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lulublack90 · 3 months

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Prompt 20 - Lethal

@jegulus-microfic January 20 Word count 642

I think this one is going to be a few parts. I'll link the parts together so they're easy to find.

“Party? Party? Party?” Marlene asked, pointing at her friends, who were already drinking around the table in their local pub. It did not take much persuading for the others to agree to call everyone they knew and start a party back at James’s.

“Can Reggie come?” Sirius asked. “He doesn’t have many friends, and I don’t think he’s left the house for a week.”

“As long as he doesn’t bring the party down,” Mary replied, sticking her tongue out at Sirius when he stuck his out at her.

“We need to go get some booze in and food, guys, or else the party will be a bust,” Lily told them all. Downing her drink as she stood up.

Thirty minutes later, the group was shoving bags of shopping into the back of James’s mum’s old minivan. They had left Sirius sprawled across the back seat with all their phones, texting as many people as he could.

“Budge up,” Remus said, giving Sirius less than a second to move, before lifting his legs into the air and sliding into the seat. He dropped Sirius's legs ungraciously. Sirius nearly fell on the floor.

“Hey, rude!” Sirius squawked at Remus, his bottom lip pushing out into a sulky pout. He didn’t have time to complain before Mary shoved him off the other seat so she could sit down.

“Okay, guys, let’s go!” James cried out jovially before twisting the key in the ignition. The minivan choked to life. He pressed his foot down and he sped away, causing Sirius to actually fall off the backseat and into the footwell. Remus dragged him up by the scruff of his neck and wound his seatbelt around him.

“Buckle up, dumbass.” He growled.

“Sorry about that,” James apologised over his shoulder as he pulled out of the car park and onto the main road.

“No worries, mate. Could we swing by mine so I can grab Reggie? I think if I don’t literally drag him there myself, he won’t come.

James hit the curb more forcefully than was probably good for his mother’s poor old van. Sirius jumped out and ran into the grand Georgian house he’d inherited when his parents had died. Two minutes later, he was dragging his brother down the front steps. Regulus was putting up quite a fight. Sirius pulled hard at him, almost yanking his hoodie from his body. Eventually, he bundled his brother into the back of the van and yelled at James to go, go, go!

Regulus wasn’t happy. He glowered at the car’s worn carpet, not saying a word.

At the next red traffic light, James turned as far as his seatbelt would allow him to and grinned broadly at Regulus.

“How’s it going, Reg?” He asked. Regulus looked up at him, scowling.

“That good, huh?” James laughed as he ruffled Regulus’s short curls. Regulus yanked his head away, pulled his hood up and crossed his arms across his chest.

“James, green light,” Lily said as she jabbed James in the arm, forcing him to pay attention.

They got to James’s and had to hurry to set everything up. Sirius and Remus sorted out the music, bickering over which songs to put on the playlist. Lily and Mary put food into bowls and onto plates. James set out the bottles of alcohol and mixers on the kitchen counter. While Marlene was doing what Marlene does best and creating a truly lethal punch. James looked at the concoction warily. Deciding, there and then, it would probably be best if he stayed clear of Marlene’s punch.

Regulus leant against the wall near the French windows, refusing to help with anything. He had his phone out and was endlessly scrolling. James was just about to go over to him and try to chat when the doorbell rang, signalling the arrival of their guests.

Next part

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made-by-moon · 5 months

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Hogwarts' class of 78 at a party with the slytherin skittles:

- noone states who got alcohol out loud, everyone knows it was Remus tho

- Barty and Evan do drūgs in the bathroom Euphoria style

- Marlene and Sirius dance on the tables (they're not drunk, they're just Marlene and Sirius)

- James reveals his twerking abilities

- Remus, being the only one who can hold his liquor, takes care of everyone giving good old "a single mom who works two jobs" vibe

- Lily actually gets really tipsy

- Pandora thinks she is a fairy and tries to jump out the window to fly away (Regulus stops her just in time)

- Peter gets wasted at the very beginning and by the time the party really gets started is snoring on a sofa

- Lily introduces everyone to "truth or dare" much to Remus's dismay

- Dorcas is in charge of music cause she's ✨️the queen of the rhythm✨️

- Mary gives James and Sirius dance lesson (they really need it)

- Regulus stands in the corner, silently judging everyone

- Emmeline tries to take care of drunk James but fails miserably

In the end, they all end up sleeping in Gryffindor's common room, scattered on couches, armchairs and floor.

