Recs: 2013.

[hpraremod]

We want to take a moment to pay tribute to some of the most amazing rare pair work of fiction or art. Whether it be slash, femmeslash, het or threesomes, so many authors have taken those pairings we never really thought about and created a captivating piece of work. So, if you know of a brilliant story or amazing art featuring a rare pair, rec it here so we can add it to our list and share in the rare pair love! It can be work that has been posted to this fest or it can be work posted in another fest. It doesn't matter why it was posted, as long as it's unlocked for the public eye!

Recs



SLASH

• Portrait of the Genius as a Young Man by kinky_kneazle. ( Albus Dumbledore/Albus Severus Potter ) - Albus finds the life of a hermit suits him well, but at Beltane, he can't help wishing for more. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Portrait of the Misanthrope as an Old Man by kinky_kneazle. ( Albus Severus/Severus ) - Sequel to Portrait of the Genius as a Young Man - In the midst of that terrible year Severus thinks no one knows who he really is. Then someone drops in to visit. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Truly Loyal by ashiiblack and icicle33. ( Lucius/James ) - Lucius sits in his cell in Azkaban. A compromise could free him from his prison. His memories may consume him first. ( Rated NC-17 )

• The Giant Longbone by justwolf. ( Harry/Remus ) - It's hard to figure out what's more difficult: being the saviour of the wizarding world, or being gay. Set post DH, not epilogue compliant. ( Rated Explicit )

• The Consequences of Pranks and Dares by leashy_bebes. ( James Sirius/Albus Severus ) - They wouldn't be James and Al Potter if they didn't clash at every turn. ( Rated R )

• Discombubolation by chantefable. ( Albus Severus/Viktor Krum ) - A man has passed away, and a man has come back. Distraught and confused, Al Potter reaches a new understanding of his life and himself ( Rated NC-17 )

• Finding Viktor Krum by atdelphi. ( Albus Severus/Viktor Krum ) - "A man walks into a pub..." Or, how the universe played a joke on Albus Severus Potter and how he learned to go along with it ( Rated NC-17 )

• Though the night yield no glimmer by scoradh. ( Draco/Goyle ) - Set post-war and victory. When you're on the losing side, you don't expect the hero's treatment. Draco learns what it is to live when everything you once knew no longer exists -- and finds it just as he never imagined. ( Rated R )

• Bitter Going Down by dueltastic. ( Severus Snape/Aberforth Dumbledore ) - 13: Severus and a prospective friend or lover bond over shared misanthropy. ( Rated R )

• The Chelmsford List by fluffyllama. ( Stan Shunpike/Mundungus Fletcher ) - Baffling Prison Escape + Wizards = Not Really All That Baffling. That's why this isn't an escape story. But it does involve wizards and prisons. ( Rated R )

• To The Lands I Knew by underlucius. ( Snape/Lucius ) - Written for the prompt: "Character A and Character B are no longer in love. What happens?" ( Rated PG )

• Balance of Power by keppiehed. ( Snape/Lucius ) - Will friendship or loyalty have more weight against the cause of the day? Severus is about to find out. ( Rated R )

• Speak by fbs_fic. ( Severus/Lucius ) - Even the most brilliant Potions Master makes mistakes. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Wooing by Subterfuge by white_cotton. ( Severus/Lucius ) - Having fallen in love with Severus, Lucius finds it a tricky business ensuring Severus follows suit. ( Rated R )

• Retribution by scarysnapey. ( Severus/Lucius, Severus/Narcissa ) - Severus has always been jealous of the Malfoys and their blond brilliance. When he has a chance to spoil everything, nothing goes as he expects. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Faithless Ganymede by atdelphi. ( Severus/Dumbledore ) - Severus Snape does not believe in God, but he does believe in power. ( Rated Adult )

• The Wizard and the Warlock by miss_morland. ( Severus/Gilderoy ) - Gilderoy Lockhart decides to try his hand at literary fiction. ( Rated G )

