#flowerfan2

[mynonah]

I made this for Chrysalis by @flowerfan2 - such a beautiful, well written story! ❤️

[thesleepyskipper]

Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you to @onthewaytosomewhere, @kiwiana-writes, @orchidscript, @suseagull04 and @sophie1973 for the tags today! When I realized I had nothing to share, it actually helped me get started on my next WIP idea! So smooches to all of you for that!😘

This is based on a song from one of my favourite bands called elevator love letter:

Henry’s office is on the twelfth floor of a skyscraper in Canary Wharf. There’s plenty of other offices, plenty of other people, plenty of other lost souls just like him who all make their way here every single day. Day in, day out; commute to and from the building, ride up and down the elevators. Every single bloody day. The routine is, to be frank, exhausting. And that doesn’t even include the actual work of it all.

Tag list under the cut for any friends who would care to share on this November day!

@welcometololaland, @cricketnationrise, @myheartalivewrites, @firenati0n

@rmd-writes, @celeritas2997, @noahreids, @alasse9, @14carrotghoul

@three-drink-amy, @anincompletelist, @anchoredarchangel, @cha-melodius, @sparklepocalypse,

@stereopticons, @smblmn, @leaves-of-laurelin, @lilythesilly, @emmalostinwonderland

@nontoxic-writes, @indestructibleheart, @maxbegone, @piratefalls

@iboatedhere, @nocoastposts, @zwiazdziarka, @firstprincehornyramblings

@clockwrkpendrxgon, @run-for-chamo-miles, @tinyarmedtrex, @getmehighonmagic, @henryspearl

@judasofsuburbia, @heysweetheart-writes, @blueeyedgrlwrites @bitbybitwrites,

@jmagnabo92, @wordsofhoneydew, @theprinceandagcd, @miss-minnelli

@hgejfmw-hgejhsf, @dragonflylady77, @agame-writes, @nocoastposts, @lightningboltreader

@inexplicablymine, @na-dineee, @notspecialbabe, @benwvatt, @cactusdragon517

@onetwistedmiracle, @ninzied, @porcelainmortal, @aforgottennymph, @caterpills

@kordeliafawkes, @stratocumulusperlucidus, @idealuk, @stellarmeadow, @eusuntgratie

@lizzie-bennetdarcy, @dreamtigress, @duchessdepolignaca03, @tailsbeth-writes,

@priincebutt, @stellarmeadow, @softboynick, @fullsunsets, @na-dineee

@firstprincefairytale, @rachelica9, @readstheroom, @anti-homophobia-cheese, @thighzp

@mikibwrites, @swearphil, @flowerfan2, @rarelyrad, @letloverule1111

@endlesstwanted, @glasshouses-and-stones, @swoonoveryou3, @thedramasummer, @jackzimmermemes

@miharaikko, @kj-bee, @dani-dabbles, @henryhenhazza,

@msmarvelouswinchester, @henrys-vodka-shot-glass, @shadegarden, @imintomakinghistory

@littlemisskittentoes, @reagcdfox, @lesliesknopes, @magicmelinoe

[farm-witches-fic-recs]

Do you by chance have a list of fics where Patrick comes out to his parents earlier or in a different way? Or maybe they find out before he tells them. Not AUs, looking for more canon divergent. I've read A LOT of them, but I'm sure I've missed some along the way. Thanks!

Hello there!

We'd love to share some canon divergent coming out stories with you. Check these out:

by omission - @blueink3

Calls from Marcy - @goodiecornbread

Good People - @trueillusion82

If We Stop Keeping a Secret - loveisallyouneed21

It’s My (Christmas) Party and I’ll Panic if I Want To - @delilah-mcmuffin

Life Is A Secret - Iloveacting12

Lock it up - @lizzie-bennetdarcy

Merry Christmas, Patrick Brewer - @treluna4

My Heartbeat Shows the Fear - @unfolded73

Over The River - @flowerfan2

Surprised - @delilah-mcmuffin

The Things We Don't Speak Aloud - @unfolded73

Where Words Fail - houdini74 ( @mostlyinthemorning) your mother should know - @grapehyasynth

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Are there fics where they meet for the first time in years during the 2020 reunion? And I mean reunion at Rachel's house to watch the Tony's, or reunion in the high school building. I would love to read something about them not being together since season 5 or 6, and then meeting each other again after a few years, but not in a AU setting, but rather fitting more or less to season 6 finale.

