christmasspirit

Summer and Autumn 1998. Post-war, eighth year Hogwarts. Drarry; past Hinny. blink-and-you'll-miss-it background / past Romione.

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Draco are trying to put themselves back together again in the wake of the second wizarding war, some with greater success than others, but then it's always easier with help - if you'll accept it, that is.

Warning: some Ron bashing, but he's just not in a great place at the moment; TW genre typical violence, non-graphic description of a possible attempted SA.


Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3. Happy Birthday, hun! 🎂🎁 🥳🎉 (Here, finally, the long promised Drarry. I don't even know if you're still reading the pairing (soz, probably should have asked), but I swore I'd finally clean up my clipboard, so here we are. Better late than never. Hope you have a lovely day either way, and many happy returns.)

chapter 01 past is prologue

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Molly Weasley

Summer 1998. Harry, Hermione and Ron are struggling in the aftermath of the war. Not everyone is well equipped to come to terms with their situations.

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Originally Published: 2023-05-29 on LJ / DW
Words: 3.1 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger / Severus Snape,
Background: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom / Ginny Weasley

Staff: Professor Minerva McGonagall, Professor Peek, Pomona Sprout, Rubeus Hagrid
Slytherins: Theo Nott, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, Millicent 'Millie' Bulstrode, Flora Carrow
Gryffindors: Seamus Finnigan, Parvati "'Vati" Patil
Ravenclaws: Padma Patil

Mentioned briefly: Slytherins: Sheldon Shafiq, Gryffindors: Ron Weasley, Ritchie Coote, Ravenclaw: Edgar Martins


04 January, 1999. Lavender gets her books back, and one of Hermione's first discoveries as a member of staff is just how much teachers like to kvetch. Meanwhile, the new DADA Professor gets a bee in his bonnet.

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Originally Published: 2023-01-20 on LJ / DW
Words: 5.6 k
Rating: Mature( Read more... )

present Lavender Brown / Ron Weasley, future Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini, Sarah Sapworthy (Professor of Xylomancy)

Mentioned briefly: Staff: Sybill Trelawney (Professor of Divination), Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Poppy Pomfrey (Mediwitch extraordinaire), Slytherins: Pansy Parkinson (8S, Prefect), Draco Malfoy (8S, Prefect), Gryffindors: Parvati Patil (8G), Ron Weasley (8G, Prefect) Other: the Bloody Baron (the Slytherin House ghost)


26 October, 1998. Subbing for Sybill, Sarah Sapworthy makes all the usual vague predictions; they worm their way into fertile imaginations.

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Originally Published: 2021-10-26 on LJ / DW / AO3
Words: 1.3 k
Rating: Teen
Author's Notes: This story was written as part of the rarepair_shorts 2021 Monster Mash (LJ / AO3), and my prompts were: Divination ritual/s and Jack-o-lantern. Canon-compliant, eighth year, post-BoH. (As her death is never officially confirmed, Lavender survived, obvs. Canonically! 😉) Ron is sadly not in a great place post-war, so this isn't a Ron-friendly story.

This is a standalone drabble prequel to "a couple of castle encounters" (LJ / DW / AO3 - complete) and "interconnected" (LJ / DW - WIP) from the christmas spirit AU. (The AU is not canon-compliant in that Snape lives.) The stories are not meant to be read chronologically or to require reading the others, but if it makes you curious about the characters or the other stories, you can find them in the "christmas spirit index" (LJ / DW / AO3). All the stories have not been uploaded to AO3 at this time.

A hearty thanks to the rarepairs_mod for running the fest! ❤️ It's not too late for you to get in on the fun... (signup here)( Read more... )

Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini

Ravenclaws: Edgar Martins, Carol Carmichael

Mentioned briefly: Staff: Professor McGonagall, Gryffindors: Seamus Finnigan, Ron Weasley, Fay Dunbar, Jack Sloper, Ravenclaw: Padma Patil


03 January, 1999. Lavender has some good news to share with Blaise, he thinks it's worth celebrating.

Written with oodles of love for mywitch and erexen.

