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Overcome by his lycanthropy, Remus slowly begins to lose control and is about to commit the worst. Sirius tries to hide his feelings for him while trying to escape his own family, and James, though in love with Lily, finds himself getting closer to a certain Slytherin.

 

As the Marauders' fifth year takes a dark turn, Voldemort grows in power.

 

All will soon be forced to make tough decisions.


Incomplete · Published: 17 May 2020 · Updated: 25 Mar 2024 · Words: 43106 · Chapters: 8 · Reviews: 8 · Likes: 2 · Reads: 79

Series: None





Lenora was born a princess, but forced to grow up in the outer provinces of her own kingdom after her castle was overrun and family destroyed. She has a powerful connection to runa, the energy that flows through every living thing. It’s such a strong connection that she often gets tangled with the energy of people who get in its path, witnessing the nightmares of their final moments when she rests her head. 

 

After nearly a decade in hiding she stumbles into the thick of the rebellion, stuck with a group of misfits with more ambition than sense.


Characters: Original Character, Original Female Character, Original Male Character

Pairings: None

Representation: None

Story Type: Novel (50,000+ words)

FFT Groups:
Incomplete · Published: 23 Sep 2023 · Updated: 22 Mar 2024 · Words: 56439 · Chapters: 14 · Reviews: 11 · Likes: 13 · Reads: 188

Series: None





What do seven professional art thieves do in their spare time?

 

Attend college, of course.

 

[a modern college au chatfic]

 


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Substance Abuse)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: AU

Tropes: Established Relationship, Found Family, Friendship, Modern AU, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 13 Jan 2024 · Updated: 16 Mar 2024 · Words: 13556 · Chapters: 17 · Reviews: 33 · Likes: 5 · Reads: 111

Series: best of times, worst of crimes





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After Fred's death and a series of mishaps, Josephine finds herself posing as Fred's former girlfriend for just one night to help the Weasley's move on. But when she grows attached to the warmth of having a family again, she finds herself unable to walk away and forced instead to live life in her lie.

(George/OC)


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Substance Abuse, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): Dying/Grieving, Panic Attacks, War

Genre: Angst, Drama, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Romance

Tropes: Big Happy Family, Fake Relationship, Family, Forgiveness, Found Family, Friendship, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 07 Feb 2018 · Updated: 08 Feb 2024 · Words: 53616 · Chapters: 10 · Reviews: 72 · Likes: 39 · Reads: 618

Series: Sitewide Stories of the Month, Hufflepuff Golden Chalice Winners





Dive into a captivating tale where Scorpius's unexpected selection as a champion sparks suspicion and intrigue. As he strives to prove his worth, a sinister organization's recruitment efforts tangle the plot. Scorpius's refusal ignites a partnership with Rose, and together they unravel a web of deception. The story unfolds at a mesmerizing masquerade ball, leading to a thrilling climax where they unmask villains and forge a new future together. Get ready for a journey filled with twists, turns, and a touch of romance!


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (None)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: Action/Adventure

Tropes: Belligerent Sexual Tension , Big Happy Family, Drunken Confessions, Enemies to Lovers, Found Family, Friendship, Holidays, Opposites Attract, School, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 30 Aug 2023 · Updated: 10 Jan 2024 · Words: 17924 · Chapters: 5 · Reviews: 1 · Likes: 1 · Reads: 92

Series: None





Loosely based on characters from The Umbrella Academy

 

For inmyownlittlecorner's Regency Rep Challenge

 

Five told himself that he was done being a hero. (In some strange twist of fate at the end of time, he had literally told himself to stop saving the world.) After stumbling into this time and place, he had finally managed some semblance of normalcy, or at least the world wasn’t trying to end itself every four days. Perhaps that was only because he wasn’t aware of it, but still. If he played his cards right, retirement would finally be within his reach, and the quiet of the universe had begun to suit him just fine.


