Harry and Draco World Cup

Title: Equal Vows
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Prompt: The Hermit
Wordcount: 21k
Rating: hard R
Warnings: infidelity, forced bonding (of a sort)
Summary: Harry learns to act without Dumbledore's guidance. Draco is lost without Snape, and will do anything to get his mentor back.
Author's Note: I used the literal meaning of the prompt and the Tarot interpretation, the hermit as a guide or mentor. Huge thanks to my betas, who made all the difference.

( Equal Vows )

Tags: fic, prompt: the hermit, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: High Stakes in this Game
Team: Team Fanon
Artist: chibitoaster
Prompt: Most important H/D moment
Rating: R
Warnings: suggestions of Mpreg
Summary: Harry saving Draco from the Fiendfyre - with more at stake than just a young man's life.
Artist's Note Scrolls are bids from the game of Tarot. Translation; Prise: "Take", Garde: "Guard", Garde Sans: "Guard Without Compensation", Garde Contre: "Garde compensating the other side." Kisses to my Teammate betas!

( High Stakes in this Game )

Tags: art, prompt: the most important h/d moment, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: Serendipity
Team: EWE!
Author: elfflame
Prompt: Wheel of Fortune
Wordcount: Over 9500
Rating: R
Warnings: There are no major squicks in this story, though there is one minor one that cannot be revealed without giving away the story
Summary: Draco's hiding and living away from the Wizarding World. Harry wants to know why.
Author's Note: Thanks to the Mods for putting this together, to my teammates for making this so fun, but especially to my two betas, who shall remain nameless for now.

( Serendipity )

Tags: fic, prompt: wheel of fortune, r, round i, team ewe

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Title: Perfect Day
Team: Canon
Author: scrtkpr
Prompt: Wheel of Fortune
Wordcount: 24,500
Rating: R (to be safe)
Warnings: None
Summary: One day can change everything.
Author's Note: Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.—Christian Nestell Bovee

Thank you to my betas.

( Perfect Day )

Tags: fic, prompt: wheel of fortune, r, round i, team canon

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Title: "Did You Know I'm Naked Underneath This T-Shirt" And Other Great Hits
Team: Team Fanon
Author: britbitribbit
Prompt: The Moon
Wordcount: ~8700
Rating: R
Warnings: Crack!fic, Muggle boarding school AU, underage boys
Summary: I know for a fact that Goyle's a drummer.
Author's Note: A silly, literal interpretation of "The Moon." Love and thanks to my betas and anyone who helped me figure out British education. None of the musical works referenced are mine.

( Did You Know I'm Naked Underneath This T-Shirt And Other Great Hits )

Tags: fic, prompt: the moon, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: How You Carry On
Team: Epilogue
Author: acromantular
Prompt: The Hanged Man
Wordcount: ~7000
Rating: R
Warnings: none
Summary: Harry just wants to do the right thing. When did that become so bloody difficult?
Author's Note: Thanks to my unnamed beta, who braved my handwriting to read this in progress! Card interpretation included in the story; I included both the standard reading and the reversal. Go Team Epilogue!

( How You Carry On )

Tags: fic, prompt: the hanged man, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: Out of Cinders
Team: Fanon
Artist: crimson_stained
Prompt: Wands
Rating: R / NC17
Warnings: Nudity
Summary: Everything will be okay in the end. If it is not okay, then it is not the end.
Artist's Note: Wands represents passion and ambition. The idea that burns inside of you and you need to act on it. Also, I love my super duper awesome, helpful, amazing team :)

( Out of Cinders )

Tags: art, prompt: wands, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: Something in the Brewing
Team: Epilogue
Artist: red_rahl
Prompt: Wands
Rating: R
Warnings: Brief wandplay, possible infidelity.
Summary: One of Harry's kids is sick and only Draco knows how to brew the potion to save him. But is something more than just a potion a-brewing?
Artist’s Note The suit of wands is connected with careers, fire, creativity and energy (passion), which I used as my main inspirations. Special thanks to teammates and betas for helping me out.

( Something in the Brewing )

Tags: art, prompt: wands, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: Life's Hidden Forces (can only be discovered by living)
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: kabal42
Prompt: Strength
Wordcount: ~17,600
Rating: R (going on NC-17)
Warnings: BDSM in main pairing (not particularly explicit, but a key element of the story), polyamory, cheating/infidelity (for a while), positive view of Ginny
Summary: It is never easy to love or need - especially not when it hurts to do so.
Author's Note: Information on the card Strength can be found here. Thanks, love and respect to mods, participants, my Team and it's fabulous captains! C gets my first-born.

( Life's Hidden Forces (can only be discovered by living) )

Tags: fic, prompt: strength, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: Companions in the Dark
Team: Fanon
Author: yura_slash
Prompt: Death
Wordcount: 4,366
Rating: R
Warnings: vampiric bloodlust, minor character death (of an OMC) implied
Summary: Severus sends Draco to the only place that he can be safe.
Author's Note: The Death card portends the destruction of a harmful attitude or belief, which is followed by renewal. I explored this meaning with the support of my Team and beta, J.

