How didn't I know?

I like like her. 

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heartstopper fic

imogen/sahar    

All things considered, it is quite hard to run away properly, when your friends can, quite literally, follow you to the Ends Of The Universe And Back.

This is fairly annoying when your friends' primary motivations for hunting you down seems to be to pretend that Everything's Fine Without Him, Really, ruin your perfectly-sweet, perfectly-quiet happiness with a sudden onset of Relationship Crisis, and to sidle you into playing Therapist when your only qualifications for the role are that you were once (sort of; it's a long story) a God and/or have previously given some Exciting News to a random virgin woman and some shepherds, neither of which are particularly helpful.

Beelzebub is Mildly Furious, Gabriel is Quietly Amused: together they're, well, sort of just... Meh about it all? 

Tiramisu is the name of an arctic fox who was brought to medieval England by an Italian trader and left at an abbey in Cambridgeshire to be the pet of two young boys who had been placed in the abbey by their families.  Set in the disastrous Fourteenth Century, this is the story of one of those boys, Martin, who had to endure what no fifteen-year-old should have to face--calamity. loss, grief--but also a story of friendship, survival, spirituality, and ultimately a connection to canon.

Written for the Bookshelf Challenge of Bex (Beyond the Rain).  The random quote prompt, "I started to step out of my clothes as Tom leaned against the doorframe," is from the book Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams.  My eternal thanks to Bex for giving me the impetus to write this one-shot that grew into a novel.

Winner of the 2020 Golden Ink Award for Most Creative Story.

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With everything in life, there is a season. And they are always changing.  

Maria Wynstone is mostly content with a quiet life at her family's country estate, but as the daughter of a gentleman farmer, she knows that a few bad seasons can make all the difference to one's circumstances. And Maria has had her fair share of bad seasons in Town, to make her never wish to quit there again.  

Arthur Colbourne does not mind the law per se, but an embarrassing bumble in court rattles his confidence to the point where he questions all he's ever worked for. However, when his Uncle Wallace unexpectedly dies and he inherits the estate, Arthur finds himself thrust into a role that he is quite underprepared for, particularly when he meets the daughter of his new neighbour, Miss Maria Wynstone.

Drawn to her quiet charms, Arthur finds himself feeling things he's never experienced before. And when the delightful Miss Wynstone receives startling news about her brother, Gerry, Arthur cannot help but offer his services to help her find the truth of what happened to him. As the hunt for Gerry reaches a critical turning point, both Maria and Arthur are confronted not only for their growing feelings for one another, but also ghosts from their pasts. They must then find a way to move beyond their individual failings, should they want to succeed together.

 Written for inmyownlittlecorner's Regency Rep Challenge. 

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Elara Avery was entering her seventh year of Hogwarts with a broken engagement to a dangerous man, the threat of expulsion held over her head by her extortionist Headmaster, and the expectation that she either be engaged or prepared to join the "family business" by Christmas. All of this because of one fateful night where that idiotic fourth year helped the Dark Lord rise again and inadvertently ruined all of Elara's most well laid plans. With the help of friends new and old, a turncoat potions professor, and a certain devious redhead she might  just be able to graduate keeping everyone satisfied...

Or she might just die trying. 

Banished from the Slytherin Common Room while the purebloods celebrate Longest Night, Severus (quite against his will) makes a friend.

Written for the HPFC Holiday Bingo 2022

On the way to the Hogs Head in 1980, Severus's fate is interrupted by a letter from Lily that changes everything--for the better.

An everyone lives! (well, except for Voldemort) AU featuring one snarky potions master, several marauders, and an enchanting American witch.

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Teaching Potions to Luna Lovegood is turning out to be one of the greatest trials of Severus Snape's life. Little does he know it, but this will 'o the wisp of a girl is about to teach him a lesson he never expected to learn.

Written for the Severus Snape BigBang 2019

MFWHATAs 2020 Winner: Fluffiest Snake Tail

Featured Fic November 2020

Golden Ink Awards 2021 Finalist: Best Dialogue

Four times Miranda went home for Spring Break,

and

One time she didn't.

A story in letters following three young Thunderbirds from their first through their fifth year at Ilvermorny.

Third Place in just.a.willow.tree's Epistolary Challenge

No-Maj born David Clearwater never expected to become a wizard; and with his careful, studious nature, he never expected to become a Thunderbird either. As for convincing the fun-loving Miranda to choose him over the charismatic pure-blood Aaron Lee--he might as well wish for the moon.

a story about a young thunderbird; a tale about severus snape; and a portrait of charity burbage.

In a fit of jealousy, Sir Mungo murders his best friend. Can this sinner ever hope to become a saint?

Time was running out. Dumbledore knew he would have to face his childhood friend, his nemesis soon, but he needed information from the inside to ensure the final battle was success.

Katrina Bagshot thought she was applying for a secretarial position at the British Ministry of Magic. Instead she finds herself pulled into an intriguing web of espionage where loyalty if a matter of life and death and everyone is an enemy. 

January 2023 Story of the Month.

2023 Runner-Up Best Dark

2023 Runner-Up Best Character

Thank you to Oregonian for her hours of editing and for nominating this fic for Story of the Month as well as for the Golden Ink She has been amazingly supportive on this journey.