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[elliemarchetti]

Lost See Lost

A Dramione drabble for @liquidluckdrabblechallenge's prompt #60

Plot: Hermione breaks up with Ron after yet another accident caused by his career as an Auror and shares a cigarette with an old acquaintance.

Words: 435

Hermione knew what the look in his eyes meant. He was begging her to contradict him, to run into his arms and kiss him as she had done when they realized they had survived the war. But Hermione couldn’t, because she wasn’t the same person anymore. Years had passed, she had a career, and so did he, careers that hardly hallowed them to see each other and drained their time and patience.

Ron too must’ve seen in her eyes what was going through her head. He must’ve understood that in front of him there was no longer the reckless little girl who had abandoned everything to be by his and Harry’s side, but a woman who in the rough, fast and unfair days at the Ministry had no one else to rely on but herself. He must’ve known they were held together by a paper clasp, drenched in moments from a past that wasn’t going to come back.

 “When I’m not around, do you even miss me?” he asked, but he already knew the answer, and wasn’t surprised when she left the keys to his Diagon Alley’s apartment on the plastic table and mouthed him a soundless goodbye.

She walked through the white corridors quickly, allowing herself to really breathe only when she came out at the back, into a dirty side road that reminded her much more of Muggle London than the magical one. From the right pocket of her large coat she took out a pack of cigarettes and once she had lit one, she leaned with her back against the hospital wall as if seeking for support.

“I’m sure I don’t have to tell you it’s bad for your health,” said a voice she hadn’t heard in years, the tone different but the timbre still the same. Draco Malfoy hadn’t changed much: same pointy features, same eyes too light to not tighten her stomach when he looked at her with the same intensity with which he was doing it now, and same porcelain skin; the ghost of dark circles made him seem older, and perhaps his cheeks were a bit hollower than before, but he still wore his platinum blonde hair slicked back, and his tapered hands still gripped his wand in the same way.

He lit a cigarette too.

“What a Muggle vice,” she commented, returning her attention to the bricks of the opposite building.

“One day we’ll regret it, but for now we do what we can,” he replied, and Hermione wondered if he was still referring to smoking and she had just imagined the implications hanging in the air.

[liquidluckdrabblechallenge]

✨ Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge | Prompt 61 ✨

Hi!

Open to all ratings and all Harry Potter pairings. This includes Rare Pairs, Next Gen, Cross Gen and characters from connected canon such as The Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts. Works with no pairings are welcome too!

Our new prompt is : Flash

For this prompt the optional set word count is : 186 - 231 Words For this prompt the optional set deadline is : 11 April 2024

As always, there is no minimum word count for a drabble and no strict maximum word count. All forms of art are welcome!

If you want to, you can also write a drabble or create art for one of our previous prompts. Part 1 | Part 2

Here is the Challenge Collection on AO3 to which you can add your work.

For more info & guidelines, see this post.

Have fun! ��

PS. If you’d like to submit a prompt for this challenge, you can do so either by sending a message or ask. More info about this here.

[goddess47]

For @liquidluckdrabblechallenge - the July "Never Have I Ever" challenge -- a pairing I've never written, and the prompt Time Turner.

[mundrakan]

Liquid Luck Drabble Challenge

With the deadline for the current prompt looming it wasn't easy to come up with something interesting. Have some Molly and Charlie bonding :)

@liquidluckdrabblechallenge

[hp-poetry-fest]

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[perceptual-prompts]

Looking for August Challenges?

Here are some other 2023 events and/or challenges you can combine with Perceptual Prompts this summer:

>> @augustwritingchallenge: AU-gust 2023 Prompts >> @liquidluckdrabblechallenge: Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge >> @weasley-jumpers: 31 Days of Weasley prompts >> @hp-flowers: HP Flowers 2023 Spring Round Prompt Cards >> @wood-you-rather-challenge: WYR 2023 Prompt Cards >> @hprarepairshorts: 2023 Summer Wishlist Event >> @hp-coffeehouse: hp-coffeehouse Monthly Prompts (August prompt to be posted on the 1st) >> @yearoftheotpevent: 2023 monthly prompts >> @cruelsummer-ficfest: Check out the song prompts for Microfic Mayhem Reminder: If you plan to use any challenge prompts for another fest/event creation, please be sure to abide to fest/event rules or reach out to a mod to see if that’s okay first. And if you know of other challenges that should be added to the list, send an ask. :)

Happy creating!

