'Standing outside the clean, but uninteresting looking block of muggle flats, Draco wondered for perhaps the tenth time in the past hour what could have possibly gotten into him when he decided to send that owl.' Draco Malfoy is reunited with an old friend.

It had come slowly, burrowing in over time, taking over. A reflection of what it might be like to be inside the mind of Bellatrix Lestrange as she comes unravelled in Azkaban.

Sometimes the best gifts are the hardest ones to give. It's never easy being the one left behind, especially at Christmas. A/N This story talks about grief and deals with the death of a loved one. UEA

"She didn't have the heart to check precisely what time it was now, knowing there were still things left to do. Making it anywhere on time with a gaggle of children was not for the faint of heart, even once you factored in magical travel." Hermione gets a little overwhelmed by all the little things she's supposed to embrace at Christmas, it's a good thing her husband knows just wh

"Daphne wasn't ready for the day to end, not when the walk back to Hogwarts from Hogsmeade was the only thing separating them from an unhappy, unwanted future."

Harry Potter isn't good at reading Slytherins, even if he's fallen for one. Maybe all he needs is a little good advice.

"It wasn't that they were opposed to their partner's grandiose and bizarre ways of showing his affection, per se. It was something they had grown accustomed to. But they had only just moved into their first proper home together and it did put somewhat of a damper on the occasion to be shut out of their bedroom." Dramionary, Harry Potter x Draco Malfoy x Hermione Granger

"As far as he could tell, there was nothing to be done about their problem. But Granger never had been one to admit defeat and he wasn't enough of a git to let her keep looking on her own. It was his fault, after all."

Broken by war and years of secrecy, Hermione and Draco struggle to find true happiness together while hiding behind double lives. DM/HG

For Millicent Bulstrode, falling into relationships by accident is the easy part. What proves to be the most difficult is letting go and being okay by herself again. Millicent Bulstrode/Lavender Brown, Millicent Bulstrode/Ron Weasley

"He wondered briefly if he had pushed her too far; she had never tried to leave before." Sirius is just a little too nonchalant, and this time it might cost him more than he bargained for. (Sirius Black/Marlene McKinnon) UEA

Ron Weasley loves food, but he never thinks it's worth crying over. Pansy's pride says otherwise. Just a bit of Ronsy fluff.

The arrangement worked for both of them. Maybe it worked a little too well. (AU, Fake Dating, Rare Pair)

It was always those rays of morning's first light that brought her back to reality. (CW: Implied Alcoholism)

"Every time he was with her, Neville knew he was in too deep to keep his feelings out of it, but he couldn't seem to stay away."

"The plan was for survival, which offended the sensibilities of many on the side of the light. But it was necessary to survive if you planned to rise again."

The first time Lavender opened her eyes after the Battle of Hogwarts, she was immediately met with the pity in her mother's gaze. EWE HP/LB

When Hermione Granger had accepted the position of Ministry of Magic Liaison to Magical Beings and Beasts, Draco Malfoy knew he would have to sacrifice some of his time to accompany her to the various networking and social events that went along with her new job. In hindsight, he wasn't sure he had really been adequately prepared for what was coming. EWE DM/HG

"Perhaps she could blame her poor judgement on the war. They had met in the rubble and dust that was the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts, after all." UEA PP/CC

"They were having the same argument for the third time in as many weeks, and all Daphne could think about was that nobody would ever believe her if she told them she broke up with Neville Longbottom because he was being a selfish, big-headed, arse." DG/NL