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The Porn Santa (smutmas_mod) wrote in merry_smutmas,
@ 2007-12-09 08:00:00

Entry tags:

fenrir/harry/draco, fic, harry/lucius

Merry Smutmas, son_of_darkness!

To: son_of_darkness
From: kennahijja

Title: The Practice of Walking in Darkness
Pairings: Fenrir/Harry/Draco, Harry/Lucius, Harry/other Death Eaters
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Non-con, coercion, violence, darkficness
Summary: "Potter. There is no one I'd rather have seen stumbling into our little trap. You have a lot to pay for, boy."
Notes: Most humble thanks to Those Who Cannot Be Named for beta and advice way beyond the call of duty. I love you! The title comes from U A Fanthorpe's Descent. Everything else is JKR's.

son_of_darkness, I hope you'll enjoy this despite me doing quite a bit of 'cheating the system' as well when picking from your wish list. And thanks for allowing me to slip in that one un-asked-for character!

( The Practice of Walking in Darkness )

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	ms_katonic 2007-12-09 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	OMG. 0_0 That was really hot! Also very disturbing, but hot. Fenrir making Harry hurt Draco, and Rodolphus using Crucio during sex and Rabastan making him serve and none of that breaking Harry until Lucius has him at the end and Harry likes it... deep breath Yes, you did well with this one! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:27 pm UTC

ms_katonic, 2008-01-06 02:05 am UTC

	florida_minxie 2007-12-09 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Holy Hell that was a damn good read. You made my heart ache for Draco, Harry, and Lucius. I think I felt for Lucius the most. And the ending... so simple and so true but damn it... sigh Thanks for this very captivating tale! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:29 pm UTC

	outofthisplace 2007-12-09 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	Jesus. that was thoroughly disturbing, unnerving, and terrifying! In the best way possible, of course. (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:30 pm UTC

	ponderosa121 2007-12-10 03:42 am UTC (link)
	That was amazingly delcious. Guh. Fenrir was just as terrible and fascinating as he should be, and Draco so pretty and hurt, but Lucius... oh, Lucius, his role just made my day. <33 (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:31 pm UTC

	rubytuesday5681 2007-12-10 05:35 am UTC (link)
	that was fantastic. wow. i love it. i am not good at commenting with specifics, but that was a tremendously good read. (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:31 pm UTC

	ships_harry 2007-12-10 10:00 am UTC (link)
	YAY! That was all kinds of awesome, and exactly my kind of thing :). Loved Lucius... Harry was excellent, and Draco's tamped-down ferocity; Fenrir really made his own monsters with those two ♥ . (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:39 pm UTC

ariadneelda
2007-12-10 10:03 am UTC (link)

Wow. Oh, wow.

I must admit I usually avoid Fenrir but I had a feeling this would be good - and I was right. No, it wasn't just good, it was awesome! jlfjfjkljffjfj kind of awesome. I enjoyed it immensely.

The characterisations, everything! And Lucius, ohhh! The entire Harry/Lucius part (yes, I'm biased!), that it was only Lucius who made Harry feel that way - eeee. What a great ending!

Loved this fic. Loved it.

Hmmmmm, I have a suspicion who you might be, Secret Santa. I can't wait to find out if I'm right or wrong!

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:41 pm UTC

	kayleigh_jane 2007-12-10 10:40 am UTC (link)
	Excellent! Non-con of the best variant, coupled with some plot and a thorough mindfuck. Very well done! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:42 pm UTC

	mijan 2007-12-10 11:51 am UTC (link)
	Whoa... intense. Not the sort of thing to read before going to bed! applauds (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:42 pm UTC

melusinahp
2007-12-10 12:18 pm UTC (link)

There is so much visceral detail in this fic, I could just read it over and over again and never tire of it. The psychology of all the characters is just perfect. You make even Rodolphus and Rabastan come to life as fully developed characters. There are almost too many things I love about this fic to list.

I love how both Harry and Draco remain true to themselves under the onslaught. I love the vivid sensual description -- I could see and feel everything clearly. It really hurt when it was supposed to hurt. So delicious.

This kind of writing shows exactly why I love this kind of fic -- it's not ~~just~~ the non-con and torture -- it's the complex psychology and interaction between the characters that draws me in -- the passion and the power games. The scene in which Draco took his revenge on Fenrir, God, so satisfying, so believable.

