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  • Tuney

    "It is just her now, for they are all gone-grown up and out of her reach, left her, abandoned her for someone, something, they must have thought better." Petunia Dursley-centric.

  • Tangled Webs

    "Victoire sighs and stares out the owlery window, wondering what mess she got herself into. It's just one Hogsmeade date, she tells herself. It could be worse." Victoire-centric, Victoire/Dominique sisterhood, Victoire/Teddy/Dominique. For Gia.

  • Back Home

    "The mourning, the funerals, the rebuilding—most of that is done and over. It's all over. But it doesn't feel over to him." Friendships fic, Harry and three conversations. Post-war, pre-epilogue. For Rachel.

  • Start of a New Adventure

    "It seems her new adventure is beginning." —Luna Lovegood/Draco Malfoy. Mostly friendly but shippy if you squint very hard. Post-war, pre-epilogue. For Griffinesque.

  • Birthday Cakes Gone Wrong

    In which Rose tries to bake Lorcan a cake for his birthday with a little help from Albus. "Brightest witch of our age, and you can't do something as simple as bake?" —Nextgen RoseLorcan, RoseAlbus. For Erin.

  • Crescent Moons

    Harry gets an unexpected visitor on Halloween night. HarryLuna, for Sophy.

  • What Matters

    "Her mother has exploded right in front of her eyes. She pinches herself. Maybe the nargles have messed with her brain more than she thought they did. She pinches herself again." A short fic, involving Luna, her mother, and what really matters. For Alice.

  • Pretty Things

    "He never really thought the world was pretty until he met her—bright Lily who looked at the world with fresh eyes. She was always saying the world was pretty—exactly that word. When Lily says it, he believes it." One-sided Severus/Lily, canon. For Jess.

  • Where to Begin

    "It's Hermione, alright, but so much older, with scars, and circles under her eyes, and - who is the redheaded boy standing next to her, holding her hand?" Dr. Granger, trying to figure out what a father does after he learns that his daughter's growing up without him.

  • Swans

    "She's floating on clouds. Her fifth year at Hogwarts seems like an eternal dream—lazy days with Cedric, cloud-gazing, dancing at the Yule Ball, sipping butterbeers at the Three Broomsticks. (But no it isn't. She falls from the clouds and the seemingly-eternal dream ends, and when she does, she falls hard and reality is even worse than she remembered.)" Cho. Moving on.

  • Reality

    "She wonders why Andromeda can't be like the rest of them, why Andromeda just has to go along and ruin her perfect happiness, pop her visions of a perfect happy complete family." Narcissa Malfoy and her realities throughout her life.

  • Counting Stars and Memories

    "She looks up at the ceiling. Counts the dots. Tries to forget. She can't forget." Ginny after Harry breaks up with her at the end of the sixth book. Harry/Ginny.