This was my attempt at writing for Microfic May 2022.

26 pairings, 31 short fics and lots of fun!

I experimented with various pairings and tropes. And had an absolute blast! Thank you lovely mods.

And an extra hug to @crazybutgood for her encouragement and support 💛

It's been twelve long years. They bump into each other at the Ministry.

"Lucius," Arthur nods curtly.

Lucius sneers and walks out, head held high.

Back at the manor he locks himself in his study, opens his secret drawer and stares at the silver ring hidden at the bottom. He caresses the infinity pattern tenderly, then slams the drawer shut as if burned and tries to get his breathing under control.

day 1, ignite:

one moment of many:

his eyes are warm and soft, green as jewels and snakeskin and leaves. I am ignited with hope, leaking admissions from loosened lips. 

I love you

it burns me and it hurts me and not even for a second do I want to take it back

day 2, villainous

“How villainous”  Pansy’s head rests on my shoulders, and she turns to press a kiss on my neck. “I didn’t think you had it in you.” 

Harry and Draco haven’t emerged from the closet we locked them in; fifteen minutes now, and neither of them have alohamora’d their way out. 

day 3, heartbeat

After the full moon, Remus presses the sleeping marauders’ pulse points. Peter, James, Sirius-

He presses his fingers to Sirius’ wrist, combs his fingers through his hair, presses the faintest of kisses to his forehead. Their heartbeats are proof; they have not fallen prey to the monster beneath his skin.

day 4, solitude

The walls have eyes and ears now, his mother reminds him the first time the Dark Lord arrives to stay. You must not let him see weakness.

From the brand sitting heavily on his skin, they bore into his soul, ensuring he can never find solitude.

day 5, lost & found

Luna is missing her shoes.

She follows a trail of them; soft blue dress slippers followed by muggle sneakers and combat boots, stopping at the door of a classroom she’s never seen before. She steps inside. 

“You found me.” It’s Ginny; hair mussed and lips bitten. The door swings shut.

day 6, survive

“You don’t understand,” Draco kneels in front of him, crying. “I did what I had to survive.” 

Harry’s eyes are cold as he levels his wand with Draco’s face. “Such a shame that you did all that to die today.” 

There is a flash of green light, then nothing else

day 7, irresistible

“I don’t know why I love you,” Lily laments as she practically drags James back to the common room, covered in soot - evidence of the marauders’ most recent prank.

“How could you not?” James gestures to himself, hair poofed up and singed, eyebrows nearly burnt off. “I’m obviously irresistible.”

day 8, expectations

Marcus Flint didn’t measure up to his parents, this god-awful world’s, or anyone's expectations. He never would.

When he rested his head on Oliver Wood’s shoulder (of all people) and locked their lips together in a kiss, he decided that he should’ve never wanted to meet those expectations anyways.

day 9, ferocity

There is a ferocity in loving him, Gellert thought, tucked away in Albus’ bedroom, hiding from summer’s waning heat, lips locked in a kiss like forever, sweat and love and conquest. A love like ours will last forever.

day 10, black & white

 Justice was never black and white for Draco Malfoy. Or maybe it was - his dark mark a stark black against his pale skin. Maybe justice is green; looking Harry Potter in his eyes and lying, saying; “it’s not him”. Maybe justice's colors won’t matter when he’s dead.

day 11, balance

In Quidditch, there is a constant need for balance; there is no magic that can bring someone back from the dead. Sometimes Ginny flies up-up-up, until there’d be no saving her if she lost her balance and fell. She hasn’t yet, but she knows it’s only a matter of time.

day 12, radiant

She is radiant, Lavender thinks, watching Parvati and Harry dance. She can’t help but smile at Parvati’s bemused expression when Harry steps on her toes. 

She twirls to where Lavender is standing. 

“I hope you’re a better dancer than he was,” Parvati says, extending her hand. 

She takes it.

day 13, symphony

His laugh is a symphony, bright and heavy, flitting behind Draco’s heart.

There is a booming brass in his smile, wide and uncontrolled, and strings instruments in his eyes, soft and searching.

