Voting! August 2010
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Please read the voting rules:
1. Do not vote for yourself and do not ask others to vote for you.
2. If you entered the challenge, you are REQUIRED to vote.
3. Vote for one MOST, SECOND and THIRD favorite drabble. Votes for just Most Favorite or votes for multiple drabbles will NOT be counted!
4. Please vote for the NUMBER of the drabble, not the name of it. Just makes it easier :)
5. Remember the prompt when voting: need
6. Voting will close Tuesday at MIDNIGHT (EST)
Results will be posted Wednesday. Have fun!!!
1.
Author: uniquepov
Title: Ships in the Night
Rating: R
Warnings: none
Hermione never stayed, slipping away in silence as he slept. When he woke, he’d sit on the side of the bed, looking forlornly at his clothing, strewn haphazardly across the floor in their haste. The fading scent of jasmine was the only trace of her that remained.
The things left unsaid created an insistent cacophony that deafened Draco.
When they meet in passing, they smile and nod. There are no lingering glances, no surreptitious touches, no stolen moments to betray them; no hint of the need that pulls them together, nor the trysts they share.
She never stayed away, either.
2.
Author: mihnn
Title: A Helpless Loss.
Rating: G
Warnings: Character death.
Draco stayed still, unmoving. His gaze falling on the spectators around the coffin. Around his mother. The rain blurred his vision. The starless night seemed to match his soul.
He felt her as she moved towards him, the damp ground scrunching beneath her feet. She reached for his hand tentatively; her fingers warm against his cold skin. He let go, her touch burning him with what he’d lost.
With a sad sigh, she turned to leave. He grabbed her hand to stop her, his eyes closing in defeat. He couldn’t do this, not without Hermione.
She stayed.
And he cried.
3.
Author: starduchess
Title: The Cloak
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Running his fingers through the luxurious fur, loving the feel of velvet on skin, Draco reveled in the intoxicating sensations, inhaling the crisp sandalwood scent leftover from the maker's workshop.
The supple brown urged him to caress it, drape it over himself. He moved, and the fabric dragged against his body, which heated at the touch.
"Absolutely not, Draco. Put it back," came her stern voice.
"I need a cloak like this, Hermione! It's dashing!"
She yanked the garment out of his hands and stuck it back on the rack. "People know you're vain. With that, you'd be randy, too."
4.
Author: siriusisbest
Title: Help of a Friend
Rating: G
Warnings: None
“No Ginny, this is stupid!”
“You need to do this Hermione; it’s your last chance.” Ginny tied the back of Hermione’s dress
“No - Gin-“
“Do you want him to propose to Greengrass?” Ginny snapped.
“No.”
“Then you’re going and you’ll tell him you made a mistake!”
Ginny then grabbed her hand and apperated with a crack.
***
Hermione glared over her shoulder at Ginny who waved from the drink table.
“What is it, Granger? Come to rub more salt into the wounds.” Draco sneered.
“No-I” Hermione took a deep breath and looked up, “I came to say I need you.”
5.
Author: elysium_66
Title: The Hunger
Rating: M
Warnings: Sexual References
It starts with the burning: bright red and hot behind the thin veil of her eyes lids. The surge of heat, the longing, which pools in her stomach, comes next. The craving is desperate. It claws at her, makes her want to slip out of her skin and into his.
She wants to feel the salt of him on her tongue, and drown in the texture of his touch. He knows this to be true. He stares at her with eyes that are ashy and piercing and there.
He waits. A smirk. And then it’s his mouth, teeth, tongue.
Finally.
6.
Author: ningloreth
Title: Friends without benefits
Rating: R
Warnings: Adult banter
Outside the bedroom door, the party’s in full swing.
“Never seen a girl adjust her tits before,” says Draco. Granger’s lipstick bounces off his head. "Ow!"
“Smoking under a bed,” she says, “you could set the house alight!”
“One, Granger: I wasn't under the bed; two: I was only thinking about smoking. Why’ve you been crying?”
“Why d’you think?”
“It’s been almost six months.”
