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I'm so excited to claim something that I wrote, after a year of no-fic.

Title: Sex and the Art of Castle Maintenance
Author: birdsofshore
Pairing: Harry / Draco
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~15k
Summary: "Come on, boys," Zabini drawled. "You're only delaying the inevitable."
Trouble always had a way of finding Harry, and eighth year was obviously going to be no exception.
Content notes: Consent issues, Eighth year, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Mistletoe, Matchmaking, Antagonism, Smut, Antagonistic Smut

So this was written for

8c /

PukingPastilles for

hd_erised , which was a fantastic experience for me! Thanks so much to

lq_traintracks who saved me from utter panics and made brilliant suggestions,

bixgirl1 who was super-encouraging and helpful,

who_la_hoop who gave me the title (without having read the fic, hah), and the mods,

gracerene ,

dicta_contrion and

firethesound , who not only picked a superb match for me, but were kind and patient and calm (to my face, at least) when I kept messing up and then was horribly late. You are all THE BEST.

Thank you also to everybody who has read and left comments already. After a year of being in a bit of a lonely place with fandom, it's been such a joy to share something with everybody!

I've decided the best summary would actually be a quote from one of

8c 's comments:

"I'm just... letting Malfoy suck my cock... to figure out what he's up to."

I also need to mention, again, the asdfghjksdfghjkl art I got for my gift, Heat of the Moment, by

isinuyasha , which has made me SO HAPPY and is an utterly breath-stealing moment of romance and desire. <3

Aaaand I need to nudge you to look at the so-hot-it-should-be-illegal art which

8c drew to illustrate my fic, which you can see here on AO3, now with rather NSFW preview (but it is 100 times more SFW than the actual art):
( Preview under the cut )( And lastly a mini update about my writing )

Crossposts: https://birdsofshore.livejournal.com/157085.html

Hello lovely people! I feel like I've been away for ages because I was trying to finish a thing, and then when I'd finished the thing, I was trying to do all the things I'd neglected while I was trying to finish the thing.

*sigh* Dreamwidth doesn't get any prettier or easier to use, does it? Never mind, here we are. I noticed a few people coming back from tumblr, and personally I am hoping to be around a bit more in 2019, but I don't really feel confident that I friended everyone over here that I was friends with on LJ. The lack of fest comms over here also makes it tricky - how do you make new friends? I dunno. Anyway, I'll make this post public and if anyone sees it and thinks that we are not friends and we should be, or they'd like to be, please do nudge me. I'll friend pretty much anyone who has an actual journal that posts fandom stuff.

ERISED RECS

I haven't read much at Erised yet but everything has been bloody wonderful! Either I was lucky, or everything there is in fact amazing. I'm going to start with MY GIFT, did you see it yet? My *hearteyes* beautiful *swoon* perfect ARTTTTTTT!

( Recs for H/D art and fic )

That's it for today but please tell me, what have you enjoyed at Erised? I'm looking for my next blissful hit of H/D.

Crossposts: https://birdsofshore.livejournal.com/155441.html

First of all, it always feels so ruddy awkward posting after a massive break, but I'll dispense with the shuffling around and just go for it.

Yesterday I signed up for hd_erised for another year and realised I had not acknowledged anything about the fact that some of the mod team are stepping down. Erised has been one of the absolute highlights in my fandom calendar and I can't really think about it without getting a mix of excitement, nerves, joy and amazement. The amount of work the mod team have put in each year is phenomenal and I have no idea how they manage to keep everything running so smoothly and make it the glorious experience that we love. Each time my assignment has challenged me to do things I didn't know I could do, and I know other participants have experienced the same, because the work that has been created for Erised is among the finest that we have in this fandom. Also, most years I was a monstrous pain in the arse with deadlines, and the mods always worked with me to make sure I could still submit.

I want to say a very heartfelt thank you to

gracerene ,

capitu and

sassy_cissa for their patience, care, love, dedication, kindness, and hard work which always went above and beyond, for creating something which has been like no other fest. ♥ ♥ ♥

And good luck to the incoming mod team along with grace who is sticking around for another year!

Crossposts: https://birdsofshore.livejournal.com/155007.html

I still have no idea how to use Dreamwidth and I forgot half the html I knew, so if I cock this up just ignore me, please! I don't think my spoiler cuts worked, or maybe they worked too well because I lost a lot of the post?? I'm so sorry if this looks awful on your feed.

