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It’s the irony of it all that just really gets me. The irony of the book of life, written by someone long dead; the irony of writing about something beautiful, when there is ugliness all around; the irony of writing about sight, when you are blind. The irony of writing about love, when you can love no more, oh, that’s the greatest of them all, that it is. R/Hr

Remus doesn't make resolutions, not even when the War is finally over. That doesn't stop Ginny from asking.

It doesn't matter if it's real or not, because either way, she believes it, and then the possibility is there. Neville/Luna.

He is manipulated and trapped, but his love for her keeps him going...GoyleHermione, DracoHermione

Valentine's Day is just another day to argue for Ron and Hermione. But Hermione wants Ron to see her in a different light, and Ron is too stubborn to notice what she's trying to tell him. A sweet, fluffy one-shot inspired by the holiday.

"It's a ritual they generally don't talk about. Both of them think about it a great deal, whether upon waking the next day or at dinner some weeks later, but they most assuredly do not talk about it. Remus fears bringing it out in the open will breathe life into it, somehow, make it completely unavoidable and utterly final. Sirius simply doesn't know what to say."

Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

The Weasley family, Harry and Hemione gather to celebrate Hermione's birthday.

I'm fairly certain I don’t love him. No. It’s more of a fascination. I'd love to know what makes him tick…what urges him to do the things he does…to say the things he says. I've berated myself constantly; too many times to count even, there isn’t any way to explain my deranged fascination. I must be sick, or barmy, mental at the very least, but I'm intrigued. A COMPANION PIECE OF SORTS TO FATHER'S MINION.

A year after the defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry has retreated so far into himself that even his surviving friends can't seem to reach him. Will Ginny get there in time, or is it already too late?

Hermione has all the answers except for this one. Who does she like better Draco or Ron? Hermione is confused which is new for her, lights explode, tea is drunk, Ron sings, and Draco makes snide remarks, but not necessarily in that order. All in all a fun, light read.

Hermione is in love, and like any good scholar, she is willing to wait for as long as a good thing takes to happen. Percy/Hermione.

A Sev/Lily non-magic AU. Severus has gone to the same club, every day, just to watch her dance with her friends. Now, after far too much waiting, he decides to approach her. It goes much better than he expected.

Will Remus ever forgive the perpetually young Flora for breaking his heart?

A songfic to Mandy Moore's 'Cry.' Draco has a change of heart and makes a life altering decision during a heart to heart conversation with Ginny.

Ginny has always loved Hermione from afar, but the worst thing about falling in love is hitting the ground.

A sequel to Painful Decisions, we see how Draco has coped with Harry's death.

Remus has something to tell Minerva, and it can't wait until morning! What could it be? MM/RL fluff.

Come here and sit a while with me; I will sit you on my knee, and we can pretend The past twenty years away— Run a timeline parallel to our dizzying private hell— Throw them into a wishing well.

3 Months. That's how long I've been waiting. Waiting for Him. Harry/Hermione

Her crush is just a teenage one. His is just fascination, and he knows it could be misconstrued so easily. He had resist - but can it be kept from her? A very short fic hinting at Remus/Luna.

George merely looked at her blankly. "I'm waiting," he said neutrally, "for Hermione to come back and tell me what the hell a harvest moon is." George remembers a moment, the most important moments, shared with Hermione under the harvest moon. Geore/Hermione

The war has ended as quickly as it began. But who is the hero of this unlikely story? Nobody that you'd ever guess. And what happens when our hero finds a certain red-head alone in a compartment on the ride home from Hogwarts?

Some people don't stop dancing, even in the face of death. Severus/Hermione, though names are never mentioned, and pairing is open to interpretation.

A companion to She Waits told from Harry's POV. You might find out why, or you may leave with more questions.

A 23 yr.old Hermione Granger sharing a flat with Ginny Weasley is your typical modern woman. But just like any typical modern woman, she has her own share of lovelife problems. How will she get out being stuck in lovelife LIMBO? H/HR!

Blaise and Ginny have a little talk regarding Christmas break. Femmeslash.