“They’re showing off her engagement ring.”
“Ah.” He makes a real effort: “Would a shag help?”
“From you?”
“I am your date.”
She huffs, but she sits down beside him. “Just give me a cigarette, Malfoy.”
7.
Author: leopion
Title: Progress
Rating: G
Warnings: None
The first time Draco Malfoy asked Hermione Granger out on a date, she rejected him, saying that he couldn’t provide the certainty she needed. So he gave her a two-headed coin.
Refusing a second date, she said that she still lacked a sense of control. So he offered her a brake.
Five dates and five ‘tokens’ later, Hermione ran out of excuses. But she warned him that if any of his presents malfunctioned, she would leave.
However, on their one year anniversary, she told him she’d discarded all the little things he gave: She had found what she really needed.
8.
Author: strawberry_kait
Title: Terms of Affection
Rating: K
Warnings: Fluff?
“We need to wrap our gift still, and pick up the balloons. I have to call the bakery, make sure they spell her name correctly, I’m sure they didn’t understand me…”
“You need to relax, Malfoy,” he said, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, nuzzling her neck.
“Why do you do that?” She angled her neck for better access. When he made a questioning noise, she clarified. “Call me by that name? Why never just ‘Hermione’?” Her hands covered his as she smiled.
“Oh,” he sighed, laughing. “Because I need to hear that you truly are mine, love.”
9.
Author: ldymusyc
Title: The Greatest Intensity
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
It was more than a fancy, more than a lust. It was the force that sent waves pounding against tall cliff and rocky beach. Inexorable, inevitable.
Unstoppable.
It was a fervent thirst, a manic ardor, that called to him. Burned him. It rose high as storm clouds, deep as ocean trenches. It boiled his blood and melted his mind, stripped everything from him until he was nothing but a taut and aching core of desire. He craved her; he needed her.
She would be his, no matter what he must do. He vowed to have her.
No one else could.
10.
Author: zzzooe
Title: Magnetic Attraction
Rating: T
Warnings: One kiss and deep feelings? Italicized lyrics at end by Bryan Adams
His eyes caught hers across the room. Almost silenced were the low murmurs of conversation. Hermione felt heated; a twisting in her abdomen.
No one noticed she quietly excused herself; that he followed her. Draco's grey eyes pierced deep and as her hand reached for his, reaction was instantaneous.
His lips were against hers like magnetic attraction and shocks of electricity were sparking, jolting through her veins. No longer a want - a need.
Yet it was finished, too quickly. The ecstasy faded and the stars fell from behind her eyelids. The door fell closed.
There will never be another tonight.
11.
Author: scarysnapey
Title: Expecting
Rating: G
Warnings: fluffiness
Hermione stumbles out of the room as another wave of nausea hits, leaving Draco groggy and confused where he was sleeping on the bed.
“Draco,” she gasps. “You have to- I need them. I’m going to die.”
Through sleep-clouded ears he attempts to register the potion or ingredient she’s referring to, and then it hits him like a freight-train. He returns with the bag under his arm and thrusts it into her hands.
“Bloody pregnancy,” he murmurs, collapsing on the bed as Hermione devours the Peppermint Imps furiously, a look of absolute rapture on her face.
“I love you, Draco.”
12.
Author: atalanta84
Title: Waiting
Rating: PG
Warnings: Epilogue-compliant, implied infidelity
“You’re late,” he says, once she arrives at their usual meeting place. “I’ve been waiting for hours.”
“It was hard for me to get away.”
He cups her chin in his hand, his eyes wide with concern.
“Does he suspect anything?”
“I don’t think so.” She hesitates. “I love him, Draco. And you love Astoria. I need you, but we can’t keep doing this to them.”
“I know.”
“Do you think we’ll ever have a chance to be together?” she asks tearfully.
“No.” He rests his forehead against hers. “But I’ll keep waiting for you anyway.”
“For how long?”
“Always.”
13.
