Things what I have done today:

Cleaned the bedroom and living room
Vacuumed the bedroom and living room (technically the Roomba did this)
Made reservations for the whole family to see Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Day, followed by fancy dinner downtown

(That last one is remarkably difficult. Most restaurants aren't open, and those that are have a Prix-Fixe menu that's a little out of our league, or serve food that one of us won't eat. I finally triumphed, however!)

Things what I must yet do:
WRAP CHRISTMAS PRESENT OMG
Mail two cards
Clean and vacuum the kitchen
Clean the fridge
Cook rice

I cannot wait till my family arrives, in part because they are bringing me A RICE COOKER. \o/

Now I venture out into the snow, to mail a card and buy a hamburger. :D

Pet, if you wish, and thanks, if you did!

Little Halo's scroll and hatchlings: ~*~

Halo's scroll, hatchlings and egg: *~* *~*

...one more reason to be happy about moving from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to Florida's coast.

Pfft. No one needs that much snow. Ever.

To: nolagal
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: A Life So Very Much Less Than Ordinary
Author: Anonymous
Pairings: Harry/Luna. Background Ginny/Scorpius and Teddy/James. Appearances by Albus, Lily and a bit of Kingsley. Cameo by a very unimpressed Draco Malfoy.
Summary: When his wife leaves him for a man half her age, Harry has trouble getting back on the horse. His children, bless them, don't make it much easier.
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~33,000 words
Warnings: Infidelity (see summary), but more in terms of moving on than dwelling on the act itself. All sexual activity is among consenting adults (even dear Scorpius is 20), with a tiny reference to Teddy/James at 24/17. Epilogue-compliant but not interview-compliant (ie: Luna has never married).
Author's notes: nolagal, I couldn't believe my luck when I saw that you'd listed both of these pairings. I hope you enjoy this resulting Potter family saga. Enormous thanks to my two betas for helping me out with the most spirited and helpful feedback I could have asked for along the way, and thanks as always to r_becca for her patience with me. :)

Read the story here.

To: ithinkiamlost
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Time to Celebrate
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Summary: After Harry spends time away on a training week, he and Ginny have some catching up to do.
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~1,400 words
Warnings: None
Author's notes: Very much a PWP. Thank you to R for beta-reading, and many thanks to r_becca for running the fest. ithinkiamlost, happy holidays, and I really hope you enjoy this!

Read the story here.

To: ginny___weasley
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: No Other Option
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/James Potter
Summary: A desperate Narcissa Malfoy uses a very unwilling James Potter to get the pure blood sperm she needs. To her surprise, she quite enjoys the process.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Non-consensual sex, Bondage
Author's notes: I had a great deal of fun writing this story. Hope it fulfills your smutty dreams.

Read the story here.

Kristmas Wish Fulfilled for: kabal42
From: A Witty Watcher!

Title: The Last Gift
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Included: Established relationship, BDSM, love and respect.
Other Warnings:
Word Count: 1074
Summary/Description: Harry's Pet has a very special gift for him at Christmas.
Author's Notes: My first attempt at this pairing. I had a lot of fun writing this. Got bunnied by reading the prompt and had to claim it.

( The Last Gift )

Kristmas Wish Fulfilled for: ldymusyc
From: A Wondrous Watcher!

Title: Sweet Release
Characters: Draco/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Included: BDSM and Anal
Other Warnings: Light bondage, Anal play, Abduction
Word Count: 2226
Summary/Description: Hermione's being abducted by Draco, but it turns out it was all her idea in the first place
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta khasael

( Sweet Release )

Kristmas Wish Fulfilled for: coffee_n_cocoa
From: A Wondrous Watcher!

Title: A Piercing Christmas Eve
Characters/Pairings: Neville/Harry
Rating: R
Kinks/Themes Included: D/s with Neville as Dominant, spanking, wandplay, nipple clamps, sex toys, kissing, object insertion, blindfolds, temperature play, piercing, needleplay, use of 'baby' as endearment, weepy/girly men
Other Warnings: None that I can think of...
Word Count: 1, 948
Summary/Description: Harry's made a mess and must be punished appropriately.
Author's Notes: I really enjoyed writing this and thanks to the mods for letting me submit it late. All mistakes are my own. Happy Holidays!

( A Piercing Christmas Eve )

Title: "They left four hours ago," Hermione said, exasperated. "What's taking them so long to collect a few death caps?"
Artist: The Whomping Willow!
Giftee: stupid_drawings
Media/Medium: digital
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snape / Harry
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. blahblahblah yadda yadda yadda
Summary: They may have claimed to have been a bit lost, but we know better ;-)
Artist's Notes: I enjoyed making this for you, hope you like!