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luucypevensie · 2 months

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🐿 + Skye, the world’s most badass dragon rider? 💚

YAS, MY FAVE LIL’ FIRE BITCH! THANK YOU FAE! Tagging @ginger-grimm, @dancingsunflowers-ocs, and @bi-ologistofthehills as they adore Skye too

1. a song they love to dance to: closer by teagan and sara (she aggressively dances to that song that people get scared watching her)

2. the meaning of their middle name: elegant, great; from the tower; bitterness; beloved; wished for child; drop of the sea (marlene; i am legit shocked at the amount of meanings the name has)

3. their favorite mythical/fantasy animal/figure: DRAGONS OF COURSE (it would be blasphemous to suggest anything else as she is the proud mama of a dragon)

4. salty or sweet snacks? which kind do they like best?: skye is a mix of both because she’s a person who needs to balance the amount of each flavor; her preferred way of doing that is to have a bag of dill pickle chips (her favorite) with cherry twizzlers

5. what they like to do during the winter time: skye loves to go snowboarding; if she has time, she’ll beg allison or isaac to take her to the nearest ski resort and spend the entire day shredding the slopes

6. their favorite ‘50’s song: great balls of fire by jerry lee lewis

7. do they drink? if so, what’s their favorite drink?: skye’s definitely the one who drinks the hard liquor out of the siblings; she loves fireball the most because of the cinnamon taste and the burn she gets when she drinks it

8. one moment they recoil thinking about: definitely that first kiss of hers and lucy’s in the gardens of cair paravel; it wasn’t a bad kiss (not at all actually), but skye regrets not keeping her cool in that moment (it’s one thing she’s jealous of isaac for since he’s so good at remaining calm under pressure)

9. if they believe in lucky objects: oh yeah, skye is a BIG believer of lucky objects; her black dahlia necklace that isaac gave her is always around her neck whenever she has a cheer competition or a big test

10. their first-ever paying job: once she was in high school, skye got a job working at dairy queen. it wasn’t the best job in the world, but she loved that she got free blizzards out of the whole ordeal

#oc: skye lewis #fic: the dawn the sky and the sun #u: the chronicles of narnia #oc asks #daughter-of-melpomene #THANKS AGAIN FAE

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redemptioninterlude · 2 years

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❛ is this what you wanted ? ❜ // from stiles to marlene

death of an optimist meme ( accepting ) + @pcrfectstorms // stiles

The hallways jam ; and Marlene’s between classes, everything moving, flowing, TRAFFIC FOR HUMAN BEINGS as they slide up stairs and down bannisters, hurrying to other rooms and studios so that they could continue the bustling warmth of school life. Uni was always meant to be this, a communal gathering of people from all walks of life. Even those rarified few who found themselves crossed, between country and home, looking to chase down their dreams and pursue some form of knowledge before achieving their greatness. And isn’t it that? A gift, one worth fostering and celebrating, a sentiment she’s learned by being here and around others, a new course of action she adores.

The kings and queens of their tiny kingdom.

She meets Stiles one night at the uni bar; a stranger that she shakes hands with when his friends approach her group, all foreign students in the dorms that overlook the campus, and them out for the night to party before herding back into their rooms by 3 am, to throw up by 4, and be in class by 8 in hoodies and Lululemon pants as they cradled their hangovers. And she knows that from the looks of him THAT HE’S TROUBLE, with a tongue made slick in sarcasm and frustration, who thinks he knows it all and seems unimpressed with her choice in major, which she describes, crassly, as making money.

❛ is this what you wanted ? ❜

Nobody really asks her that, not even her parents. Marlene’s blue eyes narrowing, tongue slicked between glossed lips. “Do you think I’d really do something I didn’t want myself? I think that’d take a WEAKER PERSON, and I don’t really consider myself to be that, honestly.” Push, shove, the verbal hiss that he’d pick up beneath the slur of the liquor, the smooth crisp warmth of her accent. “But yes, it is what I want. Independence is costly. I want to pursue that with all that I am, so that I can live just how I want to. Isn’t that everyone’s goal in the end?”

#pcrfectstorms #❝ m. mckinnon ❞ ┆ modern verse ┆ comin through satallites while cruisin !#❝ m. mckinnon ❞ ┆ meme reply ┆ as you colour me blue !

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popdroid · 7 years

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POPDROID REWIND: FAVORITE SINGLES (Best of 2017 So Far...)

click song titles for videoclip...

