really refreshing. One of my favourite submissions!

* Old Friends (Minerva/Augusta) by miss_morland. Absolutely beautiful in its wistfulness, wisdom and quiet happiness.

* The Scandalous Tale of the Diagon Nursery Calendar (Hermione/Pansy) by woldy. A completely believable, single mother Hermione and a Pansy who's completely self-assuredly found her way in life after the war. Fresh, funny, and belly-tingles-inducing!

* All the Syllables of Loss (Padma/Hermione) by woldy. Another one of my favourite submissions. Everything about it is right, from how their torrid affair begins to how Hermione starts to wonder whether she's cheating on Ron with Padma, or the other way around. A very real, startling portrait of growing up and finding new people while you're already supposed to have settled.

* Moleschinis and Cabernet Sauvignon (Hermione/Pansy) by daydreaminchic. A very successful style experiment that never calls Pansy "Pansy" and gives Hermione an edge that fits her completely.

* Art: No Practical Today (Tonks/Ginny) by la_dissonance. If you want to change your mood from bad to yay!good, just look at this. It makes me grin every time I see it :D

And now that I've recced almost everything: everything else is worth a look, too :D

Title: Slow Summer, Hot Air
Pairing: Ginny/Fleur
Rating: PG-13 at the very highest
Word count: ~2,500
Warnings: me trying to write a French accent!
Summary: Ginny feels a little lost in the heat of summer.
Notes: Written as a pinch hit for peskywhistpaw in the femmefest exchange. Even *more* huge thanks to Lena for the beta, because this one really needed some re-direction. Thank you for helping me out! <3

( Slow Summer, Hot Air )

Title: Plans
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Amelia Bones
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 2,638
Summary: "They never actually made plans to meet up."
Notes: written for kellychamblis in the femmefest exchange. Huge thanks to Lena for the beta!

( Plans )

femmefest reveals!

Will post fics & recs later. Need to sleep first.

Title: Swim
Pairing: Katie/Alicia
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 500
Summary: It's hot, there's a pool, and they're alone. What more could you want?
For purelush's prompt: Katie/Alicia, hitting the bottom. Just a bit of silly frolicking!

( Swim )

Meme, from purelush

The next five people to comment in this post get to request a drabble (or rambling ficlet) of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

Gimme any HP or Greek Mythology character/pairing you want to see me write about!

1) purelush: Katie/Alicia: hitting the bottom - Swim
2) rin_x_x: Pan seducing Selene - Nocturnal
3) gogollescent: Io
4) antoshevu: Artemis/Luna
5)

Title: Mirror
100moods prompt: 85. Satisfied (My table)
Character: Niobe
Rating: PG
Word count: 325
Summary: She loved her body, because it bore the traces of her possessions.
Notes: beware the tragic irony :D

( Mirror )

These were all written for the Uncanon HP drabble-a-thon and they're all between 100 and 200 words. Finally getting round to posting them.

1) Untitled, la_dissonance's prompt: McGonagall - "I am so fucking wasted"

( Whiskey )

2) Hope, inadaze22's prompt: Ron/Luna - live, laugh, love

( Hope )

3) Radiance, nuclearsugar's prompt: Hermione/Fleur - sun-patterned leaves

( Radiance )

4) Habit, nuclearsugar's prompt: Ginny/Luna - nail biting

( Habit )

5) Winter, peskywhistpaw's prompt: Hedwig/Pig - fly, fly, fly

( Winter )

I received my gift at femmefest: Ballycastle Bats Are Big, Fat Cheaters (Ginny/Katie). It's a really fun, witty story full of banter and almost innocent girly exploration. I love competitive!Ginny - I always find it hard to write Ginny appropiately snarky, and this is just spot on. It's lovely! Go and have a read! :D

Some other fics I've enjoyed so far during the fest:

- Disorientation (Angelina/Katie, with mention of their male SO's - R). I really loved this one! The tension is palpable, and it was really tightly written, with great characterization.

- Watchers of the Skies (Lily/Narcissa - R). Another really well-written piece, with a pairing I consider very difficult to pull off convincingly, but it works perfectly here!

- Naked As We Come (Bellatrix/Andromeda - NC-17). This fic is so well-written, and such a touching, stark, painful portrait that it completely overcomes my general dislike of blackcest.

- Untitled art (art: Hermione/Tonks - PG). Gorgeous colours, fascinating poses (what's the story here?!) and eeeee costumes!

Go forth and enjoy :D

Title: Voiceless
10_whores prompt: 8. Pandora's Box (My table) (I know, not exactly the most inspiring interpretation of the prompt, but it's goddess!sex, so I'm sure nobody minds, right? :) )
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2,000
Pairing: Aphrodite/Pandora
Summary: They all need to give Pandora a little of themselves to give her life - so Aphrodite gives her what matters most.

( Voiceless )

Title: Sunset
100moods prompt: 13. Calm (My table)
Pairing: Poseidon/Amphitrite, in a been-married-for-thousands-of-years kind of way
Rating: G
Word count: 310
Summary: Maybe he truly is a god of wrath.

( Sunset )

Title: Devour
100moods prompt: 76. Predatory (My table; I'm one quarter through it! Which is a happy occasion even though it's already taken me over a year :D)
Rating: G
Word count: 230
Summary: The water never fights.

( Devour )

Inspirationnnnn :D

Title: Feet
100moods prompt: 80. Relaxed (My table)
Pairing: Iris/Hermes
Rating: G
Word count: 230
Summary: The same.

( Feet )

Title: Source
Pairing: Arthur/Rita
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~1,100
Warning: infidelity
Notes: Written for the Fabulous Low-Pressure Laissez-faire hp_unfaithful challenge for prompt 32. Arthur/Rita Skeeter. Anything to get a story.
Summary: Rita Skeeter knows how to handle her sources.

( Source )

Title: Now
100quills prompt: 3. Tomorrow (My table)
Rating: G
Word count: 380
Summary: As a rule, Salazar doesn’t like looking ahead.

( Now )

I'm inspired again, and I should totally be studying D:

Title: Moonlight
rarepair_shorts prompt: 4. and thus (My table)
Pairing: Lavender/Parvati
Rating: G
Word count: 420
Summary: In that small, unremarkable moment.

( Moonlight )

OKAY okay I just couldn't resist :(

Title: Name
Pairing: Paul Verlaine/Arthur Rimbaud
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 1,300
Warnings: bloodplay, suffocation, drug abuse, and more of those happy things
Notes: after you've read this, if you even do, go and read some of their poetry. Seriously.
Summary: There is no need for first names in this life of theirs.

( Name )

Just a silly double drabble to give my starving muse a treat.

Title: Chains
100moods prompt: 56. Kinky (My table)
Pairing: Andromeda/Perseus
Rating: PG for lusting over a chained woman (so yeah, it's not actually that kinky, I know.)
Word count: 200
Summary: Her eyes are fire amidst all this water.

( Chains )