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Title: Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
torakowalski
Author Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
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Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:
torakowalskiAuthor Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Title: Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:torakowalski
Author Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:
torakowalskiAuthor Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Title: Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:torakowalski
Author Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:
torakowalskiAuthor Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Title: Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:torakowalski
Author Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Spencer/Brendon, Spencer/Tom Conrad, Jon/Ryan
Categories: angst, AU, family, harlequin, romance, wedding
Length: Long (~19,000 words)
Warnings: drug use, hints of partner betrayal
Author on LJ:
torakowalskiAuthor Website: Sticky! Story List
Review:
On the way to Ryan and Jon’s wedding, Spencer and Tom break up. Brendon’s just supposed to be payback, but it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
This is my idea of what a true harlequin fic is. Full of false conclusions and impossibly romantic dates, this story actually works in a way that many harlequin fics don’t. I’m actually not the biggest fan of romance in fics, but pulls off romantic without crossing the line to sappy. And it’s able to keep the reader interested to the end.
Only One Place They Call You One of Their Own
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:casspeach
Author Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Categories: angst, AU, harlequin, almost marriage of convenience
Length: Long (~24,000 words)
Warnings: slight alcohol abuse
Author on LJ:
casspeachAuthor Website: AO3
Review:
While trying to get over his ex-boyfriend, Jensen gets drunk while alone at his place and chats up a guy at an internet kink site. The next morning he’s blacked out almost the whole incident. It’s a complete surprise to him, therefore, when he comes home a couple days later to a strange man sprawled out on his porch, luggage with him.
AUs in this fandom can range anywhere from really good to horribly horribly bad. It can be very difficult for some authors to get the right voice down for the characters in another incarnation, and others have real difficulty letting canon go far enough to write an actual plot. Casspeach, on the other hand, writes really fantastic AUs.
This is a really cute fic, full of both Jensen and Jared being too stubborn to see what’s right in front of their eyes. Chris is great in this, fantastic supportive best friend. Some of the other characters could have been a little more involved, or at least given more presence for the short amounts of story they actually are in, but otherwise this story works really well.
At LJ: Elysian Fields
At AO3: Elysian Fields
Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-464411/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-3271830/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-2675491/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-2097021/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-1522582/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:sparseparsley
Author Website:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/50664-968842/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Sparseparsley
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, byexmanhater.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Categories: AU, harlequin, humor, romance
Length: Long (30,784 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
sparseparsleyAuthor Website:
Summary:
The good ones are sometimes assholes and always taken.
Review:
This fic has some warm and fluffy romance mixed with a little angst based on an epic misunderstanding. In this AU where everyone is human, Dean meets Castiel while he's bartending for Anna's bachelorette party. Even though he mistakenly thinks that Castiel is the groom-to-be, he's drawn to the other man. They end up becoming friends, and Dean helps Castiel with the rushed wedding plans, including helping pick out title wedding cake flavor. The more time Dean spends with Castiel, the more he realizes that he wants more than friendship from the man he thinks is unavailable. Castiel, on the other hand, is completely confused by Dean's bizarre mixed signals.
There's some great dialog, and characterization; I liked this author's version's of all the characters, who all seemed like themselves while being in an AU romantic comedy setting. There's just enough angst to temper the wackiness. Also, the bakery scene will leave you craving cake.
Link:
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on AO3)
Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake (on LJ) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
There is also a podfic for it here, by
exmanhater.Title: A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Title: A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Title: A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Title: A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Categories: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Harlequin, Marriage of Convenience
Length: Epic
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: n/a
Author’s Summary: Regency-era AU. Physician's daughter Hermione Granger finds herself in need of a way to pay off her father's debts after his death. Draco Malfoy, retired from the politics of the Isolationists, a group of pure-bloods bent on separating 'true' magic from lesser folk, finds himself in need of a tutor for his son, Scorpius, who appears to be incapable of magic and must learn to survive in a world without it. Draco also needs a wife and mother for Scorpius, to satisfy a promise to his unwell father. After she saves his son from an attack by Isolationists, Draco hires the Muggle-born Miss Granger for the former, and after a riot in Vauxhall Gardens and a scandalous discovery made by his mother, weds that selfsame Muggle-born for the latter. While making the best of her marriage of (in)convenience, Hermione discovers that Scorpius' history of wild imaginings and dreams is more than just imagination. As she attempts to teach him about magical abilities no one expected he would ever have, she and Draco work together to raise Scorpius and learn to trust each other.
Review:
I’ve been looking forward to reccing this story for a while now, if only for the summary alone. Which, by the way, does the entire story justice and sets the tone for what you’re about to read. It’s just that grand.
Musyc does a splendid job of taking the modern magical world we know and dating it with all those regency era tidbits like rules of etiquette and propriety. The characters, though colored through the time period, are still essentially the same people we know and love to read about; their personalities changed but not irrevocably so. Draco and Hermione’s (and Scorpius’) struggle to make things work between them is believable, if not a little sugar coated, and the on-going battle with the ‘Isolationists’ is riveting.
All things told, if you’re a fan of this pairing or regency-era romance, you’ll want to add this to your reading list.
A Muggle-Born Magic
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