Bottleneck
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: House is not mine. If he was, this story wouldn't have been written and this idea wouldn't have been had. Quote from 'The Days'. Johnnie Taylor performed the song the lyrics originate from, 'I'll Keep On Lovin' You' from his album, Eargasm. I simply can't imagine why I keep listening to it...

Summary: He's certainly experienced worse for longer but that never mattered and does even less so now.

Notes: I was tired of cataloguing House's untreated medical problems that vanish without a trace soon afterward. Alas...

Timeline: post-'Not Cancer', just to be thorough.

( It shouldn't have been nearly as simple... )

x-posted to housefic

Purgatory
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: The title is a reference both to major themes in Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door and the eighth season premiere of Law & Order: Criminal Intent of the same name. Lyrics from 'Pity and Fear' and 'The Ice is Getting Thinner' by Death Cab for Cutie, both from their recent album 'Narrow Stairs', which fit this far better than even I imagined.

Summary: She shakes her head, grappling for words that won't come, and gets to her feet to try and ward off the undeniable sense of anxiety she's getting.

get_house_laid prompt: 138. House/Cuddy -- In the wheelchair he was using, she won't let him get up.

Notes: He: House. She: Cuddy. Pretty much all you need to know.

So she lied...

x-posted to get_house_laid, house_cuddy, and housefic

This time it's the fanlistings that need moving...

( Because I just like seeing stuff I enjoy listed in various ways... )

I was staying at my Granny's house because I'd been sick with a stomach ache all the previous night and into that morning. I remember not having any idea what was going on, save for the fact that MTV had ceased production of anything live and was only showing videos and whatnot. I remember not having a clear idea at all what was going on and changing the channel, not realizing that everything was going to Hell a few hundred miles away from me. I don't remember exactly when I realized that thousands of people had been killed, but I remember the car ride home after my mother got off work early and the city was shut down almost completely. I remember seeing images on television of the gurneys and office furniture outside St. Vincent's Hospital being wrapped with sheets and prepared for bodies that never arrived. I mainly remember the sight of one of the victims' funeral a few days later and her young son leaning over her coffin crying in a yellow windbreaker.

I remember how for weeks afterward, everyone in this country banded together and remembered that we're all human beings and should care for one another. I remember the candles and the notices posted by people looking for their relatives. I remember the American flag being flown over everything and people having an undeniable sense of unity for the first time in my entire short life. I remember the mourning and the images of the shell of the remaining parts of the World Trade Center that hadn't collapsed yet. I remember watching people walking around New York and across the Brooklyn Bridge with t-shirts over their mouths to try and ward off the dust and debris. I remember the shields of the New York Fire and Police Departments. I remember hearing people crying, screaming, terrified.

I remember being confused and changing the channel most of all, which I admit shames me but I can't exactly say why. That would imply that I were omniscient. Terribly empathetic to the point where it interferes with my ability to function, yes, but not omniscient.

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: See part I for the more salient points, but add movies and books to the list behind television shows. Chapter title from 'River Below' by Billy Talent. Quote about 'misbegotten spawn of iniquity' borrowed from this little gem, one of the funniest things I've ever read.

Summary: Far too much information won't make me a better father.

chase_fest, Round One prompt #97: House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Notes: Remember that this is a sporadic crossover. If you've seen Juno, you'll recognize some minor things. Same goes for The Days, NCIS, and The Butterfly Effect. Like I said, however, they are minor. And since we know nothing of House's academic career before college, I'm filling in some blanks myself.

( House was dithering... )

part one, part two, part three, part four, part five

x-posted to chase_fest, housefic, and patris_filli

Easing the Spring
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: I only came up with the plot for the story. Woe is me.

Summary: "Look -- we at least want to see if we can help. Dr. House's new team deserves the same chance to learn from him that you, Chase, Cameron, and I got. And that includes the ridiculous grading scale, the mockery, the bets, and everything else." Then a small smile grew. "Besides, we got to treat him several times for something life-threatening and who are we not to give them the chance to do the same?"

Notes: Yes, Wilson infuriates me. Don't ask me why I still love him. I love a lot of infuriating people -- so really this is no different. I still want to beat him over the head with a shovel and would smile while doing so, but I'll probably feel really bad about it afterward. *nods* ...Probably.

( Evan switched on the tape recorder and set it on the table... )

prologue

x-posted to housefic

Easing the Spring
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: I only came up with the plot for the story. Woe is me.

Summary: Guilty motivation was something he was intimately familiar with.

