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Recipient: r_grayjoy
Author/Artist: snapesgirl_62
Title: Tangled Webs
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Poppy Pomfrey/Rabastan Lestrange; Rabastan/Evan Rosier, implied Rabastan/Severus, Rabastan/Rodolphus.
Word Count: 7728
Warnings: m/m, anal intercourse, voyeurism, Lestrangecest
Summary: Rabastan Lestrange must marry to satisfy his family obligations. Rab decides to be old fashioned with his courting and learns a few things about friendship.
Author's/Artist's Notes: You asked for some unusual/surprising characterizations for Rabastan Lestrange. And for first times (of all varieties), romance-not-schmoop, unlikely pairings and relationships, hurt/comfort, humor, snark, powerful women. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it for you.
Disclaimer: HP is owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc.

( Tangled Webs )

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: stonegrad
Author: eeyore9990
Title: And They Danced by the Light of the Moon
Rating: Hard R?
Pairings: Rabastan/Rodolphus
Word Count: ~3150
Warnings: Bloodplay, knifeplay, dub-con, voyeurism, exhibitionism
Summary: Straying from the Dark Lord's path can carry serious consequences.
Author's Notes: Stonegrad, I really hope this is what you were looking for. I enjoyed your request as it allowed me the freedom to play and revel in the darkness. I must give huge thanks to my beta (to be named later) for keeping me on track and not letting me include wild flights of incoherent fancy.

( And They Danced by the Light of the Moon )

Recipient: leianora
Author: edgewise
Title: All the Ways We See
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Severus Snape/Rabastan Lestrange
Word Count: ~3000
Disclaimer: Credit for the characters resides with Ms Rowling.
Warnings: Not as much plot as I may have liked.
Summary: Used to the direction of his father, Rabastan receives a new assignment from the Dark Lord, in which he learns to apply his talent of looking closely at things in a new arena
Author's Notes: My thanks to all who helped me with this story, to the moderator for running the exchange, and to Leianora for the inspiration. I hope you enjoy.

( All the Ways We See )

Recipient: seahorses
Author: stonegrad
Title: Clockwork and Cold Steel
Rating: R
Pairings: Rabastan/Harry, heavily implied Lestrangecest
Word Count: 1,650
Warnings: implied incest
Summary: He is a man of addictions, but this. this is more like a disease.
Author's Notes: A combination of all sorts of weirdness (and Rod wasn't supposed to be part of this, but he refused to go away). Thanks to A for the beta, and K for managing to convince me that Rabastan doesn't need a dagger to be pretty, and that I really do love him anyway. Quote at the start is from Dante's Inferno.

( Clockwork and Cold Steel )

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 )