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squibstress · 1 year ago
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HP Rec Fest - December 5
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Theme: A non-AO3 fic
Dark Nights
Pairing: Albus/Minerva
Creator: Morgan72uk
Rating: M/R
Word Count: 8,955
Summary:
The first war is over, but the shadows remain. What really happened between McGonagall and Dumbledore during the trials of the Death Eaters?
Why You Should Check It Out:
This story shows us an Albus Dumbledore that we don't often see: a man unsure of not just the correctness, but of the morality of his actions. The story is set during the trials immediately after the first Voldemort war, and we see Albus confronting the ugly pragmatism that emerges in wartime and its aftermath through Minerva's tender, practical, and ultimately unsure eyes as she offers him (and herself) a kind of comfort she's not sure is really right.
The Thing About Travelling
Pairing: Hermione/Minerva
Creator: anonymous
Rating: T/PG-13
Word Count: 7,900
Summary:
Minerva McGonagall goes on a journey.
Why You Should Check It Out:
This story is full of fabulous characterizations with surprising bits of insight, enough description of foreign (to me) climes and locales without making it feel like a travelogue, and a slow buildup to an ending that you suspect is coming, but can't be quite sure of, and that is totally satisfying either way.
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writtenfan · 6 years ago
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Dancing Snowflakes pt 4.
Severus x Reader Imagine
(The end to the Dancing Snowflakes Imagine y’alll ;) how about a little music playlist?  https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLi8up5vkuEbRAvUdf89kMnSiRa3Q5Wl23 ) 
Summary: You eyes locked in the middle of the ballroom...how would things play out? 
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His eyes lingered on your face and darted from your toes to your head. He wasn’t quite hiding it either, this made you uneasy. You tried to cover up your obvious staring and observed the area of the ball that trailed outside where all the carriages where. You peeked towards Severus who had turned his own body away from you in an attempt to not appear so obviously bewitched. While noting what you were silently implying as you drifted towards the cool night outside.
Severus spun himself towards the direction of the faculty table and stood between McGonagall and Dumbledore who sat talking merrily. His fingers shook with adrenaline as he placed them on the table in front of him for support. “I’m going to make sure no students are breaking school rules, in the carriages.” he snapped sharply. Dumbledore adjusted his glasses and smiled at Severus. “Oh, Severus...and miss such a lovely ball? Very well...do come back soon, the faculty is going to see who can cast the biggest snowflake!”  Minerva chuckled and held her hand on the side of her mouth leaning towards Severus,  “Albus isn’t allowed to play this year because last time he conjured one almost as big as Gryffindor tower! You do remember, don't you? ha!” Severus nodded his head “Indeed I do. When it collided with the castle it froze the entire bridge” Severus quickly glanced at where you had exited. 
“Oh, On your way Severus, we won't keep you from your...duties.. do come back quickly..” Mcgonagal snickered as Dumbledore said something to her about “Its not entirely my fault…” Severus bowed his head and in haste, made his way towards the courtyard, attempting to seem as indistinct as possible as he weaved and pressed pass multiple students who all promptly said sorry for even touching him slightly.  
You gazed up at the clear starry sky in the middle of the stone path just past the carriages, the road continued into the forest.
You rubbed your hands together,  It was such a crisp night. The chill struck your skin and you shivered in delight as it woke you up. 
“What am I going to say…” you whisper aloud to yourself, clutching at your outfit as you paced back and forth refusing to look near the ball entrance. You were pressing your cold hands against your face letting out a shaky sigh when you heard nimble tapping behind you. You whirled yourself towards the stone column gateway. You didn’t see him yet, but you knew you would soon. You tottered your feet and quickly fixed your outfit and your hair…”I'm a mess…” you whispered to yourself as Severus ambled into view. He had slowed his pace once he saw you, he watched as your nervously held yourself and spoke words he could not hear. Your (h/c) hair was so...excusite, your outfit. Divine. Your (e/c) eyes held the luster of the moon itself in them.  His heartbeat accelerated as he made his way to you.
“You-”
“You-”
“I-”
“Excuse me..”
“No, Excuse me..” you chuckled as you flashed your eyes behind him to make sure no one was coming.
He held himself quite high and stiffly held out his hand. You placed your hand in his and he bowed, letting go promptly. “You look...absolutely…” he cleared his throat. “Lovely.”