Notes: I should have started this months ago. I procrastinate. Boo.

( His first thought when Evan's eyes alighted upon Dr. Gregory House's subdued form where it sat hunched in the wheelchair he'd been brought into Dr. Cuddy's office with was that he didn't quite understand how the man was still alive... )

x-posted to housefic

Alright, so I just made one of the tastiest omelets I've ever come up with. On mostly a freaking whim. The secret was actually my decision to add vinaigrette salad dressing right before it was finished. Marinating the dressing into the egg was...GUH. This was a fantastic start to my day, damn it. If anyone else is interested, I suppose the recipe would go like this:

Three eggs
Mozzarella cheese
Cheddar cheese
Parsley
Minced or chopped onions (it really doesn't matter, I usually use chopped, but had minced on hand and gave it a try)
Mrs. Dash seasoning or similar.

Spray frying pan with Pam non-stick cooking spray or similar. Combine eggs, parsley, seasoning, and onions and stir thoroughly. Preferably with a whisk as it's just more...even. Add to skillet after letting spray warm sufficiently. Spread egg around pan to solidify edges for easier folding later. Let egg solidify for about five to ten minutes, depending on whether your stove is gas or electric. Add cheese and let melt into egg mixture. Flip and fold so as to make at least a two sided omelet. Three layers are neater, but harder to pull off. Your ingredients are less likely to fall out, however. Flip omelet until both sides are as done as you like. I prefer browning scrambled eggs, etc. It just tastes better to me. Pour about a tablespoon's amount of vinaigrette over one side of omelet and let it spread over that side. Flip so the dressing enters the pan and can be added to the opposite side. Let marinate for about three or so minutes. Remove omelet to plate and pan from heat.

EN-FREAKING-JOY.

MAKE COLLEGE UNIVERSALLY FREE!

Learning should not be a privilege, but a right. And how better to stimulate the job market than to encourage people that their worth does not come from where they were born or how much money their parents can fork over to an institution of learning. They begin to brainwash themselves into thinking, 'I probably would have flunked out anyway', etc., and that brings their self-esteem down even further -- and by 'self-esteem', I mean the idea that 'I can do this job just as well as someone else could'. Plus, without education, they have no incentive to want to do better for themselves because they might not even know that they could.

The G.I. Bill was -- and is -- the first step in the right direction. I think it's time to return to the origins of Stanford University and make tuition non-existent. Or, if it's insisted that tuition be necessary, actually use those funds on the student's personal learning journey instead of furthering the college's goal. It may be that I recently rewatched Accepted, but the use of tuition money to actually cater to a student's own personal goals sounds more plausible than a lot of what's going on right now. Colleges are asking people to give them money so they will be enticed to give students educations. That sounds all kinds of backwards to me. Grade school is usually free; some being more successful than others -- which is a whole other story -- and it really needs to start at the beginning. Find out what children want to learn and are better equipped to do so, in regards to subjects, then fine-tune those strengths while shoring up weaknesses in a way that won't make a child feel like they're a failure.

Abolish the traditional grading system because that also brings down self-esteem, especially in the case of kids whose standardized test scores and performance in the classroom don't corroborate for whatever reason. Teach the Trachenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics here in the States, which would go a long way toward helping more than the small helping of kids who naturally love numbers love mathematics and see it as the puzzle it is instead of the chore it's made out to be. Science is treated in this fashion (paging Bill Nye), so why can't math?

Also, abolish required reading. There is no end to the listing of books ruined by the fact that you get graded on whether you read them or not. Reading is not a chore, either. I put off so many books because I was ordered to read them. That's a disservice. Teachers are probably trying to help, but it just doesn't. It makes them tedious and you're expected to go at a certain pace to keep up with the rest of your class.

Bah.

Make vocational schools (like my beloved Oakland Schools Technical Campus -- and I know whose bus that is in the picture -- HI, LINDA! I miss #28!) and Advanced Placement schools (like my sister's beloved Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts) more broad in their curriculum. I would have happily -- HAPPILY -- learned every subject in the world in that wonderful building with even more wonderful teachers, who were there because they loved what they were doing and personally engaged we students in terms of learning the intricacies of the subjects. The culinary classes made food that was sold to the rest of the school throughout the week. It was a privilege to eat their awesome food and I'm sure they enjoyed our patronage as much as we enjoyed giving it to them.

I'm sure I'll think of more later. Suggestions from others are welcome.

MY READING PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON ANY GRADING SYSTEM IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE:

Note: DING!s Indicate a book finally finished.

