(Beauty is in) The Eye of the Beholder

Recipient: purplefluffycat
Artist: ???
Title: To That Which Improves with Age
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Horace Slughorn
Medium: pencil on paper
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *none*.
Summary: An intimate moment between friends...

( To That Which Improves with Age )

Recipient: dueltastic
Author/Artist: ???
Title: The Reluctant Phoenix
Rating: Up to NC-17 (although most of the story rates lower)
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn/Elphias Doge, Albus Dumbledore/Horace Slughorn
Word Count: ~23,600
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Cross-gen - teacher/student (Minerva is 18), infidelity in secondary pairing.*.
Summary: Albus thought that he was a non-running member of the human race when it came to romantic relationships. If pushed, he would have said that he was the kind of wizard who preferred wizards. -All that, of course, was before Minerva came along.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks to dueltastic for such open-ended and thought-provoking prompts. I have tried to incorporate elements of your following suggestions into this story: "non-traditional relationships, things people make work in their own ways when it's not obvious how or why it does", "eras and places we see only hints of in canon", "age differences being acknowledged", "blurry definitions" and "fluidity in gender roles and sexual orientation." Many thanks also to atdelphi for modding hp_beholder 2013!


The Reluctant Phoenix

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Recipient: purplefluffycat
Author: ???
Title: Cabled Socks and Cognac
Rating: light R
Pairings: Horace Slughorn/Albus Dumbledore
Word Count: ~1,500
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *one sentence of explicit sex*.
Summary: When Albus Dumbledore appears one night, a mystified Harry Potter by his side, echoes of the past arrive in his wake. Lured back to Hogwarts by the mystery of a blackened finger and Muggle knitting patterns, Horace Slughorn attempts to reawaken their relationship with the help of a pair of socks.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my adorable beta. purplefluffycat, after five different drafts, this is the least angst I could write. I hope you enjoy this missing moment, despite the brevity.

( Cabled Socks and Cognac )

Recipient: purplefluffycat
Author: ???
Title: Avarice, Regret and a Spoonful of Courage
Rating: NC-17 (just to be safe)
Pairings: Dumbledore/Slughorn
Word Count: 2,347
Medium: fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *[canon character death]*.
Summary: A glimpse of the relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn.
Author's note: Many thanks to my beta sq and the mod for the fest and her patience!

(  Avarice, Regret and a Spoonful of Courage  )