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Substance Abuse, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): Addiction, Dying/Grieving

Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Tropes: Black Sheep, Found Family, Friendship, Slow Build/Slow Burn, Soulmates, Time-Travel
Completed · Published: 29 Nov 2022 · Updated: 06 Jan 2024 · Words: 115462 · Chapters: 25 · Reviews: 134 · Likes: 71 · Reads: 4186

Series: None





Verity works in a Diagon Alley Shop and has a great deal of fun at her job, but her dream is elsewhere.  Any time she can, she spends her nights drumming in clubs - mostly Muggle ones, at that - trying to get her big break.  She didn't expect the detour she took on that journey, though, or the surprises that awaited her after she followed the new route.


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Substance Abuse, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: Fluff, Humor, Romance

Tropes: Careers, Friends to Lovers, Friendship, Opposites Attract, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 19 Mar 2023 · Updated: 02 Jan 2024 · Words: 31460 · Chapters: 14 · Reviews: 84 · Likes: 17 · Reads: 472

Series: None



Incomplete · Published: 10 Nov 2017 · Updated: 20 Dec 2023 · Words: 88750 · Chapters: 16 · Reviews: 206 · Likes: 80 · Reads: 5824

Series: Sitewide Stories of the Month





 

"Younger sons cannot marry where they like." - Col Fitzwilliam (Pride & Prejudice)

 

 ~

 

There’s little use in being a gentleman when you’re the younger son of a younger son. In fact, the person with the greatest chance of succeeding around here is Ginevra (if only she’d be reasonable).

 

But the willful sons and daughter of Burrough House in Devonshire may just find their way with a little nerve and a lot of heart (and some very unladylike behaviour).

 

~

 

(A Regency-era Muggle AU)


Incomplete · Published: 07 Nov 2021 · Updated: 09 Dec 2023 · Words: 109649 · Chapters: 23 · Reviews: 306 · Likes: 142 · Reads: 2566

Series: None





 

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We are a generation defined by the expectations laid upon us.

 

 

Albus/OC


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Consent Issues, Self-Harm, Sexual Content, Slurs, Substance Abuse, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): Addiction, Breakups, Bullying

Genre: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance

Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Friendship, School, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 19 Apr 2018 · Updated: 05 Dec 2023 · Words: 15535 · Chapters: 4 · Reviews: 51 · Likes: 23 · Reads: 965

Series: Golden Girl





 

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Hermione's Plan: Travel back in time and show Severus Snape that he does have life worth fighting for.

Not Hermione's Plan: Fall in love with him.

 

 

**2017 FROGS WINNER for Best Novel**

**2019 FROGS WINNER for Best Long-Form Romance (Hermione/Snape)**

HPFT Slytherin's My Father Will Hear About These Awards:

2017 WINNER for Best Chaptered Fic

2018 WINNER for Most Hypnotizing Fic (Most addicting)

2019 WINNER for Most Careful Handling of a Snake (Severus Snape)

HPFT Slytherin Story of the Month - July 2016

HPFT Featured Story - December 2016

HPFF 2017 Dobby Winner for Best AU

 


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Consent Issues, Sexual Content, Substance Abuse, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): Bullying

Genre: Angst, Romance

Tropes: Love/Hate Relationships, Rare Pair, Slow Build/Slow Burn, Time-Travel
Completed · Published: 31 Oct 2016 · Updated: 27 Aug 2023 · Words: 149445 · Chapters: 42 · Reviews: 251 · Likes: 118 · Reads: 4694

Series: Slytherin MFWHATA Winners, FROGS Winners, Slytherin Stories of the Month



Completed · Published: 10 Sep 2020 · Updated: 30 Jul 2023 · Words: 20747 · Chapters: 7 · Reviews: 9 · Likes: 9 · Reads: 245

Series: None





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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. 



Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content)

Content Warnings (optional): Dying/Grieving, Miscarriage, Panic Attacks, War

Genre: Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance

Tropes: Family, Friendship, Idiots in love, Marriage, Mutual Pining, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 30 Oct 2022 · Updated: 22 Jul 2023 · Words: 59560 · Chapters: 11 · Reviews: 84 · Likes: 51 · Reads: 778

Series: None





 

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a walking cliche

 

"Look, you two are a walking cliché. You fake date to make people jealous, end up falling in love, your brother kills James and gets put in Azkaban, and the best friend doesn't get to marry the love of her life."

 

Jess Kenny isn't having the best start to her sixth year. Enter James Potter and his uneven nostrils.


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Substance Abuse)

Content Warnings (optional): Breakups, Bullying

Genre: Drama, Fluff, Humor, Romance

Tropes: Careers, Family, Friends to Lovers, Friendship, Marriage, School, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 21 Nov 2018 · Updated: 15 Jul 2023 · Words: 49222 · Chapters: 10 · Reviews: 38 · Likes: 5 · Reads: 1152

Series: Gryffindor Featured Fics





According to the rules, no Jotun shall ever set foot in Asgard.

According to the rules, no Prince of Asgard shall befriend a Jotun.

According to the rules--

 

Rules were made to be broken.

 

Angrboda, the Jotun maiden, and Loki, the Asgardian prince, meet as children when Angrboda sneaks into Asgard on a rescue mission. An unlikely friendship springs up over the centuries as the two continue to meet in secret. As friendship deepens into a love that neither Asgard, nor Jotunheim would accept, they must decide if the prize is worth the risk.

 

 

Written for Flufftober 2021 on Tumblr


Characters: Loki, Original Female Character, Thor

Pairings: Unlisted Pairing

Representation: Bisexual/Biromantic

Story Type: Novellette (under 25,000 words)

FFT Groups:
Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Slurs, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: Action/Adventure, Fluff, Romance, Smut

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Completed · Published: 01 Oct 2021 · Updated: 06 Jun 2023 · Words: 23343 · Chapters: 31 · Reviews: 74 · Likes: 2 · Reads: 382

Series: None





 

 

i'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night,

 

rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife

 

 

 

baela targaryen / alyn velaryon


Incomplete · Published: 26 May 2022 · Updated: 04 Mar 2023 · Words: 8500 · Chapters: 14 · Reviews: 26 · Likes: 6 · Reads: 219

Series: None





When Lan Wangji walks out of his high-end dental practice in Shanghai, he gets in his car and just drives.

 

Wei Wuxian isn't sure how or why Lan Wangji ended up in Jinxi, but he's not sure the village life is really for him.

 

The only problem? Lan Wangji is too stubborn to realise this and somehow, he's made this Wei Wuxian's concern.

 

(Or, the Hometown Cha Cha Cha!AU no one asked for)

 

|| Inkys 2022 Winner: Best Description; March 2022 Story of the Month || 


Incomplete · Published: 05 Nov 2021 · Updated: 18 Feb 2023 · Words: 73800 · Chapters: 12 · Reviews: 28 · Likes: 6 · Reads: 20256

Series: None





“Love didn’t just happen to us. We built it slowly over the years, stone by stone, over the years.”

 

For Catelyn and Eddard Stark, their marriage was a way to hold the northern regions of the realm. But love did grow with small moments built one on top of the other with each passing day.


Characters: Catelyn Stark, Ned Stark

Pairings: Unlisted Pairing

Representation: None

Story Type: Story Collection

FFT Groups:
Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Violence)

Content Warnings (optional): War

Genre: Dark, Fantasy, Romance

Tropes: Marriage, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 28 Jun 2022 · Updated: 25 Jan 2023 · Words: 5884 · Chapters: 3 · Reviews: 16 · Likes: 8 · Reads: 311

Series: None





1962.

 

The year the first American orbited the Earth.

 

The year West Side Story won Best Picture.

