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[keyflight790]

hey, it's ivy here. love u more than you love neville, happy birthday!!!!!!!!!

AWE THANK YOU IVY!!! I do love Neville quite a lot though, are you sure?!? 😂

[scorbus-ficrec]

Fics set after cc where they help each other move forward? Thanks in advance 😊

Nightmares – total_theatre_nerd

Rating:Mature

Word count:37 249 in 10 chapters

Contains:cc compliant, angst, fluff, nightmares, Malfoy Family Feels, first kiss,getting together, grief, caring for each other, Potters Caring for each other,Potter Family Feels, cc aftermath

Summary: Albusand Scorpius try to deal with their nightmares - with a little help from theirfamilies, and a lot of help from each other.

Eachchapter focusses on the relationship between Albus or Scorpius and anothercharacter (one of their parents, siblings or friend). I absolutely loved Albusand Scorpius’ relationship here, how their grief is bringing them closertogether. I also loved the realism of the story, these boys are allowed to justbe kids struggling with the cards life has dealt them. Keep the tissues closewhen reading!

Midnight Confession - Looceraseitwob

rating: General Audiences

wordcount: 4187 in1 chapter

contains: CC Compliant, First Kiss,Nightmares, Fluff, Hogwarts Love, pov!Scorpius, cc aftermath

summary:  Albus and Scorpius both havenightmares and Albus has something else to tell Scorpius.

I’ve reccedthis one separately as well, it’s a bit lighter on the angst, the nightmareshold the middle between ridiculous and terrifying. The boys are so endearing.

Christmasisn’t canceled - starlightpeddler

Rating: teen and up

Wordcount: 27 742in 5 chapters

Contains: pre-relationship, scorbusfriendship, survivor’s guilt, anxiety, depression, cc compliant, family feels,supportive families, talking about what is weighing you down, Malfoy FamilyFeels, cc aftermath

Summary: Albus Potter isn’t doing wellafter the events of Godric’s Hollow. In fact, he’s doing very poorly, and it’sup to those who love him the most to help him through it. Even Scorpius can’tseem to cheer him up, and it will take a Christmas miracle to break him out ofthis rut.

I reccedthis one as dealing with anxiety as well, but it fits the theme so perfectly Ihad to rec it again! Albus is dealing with survivor guilt and struggles to openup about his ‘adventure’.

torestoreamends

She haswritten a whole bunch of amazing stories dealing with the aftermath of CC, mostof them for general audiences I’ll give a full rec for one here (where theydeal with it together) but I also recommend checking out. (These will also showup as daily recs throughout the rest of the year)

The SameSide: Scorpius hashes it out with Harry Potter. Three times hurray for Malfoythe Unaxious

AfterGodric’s Hollow: Draco and Scorpius have a much-needed heart to heart.

VistingGodric’s Hollow: Albus & Harry finally talk, and at Godric’s Hollow too!

Marked:This one is perhaps a more liberal interpration of CC in that Scorpius retainsthe Dark Mark. It’s still very much worth a read!

Time Turns:this story tracks the importance of time andtime-turners in Scorpius’ life. Bittersweet.

The Vigil:as the summary says “Harry and Albus visit Godric’s Hollow on Hallow’s Eve, tojoin the vigil taking place outside the Potter’s destroyed house.”

Halloween 2021 - torestoreamends

Rating:general audiences

Word count:7575 in 4 chapters

Contains:cc compliant, Halloween, Malfoy Family Feels, pre-slash, fluff, grief, ccaftermath

Summary: It’sbeen a year (or forty years, depending on how you look at it) since the eventsof Godric’s Hollow. A lot has changed in that time, almost all of it for thebetter, but it’s still Hallows’ Eve. It’s never been the easiest of days.

I made themistake of re-reading this, fortunately tear-stains don’t show up on tumblrlike they do on paper. This story gives four important conversations, onebetween Scorpius and Albus (with definitely some potential), one between Scorpius and his Dad; one between Harry andDraco and finally between Harry and Albus. All of them set one year after theHalloween they spent together in Godric’s Hollow.

