Harry Potter (?!)

[leavethesky]

angharad_gov did a rec post (for fantastic stories in a variety of fandoms including BOP, XMEN and Xena) and reminded me of a spectacular WIP in the Harry Potter fandom. For all of you squicked by HP fandom, the characters in the story are NOT minors.

Aucune Defense Pour-toi (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17a, 17b, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) by meingeheimnis is HP, Hermione/Fleur, PG-13 (so far). It gets a bit complicated because this story is a response to another written by dreiser, No Defense For You (same pairing, same rating). Dreiser's a wonderful writer in her own right (whose lovely Hermione/Luna WIP, Crazy Little Things, angharad also recs) and meingeheimnis builds on that with her own distinct style. This is an achingly sweet and beautiful love story written in exquisite style. Fleur, a veela, mates for life. If her love is not returned, she will fall ill and die. When she is 17 she falls in love at first sight with a 14 year-old Hermione. She denies it for 3 years at the expense of her health, finally returning to Hogwarts to teach and (attempt) to court an 18 year-old Hermione... who can't stand her. meingeheimnis takes her time with these characters and their complicated and at times painful path to love. Just beautiful. I can't wait for the next update and am hoping that I can move this writer to write at least a little faster.

I had a couple of Women's Murder Club recs as well, but cutting and pasting all of those links drove me nuts so...later.

edited to correct the link to part 1 of Aucun Defense (thanks angharad!!!).