001 TOPS: Petals 002 Polo & Pan: Coeur croisé 003 The War on Drugs: Thinking of a Place 004 Jain: Makeba 005 Cigarettes Afer Sex: Apocalypse 006 Paradis: Toi et moi 007 Juniore: Panique 008 Lana Del Rey: Love 009 Juliette Armanet: L'amour en solitaire 010 Haim: Want You Back

011 Blanche: City Lights 012 Calypso Valois: Le jour 013 Pumarosa: Dragonfly 014 Fishbach: Un autre que moi 015 Lorde: Green Light 016 Alexia Gredy: Paradis 017 The Lemon Twigs: I Wanna Prove to You 018 Tennis: Modern Woman 019 Blondino: Jamais sans la nuit 020 Noga Erez: Off the Radar

021 Clara Luciani: Comme toi 022 Eugénie: Puis danse 023 Témé Tan: Ça va pas la tête? 024 Fazerdaze: Take It Slow 025 Aldous Harding: Imagining My Man 026 Michael Kiwanuka: Cold Little Heart 027 Peter Peter: Bien réel 028 Ibibio Sound Machine: Give Me a Reason 029 Chromatics: Shadow 030 Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains: Tendre est l'âme

031 Amy Shark: Weekends 032 STUFF.: Galapagos 033 Fleet Foxes: Fool's Errand 034 Arcade Fire: Everyting Now 035 La Féline: Senga 036 Father John Misty: Pure Comedy 037 Laura Marling: Next Time 038 London Grammar: Oh Woman, Oh Man 039 Marika Hackman: My Lover Cindy 040 Hazel English: More Like You

041 Desperate Journalist: Hollow 042 Grimes feat. Janelle Monáe: Venus Fly 043 Calypso Valois: Vis à vie 044 Bedouine: One of These Days 045 Aimee Mann: Goose Snow Cone 046 Bazart: Lux 047 Témé Tan: Sè Zwa Zo 048 NAO: In the Morning 049 Soulwax: Missing Wires 050 Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie: In My World

051 Julien Doré: Sublime & Silence 052 Jane Weaver: Did You See Butterflies? 053 Steven Wilson feat. Sophie Hunger: Song of I 054 Kevin Morby: City Music 055 Childish Gambino: Redbone 056 Marie Flore: Passade digitale 057 Amber Coffman: No Coffee 058 Juniore: Difficile 059 Julie Byrne: Natural Blue 060 Steven Wilson feat. Ninet Tayeb: Pariah

061 Paradisia: Dancing in the Dark 062 Marble Sounds: Ten Seconds to Count Down 063 The Weeknd: Secrets 064 Fleet Foxes: If You Need, Keep Time on Me 065 Gorillaz: Andromeda 066 City of the Sun: Sugar 067 Moonchild: Cure 068 Queens of the Stone Age: The Way You Used to Do 069 Dope Lemon: Home Soon 070 Holybrune: Nuit noire

071 Pond: Paint Me Silver 072 Phoenix: Goodbye Soleil 073 Wilsen: Centipede 074 Fishbach: Y crois-tu 075 Juliette Armanet: Alexandre 076 Austra: I Love You More Than You Love Yourself 077 Declan McKenna: Brazil 078 Millionaire: I'm Not Who You Think You Are 079 Pumarosa: Lion's Den 080 WWWater: WWWater

081 Grand Blanc: Bosphore 082 The Jungle Giants: Feel the Way I Do 083 Lo Moon: Loveless 084 The War on Drugs: Holding On 085 Rolling Blackouts Coast Fever: French Press 086 School Is Cool: Trophy Wall 087 Peter Peter: Loving Game 088 Spoon: Hot Thoughts 089 Thievery Corporation feat. Racquel Jones: Letter to the Editor 090 Elastic Bond: Honey Bun

091 Black Mirrors: Funky Queen 092 Becca Stevens feat. Laura Mvula: Well Loved 093 Dan Auerbach: Shine on Me 094 Vince Staples: Big Fish 095 Feu! Chatterton: Porte Z 096 Feist: Pleasure 097 Real Estate: Darling 098 Fleet Foxes: Third of May / Odaigahara 099 Timber Timbre: Grifting 100 Amatorski: Welcome

101 Sylvan Esso: Radio 102 Le Manou: L'homme 103 Dans Dans: Rumour 104 Tsar B: Golddigger 105 My Baby: Love Dance 106 London Grammar: Big Picture 107 VUURWERK feat. Khazali: Face It 108 Novella: Change of State 109 HMLTD: To the Door 110 Mathilde Fernandez: Mon Dieu

111 Rive: Nuit 112 Urban Cone: Old School 113 The Mysterons: Sold My Medicine 114 Thurston Moore: Aphrodite 115 Bleached: Flipside 116 Gretta Ray: Drive 117 Bonobo feat. Nick Murphy: No Reason 118 Amber Arcades: Can't Say That We Tried 119 Beach House: Chariot 120 Paramore: Hard Times

