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History of Magic by Mistress_of_Microscopes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
16 Aug 2024
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A rather cracky one-shot with a magic reveal. Sort of.
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How did Holly Munro come to be the perfectionist, slightly neurotic individual we see in the books? Why did she train to become an agent? How did she join Rotwell? There's so little of her backstory in canon. Here's my (completely invented) take on her life before Lockwood and Co. These are snippets from Holly's childhood and young adulthood, revealing key formative experiences that shaped her into the character we know.
Excerpt from Ch. 8: Ranged around the iron circle were the ghostly figures of seven massive hounds. They were powerfully built, with barrel-chests and muscular limbs coated in thick, coal-black fur. Their baleful eyes gleamed red, and their open mouths revealed a multitude of razor-sharp, yellowed teeth. As Holly watched, greenish drool dripped from the slavering jaws of the dog closest to her and oozed, hissing, to the cellar floor. There was a moment of stillness as the hounds considered them with cocked heads, their blood-red tongues lolling.
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Six year-old Artemis gets a glimpse into the family business.
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- Part 1 of of a feather
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Tim reflects on his past, his family, and the future.
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- Part 2 of of a feather
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A silly one-shot of Opal Koboi in prison, enjoying her just desserts. Sometimes, that's just the kind of pick-me-up one needs. :)
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One shots about the Fowl family, mainly about Artemis's relationship with his father.
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The Only Magic Left Between Us by lq_traintracks (lumosed_quill)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Apr 2022
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Harry goes to the market and ends up having to save Draco Malfoy’s life with sex. He saves Draco’s life with sex and ends up with a husband. The last thing he expects in all of it is to fall in love.
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23 Jul 2026
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“Might I ask you what do you think of Arthur?” Uther asks.
“Arthur? Oh, that’s easy,” Merlin says. “He’s a pompous, arrogant, self-important prick, whose compassion I’m sure will make him the greatest king that this kingdom will ever see.”
Uther needs a moment to work through all that.
“Romantically,” he clarifies. “I meant romantically.”
(Uther learns that Merlin is the son of the last dragonlord. He sends him away with Balinor in exchange for a promise that Kilgharrah will not attack Camelot again, and in doing absolutely shatters Arthur's heart. In a flare of fatherly regret, he does what he feels he must to soothe Arthur's distress, which includes trying to figure out what it is that Arthur likes so much about Merlin in the first place.)
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22 Jul 2026
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Occultation by Geese_In_Flight, pineapplesquid
Fandoms: Winter's Orbit - Everina Maxwell
28 Feb 2022
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Kiem Tegnar, prince of Iskat, has always tried to do his duty as a treaty representative.
Count Jainan nav Adessari is an engineering professor, not a politician or a diplomat. But when he’s chosen to replace the recently deceased representative from Thea, he knows he will have to do his best for his planet and his new partner.
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- Part 1 of Occultation
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22 Jul 2026
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Loving someone is wonderful. Getting used to them might be even better.
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21 Jul 2026
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British weather strikes again!
After the wettest December on record, grumpypants-with-a-heart-of-gold Prince Arthur and his totally-not-gorgeous-or-attractive PA, Merlin, get stuck in a little village on the way to a Christmas charity event, with no transport and no accommodation except for a small, cosy inn.
With all the other people stranded by the same flooding, there's only one room free.
And it only has one bed…
Whilst they wait to be rescued, Arthur has a Christmas to remember as he discovers the important things in life, and Merlin finds out that his surly, irritable boss isn’t half as bad as he seems.
A story of flooding, service, snowball fights, and love.
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21 Jul 2026