HP Beholder

Recipient: miraielle
Author/Artist: flourish
Title: "Carrying Old Delicious Burdens"
Rating: G
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Kingsley Shacklebolt
Word Count: 2,654 words
Warnings: Entirely canon compliant, although you can ignore the epilogue. Otherwise, none!
Summary: After the Battle of Hogwarts, McGonagall makes a new start.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank-you to P, my fantastic beta-reader, and to everyone involved in the Beholder challenge!

( Carrying Old Delicious Burdens )

Recipient: littleblackbow / chibitoaster
Author/Artist: trickofthedark
Title: Fruiting Bodies
Rating: NWS
Pairings: Firenze/Trelawney, Hooch/Slughorn, Krum/assorted.
Word Count: 2130
Warnings: Weddings.
Summary: Love is in the air. Also, spores.

( Fruiting Bodies )

Recipient: cardigrl
Author/Artist: alwaysasnapefan
Title: Finding a Niche
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall
Word Count: 7,903
Warnings: Character death.
Summary: Severus Snape isn't the wizarding world's most welcoming person. When he joins the staff at Hogwarts, things quickly take a turn for the worse. It takes a little strategy and a little luck, but they put Professor Snape in his place, and a relationship forms.
Author's/Artist's Notes: When I reread your likes, I realized Severus would be good to do, and decided I'd pair him with a woman from your list I love him paired with. I've never tried these two together before, and I hope I did them justice. I tried not to leave any of your favorite staff members out. Also, I gave Minerva the keys instead of the chess pieces for protecting the stone. In my opinion, the chess pieces had an Engorgement Charm (Flitwick's department), and the keys were clearly transfigured. It's the only way that makes sense, and if that isn't the way J.K.R. intended it, I guess that makes this a very slight Alternate Reality.

( Finding a Niche )

Recipient: ldymusyc
Author/Artist: featherxquill
Title: Apart
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Rita Skeeter
Word Count: 15,418
Summary: After the war, Draco doesn't know who he is apart from the mark on his arm. Rita is unlike anyone he's ever known and her difference aids him in discovery.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta, and also to our wonderful Mod for her patience with my Epic Deadline Fail when this fic grew a mind of its own. Hope you like it, ldymusyc!

( Apart )

Recipient: arcadian_dream
Author: lee_west / westwardlee
Title: Persuasion
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Barty Crouch Jr./Rabastan Lestrange
Word Count: ~3,300
Warnings: Dark, with torture. There are wee kisses between young boys, but nothing explicit until they are eighteen and older.
Summary: Barty Sr. had high expectations for his only son, a boy with extraordinary intellect and high morals: a career in the Ministry, a happy marriage to a nice witch, a few children with the same rectitude and intelligence. Fate had other plans.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta. arcadian_dream, thanks for listing the two boys; I've always been intrigued about Barty Jr.'s motives in joining the Death Eaters, and I really enjoyed writing this tale.

( Persuasion )

Recipient: hayseed / hayseed_42
Author: vivien529
Title: Secret Admirer
Rating: G
Pairings: Irma Pince/Filius Flitwick
Word Count: 2,218
Warnings: Cuteness ahoy!
Summary: Irma Pince wishes to be a different person - older, prettier, more confident. Her secret admirer likes her just the way she is.
Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy! (...Thanks to L, my patient beta for her help)

( Secret Admirer )

Recipient: atdelphi
Author/Artist: shadowycat
Title: For the Sake of Argument
Rating: PG
Pairing: McGonagall/Snape
Word Count: 7025
Warnings: None
Summary: In the months since the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall has tried to go on with her life despite losing so many people she cared for. Before beginning a new school term, she decides to take her usual holiday by the sea to gather her strength, but someone else has different plans for her and things do not go as she expects.
Author's/Artist's Notes: My thanks to atdelphi for giving me a chance to write this pairing again. I hope you enjoy your gift! Also, many thanks to the people who gave me their time and thoughts on the story and its artwork! I appreciate your help more than I can say. And finally, many, many thanks to the moderator of this wonderful fest! It's definitely become one of my favorites.

( For the Sake of Argument )

Recipient: rafflesiakerrii
Author: iamisaac
Title: Beautiful
Rating: PG13
Pairings: Arthur/Molly
Word Count: ~2300
Warnings: none
Summary: From the moment he saw her, Arthur knew there was something special about Molly Prewett.
Author's Notes: Many, many thanks to my beta, who did a fabulous (and shamefully necessary) job of making sure I knew what I was writing about.

( Beautiful )

Recipient: curia_regis
Author: miss_morland
Title: Breaking the Chains
Rating: R
Pairings: Fenrir Greyback/various
Word Count: 1227
Warnings: Darkfic, non-con, child abuse, mentions of incest, killings, and cannibalism (of sorts).
Summary: Another month over, another full moon approaching.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I scared myself writing this, something which happens very rarely... Many thanks to my lovely beta reader, who knows how much I appreciate her help!

( Breaking the Chains )

Recipient: chazpure
Author: hayseed42
Title: Grownup Stories
Rating: Somewhere between a PG-13 and an R, but mostly for language and suggestion of physical abuse
Pairings: Eileen/Tobias, Severus/??
Word Count: 5268, according to the ol' word processor count
Warnings: Suggestion of child abuse?
Summary: A mother tells her son what she wishes was a fairy tale.
Author's Notes: I... uh... kind of feel the need to apologize for this, because I get the feeling the requester was asking for something a little sexier, but I had to kind of go with this idea because, well, you'll see. Hopefully the fact that I was encouraged to love any Snape-plot-bunnies I might have makes it okay.