121 Intergalactic Lovers: Between the Lines 122 The Japanese House: Saw You in a Dream 123 Andrew Combs: Blood Hunters 124 Anna of the North: Oslo 125 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk: I Feel It Coming 126 Grandaddy: Evermore 127 Cosmo Pyke: Chronic Sunshine 128 Slowdive: Sugar for the Pill 129 The Aces: Physical 130 Now, Now: SGL

131 Soldout: Forever 132 BRNS: Pious Platitudes 133 Arca: Desafío 134 Kendrick Lemar: DNA. 135 Dua Lipa feat. Miguel: Lost in Your Light 136 The xx: On Hold 137 Radiohead: Promise 138 Anteros: Cherry Drop 139 Honeyblood: Walking at Midnight 140 Ella Vos: White Noise

141 Mr Little Jeans: Stitches 142 Marlene: Next to Me 143 Rae Morris: Reborn 144 Mogwai: Coolverine 145 Marika Hackman: Boyfriend 146 Goldfrapp: Anymore 147 Susanne Sundfør: Undercover 148 Briana Marela: Quit 149 Inheaven: Treats 150 Ibeyi: Walk Away

151 Lana Del Rey feat. The Weekend: Lust for Life 152 Mellow Diamond: Ashes to Breathe 153 Laure Briard: Les pins des Landes 154 Lorde: Perfect Places 155 Benjamin Clementine: Phantom of Aleppoville 156 Ruelle: The Other Side 157 Maya Payne: Self Defined 158 Lorde: Sober 159 The Regrettes: Seashore 160 Pale Waves: There's a Honey

161 Sir Sly: High 162 Girls in Hawaii: This Light 163 DíSA: Reflections 164 Oscar and the Wolf: Breathing 165 L'impératrice: Sultans des îles 166 Camila Cabello: Crying in the Club 167 Courtney Barnett: How to Boil an Egg 168 Sharon Van Etten: Not Myself 169 Lana Del Rey: Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind 170 Cloves: California Numb

171 Sale Gosse: Boys 172 Trentemøller feat. Jennylee: Hands Down 173 Ionnalee: Not Human 174 Angus & Julia Stone: Snow 175 Trouble: Snake Eyes 176 liv: Heaven 177 Blondino: Bleu 178 The Courtneys: Silver Velvet 179 Maggie Rogers: On + Off 180 Paramore: Told You So

181 Dan Auerbach: King of a One Horse Town 182 Tennis: In the Morning I'll Be Better 183 Arcade Fire: Creature Comfort 184 First Aid Kit: You Are the Problem Here 185 Iron & Wine: Call It Dreaming 186 LCD Soundsystem: American Dream 187 Father John Misty: Ballad of the Dying Man 188 Allison Pierce: Evidence 189 Rive: Vogue 190 Liv Dawson: Searching

191 Cat Pierce: Weapon of War 192 Liam Gallagher: Wall of Glass 193 Wild Beasts: Alpha Female 194 David Bowie: No Plan 195 Big Thief: Shark Smile 196 Toro y Moi: You and I 197 Sparks: What the Hell Is It This Time 198 OMD: Isotype 199 Halo Maud: Du pouvoir 200 Corine: Pluie fine (Polo & Pan Remix)

201 Foxygen: On Lankershim 202 Metronomy feat. Robyn: Hang Me Out to Dry 203 Blood Orange: Better Than Me 204 Melanie De Biasio: Gold Junkies 205 Sigrid: Don't Kill My Vibe 206 Aldous Harding: Blend 207 Lucy Rose feat. The Staves: Floral Dresses 208 Fyfe feat. Kimbra: Belong 209 Hazel English: Love Is Dead 210 Bedouine: Solitary Daughter

211 Pixx: Waterslides 212 Kevin Morby: Come to Me Now 213 Vendredi sur Mer: La femme à la peau bleue 214 The Preatures: Girlhood 215 Declan McKenna: Humongous 216 Depeche Mode: Where's the Revolution 217 Luminize: Twilight 218 Grizzly Bear: Mourning Sound 219 Valerie June: Shakedown 220 Kate Tempest: Europe Is Lost

221 Beach Fossils: This Year 222 Few Bits: It Will Set You Free 223 Soul'art: Django 224 TaxiWars: Fever 225 Julien Doré: Coco Câline 226 Fishbach: À ta merci 227 SOHN: Hard Liquor 228 Yelle: Ici & maintenant 229 John Mayer: Still Feel Like Your Man 230 LCD Soundsytem: Call the Police

