When Real Life Just Isn't Enough ...

Happy New Year! I've finished my Christmas story now, and below is the final part - hope you enjoy. :)

Title: Reset – Part 16
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~30K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompt #11: Secret Santa with embarrassing results and #12: elf costume, and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompt #25: champagne
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Reset – Part 16

( Ringing in the New Year right )

Title: Reset – Part 14
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompt #30: New Year's Eve party and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompt #24: Christmas presents
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous parts: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen

Reset – Part 14

( Best Presents Ever )

Title: Reset – Part 12
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompts #14: gift gone horribly wrong and #17: introducing Christmas traditions to each other, and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompts #21: Hogwarts from a distance #22: poinsettia.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11

Reset – Part 12

( A sea of Gryffindors and one crazy Ravenclaw )

Title: Reset – Part 10
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompts #7: Christmas shopping nightmare, #9: what to buy for the wizard who has everything, and #28: bringing joy to orphans, and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompts #17: Christmas lights and #18: horse-drawn carriage.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9

Reset – Part 10

( Where am I? )

Title: Reset – Part 8
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompts #1: ugly Christmas sweater, #5: lonely during the holidays, and #22: apart for Christmas, and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompts #13: Christmas cracker and #14: mistletoe.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7

Reset – Part 8

( Distractions and Diversions )

Title: Reset – Part 6
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompt #8: first Christmas after the war, #16: Christmas tree, and #18: Hogwarts at Christmas and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompt #9: sleeping Gryffindor (see delicious picture below) and #10: table with food and wine in front of a fire.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 |

Reset – Part 6

( What was I thinking? )

Title: Reset – Part 4
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompts #26: Lucius as Santa and #27: inviting someone unexpected for Christmas dinner, and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompts #5: clock tower and #6: bookstore.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Previous: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |

Reset – Part 4

( What the fuck, Potter? )

Title: Reset – Part 2
Author: sesheta_66
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R overall
Word Count: ~20K overall
Summary: Forgetting the past isn't always possible or practical. Dwelling on it isn't constructive. Moving beyond it, into what lies ahead, can be just the thing to help us heal. And friends? Well, they make it all – past, present and future – worth living.
Author's Notes: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Challenge, prompt #15: Someone lost a bet and has to do something outrageous and slythindor100's 25 Days of Draco and Harry, prompt #2: London.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Part 1

Reset – Part 2

( What do you think you are doing? )

Hello all! Long time no talk to.

As is customary at this time of year, we need 31 Christmas-inspired prompts for the annual Christmas Challenge over at dracoharry100.

Anyone have a suggestion (word/phrase) or three?

Please limit your responses to three, so that others get a chance to prompt too. This is presuming, what with my general absence from LJ, that there are still ten people out there following my posts. :\

Anyway ... thanks in advance for your suggestions! Merry Ho-Ho.

*hugs*

Title: In the Blink of an Eye
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 100
Challenge: dracoharry100’s challenge #146 - Blink
Summary: Sometimes rules are not meant to be broken.
Warning: Angst
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( In the Blink of an Eye )

Title: Kisses Don't Count
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~ 250
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Draco
Summary: Sometimes Draco is full of surprises.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Challenges: Written for the following Christmas/holiday prompts:
awdt Christmas Quickies: #5 - Yule log
dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge: Yule / Yuletide, ribbon
slythindor100 Special Holiday Challenge: #5 - Hershey's Kisses!
harrylovesdraco: #12 - author's choice (I chose "A kind word"), and
knic26's December prompt of "Yule Log"

( Kisses Don't Count )

Title: Mmm … Frosting
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~ 450
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry discovers that frosting has its advantages.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Challenges: Written for the following Christmas/holiday prompts:
awdt Christmas Quickies: #3 - fruitcake
dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge: fruitcake, chestnuts
slythindor100 Special Holiday Challenge: #3 - ice skating
harrylovesdraco: #12 - author's choice (I chose "holiday fun with friends"), and
winter_june's December prompt of "frosting"

( Mmm … Frosting )

Title: Lovely Weather (Sleigh Ride - Part 1/3)
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~ 600
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry is a bit disappointed when Teddy tells him he's invited someone along to join them for their annual just-the-two-of-them sleigh ride.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Challenges: Written for the following fourth week of Christmas prompts:
awdt Christmas Quickies: sleigh ride
dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge: snow/snowman
slythindor100 Special Holiday Challenge: trees with snow
harrylovesdraco: #12 - Author's Choice - I choose "snow", and
micolerose's December prompt of child!Teddy, snowman


( Lovely Weather )

Title: What Others Don't See
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: G
Word Count: 500
Challenge: dracoharry100’s challenge #119 - Air
Summary: After all those years of stalking watching, it seems that Harry and Draco are able to read each other rather well.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( What Others Don't See )

Title: Dead Man Walking
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 600
Challenge: dracoharry100’s challenge #115 - Crush
Summary: Misunderstanding and confusion abound during an eighth-year Quidditch match.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Dead Man Walking )