Here's my erised fic. It's long and full of tropes and quite ridiculous in places, (plus! Bonus pretentious title!) But there's also rimming and sentient Grimmauld Place and plenty of fanon!Draco. \o/

Title: You open always (petal by petal)
Author:

birdsofshore
Recipient:

bixgirl1
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, background Ron/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~65,000
Warnings: Homophobic slurs and attitudes, internalised homophobia, derogatory attitudes to sex workers, some mentions of sadistic violence, brief thoughts of sexual activity with a sleeping partner, rough sex, brief mention of Harry with a woman (past relationship), mentions of dubious consent in connection with sex work
Content/Enticements: Post war, Rent boy!Draco, down-and-out!Draco, top!Harry, inexperienced!Harry, Grimmauld Place, house magic, house-elves, portraits, first times, antagonism, hurt/comfort, coming out, antagonism, pining, angst, UST, kissing, wanking, frotting, blow jobs, rimming, intergluteal sex, anal sex

Summary: Harry’s not the kind of person who pays for sex. He really isn’t. Until he is.
Author's Notes:

bixgirl1 , I was equal parts delighted and intimidated to receive my assignment to write for you. Your sign up was a treasure trove of inspiration and I dearly hope you find plenty to enjoy here.
Thank you so much to my betas,

lq_traintracks , and

dicta_contrion , for their extraordinary patience, kindness, and skill. Any remaining mistakes are entirely down to me. Thank you also to the mods for their support and their tireless work running this beloved fest.
The title comes from e.e. cummings’ poem, somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond.

You open always (petal by petal) on AO3

I wanted to say a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who left comments on this. I appreciate it so much.

I also wanted to blether a little bit and basically post pretty pictures I found inspiring while I was writing.

( Tweed and cheekbones and hair, oh my )

Crossposts: https://birdsofshore.livejournal.com/154274.html

I've read your sign up and stalked you and I already love you a bit.

I'll do my very best to write you something special as a gift. ~~Possibly something quite dirty.~~ I think we're going to get along JUST FINE.

♥

OMG OMG. It's today. I'm so excited, I keep reminding myself to BREATHE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.

( Things to take our mind off it (includes shirtless president) )

This was my gift for

anemonen:

Title: I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Author:

birdsofshore
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, brief Draco/OMCs
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~28,000
Warnings: Homophobia (internalised, plus verbal and physical abuse). Draco has off-screen sex with other men before he and Harry get together. Harry attempts sex with another man but changes his mind. Plenty of antagonism. Fashions and music are not necessarily contemporary to the time period of the story. I sincerely apologise to anyone who lives in Walthamstow; I hear it's quite a nice place these days.
Content/Enticements: Clubbing, the Muggle world, coming out, first times, virgin!Harry, experienced!Draco, voyeurism, semi-public sex, jealousy, antagonism, pining, UST, flangst
Summary: Harry felt lit up from inside as soon as he entered the bar. There were blokes dancing together, their bodies close to one another, not keeping a wary distance as Harry was always careful to do when he was near another man. God, he wanted this – wanted it so much he could taste it, a metallic tang of heat and desire. He suspected nothing would ever be the same again – especially when he saw who else was in the room.

I'm so so excited I can finally talk about this, and most importantly, shout my head off about the amazing ART which

anemonen drew for it. LOOK AT THIS: Live here in the moment. I can't tell you how chuffed I was that Ane was inspired to create this stunning Draco. The whole picture fits my imaginings of the Tube scene from the story perfectly. And then I had to keep quiet and not say anything about it for WEEEEEKS! I nearly DIED. It's a gorgeous standalone picture of Draco so it won't spoil anything if you haven't read the fic, by the way. Please do leave

anemonen all the love if you go and take a look.

( Wafflings about writing, with pictures and videos and stuff )

I promised

capitu I would make rec posts before reveals and she's not even here to see this, my second post. *sniffle* But I loved this fest so much,

hd_erised was absolutely mighty this year and I just wish I had more time to waffle on about all the fabulous things I read. This is a whistlestop tour of some more of my favourites. I'm still reading! Everything is amazing!

( Four fic recs )
There'll be another post if I can squeeze an extra hour into the day - with art. THE ART! *flail* I don't think I can even pick my favourites. I might have to rec EVERYTHING. O_o

I've been drowning in all of the glorious things that have been posted over the last month. I've hardly had time to comment properly, let alone rec, but I was determined to get at least one rec post in before

hd_erised reveals. Are you going crazy waiting like me? WHO WROTE MY GIFT FFS? I thought I knew, but I was wrong, and it's driving me up the wall, LOL!

( Recs: fics and a podfic )

I'm SO happy about my assignment I could cry. Honestly. *hugs self* *hugs everyone* *sniffles incoherently*

The

hd_erised mods are goddesses. How can they match all those disparate people up and somehow make it all WORK?

I really really hope everyone is feeling good about their match. If you're feeling worried, I don't know if it helps, but last year I was pretty intimidated and unsure about writing for the super-fabulous tryslora, but it turned out to be a great experience.

Good luck, everyone!

♥

So how are your

hd_erised feels?

