Sometimes happiness has a cost. (HC fill)

Everyone knows that bookworms had a way of noticing things, especially about other bookworms. (HC fill)

Some battles are just worth fighting, even when others don't see it. (HC fill; ToS fill; DtW fill)

Sometimes, the lies we tell ourselves are the best ones. (HC fill; ToS fill; AFS/DtW fill)

Until you've experienced loss, you will never understand how simple things can be more than enough. (BAON fill; HC fill)

Sometimes redemption is beyond any possible reach. (BAON fill; HC fill)

Bellatrix wanted him, even more so because Andromeda had him. Slytherins were always willing to use any ends to meet their goals. (HC fill; BAON fill)

Some things in life are just as simple as an acacia blossom. (HC fill; BAON fill)

To catch up on my Romance Challenge fills more easily, I'm going to do a series of snapshots into the lives of various pairings. Each snapshot should be considered as occurring in its own universe.

Five times that Harry had come close to being loved and the one time he found that he was.

The Boy-Who-Lived is a prize to be won. The Chosen One is a weapon to wielded. In one version, Harry Potter never figured out those things-and believed everything that he was told about the world he was entering. He never realized the power he held and no one realized his private challenges. A chance meeting with someone who notices changes everything.

Luna knew what it was like to be without a purpose, without an anchor. She had already watched more than one person she loved be torn apart by the storm. She was not willing to let the same thing happen to Harry if there was anything she could do to prevent it. (TQC)

Lily Evans came online suddenly and violently to protect the boy from the bushes. He was hers to protect, even more so than her family and, ugh, sister. She definitely didn't like the sound of a place where the rules didn't seem like they would matter. Luckily, her boy had a plan.

Ron's always had a temper and difficulty expressing his feelings in positive ways. Hermione knew that when she married him. So getting upset over the things he says and how he's phrasing them is selfish and immature. It's not like he's hit her or anything.

Harry didn't know how long he had been sitting at his parents' grave, silently falling apart. But eventually, Luna was exactly where he needed her once more and just like after Sirius' death, she knew exactly what to do. (TQC, set during Through the Storm)

In the last chapter of The Schrodinger Effect, Neville made an observation that someone had tortured and killed the Carrows during the Final Battle. He postulated that it was a quiet Ravenclaw who had been terrorizing the two siblings for months for their part in the death of his fiancée. He would probably not be comforted by the knowledge of how right he was about that.

Harry discovered his magic young. It was not appreciated.

George knew he was living on borrowed time. He just had get his family to a point where they could function without him. (The Quiet Calm, Part 1.5)

Neville had been with Harry and Luna years and fully accepted all the delicious quirks that came with that relationship. Unfortunately not everyone got the message. (Rated for suggestive themes and language)

Or A Series of Unfortunate Dates.