He wasn't porcelain like poor little Daphne, but fragile and invincible in the way one is when their toes are balanced on the edge of the Astronomy Tower. "I'm sorry." / All Draco has is metal and shadows. au.

Some nights, as they lie between sheets that have been white-washed and faded and hang too loosely, they realise that things like gods and angels don't exist - they are humans and they are fragile and they are flawed. / James, Sirius, and their fall from the heavens. for ella & hpfc.

"There are precisely three seconds between Remus murmuring I love you and the bullet hitting his chest." Remus, Sirius, and the five times that Muggle execution wasn't better at all. / wolfstar au. for sylvie.

"She's drowning herself in amber Firewhiskey and tears and he's just another nail in her coffin. In this universe, Snow White doesn't wake up." Princesses don't always need saving, and princes aren't always willing to save them, anyway. / James, Lily, and stepping into the dark. for ella & hpfc.

it was always you, and him, and moons and stars and a wolf - and a dog - and dorms and curtains and murmurs and bandaging up wounds that will not - that will mark. always. / freeverse.

He can tell you what orphans look like. And murderers. And soldiers. And mothers. But he won't. / the deaths of thirteen order members, and a study in scars.

James always fought like he was running out of time. / James dies. But first, he has to watch the next day in the lives of his three best friends. It's a shame that his dead guides won't stay properly dead.

"You've fallen into that slow-paced monotony of coffee in the mornings and waking up in the same bed with the same hands curled over your body like weeds. It is boring and stifling and one day you swear you will choke." Sirius, Lily and drowning in nicotine. / for hpfc.

"She swallowed every last drop of poison dripping from his lips. The poison sounded like cancer." They are explosive. / next gen collection.

"He predicts something about a train-crash girl and a trail of broken hearts, but then flits to Nargles and magic and daydreaming and Lily is glad he never speaks the truth." / Lily Potter has had them all, and she made their hearts go pop! one-shot. lilylunaeveryone.

/ you rise higher, higher, until you are immortal, engraved onto each other's souls like ink tattoos and heart break. / James, Sirius, and painting over scars. freeverse, for ella & hpfc.

"Sometimes, you think it is something to do with halos and paintbrushes and the way she smiles when she's sad." All Lucy wants is immortality. / a next-gen one-shot.

"My love pounds in my head, like a bullet through a drum. Have you ever heard a beat louder, love?" Lily, Scorpius, and catching falling stars. / freeverse, for kaia.

"The machine stutters at him, words caught in the wires. Albus doesn't try to say anything at all." Albus, Nicolas, and falling in love too young (and too late). / edited. au, avec many an oscar wilde quote.

"You aren't a heavenly angel (far from it, love) and yet when you jump from the rooftops, you still expect your wings to save you." Remus, Sirius and believing in fairytales. / freeverse.

"Sometimes, Lily says, "Rosie, I don't want to die. It hurts to leave." But then she thinks, sometimes it hurts to become." Lily, Rose, and becoming their own. / for gamma.

"Five days. 120 hours. 7200 minutes. 432000 seconds. It's been 432000 seconds since they announced the end of the world, and I don't think I've moved from this window." Their days are numbered. / Remus, Sirius, and 432067 seconds left to live. for paula. [winner of the january fan-favourite awards and best overall angst story on hpfc.]

"Tell me you broke my spine so you could bind together all the pages of our book, so we wouldn't lose a word." Just tell me you love me. / Albus, Scorpius, and drawing stars on their wrists where the scars should be. winner of best tragedy story on hpfc.

"Darling, Rose, you aren't quite ready for your close-up - you're scared of what you'll find." Rose Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy, and living in the headlines. / freeverse, for chocolat kisses.

"And Ginny; poor little Ginny who stood up to all the men who tried to beat her down. She wears believer like a shroud around her shoulders." Their labels don't define them. / Harry, Ginny, and living in the shadows. au, for allie.