So I've tried to find you some "reunion" fics which occur at a ND reunion, or in Lima, because I can't think of any where they are actually reunited at the 2020 reunion specifically, but hope these fit what you are thinking of. There are so many fabulous Reunion fics that are set years afterwards, and in different settings - try the tag which I have highlighted. If anyone wants to suggest any that fit what Anon is looking for, please let us know. ~Jen

Photograph by @allythepotato

Blaine hasn't seen Kurt since they broke up when they were twenty. When they see one another again ten years later at a New Directions reunion party, Blaine can't help but fall in love with Kurt all over again.

~~~~~

Down on the Corner by @flowerfan2

AU after Season 5/ Alt!s6. Blaine went back to Lima after the breakup, but Kurt stayed in New York. They do in fact reunite on the corner outside the loft in six months, but it doesn’t go as either of them expected. Over the course of the next year, Blaine struggles to find himself, and Kurt struggles to find Blaine. And while they both realize that love doesn’t necessarily conquer all, they discover that it definitely helps.

~~~~~

Fearlessly and Forever by Brookiep2

Kurt and Blaine find themselves at the same table at a wedding and are forced to see each other for the first time since they broke up five years ago. Can Blaine get over the pain Kurt caused him when he broke up with him on that rainy night? Will they find forever in each other, or be doomed like before?

[envimortis]

WIRELESS ART CLAIM: The Shape of You

"Even in darkness, despite our divergent paths, I choose you now, today, forever.

No matter our scars, our sins, you save my soul."

Summary: But your heart was busy within, Building bomb shelters under your skin. That's the shape I found you in 🎵🎶 — The Shape I found you in by Girlyman

This was a gift for @flowerfan2 💕 Thank you for the prompt and I hope you liked it! All the love to @hd-wireless mods for the lovely year!! ✨

(I'm a bit behind on posting my Wireless work on tumblr but I thought better late than never hehe)

You can also view this work on AO3

[datshitrandom]

redheadgleek || AO3 jayhawk-writes || AO3 ~ FF.net  bowtiesandboatshoesfic || AO3 🔒  1908jmd || AO3 gleefuldarrencrissfan || AO3 ~ FF.net  merinelsa || AO3  very-kurtious || AO3  honeysucklepink || AO3 🔒 nineofhearts4 || AO3 ~ FF.net  porcelainandthehobbit || AO3 slipping-through-my-fingertips || AO3 darriness || AO3 gleekto || AO3 kurtswish || AO3 kurtsascot || AO3 fallevs || AO3 scatterthestars || AO3 catcat-85  || AO3 annepi-blog || AO3 20xbetterthanu || AO3 flowerfan2 || AO3 MadAs_AHatter || AO3

kellyb321 || AO3 AlexaCardew || AO3 verseau_87 || AO3 darrencrissish || AO3 wardo2796 || AO3 Novoklaine || AO3 LonelyBeth || AO3 cayli || AO3 norahdevore || AO3 DireDyre || AO3 bittersweetly || AO3 jackabelle73 || AO3 rebwrites || AO3 Canttalkgrounded || AO3

[PART 1]

[schittscreekficrec]

Hi everyone! Happy Labor Day to the Americans, Labour Day to the Canadians, and Monday to everyone else! We hope you enjoy these recs and be sure to let the authors know if you do!

liv's recs: waited so long to say this to you by hudders-and-hiddles @wild-aloof-rebel [david/patrick, T, multi-chapter]

we stood steady as the stars by foxtails @ratchet [david/patrick, M, multi-chapter]

A New Day Has Come by @lisamc-21 [david/patrick, T, one shot]

ostinato by @grapehyasynth [david/patrick, T, one shot]

julie's recs: Work of Heart by @beaiola [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Grand Slam by bigficenergy @fraudulentzodiac [david/patrick, E, one shot]