[lemongrass77777-moved]

Liquid Luck Roll The Dice Challenge 2023(prompts: Countryside/Love Confession/Lemon)

Moodboard for @liquidluckdrabblechallenge of Drastoria

[vivantesopales]

I don’t say “trust me” as I push off and hug the wind, my blades singing from the taste of dark-glass ice. He doesn’t say “I’m here”, never has to. After that messy toe loop I pull off, he catches me safe, our orbits meeting, etching distracted circles towards the far shore. It’s sunset hours at the lake, and when he smiles there’s gold leaf in his lashes. He kisses me now, holds me here at this gilded edge of the universe – my home is never a place, I realise then, and he kisses me slowly like he’s always known.

03.11.22 – @liquidluckdrabblechallenge: frozen, gold, pride

[digthewriter]

Wanderlust in love - Pansmione

prompt 30 for @liquidluckdrabblechallenge | wanderlust w/ shades of purple.

[orange-peony]

Written for the Liquid Luck Never Have I Ever Challenge at @liquidluckdrabblechallenge .

I'm a moron, and I posted this two weeks earlier than I was supposed to. 😓

New pairing: Blaise/Ron

New AU: Dirty Dancing AU

Prompt: "Close your eyes"

Rating: M

WC: 500 words

Ron groans and stuffs his Auror robes into his bag. He starts walking towards Tesco's to fetch some dinner, but a sudden noise startles him. He turns around, wand raised, only to find an old friend staring back at him.

"Ron! How's it going, mate?" Seamus says with a grin, three massive watermelons precariously perched in his arms.

"I'm good," Ron replies, catching one of the watermelons before it smashes onto the pavement. "Where are you going with these?"

"Party," Seamus replies with a wink. "Wanna come? I bet you need to unwind after a long day fighting criminals."

Ron is too tired for parties, but he still finds himself following Seamus into a dodgy building in a Muggle neighborhood, up a flight of stairs leading to an old wooden door.

When Seamus kicks the door open, loud music bursts out, but it's not the disco music Ron was expecting. It's slow and syrupy, sensual in a way that makes him blush as his eyes adjust to the dim light and he spots a few dancing couples. Their bodies slide against one another in a way Ron can only describe as lascivious, hips rocking and hands sliding wantonly as Ron stares with his mouth agape.

"Come on," Seamus says, and Ron follows him inside, doing his best to avoid the dancing couples.

"Are those two humping each other in public? Wait, is that bloke wearing any trousers?" he asks, wondering if he's supposed to arrest them for indecent exposure.

"There's Blaise," Seamus replies, ignoring Ron's blushing cheeks and confused gasp. Ron nearly drops the watermelon when he sees him, tall and slender, his dark skin glistening with sweat as he moves like a panther, his body perfectly in sync with the music.

Ron's jaw is on the floor by the time Zabini spots them and abandons his partner to join them. And that's when Ron realises that Zabini is actually taller than him, something that hardly ever happens to him these days and that makes the Slytherin look even hotter in Ron's eyes.

"What is he doing here?" Zabini asks with a raised eyebrow, and Seamus shrugs.

"I carried a watermelon," Ron replies dumbly, wanting to curse himself for his stupidity as soon as the words leave his mouth.

"Do you want to dance?" Zabini asks, his deep voice like velvet, and Ron finds himself nodding despite himself.

"Don't know how to," he replies sheepishly, and Zabini's sly smile goes straight to his cock.

"I shall teach you, then," he simply says, fingers interlacing with Ron's as he leads him to a corner of the room.

Zabini's big hands press against Ron's waist, guiding his movements until they're rocking against each other, hips touching and shoulders swaying. Ron is painfully hard and ridiculously embarrassed, until he realises that Zabini is equally aroused, his lips stretched into a knowing smile as he rubs his erection against Ron's.

"Like that," he whispers in Ron's ear. "Close your eyes, Ron. Let yourself go."

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2022.04.30

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. The Old Ways by quietbea [T, 12k]

►In which Narcissa is a slightly better mother and Draco becomes Lord Black the summer after fifth year.

2. Once and Never Again by Avonne [E, 40k]

►One morning after with his sworn enemy should be enough to warn Draco that he's going down a dangerous path. But does he learn? Of course not. Month after month, he finds himself returning to Potter's embrace. What is wrong with him?

