Strange Bedfellows: Chapters Five and Six are posted at one_bad_man

[madeleone]

I forgot to post when I updated last week, so now both Chapters 5 and 6 are up and there's only one chapter left to go next Tuesday. :)

Title: Strange Bedfellows: Chapter 6
Author: Madeleone
Pairing: SS/HG
Genre: romance, fluff, humor
Rating: Mature
Warnings: lemons, strong language
Word Count: total word count: ~37,584 / word count for chapter 5: 6216 and chapter 6: 5011

Prompt is not posted at one_bad_man. Highlight below if you want to know the Prompt: For reasons known only to her and the author, Hermione had a drunken fling with *author's choice, but make it improbable and embarrassing*. A fling whose consequence will be born a few months later. Severus offers to make an honest woman of her -- the kind of relationship they've had so far is up to the author. Does she accept? Refuse? What becomes of their relationship? Can be either dark or comedy.

Summary: After a night partying with friends, Hermione wakes up with only the vivid memory of wild crazy sex, but doesn't know with who. It must have been a dream, right? At least that's what she thinks, until she rolls over and sees... Dear Merlin! Suddenly it's not a dream it's a nightmare.

Both chapters are also posted at  my other hangouts now as well: AO3 & The Maple Bookshelf, (as madeleone), FF.net (as magelena), and (ch 6 is currently in the queue at GE) Granger Enchanted (as magdalena) .

I would like to offer my unending gratitude to my lovely alpha-reader/cheerleader: morethansirius, beta-reader extraordinaire: delphipsmith, and brit-picker/cheerleader/and back-up beta/ and awesome banner maker: talesofsnape. Thank you, thank you, thank you, my dears! I can't say it enough, you three are totally awesome. Also, special thanks in this chapter goes to sc010f for the help with the Latin for the Somnium Memoriae spell.

Links to previous chapters:

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Comments

[delphipsmith]

I just found out that "sprite" is an actual meteorological phenomenon, also known as "red lightning." Very interesting (and beautiful) stuff, much like Hermione herself!

[madeleone]

Very interesting. I did not know that or make that association at all. I used sprite as Severus' pet name for Hermione because she claimed an affinity for fire, specifically Bluebell flames which for some reason in my mind reminds me of fairy lights. (hence sprite).

I learn something new all the time.

And it's amazing how things are often connected without even meaning for it to happen. For example I wrote a one shot once for prompt, I think it was at HPcon_envy. The story was called Phoenix Feathers and it was about a business that Hermione, Neville and Luna had started dealing in rare and unusual ingredients. The business name was Logralo (LOvegood-GRAnger-LOngbottom). I thought it was just a clever combination of their names for the story. Then a reviewer informed me that logralo is actually a word in Spanish (she thought I had used it intentionally, but it was purely coincidence) (I wish I was actually that brilliant).

She said the following "logralo, Sp., imperative ("go get it!" or "go obtain it!"), from the verb lograr: to get or obtain."

So it actually fits well since their business was 'getting or obtaining' rare and unusual ingredients. What a cool coincidence, huh?