Author: blackestfaery
Title: Stay
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Hermione feels the bedclothes shift and knows without looking that he is getting dressed. Knows that he likes to pull his trousers on first and leave the belt unbuckled as he rummages around the room for his shirt. She traces the warm imprint of him beside her and knows, quietly admits, It's not enough. She reaches for his hand.
Please-
"Stay," she stammers out, and if she stuffs his shirt further under her side of the bed, he doesn't say a thing.
Her heartbeat is frantic now but Draco’s weight on the bed is all she needs for an answer.
14.
Author: reetinkerbell
Title: Veritaserum
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
The need for release burned; scorching her insides with icy hot flames and she could resist it no longer.
"It was me!" she cried after him desperately.
His footsteps faltered; he turned and looked at her, shock covering his pointy features. "What?"
"It was me," she repeated, her voice wavering as he stalked closer at an alarming speed.
He stood before her, expression unreadable as he studied her; from the top of her bushy hair down to the small freckle on her left wrist.
Their eyes met after his short perusal. He smiled and she, relieved, smiled back.
"I'm glad."
15.
Author: infusiion
Title: Promise
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Character death, I suppose.
His need was a fire's yearning for oxygen; hers was the desert's thirst for rain. He needed to consume her, to claim her as only his; she needed his cold, hard presence to calm her frantic heart. And so they danced, for fourteen months, finding solace in the steady pulse of each other's presence, and the secrecy. When she cried in the face of the oncoming storm, he would kiss her tears and promise, "when the war is over".
And when the light won, they found her forever locked in his cold embrace on a field of red and green.
16.
Author: hpfangirl71
Title: A Shared Need
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: mild sexual situations
Her need for him is there, hidden amidst the well-kept composure. The need is strong and urgent although her actions say differently. She has to hide her desire deep within, playing up the public façade. Although she never admits it, Draco Malfoy can see it, hidden deep within her amber eyes.
It’s a lustful need that no one sees but him. He sees it every time she’s trapped beneath him, beautifully sweaty, and coming completely undone. It’s Hermione Granger, losing herself to this need within the quiet stillness of the night, fueling Draco into succumbing to his own undeniable need.
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Please read the voting rules:
1. Do not vote for yourself and do not ask others to vote for you.
2. If you entered the challenge, you are REQUIRED to vote.
3. Vote for one MOST, SECOND and THIRD favorite drabble. Votes for just Most Favorite or votes for multiple drabbles will NOT be counted!
4. Please vote for the NUMBER of the drabble, not the name of it. Just makes it easier :)
5. Remember the prompt when voting: need
6. Voting will close Tuesday at MIDNIGHT (EST)
Results will be posted Wednesday. Have fun!!!
1.
Author: uniquepov
Title: Ships in the Night
Rating: R
Warnings: none
Hermione never stayed, slipping away in silence as he slept. When he woke, he’d sit on the side of the bed, looking forlornly at his clothing, strewn haphazardly across the floor in their haste. The fading scent of jasmine was the only trace of her that remained.
The things left unsaid created an insistent cacophony that deafened Draco.
When they meet in passing, they smile and nod. There are no lingering glances, no surreptitious touches, no stolen moments to betray them; no hint of the need that pulls them together, nor the trysts they share.
She never stayed away, either.
2.
Author: mihnn
Title: A Helpless Loss.
Rating: G
Warnings: Character death.
Draco stayed still, unmoving. His gaze falling on the spectators around the coffin. Around his mother. The rain blurred his vision. The starless night seemed to match his soul.
He felt her as she moved towards him, the damp ground scrunching beneath her feet. She reached for his hand tentatively; her fingers warm against his cold skin. He let go, her touch burning him with what he’d lost.
With a sad sigh, she turned to leave. He grabbed her hand to stop her, his eyes closing in defeat. He couldn’t do this, not without Hermione.
She stayed.
And he cried.
3.
Author: starduchess
Title: The Cloak
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Running his fingers through the luxurious fur, loving the feel of velvet on skin, Draco reveled in the intoxicating sensations, inhaling the crisp sandalwood scent leftover from the maker's workshop.