---

Fest/Exchange

1. Better Than Regretting by @flightinflame [T, 1k]

►There are worse ways to end up than married to your best friend. There are better ones too. Pansy has said she's got a plan for today's ceremony, before they're forced to marry each other. Still, Draco can't help feeling nervous. ★ Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge | @liquidluckdrabblechallenge

2. A day in your life by @orange-peony [E, 48k]

►Harry sees it straight away, the white trail of the comet so bright despite the lights of all the buildings surrounding him. He feels a lump in his throat as he stops and stares at the moonless sky. Is he supposed to make a wish or a prayer? He checks that no one is looking his way and then he takes his wand and points it at the bright comet in the sky. He wishes to feel whole again. To feel happy and not so bloody lonely all the time. He wishes for a new life. ★ Drarry Spin the Wheel Fest | @drarry-spin-the-wheel-fest

[elliemarchetti]

Pumpkin Pastries

A late Fremione drabble for @liquidluckdrabblechallenge's prompt #55

Plot: Hermione is sad after her break-up with Krum, Fred delivers her favourite sweets to cheer her up.

Words: 530

Since Hermione had arrived at Grimmauld Place, Fred had yet to see her smile. Ron had told him not to worry about it, that it must’ve been girls' problems, but Ginny had mentioned a break-up between her and Viktor, and although it was Hermione herself who had made the decision, it was clear that she suffered from it.

“She called it a practical choice,” was all his sister let out after a long interrogation, whatever that meant.

So, Fred had made it his mission to make Hermione laugh, and with George’s help he had managed to get a loud snort, an eye roll and a smirk tinged with sadness.

“Maybe she just needs to be consoled,” his twin had suggested, after their last failed attempt to cheer her up, and he was probably right, but there was no way to do it without touching on the subject he wasn’t supposed to know about.

The perfect opportunity to dive deeper in what she needed came after one of their countless tense dinners, during which his mother and Sirius kept bickering about what was best for Harry, for the Order and for everyone else inside those damned dark walls. The owner of the house had stormed out before he could finish what was on his plate, probably to bring some dead mice to Buckbeak, while the Weasleys sealed themselves in their shared bedroom, prompting the other diners to scatter around the house. The only one who hadn’t left was Hermione, who was still glued to her seat looking at an undefined spot on the floor.

“You don’t seem to like it here very much,” Fred ventured, hoping to get her attention.

Predictably, Hermione flinched at the sound of his voice, but she recovered quickly and put back on the demure mask she sported for weeks now.

“There’s just a lot more people than I’m used to,” she replied, getting up to help him clear the table.

“We could go out for a while,” Fred ventured. “There’s a park nearby.”

“Your mother will never give us permission,” she murmured, before heading towards the kitchen.

“Is there anything else I can do for you?” he asked, wondering if falling in love was worth it, if suffering was all it came from it.

“Unless you know the secret recipe of Madam Puddifoot’s pumpkin pastries, I’m afraid not,” she tried to joke, but the words came out more depressing than she intended.

A small golden tray, dressed in the typical pink wrapping of the Hogsmeade tea shop and secured with an enormous light blue bow, appeared on her bedside table the following evening, accompanied by a note, written in Fred's unmistakable awkward handwriting.

Whatever you want, just ask.

Hermione didn't know if it was the scent of her favourite sweets that tickled her nostrils, or the idea of ​​Fred breaking all the rules Mrs. Weasley had laid down since they arrived at Grimmauld Place just because she had a specific craving, but for the first time since she had ended things with Viktor, a sincere smile opened on her face, and the light of a new beginning seemed to reach her even in that gloomy house.

[liquidluckdrabblechallenge]

✨ Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge | Prompt 60 ✨

Hi!

Open to all ratings and all Harry Potter pairings. This includes Rare Pairs, Next Gen, Cross Gen and characters from connected canon such as The Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts. Works with no pairings are welcome too!

For our new prompt we have song lyrics : “When I'm not around, do you even miss me?”

For lyric prompts you are free to use either just the provided part of the lyrics, or you can choose to use the song the lyrics came from as the prompt.

For this prompt the optional set word count is : 392 - 447 Words For this prompt the optional set deadline is : 30 March 2024

As always, there is no minimum word count for a drabble and no strict maximum word count. All forms of art are welcome!

If you want to, you can also write a drabble or create art for one of our previous prompts. Part 1 | Part 2

Here is the Challenge Collection on AO3 to which you can add your work.

For more info & guidelines, see this post.

Have fun! 💖

🎵  Listen to Bleachers - Self Respect on Spotify | Youtube 🎵

PS. If you’d like to submit a prompt for this challenge, you can do so either by sending a message or ask. More info about this here.

[goddess47]

For @liquidluckdrabblechallenge prompt #66 - Vincent van Gogh's "At Eternity's Gate"

[mundrakan]

Never enough

Some more Fenrir content? Well... here is a little drabble thingie I did for @liquidluckdrabblechallenge - well within the word constraint and to the prompt "Flash".

[hp-poetry-fest]

Roundup and beyond

Thank you to everyone who submitted their amazing works to poetry fest in April! The roundup of the April works is here.

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