HP Beholder

And here, with "Finding Viktor Krum," we have the final entry in this year's hp_beholder exchange. The third fic/art round-up will be posted later today and the pre-reveal Master List will be posted tomorrow, so remember to leave comments for all the talented (and still-anonymous) exchange participants.

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Recipient: femmequixotic
Author: atdelphi
Title: Finding Viktor Krum
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Albus Potter/Viktor Krum
Word Count: ~13,000
Warnings: n/a
Summary: "A man walks into a pub..." Or, how the universe played a joke on Albus Severus Potter and how he learned to go along with it.
Author's Notes: A heartfelt thank-you to my long-suffering beta, and to Femme for setting me this challenge. I had a lot of fun with these characters and I really hope you do too.

( Finding Viktor Krum )

Recipient: vissy
Artist: tripperfunster
Title: Contrast
Rating: G
Pairings: Hagrid/Snape
Word Count: na
Warnings: none
Summary: big/small, hairy/smooth, younger/older
Artist's Notes: Vissy said she liked physical contrasts, so I hope this pleases her! Pose is shamelessly stolen from an older movie poster. Can you guess which one?

( Contrast )

Recipient: miss_morland
Author/Artist: regan_v
Title: The Hand That’s Dealt
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Snape/Filch
Word Count: 3800
Warnings: None. Both characters are adults.
Summary: Filch might be a squib, but he was a pureblood.
Author's/Artist's Notes: miss_morland, I hope you enjoy this. As ever, P improved this quite a bit. She has a fine ear, and I’m very grateful for her skill as beta.

( The Hand That's Dealt )

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: florahart
Author: femmequixotic
Title: The Migratory Habits of Seekers & Other Birds of Prey
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Harry/Viktor
Word Count: ~16,200
Warnings: Semi-epilogue compliant
Summary: One choice, one mad, desperate choice and everything I loved was gone. I'd known it would be the moment I said yes.
Author's Notes: v Many thanks to my three betas, C, J and B. And huge thanks to bethbethbeth for her infinite patience. :) Flora, for the opportunity to write this, I owe you one.

( The Migratory Habits of Seekers & Other Birds of Prey )

Recipient: odogoddess
Author/Artist: purplefluffycat
Title: Dark-Eyed Wanderer
Rating: NC-17 (although most of the story rates lower)
Pairings: Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick, mentions of Severus Snape/Lily Evans (unrequited) and Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy
Word Count: ~13,800
Warnings: Canon character death, discussion of grief.
Summary: After the first war, Severus is reprieved by law, but not by himself. It takes a special person to make him embrace life once more. Death, however, always waits.
Author's/Artist's Notes: This story took a long time to crystallize, largely because Filius is not a character I had ever before really considered. Thank you for a prompt that took me outside my 'comfort zone,' odogoddess. I feel the better for it, and I hope the result is satisfactory :-)

( Dark-Eyed Wanderer )

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: eeyore9990
Artist: julian_black
Title: The Jealous One
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Snape/Filch
Warnings: Nudity/implied genitalia.
Summary: Argus Filch was amazed that anyone would have him at all. He wasn't prepared for this sort of thing...
Artist's Notes: I've always wanted to do this pairing, but never got around to it. Thanks for giving me a likely excuse; hope you enjoy it!

( The Jealous One )

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: julian_black
Author: nimrod_9
Title: Discovering Thursday
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur Weasley/Severus Snape
Word Count: 1,966
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Do I appear to own a Scottish castle? Hardly!!
Summary: Arthur has certain desires he seeks to fulfill
Author's Notes: Thanks to A for beta and B for beta and brit picking!!! You are both lovely, talented and fast (in all the good ways!!)

( Discovering Thursday )

Recipient: sweetmelodykiss
Author: ineffabili_tea
Title: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Rating: R
Pairings: Moody/Snape
Word Count: 3039
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: These characters belong to other people.
Summary: Asked to work together gathering evidence against Death Eaters in the aftermath of Voldemort's first defeat, two men with nothing in common discover that's not necessarily so.
Author's Notes: Title borrowed from The Smiths. Many thanks to my insightful beta for all the help.

( Behind the hatred there lies a plundering desire )

Recipient: lookfar
Author: alwaysasnapefan
Title: Kinship
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Rubeus Hagrid/Firenze
Word Count: 4,857
Warnings: Minor, for one part of it (Rubeus is 16 in that section).
Category: Romance, first time, hurt/comfort, friendship.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, not to me. I made no money by writing this.
Summary: Rubeus is not only a human, he is also a giant. Firenze can't help what he dreams, though, and eventually his dreams become a reality.
Author's Notes: I tried to incorporate all of your additional likes, as well as a couple of things you'll recognize. Hope you like it!

( Kinship )

Recipient: snapelike
Author: fluffyllama
Title: One Corner of the Universe
Rating: Whatever we're calling G these days
Pairings: Arthur Weasley/Kingsley Shacklebolt (with mentions of Kingsley/Moody and Arthur/OMC in the past)
Word Count: 5154
Warnings: Character deaths mentioned, canon and not.
Summary: Arthur Weasley gets more than he bargained for when he helps the Minister for Magic carry out his new Muggle-friendly policies.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my beta C. for putting up with so many last minute changes, and for saving me from more than one incomprehensible sentence. Any remaining mistakes are my own. The title was taken from a quote: "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." (Aldous Huxley). Its relevance to the final story is debatable, but I liked it too much to change it.

( One Corner of the Universe )

Recipient: arbor_vitae
Author leianora
Title: How Quirinus Quirrell Gained a Second Head
Rating: PG for violence
Pairings: Quirrell/Lockhart
Word Count: 1679
Warnings: some torture, but not graphic, creepiness, and some angst.
Summary: Needing some time to get away from England, a young man foolishly seeks adventure, and gets more than he bargained for.
Author's Notes: -----

( How Quirinus Quirrell Gained a Second Head )

Recipient: bloopfish
Author: lookfar
Bonus Artist: fanlay
Title: A Fish May Marry a Bird
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Severus Snape/Firenze
Word Count: 8,800
Warnings:comedic wanking, oral, slash, sex between different orders of Magical Brethren, serious money shot and, also, this is very, very dirty.
Summary: Snape discovers an unrecognized area of erotic interest.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Many thanks to H, for reading and picking, and to D, who beat and kicked this so thoroughly -- despite finding a previously unknown area of squickedness -- that I took all her suggestions and improved it by 38%.
Bloopfish, the "pretty"and the "ugly"were reversed here by necessity, but I hope to good effect. I couldn't do Harry, either, sorry. And the kinks are all mine. Oh, forget it, don't even read it.

( A Fish May Marry a Bird )

Recipient: lee_west
Author: westernredcedar
Title: The Antelope and the Lion
Rating: R
Pairings: Aberforth/Grindelwald, also: Albus/Grindelwald
Word Count: ~7000
Warnings: Unusual POV. Angst, dark humor. If you think Albus Dumbledore is perfect and wonderful, this is not the fic for you. Murder, canon character death. Oh, and I suppose Gellert would be 16 during his relationship with Albus, because that's canon, folks!
Summary: There is nothing an ambitious Chaos Spirit likes to play with more than a family as dysfunctional as the Dumbledores.
Author's Notes: (1) lee_west, this is rather experimental. Sorry. This pairing just took me there. Actually, JKR took me there with the screwed up story of the Dumbledore family. I just decided to actually go there. (2) There is no doubt the form of this fic was subtly influenced by "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusak. (3) Thank you to my betas: L for the reality check, N for the idea that made it work so much better, and B for the rest.

( The Antelope and the Lion )