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our dancing days

  • fraying wires and fairytales

    "Narcissa Malfoy, a doll with loose fittings and button eyes; a robot programmed badly." Narcissa, Lily, and the hearts of machines. / freeverse.

  • The Fourth Step

    "And though they don't live happily ever after, they do live, after, and they're maybe even happy. And it's better than any other fairytale, because it's them." / a series of unrelated drabbles.

  • You Were The Best Thing

    "Brace yourself, Freddie. We're about to start the freefall." / James, Fred, John Keats, and falling through the years. [winner of the taylor swift competition.]

  • Technicolour

    Everyone else is in technicolour, while Remus and Sirius are still in black and white and grey. / The metaphorical death of Remus Lupin and his black-and-white world. [won best hurt/comfort story in l&l's 2012 genre awards.]

  • rosaline

    You are Juliet Capulet, sitting on your throne of gems and lies, and when he waltzes in, with his sword of ruby and heart of stone, who are you to say, "No?" / freeverse.

  • Scarred

    Harry Potter; defined by a scar and a certificate that reads orphan. / Character-death.

  • Refractions

    "Because if one thing is wholly tragic, and beautiful, then it is the mirror at the back of that little shop in Diagon Alley. And its owner, of course." / One-shot on the deaths and lives of the Weasley twins.

  • out here the good girls die

    You're Cinderella in your party dress; hair down, eyes burning, but you're searching for your nightgown, 'cause your feet hurt from dancing, baby, and don't you know it wasn't supposed to go like this? / freeverse.

  • victorious

    You've got them twisted 'round your little finger, while your other fingers are curled around the trigger. / victoire freeverse collection.

  • What Victory Is

    "The world has gone mad, Harry. Or was it always like this, and only you noticed? I don't know." / Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy and running out of time. au.

  • Amicitia

    "Friends are the family you can choose for yourself." / The Marauders, and the families they never had.

  • Symphony

    "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the symphony of a lifetime, but wouldn't you like to listen a little longer?" / A different look at five of the most intricate characters in the series.

  • Age

    They gain so much and lose it all, and maybe that's what middle-aged means. / A series of drabbles, based around the idea of turning middle-aged.

  • any other name

    "Rose, dear, your name's in lights; but it's our name too." / freeverse collection.

  • Gone With The Wind

    In this story, there's no adventure, no dashing hero, but there is love. And maybe that's an adventure in itself. / JPLE, RLSB, MMPP. for the hpfc 'rashamon' challenge.

  • the mirror that drives men mad

    "Tragic men can't stand happy endings." A tale of four young men and one old mirror. / freeverse.

  • War

    As she stands amongst dust and debris and bodies and blood, Minerva McGonagall reflects on the wars that brought them there. / Drabble.

  • Mark

    "We could so easily be clichéd, you know," James said, when they were both lying on their too-small double bed, sharing a cigarette and staring up at the smoke-stained ceiling. The night outside was dark, and so was the world, but at that moment, neither of them cared. / dark!lily/dark!james. au.

  • shine

    "Narcissa, dear, don't you realise that stars go out with a bang, and flowers just... wilt." / freeverse.

  • Forgotten

    He was Harry Potter, a boy who, once upon a time, played hero, and entered the footnotes of history. / drabble.