Honeytrap - PG-13 - by mad_martha

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Title: Honeytrap
Author: mad_martha
Summary: A curse takes Auror Ron and Cursebreaker Harry by surprise, with life-changing results.
Rating: PG13
Words: 31,547
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16

Comments

[greeniron]

This is great! I was really glad to see a notice of a new story by you pop up in my inbox. Ron in the story maintains a great balance between his habitual obtuseness and his underlying intelligence. I also like how your Harry has grown into himself but still remains an outsider in many ways. Thanks for posting this!

[mad_martha]

Thank you for reading it! I was a bit anxious about this because I haven't really written much in over a year, then I wrote this in something like 6 weeks. I'm glad it worked for you :-)

[mad_martha]

Thank you :-) I was a bit worried about this story, because it's my first major piece of writing in over a year and then I went and wrote it in about 6 weeks. I'm particularly glad you like Hermione, because I'm always a bit uncertain about my characterisation of her.

I'm really glad you enjoyed it :-)

[emmacmf]

Wow.

I can see why this story was giving you grief - it's very different to your usual work, and vaguely unsettling - and I mean that as a compliment, it's excellent. I love it when an author takes themselves out of their comfort zone, and it certainly paid off for you in this instance.

Your boys. Oh, how I love your Harry and Ron, and the way you write them is why you're in my top five of fanfic writers. And you already know how much I adore the universes and magic you create - there's such texture and depth to your writing.

I love the ambiguity of the ending - did Harry's innate Gryffindor win out, and they returned home, or did they go elsewhen and hide away from the world for a while?

*is cheerfully taking Ron's hoo-boy as a shout-out to Quantum Leap*

[mad_martha]

I can see why this story was giving you grief - it's very different to your usual work, and vaguely unsettling
I know what you mean, but the funny thing is I didn't set out to write it that way. One of the early scenes (where they set out on their 'road trip') has been sitting on my harddrive for as much as six years, I think, and I knew exactly where I wanted this story to go, I just didn't know exactly how it was going to get there, if you know what I mean. The whole creepy element happened quite spontaneously. As for the ending ... well, at the very last minute I nearly changed it and added an epilogue, but it wouldn't have fitted with the conversation they had in the last scene and I just didn't have time to rewrite it properly, so I left it alone. But don't be surprised if I do end up changing it when I eventually repost it to my fic journal!

I'm really glad you liked it, in spite of its ambiguities :-)

[sable_tyger]

Um, I absolutely LOVE everything you write, and this story was no different. Absolutely amazing pretense and plot, and your characterization always blows me away--it's subtle but powerful, if that makes any sense! I especially loved Ron in this story--how he figured everything out, and especially this bit: "All right. I'll tell you how much I hate the idea of him touching you instead, shall I?" He saw Harry's eyes widen in surprise, and pressed his advantage. "Or you could tell me how you really feel about me, and give me a chance to decide if I like the sound of it or not. You know, instead of deciding for yourself that I'll hate it and there's no point in bothering."

Yeah, I'll just be over here in a corner for a while completely fangirling this story and you, don't mind me. :p

[mad_martha]

Thank you - I'm so glad you liked it :-) I'm particularly happy that you liked Ron, because it was very much his story!

[webmaster_liz]

I really liked this story. I'm currently putting my favourite fanfics into Word documents to print out, so that I have a hard copy and don't need to use up loads of electricity to re-read them, and I think this one's going to be among them.

I loved the plot, it pulled me in from the beginning, wondering why Ron was breaking Harry out of a padded cell at a mental hospital. I think it was a good creative decision not to describe the sex at the Circle of Ishtar, it had more of an impact that way, but the kisses were perfectly timed and romantic.

I hope they went back, I wouldn't like to think that they never saw Hermione again. She'd probably spend months or even years searching for them. :(

[mad_martha]

Thank you - I'm really glad you enjoyed this. I'm particularly pleased that you liked the opening scene, because that was a different approach for me and about two thirds of the way into the story I had a moment of doubt about it. I'm also happy that the lack of sex worked for you. I do sometimes write the sex in my stories, but it felt entirely wrong for this one and I think would have sounded an 'off' note - it seemed better to focus on the development of their relationship.

As for the ending - I wouldn't swear to it, but I think it's possible Ron told Hermione what he was planning to do :-)

Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!