Title: The Big One
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Ron Weasley and his fantasies, Bill Weasley
Word Count: 1,254
Rating: somewhere around an R (for wanking)
Summary: Having older brothers can be very useful at times. Why make your own mistakes when they've already made them for you?
Author's Notes: My 12 year old boy's brain has been at it again. Is it sad that I even sniggered at that comment?

( The Big One )

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 31)
Word Count: 2,595
Rating: R
Summary: It is December 1956 and Minerva sets out towards Hogwarts, not sure if she can quite finish her journey or no.
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**. I've been trying to finish this for the last three weeks, I think one more part now and it will be. I'm glad to finally be able to post another section.

Part: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

Link to part Twenty Two


( Part Twenty One: The Epilogue, Part I )

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 21), Kiely Goodwin (Minerva's British boyfriend), Albus Dumbledore, and Mr and Mrs McGonagall
Word Count: 3,656
Rating: R
Summary: Albus Dumbledore takes Minerva through stages of Animagus training before she returns from her parents' house to one last night in London before leaving for Italy once again.
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**.

Part: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. twelve.

Link to part fourteen
( Part Thirteen: Chapter Nine, Part III - The cat that got the cream )

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 21), Kiely Goodwin (Minerva's British boyfriend), Deon Crouch (Head of the British Ministry's International Cooperation) and Jocelyn Stalk (wife of Blenheim, author of the Muggle Studies textbook used at Hogwarts)
Word Count: 3,310
Rating: R
Summary: Back in Britain for a week Minerva questions her boss, spends some time with Jocelyn and sets the pace with Kiely
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**.

Part: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven.

Link to chapter thirteen

It's been over a month since the last update. Apologies to any readers!

( Part Twelve: Chapter Nine, Part II - Improper )

Title: Can you?
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Lily Evans/James Potter
Word Count: 2,076
Rating: R (hard, I guess)
Summary: Everyone has left the castle for Hogsmeade. Everyone, but the first and second years anyway, and they are safely busy in their common rooms.
Author's Notes: This is now a completed series of four quadology! It started, at the encouragement of the naughty chocolate_limes, as a one shot fic of James’s thoughts about Lily while he was wanking, and then grew when jess_darkwater suggested a companion piece from Lily’s point of view. Then at the suggestion of rex_bandit, two more parts where Lily takes James to the Charms classroom and to finish the "big one", here.

Thank you all for your encouragement - and especially everyone who left such wonderful comments.

( Can you? )

Title: How many days is it till Saturday?
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Lily Evans/James Potter
Word Count: 2,038
Rating: R
Summary: Lily needs to talk to someone about her idea for Saturday afternoon. Who better, and more difficult, to talk to than James?
Author's Notes: This is now a series of four, this being number three! It started, at the encouragement of the naughty chocolate_limes, as a one shot fic of James’s thoughts about Lily while he was wanking, and then grew when jess_darkwater suggested a companion piece from Lily’s point of view. Now I am adding, at the suggestion of rex_bandit, two parts leading up to, and including the very same Hogsmeade weekend she refers to!

kodjaz, here is something for your birthday online. Happy birthday *hugs*, I know you like a bit of smut dear, so please enjoy this!

( How many days is it till Saturday? )

Title: Thestrals' noses?
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Lily Evans, her three Gryffindor room-mates, and talk of James Potter
Word Count: 1,516
Rating: R
Summary: Everytime Lily has a date with James, she returns to interrogation from her room-mates - and a little more
Author's Notes: jess_darkwater suggested a companion piece to James after a date with Lily! This also works when tied into Look, over there, the first of a set of seven stories for 7spells. kodjaz - They're a little early, but perhaps if I don't have time tomorrow to write you something, you'd enjoy these two fics as your online birthday pressie?

( Thestrals' noses? )

Title: To snog or to kiss, that is the question?
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Ron/Tonks
Word Count: 2,077
Rating: R
Summary: Ron didn't have much luck with women he realised. But then there were women who didn't have much luck with men also!
Author's Notes: Happy (belated) Birthday Ron, and apologies to anyone offended by him being with anyone other than Hermione.

