Harry and Draco World Cup

While things are still a bit wonky (keep an eye on the status here), nothing has been lost, and we will get back to our regular posting schedule later this afternoon!

Title: A Dark Place in Time
Team: Canon
Author: cutecoati
Prompt: The Empress
Wordcount: ~ 9000
Rating: PG
Warnings: EWE
Summary: What on earth was her son thinking, falling for Harry Potter of all people, Narcissa wonders. But after the death of her husband, she finds him useful in many, and sometimes surprising, regards.
Author's Note: Many thanks to my wonderful beta S. All remaining mistakes are mine.

( A Dark Place in Time )

Title: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: mahaliem
Prompt: Empress
Wordcount: 26,532
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Language, sexual situations
Summary: In order to keep custody of his children, Draco needs to find a spouse that will shore up the Malfoy family's tattered reputation. But what starts off as a means to an end gets more complicated when Draco's target reawakens feelings in him that he hasn't had in a long while, and Draco starts to feel alive for the first time since his wife's death.
Author's Note Empress Prompt—Parenting, Nurturing, New Love, New Life.

Thank you to my betas—M, N, O, and fellow team members, with an extra-special note of gratitude to M.

( How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? )

Title: Black's Blood Curse
Team: EWE
Author: rickey_a
Prompt: The Empress
Wordcount: 9100ish
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Teddy Lupin is gravely ill, and only the blood of the closest living Black male relative can save him.
Author's Note Thank you team EWE!

( Black's Blood Curse )

Title: The Opposite of War
Team: Fanon
Author: dacro
Prompt: The Empress
Wordcount: 8070
Rating: R
Warnings: Sexual situations in a public place, swearing, violence
Summary: The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation.
Author's Note The Empress: The Great Mother. Accomplishment, nurtures children, strong, confident. Reverse Empress: The Poor Mother. Possessive, jealous, disruptive, indecisive, confused, squanders. Thanks to [DJ], [SB] and [BL].

( The Opposite of War )