WLW HP Fic Recs - Early 2025
I am in a bit of a slump this week so I felt like reccing some amazing F/F fics I have read so far in 2025 (Jan to Mar)
alphabetical by title (ignores a or the)
🤍 = my brief squee/comments
Word counts are rounded up/down
⭐ Definitely Better by teh_kris_eh
💕 Katie/Alicia || M || 2.5 words
After spending the past decade in Canada playing for the Haileybury Hammers, Katie realised she's finally ready to go home.
Turns out that being traded to the Appleby Arrows was the perfect opportunity she'd been waiting for, in more ways than one.
🤍 One thing I love more than Friends to Lovers is PINING reunion of Friends to Lovers. Having Katie and Alicia reunite and re-explore their feelings was just delish. The characterisation are characters! The world and team is really believable, and Katie's renewed feelings are so sincere. I also love the steaminess.
⭐ quandaries of a quiet kind by alpacas in snow (alpacasinsnow)
💕 Minerva/Poppy || M || 2 words
Depending on what time of day you asked her, Poppy would describe Minerva as either: the Lion, the Witch, or the Death of Me. Also depending on the time of day, Poppy would say so with: a smile, a whisper, or barely contained terror from the quidditch stands. Unfortunately, Minerva wasn’t quite aware that she was on track to give Poppy a heart attack at the bright young age of seventeen.
🤍 Young Poppyscotch! It's so full of beautiful sexual tension, and I lovethe characterisations of Poppy and Minerva! Minerva is a Quidditch player and they get frisky in the locker rooms 💛
⭐ The Reunion by DayDreamingFoxglove @daydreamingfoxglove
💕 Hermione/Pansy || T || 1.5 words
It is unnamable and unbecoming how Pansy forgets herself. How she lets little details go, even when it all isn’t perfection. How she no longer fusses or fawns to uphold Pureblood respectability. How she lets herself prance around Cho’s flat in nothing but a silk blouse so utterly disheveled and debauched.
🤍I loved the kiss in this one, the whole fic was adorable. So much romantic imagery, and PINING, my favourite tag in the world.
⭐ Spoken Through Moves by MoonriverFox @moonriverfox
💕 Millicent/Ginny || T || 2.5k words
Mills let Ginny believe a lie—an easy, convenient distraction to keep her from clocking the truth. Only, the lie started to require a performance Mills wasn’t sure she wanted to keep up.
🤍 The perfect charaterisation of Millicent mixed with sublime pining and so many lovely moments between these two Quidditch players 💛 They're such a sweet pairing! This fic really made me appreciate Millicent more.
⭐ Teacups & Tankards by Schmem_14 @schmem14
💕 Madam Puddifoot/Madam Rosmerta || M || 9k words
Bea and Ros are best friends who learn love and trust as they suffer loss and heartbreak during the Second Wizarding War.
🤍 I'm just a sucker for friends to lovers. The way Rosmerta and Bea's relationship is developed throughout the war, with their characters fleshed out more and so much sweetness...! The ending was so satisfying and I loved the whole story of it. (yes reccing again heehee)
⭐ there's a strange exhilaration (in such total detestation) by multiimoments @multiimoments
💕 Alice/Narcissa || T || 2.5k words
Alice Fortescue thinks Narcissa Black is uptight. Narcissa Black thinks Alice Fortescue is uncouth. The only thing they can agree on is their hatred for each other. But what if there’s something less hostile simmering beneath the surface of their rivalry?
🤍 It's a Marauder's era Rivals to Lovers story and it's so fun! Their dynamic was so cute and Alice's personality is grand 💛 It's playful and sweet and ends without suggestion of any darkness on the horizon, so HEA AU style.
⭐ Unnamable by JinRoseMoon @jinrosemoon
💕 Cho/Pansy || T || 600 words
It is unnamable and unbecoming how Pansy forgets herself. How she lets little details go, even when it all isn’t perfection. How she no longer fusses or fawns to uphold Pureblood respectability. How she lets herself prance around Cho’s flat in nothing but a silk blouse so utterly disheveled and debauched.
🤍 I loooved the theme of them sharing Lunar New Year together, it's so special 💛 I totally relate to creating new holiday traditions with friends when away from family. They are so sweet.
⭐ The Walls Watch Us by SiobhanHazel (me!)
💕 Andromeda/Hermione || E || 4.5k words
When Hermione, working for the Department of Magical Dwellings and Structures, helps Harry transfer 12 Grimmauld Place to Andromeda Tonks, she and Andromeda form a natural friendship. But as their feelings bloom, the house seems less and less welcoming—resisting the disowned Black sister and her grandson in ways neither of them expected...
🤍 It was really fun writing a Sentient House and having Hermione and Andromeda brought together through the happenings at 12 Grimmauld. (might as well add my own fic to the list hee hee)
⭐ with her arms out like an angel by xrvnge
💕 Astoria/Ginny || T || 2.5k words
The wedding is tonight.
Ginny's wearing white, Astoria's wearing black.
Their love, their future, and their infinity will soon be etched into the stone fabric of fate. Zinnia — Everlasting Friendship
🤍 Gird your heart my readers! But this language of flowers fic is sooo touching, laced with poetic artistry and brimming with meaning. (Tragedy & MCD Warning - well, it is Astoria)
⭐You First by briarandbone @briarandbone
💕 Pansy/Ginny || M || 2.5k words
Ginny and Pansy are stuck on a team-building retreat, where the only thing more awkward than their rivalry is their undeniable chemistry. Between disastrous rowboats, trust falls gone wrong, and more awkward moments than they care to admit, they might just find out they have more in common than they realise.
🤍 GET YOUR TISSUES it's happy tears time. This fic has claimed a lil spot in my brain. This was brilliant, well paced, amusing and lovely and romantic!
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