(Beauty is in) The Eye of the Beholder

Recipient: psyfic
Author: ???
Title: Dull as Dirt, Brilliant as the Stars
Rating: PG-13 (for a few words)
Pairings: Gregory Goyle/Millicent Bulstrode, past Vincent Crabbe/Millicent Bulstrode
Word Count: 4,343 words
Medium: fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *mention of canon character death*.
Summary: Greg is lost without Vince, but he somehow manages to find Millicent.
Author's Notes: I apologize for the state of this fic. It was going to be rather grander in scope and backstory, but my computer crashed, and I lost it. This is what I managed to come up with (and I appreciate atdelphi’s patience with me!). There might be just the slightest creative flexing of canon, but it should be nearly imperceptible.

( Dull as Dirt, Brilliant as the Stars )

Recipient: cuorefreddo
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Colour to a Sunset Sky
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Oliver Wood/Gregory Goyle, brief mention of past Oliver Wood/Harry Potter and suggestion of Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Word Count: ~5,600
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Character death (not Gregory or Oliver), mild Angst, some violence, hurt/comfort*.
Summary: Oliver would watch him sometimes, recognising him vaguely, like an old memory which had gone fuzzy around the edges with the passing of time. A story of a fragile and unlikely friendship which grows into something more.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I have never written either of these characters before so I had to take a lot of time researching the snippets we can glean from canon, which was such a fun exercise. For the purposes of the fic I have departed from canon and assumed the Dementors are still guarding Azkaban post Deathly Hallows, although this was unlikely to be the case. The title is loosely adapted from the Rabindranath Tagore quote “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” Thank you to V for cheerleading and support and to A for the beta read.

( Colour to a Sunset Sky )

Recipient: myownmuggle
Author: ???
Title: Tale as Old as Time
Rating: hard R
Pairings: Gregory Goyle/Padma Patil
Word Count: 8700
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *[ none]*.
Summary: After the death of his parents, Greg decides to turn antique-filled Goyle House over to the magical division at the British Museum. Padma arrives to assess the inventory and discovers much more than she ever expected.
Author's Notes: I was inspired by your prompts of old houses, antiquities, secrets, and magical history; I very much hope you enjoy this. I've taken some liberties with historical "facts" in order to fit this story. Many thanks to my amazing betas S1, S2, and T —this story is much better thanks to them and all remaining errors are my own.

( Tale as Old as Time )

Recipient: anguis_1
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Behind The Masks
Rating: R/NC-17
Pairings: Gregory Goyle/Marietta Edgecombe, mention of past Greg/Pansy Parkinson
Word Count: ~5500
Warnings/Content Information: *[frottage, semi-clothed sex, minor Hermione-bashing, minor Pansy-bashing]*.
Summary: Falmouth Falcons' Beater Gregory Goyle would never be the cleverest man in the room, but he wasn't quite as dim as people believed. Now if only he could get the team's new Healer, Marietta Edgecombe, to see that too.
Author's/Artist's Notes: anguis_1, it was a pleasure writing for you – I'd never written either of these characters before, so it was a great experience to try my hand at both of them. I hope you like the results.

Much gratitude and thanks to my incredible brain stormers and hand holders: R & K & K2 & M, all of whom helped me figure out the whos as well as the wherefores and whys of this fic, and wouldn't let it defeat me, and my betas: K & K2 (again!) plus J for making it so much better than it was. And of course, much love to our ever-patient mod, bethbethbeth, who puts up with my tardiness year after year.

( Behind The Masks )

Recipient: katmarajade
Author: ???
Title: As Yeast to Bread
Rating: Soft R
Pairings: Gregory Goyle/Millicent Bulstrode
Word Count: 5325
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * None *.
Summary: Greg watched her go, too gobsmacked to reply, feeling his face grow warm. What the bloody hell did she mean, he was her hero?
Author's Notes: katmarajade, it was a pleasure to write for you. I hope you enjoy the story! Many thanks to bethbethbeth for her patience, and to Z for giving this a proper once-over.

( As Yeast to Bread )

Recipient: meri_oddities
Author/Artist: noeon
Title: Can't Stop (Try My Lies)
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Gregory Goyle
Word Count: ~5,500
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *potions abuse*.
Summary: After the War, it's a dangerous juggling act for Greg Goyle to hold a self-destructive Draco back from the brink of disaster whilst keeping his attraction to him in check.
Author's Notes: Dear meri, I hope you enjoy this. I put in one of your favourite characters and it wound up a bit angsty :) Many, many thanks to my amazing beta Femme and a billion kisses to bethbethbeth for bearing with my repeat tardiness and surprising injuries! The title is from the Elbow song, 'Can't Stop.'

( Can't Stop (Try My Lies) )

Recipient: trickofthedark
Author: cat_goddess
Title: A Slytherin Fairytale
Rating: PG
Pairings: Millicent Bulstrode/Gregory Goyle
Word Count: 1,186
Warnings: No real warnings. This is kind of fluffy.
Summary: Love is found in the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected times. Gregory and Millicent find out that gala balls aren't always boring.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you, to our lovely mod for her understanding and giving me the extension. Trickofthedark, I hope you like this, even though it is short, and fluffy. I couldn't get into the frame of mind to write anything heavier than

( A Slytherin Fairytale )

Recipient: spidermoth
Author: snapelike
Title: Minotauros
Rating: R for violence
Pairings: Rabastan Lestrange/Gregory Goyle
Word Count: 7,500
Warnings: Violence, torture, rape (not between pairing)
Summary: Being sentenced to life in Azkaban should be punishment enough for almost any crime. But as it is, prison power games make sure any sentence is topped with a little extra that makes things even more unbearable. There is only one way to get though: fight and win, or lose and despair. Azkaban is not for the weak, Gregory Goyle already knows that when he finds Rabastan Lestrange abused and violated by his fellow prisoners.
Author's Notes: Since this is about getting the un-loved characters some loving, I chose two of the most unlikely ones and tried to come up with a story that would let them be together with at least some kind of proper reason for such a strange pair. I hope I managed. Thanks to my lovely beta, X.

( Minotauros )