My issues of Juxtapoz.
My issues of Paste.
Slaughter-house Five (Schlachthof-Fünf) or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut DING!
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Existentialism: From Dostoevsky to Sartre by Walter Kaufman (*glee*)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (*glee*)
Wolverine: Lifeblood by Hugh Matthews
The 9/11 Report by the Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Carrie by Stephen King
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. LeGuin
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
You Don't Know Me by David Klass
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The MAD Bathroom Companion by The Usual Gang of Idiots
Night by Elie Wiesel DING!
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein DING!
The Atheist's Bible by Joan Konner DING!
Why Do Pandas Do Handstands? Augustus Brown DING!
The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein DING!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology by Snorri Sturluson
The Works and the Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod
King Dork by Frank Portman
The Waste Land and Other Writings by T.S. Eliot
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Being by Kevin Brooks
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser DING!
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Shadows in the Asylum by D.A. Stern
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, IV by Chuck Klosterman
Immortal, The Book of Fours by Nancy Holder, Christopher Golden
normal girl by Molly Jong-Fast
Bush On the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President by Justin A. Frank, M.D.
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo by Andy Greenwald
Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein DING!
America, Life Is Funny by E.R. Frank
Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis
Eat, Love, Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert
What Are Hyenas Laughing At, Anyway? by David Feldman
Human Anatomy: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age by Benjamin A. Rifkin, Michael J. Ackerman
I Am America and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert
The Norton Anthology of Short-Fiction by assorted authors, compiled by R. V. Casill and Richard Bausch
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, etc. by Douglas Adams
America: The Book by Jon Stewart, et. al.

*Note: the bolded quotes are from the House General Gabbery board at Television Without Pity. Some are mine, some are not. The ones in italics are mine.

( House's Head )

( Wilson's Heart )

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: See part I for the more salient points, but add movies and books to the list behind television shows. Chapter title from 'Mad Season' by Matchbox Twenty.

Summary: The tears were still coming and John felt as though his chest were being cleaved open because he knew how it felt to watch your only child in mortal danger and being unable to articulate the sheer force of the emotions running through you. He found it hard enough; he figured Greg found it nearly impossible.

chase_fest, Round One prompt #97: House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Notes: Well, this was actually difficult to write. Especially the beginning.

( It was definitely the most difficult thing he'd ever experienced... )

part one, part two, part three, part four

x-posted to chase_fest, housefic, and patris_filli

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: See part I for the more salient points, but add movies and books to the list behind television shows. Chapter title from 'Father of Mine' by Everclear. That just came to me. *nods*

Summary: "I can figure things out on my own, Dad. I'm supposed to be smart, remember?"

chase_fest, Round One prompt #97: House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Notes: As usual with my work, this went where it wanted to and screw my damned plans...and thanks to withwoman for pointing out my glaring error about the difference between allergic reactions to blood and amniotic fluid.

( In his dreams now, House is always running... )

x-posted to housefic, chase_fest, and patris_filli

part one, part two, part three

Salacious Removal
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Not mine, which everyone and the ants in the basement bathroom hiding from the cold outside should know.

Summary: He knows that feeling far too well. And, really, who to make it better than the biggest, bestest control freak to conquer all control freaks--Worrier Cuddy, who even gives Mother Hen Wilson a run for his money? Who better to make this cataclysmic, vitriolic dimension they seem stuck in go away? Or, at the very least, become a little less vivid.

Rating: FRMA. Like it could be anything else, really.

get_house_laid prompt: 331. House/Cuddy/Wilson -- Cuddy is ambushed. Risky/semi-public sex, half-naked sex, double penetration.

Timeline: Early Season Two, around 'Daddy's Boy'. Yeah, let's just say it's that one since it's my favorite from that season. *nods*

Notes: I have no idea why this was so difficult to get started on. I've decided to make like Abby Sciuto and 'let my fingers do the talking' since my brain doesn't seem like it wants to get it the right gear. Mentions of 'Three Stories'.

Inspiration: Um. Way too much time on my hands? Ah, yes, and my favorite Interpol song from their album, Antics, 'Length of Love', which is my penultimate House/Cuddy/Wilson song and also supplied the title. 'A Gentleman Caller' by Cursive comes in at a close second.

