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A Beneficial Arrangement by Vivien (PG)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Minerva/Tom
Length: 2,000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vivien529
Author Website: Vivien's Vault
Why this must be read:
Many fans, upon consulting what J.K. Rowling has said about Professor McGonagall's age and what's in canon about Tom Riddle's age, came to the conclusion that their time at Hogwarts coincided. Thus, the ship of Minerva/Tom was inevitably born. In a fandom that ships the giant squid with various characters, the ship of Minerva/Tom is almost natural.
The premise of this fic is just too good to pass up. Vivien has taken the clichéd story of a secret love (and perhaps a secret child) between Minerva and Tom and turned it on its head. Basically, the gist of the story is that after a drunken one-night stand, Minerva tells Tom that she's pregnant. He has to marry her, and then finds his plans completely derailed by his new wife. It's funny, and it's decidedly AU. One does wish, however, that this very short story were longer. It takes a matter of five minutes to read, but it's definitely worth it.
* * *
“What did you say?”
“You heard me the first time,” Minerva spat. “If you’d ruddy well remembered that charm we wouldn’t be in this fix.”
She’d showed up near closing, demanding to talk with him. He’d had no idea it would be about something like this.
“How do you know it’s mine?” he replied, as the machinations of his ever-plotting brain whirred into overdrive. He could Obliviate her; it would be easy. He’d kill her if he had to, although that would be a shame. She really was a gifted witch – her powers could be used later on, if she were on his side. Besides, her father was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It would not be wise to attract that kind of attention.
“I tested for that first thing, you idiot, or I wouldn’t be here,” she said, her hands planted on her hips. “We have to get married.”
Tom just stared. This couldn’t be happening to him. Now he remembered why he’d vowed to stay on his own. Personal connections trapped you in the mire of the ordinary. “Can’t you get rid of it?”
Minerva’s wand appeared in front of his nose with a violent swish. “You’re going to do the honorable thing by me, you Slytherin bastard. To think you’d abandon your own flesh and blood, just as you’d been abandoned as an infant.”
How dare she compare him to his filthy Muggle father? He glared at her and reached for his own wand.
“Don’t you dare even think about it,” Minerva snarled.
Tom hesitated. He was in no way like his father, and would never be. His busy gears switched to a different track. Minerva was quite fetching. She was smarter than most of the insipid women he knew. And she did come from a well-placed, wealthy pureblood family…
Marrying her might be a smart move. He’d gain power and wealth, better connections… If it didn’t work out, he could always set up a House Elf for her accidental death.
A Beneficial Arrangement
Pairing: Minerva/Tom
Length: 2,000 words
Author on LJ:
vivien529Author Website: Vivien's Vault
Why this must be read:
Many fans, upon consulting what J.K. Rowling has said about Professor McGonagall's age and what's in canon about Tom Riddle's age, came to the conclusion that their time at Hogwarts coincided. Thus, the ship of Minerva/Tom was inevitably born. In a fandom that ships the giant squid with various characters, the ship of Minerva/Tom is almost natural.
The premise of this fic is just too good to pass up. Vivien has taken the clichéd story of a secret love (and perhaps a secret child) between Minerva and Tom and turned it on its head. Basically, the gist of the story is that after a drunken one-night stand, Minerva tells Tom that she's pregnant. He has to marry her, and then finds his plans completely derailed by his new wife. It's funny, and it's decidedly AU. One does wish, however, that this very short story were longer. It takes a matter of five minutes to read, but it's definitely worth it.
* * *
“What did you say?”
“You heard me the first time,” Minerva spat. “If you’d ruddy well remembered that charm we wouldn’t be in this fix.”
She’d showed up near closing, demanding to talk with him. He’d had no idea it would be about something like this.
“How do you know it’s mine?” he replied, as the machinations of his ever-plotting brain whirred into overdrive. He could Obliviate her; it would be easy. He’d kill her if he had to, although that would be a shame. She really was a gifted witch – her powers could be used later on, if she were on his side. Besides, her father was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It would not be wise to attract that kind of attention.
“I tested for that first thing, you idiot, or I wouldn’t be here,” she said, her hands planted on her hips. “We have to get married.”
Tom just stared. This couldn’t be happening to him. Now he remembered why he’d vowed to stay on his own. Personal connections trapped you in the mire of the ordinary. “Can’t you get rid of it?”
Minerva’s wand appeared in front of his nose with a violent swish. “You’re going to do the honorable thing by me, you Slytherin bastard. To think you’d abandon your own flesh and blood, just as you’d been abandoned as an infant.”
How dare she compare him to his filthy Muggle father? He glared at her and reached for his own wand.
“Don’t you dare even think about it,” Minerva snarled.
Tom hesitated. He was in no way like his father, and would never be. His busy gears switched to a different track. Minerva was quite fetching. She was smarter than most of the insipid women he knew. And she did come from a well-placed, wealthy pureblood family…
Marrying her might be a smart move. He’d gain power and wealth, better connections… If it didn’t work out, he could always set up a House Elf for her accidental death.
A Beneficial Arrangement
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