Harry and Draco World Cup

Title: No Fury
Team: Epilogue
Author: meri_oddities
Prompt: Wheel of Fortune (reversed)
Wordcount: +/- 24,000
Rating: Adult
Warnings: none
Summary: After years of avoiding Draco Malfoy, Auror Harry Potter is forced into a situation where he can't anymore.
Author's Note Many thanks to my betas R, P, L and S. They all made this story much better. Any mistakes after their hard work are all my own.

( No Fury )

Title: The Spell
Team: Fanon
Author: anthimaeria
Prompt: The Hanged Man
Wordcount: ~7900
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Dub-con, cross-dressing.
Summary: It was extraordinary to have such power over someone to whom you longed only to submit.- Alan Hollinghurst
Author's Note: Based on the card's interpretation as willing submission, its association with water, and on Newton's Laws of Motion. Thanks to my awesome TBA betas and Team Fanon!

( The Spell )

Title: The Arc of the Pendulum
Team: EWE
Author: brummell
Prompt: The Hanged Man
Wordcount: 30,262
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: A bit of gore
Summary: After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right.
Author's Note: This is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, with some tribute paid to Disney's 1991 animated feature. Many thanks to my betas, w and b.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

( The Arc of the Pendulum )

Title: On One's Knees
Team: Fanon
Author: pir8fancier
Prompt: Strength
Wordcount: 32,239
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Lots of swearing, I know that bugs some people
Summary: Five years after the final battle at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy has been paroled from Azkaban and works nights as a janitor at The Daily Prophet. Harry Potter, recently married to Ginny Weasley, is training as a Healer at St. Mungo's. One wastebasket=one head injury=our story.
Author's Note A number of people helped me with this story. After the reveal, I will give them their due. I am one of those people who really relies on their betas. As I've said before, they make it much better. I would like to dedicate this story to sistermagpie, who shares my love for Draco Malfoy in all his glorious perfect imperfections.

( On One's Knees )

Title: Of Geysers, Unexpected Rain and Icelandic Sheep
Team: Team EWE
Author: nefernat
Prompt: Strength
Wordcount: 22,249
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Summary: Sometimes a holiday is more than just a trip to another country.
Author's Note: Thank you to Team EWE, all who were involved (I'll be pointing fingers later) and to the mods for running this fest!
Disclaimer: Headers are songs by Coldplay.

( Of Geysers, Unexpected Rain and Icelandic Sheep )

Title: Day of the Dead
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: _pinkchocolate
Prompt: Death
Wordcount: ~18k
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Infidelity
Summary: On the evening of the anniversary of the war, everything changed.
Author's Note: Death represents destruction of the old clearing the way for new growth. I used both figurative and literal interpretations. Thanks to my teammates for their invaluable last minute help!

( Day of the Dead )

Title: Nothing Ventured (Nothing Lost)
Team: Canon
Author: furiosity
Prompt: Death
Wordcount: 5000
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Some violence.
Summary: Feelings are purest in the hours of meeting and farewell.
Author's Note: Betas, thank you. <3 I hope the shade of Jean Paul Richter doesn't mind me eviscerating one of his thoughts for use in my summary.

( Nothing Ventured (Nothing Lost) )

Title: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
Team: Team Canon
Author: themostepotente
Prompt: The Lovers
Wordcount: 15,000 words
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: First-time, digital penetration, infidelity, humour, snarking, epilogue-compliant
Summary: When Harry and Draco are conjoined in a freakish accident, they must learn to set aside their differences if they've any hope of survival.
Author's Note: The Lovers can mean literal, soul-bonding romantic love. It can also indicate an intuitive decision that cannot be forced, a matter in which there are several possible choices.

( No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy )

Title: These Five Years
Team: Fanon
Artist: lillithium
Prompt: Sword
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Dub-con, angst, bodily fluids
Summary: Harry hurt because he loved. Draco loved even if it hurt.
Artist's Note: flashback = black and white. This is my first attempt at flashy movies, and I had too much fun making it. If it doesn't load properly, you might need the most recent flash plug-in.

( These Five Years )

Title: Precious Things
Team: Fanon
Author: charlotteschaos
Prompt: The Tower
Wordcount: 15,200
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None.
Summary: Scorpius Malfoy has been kidnapped and only one boy man hero can save the day.
Author's Note Thanks to my betas L and A. This story is based on the four elements of the Tower card according to Wikipedia: chaos/sudden change, crisis/revelation, disillusionment and downfall/ego blow.