 

The year mutants became known to the public.


Characters: Alex Summers, Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Hank McCoy, Original Female Character, Sean Cassidy

Pairings: None

Representation: None

Story Type: Novel (50,000+ words)

FFT Groups:
Rating and Advisories (required): Teen Audiences (None)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: AU, General

Tropes: Found Family, Friendship, Origin Story, Parenthood, Sarcastic Devotee, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 23 Nov 2021 · Updated: 17 Jan 2023 · Words: 9057 · Chapters: 3 · Reviews: 6 · Likes: 3 · Reads: 3325

Series: None



Incomplete · Published: 01 Dec 2020 · Updated: 16 Dec 2022 · Words: 83190 · Chapters: 18 · Reviews: 83 · Likes: 57 · Reads: 1112

Series: and when you get me alone it's so simple





one week. one cabin. sexual tension. only one bed. lots of shenanigans.

 

won down-in-flames's drunken shenanigans challenge | banner by me

 

fft featured story/gryffindor featured fic dec '20


Incomplete · Published: 29 Aug 2020 · Updated: 08 Oct 2022 · Words: 25969 · Chapters: 13 · Reviews: 74 · Likes: 35 · Reads: 2238

Series: shenanigans and beyond





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Emma Rhodes' Guide to a Successful Beach Vacation:

 

1. Never be seen without a drink in hand;
2. Don't leave the house without a camera;
3. Pretend like the last five months never happened;

 

And 4?
Throw it all away when her ex-boyfriend shows up across the street.


--
runner up: favorite supporting character (john murphy), inkys '23
finalist: best cast/ensemble, inkys '23
finalist: favorite lead pairing (emma rhodes/john murphy), inkys '23
finalist: best series/universe, inkys '23


Completed · Published: 24 Jan 2022 · Updated: 07 Sep 2022 · Words: 32762 · Chapters: 14 · Reviews: 75 · Likes: 25 · Reads: 367

Series: sanctum beach series, all roads lead to you





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James just wanted to get away from the pressures of the wizarding world for a summer. Falling for a muggle wasn't meant to be on his syllabus. 


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Rating and Advisories (required): Teen Audiences (None)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: Drama, Humor, Romance

Tropes: Forgiveness, Friends to Lovers, Friendship, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Completed · Published: 29 May 2020 · Updated: 11 Aug 2022 · Words: 36446 · Chapters: 16 · Reviews: 94 · Likes: 36 · Reads: 30837

Series: Stubborn Love Series





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Wars and uprisings had no place or bearing in Andromeda Black's life. Her focus lay within the walls of St. Mungos as a trainee healer, on the path to deeper understanding of wizarding maladies. She'd fought and earned her way here and wasn't going to let a rogue wizard with a penchant for being on the receiving end of curses veer her away. She had a plan, and no time for some silly wizarding war. Right. Right?


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content, Substance Abuse)

Content Warnings (optional): Cheating, Discrimination, Misogyny, War

Genre: Drama, General, Romance, Smut

Tropes: Love Hurts, Mutual Pining, Opposites Attract, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 21 May 2022 · Updated: 11 Jun 2022 · Words: 5733 · Chapters: 2 · Reviews: 13 · Likes: 11 · Reads: 70

Series: None





Al Potter came to Cambridge to study, not to lose his heart over a girl...

 

A random, non-chronological collection of thirty moments set in the 'No Wands' verse, written for RogueSlytherin's 'I'll read fluff if I want to' challenge


Rating and Advisories (required): Mature Audiences (Sexual Content)

Content Warnings (optional): None

Genre: Fluff, Humor, Romance, Smut

Tropes: Friendship, Slow Build/Slow Burn
Incomplete · Published: 23 Apr 2022 · Updated: 26 May 2022 · Words: 13921 · Chapters: 21 · Reviews: 93 · Likes: 36 · Reads: 543

Series: No Wands