Title: Mélange
Author (Beta): the_minx_17 (vl_redreign)
Fandom (Pairing) — Rating: QAF (Brian/Justin) — Adult
Word count: ~3800
Summary: Eventually, given enough time, everyone will fuck a friend.
Highlight for Warnings: *AU, original secondary characters*
Disclaimer: Nothing about Queer as Folk is mine. Well, except the fricking addiction.
AN: Picks up seven years past 108. Written for the Friends and Lovers Challenge at QAF Challenges. First line also answers a prompt at QAF Prompts. A perfect example of working smarter, not harder. Also known as, Minxie is a lazy redhead. ;-)

(  Mélange  )

Fic for: serpenscript
Title: Ancient Knives
Author: to be revealed


Pairing: Remus/Severus with James/Severus, Sirius/Severus, and Peter/Severus
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Content Info: highlight between brackets if you prefer story warnings:
[non-con, bestiality, dark!fic, objectification, humiliation, orgasm denial, collaring, teenagers having sex. If you have rape or abuse triggers, don't read this.]
Summary: Severus never forgives, and he never forgets.
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Word count: ~5400
Author Notes: Written for serpenscript based on the following prompt: "Marauders Era: It was more than just pranks and bullying. The Shrieking Shack was a good place for them to lure Snape, and he was a good victim for trying things they'd read about in books. But when they find a book on gay sex, BDSM, sadism, and sex magic like genital enlargement charms, they decide to make him their guinea pig and deal with their virginity issue. When they all stay at Hogsmeade over break, they lure Snape to the Shack, disarm him, strip him, and methodically try everything in the book. But when they try something new without telling Lupin (leaving Snape with Lupin on the full moon) and Snape has a mental breakdown, the Marauders have to deal with the fallout. Worse, Moony claims Snape as his mate, to the horror of the other Marauders."

Thanks to my beta, who will remain anonymous for now.


( Fic for serpenscript )


x-posted to DreamWidth & LiveJournal

I have several links here, most of which you've seen already (heh, I was a lucky, lucky girl this week!), but I'm dropping them again, because fest comments are down across the board and I figure maybe a bunch of y'all didn't see when I posted them last time, for one reason or another.

Remember, y'all, when you read/view something and you like it? Leave feedback for the author/artist. It's disheartening as hell to work your ass off on a fic, get it as perfect as you can, and then hear nothing but resounding silence in return.

daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas:

I actually haven't been reccing individual things from here, because everything's just been THAT AWESOME, but these were for me *is lucky lucky lucky* and therefore deserve a bit of extra acknowledgement. He Wants Him is the most delicious of kinks: double dipping. Guh and yum and bullet-proof, this kink is. And the fic more than lives up to the kink! Bill/Draco, Charlie/Draco and hints at more. Oh, sweet lord, I think this fic may have spontaneously impregnated me. If it didn't, then the art I received CERTAINLY did. Taste is a Kingsley/Charlie art of utter holy hell hotness that just... omg. Tongue and freckles and hipbones and scruff and Kingsley's bald head and... Well. If I was a guy, I'd have been in the same visible state as Charlie. Ahem.

lupin_snape's Snupin Santa:

I have not read a lot from this fest, but this one came highly recommended to me. Mad Wolves and Englishmen. Hilarious and hot and everything I ever want from a fic, including Texas. :D This Snape is just perfect and Remus--who, let's be honest, it takes a lot to make me like since I kind of hated him a lot in canon--was believably himself while somehow also being a fucking awesome character. I have no idea how the author pulled that one off, but she/he did it splendidly! I loved this fic to death and can't rec it enough.

( More recs under here )

There will be a part two to this tomorrow. I am tired and know I'm forgetting a bunch of fic and art, so. Tomorrow. There will also be non-fest fics in tomorrow's batch, so for those who need to know the author before committing to reading, look out for that.

For now, though, I will simply nag stress again, comment! Comment, comment, comment. Pleeease.

Title: Noel
Author: joanwilder aka RaeWhit
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 421
Summary: The best gift is often intangible.
A/N: This was written for lulabelle72, who guessed my entry in snarry_ldws correctly. She asked for H/D. Thanks to jadzialove for beta reading.

( Noel Destinations )

A friendly reminder that there is one week left for Posting your creations before the Master List goes up.
~Shadowess

Title: Secrets of the Night
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: The time has come to tell the world.
Word Count: 380
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Yule/Yuletide, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: red and green pjs
Beta: leela_cat
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Secrets of the Night )

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Title: In the Library
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Hermione always looks out for her friends.
Word Count: 545
Genre: Erotica
Warnings: Voyeurism
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles's prompt #18: Champagne. This is part 18 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger, On a Wing and a Prayer, Caretaker, Just Punishment, True Bond, Rest and Relaxation and Sleigh Ride.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

In the Library

Title: Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)
Author: Rudolph
Giftee: fanficforensics
Word Count: ~14,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Highlight to view: * Harry/Ginny, Harry/Tobias (sorta), Harry/Severus *
Warnings: Highlight to view: * A brief moment of het sex *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry, searching for Snape after he disappeared from the Shrieking Shack, follows a trail into the Muggle world and runs into Tobias Snape.
Author's Notes: My heartiest of thanks to the Snarry Holidays mods: your forbearance knows no bounds! This fic was saved by last-minute pinch-betaing by L, and any other inconsistencies or errors are totally mine. Fanficforensics, I don’t know if this is what you meant with your prompt, but this lodged in my head and would only come out by writing it down, hope you enjoy it.

Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)

Title: In the Library
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Hermione always looks out for her friends.
Word Count: 545
Genre: Erotica
Warnings: Voyeurism
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles's prompt #18: Champagne. This is part 18 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger, On a Wing and a Prayer, Caretaker, Just Punishment, True Bond, Rest and Relaxation and Sleigh Ride.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( In the Library )