Season and positivity...

[nia_kantorka]

This post is about positivity and getting into season's spirit.

If you need some inspiration for baking cookies, have a look at icmezzo's Holiday Cookie Rec(ipes) Exchange. I'm pants at baking cookies (I just look online for one plain butter cookie recipe and pray to all deities it'll work out) but I love the idea.

As I'm following some of the Christmas fests at the moment, it's fitting to participate on writcraft's Comment-a-Thon.

This charming banner puts me into the right frame of mind.

I'm following Professor Snape's lead here. Tbh, I've already lost track about my comments, but I don't care because it's about sharing love on fics and art, and not really about earning points.

Speaking of fics. I was lucky and got my hd_erised gift this first week of the fest's posting. It's a brilliant little story and if you haven't read it so far, *hush hush*, you go and read it.

Title: Days Before You Came
Author/Artist: bloodisshrp
Pairing(s) Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~5,5k
Warnings: none
Tags: EWE, Hogwarts Eighth Year, Fluff, Humor
Summary: Ten days before the end of his Eighth year at Hogwarts is when Harry realises that he probably, maybe, loves Draco Malfoy.

Why I loved it: Well, I loved it because it was made for me. I'm feeling like Gollum over this fic mumbling about 'MY percious' and I can barely restrict myself from striking my screen or my e-reader. (Yes, I've already read it a few times am planning to read it more often).
But I loved it as well for its wonderful humour and Harry doing his countdown to the end of term and trying to get his message about being in love to his 8th year's friend Draco Malfoy. As often Harry sucked at the first try but he got there eventually. That he got help from his friends and Pansy was the icing on the cake. The story had an adorable arc and gave me all the love I prompted for.

This fic had a perfect start and ending and I - as I couldn't pick one above the other - I just share both with you. If you don't want to read the end, feel free to skip the second paragraph.

Excerpt:

Ten days before the end of term, the end of his Eighth and final year at Hogwarts, is when Harry realises that he probably, maybe, loves Draco Malfoy. It shouldn’t be a sudden revelation, definitely not such a shock considering the intensity of emotions he’s feeling right now, yet he can’t help but feel like this came out of nowhere and smacked him right in the face.

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“I know what you thought and it’s not my fault, Slytherins and Gryffindors really are too curious for their own good.” Harry remarks as he enjoys the feel of Draco in his arms again and tries not to think too much about the fact that Draco hasn’t said anything about Harry’s proclamation of his love.

Then Draco puts his fears to rest by leaning in towards Harry and whispering in his ear.

And so, with only one hour left before the ending of their Eighth Year at Hogwarts, Draco tells Harry that he loves him too.