231 Cigarettes After Sex: Each Time You Fall in Love 232 Brutus: Drive 233 Thundercat feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins: Show You the Way 234 Day Wave: Promises 235 A/T/O/S: Blackout 236 Baloji: Spoiler 237 Julie Byrne: Sleepwalker 238 Oddisee feat. Toine: NNGE 239 La Féline: Séparés (Si nous étions jamais) 240 Loyle Carner: The Isle of Arran

241 Regina Spektor: Black and White 242 Agnes Obel: It's Happening Again 243 Tei Shi: How Far 244 Yelle: Interpassion 245 Skott: Glitter & Gloss 246 Woods: Hit That Drum 247 Superpoze: Azur 248 Real Estate: Stained Glass 249 Lenachka: Private Eyes 250 Grizzly Bear: Four Cypresses

251 Temples: Strange or Be Forgotten 252 Grizzly Bear: Three Rings 253 Methyl Ethel: Ubu 254 Shaefri: Monster 255 Nite Jewel: 2 Good 2 Be True 256 Clare Louise: La vase 257 Fufanu: Liability 258 The Big Moon: Sucker 259 Saint Etienne: Magpie Eyes 260 The Sherlocks: Chasing Shadows

261 Earl: Baddabing Baddaboom 262 Warhola: Jewels 263 Sink Ya Teeth: If You See Me 264 Joe Goddard: Home 265 Cathedrals: Don't Act Like a Stranger 266 Is Bliss: Into a Dream 267 From Indian Lakes: Sunlight 268 NxWorries: Scared Money 269 The Kooks: Be Who You Are 270 Snail Mail: Thinning

271 Ride: Charm Assault 272 Maud Geffray: Polaar 273 Matt Watts: Joanne 274 Phoenix: J-Boy 275 Vérité: When You're Gone 276 AlunaGeorge: Not Above Love 277 Haim: Right Now 278 Arcade Fire: I Give You Power 279 Wolf Alice: Yuk Foo 280 Bleu Toucan: Matin à Toucanopolis

281 Dua Lipa: Thinking 'Bout You 282 Los Angeles Police Department: Grown 283 Ionnalee: Samaritan 284 Puma Blue: Want Me 285 Sylvan Esso: Die Young 286 Cléa Vincent: Samba 287 Laure Briard: On dit que je ne suis pas sage 288 Crooked Colours: Flow 289 Thurston Moore: Smoke of Dreams 290 Bernache: Your Name

291 Sweet Spirit: The Power 292 Paradisia: Warpaint 293 Tim Dup: Moïra Gynt 294 Kelly Lee Owens: Throwing Lines 295 The Killers: The Man 296 Little Dragon: High 297 Kina Grannis: When Will I Learn 298 Archive: Splinters 299 Circa Waves: Love's Run Out 300 Las Aves: Antistar

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mlw10 · 7 years

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So... I Lied...

Here it is everyone, my first fanfic. Bear with me as I’m just getting started so things may be incredibly cliche and maybe not the best they could be, but honestly I’m just proud of myself for putting this out there. The HP community is so supportive and I wouldn’t have been brave enough to do that without all of the lovely people out there, so thank you :)

You can read it below or here.

Hope you enjoy!!!

Prologue

Small lights began floating in the air as the sun set, a dim brightness settling on the patio. Several of the tipsier guests swat at the lights as Sirius Black, best man extraordinaire, rose from the wedding party’s table.

Raising his glass, he began, “So… I lied…”

Remus stood abruptly, his chair squealing. “I was actually the initial liar!”

“Me too!” hiccupped Peter as he hastily stood to be included. Unfortunately, he also knocked over the champagne glass of the woman sitting to his right.

Sirius, mildly irritated that his two friends thought it fit to be a part of his moment, interrupted, “Excoooose me! This is my best man speech, and I would prefer it to be uninterrupted.”

Lily and James laughed, unsure as to where this speech was going. They knew it couldn’t be too awful since Sirius was a softy, but that also meant he could not handle his liquor and many sorts of things tended to spill out whenever he was slightly intoxicated.

“Fine, Sirius, be the drama queen. But please give me the credit I deserve in this story,” huffed Remus.

“Yes yes, Moony, will do will do. Now, on to the juicy bit: we, and by ‘we’ I mean me, Moony — there’s your credit, happy? — Wormy, Mar, and Mary, were far from oblivious to Lily and James’s burning desire to snog each other in a broom cupboard. In fact, we plotted the whole thing.” Sirius slid across the dance floor, and with a spin said, “Buckle up children! Reminisce with me.”

