Happy Birthday, Calanthe!

[potteresque_ire]

Title: Forty Diamonds
Author: potteresque_ire
Pairing: HP/DM
Total word count: ~6,600
Rating: NC-17 (woo hoo!!!)
Warnings: Thinly disguised PWP. Sounding / Prince’s Wand.

Author's Notes: Happy 40th birthday, Calanthe! I hope this year and the ones beyond are eons better than the last, blessed with good health and filled with joy; may the months be buried under

Comments

[calanthe_fics]

WOW

[potteresque_ire]

Oh Calanthe! ♥ ♥ ♥!!

I saw this message this morning I was about to DIE of happiness, so I need to respond a little later in case the internet can transmit my deafening SQUEEEE!!! :). What you said mean so much to me - and to hear you said that this can find itself in the Mudhoney world ... it's a tremendous honour.

What drew me so much to the Trilogy, and Harry and Draco as a pairing in general, is exactly the dynamic between the two men - you've said it so well - self punishment, shame and pride; I can't remember to whom I said it before ... while the kiss was the most emotionally powerful scene most people talk about, another scene that really hit me hard was the one in which Harry masturbated in front of Draco in the washroom during a ministry party; I can't pinpoint why - it's the imagery in my mind that contains so much need; in this need, the values defined by men, such as pride and humiliation, which in turn stems from power and the lack of it, seem so insignificant; yet to find the freedom to let out this emotion is an

[mytla]

>another scene that really hit me hard was the one in which Harry masturbated in front of Draco in the washroom during a ministry party;

yes, yes... me too, me too (jumps up and down)!!!
And then he looks up at Draco and says: "My hero"!
And I faint!

[calanthe_fics]

Wow - you said it all so, so much better than I ever could. I don't even know how to respond coherently.

:)

[maya231]

This is...wow.

[potteresque_ire]

I hope this is a good "wow" ;). Thank you! :D

[maya231]

Yes, very much so. It's just so very intense, beautiful, and slightly disturbing. The kind of thing that leaves me sitting with sort of a dumb stare and inability to comment coherently. :)

[enchanted_jae]

Ooh, that's almost a bit too intense for me. Beautifully written and full of passion...wonderful.

[potteresque_ire]

Oooh, Jae, I can imagine that - knowing you being a lover of sweet romance (and can write it so well). So, many more thanks for reading it and commenting! *hugs*

[alisanne]

Wow, Pie! That was intense. I think I need to read it several times to get all the layers you have in here.
Awesome work, darling!

[potteresque_ire]

Alisanne! *hugs*
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment - I've been aching to write a NC17 for a while and it was so fun to write; I was only a little worried that it's not up to Cal's standard! ♥

[mytla]

Pie,

it was intense and very well written... but please, please, please... I can't take this sounding thing.

I just suffer horribly during the whole process.
I physically resent it.
So pardon me if I will never ever read it again.
But wanted to tell you how good it was anyway.

[potteresque_ire]

Oh, poor Mytla! *hugs you*

Sounding isn't necessarily painful in RL; some people enjoy it because the orgasm after it is reported to be very good :). The pain... was kind of my fault. I confess having a tendency to make Harry and Draco suffer a bit, physically, emotionally, but in the end I hope they-and the readers- would find the rewards of the suffering worth it. That is how I define happy endings :D

Thanks so much for reading this, even though it hurts you so much! ♥