You Say It Best by princesstigerlily [david/patrick, E, multi-chapter]

Casting Off by @flowerfan2 [david/patrick, T, one shot]

jette's recs: Color Me Perfect by Turkey_Virgin @tyfinn [david/patrick, NR, one shot]

When You Assume... by @dinnfameron [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Tomorrow... Maybe by Ellie603 [david/patrick, T, multi-chapter]

Hope is the thing with feathers by @themelancholyvegetable [david/patrick, M, multi-chapter]

ali's recs: Love in the Time of Appendicitis by @doublel27 [david/patrick, E, multi-chapter]

The Fundamental Things Apply by princesstigerlily [david/patrick, M, multi-chapter]

so this is the miracle that i've been dreaming of by @hullomoon [david/patrick, T, one shot]

Sleepless by @well-schitt [david/patrick, E, multi-chapter]

[perryavenue]

It's my 11 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

I owe it all to @flowerfan2 !

[smallumbrella369]

Fic Rec Friday

This week’s theme: Rec a fic that starts with the same letter as your user name (Or, if you like, a part of your user name.)

The rules: Tag the fic and describe why it’s so good/how it has a hold on you. Then, tag some people to see what everyone else is reading. Please tag @welcometololaland or tag #fic rec friday so they can compile a master list on Sunday.

Thank you @lizzie-bennetdarcy @mallpretzles for the tag 🥰

I’m going to rec Sustineo by @rockinhamburger

David is a world famous contemporary artist who has become a recluse. Patrick is an art critic that interviews him. 

This gorgeous piece of writing has a astonishing amount of depth for having a word count of just 10k. I love it for so many reasons. It’s deeply achy. You’ll feel for David in your bones. Patrick as an art critic is soothing in his manner and his intelligent questioning. It’s art. It’s artists. It’s the meaning and motivation behind artistry. And laced through that is their developing relationship. I swoon every time. 

I’ll tag @meadowharvest4856 @flowerfan2 @statueinthestone @five678patty @apothecarose @treluna4 @apothecarypants

[fastcardotmp3]

@flowerfan2 the read more in your ask didn't show up for me, but I'm putting it here because I have been WAITING for someone to mention this THANK U

(METAMORHPOSES spoilers and ramblings under the cut 💚)

first things first thank you for all your kind words about this story, I appreciate it so much and I appreciate you giving me the chance to ramble on about it now too💚💚💚

SECOND THINGS SECOND.

this is a multilayered answer and apologies in advance for that, but I think what Eddie experiences in those moments versus what's actually happening are two different things so.

From Eddie's perspective, it is one hundred percent just memory and flashbacks and this extra thing that makes him feel like he's losing his mind in the immediate aftermath. There is zero question to him that it's not actually real and he never once questions it because he is so entrenched in his own dissociation from his self, which is also the only reason none of the red flags that a more level-headed Eddie might have picked up on fly under the radar for so long.

He is actively trying to separate himself from his body, choosing to ignore how it feels a lot because how it feels on many an occasion is just straight up bad. So when Eddie catches a flash of snakes or fangs in the TV reflection or the mirror or whatever, to him it's just the same as the echoing memories of what Kas's voice sounded like inside of his head.

Now for the reality of the situation which I never got to really dive into because it was in Eddie's perspective and our boy was an unreliable narrator when it came to what was going on with his body-- there are degrees to which he was shifting on accident depending on the moment and the context, and there were degrees to which the snakes were just trying to make themselves known in any way they could when he had a tight hold on keeping them physically in.

Which is a complicated way of saying-- that moment on the morning after Thanksgiving when he wakes up frozen and catches sight of snakes in the TV reflection after Steve leaves the room? Real snakes that he really forced back inside without ever realizing it because he was in a moment between wakefulness and sleep, thus, at a vulnerable enough moment for control to slip.

(It's also the first time he's shared a bed with someone and allowed for that trust and vulnerability which is hey maybe where his snakes saw an opening, even if they only managed it for a handful of seconds in the long run)

(also take two- I just really liked the fact that Steve got so close to seeing it in this moment but didn't)

But seeing himself in the mirror when he was fighting with Steve and packing to leave for Hawkins? Just a trick of the mind caused by the thing that wants to protect him from how scared he is in that moment, but can't because of how tense a hold he has on himself, how little he is allowing for anything remotely outside his control to happen.