Salacious Removal

x-posted to get_house_laid, housefic, pathologies

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: See part I for the more salient points, but add movies and books to the list behind television shows. Title from 'You Could Be Happy' by Snow Patrol. Fitting song, I think.

chase_fest Prompt: #97 House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Summary: He took a few more seconds and breathed before glancing at both Gregory and...Robert. Neither one had moved, though John imagined that the lines in Greg's face had gotten even deeper in the few hours he'd been here. Part of him wondered if his son was trying to race him toward death. A deeper part wondered if he was the one who shot the starting pistol. The deepest was certain he did.

Notes: Um. Okay. Considering this story as a whole, I am not able to suspend my disbelief past a certain point, despite what the writers were trying to ask of myself and the rest of you last year. Therefore, I will change what seemed an egregious mishandling of medicine, and reality besides, regarding the opening episodes of Season Three. The sepia tones of the first scene in 'Meaning' may be a gigantic clue. Then again, they may not. I'm sure you'll figure it out.

( John sat with his elbows on his knees... )

part one, part two

x-posted to housefic, chase_fest, patris_filli

I've Seen Love
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Not mine. The title comes from Interpol's 'Pace Is the Trick'. I swear it fits these two. There is a paraquote from American Beauty, which is my favorite movie, too.

Summary: He needs her to know that he's not going anywhere, either.

get_house_laid Prompt: 169. House/Cuddy -- "How long have you known me?" A lifelong passion burns brighter in its fourth decade.

Notes: Minor Cast: Benji Noah House - Lou Taylor Pucci, who looks exactly like my idea of a young Gregory House. Emily Rivka House - Eva Amurri, because she resembles Lisa Edelstein, herself, I think. This is just to give you an idea that they actually exist. Yes, House did name his daughter after a 'General Hospital' character just to spite Cuddy. Furthermore, I have decided they have dizygotic (fraternal) twins, who are both deaf. I am more than certain this possibility exists, given the right genetic and/or environmental circumstances.

Obviously, I took some liberties with setting up a plot because for some reason I find sign language to be...well, sexy and deeply endearing. It may be the lack of audio, but...

Inspiration: Agent Jethro Gibbs and Abby Sciuto from NCIS, who sign to one another all the time even though they're both hearing. I love them and Ducky so much and I wish I could include them in this prompt. Oh well. Hm. Maybe I can cheat them in...guess that makes it a slight crossover. Fullmetal Alchemist is another obsession of mine. *sighs*

I've Seen Love

x-posted to get_house_laid and housefic

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: See part I for the more salient points, but add movies and books to the list behind television shows. The chapter title here comes from 'Pieces' by Sum 41. I should probably let people who've never before read my work know that I like to keep the majority of the lyrics I use a secret. It tends to turn into a guessing game, which is always fun.

chase_fest Prompt: #97 House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Summary: This cancer of the soul was hereditary, he fully believed--why shouldn't he with the blatant evidence having been shoved in his face for innumerable decades, and if he could inoculate this...God, this innocent, bright soul that he has no idea how the hell could come from something so tainted and putrid as he who should have been recalled while there had still been a chance...

Notes: In my own personal canon for Dr. Gregory House, his birthday is the 21 December date we were given in early season one. Also, Blythe is descended from a family of Reconstructionist Jewish converts. John House is a Vatican I Roman Catholic. I will expound upon those and other details about my designs for their backgrounds and families throughout the course of this story. I suppose the main theme of this series would be 'family', if I had to give it one.

Also, given my disclaimer for part one, I should add that when I said this may turn into what could be called 'ominous crack', it's because there are individual characters and/or groups of characters (i.e. the Day family from 'The Days') from other fandoms whom I think House, himself, would find common ground for whatever reason.

It's just because there are so many of them. I also have little nuances that I've explored in other Housefics that I may (read: probably will) mention here, like I've done before. There haven't been any complaints so far.

( House sat hunched in the chair by Chase's hospital bed... )

part one

x-posted to chase_fest, patris_filli, and housefic

My Son, You Sleep in Clouds of Fire
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Not mine. Never were. The writers of each respective show own the characters. Even the main plot was a prompt I originally came across in chase_fest, Round One, and became curious as to what would happen if I decided to try working on it though, apparently, this idea's been done before. Not this way, I don't think. The title comes from my favorite Interpol song, 'The Scale', from their newest album, Our Love to Admire and the chapter title comes from 'Choice Hops and Bottled Self-Esteem' from Bayside's newest album, The Walking Wounded. Appropos, no?

chase_fest Prompt: #97 House is Chase's biological daddy, Chase has always known, House doesn't.

