Fic for the Naughty and the Nice

Here they are, your 08-09 Santas:

• zeldaophelia wrote Revisions (HP, Harry/Padma, PG-13) for cynthia_black.
  
  
• alchymie wrote Lunar Tides (HP, Harry/Luna, PG-13) for manghahabi.
  
  
• cynthia_black wrote Of Magick (DW/HP, Ten/Martha, G) for significantowl.
  
  
• morganmuffle wrote The Other Trio (HP, Neville, Luna, Ginny, G) for alchymie.
  
  
• karasu_hime drew Cheers! (GO, Crowley/Aziraphale, PG) for ghot.
  
  
• manghahabi drew untitled (HP, Lupin/Snape, PG-13) for karasu_hime.
  
  
• istalksnape wrote Home Alone (HP, Charlie/Hermione, R) for midnight_birth.
  
  
• curia_regis wrote The Rules (SGA, Woolsey/Sheppard, PG-13) for busaikko.
  
  
• sweetcarolanne wrote I Remember for morganmuffle.
  
  
• significantowl wrote Quarter-Night (DiR, Jane/Will/Bran, R) for zeldaophelia.
  
  
• ghot drew You Complete Me (Batman, Joker/Batman, NWS) for sweetcarolanne.
  
  
• busiakko wrote So Happy to Serve (HP, James/Regulus, James/Sirius, James/Lily, NC17) for envinyatar15.
  
  
• midnight_birth wrote Lest You Forget (HP, Lucius/Narcissa, PG-13) for melfinatheblue.
  
  
• morganmuffle (pinchhitter extraordinare!) wrote An Unlikely Ally (HP/West Wing, Hermione, Remus, CJ Cregg, G) for istalksnape.
  
  
• envinyatar15 wrote The Dream in Me (HP, Lucius/Hermione, NC-17) for curia_regis.
  
  
  Thank you everyone for a wonderful exchange! It's been a pleasure from the very beginning, when you were all so flexible in your signups, right through to the end - what a communicative, timely, and willing-to-pitch-in group!
  
  Feel free now to go back and edit in your names/beta info/etc, and to share work outside of our community. And to tell me if I've messed up any links. :) Happy New Year all!

Title: The Dream In Me
Author: seekrit
Recipient: curia_regis
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter - Hermione/Lucius
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Voldemort-doesn't-die-AU
Word Count: 4,686
Summary: Even in the most persistent immovability, nothing is fully motionless.
Author's Notes: Inspired by Seether's "Fine Again". This is incredibly late because evidently, I more than fail at life – I'm so sorry! curia_regis, I hope this at least satisfies what you wanted. Writing this pairing - and this particular brand of AU - was incredibly fun :) Many thanks to significantowl for pinching in and beta'ing this, and, of course, organising this exchange.

So Happy to Serve for envinyatar15
Title: So Happy to Serve (2000 words)
Author: Who could it beeee now? *g*
Beta: Aunty Marion
Fandom/pairings mentioned: Harry Potter; James/Regulus, James/Sirius, James/Lily
Rating: NC17
For: envinyatar15
Warning: reference to past underaged sex (not on-screen) (characters 18 or older in fic); infidelity; sense of certain doom
Summary: First War era. Harry never knew he had an evil fairy godfather as well. . . .

Title: An Unlikely Ally
For: istalksnape
Rating: G
Characters: Hermione, Remus and CJ Cregg
Summary: Hermione discover Remus knows an unlikely ally in their search for help. Set the summer before book 7. Harry Potter/West Wing crossover
Author's notes: Well I’m not sure if you wanted CJ with the Harry Potter characters but once I’d thought of her and Remus hanging out at Berkeley I couldn’t resist (and please ignore the slight discrepancy in dates) Thank you to significantowl for comma wrangling!

( An Unlikely Ally )

Title: Lest You Forget
Author: In due time.
Written for: melfinatheblue.
Pairing: Lucius/Narcissa.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Slight violence. A prelude to sexual themes.
Wordcount: 2,561

Summary: Though Lucius escapes Azkaban after the Final Battle because of Narcissa’s deed, he is a changed man. Uncaring, and, most importantly, seemingly completely uninterested in her. Narcissa is determined to bring back the husband she knew and loved, or maybe just give up and find something better.

