Just what it says on the tin. A list of all of gingerbred’s works presently on LiveJournal…( Collapse ) This post is ‘sticky-ed’ and can be reached at any time by clicking on the user name ‘gingerbredshaus’ to navigate to the journal overview. It’s the first entry listed in that view. The most recent updates follow below it.
31 October, 1998. Luna runs into Daphne at the Ministry's first Halloween Ball after the war. Originally Published: 2021-10-31 on LJ / DW / AO3 Words: 1.3 k Rating: General Author's Notes: This story was written as part of the rarepair_shorts 2021 Monster Mash (LJ / AO3), and my prompts were: Floating candles and Masquerade. It takes place in Luna's seventh year, post-BoH, at the Ministry.
This is a standalone drabble AU sequel set in the "beyond wandpoint" AU (LJ / DW / AO3) So, cleverly, that makes it an AU AU written for shaelia. (Thanks. ❤️) wandpoint definitely isn't a pre-req for the story, additional caveat, all of "beyond wandpoint" has not been uploaded to AO3 at this time.
"You need a break," Hermione tells him in no uncertain terms. He's grown so used to her moving about within their wards, he'd neglected to notice when she'd left their quarters to enter his classroom. Unexpected, she'd caught him with his head down on his desk, momentarily despairing of his students' ability to ever master his subject, at least if these O.W.L.s were anything to go by. Merlin's bloody bollocks. The results were abysmal.
The Arithmancy apprentice plops herself down unceremoniously next to him on the edge of his desk, leans over and begins to massage his shoulders. "Goodness are you tense." ( Collapse )
For snapecentric1, because you asked 😉, and hopelesliehermn. Happy Birthday, hopelesliehermn, and many much happier returns of the day. 🎂🍰🎁🎉 (🎈Here's hoping by the time next year's birthdays roll around we're not still in lockdown. 😐)
The fourth entry in the Christmas Spirit AU. 1st September, 1998. Harry, Ron and Hermione return for their eighth year. They aren't the only ones. Obviously.
Or: how things got started. Originally Published: 2020-05-29 on LJ / DW Words: 3.6k, one shot, complete
Characters:Harry Potter 8G, Draco Malfoy 8S, Hermione Granger 8G, Ron Weasley 8G, Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Zacharias Smith 7H, Ginny Weasley 7G, Harper Hutchinson 7S, Susan Bones 8H, Daphne Greengrass 8S, Luna Lovegood 7R, Mentioned: Theo Nott 8S, Pansy Parkinson 8S, Terry Boot 8R, Morag MacDougal 8R, Ernie Macmillan 8H, Justin Finch-Fletchley 8H, Hannah Abbott 7H
The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal. ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.
The third entry in the Christmas Spirit AU. 1st September, 1998. Bowing to Ministry pressure (the tossers), Lavender returns to school for her eighth year.
With the right person, sometimes your flaws become assets... Originally Published: 2019-06-03 on LJ / DW Words: 3.9k, one shot, complete
Characters: Lavender, Ron, house elves, Mentioned: Harry, Hermione, Parvati
The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal. ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.
Originally Published: 10 May, 2020 on LJ in gingerbred's journal ( LJ / DW )
The Forbidden Forest still exerts an irresistible pull, despite a plethora of perfectly terrifying experiences there in the past. Perhaps it's the wizard at her side that makes her feel sure those encounters are unlikely to be repeated, and should any overtly aggressive Acromantulas dare to put in an appearance (to say nothing of sinister centaurs), Hermione is absolutely certain she and Severus are more than up to the task of managing the situation. It doesn't hurt, of course, that the students (exhibiting more wisdom than she and her friends had been inclined to back in their day) tend to shun the place as if their lives depend on it. (To be fair, it's entirely possible they do.) But it's nice to get away from the castle of an evening and enjoy one another's company without the throngs of prying eyes and ears causing the already exceedingly reticent man beside her to become even more withdrawn.
In private of late, he tended to open up nicely, and she's enjoyed getting to know the man behind the deliciously wicked sense of humour. More and more she's come to understand what drives him, and to cherish these moments alone.
And of course the promise of a being able to procure a few rare ingredients by the light of the full moon? When their potency was more than doubled? What more could a Potions Master and the Arithmancy Mistress assisting him with his latest project ask for?
With a smile she follows him readily into the woods.
Happy Birthday, adafrog, and many happier returns of the day. 🎂🍰🎉
Right, I promised orlando_switch and mywitch my wacky cake recipe, so here it is. Unfortunately I couldn't find my notes about the spices I added to make it a lebkuchen variant, but next winter at the latest, I'm sure I'll be back at it again. 😉
"Nimue's knickers, is that... is that armadillo bile???"
Affronted, Severus responds, "Surely you jest." Hermione wisely holds her tongue in the face of his raised-eyebrow-of-outrage. "Miss Granger, that question alone would, were you still a student, warrant seeing you never received a N.E.W.T. in Potions.
"Ever.
"It may justify retroactively revoking yours, in fact." ( Collapse )
Some of hubs' colleagues have been complaining about a lack of ingredients for cakes. (And it may have just taken us nearly two months to score some... 😕) So here's something yummy that doesn't need flour at least. Hope your birthday is a lovely one. ❤️
This is the Second Epilogue to the Advent Calendar Fic. Originally published: 14 February, 2020 on LJ, in gingerbred's journal (LJ / DW).
STOP! STOP! STOP! It might help to read the previous instalments if you haven't already. Part 1 (LJ / DW) Part 2 (LJ / DW) Part 3 (LJ / DW) The First Epilogue (LJ / DW) And there's a final roundup of the calendar, not part of the fic, here (LJ / DW) if you're curious, including a couple of 'outtakes'. Previously in the Advent Calendar Fic...( Collapse ) 10 January, 1993. Very early. ( Collapse ) Happy Valentine's, folks. ❤️
Originally published: 09 January, 2020 on LJ, in gingerbred's journal (LJ / DW).
STOP! STOP! STOP! It might help to read the previous instalments if you haven't already. Part 1 (LJ / DW) Part 2 (LJ / DW) Part 3 (LJ / DW) And there's a final roundup of the calendar, not part of the fic, here (LJ / DW) if you're curious, including a couple of 'outtakes'. Previously in the Advent Calendar Fic...
Severus holds the door to his chambers open for her, and Hermione precedes him into his lounge with a smile. It's new enough to still be thrilled by the developments, but it's also become enough of a routine in the past several days the she doesn't stand on formality, taking a seat unasked on his couch. She's confident enough with their arrangement, in fact, that she takes his customary spot and orders a pot of tea from the unseen house elf. It gives Severus a moment's pause, but he's grown sufficiently comfortable with her presence - and more to the point: fond enough of her presence - that he prefers to take the seat beside her as opposed to retreating to the wingback as he used to.
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