Is that too complicated for something that never ended up having an impact on anything other than my own delight at dropping hints?? MAYBE BUT WHO CARES I HAD FUN.

thank you again and again and again for letting me talk about this can you tell I was hoping someone would ask one of these days fjadklfj

💚🐍💚🐍

[perryavenue]

Enjoy all the Schitt's Creek fanfics, but especially the one by my dear friend, @flowerfan2

We hope yesterday's fics gave you all the holiday and winter feels! Here are Day 2's fics to warm you up!

*❄️*

DAY TWO REVEALS

David's Christmas Carol

[David/Patrick, T, 9,018 words]

David is resigned to being bitter and alone. That all changes when he's visited by three ghosts…

*❄️*

Happy Nude Year!

[David/Patrick, E, 4,418 words]

"Remember a few weeks ago, you suggested we ring in the ‘Nude Year?’” Patrick smirked. “I was doing just that.”

Patrick and David have a tradition of spending New Year's Day in the nude, enjoying each other's bodies after a long month of holiday festivities and little sex.

*❄️*

Let Your Heart Be Light

[David/Patrick, T, 2,443 words]

The truth is, David really doesn’t want to be here. Not today. Not any day, probably, but especially not today. Every time he thinks about it, he gets more… sad.

Or – a trip to a Christmas market does not fill David with joy.

*❄️*

[podfic] Hat Trick

[David/Patrick, M, 1:27:50]

The ball was dropping, but David looked away, needing to keep some distance between himself and his past life in New York. His attention was pushed back to the screen when everyone started cheering, their cries broke his focus and David turned to the tv in time to see old friends of his hugging each other on the tv. He brought the champagne flute up to his lips and tipped it back, taking a sip. He shifted and he caught Patrick’s eyes over the top of the glass. Patrick winked at him and David shook his head with a chuckle.

Prequel to Odd Man Rush, aka the hockey bfs fic!

Hat Trick: When a player scores three points in a game.

 *❄️*

CREATORS: If your works were released today, please don’t forget to update your posting date!

[thesleepyskipper]

Seven Sentence Sunday

Holy shit, I can't believe it's been almost a month since I had something to share...

Thank you for all the tags though!!! I feel like I've been going through the motions in a haze since the summer ended.

And special thanks to @iboatedhere for the tag today after an epic day of finishing not one but two WIPs yesterday (but only one I can share right now, as the other is for @anywhere-with-you-event).

So here are some sentences from my upcoming @flufftober piece for the October 30th prompt "Forever?". Somehow both of my pieces ended up involving the sweet pup David 🐶

As they walked through the park to the off-leash area where David loved to run free and fetch sticks (and other people’s balls, dog toys, sticks they threw to their own dogs, etc), they would always use the time to touch base with each other. Sometimes it was about mundane things like bill payments or vet appointments or what groceries they needed that week. Other times their conversations veered towards more fun topics, like the latest work drama, vacation ideas, or party invites. 

Today, however, it was a combination of the two as they were discussing the necessity to visit Henry’s family in London for Christmas, including his crotchety old grandmother. She was by far the worst person in either of their families, maybe on Planet Earth, and they usually tried to avoid her at all costs, as a general life rule. She was racist and homophobic, which meant she completely disapproved of their relationship, so never seeing her was honestly fine with them, given that they lived on another continent with an entire ocean separating them. She was also the reason that Henry had moved to New York in the first place, so maybe Alex should be thanking her in some weird roundabout way? 

Tagging friends under the cut, with zero obligation, because life is fucking fickle!! But please do tag me back if you post!

