Smoochfest Fic Claim: Make My Demons Run

[lauren3210]

Title: Make my Demons Run
Songspiration: Unforgiven/Unforgiven II - Metallica
Prompter: snowgall
Title: Make my Demons Run
Prompt Number: 34
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Summary: After giving evidence in defence of Draco at his trial, suddenly Potter is everywhere he turns as he completes his community service. Draco hadn't expected any of it, nor had he expected those long buried feelings he'd once had to come rising back to the surface. He definitely didn't expect what happened next.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Er, none?
Epilogue compliant? Nope.
Word Count: 28,500
Author's Notes: Dear prompter, I want to thank you for giving me the excuse to listen to two of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands on repeat. This was the perfect prompt for me, and I can't thank you enough for giving me the opportunity to write for it. I hope you enjoy it! Huge thanks to C for looking over this for me and cheering me on, and to the mods for another fabulous fest with a fabulous theme. Also, I want to thank my poetry professor for teaching me the tools I needed to transform the lyrics into a story, and I'm not even sorry for applying them to slash fic :D Title comes from the second song of the prompt, Unforgiven II, by Metallica.

Make my Demons Run

I fucking loved writing this fic, guys. I was a bit worried that I might not be able to join in with Smoochfest this year, because when the theme came up, I couldn't think of a single song I wanted to prompt. So I looked through the prompt list, thinking that if I couldn't think of anything, there likely wouldn't be anything that called to me either, and then I stumbled over this and I wanted to kick myself for being so stupid, because these are the most perfect fucking Drarry songs, ohmygod. So, I want to thank snowgall from the bottom of my heart, and urge everyone to listen to these two songs if they haven't already, because they're beautiful.

I have since written a DVD commentary for this fic, because I feel like this is my definitive Draco fic, and the process I went through while writing it is really special to me (also, seriously, my poetry professor would be so damn proud of me!), which I shall be posting soon. I hope y'all enjoyed it! <3

Comments

[nia_kantorka]

Hon, your story was such a treat and I loved the slow building and just thinking about that sex scene melts me into a puddle of goo again <333

And I knew it was yours. Knew it probably before you even started writing because you said during the claiming phase something like 'we don't share the same taste in music'. Being sneaky, I screened the prompts just for songs I wouldn't pick but which got claimed. Easy peasy to match my guess later with your wonderful writing style. :D

So, even though I'm not a huge metal fan, I was more than happy you picked those songs and wrote this fabulous story out of their lyrics! <333

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember us having a conversation about that, haha! I'm less of a heavy metal fan and more a fan of songs that tell a good story, and more often than not, the genres of rock/metal/grunge/etc. bring out those songs better than the more popular genres. And wow, can metallica write a good story!

I'm so glad you liked it, sweetie! <3

[carowren.livejournal.com]

So not surprised this was you!! I didn't know for certain, but I wondered...
I fucking loved writing this fic, guys. I fucking loved reading it!
I haven't listened to much Metallica, but I listened to these two songs before I read your story (to set the mood ;D). They're so very drarry, and so was your story. <3<3

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Haha, I figured people would guess this was me, the prompt was right up my street, so it wouldn't have been hard for people to guess that I would go for it! And I'm so glad you listened to the songs! I think the story might possibly come across as rather generic otherwise, lol! I'm so happy you enjoyed it, darling! <3

[snowgall]

"these are the most perfect fucking Drarry songs, ohmygod"

Ohmygod, yes! And I can't tell you how glad I am that you picked this prompt, because it seems like maybe you and I are the only Drarry fans that know that! :D

I left six prompts, but this one was the one I truly truly cared about and I thought would make for the best story, but only if the right person picked it. And the right person did, and the best story indeed was the result.

Thank you again so much! Loved what you did with the prompt! ♥♥♥

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

You know, sometimes I pick a prompt because I read it and a little scene comes into my head and I think, yeah, I can make a fic out of that. But when I saw these songs had been prompted, the entire story unfolded right in front of me, lyrics transforming into scenes and music turning into emotions and the guitar turning into sunrises, and it was as though I didn't have to do a thing except write down exactly what I saw in my head. It was such an amazing moment of creativity for me, and it's going to stick with me for a long while - even now, I smile stupidly whenever I remember the joy I felt while writing this - so seriously, thank you so much for inspiring me to feel all of that, and I'm so happy you liked it!!! <3

[gracerene]

I thought this one was yours! I'm super happy you enjoyed writing it, because it was a joy to read! :D

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Thanks darling, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

yay for claiming awesome fic
more detailed comment once i get around reading it in final form!
great work!

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

You were such a great help to me while I was writing this, I can't even express it! Seriously, thank you so much for looking through it for me, and for just being there in the chat, listening to me gripe and answering all my weird questions! <3

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

it was entirely my pleasure
because you are awesome and talking to you is always fun and you also explained a lot to me
i am happy that i could help you put this great fic together!
and let me assure you none of your questions were weird!

[noeon.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this one. The head!Draco was fantastic.

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you liked it! <3