( Image heavy... )

COME AND ROLL AROUND IN AN UNDIGNIFIED FASHION WITH ME

( Heeeeeeeelllllllllppppppp )

Yay, reveals! Claiming my

hd_erised fic. \o/

Title: Rough Magic
Author:

birdsofshore
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~28,500
Warnings: Some mild d/s themes (a little light magical bondage), some mild consent issues
Content/Enticements: UST, first times, outdoor sex, post-war, the Forbidden Forest.
Summary: Malfoy's magic has run wild. But though wild magic is unpredictable and greatly feared, Harry's damned if he's going to let Malfoy rot in St Mungo's while they work out what to do with him.

( Ramblings, thanks, and art )

So, my

hd_erised gift posted and it was rather exciting. I think I actually won erised. ~~That's totally how it works, yes?~~

( Rec for The Vanishing Cabinet )

( Cool HP cover art )

Title: Undone
Artist:

raitala
Characters: Hugo Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Severus Potter
Rating: G

asdfghjklssdfghjkl, would you look at this,

raitala made art for the second part of my Draco/Albus Severus story, Undone. It's the moment when Hugo, Scorpius and Albus see Draco arriving at the party, and oohhhhhhhh, it's so perfect! I had such fun thinking about the clothes that young wizards would wear at a party, 25 years down the line, and

raitala has captured them on paper brilliantly. Albus and his pouty face, and the million tiny buttons! Look at Scorp with his handsome face and sharp threads. And Hugo! My god, he's perfect! The whole thing makes me beam.

Getting art for my fic is just about my favourite thing in the world. I feel like Christmas came early. The art is completely WS and you don't need to have read the fic to enjoy it, because it also works simply as a great portrait of 3 next gen characters. Please leave the creator lots of love. ♥

Art for Undone

I have got LOADS more Draco/Albus planned, by the way, so thanks so much to everyone who commented ~~and made me feel less of a pervert for wanting to write Albus getting thoroughly bummed by Draco again and again and again.~~

TALKING OF CHRISTMAS. Erised tomorrow.

( click for gif... )
SO. EXCITED.

I've got a first draft done for my

hd_erised fic. \o/ Now it's gone out to beta *nail bites*.

But, more importantly,

hd_fanart fest has begun!

If you haven't seen the opening piece of art, please go and look, because it's swoony-good. I've been stalking this Mystery Artist for a loooong time in hopes that she would one day draw H/D, and now she has, I hope we're all agreed that we must keep her, yes? *seals all exits*

The Holly and the Hawthorn (H/D, R) is mesmerisingly lovely. I just opened the page again to get the link, and got trapped in its evil gorgeousness all over again. I must have lost hours of my life to this piece. *happy sigh*

Please give the artist much love! Perhaps she'll stay with us forever? ♥

I didn't get mine yet, but, looking at my flist, they are starting to go out RIGHT NOW!

OMG, I am literally quivering with excitement. I can't wait to see who I get; I just want to get down in their sign up and roll around in it.

BUT WHAT IF I GET SOMEONE SCARY? AUUUUUGH, lol.

Oh, this is just too thrilling. I am refreshing my email like an idiot. Have you got yours? Are you waiting? Are you excited? PLEASE come and squee and snivel with me.

And here is some love for the dear

hd_erised mods who spent all week fretting over getting us all the perfect match, and are sending ALL those assignments out, one by one ♥ ♥ ♥

I've been looking forward to finding the time to post and say thank you for all the wonderful things I received over the Christmas period.

( Festive gifts )

( Recs... )

( My erised story )

( 3 recs from hd_erised )

( ETA: an art rec )

( General fandom stuff )

Just my usual kind of post blethering about fannish things and pointing at things I found amusing. :D

( I read Hitchhiker's with my son... )

( Bit of stuff about H/D fests... )

Finally if you made it through all that, (or if you just want to skip straight to the funny part):

( Funny videos, yay! )

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Entries tagged with com: hd_erised

Fic: Sex and the Art of Castle Maintenance (H/D, NC-17, ~15k)

RECS, fresh hot juicy RECS

Post of great thanks and admiration for the retiring Erised mods

Fic:You open always (petal by petal)

Dear Erised recip

EEEEERRRRRIIIIIISSSSSSSEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDD

Claiming my erised fic: I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor (H/D, 28k, NC-17)

In like Flynn with my last minute erised recs

Get your recs here, hot and fresh

ERISEEEEEEEEEEED

WHOOP WHOOP... IT'S NEARLY ERISED ASSIGNMENT TIME....

CANNOT CONTAIN MY ERISED FEELS

Fic: Rough Magic (H/D, NC-17, ~28.5k)

YES YES YES YES YESSSSSSS

Time for a brief flail

Post of wa-hey

THREAD TO FLAIL ABOUT ERISED ASSIGNMENTS!!11!

Thanks, recs, and claiming my erised

The return of good old recs and nonsense

Stuff and nonsense