Rare Pair Shorts

Okay guys here are the reveals.

A Gift for maraudersaffair: His New Distraction, Sirius/Lucius NC17 by digthewriter
A Gift for digthewriter: It's Mutual, Ginny/Luna PG13 by sugareey
A Gift for paulamcg: Be the Gryffindor, Neville/Luna M by keyflight790
A Gift for sirmioneforever: First Relationships, Charlie/Draco titti
A Gift for sugareey: A Merry Little Christmas, Oliver/Percy PG by themightyflynn
A Gift for flyingharmony: My Love Will Never Die, Bellatrix/Rodolphus M by sirmioneforever
A Gift for titti: New Beginnings, Draco/Blaise T articcat621
A Gift for flipflop_diva : Make My Wish Come True (All I Want For Christmas) PG13 by flyingharmony
A Gift for darkhairedgirl : Less Disappointed Than Relieved, Multiple Pairings PG by paulamcg
A Gift for articcat621 : Under the Mistletoe, Hermione/Charlie, PG13 by flipflop_diva
A Gift for themightyflynn : Dragon Purr, Teddy/Charlie PG by maraudersaffair
A Gift for keyflight790 : last call, Hannah/Neville R by darkhairedgirl

If you still haven't commented on your gift please do. We will see you again next year for another exchange!

Just a reminder that post your revealed works to the ao3 collection here. (Right now ao3 is down but when it's back up, make sure to post in the collection! ♥ Not a requirement, but a fun thing to do!)

Author:darkhairedgirl
Recipient: keyflight790
Title: last call
Pairing: Hannah/Neville
Rating: R
Word Count: 2518
Summary: Hannah and Neville navigate a late night at the Leaky Cauldron. It goes better than she expected.
Author’s Notes: Many, many thanks to my beautiful beta, S, who took time out of her busy schedule to look this over for me. Happy holidays, keyflight790! I really hope you like it! :o)

( last call )

Author: flipflop_diva 
Recipient: articcat621
Title: Under The Mistletoe
Pairing: Hermione/Charlie
Rating: PG-13
Word Count/Art Medium: 2,500 exactly
Summary: The Weasleys’ annual Christmas party promises to be full of mistletoe and ample opportunity for Hermione to finally share her first kiss with Charlie. That is, if she can ever stop accidentally snogging other people first.
Author's Notes: Based on this most amazing prompt from articcat621: All Character A wants is Character B to kiss them under the mistletoe. Unfortunately, they keep getting caught with the wrong people. Hilarious and awkward times ensue. I hope you like it; I had a ton of fun writing it! And also, a huge thank you to the mods for hosting one of my favorite holiday fests! And to everyone reading, happy holidays!
( Under the Mistletoe )

Author: flyingharmony 
Recipient: flipflop_diva 
Title: Make My Wish Come True (All I Want For Christmas)
Pairing: Pansy/Hermione
Rating: PG-13
Word Count/Art Medium: 1753
Summary: Alone in the castle with Hermione Granger. Wonderful. Delightful. A perfect Christmas, just as Pansy has always dreamed of. She might vomit.
Author's Notes: Wishing you the merriest of Christmases, dearest flipflop_diva! I really, really hope that you enjoy this - it was delightful writing for you, thank you so much for all these amazing prompts!

( Make My Wish Come True (All I Want for Christmas) )

Author: articcat621 
Recipient: titti
Title: New Beginnings
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zabini
Rating: T
Word Count: 943
Summary: Draco heads to the Maldives to get away from the mess that’s his life. There, he bumps into someone unexpected.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my beta for looking this over. titti, I hope you enjoy this.

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Author: themightyflynn 
Recipient: sugareey
Title: A Merry Little Christmas
Pairing: Oliver/Percy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2296
Summary: It's been eleven years since Oliver last accepted an invitation to a Weasley family Christmas. Some of the changes are strange, but one in particular is rather welcome.
Author's Notes: Thanks so much to smirkingcat for the beta!
Sugarrey, I quite liked your prompts! I took karaoke, getting together, holiday traditions, and a good cuppa. I hope you like what I came up with!
Title and some lyrics from Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

( A Merry Little Christmas )

Author: keyflight790 
Recipient: paulamcg
Title: Be the Gryffindor
Pairing: Neville/Luna
Rating: M
Word Count/Art Medium: 1405
Summary: Neville didn't say what he wanted, but maybe he doesn't have to.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my beta, @cheerful_clatter, and thank you to paulamcg paulamcg for your amazing prompts! I hope you enjoy this one! Thanks so much!

( Be the Gryffindor )

Author: digthewriter
Recipient: maraudersaffair
Title: His New Distraction
Pairing: Sirius/Lucius
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1400
Summary: Sirius doesn't like the way Lucius is looking at Harry.
Author's Notes: This is a post war Sirius!Lives!AU. I hope you like it. Semi-public sex. Thanks to my beta, C.

( His New Distraction )

 Hello everyone! This is just a quick reminder that the sign ups for the Winter Exchange close in two days on October 19th at 11:59pm GMT. If you have any questions at all then please email the mod account at rarepair.shorts.mod[AT]gmail.com.

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 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:

5th October 2020: Sign-ups open
19th October 2020: Sign-ups close
26th October 2020: Assignments sent out
14th December 2020: Assignments due
24th December 2020: 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 )

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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.