Magical Musings

If you are wondering why my Christmas icon is still up, it's because I'm still reposting fic from the holiday season. Here's the next one.


Title: Christmas Warmth
Gift to: flipflop_diva
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~2300
Warnings: underage sex (Harry is still 17), some language, angst
Summary: Harry's still pissed about Hermione breaking his wand, and they're stuck out in the forest in the cold of winter, and yeah, all Christmases suck. Hermione, fortunately, won't let him drown in his sorrows.
A/N: Written for Smutty_Claus 2014 Exchange. Beta by S; thank you, dear! Any remaining mistakes are mine. Fic takes place on Christmas Day just after the attack by Nagini in Godric's Hollow. My recipient asked for smut and all the angst. ;)


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Title: Lost in the Middle
Author: starduchess
Reader: cee5
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5980
Podfic Length: 00:39:25
Warnings: angst
A/N: produced for the Pod-Together challenge 2014

Summary: Draco received a shock about his parentage the summer after his father's imprisonment. He's now caught in the web of manipulations with no way out, but there is one small light in the darkness.

story and podfic at AO3



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This is my newest Veela fic from this year's do_me_veela Valentine's fest:

Title: Charming Our Hearts
Creator: starduchess
Pairing: Severus/Remus/Sirius
Rating: R
Length: ~8900
Summary: Sirius accidentally touches a Greek artifact at the National Museum that awakens his creature inheritance. Remus wants him. Problem is Remus is already in a relationship with Snape.
Warnings/Content: Veela creature fic, some language, underage sex (all are 16)

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Repost of my entry for snape_potter's Snarry-a-Thon 2013.

Title: Peeking Can Be Hazardous to Your Sanity
Author: starduchess
Pairings: Severus/Harry, James/Lily, Remus/Sirius, implied future Remus/Tonks
Rating: PG
Word count: ~5,960
Warnings: lots of fun, bad humor, voyeurism (of the kissing kind)
Prompt: #19 - Marauder Era James looks into the future and sees Snape as Headmaster and who is this young man with him?
Summary: When James Potter looks into the future, he gains an eyeful he clearly wasn’t expecting.
A/N: Beta by ashiiblack -- thank you, dear. All mistakes are my own. Thank you mods for hosting another great fest to keep our ship alive. Long live Snarry!


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Here was my gift to my recipient for Yuletide 2012.

Title: Complications
Author: starduchess
Gift Recipient: deepdarkwaters
Fandom: Alice - Tom Waits album
Pairing: Poor Edward/Alice
Characters: Detective, Barkeep, Sailor
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2053
Warnings: angst, film noir, slight violence, mentions character death
Summary: A man walks into a bar investigating a death. I don't think he found what he was looking for.

Author's Notes: I was excited about the prospect of digging into this album and its story, but as I listened over and over again I had a really hard time putting the story together. I finally just listened to the quieter pieces, like "Alice", "Poor Edward", and "Lost in the Harbour", and realized it had a very sad, film noir feel to it, so I decided to go with that. No, I have no knowledge of the play, so this is my own story based on the songs. The lovers are based on "Fish and Bird" as you prompted, and the pirate/sailor came from "Reeperbahn" and "Everything You Can Think". The detective is all my own creation. I hope you like this. Thanks for the quick beta job goes to ashiiblack.

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Merry Christmas! Blessed Yule! Happy Holidays!

Okay, I have to totally squee: MY SNARRY BB POSTED YESTERDAY at snape_potter!!!!!!!!

Title: Structures in Adversity
Author: starduchess
Artists: sealcat and froggie
Pairings: Severus/Harry, Draco/Hermione
Fic Rating: R
Art Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~67,400
Content/Warning(s): Chan (Severus and Harry are both 17), time travel, Veela, canon torture (Hermione), angst
Summary: When Harry travels back in time, he never imagined how awkward his world would become. Unfortunately, coming back to the present contains its own hardships.

A/N: OMG, I’ve never written anything this long before, so this was a huge challenge for me. I want to thank the mods for their patience and assistance to all of us writers and to all my fellow writers in the BB comm who helped cheer me on. An amazingly big thank you goes to ashiiblack and Badgerlady for the super-speedy beta job.

To all my readers, yes, this has lots of angst in it, but it has a happy ending, I promise you! *hugs all*

Disclaimer: A few lines might have been taken directly from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. No copyright infringement is intended. I own nothing you see.

Part One, Foundations in Time and Space
Part Two, Resolutions in Present Tense

I have to give a big huge thank you to my two artists, who did a fabulous job! Sealcat's is bursting with colour and promise, while Froggie's is gritty and intense. *cuddles them both*

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Title: Snape’s Reprieve
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Severus/Luna (gen or pre-het)
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2130
Beta: Crescent
Warnings: none
Summary: Snape wasn’t prepared for the dying. He was even less prepared for the saving.
A/N: Written for Severus Sighs fourth anniversary #angstfest. Was originally started for the DH2 challenge: take a scene from the movie and spin it on its head. Sequel to Snape’s Detention but can be read as a stand-alone.


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Title: Negotiating Tactics
Author: starduchess
Fandom: Mass Effect
Pairings: Miles Shepard/James Vega
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1451
Warnings: sweaty men, anal sex, rimming
Summary: Miles needs to negotiate stress relief with his lieutenant.
Notes: Written for Bring Back the Porn challenge on IJ.

Additional Notes: While watching hubby play Mass Effect 3 earlier this year, I was enjoying the scene where Shephard and James were practice fighting and holding a conversation at the same time and thought, "Hmm, that would make a great sex scene." So here it is. Enjoy!

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Okay, I have signed up with fire_juggler for this year's pod_together challenge, which is a collaboration of writers and podficcers (and artists) to produce new stories together, and we decided to make something in the Voltron fandom. I've written one story and a series of ficlets in that verse, but I've never posted them over here. Time to correct that.

Here's the story. Yes, it's a Christmas story. Yes, this is July. Consider it an extra present in the middle of the year. It's pretty much a gen story of friendship and was the very first fanfiction I ever wrote. Please, enjoy!


Title: Christmas Surprise
Author: starduchess
Fandom: Voltron Go-Lion
Pairing/Characters: Voltron team, Coran, Nanny, Lotor (gen)
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~8,500
Warnings: none
Summary: The Voltron team wants to celebrate Christmas but will Lotor allow them to have a merry holiday? Will there be peace on Arus? Total fluff.


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