Title: Play Me Like A Love Song
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Wilhelmina (āWillā) Grubbly-Plank
Rating: Explicit
Warnings/Content Notes: Lesbian Character, Queer Themes, LGBTQ Themes, LGBTQ Character, Canon Character Death, Character Death, HIV/AIDS, Queer Awakening, Stone Butch, Coming Out, Families of Choice, Drag King, Self-Discovery, First Time, Female Friendship, Bars and Pubs, Drinking, Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment, Sexism, Misogyny, Name-Calling, Slurs, Activism, Politics, Gay Rights, War, Time Skips, Grief/Mourning, Romance, Humor, Falling In Love. More extensive content notes on AO3. Please heed all tags.
Summary: Minerva McGonagall doesnāt believe in love at first sight, which is why her instant attraction to drag king Wilhelmina (āWillā) Grubbly-Plank is so unexpected. War tears apart the wizarding world and as one battle ends Minerva and Will must fight once more, this time for the lives of their friends on Little Compton Street. A love story spanning five decades defined by music, laughter and tears, in which love is not always easy, but itās always worth fighting for.
Word Count: 67,000
Authorās Notes: This story is part of my Little Compton Street universe but is completely standalone, no prior knowledge of the āverse required. Thank you so much to my wonderful beta and brilliant friend @gracerene for dealing with my endless questions, to Shify, Silv and Le for the laughs and some much needed cheerleading, to the brilliant fest mods Violet and Frnkly for their endless patience and for putting on a terrific fest. A huge thank you to the artists dearest @impasse-trash and @owlpostart for creating such thoughtful, inspiring pieces and for all the hard work and enthusiasm for this project. I so hope you enjoy the final results and feel the story does justice to your beautiful work. It was such a pleasure collaborating with you both, thank you to infinity for immediately 'gettingā what I was trying to accomplish with this fic. Happiest of Pride months to every WLW out there. I hope most of all that this story makes anyone that reads it feel hopeful, happy and full of pride for those battles fought and those still to fight. Finally, @silveredsound, this is a belated birthday gift for you which I think I have managed to keep a surprise! This enormous fic grew out of a little seedling you planted in a tumblr ask long ago and continued to be inspired by conversations we have had over time about the 80s in particular and I ended up writing you a whole novel. Thank you for supporting my love for this rarest of pairs.
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@impasse-trash notes:Ā Thank you Violet and frnklymrshnkly for your amazing organization skills, for your gentleness, your understanding during the process (despite lateness, bad englishnessā¦and probably many other things that ends with -ness). Especially, I want to thank you for pairing me with not one, but two amazing creators. I had the most wonderful time during the WLW Big Bang 2019, felt inspired all along! Thank you Writ, for the strong, beautiful, complex universe you created and allowed us to explore. Thank you for the already so carefully thought summary you crafted for us, your flexibility and quality of our every exchanges during the Big Bang, and the way youāre able to make two characters so vivid and strong. Your words touched me deeply, immediately suggested multiple pictures andā¦I wish there was more time, more pictures to make for it, I already miss it. Itās been important - and itās been a blast. Andā¦hello Reader who is passing by! My advice for you would be: take as much time reading as possible. Min and Willās story is worth it. I hope youāll love it as much as I already do. Also I hope the pictures do your mental images justice and that youāll enjoy them <3. Thank you for your time and attention.
@owlpostart notes: Tonnes of thanks to the Mods for running WLW Big Bang and being their usual kind and brilliant selves, and to Writcraft and Bergatroll for being two such awesome collaborators. Writ, working with you has been a pleasure in so many ways and Iām so grateful I got the chance to. Thank you for entrusting us with your Will and Min and letting us play and dream in the rich world you created, itās been a wonderful experience.
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