Advent Project #3: Christmas in August

Well, I got it written before midnight -- the uploading is a little late.

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Christmas in August
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Classification: Gen/Romance
Characters: Ron/Hermione
Suggested By: graycardinal
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Note: Takes place following Half-Blood Prince; includes potential spoiler content.

“Mistletoe in August?” Ron pointed at the sprig hanging in the back room of the novelty shop. Fred was away, but George had welcomed Ron and Hermione, though he quickly turned back to the cauldron he was stirring. The younger Weasley pulled Hermione beneath the decoration as George said over his shoulder, “We’re testing that. It’s Kiss-n’-Tell Mistletoe – snog someone and you’ll stay lip-locked underneath it till someone sees you.”

Then came a small BANG. “Sorry, you two, I need to go down to the apothecary for some fresh goshawk feathers. I shouldn’t be half an hour.” George dashed out the door without so much as a backward glance.

Ron’s and Hermione’s eyes – about three inches apart – widened as they tried unsuccessfully to break the kiss. Then they shrugged, tilted their heads so as to avoid blocking each other’s noses, and went on snogging.

Advent Project #3: Christmas in August

Well, I got it written before midnight -- the uploading is a little late.

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Christmas in August
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Classification: Gen/Romance
Characters: Ron/Hermione
Suggested By: graycardinal
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Note: Takes place following Half-Blood Prince; includes potential spoiler content.

“Mistletoe in August?” Ron pointed at the sprig hanging in the back room of the novelty shop. Fred was away, but George had welcomed Ron and Hermione, though he quickly turned back to the cauldron he was stirring. The younger Weasley pulled Hermione beneath the decoration as George said over his shoulder, “We’re testing that. It’s Kiss-n’-Tell Mistletoe – snog someone and you’ll stay lip-locked underneath it till someone sees you.”

Then came a small BANG. “Sorry, you two, I need to go down to the apothecary for some fresh goshawk feathers. I shouldn’t be half an hour.” George dashed out the door without so much as a backward glance.

Ron’s and Hermione’s eyes – about three inches apart – widened as they tried unsuccessfully to break the kiss. Then they shrugged, tilted their heads so as to avoid blocking each other’s noses, and went on snogging.

Advent Project #4: Unhaunted Holidays

This one actually is a drabble, yet again just under the wire.

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Unhaunted Holidays
Fandom: Gargoyles
Rating: G
Classification: Gen
Suggested By: graycardinal
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During December, he avoided doors with knockers.

It wasn't that he identified with Dickens's Scrooge -- there were parallels, certainly, but his curse was considerably more baroque, and he had been accumulating wealth long enough to buy Scotland several times over had he not taken to giving much of it away.

Rather, he knew too well the Fates' sense of humor, and that certain of the powers whose orbits he occasionally crossed would find it amusing to put him through the famous serial hauntings.

Lennox Macbeth declined to give them the opportunity -- which made Christmas more than merry enough for him.

Advent Project #4: Unhaunted Holidays

This one actually is a drabble, yet again just under the wire.

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Unhaunted Holidays
Fandom: Gargoyles
Rating: G
Classification: Gen
Suggested By: graycardinal
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During December, he avoided doors with knockers.

It wasn't that he identified with Dickens's Scrooge -- there were parallels, certainly, but his curse was considerably more baroque, and he had been accumulating wealth long enough to buy Scotland several times over had he not taken to giving much of it away.

Rather, he knew too well the Fates' sense of humor, and that certain of the powers whose orbits he occasionally crossed would find it amusing to put him through the famous serial hauntings.

Lennox Macbeth declined to give them the opportunity -- which made Christmas more than merry enough for him.