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Just for fun... inspired by comments A. L. de Sauveterre made on a story of mine.

Guy Talk.



Guy Talk
by Icarus



It was officially after curfew in the Gryffindor bedroom. Officially, the lights were out, officially at least everyone was in the room, and officially, everyone was asleep. Professor McGonagall knocked and then poked her head in, and saw five sleeping boys tucked into their beds, as they should be.

Neville Longbottom's teddy poked out from under one arm. Ronald Weasley was sprawled over his pillow, eyes shut and blankets kicked off as usual. Harry Potter was curled into a comfortable dark-haired ball, seeming too small for the giant four-poster bed. Seamus Finnigan had pulled the covers over his head and was sleeping soundly. Dean Thomas was still awake, and he smiled at her from across the room. He was always a night owl. All was well, and she nodded to Dean and shut the door, softly.

The room went dark, and the sound of footsteps disappeared down the stairs.

As the heavy wooden door at the bottom of the stairs closed with an audible click, Ron's eyes popped open.

"Lumos! Wow. That was close," he breathed. Harry sat up in bed and blinked. He pulled his glasses from under the pillow and put them on.

Neville dropped his teddy bear. "When is Seamus going to get back?"

Harry peered at his watch and raised his eyebrows. "He's very late."

They all laughed.

"Oh, Seamus, you shame us…" Dean quipped. "You bad, bad boy."

"Bastard! I wonder how far he gets this time."

"Roll a-round the Astronomy To-wer… Get-ting nak-ed in the show-er… the blouse is off — not far to go… It's time to see if she will blow! " Ron chanted his brothers' rhyme of lechery.

"You're bad, Ron," Harry laughed.

"What do you think they're doing?" asked Neville. He squirmed to the end of his bed and propped himself (and his teddy) on a pillow to get closer to the group. His bed was in the farthest corner, and he tended to be left out.

"We know what they're doing!" Dean laughed. Neville ducked a pillow Ron threw at him.

Ron explained. "You see, Neville, there's thing called a dick — you'll grow one soon, and — "

"No! I mean, what are they doing?" Neville's eyes were round. Harry wrinkled his nose at Ron.

"Sh! Please? I really don't want to picture it right now," Dean Thomas pleaded. "I swear I'm already as hard as a rock." All the boys laughed.

"Padma… Dean is ready for you…." Ron called out to the ceiling in a sing-song voice, and stretched. "See, Neville, when you have one you will learn what a hungry bastard it is…"

"Ron, leave Neville alone," Harry said.

"Neville, you know I'm just kidding, right?" Ron asked. Neville nodded anxiously. "See, Harry?" Ron sat up and wrapped his arms around his legs. "Hey, Dean, how far did you get with Padma before she dumped you?"

"Not far enough. Not nearly far enough," Dean moaned.

Neville asked, "How far was that?"

"Yeah, Dean. We're your friends, you can tell us. We're trustworthy and loyal — " said Ron. " — and we'll cover for you if you're out after curfew."

"You were gone a long time after the Halloween feast, Dean," Harry pointed out, sitting up with sudden interest.

"Did she blow you?"

"Ron!" Harry said in a voice reminiscent of Hermione as he burst out laughing, and Dean threw something at Ron. It looked like a wadded up piece of parchment, but it was hard to tell just by the light of four wands.

"What is it with you and blowjobs?" asked Dean.

Ron chortled. "Oh, if you have to ask, then that's a no. So what did you do?"

"I take it Hermione did go down."

"Uh. Yeah." Ron said, hesitantly.

Harry gave Ron a sharp warning look.

Neville ignored that. They'd already discussed Hermione to death and Ron was full of contradictions. "So, Dean — did you go up Padma's shirt?"

Ron moaned. "Oh, there's some territory that needs some exploring…"

"Yeah. I did." Dean smiled shyly. "More than that. I got her shirt off."

"Really?" — "Where were you?" — "How'd you do that without getting caught?"

"No-no-no, I'm not telling, no way! The last time I told anyone of a hidey-hole I found, next time I went there, someone was in it. But we had a good bit of privacy." Dean smirked.

"What about then — ? Did you…?" Ron began eagerly.

"No, she did not give me a blowjob, Ron."

"That wasn't what I was going to ask! Well. Not all of it anyway," Ron admitted. "Hands…?"

"Down the pants? You bet. And it was sweet. But her hands were coooooold." He held up a hand for silence at the stir this caused. "At first, at first. They warmed up…."

"Did she bring you off?" Ron interrupted.

"No!" said Dean.

There was a loud disappointed chorus.

"Ron, will you shut up a minute?" Harry pleaded. "You mess up the story like that." He rearranged himself on the side of his bed towards Dean, his blanket wrapped around him like a cocoon. The only one who was hot in the Gryffindor bedroom was Ron, but that was always the case, unless he was sick.