Summary: "If I agreed that I was crazy, would you let me stay?" he almost asked, but just as soon as it started, the wild laughter was gone and suddenly his eyes were stinging and he couldn't see.

Notes: This may turn into a sort of ominous crack. Yes, I realize that's an oxymoron, but the point is that I'm warning you now in case crossovers of a sporadic nature irritate you for some reason. I write crossovers because of the sheer potential involved and I consider it a personal challenge to see how plausible I can make the plot and how the characters come together and interact. Hopefully, the plotting pwcorgigirl and I did beforehand when I first pitched that I wanted to try it (as well as the awesome beta'ing job she did for me after I started it--many, many thanks for that) will work to my advantage.

( The first time Robert Chase lay eyes on Gregory House... )

x-posted to housefic, patris_filli and chase_fest

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea.

Summary: "Your--brother...is correct. He...my apologies would mean little to him, I have made certain of that. At this point it is a fairly astute assumption to believe myself no better than the...Dursleys. I...confess...I have been unfair."

Timeline: The O.C. S1, specifically after 'The Rescue'. Post-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I should specify that in order for the two lines to sync up, I moved the start of 'The O.C.' back to the beginning of the summer as opposed to near the end.

Pairings: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger or Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood (I think Harry's going to decide, looks like...), Seth Cohen/Anna Stern.

Notes: Okay so, apparently, Snape likes to talk. Who knew?

( Harry didn't know how long he lay curled up on his bed... )

part one, part two, part three, part four, part five

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea.

Summary: And if it comes to that, if it comes to you never wanting to set bloody eyes on me again if not for setting me afire, Professor, then please--stop doing whatever you've been doing for the past five--no, fourteen years. Because you took one look at me when I was eleven and decided I was my father and that, as far as I'm concerned, is the end of it.

Timeline: The O.C. S1, specifically after 'The Rescue'. Post-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I should specify that in order for the two lines to sync up, I moved the start of 'The O.C.' back to the beginning of the summer as opposed to near the end.

Pairings: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger or Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood (I think Harry's going to decide, looks like...), Seth Cohen/Anna Stern.

Notes: I will finally cover Seth's Sorting in this one. And, apparently, this decided to take a completely unexpected turn. Oh dear. No CAPS!Harry, but it was a close call...

( So your mate, Anna... )

part one, part two, part three, part four

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea.

Summary: He figured he had at least a little time.

Timeline: The O.C. S1, specifically after 'The Rescue'. Post-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I should specify that in order for the two lines to sync up, I moved the start of 'The O.C.' back to the beginning of the summer as opposed to near the end.

Pairings: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger or Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood (I haven't decided), Seth Cohen/Anna Stern.

Notes: I said in the last chapter I'd cover Seth's Sorting in this one, but my muse had other ideas. But first, the bedroom set Harry now owns is the fifth one pictured, so I won't have to describe it extensively in prose. I imagine that since that model's a twin, they bought two of the same one and flipped one around so that there were shelves on either side.

( Harry stood in the middle of the sidewalk... )

part one, part two, part three

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea.

Summary: "Greatness and charity, brilliance and strength run in this many-limbed family, Messrs. Potter-Cohen," he said quietly, addressing them both. "I cannot help but believe that unexpected, fantastic things will be the products of all your works."

Timeline:The O.C. S1, specifically after 'The Rescue'. Post-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Pairings: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger or Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood (I haven't decided), Seth Cohen/Anna Stern.

Notes: I'll have to concentrate on Seth's Sorting in the next chapter. I wanted to give at least a few details of Seth and Ryan's first time in Diagon Alley, but it would have taken far too much time, so I decided to emulate Mike Newell and concentrate solely on what moves the plot forward for this particular part of the story. Not that I wasn't slightly annoyed by what he took out, but...

( Seth sat with his legs crossed and his arms around his knees... )

part one, part two

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea. Right, and the t-shirt described is for sale at Hot Topic. I do want it, myself.

Summary: "I have Harry's permission to allow all of you whom he will soon be living with to witness his past, as he has seen it, with the admitted bias of feelings and perspective attached."

Timeline:The O.C. S1, specifically after 'The Rescue'. Post-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Pairings: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger or Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood (I haven't decided), Seth Cohen/Anna Stern.

Notes: Seth, Summer, Ryan and Marissa, under my own personal observation, would have all made better friends. So they'll be staying just that.


( Harry looked up slowly... )

part one

Speculum Fragilis
By Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Schwartz and Rowling are responsible for this amalgam. I just had the idea.