"Welcome home," he says with that childlike grin as he opens the door to his hut, and she loses her breath as if someone's sucker punched her. This is not a home.

"You came all the way to Hogwarts to tell me you've been dreaming about torturing me?" / For Nasim, with all of my procrastinate-y love

You feel warm. You feel as if you are glowing.

The stars were so bright that Lily couldn't sleep.

They say the prisoners here go mad, and you often wonder whether they're talking about the men or the Dementors.

The first day of Quidditch season is tense in the Weasley household. It's the one day, after all, where every single team plays.

"Tell me about Hogwarts again."

"We both know why you want to buy a house with four bedrooms." /For Magnolia :)

After a long day of work, Remus turns the key in the lock of his front door and, after the usual struggle to get the key back out, walks into his apartment. "Hullo," says Sirius from the couch, and Remus nearly drops his briefcase. / For Claire, with love.

Sirius knows something is wrong when Marlene comes home from the store and doesn't shout for him to come help her put away the groceries. / Sirius-and-Marlene-live!AU for Shane :)

"Terminated?" says Rolanda Hooch, yellow eyes flashing as she strides into his office with a slip of parchment in her hand. "Terminated, Severus?"

"How'd you get in the girls' dormitory?" she tries to ask, but after the first two words she cuts herself off and clutches her throat. Her voice comes out sounding husky, with a deepness too significantly different from her normal voice to be written off by sleepiness.

"I promise I won't say 'I told you so' when you two realize you love each other." / K-rated material with one curse word.

Sirius smirked and reached out with a bruised fist to gently punch her shoulder. "You love me, McKinnon."

Two weeks ago, when George and Angelina had invited them to a Halloween party at the joke shop, Oliver and Katie had started their hunt for the perfect couple's costume. / For Melody and Amber

Love stories that really happened. Names have been changed to protect the innocent, the guilty, and the heartbreakers.

Everything is Cedric, Cedric, Cedric, hammering away into her skull until she hates the name and the past and the person.

"Poor old James Potter," James sings, changing the song's rhythm slightly to fit his name into the lyrics. "Sounded sad upon the radio, but he moved a million hearts mono!" / Based on the song Come On, Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners

"We are going to sit quietly," Molly says as she guides George into a seat, "and we are going to behave, and we are not going to do anything to ruin this wedding. Do you understand me?"

"Honestly, Salazar, I don't understand your prejudice," Godric says, tilting back slightly in his chair.