@welcometololaland, @cricketnationrise, @myheartalivewrites, , @kiwiana-writes, @firenati0n

@rmd-writes, @celeritas2997, @noahreids, @alasse9, @14carrotghoul

@three-drink-amy, @anincompletelist, @anchoredarchangel, @cha-melodius, @sparklepocalypse,

@stereopticons, @smblmn, @leaves-of-laurelin, @lilythesilly, @emmalostinwonderland

@nontoxic-writes, @indestructibleheart, @maxbegone, @orchidscript, @piratefalls

@clockwrkpendrxgon, @run-for-chamo-miles, @tinyarmedtrex, @getmehighonmagic, @henryspearl

@judasofsuburbia, @heysweetheart-writes, @blueeyedgrlwrites @bitbybitwrites, @onthewaytosomewhere

@jmagnabo92, @wordsofhoneydew, @zwiazdziarka, @theprinceandagcd, @miss-minnelli

@hgejfmw-hgejhsf, @dragonflylady77, @agame-writes, @nocoastposts, @lightningboltreader

@inexplicablymine, @na-dineee, @notspecialbabe, @benwvatt, @cactusdragon517

@onetwistedmiracle, @ninzied, @porcelainmortal, @aforgottennymph, @caterpills

@kordeliafawkes, @stratocumulusperlucidus, @idealuk, @stellarmeadow, @eusuntgratie

@lizzie-bennetdarcy, @dreamtigress, @duchessdepolignaca03, @tailsbeth-writes,

@priincebutt, @stellarmeadow, @softboynick, @fullsunsets, @na-dineee

@firstprincefairytale, @rachelica9, @readstheroom, @anti-homophobia-cheese, @thighzp

@mikibwrites, @swearphil, @flowerfan2, @rarelyrad, @letloverule1111

@endlesstwanted, @glasshouses-and-stones, @swoonoveryou3, @thedramasummer, @jackzimmermemes

@miharaikko, @kj-bee, @dani-dabbles, @henryhenhazza, @firstprincehornyramblings

@sophie1973, @msmarvelouswinchester, @henrys-vodka-shot-glass, @shadegarden, @imintomakinghistory

@littlemisskittentoes, @suseagull04, @reagcdfox, @lesliesknopes, @magicmelinoe

[farm-witches-fic-recs]

Happy, happy Friday!

We're delighted to usher in your weekend with part two of the Friends of Farm Witches Faves!

The coven loves these lists and hope you do, too. Go read and leaves those comments and kudos!

=================== Always Then & Now (@my-nameless-bliss) “So much to love here - the pacing, the character, the growth, the love! These vulnerable discussions about marriage. Just perfect.” 

Beloved (@blackandwhiteandrose) “David as a funeral director is somehow perfect. An incredible and unique AU.”

Bloom (@smallumbrella369) “Specifically? Everything.”

Cloudy with a chance (agoodpersonrose) “Rival weathermen! Very snippy, and very sweet.”

Getting over getting older all the time (@distractivate) “I love the writing and characterization of our beloved characters over 10 years. The writer made me love someone who Patrick is not meant to be with. I can’t recommend this one enough.” 

Going down (@concannonfodder “One of the first long AUs I read in this fandom. It's beautifully written and sexy as hell. I love how the author writes Patrick teetering on the brink of discovery, the tenderness, the sexytimes, as well as the passion with which they place us right there in New York, among David's favourite foods and sights. Highly, highly recommend.”

Measure for measure (@schittyfic) “I love that this writer has managed to make dick measuring both so sweet and so hot. The perfect read.”

Molten glass hearts (januarium) “Glassblowing, Patrick, and David have never been this hot. Sounds like nonsense? It totally works and they're better off because of it!”

The necessity of risk (returntosaturn) “Original. Sexy. Romantic. Hands-down, the best tattoo fic out there.”

One Night in Milwaukee (@flowerfan2) “Everything! There's something for every mood- humor, angst, growth, communication, sexy times, food.  It's very visually descriptive, and such a fantastic rom-com twist at the beginning! There's also a couple of follow up fics in the series, because one was never enough! I've reread this so many times!”

One Star at a Time: A Survival Guide for the Reluctant Camper (@cinnaluminum) “Everything. Characterisation, pace, setting, story. It's thought-provoking, almost profound in parts. It's emotional and intense and quotable and perfect.”

Waiting on the day (high-seas-swan/@noahreids) “Slow-burn amazingness.”