( Companions in the Dark )

Tags: fic, prompt: death, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: Lamp in the Cooling Room
Team: EWE
Author: sansa1970
Prompt: The Lovers
Wordcount: ˜9000
Rating: R
Warnings: none
Summary: Draco and Harry become snared in a trap, but they're not alone. Love guides our path for reasons we can't always understand.
Author's Note: The Lovers: A card of crossroads, tension, and a decision. Duty or your heart's desire? A test that affects the rest of your life. Endless thanks to my beta readers.

( Lamp in the Cooling Room )

Tags: fic, prompt: the lovers, r, round i, team ewe

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Title: No More Illusions
Team: Epilogue
Artist: twilightsorcery
Prompt: Swords
Rating: R
Warnings: Adultery. Obviously.
Summary: In this moment of clarity, Ginny finally realizes that she's lost her husband forever.
Artist's Note: I loved drawing this. It's one of my favorite pieces ever.

( No More Illusions )

Tags: art, prompt: swords, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: The Affairs of Men
Team: EWE
Author: sesheta_66
Prompt: The Tower
Wordcount: ~ 17,000
Rating: R
Warnings: None.
Summary: Having just survived the war, Draco prepares, with some trepidation, for life to get back to normal, or as normal as it can be after war. What he is not prepared for is upheaval, the complete transformation of the world in which he lives. How he chooses to react and move on will determine his fate in this post-war wizarding world.
Author's Note Thanks to my beta, J, and my team! All quotations contained herein are from various works of William Shakespeare.

The Tower: the meaning and the story.

( The Affairs of Men )

Tags: fic, prompt: the tower, r, round i, team ewe

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Title: DIY Messiah
Team: Epilogue
Author: scoradh
Prompt: the Tower
Wordcount: about 27,000
Rating: R
Warnings: none.
Summary: Harry stopped hating Draco Malfoy on Bring Your Kids to Work Day.
Author's Note Thanks to my betas, who hereafter have my eternal gratitude.

( DIY Messiah )

Tags: fic, prompt: the tower, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: The Opposite of War
Team: Fanon
Author: dacro
Prompt: The Empress
Wordcount: 8070
Rating: R
Warnings: Sexual situations in a public place, swearing, violence
Summary: The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation.
Author's Note The Empress: The Great Mother. Accomplishment, nurtures children, strong, confident. Reverse Empress: The Poor Mother. Possessive, jealous, disruptive, indecisive, confused, squanders. Thanks to [DJ], [SB] and [BL].

( The Opposite of War )

Tags: fic, prompt: the empress, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: The Most Important Thing
Team: EWE
Artist: pinkelephant42
Prompt: Coins
Rating: R
Warnings: Implied sex
Summary: This is the life we've built together.
Artist’s Note Coins is about wealth (material and not), physical sensation, and vitality. This is about the things that make Harry and Draco feel fulfilled.

( The Most Important Thing )

Tags: art, prompt: coins, r, round i, team ewe

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Title: The Price of Fulfillment
Team: Team Epilogue! Whoo!
Artist: ships_harry
Prompt: Coins/Pentacles
Rating: R+
Warnings: Some sadism, some bondage, ambiguous infidelity. Dial-up users - 5 large images.
Summary: Harry needs something he can't get from Ginny. She sends him to a professional, but as time goes on, the line between business and personal begins to blur.
Artist's Note: HUGE thanks to my team-mates for help with prompts, positioning, content, and the title! In other words, just about everything :).

( The Price of Fulfillment )

Tags: art, prompt: coins, r, round i, team epilogue

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Title: The Magician's Gifts
Team: Canon
Author: rurounihime
Prompt: The Magician
Wordcount: 32,854
Rating: R
Warnings: Het! OMG het!
Summary: Harry's crisis is only the beginning of his journey.
Author's Note: Tarot card interpretations for each story section selected, paraphrased and adapted most gratefully from here and here. Thank you profusely to my betas C and F. DH compliant, pre-epilogue.

( The Magician's Gifts )

Tags: fic, prompt: the magician, r, round i, team canon

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Title: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Team: Fanon
Author: faynia
Prompt: The Devil
Wordcount: 14,066
Rating: R
Warnings: AU, non-graphic dubious consent
Summary: Draco Malfoy always gets what he wants. Only, this time, what he wants is someone he can never have.
Author's Note Thanks to my betas J, S and L. Some text was lifted from DH pg. 458. I used the figurative explanation of 'The Devil'-obsession, losing control, and sexual desire.

( Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea )

Tags: fic, prompt: the devil, r, round i, team fanon

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Title: Matchmaker
Team: EWE
Author: winterthunder
Prompt: Justice
Wordcount: 8960
Rating: R
Warnings: Semi-public sex, implied gender bending
Summary: What happens when the requirements of ancient protective spells put Harry Potter in the position of matchmaker to Draco Malfoy?
Author's Note Disclaimer: not mine, no offence intended, all over 18, etc. Many thanks to my lovely team members for supporting me through the writing and revision of this piece.

( Matchmaker )

Tags: fic, prompt: justice, r, round i, team ewe

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