Title: The Unexpected Bride
Author: DragonLight ze_dragon
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Literary and Crossdressing/Genderbending
Prompt(s): Secrets and Lies
Rating: R
Warning/Kinks: Highlight if you wish to know: *The abovementioned Crossdressing. Written (hopefully) like a Regency romance novel.*
Word Count: ~20,000
A/N: Tons of people to thank. The mods for being so patient with me as I struggled to finish and get this edited. Femme and Djinnj for their cheerleading and betas and saving me from making some disastrous mistakes. :D My sister and Delta both for not letting me give up this story.


Summary: With the guilt of his sister's death hanging over him, Lord St. Gryff embarks on a treacherous adventure impersonating his sister not realizing that the subterfuge will forever change his life when he meets the dark and mysterious Lord Snape. As he finds himself falling more and more for the enigmatic man, the fear that the lies their relationship is built on will come crashing down increases.

Scorned by society for wartime actions that no one for sure knows are true, Lord Snape has no recourse but to marry a proper young lady and beget an heir as quickly as possible. When his some times ally but most times enemy suggests the sister of a friend who might understand his peculiar preferences, he thinks he's found the answer, but has he?



( The Unexpected Bride by DragonLight )

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Title: Death and the Open Mind
Author: loupgarou1750
Team: Snitch
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Can You Hear Me?/Last Hope
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17 (barely) Highlight if you wish to know: *Het (mild,) underage (Harry/Ginny immediately post-War,) ageplay (fantasy chan only), caning (fantasy only), language*
Word Count: 44,000 +/-
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas As ever, to my beloved perfica and Team Capitan extraordinaire joanwilder, heartfelt gratitude for their excellent beta work. To perverse_idyll, more heartfelt gratitude for letting me scream and screaming with me, and for moral support above and beyond. Additionally, I owe a debt to Granada Television, the late Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson for keeping me sane during the process. And last, but definitely not least, to the snarry_games mods, massive thanks for your patience again and your willingness to extend my deadline to the outer limits. The characters in this fic belong to JK Rowling and her various business associates and not to me. Lyrics quoted are from Carrickfergus (trad. music of unknown author), and Like A Prayer (words and music by Madonna and Patrick Leonard)


Summary: Harry's having nightmares, blurting out rude things, causing trauma, generally behaving badly, and thinks he may be going mad.


( Death and the Open Mind by Loupgarou )

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