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A collection of short-form fiction (mostly drabbles) written in an attempt to claw my way back from a 3+ year writing slump
"Half the time, he’s not sure if he’s trying to escape his gloomy past or his equally grim-looking future, and it leaves him stuck running in place in a dismal present, going nowhere but leaving nothing behind, fighting a senseless war. With every passing day, every loss and vigil, every minute of silence for a fallen comrade, a hero, a martyr, he finds it more and more difficult not to contemplate the futility of it all, to delude himself into thinking he’s fighting for any other reason than because he must; not to fight would mean to simply not exist, to lose all connections he’s ever forged."
Remus comes home after another mission, reflects on the futility of war, and has to come to terms with some unpleasant news.
"Soft-and-rough hands meet rough-and-soft. Her palms are calloused, thick ridges stretching across her palm and each of her fingers, but the back of her hand is soft and smooth. The fingers entwined in hers – shiny black nail polish intersecting with chipped lilac varnish – are warm and unblemished, but the skin on your knuckles is cracked, tiny scratches criss-crossing each other, layered like shadows on a charcoal sketch, brought about by the cold and forgetfulness."
A collection of unrelated drabbles, most of which are written for forum events!
Written for Renacerá's The ABC Drabble Challenge
A series of snapshots from the lives of two OCs, the brothers Alfred and Joseph (bonus appearances from some other key players in their lives).
The snippets are in alphabetical, but not chronolgical order!
Written for beyond the rain's Underrated Character Challenge
Muriel Higgs spends every summer in the cottage at the beach. One night, she has a surprise visitor.
Written for the 2020 housecup finale: the shipwreck beach
Three months after the Boy Who Lived had been left on his Aunt and Uncle's doorstep in Surrey, Minerva McGonagall is less than impressed with the way he's being treated, so she takes matters into her own hands and bring's Harry to his Great Aunt Rosemary's house.
Here, Harry will grow up - still under the protection of his mother's charm - in a loving home, as he and Rosemary try to navigate their grief together.
The first time Hippolyta tried to ride a broom, she crashed.
Drabble written for the 2019 House Cup Finale, matching the 'squib' theme
You don’t mean to sound ungrateful, because you’re not, and you know that, in the grand scheme of things, you’ve been incredibly lucky, but – Well, there’s always a ‘but’, isn’t there? Turns out, in your everyday life, the grand scheme of things accounts for bugger all.
Written for the Great Collab 2019, Round Three
Missions don't always go according to plan. And sometimes, the only thing you can do is save yourself.
Written for the Great Collab 2019, Round Three
Augusta Fawley has always led a very privileged life, born as the youngest child and only daughter into one of wizarding Britain's oldest families, she grows up doted-on by her parents and four older brothers who took personal insult should any harm come to their darling sister. But she also grows up in times of war, and not even her brothers can protect her from it.
"If she wants to be alone, Lily won’t have gone to any of their usual haunts, or anywhere busy, which quickly rules out all of their friends’ homes, his parents’ old house, or even Hogsmeade. James knows that if Lily doesn’t want to be found, it will almost certainly be impossible for him to detect her. He can only hope others are similarly unsuccessful. "
James and Lily have just been told that their little boy may be destined to end the war his parents have been fighting in for years. Neither of them takes it well.
Written for the Great Collaboration Round Two: Back from the Brink
"It's what's-his-face! We went to Hogwarts with him! Why didn't he say anything?"
Sirius and his friends have a firmly established tradition of watching a certain cake-themed TV show. One Tuesday, they are shocked after finding a very familiar face among the contestants.
Poppy Pomfrey's never felt in control of her life. Now it's time to take matters into her own hands, and fight for the things she holds dear.
Written for The Great Collaboration: New Begininings
"Already they faced Voldemort three times, and Lily knows the Potters play too important a role in the resistance to assume there won’t be another. They have to be on guard now."
There's a war going on, and Lily has felt it everyday for the past five years, perhaps never more than today.
Time heals all wounds, they say.
and i don't know what you're saying but you're talking so loud
-intention by kiiara
Written for dirigibleplums's 'The Musical Muse Challenge'
James didn’t know what he was to expect; you never could tell with Remus. Sirius was easy, you only needed to let him scream himself hoarse and be there when the walls inevitably came crashing down. Peter, too, was a piece of cake, probably the only one to ever willingly admit he was struggling. All you had to do was listen, offer a few words of advice and a prank to cheer him up again. Easy. James knew how to do those things, had done them more often than he cared to count. Remus, however, was a different story, less prone to weaving the same patterns again and again.
After a disastrous lesson, James tries to get through to his friend.
Lavender had expected many things from her summer spent at Parvati’s grandparents’. She had expected late-night heart-to-hearts over cups of hot, wonderfully sweet chai with her best friend. She had expected laughter, and dancing, and lots of noise. She hadn’t expected to fall in love
written for just.a.willow.tree's Love, ______ Challenge
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