They Grow Up So Fast - princesskiwifruit

Rating:general audiences

Word count:9886 in 3 chapters

Contains: Christmas,Malfoy Family Feels, Potter Family Shenanigans, Teddy Lupin

Summary: Afterthe events of Cursed Child - The Potters invite the Malfoys for Christmas.Teddy proves he is his father’s son.

A lighterkind of family fluff.

anchors – gothzabini(girl412)

Rating:general audiences

Word count:2294 in 1 chapter

Contains:Hogwarts Love, first kiss, late night conversations, mood swings, cc compliant,cc aftermath

Summary: “You’re my anchor,” Scorpius says, and itshould sound stupid said aloud, but he can tell that Albus gets it. “In thatcruel world, in the alternate timeline, it was the thought of you that kept megoing.”  Albus makes a humming noise, and doesn’t respond for a while, butwhen he does, Scorpius can’t help feeling that there’s something he isn’tsaying. “That’s mutual, though I don’t know how I would keep going in analternate timeline without you.” “You’d probably have tea parties withmy dad, talking about his non-existent son,” Scorpius suggests. 

or, Things Boys Talk About In The Aftermath OfParties.

Pretty much what the summary says, not only cc aftermath.

Anon, I hope this fulfills your ask! I really loved looking these fics up (and re-reading). 

Happy Reading!

[tdcatsblog]

He knew what it was, to have all eyes on him – to be envied and yet ostracized. School had never been home for him, but he remembered summers spent at the Muggle park down the road, and girls who admired his pink hair, asking him if he’d dyed it at home and saying that he was lucky that his parents let him. Teddy never said anything to them. He grew up like that – phases of being misunderstood, and the permanent state of loneliness that somehow felt like a part of his personality. Things were more confusing since he turned fifteen, people yelling “pretty boy” at him like it was an insult, touching his hair without asking, wolf-whistling, yelling innuendo in something that felt dangerously real and threatening. Teddy wondered sometimes, how many of these people thought they owned him, and one night, looking through the messages Vic had sent him over email (particularly the work of an artist that resonated with him), he’d yelled, angrily, “I’m not some vague fucking concept that you dreamed up!”

the colour of his soul by @gothzabini

[mistydeath]

First Line Challenge

RULES: List the first lines of the last ten stories you published. Look to see if there are any patterns that you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any! Then tag some friends.

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Thanks for tagging me, @keyflight790! This will, rather amusingly, contain mostly drabbles and kink prompts because I’ve only got 6 things published on Ao3. Someone hit me up with a WIP one of these someday, ya here? Or...I could just actually finish shit.

1.  “Draco’s staring at the cursed armoire he’d been tasked with fixing by his favorite client.” — Fly Away, Counting Days. | E | 7,261 words

2.  “‘Hey Ron, just wanted to pop in and let you know I’ll see you over there!’” — the tiles echo | E | 3,409 words

3.  "Draco couldn’t see anything - why couldn’t he - oh god he was blind - what - fuck that was his hair. “ — The blurry one | T | 736 words

4.  “The door to the Potter household opened and Draco yelled, “I’ve been sitting here for the last hour trying to get Hades to go after that ball but nothing’s working!”” — Fetch | T | 393 words

5. “Everything in the world was telling him not to, but since when had Ron Weasley listened to his intuition?” —Plain As The Ink On Your Skin | M | 2,749 WIP

6.  "“Are you sure that this isn’t insensitive?”” — Stressed for the Occasion | T | 290 words

7.  “Blaise got up and sat down on the edge of the bed, body fitting in nicely between the two legs he’d tied to the bed posts.”  — Prompt 30 | E | 223 words

8.  "Draco really couldn’t ignore it any longer.“ — Prompt 32 | E | 578 words

9.  “James had figured out there was a big difference between going out with Teddy in a busy city like London or in the streets around their home, and going camping with him in the woods.” — Prompt 7 | E | 659 words

10. “It was one thing to walk into a dorm late at night and see a line of five shots lined up next to your bed.” — Prompt 31 | E | 1,973 words

———— Patterns:  I have a habit of starting stories off with names, but then again that’s also part of the drabble life? I only have one WIP which, yeah, predictable because I’d rather finish shit in one go than let it drag forever (me, not the story) which...guess what, that WIP got waylaid by my impulsivity. I also like starting it in the middle of something!

So I’m going to tag @gothzabini. Because you know what you did.