behold my midlife crisis

*taps mic* Is this thing on? XD

I had the pleasure of watching this Scorpius/Blaise fic come together recently on discord, and listen. If you like cross gen UST with the younger party doing the seducing... RUN, DON'T WALK.

The author's style is alluringly cinematic. You'll feel every flick and drag of this little rebel-without-a-cause's cigarette. Good stuff.

Title: Burn
Author: feelingofthesea
Pairing: Scorpius/Blaise
Word Count: ~1.3K
Rating: Mature
Tags: age difference, UST, smoking, seduction
Summary: Scorpius wanted Blaise and he decided it was finally time to act on it.

Read on AO3

First, recs!

What I Wouldn't Let You Do by lightofdaye
Lily's flirting goes awry when she teases the wrong person.
Draco/Lily Luna, NC-17, 2,250 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth • On AO3

So honored and touched to get such hot filth for my birthday, LOL!! Obviously read the warnings/tags, but if you enjoy crossgen and general dirtywrongness as much as I do, you will LOVE this fic. Draco is CC-compliant but still every bit the antagonist we know and love from the books, and Lily is too bold for her own good and in way over her head. Or maybe Draco is. ;) Either way, there are some really nice touches that might give you unexpected feels for Draco and the scenario portrayed and hope for more for the two of them. Thank you, Daye!


Inevitability by delacourtings
Lily Luna Potter was put on this earth to torture him, Neville is sure of it.
Neville/Lily Luna, R, 836 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth

I was thrilled when I saw delacourtings claim my lipstick prompt, but they really pulled the double-whammy on me with this pairing. This fic plays with one of my favorite things — smut-tinged fic where the tension is left unresolved. Neville's thoughts are hot hot hot, with all the conflicted guilt that makes this kind of pairing so irresistible to me. A crossgen gem!


The Artist and the Auror by digthewriter
Ron needs to get a professional portrait done. He's surprised to find out who the artist is, and is struggling to get along with her.
Ron/Pansy, PG, 1,500 words
On Dreamwidth • On AO3

Oh my! I had no idea I'd get a wish filled so quickly at rarepair_shorts, and what a lovely gift! Ron and Pansy are SO in-character here, and the banter between them is pitch-perfect, and there are hints of both sadness and hope, written with a nimble touch, which elevate this fic far beyond its light-hearted premise. Check it out!!


And a plug for my own fic for the hphet Mini Fest 2020. First thing I've written this year, and I thoroughly enjoyed letting loose on it. :D

Back Alley Type
Two unwanted people meet in a pub.
Cormac/Pansy, NC-17, 930 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth • On AO3


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Indiscretions • Percy Weasley/Astoria Malfoy
4.7K, Rated R (contains adultery, corruption, coercion)
Draco Malfoy wants to go to France so his wife has to get permission for a Portkey out Percy Weasley. An affair in their own words.

So yes, this fic was written for me, and yes, the pairing is ridiculously obscure, and yes, the content is challenging, and yes, probably only 10 people are reading this rec. But IDGAF, I'm reccing this fic because HOT FUCKING DAMN.

In my Smutty Claus signup, I asked for a messy, dysfunctional, forbidden relationship because nothing says "Merry Christmas!" to me like "watch two flawed people break themselves on each other!" XD And BOY OH BOY did my mystery author deliver.

This fic has all the trappings of classic noir — the dodgy narrator who's fallen on hard times, the femme fatale, the trap, and then the slow downward spiral into depravity. And this unraveling of Percy Weasley is masterfully done. The fic is epistolary, mostly from Percy's POV, and it is so canonically Percy. Just look at the first sentence:

Today, I think it is fair to say I have suffered a grave injustice.

Perfection.

I do feel I must warn prospective readers that the tension is left unresolved — again, in a most masterful and cheeky fashion. There is certainly enough smutty detail to be getting on with, and it's hot hot hot and covers a wide range of kink, but you will be left with much to the imagination. Which, as my mystery author clearly knows, is my bulletproof kink. I spent a good 36 hours in a near stupor, imagining how things must have played out, and TBH I'm still not quite right.

If you're reading this, MA, thank you again for one of the best Christmas presents I've ever received.