You should let me save the day (@simplymarleycat) “While this fic has so many favorite tropes in it, it doesn't feel rushed or like they were jammed haphazardly into it. David and Patrick's budding relationship from complete strangers into much more over the course of one night just pulls you with the perfect balance of canon-adjacent content. If you need a comforting, sweet, and hot fic, look no further!!!” 

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Are there any fics with a plot similar to twilight or just vampire blaine and human kurt?

Here are a few which are Twilight au, and then others where Blaine is a vampire. ~Jen

Moondance by @quizasvivamos

Vampire!Kurt & Werewolf!Blaine: Kurt has been on the run for almost a century, eventually finding himself in Lima, Ohio. While hunting in unfamiliar woods one night, Kurt comes face to face with a beautiful young boy who saves him from an even worse fate. Kurt is drawn to the boy and must battle temptation to keep from making an unforgivable mistake. But what will happen when Kurt finds out the boy has secrets of his own?

*A Twilight Klaine AU *Based on: Twilight Klaine couple by Riverance on deviantART

Sequel: Morrowsong

~~~~~

Guarding the Shadows by @jayhawk-writes  

Too distracted by their love for each other to make their own choices, Kurt and Blaine are thrust into an adventure they know almost nothing about. Born in mid-1600 London, they must overcome many obstacles including their financial barriers and their desire to find true love. However, there’s a hidden piece of the puzzle they know nothing about: vampires.

~~~~~

Show Me Love, Show Me Life by CoffeeAddict80 | @caramelcoffeeaddict

When Blaine Anderson became a vampire over 800 years ago, he gave up on the idea of having close relationships – platonic or romantic – with anyone. As long as he could still have sex, feelings were unnecessary. But there was something different about the new transfer student, Kurt Hummel, that kept drawing him in. Kurt was unlike anyone Blaine had ever met. And Blaine was starting to think that he wasn’t the only one at Dalton with a supernatural secret. To most people, Kurt Hummel seems like your average high schooler; but there’s nothing average about him. Kurt is a warlock – a warlock that can’t use magic. When he was born, his magic went dormant, and no one knows why. But sometimes, he’s capable of things that no one – not even Kurt himself – can explain.

~~~~~

Bloodlined Love by Darkness4Light

Vampire!Prince!AU. Blaine is a Vampire Prince, Kurt is a human. Somehow nothing is as it seems when the Prince of the Draculesti meets his soul mate.

~~~~~

The Boy in the window By lostinfictionalworlds

AU. Kurt is a young city boy, living with his father and stuck in a mundane life, day in-day out life. He knows that he is different to people his age, and he knows that there is something else out there waiting for him, something different, something he may not or just may understand. A simple and sweet, lightly romantic coming of age story with a paranormal twist.

~~~~~

A Lost Boy Comes Out by @flowerfan2

This headline or a variation on the theme is all over social media, as they knew it would be, but the smile on Blaine’s face when he wakes Kurt up with a kiss the next morning confirms that Blaine has done the right thing by coming out. As a vampire.

~~~~~

Exsanguination: A Love Story by @inkystars (complete)

In the wintery mists of Provincetown, a grieving boy who wants to die and an undead boy who doesn’t know how to live help each other to find out the meaning of being alive. 

[perryavenue]

Another beautifully written and paced Harry Potter (Drarry) fanfic from @flowerfan2!

Casting in the Dark

Drarry, 8k, M.

Summary:

The first time Draco has an orgasm with Harry, he’s not sure Harry even notices. In retrospect, this might not have been ideal.

A story about eighth year sexy shenanigans, boys who are not particularly experienced at either sex or communication, and first times that don’t always go smoothly.

A note of interest: I was inspired to write this story when someone recently left a very lovely comment on a Klaine fic I wrote years ago (Dancing in the Dark). This Drarry fic starts out the same way, but due to the fact that these are rather different couples, it then took on a life of its own. This is evidence, however, of how leaving comments can sometimes result very directly in more fic!

Casting in the Dark (read on A03):

The first time Draco has an orgasm with Harry, he’s not sure Harry even notices.  In retrospect, this might not have been ideal.   

It’s eighth year, an extremely convenient concept that McGonagall came up with when she witnessed students losing their collective shit as the end of the summer after the war approached.  No amount of cooperatively fixing up the castle had prepared their cohort of traumatized survivors to move forward with adult lives just yet, so McGonagall and the castle, apparently, improvised.  Instead of having to fend for themselves, the group gets another year of food provided to them three times a day, schoolwork so they have something to think about other than fear, and rules that are familiar, if not always welcome.

There are some differences, of course.  The eighth years now live in a new house on the grounds that is a tad too rustic for Draco’s taste, a cross between a Swiss chalet and a hunting cabin.  Their bedrooms are haphazard with little rhyme or reason to them, and instead of being assigned they all just wandered in and set up wherever they landed.

Draco and Pansy are in a room on the second floor, overlooking a grassy hill that swoops dramatically down to the lake.  Blaise, Millie and a Ravenclaw girl are next to them, with two Hufflepuffs and Longbottom across the hall.  Thomas and Finnegan are downstairs, next to the kitchen, along with Weasley, Granger, and a few other students.  In a move that surprised no one, moments after they all filed in the house had shifted and popped a third floor, giving Harry a room all to himself.  

The common room has a high ceiling and heavy wooden beams, thick rugs in faded colors, and scattered chairs and sofas that look worn but are on the whole surprisingly comfortable.  And it’s here that it happens.  Afterwards, Draco wonders if he should mark it down somewhere, whether maybe there’s a special way to commemorate such a first.  If he should dig out his baby wizard book from a trunk at the Manor and make a new page:  Draco’s First Partnered Orgasm.  Mother would be so proud.

It's a Saturday in early December, almost the end of term.  After dinner someone puts music on, louder than normal, the kind that thrums through your body and rattles your bones.  Between that and the bottles of elf wine getting passed around, Draco’s feeling fine.

Millie and her Ravenclaw friend are dancing, hands above their heads and hair flying.  They are soon joined by Pansy and Granger, who have formed an odd friendship, and Blaise, who’ll dance with anyone.  Lovegood’s there too, turning the music up, and Longbottom arrives bringing more beverages, along with a group of seventh years that traipse in after him.  Finnegan is fucking around with the candles, charming them to shine in shades of pink neon and tangerine.  It's not the first house party of the term, but it’s shaping up to be the wildest.  Despite that, Draco’s content to hang back, watching the colors flash and reflect against the tall windows that line the sides of the room. 

Later Harry flops down on the sofa next to him, flush with alcohol.  His eyes gleam in the flickering candlelight as he turns to Draco and hands him a glass.  “Try it.  It’s pretty good,” Harry says, leaning close to yell in Draco’s ear.

Draco takes a sip and grimaces as the liquid burns going down.   It tastes like fruit flavored acid. “Is this Longbottom’s?” He leans close too.  Yelling is so gauche.

Harry’s hair brushes Draco’s cheek.  “Yup.  He claims it’s punch.”

“Sure.”  Draco braces himself and drinks the rest of the glass.  “Where’s yours?”

Harry shrugs.  “Finished it already.”  He holds Draco’s gaze, and Draco can feel his whole body tingling.  He thinks he knows where this is going.  He really, really hopes he knows where this is going.

By now most of the students have abandoned the dance floor for more dimly lit corners of the room, the charmed candles accommodating the mood by blowing themselves out.  The music is still loud, pulsing through Draco’s brain to the tune of the alcohol flowing through his veins.

Harry gives him a look that is probably meant to be sultry, but even as ridiculous as it is, it gets the point across.   “Wanna…?” Harry asks, a smile dancing around his lips.

Draco nods, and before he knows it Harry has cast a <i>notice-me-not,</i> and then they are kissing, hands in each others’ hair, messy and free.  After a while Draco shifts and stretches his legs out, optimistically pulling Harry down with him, but the soft isn’t big enough for them both to lie down and they wind up on the floor, half under the coffee table, laughing into each other’s faces.

“You’d think we’d never done this before,” Harry says, his grin stretching his cheeks, and Draco nearly chokes with glee because, to be clear, <i>they have never done this before.</i>  Not with each other.  Not even once.