( To snog or to kiss, that is the question? )

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 21), Tonio Veula (tall, dark, handsome and Minerva's working partner in Italy) as well as a number of other minor characters
Word Count: 3,884
Rating: R (I think)
Summary: In Italy, on secondment from the British Ministry of Magic, life is a little different than Minerva is used to. Now in the warmer south of Italy, Minerva and Tonio are having to play the part of lovers.
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**. If you fancy writing something historical involving our HP friends then there's still until the 18th March - plenty of time! Splendid icon for Love, Lust, Luck and Loss from the wonderful nimerha - Thank you!

Part One: here
Part Two: here
Part Three: here
Part Four: here
Part Five: here
Part Six: here
Part Seven: here
Part Eight: here

Link to part ten

( Part Nine: Chapter Seven - Tensions )

Title: Someone Special
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Hermione Granger/Percy Weasley
Word Count: 2,740
Rating: It's either very R or a bit NC-17 - I'm never sure
Summary: Saturday nights out with staff from the Ministry were never Hermione's favourite way of spending time. Before!
Author's Notes: millieweasley is today celebrating her first anniversary of fic writing. She asked for gifts and then mentioned first times as a favourite topic, with extra points if Percy was having his first time. Here is one possible version. So, in celebration, for you Jess is

( Someone Special )

If anyone notices any errors or bits that don't work in there, would they let me know please? I wrote part of this in the staff area at work at lunchtime today while other people were milling around and am too pushed to spend a lot of time checking now. But I did want to post it before I went out again.

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 21), talk of Kiely Goodwin and Jocelyn Stalk
Word Count: 3,528
Rating: R (but only near the end)
Summary: In Italy, on secondment from the British Ministry of Magic, life is a little different than Minerva is used to. A mix of relaxation and tension,she is getting used to spending days in the country on her own.
Beta: Many thanks to millieweasley for her help with getting this section together.
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**. If you fancy writing something historical involving our HP friends then there's still until the end of the month - plenty of time! Splendid icon for Love, Lust, Luck and Loss from the wonderful nimerha - Thank you!

Part One: here
Part Two: here
Part Three: here
Part Four: here
Part Five: here

Link to part seven

( Part Six: Chapter Five - Alone )

Title: Love, Luck, Lust and Loss
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: Minerva McGonagall (aged 21), Kiely Goodwin, and talk of Jocelyn Stalk
Word Count: 3,653
Rating: R/NC-17(ish) Light R (I am useless at gauging these things, I always go one up!)
Summary: It's summer 1946 and Minerva McGongall has taken some time to consider a request of her boss. Now in Italy she experiences some conflicting emotions.
Author's Notes: A second story for millieweasley's history challenge **here**. If you fancy writing something historical involving our HP friends then there's still until the end of the month - plenty of time! Splendid icon for Love, Lust, Luck and Loss from the wonderful nimerha - Thank you!

Part One: here
Part Two: here
Part Three: here
Part Four: here

Link to part six

( Part Five: Chapter Four - Lust )

Title: Riddle
Pairing/Character: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter
Rating: R, I think - there's nothing really bad (or good depending on your outlook!)
Wordcount: 2,401
Summary: Part I: It's late summer 1997 and in the search for the remaining horcruxes Ron, Harry, and Hermione are at Grimmauld Place hoping to find information about the locket. During their research Hermione accidentally happens upon something quite different.
Beta(s): For this part I am immensely grateful to manynames and millieweasley for straightening out any kinks (as in writing creases and not what some might be thinking!), and their suggestions for improvements. Watch out historians, I'm going to need you very soon - big time.
Author's Notes: In response to millieweasley's Harry Potter History Challenge **here**. I'm taking some of our HP friends back to Vienna, 1786. It's terribly brave of my volunteer history advisors to allow me to take this on, I'm not too sure whether they'll encourage me back another time however! Part II **here**, Part III **here**, Part IV **here** and Part V **here**.


( Part I of V - Riddle: The Overture - Have either of you heard of Armenia? )

Characters: Lily and James, mentions of Harry, Sirius, family and Voldemort
Rating: R though nothing explicit
Word Count: 512
Title: Dust to Dust
Author's Notes: I wanted to keep these around 500 words, I'm going to do my best to! Lily will have some fun soon, I promise.

( Dust to Dust )

Link to October 29th - Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

Cross posted to juliusgetsbusy

Characters: James and Lily Potter
Rating: Nothing explicit, but it's obviously happened, so R
Word Count: MS Words says 700 on the dot.
Author's Notes: ( See the Picture )

( Yes James, a date! )