He moved to your side his hands behind his back as he faced the forest. You turned towards it as well... “I’m glad you decided to come…” he whispered fumbling with his cuffs behind his back. You watched his rigid figure refuse to move an inch as he stood by you. You found it amusing how nervous he was, it calmed you down a bit. Made you feel more normal. You peered into the darkness of the forest. “Who did you come with?” he promptly asked, fixedly turning his attention back to you. His face absolutely indecipherable. You let out a small laugh and he narrowed his eyes “What?”  you grin “oh nothing…” you watch his posture stiffen even more. “I came with my friends. Some of them had dates..although we all decided to come together anyway.”  you turned towards Severus and he copied you swiftly, now facing each other, you both stood like two teenagers who were crushing so hard they were brimming with anxiety.  “Good.” he nodded forcing himself to keep his eyes locked on you, although you made it hard with how happy you actually looked to see him. “You look very handsome…” you whispered awkwardly reaching out your hand and patting his chest lightly, He jerked back a bit, eyes widened.
What was that? What was that!? You thought as you pulled your hand away and forced yourself to look back into the forest. Was he still looking at you? Did I make this awkward? You thought to yourself refusing to check to make sure he was ok. 
After a minute you turned back to him, he was completely enthralled. His cheeks had managed to get some color into them, and as you took a greater notice to him you saw his arms tremble as he fumbled with his hands harder. 
“Are you-” in the spur of the moment, Severus grabbed your hand and pulled you into the forest down the cobblestone path, you hustled to keep up with his long strides “Severus What are you doing?! “ you chortled grabbing his cold stiff hand tightly.
He guided you along the path to a point and then diverted from the path into the snow. When the cold hit your feet you jumped, you rushed along with him, the trees around you dense, you had to swerve a branch or two and jump over a log at some point but as you gone deeper into the forest you saw before you a small open clearing that was entirely free of snow.
Severus pulled you into the clearing and turned towards you with an uneasy disposition.  His hands shook with adrenaline, you could help but start laughing “Why are you laughing?!” he shouted irritatingly, obviously taken aback by his own response. “I’m just so happy your as nervous as I am!” you sang in response he let go of your hand placed a cold forefinger under your chin, “I’m not nervous l/n” he grumbled. Snootingly removing his finger from under your chin with an agitated glare.
“Calm down you..” you groaned as you held onto his shoulders. Which caused him to stagger “Don't revert back to potions master mode..” you chuckle as you take a hand to his waist and held his hand with the other. Your whole body convulses in nervousness as you attempt to guide him into a casual ballroom dance..”I've been practicing..” you laugh as you rub his cold slender fingers in an attempt to warm them as you pivot his eyes are wide with confusion as he glances at your feet and attempts to continue his side of the dance. “Men, hold the waist ms/mr,  l/n” he takes your hand and places it on his shoulder. You narrow your eyes, “Ha men? and I?-”
“Hush” he whispers as he takes control and begins to take you around the clearing, swiftly and gently. The music from the ball playing faintly in the background. You both turn and twist and… Ooof. You trip over a small dip in the ground. He ends up dipping you as a save which worked perfectly, although...he wasn’t pulling you back up. He only stared at you, awkwardly. You begin to blush and nervously laugh “Aren't you…” he opens his mouth slightly as if to say something. But doesn’t, “going to pull me back up Sev” Your eyes widen as you say the little nickname you made up for him in embarrassment. He recoils and jerks you back up, you fall against his chest and he becomes rigid again, although his grip is still firm on you.  Suddenly you begin to spin gently, your ear rests against his chest and you hear the hard thudding of his heartbeat as he spins you in a slow easy circle. “I don’t understand what you see in me..” his voice vibrates in his chest in low smooth rumble..”And I don't know...how I could possibly give you what you want…” he sighs. As he gracefully turns you around once more, pressing you against him now. “And what is it that I want…” you ask him.
Relaxing against his warm chest. He takes a deep breath in, “You want...a simple relationship...one without worry, without sacrifices...without problems...I on the other hand..” he dips his head down to you, burrowing his mouth against your hair “Am the complete opposite...I have a lot to deal with y/n...I’m an old man. You, a young woman/man...I'm not caught up with your generation or would even like to...I would be too difficult of a partner.”
You raise your head from his chest and look up at him, his nose touches yours with how close you two are. “Too difficult? I wouldn’t think being with you would be considered such a thing…” you whisper, taking in his cinnamon scented perfume. “I don't care about all the possible difficulties Severus...that's natural...I only care that I get the chance to have you in my life. Anything we face will be a mere bump we face together...” you take a strand of his black hair and place it behind his ear...
“I love you for you entirely and that is that…” His whole body jitters and in a nanosecond you both press your lips together, the mixture of cold and warm shock both your lips and you seem to freeze in place as all your energy and focus are placed upon the one spot where you both connect. An electrifying buzz trails into your lips and down your throat. He tenses up and presses maybe a bit too eagerly against you, but corrects himself in an instant. You pull hold him by his sides and as he moves slightly his hair brushes against your temple and forehead. After what seemed like an hour slowly, you pull back. He follows your lips as much as he can before letting go as he snaps back into reality, looking at you with warm bewitching eyes.