( Precious Things )

Title: Ring A-Ring O' Roses
Team: Team Canon
Author: melusinahp
Prompt: The Tower
Wordcount: 20k
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: character deaths, EWE
Summary: Some demons are harder to banish than others.
Author's Note So much love and gratitude to my team members for all their help and encouragement.

( Ring A-Ring O' Roses )

Title: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: mahaliem
Prompt: Empress
Wordcount: 26,532
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Language, sexual situations
Summary: In order to keep custody of his children, Draco needs to find a spouse that will shore up the Malfoy family's tattered reputation. But what starts off as a means to an end gets more complicated when Draco's target reawakens feelings in him that he hasn't had in a long while, and Draco starts to feel alive for the first time since his wife's death.
Author's Note Empress Prompt—Parenting, Nurturing, New Love, New Life.

Thank you to my betas—M, N, O, and fellow team members, with an extra-special note of gratitude to M.

( How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? )

Title: Breaking all the Rules
Team: Epilogue
Author: frayach
Prompt: The Hierophant
Wordcount: 22,800
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Crack!fic, swinging, boys in pink knickers and kitty-ears, rimming, and a couple exceedingly brief het sex scenes
Summary: Malfoy is slowly wringing the last vestiges of pleasure from Harry’s life with all his rules and committees and agendas and reports. Or is he?

( Breaking all the Rules )

Title: Reaching for Redemption
Team: Fanon
Artist: oldenuf2nb
Prompt: Coins
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash, Sexual situations, nudity
Summary: Draco’s evolution from self-destruction to redemption. Utilizing the Tarot suit Coins, to show not only his material concerns, but his emotional ones as well.
Artist's Note To the chat ladies and my muse: Much Love. See ya in Vegas!

( Reaching for Redemption )

Title: Blind Leading the Blind
Team: Epilogue
Author: nqdonne
Prompt: The Magician
Wordcount: 25,249
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: clubbing, drinking, frottage, toys, desk sex, accidental voyeurism
Summary: Harry catches wise to a series of blind items in the Daily Prophet's gossip pages that sound suspiciously like him. Except no one knows that he's gay, do they?
Author's Note: Interpretation used can be found here, see page 42-44. Thanks to my entire team for being wonderfully supportive, especially those of you who were always up for a group chat and editing session.

( Blind Leading the Blind )

Title: Smile, You’re on Camera
Team: Team EWE
Author: bewarethesmirk
Prompt: The Devil
Wordcount: ~14,000
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: A bit of Harry/Ginny but nothing serious or explicit.
Summary: Harry Potter has lost sight of what it means to listen to himself—he’s depressed and confused, moving through life only to please the Ministry and the press and his friends. One day he wakes up on a train next to Draco Malfoy and that all changes.
Author's Note Thank you so much to Team Sheep and all who betaed. Thanks to other people who helped when they didn’t even have a stake on this team.

( Smile, You're on Camera )

Title: Better The Devil You Know (Mehen)
Team: Epilogue
Author: chaeldub
Prompt: The Devil
Wordcount: ~14,800
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Infidelity, misuse of magic, self-harm(inflicted by another), angst, mentions of character death.
Summary: Any chain is freely worn. You are enslaved only because you allow it. Throught the passing of time, Harry comes to realise we are each our own Devil.
Author's Note The meaning of The Devil card can be found Here Thank you to my teammates and to my betas W&W—I could not have done it without you.

( Better The Devil You Know (Mehen) )

Title: Shadow Play
Team: Team Canon
Author: melusinahp
Prompt: The Devil
Wordcount: 5,500
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Imaginary non-con, violence, and bondage. Non-imaginary (in the context of a fictional story) fully consensual but slightly violent sex.
Summary: Harry knows what he wants, but Draco knows what he needs.
Author's Note "Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions."— Jung

( Shadow Play )

Title: After Eden
Team: EWE
Author: rickey_a
Prompt: Judgment
Word Count: ~15,000
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): None
Summary: Life threatening injuries are an occupational hazard even for a seasoned Auror, but Harry Potter never considered the possibility of life altering injury. And why is it that Draco Malfoy has to be the one to help him?
Author's Notes: Huge thanks to my betas (to be revealed), the unsung heroes of fan fiction, and my marvelous EWE teammates.

( After Eden )

Title: Take A Sad Song (And Make It Better)
Team: Epilogue
Author: femmequixotic
Prompt: Judgment
Wordcount: 45,425
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Summary: The last thing Harry wants is to lose his kids.
Author's Note: Many thanks to my two wonderful betas for their work. The card interpretation I used may be found here.

( Take A Sad Song (And Make It Better) )