• Dallying With Dark Wizards by islandsmoke. ( Severus/Gilderoy ) - "It just goes to show there is some truth in the phrase, 'opposites attract'." ( Rated NC-17 )

• In the Storeroom by kinky_kneazle. ( Severus/Gilderoy ) - Gilderoy has a free lesson and decides to listen to Severus teach. ( Rated NC-17 )

• The Little Death by pauraque. ( Viktor/Cedric ) - N/A - Warnings/kinks: Dominance/submission, orgasm control, bisexuality ( Rated NC-17 )

• Hero Worship by snegurochka_lee. ( Charlie/Viktor ) - In which James has a hero, Al has a crush, Viktor has cold feet, and Charlie just wishes at least two of them would stop being such bloody drama queens about it all. ( Rated NC-17 )

• So Sane It's Driving Me Crazy by tryslora. ( Marcus Flint/Percy Weasley ) - Percy is alone for the first time on Christmas Eve, and bumps into someone completely unexpected, resulting in a strange night, and a magical morning. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Oh Glory by tryslora. ( Marcus Flint/Percy Weasley ) - Marcus Flint discovered the glory hole in the Hog’s Head tavern during his second seventh year at Hogwarts. But he keeps coming back for that glorious mouth, and wanting more, and more. Until he finds out who it is, and that only makes him more determined to get what he wants. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Calling Me Out to the Cliffs by calrissian18. ( Charlie/Draco ) - The war ends but Fenrir Greyback has evaded capture and he’s made no effort to hide his fascination with one Draco Malfoy. For his own protection, the Order decides to shack him up with Charlie Weasley in Middle-of-Nowhere, Romania. Which is just what Charlie wants this Christmas: to spend the hols with his ex. ( Rated NC-17 )



HET

• Interesting Proposal by silvernatasha. ( Blaise/Hermione ) - “Zabini.” She inclined her head in greeting, flipping over a page. “I suppose you want to talk about the research proposal you submitted.” ( Rated Adult )

• Paper Trail by kendas_fics. ( Blaise/Hermione ) - Hermione’s been following a paper trail that someone has been leaving her for six months, now it seems that her quarry is getting tired of the chase. ( Rated Adult )

• Doth Spice the Day by hydapses AKA ociwe. ( Blaise/Luna ) - Blaise receives something different for Christmas this year. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Against Family Expectations by lilithnaamah. ( Blaise/Astoria ) - Life rarely goes according to plan, even when those plans are written in ink by your parents. But when things do fall apart, Astoria decides waiting is just not an option. ( Rated NC-17 )

• The Tooth and Claw by luvscharlie. ( Charlie/Astoria ) - Charlie Weasley has given up dragon keeping for the position of barman, but Astoria Malfoy may be far more hazardous to his health than dragons ever were. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Said the Spider to the Fly by featherxquill. ( Sirius/Rita ) - Kicked out of the house by a best mate who's about to propose, Sirius heads to the Leaky fully intending to drown his frustration in a of pint of beer, but the blonde woman across the bar seems like a much better outlet for it. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Sleeping in the Devil's Bed by gryffindorj. ( Sirius/Narcissa ) - Sirius was a study in contradiction for Narcissa. He looked like a pureblood and sounded like a pureblood. He also could have the cold calculation Narcissa knew so well. But he was emotional, wild, and startlingly blunt. It kept her coming back again and again. ( Rated NC-17 )

• True All the Same by alyxbradford. ( Rowena/Salazar ) - ( Rated NC-17 )