A/N: I had a lot of fun working with this idea, and tried to make it as unmushy as I could possibly manage. :P I don’t know if it’s the most inventive, but I do hope you like it! ♥


Lest You Forget

Title: You Complete Me
Artist: ghot
Recipient: sweetcarolanne
Rating: NWS
Pairing: Joker/Batman
A/N: I loved drawing this for you, sweetcarolanne, I hope you like it! :D


( You Complete Me )

Title: Quarter-Night
Author: significantowl
Recipient: zeldaophelia
Rating: R
Fandom: Dark is Rising
Pairing: Bran/Will/Jane
Summary: "Far too hot," Bran said.
Notes: Happy New Year, zeldaophelia! You may find it strange that this is a Midsummer fic, not a Midwinter one. The day I started this I was cold and miserable, much more in the mood to wax nostalgic about heat than to write about cold :) Many thanks to edenfalling for the fantastic beta.

The neck of Will's t-shirt was damp, a darker blue than the rest, and his hair stuck wet to his forehead.

Title: I Remember
Author: ?
Recipient: morganmuffle
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Narcissa/Lily (main); others implied
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 660
Warnings: Not really any, unless you count kisses and some slight angst
Disclaimer: Don’t own ‘em, no profit, suing is futile!
Summary: Narcissa fondly remembers a past love
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta, who wishes to remain anyonymous.

( I Remember )

Title: The Rules
Author: ?
Recipient: busaikko
Rating: PG-13
PairingWoolsey/Sheppard
Summary: Richard had always followed the rules. He didn’t always understand them, but he tried his best.
Author Notes: I had so much fun writing this! I’ve been meaning to write Woolsey/Sheppard fic ever since I started watching Season 5. *g* Thank you for the prompt! Thank you to significantowl for the beta.

( The Rules )

Title: Home Alone
Author: ?
Recipient: midnight_birth
Rating: R
Pairing: Charlie/Hermione
Warnings: Heterosexual sex. :O
Author's Notes: Ah, I really hope you like this. I've been a bit out of touch with writing smut, so hopefully this works for you! Including some of your wants was also a wonderful challenge. I liked writing this pairing, as I've only written them once before. Enjoy! Thanks to A. for the beta.
Summary: Charlie remembers an incident involving pasta and getting Hermione Granger naked.

He's got her against the wall -

Recipient: karasu_hime
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Lupin/Snape
Rating: PG-13
Summary: In which the gift is grateful for being given.
Notes: Thank you to significantowl for running the show again this year. You are awesome! xD
Thanks to Naono Bohra and Mitsuaki Asoh. =3

( for karasu_hime )

Title: Lunar Tides
Author: mumble mumble mumble
For: [manghahabi
Rating: PG-13
Thanks to: significantowl, who beta'd on top of everything else
Summary: The request was for "Harry/Luna, the AU epilogue". AU you want, AU you shall have.

( Lunar Tides )

Title Cheers!
Artists: Super Secret!
Pairing: Crowley/Aziraphale
Rating: PG
Note: Happy Happy Holidays Ghot! I was so excited to get you and very nervous at the same time! I hope this does justice for you! Smooches!

( Cheers )

Title: The Other Trio
For: alchymie
Rating: G
Characters: Neville, Luna and Ginny
Summary: In Hogwarts the other Trio prepare to leave for home.
Author's notes: Thak you to S for the beta and encouragement, all mistakes are mine. You asked for viewpoints of other characters and these three always intrigued me. I hope you like it (even if it's not quite Christmas anymore!)

( The Other Trio )

Title: Of Magick
Author: Guess who?
Recipient: significantowl
Fandom/Pairing: Doctor Who – Ten/Martha
Rating: G
Length: c.1,700 words
Summary: The Doctor wants to prove a point.
Author’s Notes: Set early in Series 3, somewhere soon after ‘The Shakespeare Code’. Thank you to my trusty beta-readers!

( Of Magick )

Title: Revisions
Author: I'll never tell...
Recipient: cynthia_black
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Harry/Padma
Author's Notes: Thank you to my wonderful beta! Post-Hogwarts, not epilogue compliant.
Summary: Harry knew it had been pure luck, and probably a bit of taking advantage of his fame, that he had been accepted into Auror Training at all.

( Revisions )

dearsanta is open for business! Sign-up this week if you're interested!

Rules and info are here. There have been some significant procedural changes, so do check them out. To highlight:

*this exchange is meant to be fun, friendly, and flexible! In order for such a small, intimate exchange to work, participants must be willing to be both flexible in their requests and in what they will write. This is a good time to stretch your wings among friends!

*it's a very diverse exchange. All pairings, ratings, and fandoms! We ask that participants make at least five broad requests. In order to facilitate match-ups with such a small group (usually around 20-25), we require all participants to make one request in, and have the ability to write in, a common fandom (Harry Potter).

