chapter twenty: the dementor's kiss

[marginalia]

[The Dementor's Kiss] - Draco/Neville
yeah, I don't know where it came from either

"I'm not convinced he had a soul for them to remove," Draco said, almost to himself. "Do you suppose they protested? Do dementors have standards for criminals?"

"A little more earth in that one," Neville said, eyeing the repotting. Then, "Sometimes I think Harry has it easy. He knows his parents are dead. But what about us? Sorry your mum lost her mind? Your father his soul? There's no sympathy card for that."

Draco is all sharp angles, but relaxing into the circle of Neville's arms he is surprised at the strength beneath the softness. Neville holds off the chill.

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[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Draco is all sharp angles, but relaxing into the circle of Neville's arms he is surprised at the strength beneath the softness. Neville holds off the chill.

Dude.

*loves*

What a perfect thing for this pairing... something they could so easily have in common when all is said and done. Wow.

*loves more*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm still kind of wigged by this, but i have a thing about neville's parents and him not being able to mourn them. and so, this. and i liked the idea of draco only being able to really talk when he's .. uh .. getting his hands dirty ;)

[iolanthe-rosa.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was great! So sweet and sad and...unexpected.

Funny, I was just telling dorrie6 that I wanted her to write a Neville gardening drabble, and here is, potting plants. Thank you!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm sure that neville and gardening stuff is the world's biggest hp fandom cliche . . .and i totally don't care. it's a bit of his samwise gamgee side and i love it to bits ;)

thank you!

[helpwess.livejournal.com]

when have i ever liked draco/neville before?
um, never.
when did i start liking draco/neville?
um, right now.
damn! so tiny and good!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

hee! i'm still surprised that i wrote it! thank you :)

[shinyredtype.livejournal.com]

Love this one, jacito.

Unrelated, this blasted meeting is going until 6pm and no one bothered to tell me. Thus, I will have to catch the 6:20 ferry, which will put me in Seattle at 7pm and then Capitol Hill at....sometime? So I think I will check the restaurant first and then your place, and I'll probably grab food along the way.

[dacro.livejournal.com]

YOU WROTE DRACO!
with Neville...hmmm.
I loved it!

Sorry your mum lost her mind? Your father his soul? There's no sympathy card for that."
Neville. wow.

Beautiful, sweetie.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

dude, i can't believe i wrote it. but lucius was the first person i thought of for the title, and so . .this.

thank you :)

[dacro.livejournal.com]

*clap clap*

[jenish.livejournal.com]

Awww! That was so sweet. Somehow it works, too, although I've never really considered this pairing before. Awww!

But what about us? Sorry your mum lost her mind? Your father his soul? There's no sympathy card for that

He's so right. Beautifully put, so Neville-like, and conveys so much about the spaces in language, what we don't have words for.

Awesome. *heart*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

it's just so weird. it's like i pulled the pairing out of a hat or something. i'm glad it works :)

[iolanthe-rosa.livejournal.com]

I'm not enough into the fandom to know what's cliché�. It all feels fresh to me!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i'm not either - i write, i don't really read. so i can blissfully write and it's all new as far as i'm concerned :)