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Happy House by screamingmandrakes for April17rose, xenomorphology, maple94, chasius
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Nov 2024
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Lord Voldemort cries.
No, not Voldemort: Tom cries. Swaddled in grey blankets, a battered baby mobile spins idly above his crib as he shrieks. Chipped, faded yellow stars dangle from it, doing nothing to soothe the wailing infant. The windows rattle as thunder booms on the horizon, and the world around them kisses the day goodnight as the sun descends from sight. Pitiful attempts of joy fill the room: cracked paint peels from poorly painted rainbows on the wall, and the distant chime of a lullaby bleeds in from the hallway.
This is no place to hope, yet Hermione does anyway.
AKA: Hermione raises Tom, and then fails miserably.
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The second chapter is a short snippet from Tom’s POV, but the first chapter is the one shot portion.
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cashmere, cologne and hot sunshine by screamingmandrakes for maple94, devdevlin
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
09 Oct 2024
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She’s unsure of how long the moment stretches on, how long she leans back on her heels, staring at her nails. Doesn’t know if the silence is in her head or if her audience is as attentive as it feels. Doesn’t know anything until Tom reaches for her hat, his hand in her peripheral vision, and extends the other to her.
Hermione accepts, somehow, and keeps her eyes on their conjoined hands. She’s petite in comparison, held firmly by slender fingers, the calloused drag of fingertips, and she thinks, really, that this must be temptation. That this is what exists outside of people being nice.
Hermione thinks, with utter dread, that she wants his fingers in her mouth.
(Rewrite of a 2022 fest fic.)