The supple brown urged him to caress it, drape it over himself. He moved, and the fabric dragged against his body, which heated at the touch.
"Absolutely not, Draco. Put it back," came her stern voice.
"I need a cloak like this, Hermione! It's dashing!"
She yanked the garment out of his hands and stuck it back on the rack. "People know you're vain. With that, you'd be randy, too."
4.
Author: siriusisbest
Title: Help of a Friend
Rating: G
Warnings: None
“No Ginny, this is stupid!”
“You need to do this Hermione; it’s your last chance.” Ginny tied the back of Hermione’s dress
“No - Gin-“
“Do you want him to propose to Greengrass?” Ginny snapped.
“No.”
“Then you’re going and you’ll tell him you made a mistake!”
Ginny then grabbed her hand and apperated with a crack.
***
Hermione glared over her shoulder at Ginny who waved from the drink table.
“What is it, Granger? Come to rub more salt into the wounds.” Draco sneered.
“No-I” Hermione took a deep breath and looked up, “I came to say I need you.”
5.
Author: elysium_66
Title: The Hunger
Rating: M
Warnings: Sexual References
It starts with the burning: bright red and hot behind the thin veil of her eyes lids. The surge of heat, the longing, which pools in her stomach, comes next. The craving is desperate. It claws at her, makes her want to slip out of her skin and into his.
She wants to feel the salt of him on her tongue, and drown in the texture of his touch. He knows this to be true. He stares at her with eyes that are ashy and piercing and there.
He waits. A smirk. And then it’s his mouth, teeth, tongue.
Finally.
6.
Author: ningloreth
Title: Friends without benefits
Rating: R
Warnings: Adult banter
Outside the bedroom door, the party’s in full swing.
“Never seen a girl adjust her tits before,” says Draco. Granger’s lipstick bounces off his head. "Ow!"
“Smoking under a bed,” she says, “you could set the house alight!”
“One, Granger: I wasn't under the bed; two: I was only thinking about smoking. Why’ve you been crying?”
“Why d’you think?”
“It’s been almost six months.”
“They’re showing off her engagement ring.”
“Ah.” He makes a real effort: “Would a shag help?”
“From you?”
“I am your date.”
She huffs, but she sits down beside him. “Just give me a cigarette, Malfoy.”
7.
Author: leopion
Title: Progress
Rating: G
Warnings: None
The first time Draco Malfoy asked Hermione Granger out on a date, she rejected him, saying that he couldn’t provide the certainty she needed. So he gave her a two-headed coin.
Refusing a second date, she said that she still lacked a sense of control. So he offered her a brake.
Five dates and five ‘tokens’ later, Hermione ran out of excuses. But she warned him that if any of his presents malfunctioned, she would leave.
However, on their one year anniversary, she told him she’d discarded all the little things he gave: She had found what she really needed.
8.
Author: strawberry_kait
Title: Terms of Affection
Rating: K
Warnings: Fluff?
“We need to wrap our gift still, and pick up the balloons. I have to call the bakery, make sure they spell her name correctly, I’m sure they didn’t understand me…”
“You need to relax, Malfoy,” he said, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, nuzzling her neck.
“Why do you do that?” She angled her neck for better access. When he made a questioning noise, she clarified. “Call me by that name? Why never just ‘Hermione’?” Her hands covered his as she smiled.
“Oh,” he sighed, laughing. “Because I need to hear that you truly are mine, love.”
9.
Author: ldymusyc
Title: The Greatest Intensity
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
It was more than a fancy, more than a lust. It was the force that sent waves pounding against tall cliff and rocky beach. Inexorable, inevitable.
Unstoppable.
It was a fervent thirst, a manic ardor, that called to him. Burned him. It rose high as storm clouds, deep as ocean trenches. It boiled his blood and melted his mind, stripped everything from him until he was nothing but a taut and aching core of desire. He craved her; he needed her.
She would be his, no matter what he must do. He vowed to have her.
No one else could.
10.