• Problems with Girls by lankybodanky. ( Ginny/Ron ) - Ron needs help with girls so he reads Ginny's diary. Now he has a whole other problem. And she's the only answer. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Witch Weekly's Guide to Spicing Up Your Relationship by bitchet. ( Draco/Asteria ) - Draco is wary of Asteria's plans to revive their flagging sex life. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Jigsaw Falling into Place by heather. ( Hermione/Charlie ) - Hermione does something she might not regret as much as she thinks. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Midnight Management by chantefable. ( Draco/Lily Luna ) - Lily Potter is in charge of the Potter estate. For this she solicits the help of Draco Malfoy, of Malfoy Management. This results in a beautiful and mutually satisfying partnership. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Choosing My Confessions by snegurochka_lee. ( Harry/Pansy ) - Someone is sending Pansy erotic letters. She's going to insist that no less than the Head Auror himself get to the bottom of it. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Flying Dutchman by kellychambliss. ( Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank/Aberforth Dumbledore ) - Nothing both soothes and arouses Aberforth like a whiff of Wilhelmina's pipe smoke. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Heartsease by Slytherincess. ( Lucius/Pansy ) - Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable power. There is more to fathers than meets the eye. ( Rated NC-17 )

• On Narcissism by eonone. ( Lucius/Pansy ) - "She had only been an exercise in ego, a game to see if he could still snag a pretty twenty-something and bring her into his bed. Obviously, he’d succeeded. There was no reason for it to continue, but it had." ( Rated NC-17 )

• He's been pretty much yellow and I've been kind of blue, but all I can see is red, red, red. by fevervignettes. ( Lucius/Luna ) - Her day-to-day moments can be found filed here, lost in a mess of crescent moons under fingernails, teeth the color of pearls, and the all-encompassing circle around the iris of the eye. White, Luna decides, is the basis, the soul if you believe in such a thing, of human beings; a clean slate, constantly wiping itself clean just to clutter everything back up again. Again and again. ( Rated R )

• Naked by atdelphi. ( Narcissa/Abraxas ) - Narcissa has a considerate husband—and a father-in-law who is something else entirely ( Rated Adult )

• Rosemary and Blue Heliotrope by djinnj. ( Snape/Tonks ) - Snape has a one night stand with Tonks. It lasts more than one night. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Ride the Drafts in Empty Bedrooms by el_em_en_oh_pee. ( Snape/Narcissa ) - Severus is well aware that some of his housemates tend to turn to the liquid comfort of Firewhisky and gin after being so totally rejected; it is now his turn to turn to the sweet assurances of liquid luck. ( Rated NC-17 )

• His by mickeysame. ( Harry/Dominique ) - The first time he saw her he knew he could never let her go. She was supposed to be his and he'll do anything to make it so. But how far is too far before love becomes obsession. ( Rated R )

• Best and the Brightest by tjs_whatnot. ( Harry/Tonks ) - Some of Harry’s best lessons aren’t learned in class. ( Rated NC-17 )



FEMSLASH

• The Ladies of Godric's Hollow by tetleythesecond. ( Griselda Marchbanks/Bathilda Bagshot ) - Griselda Marchbanks and Bathilda Bagshot have a dream and sound principles. However, when Bathilda's nephew Gellert pays them a visit in 1899 and turns out to be more than they can handle, the question is how to stay true to them. ( Rated R )

• Cool Walls, Warm Thighs by thusspakekate. ( Pansy/Hermione ) - Hermione isn't pleased to learn that Harry and Draco have a new house guest. There is something about Pansy Parkinson that drives her crazy. ( Rated R )



THREESOME

• Upon Waking by coffeejunkii. ( Harry/Remus/Sirius ) - A story about the blurring of uncrossable lines, told between tea and rain and the still moments after full moons. ( Rated Explicit )

• We Change The Nature of Things by dueltastic. ( Severus/Minerva/Albus ) - Albus makes some observations about Minerva and Severus. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Lemon Squeezy by teddyradiator. ( Snape/Filch/Millicent Bulstrode ) - Millie Bulstrode learned the hard facts of life early. If you weren't pretty, rich, or played Quidditch, you were in for it. A story of friendship, love and the definition of beauty. ( Rated NC-17 )

• Just In Time by leni_jess. ( Snape/Narcissa/Lucius ) - "The Great Escape" as orchestrated by Severus Snape, and revised for performance by Voldemort, with smut obbligato. Warnings: Some dub-con aspects. ( Rated NC-17 )