Chapter 1

This is ridiculous.

I can get over Evans.

Just don’t think about her hair. Or her eyes. The way they spark when she’s angry. How she pushes her hair out of her face as she makes last minute edits to her essays outside the classroom doors because she thought of something else she just has to add. When she rests her head on the table after a long day and watches the candle wax dripping down the side and time seems to slow down. How sometimes her sweater rides up a little on her back and there’s a spattering of freckles above her waistline…

No. You are James Fleamont Potter. Time to give up. It’s hopeless.

Hopeless. Hopeless. Hopeless.

James slammed shut Moste Potente Potions in frustration, earning a glare from Madame Pince. Ignoring her, he let his head slide down from his hand until it banged on the table.

“Shhhh!”

With a sigh, James looked up, glared back at Madame Pince, and noticed Marlene McKinnon, one of his Gryffindor quidditch teammates, enter the library. Spotting James, she gave him a wave and plopped herself down in the seat across from him.

“Are you done with that book? I need to use it for Slughorn’s essay. I can’t believe he’s asked for three feet of parchment on one ingredient! How does studying one component of the Polyjuice Potion have any bearing on our understanding of the entire potion? I mean, I suppose that the presentations will help wi—”

“Mar, you’re rambling.”

“Oh, sorry! It’s just this essay has been driving me insane for the past few of weeks, and now that I’ve procrastinated it to the final week, I’m freaked. Lily is supposed to come help me if you’d like to stay for a bit.”

James started at Lily’s name, standing abruptly.

“Nope, I’ve gotta dash!”

"Wait!" yelled Marlene, immediately realizing her loud mistake as Madame Pince sprang into action in her peripheral vision. Marlene quickly got to work behind a pile of books to appease the strict librarian (and hide from her).

It was odd, thought Marlene, that James had run so quickly before Lily got here. Usually he took advantage of every opportunity to chat up her best friend...

I’m fine. Not freaking out. Should I put on the cloak? Nah, that’s a bit overkill, don’t you think, James? If I’m going to get over Evans, I have to at least be able to pass her in the corridor like a normal person. Besides, we’re heads together, I do it all the time. It's agonizing, yes, but doable. Deep breaths. Maybe walk a little faster…

James turned the corner and ran up the stairs, fervently praying that he wouldn’t run into a particular redhead. Once he was in front of the Fat Lady, he breathed a sigh of relief and dashed through the portrait hole after mumbling the password. Refusing to glance around the common room, he continued up the stairs to the dormitory — failing to ignore the flash of red in the far corner of the room.

James swept into the dorm and ran his finger nervously through his hair. “So… I lied…”

James Potter’s two (of three) best friends looked away from their respective tasks — Remus from his Charms paper, and Sirius from staring at the ceiling.

Sirius was the first to respond, “We know, Prongs.”

After a beat, Sirius spoke again. “Uh about what, exactly?”

“Evans,” said James.

“Oh, right!” laughed Sirius. “Well, you can’t just expect us to believe that you’ve suddenly gotten over Evans.”

“But I tried so hard!” cried James. “She despises me. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong, you know? I thought I ‘matured.’ That being Head Boy would give me a chance to prove it to her. But no. She’s determined to hate me forever.”

James sighed and fell onto his bed, whacking his head on the headboard in the process. Wincing, he turned to his friends. “You’ve got to help me. Evans is a lost cause and one way or another, it’s about time I moved on.”

Remus slowly closed his book, nodding, and finally spoke. “So, we need a plan.”

“Agreed.”

“When’s the next Hogsmeade visit?” questioned Remus.

“Next weekend.”

Sirius shot a piece a balled-up parchment at James. “Aw what a good head boy, knowing all the Hogsmeade dates, staying on top of his homewo—“

Throwing it back, James glared at Sirius. “Shut it, Snuffles.”

“Now now that’s not very nice.”

“Well, you can shove your snide remarks up your arse.”

At that moment, Peter slumped through the door, dropping his book bag. “What are we talking about? New prank?”

“Pffft, I wish. Prongsie here is in the process of getting over Evans,” said Sirius, leaning back in his chair with the classic Sirius smirk on his face that James wanted to smack off him.

Peter laughed. “Not possible.”

“Oy! Is too! Moony has a plan!” James couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Did his friends have no faith in him? He supposed that the past five years of pining after Evans didn’t help his case, but he was determined to move on. Hateful banter was one thing, humiliating insults and a vow to date the giant squid before him even if he was the last man on earth was an entirely different thing.

