April DD: "How to Bag Harry Potter", Harry/Teddy, NC-17

[traintracks]

My April story for daily_deviant is up. Hope you enjoy!

Title: How to Bag Harry Potter
Author: traintracks
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Teddy
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Chosen: DD's 8th birthday!
Other Warnings: cross-gen, godfather/godson, unreliable narrator, body morphing, second person (Teddy) POV
Word Count: ~3,000
Summary/Description: Teddy's trying everything he can think of to attract Harry. None of it is necessary.
Author's Notes: This is a sequel to How to Resist Shagging Teddy Lupin. Big thanks to birdsofshore for the beta!

Comments

[firethesound]

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I really want to list my favorite parts from this, but I read it, and then read it again, and I can't because if I do I'd have to just copy/paste the whole thing. Because I love all of it.

Teddy's voice in this is just wonderful, the humor and pining and instructions and observations, and how he tried so hard to be what he thought that Harry might want him to be, and then when it finally happened all Harry wanted was for him to be himself. Your use of second person narrative was masterfully done. It's such a hard POV to write from, and you pulled it off perfectly.

[traintracks.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! Reading Lorrie Moore really helps, because she's the 2nd person MASTER. *bows* Before I read, 'How to Be An Other Woman', I figured second person was all about beginning every sentence with 'You', but she uses command to not sound at all commanding but to highlight the self-deprecation and the irony, and I've just tried to capture one-tenth of her brilliance in these two pieces. They're sort of my slashy hommage. ;-) I'm so happy this works for you!