All the RomCom of Qi Xi

Title: Auld Acquaintance
Author: wook77
Fandom: X-Men (movieverse and bastardized comicsverse)
Pairing: Wolverine/Gambit (Logan/Remy)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~9200
Warnings: Spoilers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Summary: Finding an old friend again doesn't change anything at all.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no matter how much I beg.
A/N: written for the request of "general how Gambit joined the X-Men" by zanzou_chan at slashfest. Bastardized comicsverse mixed in with movieverse including spoilers from the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer/movie. Though I speak French, I'm definitely not a native speaker let alone a Creole French speaker thus possible misusage of French. Many many thanks to my beta the_rainbow_jen. Obviously all mistakes are my own.

( Auld Acquaintance )

Before I head in to work (sans shower due to this fic), you all simply must go read the story I received at smutty_claus on journalfen. War Wounds which is Neville/Lavender. OMG, I'm aflail. I requested the pairing on a lark. To be honest, I needed a third pairing in my request and, after scrambling, I thought, huh, well, Neville/Lavender then. This story is post-DH and is simply made of win. The way that the mystery author has characterised Neville and Lavender, the way they deal with their insecurities and the scars (SCAR LICKING, did I mention it had scar licking?) and Neville's sudden-ish popularity, everything about this story is made of win.

They're not perfect in the story, they're real. Neville isn't hung like a horse and Lavender isn't so amazing that she might as well be a Veela. The sex is fumbly first time and it's brilliant, absolutely brilliant because it's hot just the way it is.

There was even a quick cameo mention of Seamus!

This author totally hit all of my favorite kinks (and, dude, I was only expecting like one of them let alone almost all of them). Heck, she/he even hit my secret kink of handholding! This is just absolutely brilliant beyond words and takes me straight into flail mode.

Please go read and tell the mystery author how much you love it!

Dude, I've been getting so lucky on festfics! I'm not sure what I did to deserve all the shiny but whatever it is, I really want to know so I can keep it up. This is, at least, two in a row! Last time was Observances by acromantular and now this one! I cannot wait to find out who this is so I can shamelessly fangirl them.

Title: Anointing Life's Eyes
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Neville, Seamus, Dean
Era/Time-Frame: post-Hogwarts, for the most part.
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: ~13,900
Summary: Seamus is determined to live the rest of his life as a Muggle farmer and forget the past, but Neville is determined to make him to remember.
Warnings: past character death (plausible though not mentioned within Deathly Hallows). Spoilers for DH. Epilogue Compliant.
Author's Notes: Written for ceria_taliesen at Round 4 of hpslashnotsmut. Many thanks to my betas, yodels, why_me_why_not and janicechess. All remaining mistakes are my own.

Part 1

( Anointing Life's Eyes )

Title: Clubs, Pubs and Alleys
Author: wook77
Pairing: Dean Thomas/Seamus Finnigan with implied Dean/Seamus/Ron/Harry/Michael/Neville (ish)
Warnings: mostly pwp
Rating: Hard R to NC-17
Wordcount: ~4000
Summary: They've taken to pubcrawling to pass the time. Only problem is that they're straight. Seamus wants Dean anyway.
Author's Note: Loosely inspired by the Sandbach Rugby Team on iTV2's show Generation XCess. The link goes to a short clip but there's actually a 14-15 minute video that is just awesome. Beta'd by yodels but all remaining mistakes are my own. Finally, this one is dedicated to nefernat just for being so awesome (you know why :D).

( Clubs, Pubs and Alleys )

Title: In the Dark of the Night
Author: wook77
Characters: Remus/Tonks + a mystery pairing, click the second cut if you absolutely have to know in advance
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: het, mystery pairing, present tense
Kinks chosen: Trichophilia, mystery pairing, bondage
Word Count: ~3100
Summary: Tonks wants Remus. Remus resists but Tonks always gets what she wants. At least, that's what she thinks.
Author's notes: Beta'd by why_me_why_not, sassy_cissa and nomeci. Any remaining mistakes are my own. Thanks to the mods at daily_deviant for the invitation!

Finally - Although I urge you to read this without the spoilers, if you must know what the mystery pairing is before you read, please click the second cut.

( She's spent far too much time staring… )

( spoiler for mystery pairing )