Team Epilogue: 9. Reparo in time saves nine.

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Title: Reality is Broken
Team: Epilogue
Author: acromantular
Prompt: 9. Reparo in time saves nine.
Wordcount: ~2500
Rating: very NC-17
Warnings: Adultery, spanking, very mild bondage, rimming.
Summary: What must Harry break to have what he loves?
Author's Note: Thank you to my beta, E, who somehow manages to read my handwritten scribbles, and to my fantastic

Comments

[pervyunitwins]

I guess I am your main competition, but I still liked your story a lot. I could not help but compare it to my own. When I first got my prompt I too wanted to have some sort of nine scene story. But alas, my story took over and refused to comply.

I liked the format, a lot. It was very fitting.

Yours begins much like my own; with events that happen directly after the battle. I like that Harry knows exactly what he wants (Draco) and how he answers when Draco asked him why him. It was the perfect answer. After that line I knew I was going to loved the rest of the fic. And I did.

Poor Ginny, having to find out from a memories. In her place, I would have rather have been told. As me, I would have taken the memories. That being said, the ending was very fitting and the Reparo that finished it all was perfect. Great job. I enjoyed reading it, especially because there was some smut, which had been greatly lacking in this fest. Don't get me wrong, there are still very great fics.

[acromantular]

Hey, the point of the fest is an excuse to read lots of fic! The competition is secondary. :) And these prompts were excellent. I had a hard time sticking to a 9-part structure (lots of ruthless triage, as it was either going to be super-short or quite long, which I didn't have time for) so I feel your pain!

While finding out from memories was probably harder at first, I think it gives Ginny insight that words never could. Hopefully that will influence her actions. (and of course you'd prefer the memories - you're a pervy slasher!). And I agree - the fics have been a bit lighter on sex this time around. Certainly no comment on quality, just content.

Thanks for giving my fic a read, and for such a thorough comment! I'm glad to hear you liked it. Now I'm off to read yours - was away from Internet for a couple of weeks, and am just starting to catch up.

[szefi]

Though I'm not a fun of infidelity fics, this was really well written and I loved it.

[acromantular]

Infidelity is unfortunately a standard problem when you're sticking within JKR's Epilogue, so thank you for reading outside your standard comfort zone! And I'm so glad to hear you liked it. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[lokifan]

Oh YES. Some World Cup porn! Absolutely delicious - I love spanking. :) And Draco insisting that Harry loves him more, and the way they ran out of reasons, was great. The ending was amazing; interesting to wonder if they'd ever have done anything themselves without Ginny finding out.

[acromantular]

Thank you - glad to have caught one of your kinks!
I'd like to think they'd have managed with our without intervention, but now of course it's totally unavoidable. ;)

[thrnbrooke]

Holy moly!! Now that's one way to tell Ginny!