Draco hs been hurt by Harry once. Now he has a dream that won't go away...will he give in to its temptation? Or will Harry truly be alone in the rain forever? Sequel to It's Just the Rain

What do you do when you look up to the heavens and find no solace, no comfort? What happens when you face the devil himself and even with all the odds against you, you defeat him? I shall never find answers to these questions, for I am Hermione Granger, and I am only a survivor of the war, not the end of the war itself. Written in Hermione's POV, it covers her life with her son, Sam after Harry left her almost five years ago.

Neville gets ready to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball. When that fails, he asks Ginny. What was he thinking through all of this? This mousy Gryffindor has some spunk after all. One-shot, missing scene fic, a Neville story.

Depression and Sorrow engulf Remus Lupin's life. He can think of only one thing... and it haunts him like a ghost.

Draco and Ginny have a run-in on the train, and Ginny can't get the incident off of her mind. As a last resort, she heads to the Astronomy Tower to sort out her feelings and then resolves to forget them. The problem? Draco has a similar idea. One-shot.

When everything takes a turn for the quiet side of life, Zacharias must actively seek out his own battles to fight and picks the government as his worthy adversary. And through it all, Harry can only sit back and watch, and occasionally rustle his newspaper. Intentional Zacharias/Harry.

Rowena Ravenclaw watches from her portrait and feels a special bond with Penelope Clearwater, whose life she follows in snippets for seven years.

"Armando Dippet had never fallen out of a chair before. But that day he did. He slipped right out of it and onto the floor." (Armando Dippet/Professor Kettleburn.) Written for the Overlooked and Obscure Characters Ficathon.

He wasn't looking forward to sitting in a Muggle club, awaiting the arrival of an informant. But his dull assignment turns into something more when a stranger (whose eyes look so familiar), and a few rounds of double Scotch turn things around. One-shot, poem fic, Snape.

Severus reflects upon his vows - past and present - and his own motives. This leads him back to the one person he has ever loved: R. A. B.

It's Padma's wedding day. She remembers her first wedding day and her first husband.

Harry reflects in the showers after Gryffindor loses badly in a Quidditch match, but shares his disappointment with someone he never expected. Harry/Cedric.

Harry was crap at dancing. Ginny doesn't much care.

Harry's world was dark and bleak until Ginny came into his life. He thinks about the past, Ginny's sacrifice, and her part in the winning of the war. Post-Ootp

Ron and Hermione are fighting again and if there is any hope of peace in Gryffindor Tower, it's up to Ginny. Can she stop the fighting so she and the other fifth years can study in peace?

“Have some more,” she said. “Don’t tell the others, but I made those myself.” A story of Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett during their years at Hogwarts.

The summer day had ended, yet not everyone had been granted sleep. He had wanted to be alone, and she had wanted a drink to defeat her insomnia. He remembered, and she watched. And both had wondered.

Symbiosis - n. A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Have you ever thought of your life as a fairy tale? That ones beast falls in love with beauty and they lived happily ever after? I didn't either, until, well, a miracle happened...

The Final Battle takes place at Hogsmeade, during Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts. He defeats Voldemort, but loses his life to a Death Eater after fulfilling the Prophecy. But before dying, he has made an indelible mark in the heart of one whose love was as absolute as her faith. Can Luna survive without him to live for? And can someone take his place?

What happens when a new teacher from Brazil comes to Hogwarts to teach? The new 'Professora' has a vigorous vitality and love for life, and a determination for a certain Potions Master to share in her happiness...

While visiting the Burrow over Winter Break in an alternate version of Harry's fifth year, Harry and Cho visit Cedric Diggory's grave to pay their respects in the manner of Cho's ancestors.

A sweet one-shot songfic about Harry and his restless three-month-old baby, Liz. Harry sees a women's talk show about babies; he decides to sing her 'Lullaby' by Creed. Implied H/L.

"Harry, when are you getting here, mate? She's driving me nuts. I'm falling apart here. She's bossy and disapproving and I'm never good enough for her. But I really don't like fighting with her. She's smart and funny and when she looks at me with her big blue eyes, I start to feel something inside...it's wonderful and fluttery. And when I feel that, I don't want to let it go, like it's something hanging on a thin string about to break, and as long as I keep looking into those eyes, it'll stay." Ron took one surprised look at what he'd wrote and threw it in the nearest trash bin. R/Hr.