(Example of a broad HP request: Harry/Hermione, foreign travel)

*fics and art welcome! This meant to be a low-stress exchange - fics must meet a minimum of only 500 words!

*we will be mirroring at Insanejournal and Journalfen as well. R and NC/17 fics and art will be hosted at these comms.

*to avoid some of the problems of last year, the mods will be collecting fics before posting begins.

Sign-ups end OCTOBER 25th, and fics and art will be due JANUARY 1!

Authors: significantowl, hiddenhibiscus, & _lore
Artists: gojira65 (Under the Trees), karasu_hime (In the Meadow)
Pairing: Harry/Luna
Rating: PG
Note: Happy, um, February, sahiya! We very much hope that you enjoy the words and pictures we have for you!

Something for you to read:

( Three Things Harry Potter Encountered in the Company of Luna Lovegood )

And for you to see:

under the trees

in the meadow

Here they are, your 07-08 Santas:

morganmuffle wrote Late (Remus/Tonks, NC17) for nyourdrms.

manghahabi wrote Short and Simply Regulus (Regulus, G) for summerborn.

midnight_birth wrote Babysitting (Snape/Lupin, PG13) for iheartbowie.

nyourdrms wrote Picture Books (Harry/Draco, PG) for midnight_birth.

summerborn wrote So Much for Anonymous (Snape/Lupin/[Lily], NC17) for karasu_hime.

dianamoon wrote Our Happy Ending Beginning (Neville/Luna/Ginny, PG13) for dorotea.

alchymie drew Opening Gifts (Harry/Hermione, PG13/NWS) for zeldaophelia.

karasu_hime drew A Holiday Card for manghahabi.

sahiya wrote What We Did On Our Summer Holiday (Various pairings, PG13) for corvidae9.

bronze_ribbons drew Beyond the Lines (Snape/Lupin, G) for dianamoon.

zeldaophelia wrote Falling Up (Seamus, Luna, G) for morganmuffle.

cynthia_black wrote Bleak Midwinter (Lucius, Snape, G) for melfinatheblue.

eibbil_libbie wrote One Year Later (Harry/Hermione, PG) for significantowl.

significantowl wrote Bound (Harry, Hermione, G) for alchymie.

melfinatheblue wrote One of His Best Mates (Harry/Hermione, PG) for eibbil_libbie.

dorotea wrote Three Kisses (Bill/Tonks, 14+) for r_becca.

ellid wrote Enchanted Italy (Snape/Lupin, PG13) for westernredcedar.

iheartbowie wrote A Stubborn Solution (Snape/Lupin, PG) for ellid.

r_becca wrote Practical Experience (Harry, Parvati, Kingsley, G) for cynthia_black.

westernredcedar wrote Why Severus Snape Might Have to Shout 'Yoda' in the Midst of Battle (Snape/Lupin, PG15) for broze_ribbons.

significantowl, hiddenhibiscus, and lore wrote Three Things Harry Potter Encountered in the Company of Luna Lovegood; and gojira65 drew Under the Trees and karasu_hime drew In the Meadow (all Harry/Luna, up to PG) for sahiya.


Although the links here are to dearsanta on Livejournal, all the stories have been mirrored at DearSanta on InsaneJournal. Santas may now feel free to use the jolly_old_elf journal to go back and edit in your names and beta info, as well as any other notes or edits. You may also now share your work around outside of the community.

I hate having to say this, but it should be obvious from the matches above and the lateness of this post that corvidae9 flaked on her assignment. We've never had someone string us along so late in the month and then stop communicating altogether, as she did, nor have we ever had a case of someone getting a story without giving one. She broke the underlying trust of this particular exchange, and we are especially disappointed because she has participated here several times in the past. She is excluded from any future DearSantas we might have, and any exchange I see her try to sign up for from now on, I will be informing the moderators of her actions here.

That unpleasantness aside, we hope the rest of you enjoyed yourselves this year! If you haven't already done it, be sure to let your Santa know you saw your gift, and have a wonderful 2008!

Title: One Year Later
Author: Seekrit
Recipient: significantowl
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter - Harry/Hermione
Rating: PG
Word Count:1100 ish
Summary: Christmas Eve and a return to Godric's Hollow, Harry hopes he'll be joined there - and get some answers
Author's Note: A truckload of thanks to my Beta, who rocks my little socks! I hope you like it, significantowl - the idea hit me as soon as you said place was important!

( One Year Later )