Remus sighed, “All I did was ask when the next Hogsmeade was.”

“But you were on to something!”

“It’s not exactly a radical idea, mate. Just ask another girl to Hogsmeade. Get used to dating other people and get Lily off your mind.”

James nodded thoughtfully and pulled Remus into a hug. “Moony, that’s brilliant.”

Remus groaned at the unexpected embrace. “Like I said, not a radical idea.”

“Well, we know Prongsie isn’t the brightest of the bunch. Had a crush on the same girl for the past five years, dontchaknow.”

After letting go of Remus, James — noticing how close Sirius’s chair was to falling over — decided to give it a little push for all the snide comments.

Sirius’s face flashed in horror as he felt himself fall to the floor with a bang. James snorted, Sirius glared. “You’re going to regret that, Prongs”

“Hah! Not likely, Padfoot. The look on your face was priceless.”

Sirius lunged for James, tackling him to the ground. Neither Remus nor Peter interfered, used to at least one brotherly wrestling match a week. Instead, they sat on Remus’s bed and cracked open the Honeydukes hoard, waiting for the spat to end.

After a couple of minutes, Sirius’s head popped up. “Fine, Prongs, you win this time, but only because I pity you.”

“Wow. How sincere Padfoot.” While his voice portrayed annoyance, there was a shine in his eyes as he put his glasses on — he could never hold a grudge against his best mate.

“Wormtail, pass me one of those Honeydukes sweets you’ve been hoarding. James just broke my back.”

Throwing one over to Sirius, Peter took several more for himself and turned to James. “Now back to our original discussion: who are you going to ask?”

“No idea, Wormtail, but James Fleamont Potter is officially on the prowl!”

“Prongs, never ever say that in front of a girl. She will run in the other direction.”

James pranced back to the middle of the room after grabbing his own chocolate and pulled Sirius into a headlock. “I beg to differ, Snuffles. Have you seen my good looks?”

Sirius laughed, “Please, they definitely don’t even compare to mine.”

“Should we take a poll?” challenged James.

Smirking, James released Sirius from the headlock and the two of them faced Remus, still stuffing his face with Chocolate Frogs.

“We already know I’ll win, there’s no point, right, Moony?” said Sirius.

“Please leave me out of this.”

“Mooooonyyyyyyyy.”

“Moooonyyyy, you can’t back out.”

“You are both equally handsome,” said Remus as he rolled his eyes. His friends were absolutely ridiculous.

Sirius and James stared at each other with furrowed brows as if a staring contest would determine who was the most eligible bachelor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (if you must know, the female population of Hogwarts was evenly split). After some time, Peter interrupted the staring contest to inquire as to when they would be heading down for dinner, at which point the three other boys realized how hungry they were and set out for the Great Hall immediately.

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La moda dei cocktail vintage: paghereste 200 euro per un Negroni?

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La moda dei cocktail vintage: paghereste 200 euro per un Negroni?

Percorsi da una nuova febbre, i fissati del bere miscelato chiedono di sorseggiare drink vintage a New York come a Londra, a Parigi come a Tokyo.

Drink vintage? Sì, nel senso di drink preparati con i liquori originali, che risalgono all’epoca in cui i cocktail d’appartenenza venivano inventati, o comunque al periodo in cui hanno conosciuto il picco di popolarità.

Bartender e mixologist stanno cercando di assecondare la moda con una ricerca minuziosa di rum antichi e gin d’annata tra le rimanenze di bar e locali, oppure partecipando a specifiche aste in giro per il mondo.

Visto il costo elevato, molti baristi utilizzano questa materia prima preziosa per creare drink semplici, che valorizzino al massimo i liquori pregiati, con prezzi che vanno dai 200 fino ai 3000 dollari a cocktail: per un Negroni fatto con Tanqueray del 1971, vermouth del 1960 vermouth e Campari del 1970, ad esempio, il prezzo medio si aggira sui 200 dollari.

La diffusione della moda ha fatto nascere dei veri segugi specializzati nel reperire bottiglie antiche, capaci di scovare tra magazzini di vecchi locali, aste, distillerie e grossisti, un’intera fornitura di Fernet del secolo scorso o autentico gin Gordon’s Dry del 1940.

E quindi, ecco assemblato per voi dai maghi di Punch una specie di borsino del cocktail vintage, con i prezzi praticati nei locali che stanno cavalcando la moda.

1. Canon Bar a Seattle: Champs-Élysées. Prezzo, 495 dollari

Il bartender Jamie Boudreaux di Seattle sta svuotando una preziosa collezione di 400o bottiglie d’epoca per preparare nel suo locale, il Canon, un cocktail chiamato Champs-Élysées proprio come si faceva negli anni ’30, all’epoca del Presidente Franklin Delano Roosvelt.

Utilizzando sia Courvoisier che Chartreuse del 1935, Jamie ha ricreato il cocktail esattamente come fu registrato nel lontano 1930 nel Savoy Cocktail Book.

Al prezzo di “soli” 495 dollari.

2. The NoMad Bar a New York: Tuxedo #2 – Prezzo, 28 dollari

L’elemento chiave per il cocktail Tuxedo #2 in lista al NoMad bar di New York, preparato con gin Beefeater Burrough Reserve, vermouth secco Noilly Prat e maraschino, è l’assenzio, rigorosamente d’epoca.

Un Pernod Fils del 1941 aggiunge al drink, oltre ai tipici sentori di liquirizia e anice, anche aromi vegetali in genere assenti, afferma il direttore del bar Leo Robitschek.

E a soli 28 dollari.

3. The Palm Court al Plaza Hotel di New York: Sidecar. Prezzo, 3.000 dollari

Semplicemente il più costoso Sidecar immaginabile, fatto con congnac Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl –una miscela che comprende acquavite invecchiata oltre 100 anni e Cointreau tedesco che risale agli anni prima della seconda guerra mondiale, quando il liquore era prodotto esclusivamente con le arance dell’isola di Curaçao.

Una vera rarità, al modico prezzo di 3000 dollari.

4) Beaufort Bar dell’hotel Savoy a Londra : Hotel Nacional. Prezzo: 250 sterline

Il cocktail “Hotel Nacional” è stato creato all’Hotel Nacional di Cuba e servito a ospiti illustri come Winston Churchill e Marlene Dietrich.

Il Beaufort di Londra ricrea una versione fedele all’originale, usando un brandy di albicocche degli anni ’60 e un rum cubano Bacardi pre-rivoluzione cubana degli anni ’40, praticamente introvabile.

Prezzo: 250 sterline (315 dollari)

5) Milk Room a Chicago: Old Pal. Prezzo: 45 dollari

Il piccolo e elegante bar di Chicago vanta una fornita collezione di liquori d’epoca impiegati per ricreare numerosi drink storici. Il preferito è l’Old Pal.

Realizzato con vermouth di segale dry, il drink che risale agli anni ’20 si abbina con il Campari del 1950 che, a detta del bartender, offre “più profondità di sapore, sfumature e note floreali” rispetto alle versioni contemporanee.

Il tutto al prezzo abbordabile di 45 dollari.

6) Jack Rose a Washington D.C.: Manhattan. Prezzo: 300 dollari

Grazie a una delle migliori collezioni di liquori d’epoca degli USA, Jack Rose propone un delizioso Manhattan fatto con vermouth Cocchi di Torino e whiskey W.L. Weller del 1982, che può arrivare a costare, per singola bottiglia acquistata all’asta, anche migliaia di dollari.

In questa annata, infatti, la casa è stata la prima a sostituire nella produzione del liquore il grano con la segale, ottenendo un sapore più pieno e fruttato.

Al prezzo di 300 dollari.

7) Il Rivoli bar al Ritz di Londra: Negroni. Prezzo: 90 sterline – 113 dollari

Vi siete mai chiesti quale fosse il gusto del Negroni a metà del XX secolo? Bene, al Rivoli Bar di Londra, all’interno dell’hotel Savoy, uno dei quattro cocktail d’epoca serviti è proprio il classico drink italiano, preparato con gin Gordon, Campari e vermouth Martini & Rossi, tutti rigorosamente anni ’50.

Al prezzo di 113 dollari.

8) Queen Mary Tavern, Chicago: Martini. Prezzo: 33 dollari.

Gin Plymouth del 1970 per il Martini servito al Queen Mary di Chicago, un drink ricco, corposo e con sentori di bosco e di terra.

Solo 33 dollari.

9) Smuggler’s Cove a San Francisco: Mai Tai. Prezzo: dai 150 ai 720 dollari

Rum d’epoca per questo tiki bar di San Francisco che, tra gli altri drink, offre anche un Mai Tai preparato con autentiche bottiglie anni ’60 di rum Trader Vic’s Mai Tai.

Se ancora non sapete cos’è un tiki bar datevi bassi voti in mondanità alcolica

A seconda del tipo di rum usato, il prezzo di un Mai Tai può variare dai 150 ai 720 dollari.

[Crediti: Punchdrink]

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