Rare Pair Shorts

Hello everyone, this is a list of all the stories posted this week. They are the last of our gifts so a masterlist should be up in a couple of days and reveals by the end of the week. Please feel free to keep commenting, and those of you who have not commemted on your gift please do.



A Gift For darkhairedgirl: Everything and Nothing, (Draco/Hannah)
A Gift For maraudersaffair: Caffeinated Adventures in Curved Spacetime, (Hermione/Pansy)
A Gift For kiertorata: Striking Midnight, (Hannah/Hermione)
A Gift For themightyflynn: Taming his Dragon, (Draco/Charlie)
A Gift For ayiiayii: Angels and Traditions, (Hermione/Charlie)
A Gift For rarepair_shorts: Pieces on Fire, (Ginny/Pansy)


Thank you to everyone for such wonderful gifts this year,

the Mods

Author: sirmioneforever
Recipient: ayii
Title: Angels and Traditions
Pairing: Hermione/Charlie
Rating: PG
Word Count: 615
Summary: Hermione and Charlie put the decorations up.
Author's Notes:I loved the prompts ayii! I really hope that you like it.

( Angels and Traditions )

Author: flipflop_diva
Recipient: kiertorata
Title: Striking Midnight
Pairing: Hannah Abbott/Hermione Granger
Rating: R, but just barely
Word Count/Art Medium: 2,468 words
Summary: If you had asked her a year ago, Hermione would have told you that she would never have expected to end her year like this — getting ready to drink the night away by herself at an old wizarding pub. But what happens next she really would never have expected.
Author's Notes: Thank you to A for the last-minute beta! And thank you to the mods for the extra time and for hosting this wonderful fest every year! And thank you especially to kiertorata for the inspiring prompts and for this pairing that I had never really considered otherwise but am now a little in love with thanks to this fic. I hope you enjoy!



( Striking MIdnight )

Author: themightyflynn
Recipient: darkhairedgirl
Title: Everything or Nothing
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hannah Abbott
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1785
Summary: Seventh year was difficult enough, but now Hannah is dealing with confusing feelings brought about by someone she had thought she would not see again.
Author's Notes: Darkhairedgirl, thanks for those prompts, they were fun to work with! The ones I chose were wartime relationships and "You mean something, or nothing. I can’t decide which." Hope you like it!

( Everything or Nothing )

Author: sirmioneforever
Recipient: flipflop_diva 
Title: Take My Hand
Pairing: Hermione/Daphne
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,522
Summary: Daphne and Hermione tell the Greengrass’s that they’re dating
Author's Notes: Thank you for the prompts flipflop_diva ! I really hope that you like it. Warnings for homophobia, and angst.


( ”Take )

Author: darkhairedgirl
Recipient: flyingharmony
Title: if my heart was a house, you’d be home
Characters/Pairing(s): Druella Rosier/Cygnus Black
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 920
Warning(s): Language, alcohol, implications of violence, pureblood snobbery.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Not my usual choice of pairing, but exceedingly fun to write! Thank you, Mods, for bearing with me, and I hope you like it, flyingharmony! Happy holidays! :o)
Summary: Druella and Cygnus, after the gala.



( if my heart was a house, you'd be home )

Author: lenapinewoods
Recipient: xslytherclawx 
Title: Honking Daffodils and Coffee at Winter Time
Pairing: Neville/Hermione
Rating: G
Word Count 2436
Summary: Here he was, war hero Neville Longbottom, running through the rainy streets of London, looking for cakes for three old ladies.
Author's Notes: Dear xslytherclawx, I really liked your prompts! I hadn’t considered a romance between Hermione and Neville before, but they do make a cute couple. I tried my best with this one, but since I’m not Jewish or black myself, I am open to criticism and I appreciate any and all feedback about the representation of black and Jewish characters and Jewish culture. (This fic has been beta read by someone who is both Jewish and a WOC, however. A big thanks to my wonderful betas, O & K <3.) I really hope you like it! Happy Chanukah, xslytherclawx!

( Honking Daffodils and Coffee at Winter Time )

Author/Artist: digthewriter
Recipient: keyflight790
Title: All I want…
Pairing: Ginny/Pansy
Rating: PG-13
Art Medium: Digital Art
Summary: It's Christmas, and all Ginny wants is Pansy...naked.
Author's Notes: Dear keyflight790, your prompts and pairings were awesome! I hope you liked what I did with them. Have a great holiday! xoxo

( All I want… )

Author: keyflight790
Recipient: lenapinewoods
Title: Ron and the Mysterious Clicking Noise
Pairing: Ron/Blaise
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Art Medium: 1,995
Tags: (did you want these?) Eighth year, wanking, second-hand embarrassment, mentions of other side pairings, Severus/Hermione, The Fat Lady cannot sing
Summary: Ron’s on a mission. Turns out, Blaise is on the same one.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my darling beta, G, and a big shoutout to the mods for running this amazing fest! Thank you to lenapinewoods lenapinewoodsfor such amazing prompts, and a great list of pairings! I really hope you enjoy this!!!

( Ron and the Mysterious Clicking Noise )

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. Art was added as a preferred method this year and we will be keeping it as an option. 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:

7th October 2019: Sign-ups open
21st October 2019: Sign-ups close
4th November 2019: Assignments sent out
16th December 2019: Assignments due
23rd December 2019: 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. Extensions will last no longer than two weeks after the deadline before you assignment is given to a pinch hitter.

People who signed up last year but dropped out without telling us are not eligible to participate this year.

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 will be open on LJ and DW.