“So be it…” he says as he steals another kiss from you, you two hold each other as if nothing else mattered. You felt your mind empty as his soft thin lips rose from yours once more. “I’m so utterly grateful for your existence..” he mutters, a small smile planted on his face.
“Oh lord…” you whisper looking past his shoulder.
He snaps his head to the area you're looking at, which happened to be the sky.
A gigantic snowflake as beautiful and intricate as the night sky leisurely spun overhead. It looked like the size of a certain moon from a video game you had played back home.
“Not again…” he muttered with a smile, pulling you along with him back to the castle.
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squibstress · 4 years ago
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Minvember: Fic - When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again
An encounter on a cold night in a tent during World War II leads to a lifetime of occasional dalliances between Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. Every now and then, he needs her. But she doesn’t need him. Does she?
Read it on AO3
Minvember Day 16: Albus
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squibstress · 4 years ago
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HP Rarepairs Professors Challenge - Fic Recs: Albus/Minerva
@hprarepairnet​ & @slytherdornet​ - professors ship challenge
Among my favorite ships is the old Albus/Minerva saw.
Despite JKR's avowal of Dumbeldore's homosexuality--which makes sense to me, btw-- and all the other problems, I still enjoy this ship a lot. The dynamic between a powerful man and a powerful woman has always interested me, and this ship has that in spades. I just can’t resist.
Unfortunately, for some reason, a lot of stories about this pairing focus on an idealized, romantic partnership--which is fine, of course; it's just not what I look for in this pairing. I also avoid stories that are all about how “cute” they are as a couple. I don’t find much cute about them as a pairing. Challenging, difficult, sexy, painful, yes, but never “cute.”
I like stories that don't shy away from Dumbledore's more problematic traits and that paint a complex picture of the relationship between the two of them. These stories do that, and then some.
Title: "Dark Nights" Author: morgan72uk Characters: Albus/Minerva Rating: R
Summary: The first war is over, but the shadows remain. What really happened between McGonagall and Dumbledore during the trials of the Death Eaters?
Why You Should Read It: Morgan72uk shows us a Dumbledore that we don’t often see—a man unsure of not just the correctness, but of the morality, of his actions. The story is set during the trials immediately after the first Voldemort war, and we see Albus confronting the ugly pragmatism that emerges in wartime and its aftermath through Minerva’s tender, practical, and ultimately unsure eyes as she offers him (and herself) a kind of comfort she’s not sure is really right.
Title: Death's Dominion Author: MMADfan Characters: Albus/Minerva, Severus, Hermione, a cast of thousands Rating: R
Summary: Severus Snape’s life was changed when he was hit by an errant spell, and he comes to a decision that defies Dumbledore’s wishes. Even the fate of the wizarding world is altered by this ill-cast curse and Snape’s subsequent resolve.
Long after the spell has dissipated, its effects continue echoing in the lives of Severus, Albus, Minerva, and Hermione, and they bring with them a shadowy figure whom Snape does not trust and whose motivations and influence on Minerva are murky. Not all is as it seems, and conspiracies and schemes swirl around Severus as he continues on his path of deception to his final confrontation with the Dark Lord. A “Light” fic of love, loyalty, and redemption.
Why You Should Read It: This is a long story set late in the author's AD/MM-centric “RAMverse” (reading the preceeding stories is helpful but not essential to enjoy this one.) It excels in both world-building and characterization. Even better, it proposes an AU ending for Deathly Hallows that, IMHO, is far better than the one JKR came up with.
Title: "Never and Always" Author: transposition73 Characters: Albus/Minerva Rating: PG-13
Summary: She watches the lines around his eyes flex as he relaxes his smile.
Why You Should Read It: This is a smart, bittersweet take on a much-abused trope: missed opportunities between Minerva and Albus.
Title: "Subtext" Author: verbalklepto Characters: Minerva/Albus, Harry, Severus Rating: R
Summary: "That, Potter," Snape spat as he brushed past the boy, "was the equivalent of walking in on one's parents."
Why You Should Read It: This short, funny fic manages to skirt the edges of crack without crossing it. (Sadly, the author has removed it from FFN, but it’s still available at the AD/MM proboards.)
I also have a list of 78 Dumbledore x McGonagall recs in my Airtable base.
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squibstress · 4 years ago
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Minvember - Fic: The Birthday Gift
This is an incredibly smutty AD/MM fic I wrote way back in 2011 for the Samhain Smut fest. I really have no excuse, other than the fact that I was craving some old-folks smut, so I decided to write some. Read at your own risk.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/276283
Minvember Day 16: Albus
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