I also liked the tiny little Narciss/Ron moment. How I'd love to read that fic.

And the ending, triumphant and hopeful, yet still so dark. Just perfect. XXXXX

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:47 pm UTC

son_of_darkness
2007-12-10 08:12 pm UTC (link)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

:O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was..... AMAZING!!!!!!! This was absolutely everything I could have possibly asked for in a gift fic!!! All wrapped up so beautifully, with such gorgeous, intense descriptions and imagery.... GOD!!! I finished it about 3 hours ago and have been sitting here staring at the screen, just.... trying so hard to pull myself together. It totally FLOORED me!!! SRSLY!!!! :O!!!!

Ok, firstly, Harry??? PERFECT!!! Oh GOD, was he perfect!!! I nearly came in my pants just from how amazingly you wrote him!!! GUH!!!! *melts* And, of course, I absolutely adored the fight he put up, mentally and physically, against his captors. You really took my "no broken!Harry" into consideration, which I ADORE!!!! It was gorgeous. :D

Secondly... Oh my fucking GOD!!! The torture??? It was brutal, it was intense, it was merciless, it almost started verging on sickening at certain points, and I make no apologies when I say I absolutely and utterly LOVED it!!! ALL of it!!! I was lapping it up so smugly, like a cat with the last of the cream, lol. I squirmed in my seat in a VERY good way. ;)

Some specific things I loved:

The unapologetic brutality of the rapes and the torture. No kidgloves, no pulling any punches... just hardcore violence and sex. *bites fist and whimpers*

Like I mentioned above, just the sheer level of beautiful, vivid imagery you used. I could picture ever single thing you described so perfectly. It was almost like I was watching a movie... I was hardly even conscious of the fact I was reading. That is the mark or a truly gifted writer, in my opinion. :D

Rabastan plied him with licks, kisses, clamps and his riding crop while an enchanted plug hummed deep in Harry's arse, mixing pain and need and pleasure into something so potent that Harry feared he would drown in it.

GUH!!! That image just about killed me. Not only could I see it, but I could practically feel it. It felt good. ;)

Apparently Death Eater morals forbade molesting one's nephew by marriage, but handing him over to be raped and mauled by a werewolf was all right.

LMFAO!!! Brilliant!!! xD!!

Unmoved by his glare, Greyback stroked his cheek with the knuckles he'd just withdrawn from Malfoy, leaving a stripe of blood and the sharp lubrication grease he was so fond of using, before kissing the corner of Harry's silenced mouth as if to heap insult on injury.

OMFG!!! YOU AWESOME, AMAZING PERSON, YOU!!! I can't even put into words how excited and squeeful I was when I read that bit. I nearly peed myself with happiness!!! :D

But he was breathing after all, he found, and he still hurt, although for the moment, it had almost ceased to matter. His hands spread, stroking the carpet under his palm, inexplicably happy. He could feel his face twist, and wondered whether he was smiling.

Mmmmmmmmmm.... I can feel that. *purrs* >:)

God... just... everything about this fic is wonderful. I wish I could shower you with hugs and kisses and candy canes and cookies and various other sweet Christmassy treats. Damn this internet thing, lol.

Oh, my amazing, wonderful, gorgeous smutty santa... you have made my entire Christmas.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:56 pm UTC

	annephoenix 2007-12-10 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Holy FUCK! I wish I'd written this ... I LOVED the animal imagery and the long, slow descent into pain, into understanding, into ... HARRYLU! Fabulous fic that deserves a much better review than this. Hot hot hot. Instantly recognisable "mystery author" (flanks give it away ;) ... (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:58 pm UTC

	(Anonymous) 2007-12-11 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	This is amazing. Bravo! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:58 pm UTC

	coffee_n_cocoa 2007-12-14 05:16 am UTC (link)
	Guh...I'm pants at writing fic like this, but I love reading it, and this hit the spot perfectly! There's just something about defiant!Harry and broken!Draco that gets to me, and your Fenrir and Lucius were deliciously drawn. Wonderful! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 07:59 pm UTC

	snegurochka_lee 2007-12-14 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	Oh wow, very powerful!! Greyback was perfectly, disgustingly IC, and aaaah, Crucio during sex?! Very well done! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:05 pm UTC

glockgal
2007-12-15 06:39 pm UTC (link)

I...I had to read that in two parts. Towards the start of the game of Exploding Snap, I realized that all that while, my muscles were tight and tense, my jaw was clenching, everything was, like. I felt I was in a permanent state of fight or flight, with small bouts of just utter, utter desperate despair.