His heart beats wildly, a caged, frenzied animal in his chest, and love roars in his ears.

day 14, inquietude

Your mind is in a state of inquietude, Luna’s father had told her, on the ripe edge of summer when reality can be peeled away like the skin of a peach. My mind is the same, you know, I have never known reprieve, and I fear you may never either.

day 15, fire & ice

They are fire and ice, fall heat on soccer fields, and sweaty locker rooms.

They are Marcus and Oliver, sprained ankles and head wounds, pushing and shoving and lips running over bruises.

They are opposites, enemies, and something dirty and sacred, hidden in dim motel rooms and training camps.

day 16, remember

Do you remember? Gellert had whispered in his ear, wands to each other's throats, in the secret voice he’d used all those decades ago. Do you remember when we were going to change the world? Do you remember when you loved me?

day 17, decadent

Pansy licked her lips -“My god, Hermione, you are absolutely decadent” - before lowering her head again.

day 18, secrets

Draco has one secret from Harry, and it's the ring tucked in his shirt pocket, rubies, and emeralds, waiting to slip on his finger.

day 19, humbug

“Stop being such a humbug,” said Harry as he dangled the mistletoe above Draco’s head, “and kiss me already.”

day 20, sand & sea

The ocean air worms its way through Bill’s cottage’s windows, sand and sea, an existence set ahead for him, a seaside life with room enough for two.

day 21, promise

Promises, wrapped in bridal colors and said under sallow stars; I’ll stay here forever, and nothing can take us apart

day 22, invincible

“Oliver, you know you’re not invincible,” says Percy exasperatedly as he applies gauze to Oliver’s newest head wound, “so why do you keep doing this to yourself?”

day 23, progress

“You’ve been making incredible progress,” Draco’s ministry-required therapist tells him during one of their regular sessions, “I have just one more question for you; What is the nature of your relationship with Harry Potter?”

day 24, serenity

Ginny finds some kind of peace in Luna’s arms, breathing heavily in unison, the dreamy look in Luna’s eyes giving way to sleep. It is absolution, serenity, and early mornings, limbs on limbs, holding to another body as if to prove that they’re there.

day 25, pain & pleasure

Pain: tearing his way through bodies on the quidditch pitch, rain stinging his eyes and bludger-bruises forming on his face.

Pleasure: Oliver’s head between his thighs, their bodies pressed close, kisses that taste like sweat and passion and ecstasy.

day 26, wander

Charlie Weasley was born with wanderlust in his veins, and so he wanders. He finds dragons, looses love, and discovers that maybe he never needed it anyways.

day 27, hopeful

Hands interlaced under the stars, Harry’s lips look too kissable, a luscious pink against his carmel skin. His glasses are askew and his mouth is slightly open, making an ‘o’ at the sky. Draco is hopeful, and there are only a few inches separating their faces, so he closes them.

day 28, epilogue

hold me, you must tell him, kiss me, make me forget her.

he is only an epilouge to our love; only a blip.

it is a shame that we only shared one night; and he will share your bed forevermore.

day 29, saturninity

these are saturnine evenings; 

love lost and lust earned;

the hopeless feeling of loving wrong and falling hard;

thinking of blond hair and grey eyes blown wide;

pressed against the body of a woman you love no longer.

day 30, wax & wane

wax and wane with me, 

build a temple wherein our devotion can lie

and tear it down in secret

love me until there’s nothing left,

except the two of us,

we will change the world.

day 31, why?

i never asked you why

why love me, why hurt me, why leave me

why leave the knife and the pills on the counter

as if doubting my devotion

i will follow you anywhere, my little dragon

mega challenge

wax and wane, black and white, pain and pleasure, fire and ice, lost and found.

our love is villanous, inquiet, saturnine, secrets snagged behind your heartbeat

you are irresistible;  the decadence in your laugh, your hopeful ferocity.