“But you wanted to,” Draco says, regaining his composure, as much as it is possible to do while avoiding what he is hoping is a puddle of spilled wine and not something even more vile behind his head.

“Yeah, I did,” Harry says.  “For ages.  So did you.”

“I did.”  Draco takes in a deep breath, and then leans in, wondering if Harry will kiss him again.  He does.

Harry is an energetic kisser, and Draco tries to pay attention, tries to match what Harry is doing.  Harry is generous with his caresses, but keeps his hands firmly above Draco’s belt, and his hips canted away, so Draco does the same.  It’s more than fine with him, frankly, because he’s not all that interested in giving his fellow students a show, even if the room is dark and no one else is paying a damn bit of attention to what’s going on underneath the coffee table.

They kiss again and again.  It’s fantastic.  Harry drops kisses along Draco’s chin, and then down his throat, nosing his way into the open collar of his shirt.  It makes Draco shiver with delight.  Eager to make Harry feel just as good, Draco runs his hand over Harry’s chest, pausing to circle his nipples as he feels them harden through Harry’s thin t-shirt.  This apparently works as intended, so Draco does it again, and Harry moans wantonly in appreciation.  The sound shoots straight through Draco, and then he’s jerking his hips, pressing them to the floor and letting out his own embarrassing noises, ones he can only hope are muffled by the music.

Moments later, when feeling has returned to his legs, Draco shuffles to his feet.  He just came in his pants.  From kissing Harry Potter.  He can hardly believe it.  “Be right back,” he says, pointing towards the bathroom.  Harry, looking a little dazed, just nods.

When Draco returns from cleaning himself up, Hermione and Ron are bracketing Harry on the sofa, clinking glasses together.  Harry shoots Draco an apologetic look and turns back to his friends.  Draco goes to his room, pushes all of the night’s confusing feelings away, and, helped along by the relatively high level of alcohol in his bloodstream, falls asleep.

The next morning Draco panics.  He’s not really surprised that something happened between him and Harry – the UST, as Pansy calls it, has most definitely been building.  But he’s got no idea what’s going to happen next.  After Harry testified at Draco’s trial and McGonagall assigned them to work together mending furniture in the Great Hall, it became easier to get along.  They’ve even been on a mostly first name basis since Harry’s birthday, as a result of a gillyweed-inspired game of truth or dare.  More recently, the eighth year house has done its job, providing a cozy, safe space for the two of them to relax and breathe.  Draco knows that as strange as it seems, he and Harry are friends.

Still, it’s one thing for the wizarding world’s golden boy to demonstrate how good and forgiving he is by allowing a former Death Eater to hang with him.  It’s quite another to snog him.  

So when Harry knocks on Draco’s door that morning and asks if he wants to come play Quidditch, Draco is very pleasantly surprised.

When a week goes by and there has been zero additional kissing, however, Draco is not so happy.

He hasn’t told Pansy about what happened, or anyone else.  He doesn’t want to inadvertently screw it up before he knows what Harry wants.  He doesn’t even know if Harry has kissed a boy before, how Harry identifies, or if he’s out.  

Draco is, more or less.  After the war, and after it was clear he wasn’t going to Azkaban, he told Pansy and Blaise.  He’s not trying to keep it a secret, not any more.  He thinks his parents already knew, but kept it quiet so that it wasn’t one more thing putting them at risk, one more vulnerability for Voldemort to exploit.  

He doesn’t think Pansy saw Harry kissing him at the party, because if she had, she absolutely would have said something to him by now.  Regardless, she seems to know something is up, giving him quizzical looks and questioning him on his plans in the evenings.  He’s not quite ready to tell her, though.  Not yet.  Besides, he doesn’t need to confide in her to know what her advice would be.

Talk to him. Ha.

Read the rest on A03.

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Hi there! What's your opinion on titles for the fics - should they have titles that are short and sweet, like most SC episode titles? Or will this lead to fics for the same week/episode having the same titles? I know it probably doesn't matter too much but was wondering what your thoughts were. Thanks!

i think it’s really just whatever you want to do! i tried to give the episodes themselves the kinds of titles we get on the show, but i think for the individual works, you can definitely title them however you like best.