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Seven by shadowings (PG)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Tonks/Luna, Fleur/Hermione, implied Harry/Ginny
Length: 2763
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadowings
Author Website: Masterlist
Why this must be read: Okay, I might be cheating a bit since this was actually written for me in last year's![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
femmefest. However, it's good. Real good. Ficathon entries can be hit or miss as authors attempt to figure out how to bring to life the prompt given to them. shadowings places the Harry Potter characters in a non-magicical setting (the war in Iraq), makes them soldiers (in the US Army), and creates a delightful, hard hitting au. Pureblood fanaticism becomes Jihadist extremism, the Hallows become Voldemort's trusted lieutenants, and Tonks refuses to come out of the closet while stationed in Iraq since it's just not safe, especially with a 40% chance of dying in combat, which would make coming out kind of moot. In the end, this fic touches on all the aspects of war, from the soldiers to home life with Luna. Sparsely written and hard hitting, it is well worth a read.
Tonks takes off her helmet and shakes the beads of sweat from her hair. It needs to be clipped again – it's getting long, and her hair is losing that spiky look she likes so much.
Five more days in the Bravo rotation, and she'll be home. The idea rolls around bittersweet in her head. Home. It sounds tenable, yet unreal.
Harry smiles at her out of the corner of his mouth, like he knows what she's thinking. She smiles automatically back at him.
“Wotcher, Harry.”
“Why you always gotta say something weird like that, Tonks,” Harry says, but it lacks malice. He sounds tired. Probably is. They're all tired.
“Sorry, Sarge,” she says cheekily. Harry glares at her – he hates being called by his title. Sergeant Harry Potter, also known as the Boy-Who-Lived, also known as the only person to survive the Hadithah massacre, led by the (possible, probably, might as well be) Al Qaeda insurgent Tom Riddle, also known as Voldemort, also known as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, by the Iraqis' superstitious beliefs in the power of names.
Seven can be read Here
Pairing: Tonks/Luna, Fleur/Hermione, implied Harry/Ginny
Length: 2763
Author on LJ:
shadowingsAuthor Website: Masterlist
Why this must be read: Okay, I might be cheating a bit since this was actually written for me in last year's
femmefest. However, it's good. Real good. Ficathon entries can be hit or miss as authors attempt to figure out how to bring to life the prompt given to them. shadowings places the Harry Potter characters in a non-magicical setting (the war in Iraq), makes them soldiers (in the US Army), and creates a delightful, hard hitting au. Pureblood fanaticism becomes Jihadist extremism, the Hallows become Voldemort's trusted lieutenants, and Tonks refuses to come out of the closet while stationed in Iraq since it's just not safe, especially with a 40% chance of dying in combat, which would make coming out kind of moot. In the end, this fic touches on all the aspects of war, from the soldiers to home life with Luna. Sparsely written and hard hitting, it is well worth a read.Tonks takes off her helmet and shakes the beads of sweat from her hair. It needs to be clipped again – it's getting long, and her hair is losing that spiky look she likes so much.
Five more days in the Bravo rotation, and she'll be home. The idea rolls around bittersweet in her head. Home. It sounds tenable, yet unreal.
Harry smiles at her out of the corner of his mouth, like he knows what she's thinking. She smiles automatically back at him.
“Wotcher, Harry.”
“Why you always gotta say something weird like that, Tonks,” Harry says, but it lacks malice. He sounds tired. Probably is. They're all tired.
“Sorry, Sarge,” she says cheekily. Harry glares at her – he hates being called by his title. Sergeant Harry Potter, also known as the Boy-Who-Lived, also known as the only person to survive the Hadithah massacre, led by the (possible, probably, might as well be) Al Qaeda insurgent Tom Riddle, also known as Voldemort, also known as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, by the Iraqis' superstitious beliefs in the power of names.
Seven can be read Here