( Grownup Stories )

Recipient: cat_goddess
Author: kaycee
Title: A Sort Of Fairytale
Rating: PG
Pairings: Severus Snape/Millicent Bulstrode (background Dudley Dursley/Ginny Weasley)
Word Count: 7,795
Warnings: EWE. AU-ish. A bit of snark (Millicent isn't exactly a 'people person').
Summary: Millicent is perfectly happy acting as a spy for the Order, but when Headmaster Snape, the object of her hidden affections, suddenly vanishes without a trace, she decides to go searching for him, not caring whether he wants to be found or not.
Author's Notes: I hope you'll enjoy the story, cat_goddess. I had a lot of fun writing it.

( A Sort Of Fairytale )

Recipient: istalksnape
Author: arcadian_dream
Title: Sixteen
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Sybill Trelawney
Word Count: 1584
Warnings: angst, femmeslash, hurt/comfort, implied sex, and a substantial age difference between the characters (I’ve estimated that Minerva is approximately 25 years older than Sybill – at least, that’s how it works here).
Summary: Minerva breathes deeply and, for a moment, she wonders how it is that she has come to be here. Again.
Author's Notes: istalksnape: thank you for a wonderful set of prompts, and affording me the opportunity to write Minerva. I really hope you like what I’ve done with it all. Many thanks also to T, for giving this the once-over.

( Sixteen )

Recipient: naughtysnail
Author: dognmonkeyshow
Title: The Good One, The Mad One, The Bad One
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Neville/Rosemerta
Word Count: ~4800
Warnings: Nothing that isn't implied by the ship and the rating, though it is a bit on the angsty side.
Summary: Sometimes you just have to throw the rule book out the window and follow your instincts.
Author's Notes: naughtysnail, you asked for a a metric ton of things I love to write, including cross-gen with the younger person initiating, and angsty, secret relationships. I couldn't manage to make it chan, and I know you asked for no Weasleys but for some reason I can't write Rosemerta without Weasleys at least being mentioned, but I hope it pleases anyway! And a 120 decibel shout-out to my beta, the lovely 'M,' who repeatedly smacked me back on track as per her brief.

( The Good One, The Mad One, The Bad One )

Recipient: venturous / venturous1
Author: odogoddess
Title: By The Light Of The Moon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Albus/Phineas, Severus/Minerva
Word Count: 8,480
Warnings: voyeurism, wanking, non-sexual violence, Rowlingesque Latin, portrait sex, first time, h/c
Summary: One cold and fateful night in that wretched year of the Hallows, two couples come to a better understanding of one another...
Author's Notes: Thank you to venturous / venturous1 for her spread of pairings and prompts that inspired this fic. Pleasant beholding!

( By The Light Of The Moon )

Recipient: carrot / vikingcarrot
Author/Artist: curia_regis
Title: Road to Darkness
Rating: R
Pairings: Fenrir/Luna
Word Count: ~1150
Warnings: Violence, Non-con
Summary: The road to darkness is a journey not a light switch.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you to my beta!

( Road to Darkness )

Recipient: purplefluffycat
Author/Artist: florahart
Title: Jigsaw Pieces
Rating: R
Pairings: Snape/Flitwick
Word Count: 8050
Warnings: Character death as per canon.
Summary: During a very difficult week, Filius finds himself considering a puzzle.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks for H and R for the beta help. Despite the warning there, this recipient asked for a happy or hopeful ending. She also asked for hot sex, but I concluded the relationship and a hopeful ending were more important to get in there so that was where I focused; I hope that was the right call.

( Jigsaw Pieces )

Recipient: injustice_worth
Author: lyras
Title: To Die A Man
Rating: PG-13, but please note the warning
Pairings: Rufus/Minerva, Rufus/Emmeline (at different times of his life)
Word Count: 1,925
Warnings: Torture
Summary: In the moments before his death, it is the women Rufus remembers.
Author's Notes: injustice_worth, I gather you're a big Rufus Scrimgeour fan, so I really hope this fits with your idea of his character! Thank you to D and L for beta-reading.

( To Die A Man )

Recipient:kaycee
Author: anguis_1
Title: There Are Days I Wish I Lived in a Romance Novel (But This Isn't One of Them)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Neville Longbottom/Millicent Bulstrode
Word Count: 6,875 words
Summary: In a cluttered workshop and amid the rambunctious denizens of his greenhouse, Neville Longbottom discovers that beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Now he only has to convince Millicent Bulstrode. . . .
Disclaimer: JK Rowling and her publishers own Harry Potter and his world. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: I don't think there's much in here that conflicts with book canon, but I don't feel obligated to abide by Rowling's personal extratextual canon. Set a few years after the war.

( There Are Days I Wish I Lived in a Romance Novel (But This Isn't One of Them) )

Recipient: herbailiwick (lj) / alwaysasnapefan (ij)
Author: istalksnape
Title: A Murmur
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Minerva/Sybil
Word Count: 1400+
Warnings: Um, femslash. And some pretty good sex-ness.
Summary: Sybil finds herself loving Minerva more than Minerva ever thought she could allow.
Author's Notes: I really hope you like this. I tried for a smuttier draft, but they weren't having it (I hesitate to call them prudes, but they are quite private!). I hope you enjoy this. Thanks to T. for the beta read.

( A Murmur. )

Recipient: shadowycat
Author/Artist: donnaimmaculata
Title: Frozen
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Poppy Pomfrey/Severus Snape
Word Count: 3,600
Summary: After the final battle at Hogwarts, Madam Pomfrey cares for a patient who is neither dead nor alive
Author's Notes: shadowycat, you were asking for a story where things generally go well for the characters involved. I hope I didn't make it too angsty for your taste. But as the story is set after Deathly Hallows, I had to make them suffer for a little while first.

( Frozen )