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Originally Published: 2021-10-04 on LJ / DW
Words: 8.35 k
Rating: Mature( Read more... )

Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger / Severus Snape, Background: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Theo Nott / Hestia Carrow, Ron Weasley / Demelza Robins

Staff: Professor McGonagall, Slytherins: Theo Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Hestia Carrow, Flora Carrow, Valerie Vaisey, Sheldon Shafiq, Gryffindors: Parvati Patil, Fay Dunbar, Seamus Finnigan, Ron Weasley, Ravenclaw: Padma Patil

Mentioned briefly: Staff: Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Pomona Sprout, Slytherins: Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, Ella Wilkins, Roísín Rosier, Ava Avery, Gryffindors: Harry Potter, Dean Thomas, Ritchie Coote, Jack Sloper, Others: Fenrir Greyback, Madam Malkin


03 January, 1999. Now that the students are returning from the holidays, what will that mean for a couple of fledgling relationships? And if those relationships hold up under public scrutiny, how will they affect the individuals concerned?

Written with oodles of love for mywitch and erexen.

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Originally Published: 2021-09-26 on LJ / DW
Words: 10.2 k
Rating: Mature( Read more... )

Christmas 1998. After a perfectly lovely snog, Hermione invites herself round to Severus'. Now he just needs to figure out what to do with her. She's happy to supply him with suggestions.

Just a bit of fluff.

Another of my 'Drabble' fails 😉, written with oodles of love for erexen. ❤️ Happy Birthday, hun! 🎂🥳🎉🎁 Hope it's a good one. ❤️😘

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Originally Published: 2021-04-27 on LJ / DW
Chapter: 1 / 2
Words: 4.7 k, story complete
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Characters: Severus Snape (Potions Master, Head of Slytherin, Deputy Headmaster), Hermione Granger (Transfiguration Apprentice), Sunny (Severus' loyal little House Elf), Mentioned: Ron Weasley (8G, Least Said...), Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Arthur Weasley (Acting Leader of the Order of the Phoenix), Kingsley Shacklebolt (Minister of Magic), Harry Potter (8G)

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THIS STORY HAS TWO CHAPTERS. READ THIS PART FIRST.( Read more... )

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

01 January, 1999. Lavender and Blaise start the new year off with a bang. Or two. What better way is there?

Written with oodles of love for mywitch. ❤️

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Originally Published: 2021-04-22 on LJ / DW
Chapter: 4b
Words: 7.5 K
Rating: Mature

Characters: Lavender Brown (8G), Blaise Zabini (8S), the Bloody Baron (Slytherin's House Ghost), Mentioned: Professor Severus Snape (Potions Master, Head of Slytherin, and Deputy Headmaster), Professor Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Hermione Granger (Transfiguration Apprentice, Lavender's erstwhile roommate), Harry Potter (8G, the boy who lived to make Draco smile), Draco Malfoy (8S, nearly unrecognisable given all the smiling he's doing), Theo Nott (8S, dating Hestia Carrow), Hestia Carrow (7S, Chaser, victim of a werewolf assault), Edgar Martins (7R, Prefect), the DMLE (Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Ministerial Home of the Aurors), Rita Skeeter (Reporter for the Daily Prophet)

The original version of this chapter exceeded livejournal's maximum post length. It's been split in two parts.

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THIS CHAPTER IS A TWO-PARTER.
**SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE OTHER PART FIRST** (4a LJ / DW)( Read more... )

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

30 December, 1998. Just a typical evening in the castle for Blaise, while Lavender comes to terms with her new circumstances.

Or: how some things ended.

Another of my 'Drabble' fails 😉, written with oodles of love for mywitch.

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Originally Published: 2021-02-22 on LJ / DW
Words: 3.5 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Characters: Lavender Brown (8G), Blaise Zabini (8S), the Bloody Baron (Slytherin's House Ghost), Mentioned: Professor McGonagall (Headmistress), Draco Malfoy (8S), Harry Potter (8G), Hermione Granger (Transfiguration Apprentice), Professor Snape (Head of Slytherin and Deputy Headmaster) ( Read more... )

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

1st September, 1998. Bowing to Ministry pressure (the tossers), Lavender returns to school for her eighth year.

Another of my 'Drabble' fails 😉, written with tonnes of love for mywitch.

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Originally Published: 2019-06-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 3.9k, one shot, complete
Rating: Mature

Characters: Lavender, Ron, house elves, Mentioned: Harry, Hermione, Parvati( Read more... )