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NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM AND THE YEAR THAT WAS

Summary: It was the people around him who made it worthwhile.

Characters: Neville, Ginny, Luna, Snape, Hagrid, Seamus, Aberforth, Lavender, Ron, Hermione, Sprout, Hannah, Harry

Rating: T / PG-13 (implied violence, mention of character death)

Words: 14 x 100

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( Neville Longbottom and the Year That Was )

SCENTS OF SORROW, SCENTS OF JOY

Summary: Crookshanks disliked the loud, ginger-haired one from the first.

Characters: Crookshanks, Hermione, Ron and others

Words: ~1,100

Notes: Something short I dashed off today, while the idea was in my head – stereolightning (“The Cat in the Night”) and gilpin25 (“Found in Translation”) inspired me, and I thought I’d try my hand at Crookshanks fic!

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( Scents of Sorrow, Scents of Joy )

LIKE A CAT IN THE SUN

Summary: Remus is in a house full of women.

Characters: Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Andromeda Tonks, Molly Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Fleur Delacour

Words: ~1,000

Notes:

Yet another story inspired by something stereolightning said. Thank you for being a wonderful muse!

In my head, this takes place very shortly after "Easter Sun," i.e., after the start of Hogwarts' Easter break, but before the Weasley family has to go into hiding, during Deathly Hallows. An incongruous time for a happy, sunny scene, perhaps, but I really wanted it to be there.

Story:

( Like a Cat in the Sun )

ALREADY THERE

Summary:  Remus returns to Tonks, and Remus and Andromeda have a conversation.

Characters: Remus, Tonks, Andromeda

Words: ~2,000

( Already There )

Hello there, LJ friends! Yesterday was my birthday, and I found – to my amusement, though perhaps not my surprise – that what I wanted most was the chance to write myself a one-shot. (I've been making myself hold back on the one-shots for a while, so I can focus on my long fic.) Here it is! This is unbetaed and was written fairly quickly, so I'd be honestly interested to hear any feedback about what does and doesn't work.

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EASTER SUN

Summary: Even when everything's falling apart, sometimes a chat with an old friend can bring a little sunlight back into the world.

Characters: Ginny, Tonks

Words: ~2,800

Notes: I’ve wanted for a while to write a scene between Ginny and Tonks, but it took a bit to find a spot in the timeline that worked – I wanted it to be during Deathly Hallows, at a time when they could plausibly run into each other, but before the end-game events of the book started going down. As soon as I had the timeline pinned down, the rest of the conversation fell into place! This takes place at the very beginning of Easter break of DH.

Story:

( Easter Sun )

PRECISELY WHAT I MEAN

Summary:

Remus with Teddy was easily the sweetest thing Tonks had ever seen. It seemed Remus couldn't ever hold Teddy without gazing down at his son with a huge, helpless, delighted grin.

"Don't your cheeks ever get tired?" Tonks couldn't help teasing him once, and he'd glanced up, bewildered by the question – he didn't even realise he was doing it.

Characters: Tonks, Remus and baby Teddy.

Warnings: None

Words: 670

Author's note: By rights I suppose this snippet (it's so short I'm not sure I can even call it a "story") deserves to be labeled "pure fluff"... and yet, if it's pure fluff, it's with the intention of providing a tiny counterbalance to all the hard times its characters go through before this – and immediately after. I wanted to give them one purely happy moment.

Everything you recognize belongs to JKR!

Story:

( Precisely What I Mean )