That girl who wrote that fic.

Title: Rumor Has It
Author: Emma Grant
Summary: Auror trainee Harry Potter does not have a crush on Draco Malfoy. He's just curious about why a former Death Eater is working for the Wizengamot, and that's all. Really.
Rating: NC-17
Length: 12, 500 words
Notes: Set a few months after HP&DH and probably heading toward EWE. A huge thanks goes to starlitshore for the quick and thoughtful beta! Written for the hd_canon_fest 2011 and first posted there.
Prompt: "Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed." -- Dumbledore, HP and the Goblet of Fire

( It all started when one day... )

An amazingly talented artist chose my prompt for hd_fanart's Fest and made gorgeous, gorgeous art for it!

GO, LOOK, AND MELT INTO A LITTLE PUDDLE OF GOO!!

Title: Chocolate Head
Author: Emma Grant
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: Draco has a little problem. Okay, maybe not so little…
Rating: NC-17
Length: About 8 inches 4000 words
Note: Written to commemorate all of fandom giving each other (chocolate user) head(s) on LJ yesterday. Somewhat cracky. Definitely EWE. Thanks for all the chocolate!


( Yeah, I went there. )

Title: A Weak Pleasure, Never So Sweet
Author: Emma Grant emmagrant01
Rating: NC-17
Length: 16,100 words
Pairings/characters: Harry/Draco plus a little Harry/Draco/OMC
Summary: Seven years after the end of the war, Draco Malfoy has been taken into custody in New York. Harry Potter is sent to bring him back. EWE.
Warnings: random bar sex, dub-con if you squint, threesome, set in New York City's wizarding community (in case that sort of thing annoys you)
Author's notes: This was originally written for sashaminx for the 2011 harry_holidays fest, where it was read by at least 10 people! At least, that's how many comments it got. This version has been slightly rewritten from what was posted there, since I figured not many folks saw it there and I could fix it up a little more. The original version was beta'd by wordplay and lusiology. In case you're wondering, the title is a mashup of two adages about jealousy.

( A Weak Pleasure, Never So Sweet )

While everyone else is posting their hd_holidays fics, I'll post mine too! This was written for a very, very specific prompt -- it was about two pages in Word when I printed it all out! I was intimidated for about 4 minutes, and then realized that the characterizations faithwood wanted were exactly the ones I like myself. And then it kind of wrote itself! I didn't expect it to be as well-received as it was, since it's not the sort of story that tends to be popular in these sorts of exchanges. It's just a sweet story about Draco growing up and finding his place in the new world -- and finding his Harry, of course. :-)

Title: Five Times Draco Malfoy Got Sacked (And One Time He Didn't)
Author: Emma Grant
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: After the Dark Lord was destroyed, Draco Malfoy had to start all over. He had no idea it would be quite so difficult.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Word Count: ~18,500
Author's Notes: Set immediately after the end of Book 7, and definitely heading toward EWE. Written for hd_holidays 2010, for faithwood. Originally posted here.

*****

( The day after the Dark Lord was finally destroyed, Draco went to bed. He didn't get out of bed for six weeks. )

These were my ten eleven twelve, argh THIRTEEN favorites of the hd_holidays fest. I read (or started to read, anyway) every fic posted this year. There were several that were just not my cuppa, so I hit the back button -- y'all know how it goes. They weren't written for me, of course, and I'm sure their recipients loved them. :-)

But man, the vast majority of what I read was so, so amazing, and I enjoyed every minute of it! I haven't gone on a fanfic binge like that in a long time. It made me fall in love with my OTP all over again. \0/

So here are my favorites of the fest, in the order they were posted. All hit my favorite fic buttons in one way or another, through amazing plot, fantastic characterization, incredibly engaging storytelling, fantastically hot sex, and so on. If you haven't read these already and suspect that you and I share the same taste in H/D fic, you will love them!

1. I Await a Protector by megyal

2. Packing the Flat by marguerite_26

3. Excuses, Excuses by leela_cat

4. The Waters Know Their Own by musamihi

5. Love Is... by melusinahp

6. The Page Eleven Wars by fireflavored

7. Burns Out Another's Burning by lomonaaeren

8. The Unexpected Windfall by mindabbles

9. Harry Potter and the Case of the Befeathered Ninja by grey_hunter

10. When Hippogriffs and Pygmy Puffs Collide by oldenuf2nb

11. Conquering the Dark by noeon

12. On the Couch by frayach

13. The Decoy Dilemma by dysonrules

Edit: 14. As Souls From Bodies Steal by femmequixotic

And obviously, the one I wrote isn't on this list, though I completely adore it and am very proud of it. ;-) Any guesses as to which was mine? No one has yet guessed it on the poll...

I wrote Five Times Draco Malfoy Got Sacked (And One Time He Didn't). :-)

Title: Twixt Naught and Never
Author: Emma Grant
Summary: A decade after the defeat of Voldemort, Draco Malfoy works in the Misuse of Potions department of the Ministry of Magic and is assigned to investigate a London pub suspected of being involved in illegal potions trade. To his surprise, the pub is owned by none other than Harry Potter.
Pairings: Harry/Draco, Draco/other
Rating: Mature for explicit m/m sex and magical narcotic consumption
Length: ~20,000 words
Notes: This was written three years ago for the serpentinelion Secrets & Wishes Fest (in 2007). I felt like it had big problems, and at that point, HP&tDH was about to be released. So I set the fic aside with the intent of coming back to it after reading the end of canon, and never did. I was recently inspired to get it done, and after much rewriting (and multiple reads by pir8fancier, whose concrit was invaluable in the process), it's finally at a place where I'm happy with it. I'll put the original fest request (#46) at the end of the fic. In case it even matters anymore, heh. Oh, and this is EWE, baby!

( Twixt Naught and Never )