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Title: We Are Young (I'll Carry You Home Tonight)
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry and Draco have been falling into bed on and off again since the last election five years ago, much to the amusement--and financial gain--of their circle of friends. But when Harry agrees to work with Draco to put Kingsley Shacklebolt into the Minister's office, they can't work side-by-side again every day and sleep together; that would be courting disaster. Wouldn't it?
Rating: NC17
Warning(s): Emotional roller coasters, intense friendships, UST and sex and UST and sex, voyeurism, desperate kisses, Wizengamot elections, ongoing wagers, policy wonks behaving badly, mention of war crimes and police brutality, kittens, Blaise-as-Malcolm-Tucker, some bisexuality, lots of profanity (see Blaise-as-Malcolm-Tucker), the odd West Side Story reference.
Epilogue compliant? Mostly EWE.
Word Count: ~69,000
Author's Notes: Written for taradiane for the 2011 hd_holidays. Huge thanks to the mods for their patience and understanding (and to the delivery people from the Thai restaurant around the corner whose pan-fried basil beef and rice noodles fueled the great majority of this story). My betas absynthedrinker, sassy_cissa, wemyss, and supergrover24 deserve a huge shout-out for all they did to make this fic hang together, and I need to give enormous hugs and great love to the amazing noeon, who was alpha, beta and omega, cheerleader, Muse and taskmaster, and without whom this fic would not exist--in this form or any. I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to the writers of the television shows Party Animals, The Thick of It and The West Wing (and, I suppose I should admit, to an adulthood of watching Richard Curtis movies), all of which informed and inspired my own writing to various extents. And a nod to the band fun. for the title.

This story is a love letter not only to a few places in London which are special to me for one reason or another but also to Harry and Draco themselves, who will always hold a deeply meaningful place in my heart, and to those of you reading who love them as well. Buckle up, darlings, it’s going to be a bumpy ride at times, but we’ll get there in one piece. Mostly. :)

( Whitechapel... )

To Part Two

Title: Quidditch in the Rough, or How Potter Got His Groove Back
Authors: femmequixotic and noeon
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~17,800
Warning(s): EWE, Quidditch
Summary: A bad breakup. Pudd United's worst Quidditch season in years. Harry's life is on a downward spiral, and just when he thinks things can't get worse, the new team owner arrives: Pansy bloody Parkinson.
Author/Artist Note(s): Much love to pokeystar for her patience, support and fabulous, fabulous prompt. *hugs* Written for the 2011 pphpficexchange.


( Here you go, mate... )

Title: Arabesque on Ice
Pairing(s): Albus Severus/Scorpius
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: non-magical Olympics AU
Summary: He's still wearing that ridiculous puffy jacket they've forced on us, the one with the Union Flag emblazoned on one shoulder, Great Britain stitched in four-inch high white Helvetica on the back. No one looks good in that awful red. No one but Albus-sodding-Severus-bloody-fucking-Potter, that is.
Word Count: ~7100
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author’s/Artist's notes: Much love to noeon for the beta, and to a certain utterly fabulous Muggle figure skater who always seemed to provide inspiration right at the necessary moments. Written for phys_nut for the 2010 hp_nextgen_fest.

( My glass is empty. Again. )

Title: The Silent World Within You 2/4
Authors: femmequixotic and noeon
Summary: Harry only wanted Malfoy for one night, one birthday. It wasn’t meant to be anything more.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Mpreg
Word Count: ~96,000
Written for: The 2011 harrydracompreg fest for nursedarry's prompt of a one-off (or very rare and on/off, in-denial-about-it-relationship at school (AU 7th or EWE 8th year) results in one (or both!) of them pregnant. How do they each find out? How do the teachers find out? Their friends, the other students? I would like this all about how they come to terms with the situation and less about their changing body(ies) and how they'll cope in the future.
Author's Notes: We owe a huge debt of gratitude to absynthedrinker and wemyss for being fantastic betas, willing to tackle this monster, not to mention how thankful we are to the mods for their forbearance and patience as we broke deadline after deadline, realising that we weren’t done yet. Also, halfway through writing this fic, we discovered another Harry/Draco that also began with Draco serving a probation with Hagrid post-war. All similarities are completely unintentional, but we loved oldenuf2nb's fic so much that we’d like to make sure everyone goes and reads it too: you can find Rising from The Ashes on The Hex Files or on Livejournal.

