Remus/Sirius Small Gifts

Another year of Remus/Sirius goodness comes to a close! We had another wonderful batch of gifts this year: 63 gifts (51 fic and 12 art and art-and-fic) plus 19 drabbles written in the days leading up to the exchange.

Thank you to our participants: artists, writers, watchers, cheerleaders, betas, and pinch-hitters. We saw fireworks, Scooby Doo, mistletoe, potions accidents, St Paul's Cathedral, and not one but two AUs in which Remus and Sirius raise Draco. brighty commented like no one has ever commented before. Old timers returned. New folks were welcomed to the community (and impressed us with their gifts!). It's been fun to celebrate the end of the year with you! Our 2011 master list is below the cut (and please let us know if there are any mistakes or oversights).

A special thank you goes out to my fellow mods sambethe and mindabbles, who stepped in while I was on vacation in December. Min and Sambethe have always been the real brains and organization behind this fest--you should see their spreadsheets!--but this year especially they deserve a round of applause. Want to leave a prompt for a fic from me, you two? We can keep the celebrations coming into the new year.

Happy 2012, all!
Maggie, Mindabbles, and Sambethe

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And that's (nearly) a wrap! Today's posts are the final gifts for rs_small_gifts 2011, but a wrap up post is still to come and the fabulous master list will be posted on Tuesday.

In the meantime:
• Please make sure you have thanked the person who created your gift for you.
• The gifts are still there to enjoy, so give the artists and authors some love and let's see how many comments we can add before Tuesday!
• Recs. Recs are great. Please let us know if you've rec'd a small gift by leaving a comment HERE. We’ve got a few that just need one more rec for us to send them to the daily_snitch, so help them out.

Title: In Progress
Author: sambethe
Recipient: nathaniel_hp
Rating: PG
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *drinking*
Word count: ~500
Summary: Please provide a brief description of your previous three relationships.
Notes: Nathan, thank you so much for volunteering to pinch hit! We appreciate it immensely.

( In Progress )

Title: Adventures in Astronomy
Author/Artist: mindabbles
Recipient: midnitemaraud_r
Rating: NC-17
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *sleepy rimming*
Word count: 2,150
Summary: Sirius has lost his book. James, Lily, and Peter think he may have also lost his mind.
Notes: midnitemaraud_r, Thank you, thank you, thank you for your incredible generosity in pitching in to help make sure that all the pinch hitters got gifts. We ♥ you! What should I do to thank you? Why, I should write porn of course. ;) I think that you should imagine this is an AU, just 'coz. Thank you, thank you to red_squared, elizassecret, and gryffindorj for their beta help with this.

( Adventures in Astronomy )

Title: With a Little Help From My Friends
Author: midnitemaraud_r
Recipient: xylodemon
Rating: NC-17
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): * Threesome; oral sex; anal sex; exhibitionism; voyeurism; allusion to rimming; a bit of dirty talk. Basically, Porn Without (minimal) Plot.*
Word count: ~5,800
Summary: In which Sirius and Remus shag like fiends, and James just can't take it anymore.
Notes: Thanks to whymzycal for the beta and red_squared for the hand-holding and advice. Any remaining mistakes are mine. Title courtesy of the Beatles. Julie! ♥ You mentioned a distinct lack of Remus/Sirius/James as of late, so here you go! I'd really missed you, so it's great to have you back, and I was doubly excited to see you writing our boys again! Thanks for pinch hitting! ♥


( With a Little Help From My Friends )

Title: At the Age of Eleven
Author/Artist: magnetic_pole
Recipient: dustmouth
Rating: G
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *none*
Word count: 1100
Summary: No one falls in love at the age of eleven.
Notes: For dustmouth, with thanks for pinch-hitting this year.

( At the age of eleven, Sirius Black hadn’t even discovered boys yet. )

Title: Where it Started
Author/Artist: mindabbles
Recipient: ohkaye
Rating: NC-17
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *non-linear timeline, some light smut, frosting. Should I admit that until I saw your prompt from last year, I didn't know what "frosting" was?
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Word count: 1,220
Summary: A first kiss with the bloke you've fancied since you were fifteen is a bloody brilliant way to ring in the New Year.
Notes: ohkaye, thank you so much for pitching in this year. We so appreciate it. Here is a wee thank you gifty, based on your prompt from last year. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you to elizassecret for the beta.

(  This is even better. )

Title: On a Hot Summer Night
Author: midnitemaraud_r
Recipient: red_squared
Rating: NC-17
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *Rimming! Also oral and anal sex. And did I mention the rimming?*
Word count: ~3,700
Summary: Remus always appreciates a nice view.
Notes: Thanks to gryffindorj and whymzycal for the beta. Remaining mistakes are my own. The title is because I couldn't get that Meatloaf song out of my head. Esinde, I purposely set this in their summer so you weren't the only one melting in the heat. :-P Alas, no shaving kink, but there is 'mostly-clothed!Remus/naked!Sirius'! Thanks for pinch hitting, and also for being all-around awesome! ♥


( On a Hot Summer Night )

Title: Interrupted
Author: sambethe
Recipient: rosemaryandrue
Rating: PG-13
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *drug use*
Word count: 1150
Summary: James’ sense of timing had always been awful.
Notes: Thanks again for agreeing to pinch hit. Pulling exchanges off would be nigh on impossible without people being generous with their time!

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Title: Shade of the Morning Sun
Author: midnitemaraud_r
Recipient: brighty18
Rating: PG
Contents or warnings: None
Word count: ~3,700
Summary: It's Boxing Day, 1977, the morning after the full moon, and Lily accidentally finds out about Remus' 'furry little problem'.
Notes: Many thanks to the awesome whymzycal for the beta. Title is from New Order's "True Faith." I actually set out to write some quick and dirty porn and ended up with this instead. My brain, you see. brighty18, this is for you, not just as thanks for pinch hitting, but also as thanks for your tireless efforts and dedication to R/S fandom itself. They do not go unnoticed by any of us. ♥ ♥ Wishing you a lovely holiday season, and a happy and healthy New Year!


( Shade of the Morning Sun )