i have a secret; i hated you once but it spoiled into love

ships listed in order of most occurrences

drarry (draco malfoy/harry potter) - 9

flintwood (oliver wood/marcus flint) - 3

grindeldore (albus dumbledore/gellert grindelwald) - 3

pansmione (hermione granger/pansy parkinson) - 2

linny (ginny weasley/luna lovegood) - 2

wolfstar (remus lupin/sirius black) - 1

jily (james potter/lily evans) - 1

parvender (lavender brown/parvati patil) - 1

bleur (bill weasley/fleur delacour) - 1

perciver (oliver wood/percy weasley) - 1

"I got a new tattoo, wanna see?" Teddy asks eagerly, pulling his shirt off before James can even answer. He turns around flexing his back as he displays the beautiful phases of the moon tattoo he got across his shoulder blades in memory of his dad. "What do you think?" he prompts turning his head around.

Microfic May is over and it was wild! I had so much fun writing these little Wolfstar snippets and I’m looking forward to next year. Thanks so much to all of you who took time to read my keyboard vomit, know that I see and appreciate each and every one of you and that you’ve made my whole month! Also a big shout-out to the @microficmay mods for hosting this wonderful challenge.

Below is a masterlist of all the fics I’ve written. Let me know which one is your favourite and I’ll try to turn it in a longer fic!

Fluff ◦ Heartbeat ◦ Irresistible ◦ Radiant ◦ Decadent ◦ Humbug ◦ Serenity ◦ Epiloque ◦ Why? ◦

Smut(ish) ◦ Ferocity ◦ Symphony ◦ Pain & Pleasure ◦ Wax & Wane ◦

Angst ◦ Expectations ◦ Inquietude ◦ Fire & Ice ◦ Remember ◦ Secrets ◦ Promise ◦ Wander ◦

Where’s the lie? ◦ Ignite ◦ Villainous ◦ Solitude ◦ Lost & Found ◦ Survive ◦ Black & White ◦ Balance ◦ Sand & Sea ◦ Invincible ◦ Progress ◦ Hopeful ◦ Saturninity ◦

Microfic May 2022: Final Roudup

We are sad to come to the end of an era. Thank you everyone for a FANTASTIC month of Microfic May! We've had over 1,100 microfics submitted by a total of 60 creators!! The AO3 Collection will remain open until June 10 to allow any last-minute submissions to be included.

🚢 - Our top ships have been: #Drarry, #Wolfstar, #Dramione, #Snarry, #Harrymort, #Snamione, #Flintwood, #Romione, #Ginsy, and #Blackcest

📚 - Some other A+ tags: #gen, #hp femslash, and #hp rare pair

🎨 - See the art tag here: #hp fanart

🔠 - Works in other languages: #Hindi, #Chinese

📜 - Even more works: Collection on AO3

#MEGA CHALLENGE: Our winner is @mkaugust with their impressive 50-word story where they used 24 prompts in one microfic! Congratulations!

And that's it, everyone. Thank you to our wonderful creators (complete list below)! We hope to see you all again next year. Peace and love from the Microfic May 2022 mod squad ✌

@lumosatnight, @crazybutgood, @sugareey-makes-stuff, @rei382

There was something about living that made Harry’s soul ache, that made him hurt. Try as he may, he never had been able to put the profound feeling into words, so he didn’t.

Until Harry found a book and met Tom, that is.

The words flowed out and so did the hurt. Tom took and took until all that was left was just Harry, and he knew he would never be the same but he didn’t care. He knew something was wrong but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Not when it felt this good giving himself to Tom

@microficmay

I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun writing for a fest. Actually, i don't think I actually writing for one before (I don't do well with deadlines). But things were different this time around and it had everything to do with the lovely mods! Also, let’s not forget all the kind and talented participants. It’s been a joy to read your entries (I still have some catching up to do).

So a big thank you to everyone! ❤️💚💙💛

The prompts just clicked, and the ideas kept coming (in varying degrees of quality, lol). I don’t think that I even once kept the word limit but hey, I gave it a shot. It’s the thought that counts, right. 😬

I’m counting down until next year. Maybe our dearest mods will host something just as fun in the interim. 😊

Below the link to my AO3-collection because I’m too lazy to compile an overview here.

It's The Little Things

Chapter index sorted by main character here.