Rare Pair Shorts

Author:
Recipient: evening12
Title: Hope Comes At Midnight
Pairing: Ginny Weasley/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,166
Summary: New Year’s Eve is a time for parties and celebrations. This year, things are a little different for Ginny and Pansy.
Author's Notes: Thank you, Martine, for so many super fun prompts to work with! I tried to include as many of them as I could. I hope you enjoy! And to the Mods, thank you for your hard work and for being so incredibly patient with me! I’m so glad to participate in this fest once again. And to everyone out there, happy new year!

( Hope Comes At Midnight )

Author:
Recipient: dudugodudugo
Title: Their Lucky Day
Pairing: Harry/Lucius
Rating: Explicit
Word Count/Art Medium: 1300
Summary: Muggle AU. Harry is tech support and Lucius is his grumpy customer.
Author's Notes: Thank you for reading!

( Their Lucky Day )

Author:
Recipient: themightyflynn
Title:Of Brooms and Practice
Pairing: Oliver/Marcus
Rating: NC-17
Word Count/Art Medium:2495 words
Summary: Oliver Wood is less than impressed by Marcus Flint. Still, that doesn’t stop them from meeting in a broom shed. Oliver Wood/Marus Flint, smut.
Author's Notes: This fic is written for themightyflynn for the 2018 rarepair winter swap. I read a couple of your fics before writing, and hopefully I catered to some of your tastes. Thank you to my beta williamsnickers, who was very adamant that I use the word “cock” and who allowed me to keep my salacious sausage sentences. I am grateful for the laughs and also, very sorry.


( Of Brooms and Practice )

Author:
Recipient: sirmioneforever
Title: A Very, Merry Christmas
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Sirius Black/Charlie Weasley
Rating: R
Word Count: 1223 words
Summary: Sirius decides he knows just what to give Hermione for her Christmas gift.
Author's Notes: Thank you both to DN and GR for looking this over for me.


( A Very, Merry Christmas )

Here is a list of gifts posted this week:

A Gift For digthewriter , First Date, Neville/Charlie
A Gift For ideare , Tell me we'll survive, Peter/Narcissa
A Gift For prince_mardoll, the propsal (that almost wasn't), Ginny/Pansy
A Gift For kiertorata , Tick Tock, Granger, Hermione/Pansy
A Gift For rarepair_shorts , I'll sit here in silence (with you), Draco/Luna
A Gift For letsdothepanic, In the VIP International Floo Travel Lounge, Ron/Viktor

Next week will see the last of the gifts posted so key your eyes out for more little gems!

Author:
Recipient: rarepair_shorts 
Title: I’ll sit here in the silence (with you)
Pairing: Draco/Luna
Rating: PG-13
Word Count/Art Medium: 2066
Summary: “I’m not afraid when I’m here with you.”
Warnings and contents: angst, mentions of torture, mentions of child abuse, depression, nightmares.
Author's Notes: Happy holidays ! I was inspired by the song you mentioned in your wishes and created this little piece of Draco and Luna sharing a moment during the war. I hope you like it! Thanks to K for the beta and thanks to mods for organizing this <3

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Author:
Recipient: prince_mardoll
Title: the proposal (that almost wasn’t)
Pairing: Ginny Weasley/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: G
Word Count: 960 words
Summary: Everything is planned, she just needs Pansy to cooperate. After all, Ginny can’t propose without Pansy there.
Author's Notes: All the thanks to icarusinflight for the last minute beta job! You were a delight to work with :D To Prince Mardoll, I took inspiration from your prompts of snow and weddings (though in this case a proposal), cliches and broom rides. I hope you enjoy this little story.


( the proposal (that almost wasn’t) )

Author:
Recipient: digthewriter
Title: First Date
Pairing: Neville/Charlie
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1422
Summary: Ron sets up Neville and Charlie on a blind date.
Author's Notes: Merry Christmas, digthewriter. This is a new pairing for me, and I hope I did it justice.

( First Date )

Author:
Recipient: maraudersaffair
Title: We Said Last Time Would Be The Last
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Lily Luna Potter
Rating: NC-17/E
Word Count/Art Medium: 1,5k
Summary: Lily knew where the conversation was headed, so she decided not to have it at all.
Author's Notes: Thank you, B, for the beta work! Any remaining mistakes are my own.
Warnings for: Significant age gap (Lily Luna should be around 25, making Draco 53 or so), hinted former student/teacher relationship and explicit sexual content.
Dear Maraudersaffair, I had a lot of fun with your wish list! Hope you’ll like the story. Happy holidays! :)

( We Said Last Time Would Be The Last )

Author: 
Recipient: glittering_git
Title: The Thin Line Between Wanting and Having
Pairing: James Potter/Teddy Lupin
Rating: R
Word Count: ~ 2400
Summary: Teddy didn't know James was gay until he sees him at gay club with Blake Zabini.
Author's Notes: Original Character: Blake Zabini. Background: Ginny/Blaise, Harry/Draco, Past: Harry/Ginny. Past: Scorpius/Rose Weasley. Story's set in the year 2024. I've used some liberties with their ages and age differences. Not much, but it might not be truly canon. Thanks to "RuArcher" for the beta.

( The Thin Line Between Wanting and Having )

Hi friends! mod!dig here, stopping by on behalf of your HOLIDAY FIC EXCHANGE MOD, sirmioneforever

I've closed the "sign up" for the exchange fest. Sirmione will do the matching and email you guys individually about your assignment. Please remember this is an anonymous exchange fest so do not reveal yourself publicly on any posts until the fest is over.

HERE ARE ALL THE RULES--> DW / LJ if you have any questions. Email us at rarepairs.shorts.mod@gmail.com if you need extra information.

Hello everyone!

It's that time of year again and we're hope that you are excited for another round of the Harry Potter rarepair_shorts Winter Exchange fest!

We are posting the signup sheet before the main signup post again as it's a little different from last year. We have added a ‘preferred medium' on the signup sheet as we have decided to include art as well as fics this year. As with previous years, we will try our hardest to make sure we pair you with someone who can do your preferred method, but it may not be possible for everyone to get their first choice as it depends on who signs up.

As you know the Winter Exchange is an anonymous exchange for rare pairs in the Harry Potter fandom where the mods match up requests with another participant, who then writes the requested fic/art. All participants receive a fic or art based on their request/prompt. The authors/artists are anonymous until all the entries have been posted.


This year's timeline and basic rules:

22nd October 2018: Sign-ups open
29th October 2018: Sign-ups close
10th November 2018: Assignments sent out
17th December 2018: Assignments due
24th December 2018: Posting begins


As per the comm rules, only rare pairs are allowed (please see this post for excluded pairings). Minimum word count is 500, maximum 2500 words for fics. Art must be traditional style and it must show that it's more than a simple drawble. For this exchange fest, we will not be accepting photo-manips.

NC-17 material is allowed, but please remember that there should be some plot rather than just smut. The focus is on your recipient's desire more than anything else.

Extensions will still be granted but on a case by case basis only.

Please read through this post carefully before asking questions. There is a lot of information to sift through, because everything you need to know is in this post. Be sure to read everything!

( Everything you need to know )

Here are a few banners to promote the fest:


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If you have any questions either reply to this post, or send us an email at rarepair.shorts.mod[AT]gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Anyone is welcome to join us, whether you've participated here before or not. So please spread the word to all your friends; the more, the merrier!

Sign ups and posting will take place on LJ and DW.