Author: zzzooe
Title: Magnetic Attraction
Rating: T
Warnings: One kiss and deep feelings? Italicized lyrics at end by Bryan Adams
His eyes caught hers across the room. Almost silenced were the low murmurs of conversation. Hermione felt heated; a twisting in her abdomen.
No one noticed she quietly excused herself; that he followed her. Draco's grey eyes pierced deep and as her hand reached for his, reaction was instantaneous.
His lips were against hers like magnetic attraction and shocks of electricity were sparking, jolting through her veins. No longer a want - a need.
Yet it was finished, too quickly. The ecstasy faded and the stars fell from behind her eyelids. The door fell closed.
There will never be another tonight.
11.
Author: scarysnapey
Title: Expecting
Rating: G
Warnings: fluffiness
Hermione stumbles out of the room as another wave of nausea hits, leaving Draco groggy and confused where he was sleeping on the bed.
“Draco,” she gasps. “You have to- I need them. I’m going to die.”
Through sleep-clouded ears he attempts to register the potion or ingredient she’s referring to, and then it hits him like a freight-train. He returns with the bag under his arm and thrusts it into her hands.
“Bloody pregnancy,” he murmurs, collapsing on the bed as Hermione devours the Peppermint Imps furiously, a look of absolute rapture on her face.
“I love you, Draco.”
12.
Author: atalanta84
Title: Waiting
Rating: PG
Warnings: Epilogue-compliant, implied infidelity
“You’re late,” he says, once she arrives at their usual meeting place. “I’ve been waiting for hours.”
“It was hard for me to get away.”
He cups her chin in his hand, his eyes wide with concern.
“Does he suspect anything?”
“I don’t think so.” She hesitates. “I love him, Draco. And you love Astoria. I need you, but we can’t keep doing this to them.”
“I know.”
“Do you think we’ll ever have a chance to be together?” she asks tearfully.
“No.” He rests his forehead against hers. “But I’ll keep waiting for you anyway.”
“For how long?”
“Always.”
13.
Author: blackestfaery
Title: Stay
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Hermione feels the bedclothes shift and knows without looking that he is getting dressed. Knows that he likes to pull his trousers on first and leave the belt unbuckled as he rummages around the room for his shirt. She traces the warm imprint of him beside her and knows, quietly admits, It's not enough. She reaches for his hand.
Please-
"Stay," she stammers out, and if she stuffs his shirt further under her side of the bed, he doesn't say a thing.
Her heartbeat is frantic now but Draco’s weight on the bed is all she needs for an answer.
14.
Author: reetinkerbell
Title: Veritaserum
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
The need for release burned; scorching her insides with icy hot flames and she could resist it no longer.
"It was me!" she cried after him desperately.
His footsteps faltered; he turned and looked at her, shock covering his pointy features. "What?"
"It was me," she repeated, her voice wavering as he stalked closer at an alarming speed.
He stood before her, expression unreadable as he studied her; from the top of her bushy hair down to the small freckle on her left wrist.
Their eyes met after his short perusal. He smiled and she, relieved, smiled back.
"I'm glad."
15.
Author: infusiion
Title: Promise
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Character death, I suppose.
His need was a fire's yearning for oxygen; hers was the desert's thirst for rain. He needed to consume her, to claim her as only his; she needed his cold, hard presence to calm her frantic heart. And so they danced, for fourteen months, finding solace in the steady pulse of each other's presence, and the secrecy. When she cried in the face of the oncoming storm, he would kiss her tears and promise, "when the war is over".
And when the light won, they found her forever locked in his cold embrace on a field of red and green.
16.
Author: hpfangirl71
Title: A Shared Need
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: mild sexual situations
Her need for him is there, hidden amidst the well-kept composure. The need is strong and urgent although her actions say differently. She has to hide her desire deep within, playing up the public façade. Although she never admits it, Draco Malfoy can see it, hidden deep within her amber eyes.
It’s a lustful need that no one sees but him. He sees it every time she’s trapped beneath him, beautifully sweaty, and coming completely undone. It’s Hermione Granger, losing herself to this need within the quiet stillness of the night, fueling Draco into succumbing to his own undeniable need.
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