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Piece by Piece (Drarry, E, 6k)

"A soft halo of light caresses his body, outlining the vague shape of him in hues of reds, pinks, and purples. Harry cannot see his face, the dark shadows of the stage obscuring it from every eye in the room, but Harry knows it’s him — knows it in the way his blood sings with recognition and something else, something equally as hungry as the rest of the captivated audience."

{Read on Ao3 now with author reveal}

F O R E V E R  B I T T E R.

i mean...

classic ‘enemies to lovers’ beginning

also ‘opposites attract’ to the max.... “you rise with the moon, i rise with the sun” coME ONNNN

aLSO both have SECRET IDENTITIES that mirror eaCH OTHER AS HERO / ANTI-HERO whose COLOR THEMES are the OTHER ONES main COLOR JFC

"zuko kept her necklace to track her” UH-HUH “TRACKING” PURPOSES suuuuuuuuure (this little moment for sure launched a thousand fics of him starting at it wondering why he didn’t want to give it back uGH my heart)

um LOCKED TOGETHER IN A CAVE?? WHERE THEY START TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EACH OTHER ARE COMING FROM / HOW THEY HAVE STRUGGLED AND/OR MESSED UP??? AND HOW ZUKO HAS CHANGED???

um um uMMMM then he betrays her / them and it is heARTBREAKING and aAAAANGST AF (which is just *kisses fingers* shipping perfection)

and tHEN zuko EARNS (***EARNSSSS****) her forgiveness for all of his mistakes and then teaches HER about how to know the difference between justice and revenge...THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER SO WELL DAMNIT

zuko becomes part of their Found Family and lOOOK AT THEM FIGHTING PERFECTLY AND COMPLIMENTARY IN SYNC AHHHHH

and then.

AND THEN.

AAAAANNNNNDDDD.

TTTTHHHHEEEEENNNNNNN.

This sequence in the finale. This stunning, emotional, heartbreaking sequence that in addition to be just UNBELIEVABLE animation also has Azula pinpoint that Katara is a WEAK POINT for Zuko and targets that weak point and zuko juMPS IN FRONT OF A DEADLY LIGHTENING BOLT TO SAVE KATARA I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

BELIEEEEEEEEEEEVE

them my goSH !!!!!!!

If there is ONE ship I will fight to the death for, it is them. 

oof you had to go picking tough ones, didn’t you? ;) thanks!

17. What fic are you most proud of? 

picking just one is tough but Coming Home still feels to me like the ‘best’ of my writing, in terms of pacing, writing and completeness

23. If you had to remix one of your own fics, which would it be and how would you remix it?

Honey I Shrunk The Kids maybe? someone in the comments once suggested writing that same fic (andrew and neil spontaneously transmuting into children) but w Andrew and Neil a little older and more traumatized, and while I don’t have enough gung ho for that story to actually write it, the potential angst is...how do you say...appealing...

Yeah well, I don’t think it’s possible to like Clarke and also enjoy her character arc in season 5, or in season 4. Actually, in hindsight, I’ll add her season 2 & 3 arcs because at the time I thought it was going somewhere but it turns out that no, the writers will just repeat themselves ad vitam aeternam, there’s no point or endgame to any of this and everything is meaningless.

you're awful and I love/hate these

Em! ♡ Thank you! I’m bored at work, so this is perfect ♡

12 : Is your writing space clean or cluttered?

My writing space is the couch in the living room, haha. But, yeah, I need the living room to be tidy and clean before I can write. I mean, sure, there’s a mug of tea and the book I’m currently reading on the coffee table, but that’s about it! 

20 : What book would you love to see adapted for the big or small screen?

HMMM. I’m guessing this is about my own work?? I don’t have a lot of books finished yet, but I’d LOVE a TV show or even movie about Two Things and Friday Night! I think it would have Love, Simon vibes & a little To All The Boys I Loved Before (because that aesthetic was ON POINT).

50 : Would you rather be remembered for your fantastic world-building or your lifelike characters?

Characters! I’m not the best at world building, tbh, but it also doesn’t give me the same thrill. When I read about a cool world, I’m excited, but when I can connect with a character, really fall in love with them, I’ll have feelings for WEEKS. MONTHS. Also see: all for the game. 

Em! Thank you so much for these questions, they’re really a life saver when work is boring :D

Twilight Purple: Your least favourite kind of scene to write Well, that’s got to be a scene somewhere in the middle, because I don’t like middle parts, and it’s also probably a scene that needed to be in there for clarification, haha. I dunno, I get nervous when I have to write a lot of exposition in one scene. I’m always worried it’s boring ;u;

Blood Red: Favourite piece of dialogue from your wip Okay, okay, I’m gonna pick one from the indulgent gay werewolves because I had a good laugh by myself when I wrote this: