pervy snape fancier

Clandestine by nk_aoede
Regulus/James, PG.
I like the way James seems to have been caught by surprise, and the urgency in Regulus's body language. Bonus points in the way this Regulus seems very similar to the one in my head, especially the way his hair is falling with his head tilted slightly back like that. This isn't a pair I would normally think to ship, but a drawing like this has me a little intrigued...

yet another potions master by coraxlovegothica
Severus, G.
Something is a bit off about the facial structure here, but I like his body language, his hair, his gaze.

Severus Smiles by ianmsquee
Severus, G.
Ha ha, yes, well, for certain values of the word "smile". One of the best arched eyebrows in recorded history. And, as I am become a fundamentalist about nose shape in Snape drawings, I will say that the nose has a bridge shape that looks reasonable to me, and without being ridiculous, is still clearly rather large.

(abandon fic! abandon fic!)

Title: (none — for Last Kiss)
Characters: Severus/Lily
Rating: PG
Words: 140
Warnings: None

Why I give up: The first stanza was inspired. The rest are just imitations. Trying to carry on poetry like this very rapidly starts sounding very forced. I would never have got this up to 1000 words (the fest minimum).

( Now kiss me again... )

Title: (none - for Severus helps Draco brew Elixir of Euphoria)
Characters: Severus, Lucius
Rating: G
Words: 79
Warnings: None

Why I give up: I think it's pretty obvious. This is just going nowhere fast.

( I'm going to have to teach this brat... )

Title: It's In the Script (for Beltane Rite NC-17, NWS)
Characters: Severus mostly; Severus/Harry implied; various combinations of Severus/Harry/Draco also kinda implied
Rating: strong PG-13 or soft R
Words: ~840
Summary: The course of true dreaming ne'er did run smooth.
Warnings: None

Why I give up: Normally I have no problem with crack, but this is stupid crack, with a gimmick that only leads to exasperated head-shaking. Totally fails to deliver on smut; I just can't write Severus/Harry, I guess.

( It's In the Script )

Bah. drachenmina, I fail at birthday present. Between two attempts I've written nearly 10,000 words and it all just rambles and wanders and blithers and never fucking goes anywhere. There's some snappy lines but overall it's just so blah and contrived. So I give up. This is supposed to be fun, not brain surgery.

ETA: What is "fail" about these is not that they are bad (although they are rough and, obviously, not even complete narratives), but that neither attempt got anywhere near my goal of "ficlet for a birthday present".

Herewith I present what is basically one huge outtake:

Not-a-title: The Failure of the Snack (A Tragedy in Two Parts)
Pairing: Severus/Sirius
Rating: R
Warnings: Obviously, a lack of beta and lack of Britpick; *koff-koff* percent dumb-Yankee-trying-too-hard-with-the-Britishisms by volume; lack of originality (in the form of re-using a wrist grab from one fic in the other and talking about Severus being made of ice).

( Fit the First: Sirius transforms to Padfoot for the first time, but he has a most undesirable witness to the occasion. )
( Fit the Second: A Slug Club party is a detention? Sure it is, if you're Sirius Black. )