Pairing: Cedric x Harry
5th and 3rd year
AO3: “The boy in my dreams” (Chapter 13)
"See you soon," Cedric said as he passed.
Harry didn't manage to answer and just stared at him for a brief instant, unable to open his mouth. He even turned his head in the direction he left, as did Ron. "Why would he wish you luck? After what happened at the match?”
"We were on good terms after that," Harry explained, feeling a little guilty for never mentioning Cedric before. “We talked a few times.”
The puzzled expression on Ron’s face needed no words. “Are you two friends ?”
Harry shrugged. "I don't know, maybe.”
"Cedric Diggory," Ron was muttering unbelievingly as they resumed their march. “And you. Friends.”
In truth, Harry didn’t blush this time.
The size of the smile he wore for the rest of the day was too big for him.
He was partly glad Ron hadn't noticed.
What would he have said then?
i don't want to run
from the things you loved,
and that means that song
you always managed to listen
at least once,
those tunes as soft
as you, sweet and sad,
and me.
i had the luck
of being someone
you loved.
i don't want to run from myself
and the things i loved,
such as you
and everything that was yours.
i built myself right by your side.
we were one
at some point
and there is not much distance left
between what you loved
and what i loved.
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you never offered
a place for me
to stay
but i did anyway.
uninhabitable
and yet i tried.
i didn't make it,
you'll see.
even in the desert,
you need water.
Me da tantas vibras Ladrien
Amé esta trilogía y la trama superheroina-chiconormal
- Oh, ¿no puedes satisfacerte contigo mismo? -No puedo. - Su sonrisa se hizo más amplia - Acabo de ganar el corazón de la única superhéroe del mundo. ¡Soy el hombre! -Ugh. Vale. Me voy a casa ahora, antes de enfermarme. - Esta bien, ok, lo siento. Sólo estoy bromeando. Más o menos. Pero enserio me gustas. Que puedo decir. Soy lo suficientemente hombre como para decirte. Te quiero, Jamie. Tanto que me estoy volviendo loco por esto. ¿Por qué no acabas de admitir que me quieres también? -Quiero que sigas vivo, es lo que quiero. - ¿Eso es todo? - Es una cosa muy grande, ¿no te parece? -Bueno, si, no matarme es un objetivo muy bueno, pero lo que quería decir yo, ¿eso es todo lo que nos mantiene separados?
the rowling hag killed off cedric because she knew harry’s character would take a life of his own and try to date him in the next book
Me: I don't know what to write next. Like it has to be interesting. If it doesn't entretain me what can I expect...?
Mi dirty mind: So add smut.
Me: Yeah, that will do.
will your name
someday stop sounding
in my head
as beautiful?
the trap i fell
all by myself.
your waist,
your hips.
magic.
you were magic
and i was dust.
i still remember the weight
of your small hand
on my thigh
and the way
you held me
even on a crowd
as if we were alone.
that's how we felt:
like there was no one else
because there wasn't.
with you i felt
so much taller,
stronger,
prettier
and luckier.
i guess i knew
i would run out
of luck someday.
(original here)
In the afternoon he approached Harry, who was standing with Ron and Hermione, and asked to speak in private. They headed for the gardens since the weather was still nice and it was the perfect location to discuss such a difficult matter to bring up in the first place.
"I don't usually do that kind of thing," was what came out of Cedric.
Harry tilted his head curiously. “What do you mean?”
"Kissing my friends."
His direct answer made Harry look away instantly. “Neither do I. I’ve never…”
"Was that your first kiss?"
"Did you notice?" he muttered, embarrassed.
It wasn't that Cedric had thought of it for any particular reason other than the suspicion that if someone had kissed the famous Harry Potter, he supposed it’d be known. And that Harry was, after all, younger than him and had never expressed any interest before.
"I wasn't sure," he admitted, not wanting to make him self-conscious. Cedric wasn't an expert by any means. “But it was good.”
That may not have been part of what he had planned to say.
“I kind of only got kissed by a Dementor once, so that was a big improvement.”
Cedric laughed at the joke, blushing.
That was Harry's way of agreeing too.
He wanted to tell him how he felt…
He wanted to tell him that he wouldn't mind kissing him right then and there again.
But he couldn't do it. If Harry didn't feel the same way, he wasn't sure they would manage to stay friends the same way. And even if Harry liked him too in that way, it might not be enough.
"I wouldn't want what happened to turn things weird between us. I think I misunderstood the situation… I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable.”
Apologizing was something he was good at.
The detail was that it was not in relation to kissing him.
“You didn’t.”
“Really?” Cedric questioned, remembering how he himself would say something similar when it wasn't completely true. “You can tell me.”
“No, it was fine. It didn’t bother me."
It hadn't bothered him.
What could Cedric say to that?
"That wasn't your first, was it?" Harry asked.
“No, it wasn’t.”
But it was the best.
"I didn't know you had dated someone before.”
"Oh, I've never dated anyone. Those were disastrous occasions,” he blurted out, suddenly realizing that it might sound bad. “Not that this was.”
Maybe it was, in the sense that he was messed up on the inside.
Ao3: Always Yours
AO3: howtomakelovestay. HP and twilight fan. she/her. bi. English/Español.
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