This is the thing about your fics, love. They pull the reader in SO much and so deeply and so completely, I felt. Not like I was any of the characters, but as if I was Scrooge and there was a Ghost at my side compelling me to read and keep reading and not stop because I had to see.

I stopped and I'm glad I did, because when I came back to the fic and read that amazing, wonderful, fantastic ending, I feel so much relief and just. Complete emotional release.

This wasn't reading just a fic. This was a terrible and beautiful experience.

Which is, really, all I've come to know when I read your writing.

God. It was. *feels faint*

Is it okay to end on a strangely silly and almost trivial note and say that now, all I can think of is Ron/Narcissa?

*KISSIES EVERYWHERE ALWAYS*

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:10 pm UTC

	medra 2007-12-16 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	holy.... shite... That was fucking amazing! You, my dear, are one hell of a great writer. ♥ (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:11 pm UTC

nonajf
2007-12-25 02:22 am UTC (link)

Argh! That was amazing! It was hot and wrong and disturbing and perfect!

The perfect Slytherin Lucius biding his time. Harry coming unraveled and breaking. Draco snapping! It was Lucius and Draco who won the day! Wonderful!

I am so curious to know what happened to Narcissa and Ron. After seeing what was done to Harry and Draco, my mind is trying to create suitably horrific scenarios.

Great job!

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:16 pm UTC

	atdelphi 2007-12-27 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Oh wow. Amazingly chilling and dark and well-done. shivers (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:18 pm UTC

atdelphi, 2008-01-06 12:49 am UTC

salonkitty
2007-12-28 01:44 am UTC (link)

As a long-time reader of this particular Secret Santa, I could spot their signature all over this fic. And as always, amazingly done. It's been getting so hard to find really good torture fic post-DH, so this is quite a treat.

"This wasn't reading just a fic. This was a terrible and beautiful experience.

Which is, really, all I've come to know when I read your writing."

I would happily agree.

What makes it even more compelling is that the author has left the reader with so much to consider and contemplate after the story is done. Because the story ISN'T done, really. Not only am I extremely curious about Ron/Narcissa, I have to wonder what's going to happen when Harry tries to go back to his normal life with Ginny. Because you just know that girl is a dom trying to break free, and that relationship can get all kinds of twisted as Harry tries to recover. Not to mention future chance meetings with the Malfoys. *shivers* The resulting scenarios are endless and all of them delicious.

It's always deeply satisfying reading a fanfic that gets Harry's emotional make-up dead perfect. Excellent job.

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:23 pm UTC

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kennahijja, 2008-01-11 07:17 pm UTC

amanuensis1
2008-01-01 03:16 pm UTC (link)

Freaking delicious. I'm sure I know this Mystery Author--the style is there in metaphor, in elegance, in the brutal, delicious honesty of the non-consensual erotica, in the way there's plot and character development but the yummy details are primarily devoted to the lushness of the sex. Beautiful--I always love your writing; it's as if you reached in and found all my favorite kinks, every time!

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kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:25 pm UTC

amanuensis1, 2008-01-07 05:30 pm UTC

	gina87 2008-01-01 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	Great story! Really liked it! (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-05 08:25 pm UTC

	rubymiene 2008-01-08 12:34 am UTC (link)
	::flails:: So delicious. I'm still making my way through smutmas, and I'm glad I didn't miss this one. (Reply to this) (Thread)

kennahijja, 2008-01-11 06:42 pm UTC

	ravenna_c_tan 2008-02-01 06:10 am UTC (link)
	Wow, oh wow, oh wow. florida_minxie recced this to me and ... wow. blinks I think I must finally confess that Greyback/Draco is a guilty pleasure of mine. And Lucius! Just perfect here. He really did nurture his rage while impotent/wandless and ... just perfect. (Reply to this)

	tsujton 2008-02-05 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Deliciously dark. I love your creations of poor!Harry. And a little poor!Draco on the side... happy sigh Narcissa/Ronald, eh? Great way to leave it. My imagination is having a field day! (Reply to this)