Drabbles: 'Recruitment Strategies' and 'Surrogacy'
After a fair while with only little and patchy opportunity to partake in fandom, I'm now setting about some spring ('autumn'?) cleaning and collating. I've updated my user info, and will next be posting a number of fics I've written over the past ten months or so, but have not posted here - just to keep things tidy and all in one place :-)
So, starting off with some drabbles...
Title: Recruitment Strategies Author:purplefluffycat Characters/Pairing: Gellert, Abraxas, Severus, Lucius. Implied combinations thereof. Rating: Um, PG-13 for implications, perhaps? Words: 108 Notes: Written for mctabby's 'Cat's Birthday Drabblethon 5', for versus_janus, with the prompt, "A cheery merry Gellert breaks out of Nurmengard in '79 luring Snape and Abraxas to his cause.".
The manor's drawing room was dark and foreboding; it's crackling fireplace barely emitted warmth. No, to Severus, the only source of light was the stranger lounging in the wingbacked chair - golden curls a halo, smile a crescent moon.
"A little more wine, Abraxas? I have so missed it."
Their host poured graciously. "I do hope you'll stay with us awhile, Herr Grindelwald. It is indeed a privilege to welcome Prussia's future ruler."
The stranger chuckled. Glancing at Severus: "The dark haired boy is a delight. And I hear that your son is equally lovely. May I?"
Abraxas smiled, home and dry. "Please do."
</u></b>Title: Surrogacy Author:purplefluffycat Characters/Pairing: Severus/Remus, Crookshanks Rating: G Words: 128 Notes: Written for mctabby's 'Cat's Birthday Drabblethon 5', for bonfoi, with the prompt, "Remus/Severus, fearless, adopting a feline".
"But Severus, he's got nowhere to go..."
"I've told you Lupin; I hate cats."
"Ah, but he isn't a cat, he's a Kneazle. You'll like him; he's very intelligent-"
"-Not to mention ugly. Look at that awful squashed nose." At that, Severus knew he'd lost. Of all people, he couldn't rightly tell nose-jokes. A smug grin crossed Remus' features as he let out an exasperated sigh. "I will not have it sleeping on the bed..."
***
Crookshanks missed Hermione terribly. He was proud his mistress was fearless; delighted she was off saving the world. He completely understood why she had to leave him behind.
He did not forgive her, however, for specifically leaving him with this pair of bickering old queens.