To Part One

( Autumn )

To Part Three

Title: The Silent World Within You 4/4
Authors: femmequixotic and noeon
Summary: Harry only wanted Malfoy for one night, one birthday. It wasn’t meant to be anything more.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Mpreg
Word Count: ~96,000
Written for: The 2011 harrydracompreg fest for nursedarry's prompt of a one-off (or very rare and on/off, in-denial-about-it-relationship at school (AU 7th or EWE 8th year) results in one (or both!) of them pregnant. How do they each find out? How do the teachers find out? Their friends, the other students? I would like this all about how they come to terms with the situation and less about their changing body(ies) and how they'll cope in the future.
Author's Notes: We owe a huge debt of gratitude to absynthedrinker and wemyss for being fantastic betas, willing to tackle this monster, not to mention how thankful we are to the mods for their forbearance and patience as we broke deadline after deadline, realising that we weren’t done yet. Also, halfway through writing this fic, we discovered another Harry/Draco that also began with Draco serving a probation with Hagrid post-war. All similarities are completely unintentional, but we loved oldenuf2nb's fic so much that we’d like to make sure everyone goes and reads it too: you can find Rising from The Ashes on The Hex Files or on Livejournal.

To Part Three

( Spring/Fifteen Years Later )

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Title: Something Less Than Something More
Rating:NC-17
Pairings:Millicent Bulstrode/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley
Word Count: ~13,700
Warnings/Content Information: infidelity, pregnancy, discussion of previous abortions
Summary: Tonight she wants to pretend the lies are true. Tonight she wants to believe that a girl like her could actually end up with the hero.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Written for chazpure in the 2011 hp_beholder fest. Much love to chazpure for the chance to write this story, huge thanks to bethbethbeth and noeon for their wonderful betas, and enormous gratitude to bethbethbeth for her patience. :) Title stolen from Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell’s song of the same name. Warning for infidelity, pregnancy, discussion of previous abortions.


( The clock’s just struck half-eleven when the Floo flares... )

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Title: Requiem At Dusk
Word Count: ~49,000
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Disclaimer: They belong to Jo, not me.
Summary: Harry would do anything for his son, even follow in Orpheus's footsteps.
Author's Notes: Written for anya_elizabeth for the 2008 snarryholidays A huge thank you to my betas and to the mods for their patience. Much gratitude also Neil Gaiman, Lloyd Alexander, C.S. Lewis and the Greek, Celtic and Norse myths that inspired them as well as me.

( He stands at the edge of the cliff, watching. )

Title: This Valley of Dying Stars
Rating: R
Characters: Snape/Draco, Astoria, Scorpius
Word Count: ~13,500
Warnings: Serious illness, semi-epilogue compliant
Disclaimer: Sadly, they don't belong to me. If they did, Deathly Hallows would have been a Snaco fic and Nagini would have died in the first chapter.

Summary: “I know I’m dying,” I say at last. “I don’t expect miracles from you.” Severus looks at me evenly. “I don't have any to offer.”

Notes: Written for florahart for the 2010 snaco_exchange. Many thanks and much love to my betas bethbethbeth, noeon and supergrover24, to Flora for such a wonderful prompt to work with, and to Nishi for her patience with me.

( The sudden light hurts my eyes. )

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Title: Past the Post
Authors: femmequixotic and noeon
Pairing: David Cameron/Nick Clegg
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Explicit sex. No. Really. We mean explicit.
Disclaimer: Oh, hell no this didn't happen. These people have a country to run and we don't.
Word Count: ~7600
Summary: "Dave, Dave." Nick pulls his hand away and grins. It doesn't quite reach his eyes. “Haven’t you learned yet? Everything is a negotiation.”
Authors' Notes: Much love to our two amazing betas, rhaegal and supergrover24 and great affection to our favourite classic Liberal.

( It's been three days now, but David still isn't used to his temporary office with its broad mahogany desk and heavy velvet drapes. )

Title: Says The Magpie To The Morning (Sorrow, Take Your Own Advice)
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco (with just a smidge of Draco/Blaise)
Summary: It's terribly bad form, sleeping with your ex when you're still half in love with the bastard.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Past established relationship, EWE
Word Count: ~34,000

Author's Notes: Written for bryoneybrynn in the 2009 hd_holidays Many thanks as well to my two betas, supergrover24 and noeon, and additional heartfelt thanks to bryoneybrynn for helping to redirect me when I got stuck and for cheerleading me through those long dark teatimes of the writer's soul. Title cheerfully stolen from Neko Case.

(  When Blaise finally comes, I've stopped paying attention and moved on to planning what to wear to lunch at L'Oranger with Mother tomorrow… )