JUST YOU LOOK AT ANOTHER WONDERFUL GIFT FIC FOR ME!!!

[my_thestral]

Oh, I totally have the best friends ever, at least in fandom I do!! Sometimes I feel like I just sit on my ass day in-day out, complaining and lamenting, and those wonderful people that I got to know not so long ago, just all rush in to help me with my "down in the mud again" mood. And the shitty day I had the other time (8 hours sitting on those bar chairs, don't remind me!)  was totally a proof of that. Everyone was super nice, trying (successfuly) to lift my spirits up - but the very special and very best uplifting tool came from the one and only philharmony who came up with a wonderful, scorching hot Ron/Draco story for yours truly (uhm, that would be me... me, me, me, it's a story for me, in case I wasn't clear enough!!).
It's - very appropriately - called Shitty Days and Perfect Nights (or if you prefer to link to it from the author's journal, it's here ) and it begins with Draco, clearly stuck in the middle of a dead-boring formal dinner, innerly despairing over the absence of his lover, sulkily attempting to ruin everyone's evening, because the Malfoys are just "mature" that way - not! :D He is very much in character, and his grumpiness is kind of sweet - but only up until his lover actually arrives - and then his frustration tranforms into a scorching hot "need you right now and fuck all" sex-and-more encounter, that just makes me want to read it over and over again. That Ron in there is to die for - just look at this:

"Pure sapphire blue gazed at me adoringly, more brilliant than any gem my money could buy. Fiery red hair framed his face, warmer than any fire I could conjure. Bronzed freckles spattered across his cheeks and nose, even his lips, more enthralling than any constellation could ever be."

Or this:

"I breathed in deep and let my happiness wash over me while I inhaled the scent of the outdoors, sweat and battle magic, a bit of fire, a bit of ash, and a whole lot of Ron ."

Now, how's that not perfect, you tell me?! :D Go on, read it, read it - and if you love it at least the fraction of the way that I did, please spare a few seconds for a kudos - or even a comment! - to the talented author.
Thestral with friends receiving all the praise they deserve is a happy Thestral! :D
philharmony, darling - I wish I was any better with expressing gratitude - thank you so much for this brilliant, inspiring present. I hope it makes a lot of people squee with joy, just the way it did me! :)

Comments

[capitu]

Lucky Thestral is lucky! (Though I'm sorry for your shitty day. *hugs*) I'm so happy for you! It sounds brilliant and I can't wait to read it. Running out the house now, but yay, something to look forward when I return. :)

[my_thestral]

I'm really ridiculously lucky with all you guys as friends - you're great, every last one of you, and those of you who like to write, just know how to put a silly, goofy, endless grin that goes around the head on the face of this Thestral! :)

I hope you don't forget to read it, you'll be missing out on a great story! Have a nice weekend, darling - and thanks for taking the time to comment in spite of your rush! :)

[capitu]

I didn't forget and I went and read and it's so, so perfect oh my god. Not just perfect for you, which it was, in every single way, but perfect all around. :D

[my_thestral]

Yey, I'm so glad to hear that! It's such a lovely, fun, sexy story, it deserves to be read, even if the pairing is nearly no one's cookie but my own, LOL! :D
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment as well (yey!) - I'm so glad you're less scatterbrained than I am, I would have had to leave myself a reminder, hih! ;)

[philharmony.livejournal.com]

No I have the best friend ever! Seriously though. You better watch yourself with that silver tongue, I'm practically beside myself. Like a puppy that received too many treats after doing a neat trick :) *Bounces around happily. Feels special. Knocks over a chair. Oops*

This is great. I wonder if this is the real reason why people write fanfiction is for the comment high! I could believe it. I wonder if this is what being famous is like. It's like getting fan mail! Okay, okay. I'm done. You're awesome, though.

[my_thestral]

*swishes her house-elf magic around to help you clean up... the chair*
I'm fairly certain that there are quite a bit of people out there writing for recognition and glory (but I think the Ron/Draco pairing would bring too "small a revenue" of adoring fans on the writing investment - they might want to try Drarry, LOL), but I doubt you're one of those, LOL! I, personally, write out of the urge to write and create - at some point reading was just not enough. Why did you start doing it, actually? Have you got all those lovely ideas no one would write for you? Because that's sometimes a case with me, heh! But there's an urge to write and then there's talent and quality - and in my opinion you have plenty of the latter two!
Thank you so much for your story once again - it made me fly through the day and I hope a bit of JUSTIFIED praise helps you cope with yours as well! :D *hugs* *big, fat ones*

[philharmony.livejournal.com]

Big fat hugs?? I think I can handle that. My family used to compete for biggest "bear" hugs (kind of a clan joke) and I'm pretty sure my spine almost snapped a few times when I was just un underweight kiddo and my huge Uncles gave huggles. But it was always awesome. Hugs are awesome. I'm having the very best day. Well I started writing My Cup of Tea because you were being all enthusiastic and supportive when I mentioned wanting to in one of my comments to your fabulous work. And then... I'd had the idea that I wanted to write a HP fanfic for some time, but could never quite muster up the bravado to do it. For the most part, "My Cup of Tea" is an attempt to "get it out of my system." We'll see how that goes, but really want to be able to focus on writing the series I have planned out without little Harry Potter characters running around in my noggin.

*bestows upon you a crushing"bear" hug*

[my_thestral]

*gasps a little, checks for broken ribs* For a skinny chick you give mean e-bear hugs, must be all that practice! :)
I'm ever so glad I had a bit to do with giving you the boost with your writing - I'm sure you would have eventually started to do it on your own - but why lose years to insecurity when you could be writing instead?! :D
I hope your life is not too packed and too hard to manage since you started writing, but I know mine would be quite a bit more empty without it - usually my days are so focused on duties that this is my route of escape. It would be totally a shame if someone with your talent for story-telling wouldn't dare to write out of some misplaced sense of self-consciousness. I'm so glad you decided to bring out your talent and shine! :)
*T-rex hugs*