Myrtle is not all she seems...was her death really because she was Muggle-born? Or because of a forbidden love...?

A set of seven short stories depicting the relationship between Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black.

Peter Pettigrew meets his first true love over a game of Gobstones.

The Founders were the beginning of everything; they started off so happy, so what went wrong? And why did Salazar really disappear?

{The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.} She forgets all about hating him when he touches her like this. (D/G)

Harry and Draco are stuck someplace squishy... somewhere...somehow...

The only place Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape can be together is in their scars. (WARNING: slash and self-mutilation.)

"My favourite colour is pink. It’s not because Parvati likes it. Everyone thinks I do what Parvati does, because sometimes I do. But sometimes, I don’t..." - Life through the eyes of a girl that sees what others don't. LB/DT

"The hardest part about taking care of a person dying inch-by-inch isn't the sleepless nights, the wrenched back from lifting once (or twenty times) too often, or the isolation. The hardest part is afterwards." Gregory Goyle/Millicent Bulstrode (GG/MB) (Sequel to 'Memory Like Old Lace')

Every night, young Sirius Black would leave his bed and sneak out of the dormitory. One night, a lovesick Remus follows him and sees a peculiar sight. Based on the ancient Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus.

Narcissa Malfoy reflects on a marriage that hasn’t gone quite as she planned. Songfic to Les Miserables On My Own. One-shot.

It was an accident. Hermione was not supposed to fall for Fred. Literally. F/Hr funny fluff.

This is a light story intended to intoduce a new magical beast. I have decided not to use the dragon in my original story as it is not strong enough to do battle in the way I want it to. There is also a brother who comes to his brother's romantic rescue. A little Ron/Hermione. A gentle, but fun story.

A letter, a girl and a boy. Two schools, three words, four spells and five owls. A great friendship and the story of a young love that would change their lives forever. Set during “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, this is an Artio/Jeremy romantic ficlet in the Lusitania Universe. And, more important than everything else, there is… an ocean to be crossed by ten wings.

Salazar returns to Hogwarts, half-sane and raving about Dementors...

Draco Malfoy is asked by The Dark Lord to complete a task that has been annoying him for a while... hedges and read please ;)

As Christmas draws near, Harry and Ginny look forward to the birth of their first child. The pregnancy has gone well but Ginny is getting tired both of being prodded and poked by the medical profession as well as her increasing size. As Harry’s manager she also has an eye on England’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Germany.

He always looks so exausted, so defeated, if only sleep would come. I remember that feeling. It’s about one of the only things that I can remember about my first year at Hogwarts. The odd thing is that I can remember that feeling clearly, as though it was upon me yesterday. You wish sleep would come to take you away from your thoughts, because there is so much, too much, to think about.

It all started with a smirk, and a bow. Songfic of Mandy Moore's Cry. That stupid dance in fifth year. Oh, if I could undo it... And yet, I know I wouldn’t. His touch sent shivers through my whole body. He sneered at me coolly when I turned and asked for a dance. It was oddly comfortable in his arms. We danced for the rest of the night but he hardly said ten words. At the end of the last song he bowed, kissed my hand and swept out leaving me yet again shocked in the middle of the floor.

Lily invites her boyfriend Severus to meet her family. Lily/Severus.

How did Tonks’s parents meet and fall in love? What was their relationship with Sirius Black? And why ever did they name their daughter Nymphadora? These are just some of the questions I had about Tonks and her family. This fic is my attempt to answer them. Andromeda Black/Ted Tonks, a hint of NT/RL at the end.

Sequel to I Still Remember in which Sirius has moved on. Very angsty.

While on vacation with Sirius, Remus has to learn how to live in the moment for the dark days ahead.

Sirius and Remus share an "innocent" kiss in the snow.

When Harry returns from Privet Drive to spend the holidays at the Burrow, the mystery of Hermione's strange behavior is explained and the horrible truth comes out. Also, Harry must deal with his growing feelings for Luna.

