Clio's writing journal

Author: Clio
Title: The Willow Turns Her Back
Pairing: Pansy Parkinson/Millicent Bulstrode
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Pansy has a plan for losing her virginity that involves Draco Malfoy, but the oncoming war puts an end to that. Well, wars are stupid anyway. And there's always Millie.
Warning: (Note: this is not a spoiler if you've read EWFS and Trick is to Keep Breathing and know who dies in those stories. Both are offscreen deaths in this story as well.) (skip) Character deaths, both off-screen, first Narcissa, later Millicent.
Length: 4900 words
Notes: This is more post-GoF AU based on the events of Eight Ways From Sunday, though this story should be fairly well self-contained. A companion of sorts to With One Breath.
Thanks as always to Heidi and Verity for the encouragement!

( She would have done as she pleased, too, if she weren't hunting bigger game )

Author: Clio
Title: A Little Something Extra
Pairing: Parvati Patil/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Pansy goes to the spa to relieve tension, but the masseuse has more than simple relaxation in mind.
Length: 1000 words
Notes: Written for the "medical" square on my kink_bingo card. (Hurrah that massage counts!) Thanks so much to radioaches for the encouragement!

( The masseuse knew what she was about )

Author: Clio
Title: Feel Your Way
Pairing: Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Seamus wants to try some manscaping, so he gets a pot of wax and leaves the rest up to Dean.
Warning: Some minor pain that comes with waxing off hair, but it's not the point of the story.
Length: 1200 words
Notes: Written for the "waxplay" square on my kink_bingo card. Awesomely beta'd by the awesome verity.

( Some people like it smooth )

Author: Clio
Title: Taking What's Offered
Pairing: Harry Potter: Seamus/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Seamus has fantasies of Dean taking him by force, but Dean likes it when Seamus is welcoming and in there with him. This is one of the compromises they've worked out.
Warning: (skip) Discussion of consent, where consent is asked for and given.
Length: 1000 words
Notes: Written for the "bondage—held down" square on my kink bingo card and the "shade" prompt for my fanfic100 claim.

( So Dean does him a favor, and lies down on top of him. )

Author: Clio
Title: Time Knew to Move On
Pairing: Harry Potter: Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas
Rating: PG
Summary: Dean is pretty sure he and Seamus can't face this empty-nest business without some help. Seamus isn't sure, though, that what Pansy is doing can be called "helping."
Length: 500 words
Notes: I planned to write this for the Versicolor Week Challenge @ tumblr but I didn't get it done in time. Fulfills the "passing" prompt for my S/D ff100 claim. Title from "As" by Stevie Wonder.
Note that this is fairly schmoopy kidfic. The cousins are all of Molly's grandchildren, in which of course she includes Seamus and Dean's twin girls, who are the youngest of the lot.

( the cabooses papooses are off to Hogwarts )

Author: Clio
Title: Fresh Air
Pairing: Harry Potter: Parvati Patil/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: NC-17
Summary: They have a lovely roof garden, which Pansy has worked very hard on, and she sees no reason why they shouldn't enjoy it as they see fit. And if other people enjoy watching them enjoying it, well, that's kind of a gift, isn't it?
Length: 1400 words
Notes: Thank you to slytherincesss for the awesome beta!
Fulfills the "exhibitionism" square on my kink bingo.

( Honestly, Parvati, I don’t want to end up in the Quibbler )

Author: Clio
Title: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing, Chapter 1: Prologue
Pairing: Pansy/Parvati, Harry/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Seamus/Dean, Ron/Padma. (Also Sirius/Remus and Percy/Oliver.)
Rating: R
Summary: Three years on, the second war still casts a long shadow. When facing challenges like a compulsive addiction, a baffling mystery, a life changing decision, an impending career shift, or simply moving in with your boyfriend, maybe the best strategy is to lean on your friends, put one foot in front of the other, and let the saving-the-world bit take care of itself.
In this chapter: an intervention is called for.
Warning: Deals with issues of addiction recovery. (skip) Minor character death of primary antagonist.
Length: 3300 words
Notes: Sequel to Eight Ways from Sunday (LJ | DW | AO3) and the interstitial Entr'Acte (LJ | DW | AO3). Title and all cut-tag text from the Garbage song of the same name.
Thank you to ali_wildgoose for reading a rather different earlier draft and telling me I should just write what I want to write, and then helping me put it together, and also to slytherincesss for her enormous help and encouragement.
This story would not exist without Ely's ideas, input, support and encouragement. I wish I'd finished it sooner, but I hope she's someplace where she can read this anyway. Knowing her, she probably is.

1: The End | 2: Lammas | 3: Michaelmas | 4: Hallowmas | 5: Yule | 6: Candlemas | 7: Lady Day | 8: May Day | 9: Midsummer | 10: The Beginning

( can't bear to face the truth, so sick he cannot move )

2: Lammas

Author: Clio
Title: No One Needs to Know
Pairing: Harry Potter: Parvati Patil/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: PG
Summary: As their sixth year draws to a close, Pansy tries to leave Hogwarts without taking sides or even saying goodbye, but Draco and Parvati won't let her.
Length: 1500 words.
Notes: Part of the EWFS-verse, though more of a direct pull from With One Breath. You don't need to have read that fic (which is GoF-canon) to understand what's going on here, but those are the events referred to by Pansy in the opening.
Looked over by slytherincesss, Slytherin Consultant.

( Pansy was in no mood to be fair. )

Author: Clio
Title: Padfoot and Moony Sing Songs of Love
Pairing: Harry Potter: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
Rating: PG
Summary: Sirius has taken to serenading Remus at karaoke night at the local gay wizarding bar. He shouldn't be surprised at Remus's reaction.
Length: 700 words
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Title based on the Oscar Hijuelos novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Remus sings "What Can I Say?" by Jon Davidson. Fulfills the "karaoke" square on my schmoop_bingo card.

( Sirius just felt that after all they’d been through that his man deserved grand public declarations of love as often as possible, preferably in song )

Author: Clio
Title: Party Goin' On Over Here
Pairing: Harry Potter: Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley
Rating: G
Summary: Malfoy birthday parties were never like this when he was a child, and Draco is glad they've changed
Length: 700 words.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Title from the Busta Rhymes song. Fulfills the "kidfic—birthday party" square on my schmoop_bingo card.

( Draco didn’t enjoy them so much as he took pride in them, and how they displayed his mother’s skill and taste )