suck out the poison (enjoy the taste) by disposabledarling (12k, genderbent Sirius/Harry, E)
Sirius isn’t sure when Harry grew up. It’d happened all at once. One day she’d been dressed in oversized jumpers and jeans that swallowed her whole, arms folded over her chest as if she could shrink into herself and disappear. She’d been awkward and gangly as far back as Sirius could remember, chopping her hair into unmanageable disasters whenever Lily would look away. And then suddenly she wasn’t. ——— OR: There are some lines you don’t cross. For half her life, Sirius has watched Harry grow into the person she is. They might as well be related by blood. She knows it’d be wrong, but impulse control has never been Sirius’s forte.
This fucking fic! Sirius behaves SO badly. So badly! It's so hot. It's so human. It's so compelling. I'm obsessed with this world. I couldn't stop thinking about this fic for weeks. 12k and everyone is so deeply, beautifully characterized, and there's this wonderful background hum of so many different characters and relationships. (Past Remus/Sirius haunting them! Sirius's past coke addiction haunting them! Ginny!)
Plus bonus drabble:
carved by disposabledarling (400 words, Bellatrix/Rita, E)
With a knife against Rita’s thigh, she’d carve ancient runes that silenced her. Rita would thrash and moan, though no sound would escape. And Bellatrix would marvel, starting with a nick on her cheek, then a gash in her arm.
400 words that starts out with 'oh that's hot and delightfully fucked up' and then you get to the end and it's like 'oh that's REALLY fucked up and REALLY hot.'
For @hprecfest
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