I was listening to this song after a 1-day writing break, and I got this idea and couldn’t not. Also inspired by @tackytigerfic’sOur Little Life which lives rent-free in my mind always <3
The Lesson
Drarry | Rated M | CW - grief, MCD-ish, suicide | 192 words
So moving, taut, and enthralling - p1nk has captured the epic sweeping feel of a classical tragedy in under 200 words. Go forth and luxuriate in this little beauty!
Summary: Countdown (n.) a game show broadcast by Channel 4, where two contestants try to make nine letter words from randomly selected letters and solve maths puzzles using the four basic functions with the greatest accuracy.
Pointless (n.) a BBC quiz show where four pairs of contestants try to provide the lowest scoring answers on general knowledge questions to advance to the next round(s).
On the consequences of the Delacour-Tonks Quit Pact of 2009. Or, Fleur hates working and only wants to do trivia and solve puzzles.
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Author’s Notes: Huge thanks to violetclarity for modding this fest with me for another year, for beta reading this, for increasing the cheekiness of my summary, and for kindly assuring me that I had, in fact, written a thing. Massive thanks also to aibidil for the beta, for adding extra layers of humour to a couple scenes, for pointing out what wasn’t working, and–most of all–for photoshopping Daniel Radcliffe’s face onto Macaulay Culkin’s from the Home Alone cover and DMing it to me. Many more thanks to Tami for generously offering to create something for this and for creating a magnificently cozy piece of art incredibly quickly!
Artist’s Notes @celiasart: This was a spur of the moment “what your fic doesn’t have art?” creation, and I’m so happy I got the chance to create art for this beautiful fic (and to get to read it -almost- before everybody else ;D). I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! The story illustrates so wonderfully what it means to support your partner, not just in small things, but also in big life decisions.
