"And this is the point where Sirius walks away. Drinks until he can sleep, wakes from the nightmares, and pretends that this conversation never happened."

"Fred and George look at Oliver like they're waiting for the punchline, smirks hovering at their lips. Oliver doesn't deliver a punchline. Percy stands stiffly at his side, the hand that isn't holding Oliver's curled into a fist."

Written for The Five Kisses Competition on the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum. The five most important kisses in Percival Dumbledore's life.

A collection of drabbles focused on love before, during and after the wars. Written for the Valentine Drabble Collection Competition on the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum. Andromeda/Lily, Fleur/Ginny/Luna, Dean/Pansy, Hannah/Padma and Lorcan/Rose.

"Harry calls him on the phone sometimes. (Every time, he remembers how Ron learned to use it so he could talk to Hermione while she was at university.) They are quietly, painfully polite. It never used to be like this."

"But why him?" Ron groans. "Of all the blokes in the world, Harry, you chose him."

"She grins up at him and stands on her tiptoes for a kiss."

"He looks into her eyes and wishes, not for the first time, that it could be this easy. "

"What do you think about when you cast a Patronus?"

It's Hermione's first day at her first job and she doesn't want to make a fuss but- "Why is Pansy Parkinson working here?" -she's never been good at holding her tongue.

"I have to fight for him," he says, and for the first time he's telling the whole truth. This is not about him. This is about creating a world where Teddy will be safe, with his Muggle blood and his magic blood and his werewolf blood.

"He notices her. Of course he notices her. How could he not? How could anyone not? But it. It doesn't have to mean anything." Remus falls for Lily, despite his better judgment.

"I'm kind of a fan," he admits, handing her a cup of tea and sitting down close enough that their arms brush, though there's plenty of room on the sofa. Oh, she thinks, it's like that. It's almost never like that for her, at least not for very long.

"Salazar Slytherin valued ambition. Andromeda thinks ambition is just wanting to be better than you are. That summer, Andromeda wants." How Andromeda fell in love and made a stand.

Fleur, in love and at war.

Padma has nightmares and Luna is there to comfort her.

Ginny wants to talk after the Department of Mysteries.

Lavender/Parvati fluff with no plot whatsoever.

The summer after Cedric dies, Marietta is the only one who stays.

Hannah goes down to the greenhouses for the first time since her mother's death.