Ginger Lust

This fest has featured some unconventional Ron pairings, including Ron/Severus. With stuckinsea's compassionate offering, we come to our third possible interpretation of these two very different men in a relationship. Posted in two parts as it was just over the LJ limit for one.

In modly news, it looks as though I'll have one more entry for certain on Thursday, and perhaps a final one after that, but we're nearing the end, just on time.

Title: Never the One
Author: stuckinsea
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Prompt:

#3 The soul selects her own society, then shuts the door, […]
~Emily Dickinson

Word Count: 13,372
Pairings: Ron/Severus
Beta(s): The wonderfully patient thrihyrne who gave me amazing words of encouragement and told me to never give up, when it's all that I wanted to do. A shout out to sexyscholar for squee'ng with me and being an amazing cheerleader.
Summary: An argument between Ron and Severus prompts Ron to take his life more seriously, to start taking initiative regarding his work, otherwise he's afraid Severus will leave him, but will his new ways bring them closer or tear them apart.

( Never the One )

I've been spoiled as a mod; I do love long stories with plot and character development and some lovin' thrown in. This is the second Ron/Draco story to fit that bill, and I'm just so pleased. I hope that you all enjoy it! As with the others that are longer than vignettes, this is hosted off-site so you can read it as a whole rather than dealing with LJ cuts.

Author: crazyace86
Title: Still Reaching For The Sky
Rating: light R
Warnings: reference to character death (not Ron or Draco)
Prompt: Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
~Andre Gide
Word Count: 32,200
Pairings: Ron/Draco
Beta(s): thrihyrne
A/N: Thanks to thrihyrne for the beta and providing the summary.
Summary: In the optimistic, hope filled post-War world, Ron watches from a self-imposed distance. Ennui and secrets are his closest companions until a new neighbor rattles his foundations— and guides Ron through unfamiliar country to a place even more astonishing: acceptance of who he really is.


( Still Reaching For The Sky )

Another Monday, another Ron/Draco submission for you, our devoted readers and writers. Enjoy this story and, of course, if you wish to let others know about our community, please guide them here. I'd love to see a few more reading and commenting if so moved. I know I'm not the most well-know writer out there (this is thrihyrne, as usual), so feel free to spread the word.

Happy Monday!

Title: Year 28
Author: Z. Quentin (incoherenteye)
Rating: R
Warnings: None that I can think of. There are mentions of prostitutes.
Prompt: The true voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.~ Marcel Proust
Word Count: 3,012 words
Pairing: Ron/Draco
Beta: The Wonderful stuckinsea, seriously thanks so much.
Summary: Ron finds what he didn’t realize he was missing: hope.

( Year 28 )

On this Thursday we have a short, thoughtful vignette. Enjoy!

Author: star54kar
Title: Burning Day
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Prompt: Not all who wander are lost.
~J.R.R. Tolkien~
Word Count: 819
Pairings: n/a
Beta(s): bramblerose4 and thrihyrne
Summary: Albus Dumbledore finishes writing his will and reflects on why he has decided to leave the most personal of his gifts to Ron.

( Burning Day )

In 2005 I wrote a Ron/Remus, "Wash Me Throughly" (and yes, that's 'throughly,' not 'thoroughly;' the title is from an Anglican anthem). Back then it was really a rarepair, and post-DH, it does remain such. Yet with the diversity of our submissions, this is our second Ron/Remus. From tjwritter we have a thoughtful story of mutual healing, a theme which I have sensed is inherent in the (still rather few) Ron/Remus stories I've read. So for you all, a guerdon (reward or recompense; I'm a vocabulary whore: go forth and use it wisely!) for you all who had decided to watch and read the submission of stories this month.

TITLE: Jack of Hearts: Series of Drabbles
AUTHOR: tjwritter
WORD COUNT: 100x18
PAIRING: Ron/Remus
PROMPT:

Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be.
~Elder Joseph Brackett

WARNINGS: AU, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, detox
RATING: R for adult theme
BETA: The lovely redsnake05
SUMMARY Ron struggles to drown his sorrows until a man from his past comes back into his life…

( Jack of Hearts )

We are a truly multi-cultural fest: today's post is submitted by tsubame_17 and is in Spanish. She apologized in that she couldn't get it translated, and in my past I've studied French and Russian… the Welsh I'm sortof learning won't help either. So— here is her story, in Spanish, but without translation. If any of you would care to work with her to get it translated to English, I'm sure many of us would be grateful. But it's exotic and I'm thrilled, nonetheless.

Author: tsubame_17
Title: Corazón de Papel
Rating: General
Warnings/Potentially disturbing elements: a slight sweet fic. En Espanol.
Prompt: # 19 "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." ~Anaïs Nin
Word Count: Less than 2000
Pairings: Harry/Ron
Beta: aranluc THANKS FOR YOUR WORK! Thanks!
Summary: A menudo, no sé cómo explicar la profundidad de mis sentimientos con palabras, pero ... por ahora, sólo puedo escribir tu nombre en un papel ...
Often, I don't know how to explain the depth of my feelings with words, but... I only can write your name in a paper ...

( Corazón de Papel )

We're already on our third post! Sit back and enjoy this fun romp from koshweasley, our first adult submission to be posted. As mod, I'll also note that I have been receiving other fics after the initial deadline, and I'm nearly 100% certain that we'll be able to post every other day through the month, which is exciting for an inaugural challenge.

Read on!

Title: Blind Dates
Author: koshweasley
Prompt: Before all else, be armed - Niccolo Machiavelli
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Ron/Remus
Warnings: AU, twincest, kilt fetish, slash, mention of cross dressing
Summary: The war is over, and Harry has fixed Ron up on a blind date.
Disclaimer: The world of Harry Potter, its characters and settings are the copyrighted works of J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., her publishing companies and affiliates. No profit was made from the writing of this story nor was any malice intended in any way, shape or form to the author or the actors/ actresses who so brilliantly have brought them to life.
A/N: Lots of thanks to lena3 for all the fantastic help in finding interesting pubs and their pics. Thanks to brighty18 and thrihyrne for the wonderful help and betas. If there are any other mistakes in this fic, I’ve posted the wrong copy.

Mod note: This story does have some linked pictures in it that the author has included to further illustrate the text.

( Blind Date )