All the RomCom of Qi Xi

Title: The Story of Them
Author: wook77
Rating: Hard R
Pairing(s): Seamus/Lavender, others
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The story of Seamus and Lavender is the story of them - the whole of the DA as they take on the Death Eaters.
Warnings: none
Word Count: ~8200 words
Author's Notes: Originally written for idea_of_sarcasm at hp_springsmut, I based the story off her prompt of "Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real". Many thanks to my betas, neversleeps, why_me_why_not and elanorofcastile. Also – many many thanks to the mod, midnitemaraud_r for not killing me when I took shameless advantage of her patience.

( The Story of Them )

Title: Reverence
Author: wook77
Characters: Seamus Finnigan/Lavender Brown
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: Het
Word Count: ~1950
Summary: Sometimes, it isn't just about the sex. Sometimes, it's about love, too.
Author's notes: Many thanks to my betas - miz_thang88 and nefernat - all remaining mistakes are my own. Written for the erotic_elves random pairings fest/challenge where I lucked out and got one of my favourite het pairings! Also written for daily_deviant's prompt of "corsets".

( Reverence )

Title: More to Life
Author: wook77
Characters: Charlie Weasley/Lavender Brown
Rating: R
Warnings: het
Themes/kinks chosen: Everything Old is New Again - Phobia (Nudity)
Word Count: ~7940
Summary: Escaping to find oneself might just be the best thing ever for Lavender Brown. Running away to the Romanian Dragon Preserve to be a dragon tamer puts her directly in the path of Charlie Weasley and the realisation that there is more to life than she'd ever though possible.
Author's notes: Many thanks to my betas, janicechess and nefernat, without whom, this fic wouldn't be nearly as good. All remaining mistakes are my own. Originally written for daily_deviant and posted here.

( More to Life )

I know I don't have many het fans on the flist BUT... I have GOT to rec a fic from smutty_claus.

I am, of course, still in love with my gift!fic.

However, this fic - What Makes All The Difference (Seamus/Padma, rated: r and is a long one) is absolutely brilliant. This is the 7th Year story I've been waiting to read. It's got an amazing characterization of Seamus (with Finnigan spelled properly, too! It's the small things that sometimes make or break a fic), a brilliant empathetic, scared and human Padma and a wibbly about leadership Neville. I adore the way that the story moves along, the little situations that crop up, the little rebellions and how not everyone is able to rebel. It shows the good parts of almost all the houses (let's face it, it's a rare day where a Slytherin is shown in a good light, unfortunately).

I love this story because Padma isn't just some brain like I've read far too many Ravenclaw characters portrayed as. Instead, she's a girl, a sometimes silly girl that giggles and cares about her looks or whatever. She's just spot-on, a beautiful mix of brains and beauty.

Seamus is just brilliant as well. He's rebellious and loyal and courageous. I am so in love with the way that he stands up to the Carrows, grinning and bearing the problems.

Neville steps up, as well, but not without wondering if he can do it. The Neville in this story was very similar to the Neville in the one that I received in that he had fears but he faced them and did an amazing job at it.

The flirtations and the pacing of the story is just about perfect as well. Seriously and utterly brilliant as a story. Go read it, even if you don't like het. Just skip the naughty bits (of which, there isn't all that many). This is mainly a gen story with the romance as a sideline.

I utterly and completely adore this story.

And now that I've rec'd this - bed.

When I was in DC, I stayed a couple days with kaalee. To entertain ourselves, we prompted one another and wrote for 5-10-15 minutes. There were 8 prompts total in a very nice range of pairings. You can find kaalee's part 1 and part 2.

Mine are below the cuts. They are unbeta'd.

( Dean/Luna - Prompt: Checkers )

( Dean/Luna, Prompt: Finding a Strange Photograph )

( Oliver/Marcus Prompt: Skipping Stones )

( Neville/? Prompt: Plant!kink )

( Seamus/? Prompt: Three Broomsticks First Visit )

( Seamus/Neville: First taste of alcohol )

( Seamus/Dean, Prompt: Rainstorm Snogging )

( James/Sirius, Prompt: phrase: Come on, Ireland! )