Harry/Cho. "It’s been years since he last saw her and he’s amazed by how different and how very much the same she is."

The Muggle picnic planned for the Hogwarts students is anticipated by all--except for Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. They both have the same problem, and when one event leads to another...how will such a simple thing turn their whole day around?

The first part of the final installment of the Shatter Trilogy. What happens when everything can not be tied up neatly, elegantly fixed, and tucked away like forgotten shame? What happens when it's messy and unexpected and tangled until, maybe, you get lost in it?

Sirius ponders the last twelve years and the current times after one of Remus's transformation.

Narcissa Malfoy and Gilderoy Lockhart and a tale of mirrors, lust, and vanity. Written as part of a "Blame Each Other" challenge by McTabby on LiveJournal. Started as a joke, ended as something much more.

Sequel to "Choices". When the decision is made and the action performed, it cannot be undone. Harry and Draco learn that they must deal with the consequences. D/Hr.

Of all the people he expected the shadow to be, the shadow he came to love, he never expected it to be her. Harry/Pansy

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Remus returns from the Department of Mysteries to a old house full of restless, haunting ghosts. R/S, R/H. SLASH

"Saying, I will adore you always"-- Playfic based on the one-act-play Night, featuring two middle-age-crisis-ing characters you aren't expecting.

When a magazine sends Colin Creevey to take pictures of war hero Draco Malfoy, Draco is not amused. Not only is Colin the most irritating person Draco has ever encountered, he seems to have quite a bit more in mind than taking pictures.

After the war, no one is whole. Some people need to run to find themselves. Some turn to others for solace. In a place where Remus once found a home, now he rebuilds a life. Remus/Draco (mention of H/D, R/S)

Following a run-in with Sirius Black, Severus Snape reckons with his conscience, reliving the fatal moments that caused him to turn away from the Death Eaters and to Dumbledore fifteen years ago. Romance/angst.

"Remus doesn't really like alcohol, but these nights it's become necessity" The First War. The world is crumbling down, taking Remus and Sirius's relationship along. So what is left?

What kind of person is Gilderoy Lockhart deep down inside? What makes Sibyll Trelawney so clueless? Here's a possible (and rather silly) exploration of both questions, tied together with an emerald-green scarf and a bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhiskey.

Draco wants to talk, but can't find the words. He and Harry learn that words aren't always needed. Harry/Draco, Harry POV.

A very, very short fic. Hermione and Ron are broken up...and Hermione seeks comfort in Harry and poetry. Poetry by me. WARNING: very, very, VERY short

What's really going on with Tonks and Lupin? What's going through Remus's mind? And where is James when you need him?

AS though pulled from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juilet, Magic Crossed Lovers tells the story of Draco Malfoy's love for Ginny Weasley. Now these families are totally different, but love can sometime spring from loathed enemies. Can Ginny express her love to Draco, or will their relationship cease to exist?

"Hey, hey, now, Mr. Safety-Man. It was your idea to make the whole place impenetrable to magical entry, remember? And besides, what would our lovely Muggle neighbors think if I just bombarded down the door?" Harry is having some trouble with his keys. Hermione is amused. Smirking ensues. (One-shot)

Behavior is something that is somewhat important. Impeccable behavior is something that is incredibly important to people of society. Well, high soiety anyway. Lucius learns that sometimes, even the wealthy don't always get what they truly want.

Rainbows are supposed to be beautiful, vivacious promises of life. In their world, the colors were what connected them, when all they wanted was to go about their lives like they had before. But when you're in pain, anything that can vanish it, even if only temporarily, are welcome. "The sky, tarnished navy, poured into the rooms they found conveniently empty to cast lingering velvet shadows on their foolish young faces. Neither questioned it. Neither wanted to. And neither had to."``(Draco/Ginny ficlet, NOT love, but a relationship of sorts.)

Being "The Boy Who Lived" isn't easy, you know. In fact, Harry Potter has the most difficult life anyone his age has ever had to suffer through. Or so he thinks. Two new students join the fray at Hogwarts, with many secrets and quite a mysterious situation...