Because humans are fickle things —- connected and divided and peeling apart at the edges. And we, we were something. Weren't we? —- Sirius and Emmeline, one hundred times their lives intersect.

SiriusJames—- in which tapestries crumble and friendships fail and all that's left are the ghosts of things best left forgotten.

The quiet dismemberment of an empty existence—- Emmeline, living, and letting it go.

DracoAstoria—- because even Astoria knows that sometimes wishes aren't enough.

PeterLily —- Peter knows what regret looks like —- red hair and green eyes and mistakes you can't get away from.

DracoPansy—- because years are too long and blood is too cold and, really, you were expecting too much to begin with.

It’s ninety-eight for the last time. If only you realized-— Lee, Oliver, and trying to stand still while the world won’t. non-slash.

FredAngelina —- 'it's almost like they're together again, but not really.' —- in which Angelina mourns, sort of, and moves on, maybe.

o4. PercyPenelope —- it's not as poetic as it used to be. A contest collection —- Alice, Sirius, RemusCharity, PercyPenelope.

RegulusHestia —- some days he thinks he'll marry her.

The first Order —- these sympathetic gestures, they're all in vain.

GideonMarlene —- he loves you like you don't deserve.

SiriusPetunia —- he's the antithesis of everything she stands for, and Petunia has never loved like this.

SiriusPetunia—- "Do you take pleasure in scandalizing me?" -— eleven times they're almost something; in the end it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.

Ginny, Justin, and the war—- he's a lot braver than he let's on.

TeddyLily —- because, in the end, she's ten years too young; because, in the end, it's not so much a lie as it is a precaution.

CedricCho —- to be honest, she never really gets over him.

It's been nineteen years and she's still holding on—-FredHermione—-some ghosts need to be given up.

McGonagall, Sinistra —- this practicality will be your undoing.

Regulus —- this is what you are and aren't. For the Proverb Challenge.