#hercy

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62589991

Harry found himself alone at The Burrow, trying to figure out how he ended up with a bludger to the face. It turned out that Percy had knocked over the sports equipment trunk, causing the accident.

Feeling disoriented, Harry began to express some interesting thoughts about Percy. As they went to treat Harry's injury, they unwittingly fell victim to one of Fred and George's pranks. Or maybe it was nargles.

So this is from forever ago buuuuut I'm writing a snippet now:

Percy was out of breath from the run he'd just finished. He'd been running a lot more since going to college. Or rather, he'd been running for recreation a lot more. Less death runs.

It was nice, relaxing, helped clear his head. He'd go to the beach but fish loved to visit him there so he never got much alone time.

It also didn't hurt that he had a good running partner.

"I think we beat that annoying guy that was trying to race us," Hermes chirped, not out of breath in the slightest.

Percy decided he actually had a horrible running partner and he let Hermes know that with a glare.

"Awwww, don't be like that," he cooed, slipping an arm around Percy. "And you know you shouldn't bend over like that, walk around, arms up."

"Ugh," Percy grumbled as he did what Hermes said. "What was his problem?"

"He runs track and field here," Hermes said, as informed as ever. "Mad that you were beating him."

Percy rolled his eyes, leaning on Hermes. His jerk of a boyfriend wasn't even sweaty! The nerve!

"Can I have my water?" Percy asked, having asked Hermes to hold onto it.

"Why? You're all wet already."

Percy turned a glare to his boyfriend who was grinning at him.

"I will drown you."

"So mean," Hermes whined, even as he held out Percy's water.

Water helped everything.

"So, you have plans for dinner?"

Percy raised an eyebrow.

"I made plans," Hermes elaborated, "for us. So you now have plans if you didn't."

"i didn't," Percy confirmed, smile curling his lips.

He liked it when Hermes made plans for them, stuff that Percy didn't have to plan ahead for but always arranged to fit Percy's schedule. Hermes was scary good at that.

"Great! It's gonna be fun, wear one of your cute shirts."

"I think I'm cute in everything," Percy sniffed.

Get ready for August 1st!

Perceptual Prompts is back for the summer, with the challenge running from August 1 - 31, 2023 this year (a little over 1 week from now!). As a refresher, this challenge is themed around perception and the 5 senses (ie. touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste) and encourages creators to use various prompts to make fic, art and more. A few updates have been made to the Guidelines and FAQ pages, so please take a look for 2023 general challenge info, as well as details for the timeline, creating/submitting works, and more. Some minor changes for this year are as follows:

>> Creators can combine 2023 prompts with any 2022 prompts. >> Accepted creation types have been expanded to include microfics, poetry, origami and bookbindings for the challenge!

where you can call your soulmate to you a number of times but only when in a large amount of distress, each time you do the number on your skin ticks down

everyone has a different amount of times they can do it

a large number is seen as a sign that you will have a hard life while a low number is seen as a sign you will have it easier.

The soulmate will be transported back once the threat or cause of the distress goes away if they were transported a large distance but if it's within walking distance then they won't be.

Harry has a high number from a young age but uses a lot of them young without thinking or well realizing really because his childhood is horrible

Percy has less but all the Weasleys still have a fairly high number

First few times Harry uses it he’s outside and very young so he doesn't really question an older child helping him

even if it’s night time and freezing

I was hoping to get this out a couple of weeks ago, but life presented a series of unexpected events and things, so here we are. Better late than never, so happy belated birthday, @vdoshu! Gosh, where do I even start when it comes to all the rare pairs doshu delves into? I’m so happy I got to know them through the Rare Pairs server, because it has been a delight to read about so many different ships I normally don’t seek out. I absolutely loved what doshu did with their fics for HP February Frankenfest 2022, where they wrote 18 works for 9 different challenges! Wowww! That had to be insane and tricky to take on and manage, but number of stories about different ships that came out of that? Amazing. Doshu certainly owned it. I love how they’re also willing to take a prompt and turn into something more, whether it be something soft and pure, fun and playful, or deliciously dark or sexy. Being able to read more about rare pairs we don’t see has certainly warmed my rare pair heart and helped me appreciate characters who don’t get the spotlight shined on them enough. Thanks for broadening my horizons, friend! And while we’re at it, here are some of my fav doshu fics: 👓 >>> They (Percy and Oliver, G, 1.2k)

Summary: In a moment of courage, Percy writes new pronouns on the paperwork for that upcoming job at the Ministry. Oliver notices.

The second person PoV is so powerful here. It really puts an emphasis on how important details and the use of words are within a given environment. As a person who accepts “they/their” as pronouns, I think we all want to make sure we have a support system of folks who can embrace us for who we are. People as a whole want to feel seen, and yes, that’s exactly this story is about. I love that Percy has that from Oliver, without even asking for it. 💖 🌹 >>> Fifty Fake Dates (Ginsy, M, 200)

Summary: She couldn't remember who had asked first, but she knew that tonight would mark fifty dates.At some point along the way, they'd stopped feeling fake.

I have no idea how doshu did it, but this is legit what Ginsy is right here! This little snippet of what they are and what they want from each other is perfect. It’s just so them. There’s desperation, sexual tension and want, but underneath all of that, there’s so much more. Love, love, love! 🥒 >>> Zabini’s Zucchini (Blaise/Ron, E, 7.2k)

Summary: There have been rumours about Zabini's massive zucchini. Ron Weasley needs to investigate.

OMG. So, I know this was based off a prompt that was kicking around from the last Rare Pairs fest, and when doshu decided to write this afterwards because it wasn’t claimed (yet), it was everything we could ask for. Like the tags say, this is crack treated seriously. Yes, it’s crack but it’s sexy, hot crack? I don’t really know. I mean, I’ve always liked Blairon, but like damn! Ron’s PoV here is well written, especially with him spying on Blaise to see what he’s up to, and lol, I’m sure you’ll have different thoughts about what one can do with courgettes after reading this. Heh. 🕰️ >>> Thursday Night, 8-10 p.m. (Hermione/Percy, M, 1.3k)

Summary: Hermione is much too busy with her career to honestly put the effort into a relationship, and while it took her some time to wrestle between her desires and her society-imposed expectations, she finds that she prefers things this way. She can seek out companionship in her friends when she needs it. She can seek out social interactions with coworkers at the Leaky after work, or at the SPEW admin offices at the weekend. And if she needs sex, she can pencil it into her planner like any other appointment, thank you very much.

I love how this is so on point from Hermione’s perspective, and how there is absolutely no sex on-screen. It’s honestly not needed. The fact that consent and negotiation is handled so well between Hermione and Percy by the way they communicate with each other...it just works. I’d love to see more of these two, since they are truly people who don’t beat around the bush and they know how to state exactly what they want. These lions do not mess around. Rawr. 🩲 >>> Leathers and Lace (Flintwood, E, 7.7k)

Summary: Things were much less complicated when Wood played for a different team.

Crossover between Derry Girls and HP

Tomarry or Percy/Harry

Harry gets to hangout with Tom (or Percy) during summer at Privet Drive and they run into Harry's friends from primary school (the girls and James) and naturally the girls want to make sure Tom (or Percy) is the perfect boyfriend for Harry while Harry just rolls his eyes but is secretly touched that they care

And Tom (or Percy) takes a liking to them because they're amusing and they care about Harry