Harry Potter Golden Age

Title: Home is Where the Heart Is
Author: torino10154
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Hermione/Ron
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~1060
Content/Warning(s): Polyamorous relationship
Summary/Prompt: Prompt 14: home is where the heart is. Kids have grown up/left the home and the trio feel like moving in together to downsize a bit.
A/N: Thanks to S for the beta.

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( Home is Where the Heart Is )

Title: Darling, It's Never Too Late
Author: webofdreams89
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ron
Rating: E
Word Count: 2771
Content/Warning(s): sex, referenced child abuse, referenced racism
Summary/Prompt: "I was just wondering why you never settled down. You're a catch, mate, and I don't mean because you're Harry fucking Potter, but because you're you."
"Because I've been in love with you since we were kids, Ron."
A/N: This was a lot of fun to write. Hope you enjoy!

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( Darling, It's Never Too Late )

Title: holding on to me so tightly
Author: gracerene
Characters/Pairings: Hermione/Ron, past Ron/Lavender & Hermione/OCs, background Harry/Ginny
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: ~3,600
Content/Warning(s): mention of past character death, widower Ron, hurt/comfort, drinking, past relationship, getting back together, sofa sex, vaginal sex
Summary/Prompt: Ron and Hermione dated when they were younger, but they'd each been dealing with too much and wanted such different things from life to make it work. They'd remained best friends for decades, and that was fine... Until a couple glasses of wine brought them together again.
A/N: I saw this prompt for the 2020 fest and immediately got this plot bunny, but the timing just didn't work out. Thankfully, the fest returned in 2021 and I had another chance to write it! Lots of love to the mods for continuing to run this fest and to M for beta!

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( holding on to me so tightly )

Title: Hedging Bets
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco, Neville/Luna, Ron/Hermione, Theodore/Astoria, Pansy/Ginny, omc/Rose
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,121
Content/Warning(s): Nothing but fluff and romance
Prompt: Do they love each other? Hate each other? None of their friends are exactly sure and have been waiting for them to divorce for years. But their marriage has been going strong for decades, even though no one understands how or why.
A/N: Many thanks to gelsey for cleaning up my commas.

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( Hedging Bets )

Title: Loving You Could Be So Easy
Author: shocolate
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ron
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5257
Content/Warning(s): none
Summary/Prompt: M9: Harry has travelled the world for 30 years, and finally comes home. Someone unexpected is waiting for him.
A/N: So many thank yous to emmacmf, for the beta, and to the lovely patient mods at hp_goldenage for running such an intriguing fest. The title is (obviously) taken from the lyrics of Let Me In, by The Osmonds, because who personifies 'still sexy after fifty' better than Donny?

( Loving You Could Be So Easy )

Title: Life Transfigured
Author: abigail89
Characters/Pairings: Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Irma Pince, Horace Slughorn, Molly & Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and original characters
Rating: General
Word Count: ~5300
Content/Warning(s): Arthur Weasley is close to death, but he never appears in the story.
Summary: Retirement is sometimes not easy, especially if one has held a job that they truly loved. For Minerva McGonagall, Professor and Headmistress of Hogwarts, easing into a life beyond the castle means adjusting to not being needed.
Prompt: How does the magical world care for its elderly, especially when the elderly decide they can no longer effectively live on their own. A nursing home? An "assisted living" community? etc. What is life like in retirement in the wizarding world?
A/N: Having wrangled with these issues, and continue to consider them in real life, I wanted to write this part of Minerva’s story. Many, many thanks to my dear weepingnaiad for a very helpful read-through to catch the mistakes. All remaining mistakes are mine, though.

( Life Transfigured )