Salt and Pepper Fest: War Heroes Rule! (Ensemble; G)

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Title: War Heroes Rule!
Author: centaury_squill
Characters/Pairings: Sirius Black, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Rating: G
Word Count: approx 3,200
Content/Warning(s): Hint of Snarry pre-slash
Summary/Prompt: A group of elderly war heroes get together at Grimmauld Place to reminisce. When they discover a magical creature is running amok inside the house, someone suggests going to find help. But they don't need young know-it-alls coming to their rescue, they're war heroes after all! Surely they can deal with one little creature!
A/N: My first time writing for this fest, and I'm thrilled to be taking part. Enjoy!

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( War Heroes Rule! )

Salt and Pepper Fest: After All These Years, Love (Severus/Minerva; R)

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Title: After All These Years, Love
Artist: milotzi
Characters/Pairings: Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall
Rating: Soft R, more for the summary than the art
Media: pencil on paper, photo filter
Content/Warning(s): None
Prompt: Prompt 12: Minerva McGonagall doesn't have many regrets. Giving up on Severus in the final year of the war is one of them, especially considering their complicated history. Each year, on his birthday, she quietly raises a glass for him and tells herself she's the last person he'd want to see. On his 50th birthday, she stops lying to herself, and shows up at his door.
Summary: When he opens the door, he is surprised to see her, of all people. At first it is awkward, then, very quickly, it becomes passionate and physical, just like it used to when they first discovered each other.

When, between acts of pleasure, she confesses to him how she feels about him and that it wasn't just the sex she was missing, she learns that he, too, has had feelings for her for a long time but thought she surely must hate and despise him for all the things he's had to do. As he sees her relief, he realizes that that part of him which thought he hated and despised her for hating and despising him was so wrong. And that, rather than merely gratifying their own and each other's sexual needs, they are actually making love to each other.
A/N: A snapshot of a defining moment in their relationship was all I was able to do. Thank you to the prompter for the wonderful prompt.

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( After All These Years, Love )