Rare Pair Shorts

Hi everyone! Thanks for participating in the WINTER EXCHANGE FEST! If you still haven't commented on your gift please do. We will see you again next year for another exchange! Just a reminder to post your revealed works to the ao3 collection here. The collection is moderated, when you post it to the collection, we will get an email and I'll approve it for you!

🎁 A Gift For: articcat621 | Artist: paulamcg | Title: Sweet, Warm Love
Pairing: Hermione/Charlie | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: digthewriter | Author: reeby10 | Title: Second Chance at a First Meeting
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: flipflop_diva | Author: articcat621 | Title: A Christmas Disaster
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: flyingharmony | Author: yletylyf | Title: We cannot thrive in winter
Pairing: Andromeda/Narcissa | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: maraudersaffair | Author: sirmioneforever | Title: Countdown Claiming
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Bill Weasley | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: paulamcg | Artist: digthewriter | Title: Winter Love Land
Pairing: Luna/Ginny | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: phantomtomato | Author: flyingharmony | Title: Father Frost
Pairing: Antonin/Andromeda, Andromeda/Ted Tonks | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: reeby10 | Author: maraudersaffair | Title: Keep Him Warm
Pairing: Neville/Draco | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: sirmioneforever | Author: flipflop_diva | Title: All I Want For Christmas
Pairing: Ginny/Pansy | (LJ / DW)

🎁 A Gift For: yletylyf | Author: phantomato | Title: Lit Match
Pairing: Alecto Carrow/Lily Evans | (LJ / DW)

Thanks for everything!
digthewriter (digthewriter) & sirmioneforever (TheLestrangeMistress)

Author: flyingharmony
Recipient: phantomato
Title: Father Frost
Pairing: Andromeda/Antonin, past Andromeda/Ted
Rating: PG-13
Word Count/Art Medium: 1320
Summary: They were very much alike, the two of them, both misfits in a world full of apparent perfection.
Author's Notes: This basically wrote itself! It went an entirely different way than in the planning phase, but I am quite proud of how it turned out, so I really hope that you will adore reading it as much as I did writing for you! Also, I hope that Andromeda/Antonin are okay, I couldn’t decide who to go with, so I ended up with both! Lots of thanks also to the mods for being awesome and hosting this exchange another year.

( Father Frost )

Author: maraudersaffair
Recipient: reeby10
Title: Keep Him Warm
Pairing: Neville/Draco
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 840
Summary: Narcissa finds out about Draco and Neville's elopement.
Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this domestic fic, Reeby10!

( Keep Him Warm )

Author: sirmioneforever
Recipient: maraudersaffair
Title: Countdown Claiming
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Bill Weasley
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 1100
Summary: At the Weasley’s New Year’s party Bill and Hermione find a connection.
Author's Notes: Dear maraudersaffair, I really hope you like this. I loved your prompts and tried to combine as many as I could.

( Countdown Claiming )

Author: articcat621
Recipient: flipflop_diva
Title: A Christmas Disaster
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 645 words
Summary: When Hermione disappears from the Parkinson holiday party, Pansy knows exactly where to look for her.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my beta for looking this over. flipflop_diva, I hope you enjoy this little bit of angsty sweetness.

( A Christmas Disaster )

 Hi everyone this is just a reminder that the Winter Exchange assignments are due today. If you’ve already sent it in then you don’t need to do anything, but if you haven’t you have until 11:59pm local time to send it. If you’re having any problems at all please send us an email and we can sort it out.

The mods

Hi all, check out our new banners and spread the word! Banners under the cut!


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Winter Exchange Rules

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 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:

14th October 2021: Sign-ups open
28th October 2021: Sign-ups close
8th November 2021: Assignments sent out
20th December 2021: Assignments due
24th December 2021: 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.

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!

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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!