"We got interrupted!" Dean explained. "The Hufflepuffs showed up!"

"I know where you were! You were under the Quidditch stands!" Ron said. "That's mad."

"I thought you said you had 'privacy.' " Harry complained.

"Hey, I don't see you getting anywhere with anyone, Harry."

"Oh. I've been around." Harry said evasively. Everyone turned towards him. If he was going out with anyone it was news to them. But it would be just like Harry to keep it a secret.

"You have?" Neville squeaked. "With who?"

Dean laughed. "Woo-hooo! The secret affairs of Harry Potter. Tell us all."

"I don't kiss and tell," Harry said archly, wrapping his blanket closer. Only Ron could see his face turn a little pink.

"Did you ever get a blowjob?" Neville asked in awe.

"Yeah, Mr. Man of the World. Tell us all about your 'great sex life,' " Dean teased.

"Well, actually, er… yeah. Once or twice." Harry said hesitantly, rubbing the back of his head.

"You're not sure?" Dean scoffed playfully. "A likely story."

"It's true!" Ron sat up. One of his pillows fell to the floor but he paid it no attention.

"How do you know?"

"He, well, he told me of course, you idiots. I'm his best friend you know." Ron said. "Isn't that right, Harry?"

"Yeah."

"Bollocks. I don't believe it for a minute. Where?" Dead leaned over the edge of his bed, his eyes drilling into Harry's.

"Um. The Quidditch showers." Harry blushed again.

"You got a girl to go into the Quidditch showers?" Neville was astounded.

"It was after a game. Everyone had left." Harry explained. "It was, ah, pretty quiet."

"Who? Who would go in the Quidditch showers?" Dean was suddenly very interested.

"He can't tell you that!" Ron squawked.

"Shut up, Ron. It's Harry's sex life we're talking about here, not yours. He has a right to tell us everything. Don't you, Harry?" Dean winked.

"No, he doesn't!"

Dean shook his head and chuckled. "Ron, I'd think you'd be the first one to want to know all about a blowjob."

"I already do know about it."

"Come on, Harry. I told you all about Padma. If you can't tell us who, at least you can tell us what." Dean said reasonably. "As in: what happened." His grin flashed in the dark.

"Yeah, tell us what happened in the Quidditch showers, Harry." Neville's eyes looked bright and slightly glazed. "Get-ting na-ked in the show-ers…" Neville repeated a bit of Ron's rhyme. Ron blushed.

Harry looked from Neville to Dean. He looked slightly trapped. "Uh. Well, I was pressed up against the wall…"

"…she's aggressive. Hermione?" Dean suggested. Harry shook his head.

Neville urged, "Sh! Stop interrupting."

"Anyway, I'd better back up a bit. Um. I was already naked in the shower and, uh, she said 'good game.' Behind me, I mean. I didn't know she was there," Harry began.

"Waitaminute. She went into the showers on her own?" Dean asked.

Ron added, "You're leaving something out here, Harry. What were you doing?"

Neville was wide-eyed.

"Uh. I was… wanking. And, uh, she caught me at it." Harry blushed. "And she said, 'whoops. Guess I caught you at a bad time.' But she didn't leave."

"So. She thought walking in on you in the shower would be a good time?" Dean laughed. "You're fantasizing. There's no way this is true."

"Sh!" Neville said. "So what happened?"

"I laughed and I said, 'I suppose so.' I was pretty embarrassed."

"I'll bet. What happened next?"

"Then she, uh, kinda leered at me — "

"That's not true!" Ron said.

"Is too!" Harry insisted. "I mean, she was kind of staring there, you know?"

"Oh, come off it, Harry…." Ron growled.

"Ron, I don't buy this story either, but sheesh, let him tell it!" Dean cut him off.

Ron folded his arms and kept quiet.

"Anyway, I at least thought she was staring there," Harry glared at Ron. "And she didn't leave. And we started talking…"

"You just stood there. Talking. Naked. In the shower. With a girl staring at you?" Dean said. "Was she dressed?"

"Uh. Yeah." Harry flushed. "We were talking about the game, and I could hardly hear her over the water. So I, uh, invited her into the shower with me."

"You did what?!" Dean exclaimed. Neville goggled.

"I don't know what put it in my head, but I did."

"And she got in??" Neville was astounded. Harry nodded. "She undressed right there? And got in?"

"Yeah," Harry said.

Ron said. "Maybe she was planning to have a shower anyway…"

The three of them gave Ron a funny look.

Ron flushed. "…it was just a possibility."

Dean gave Ron a really weird look, shook his head and turned to Harry. "All right Mr. Unbelievable-With-The-Fantastic-Fantasy-Life. What did your 'dream girl' do next?"

"Well, nothing. We just took a shower." Harry shrugged.

"You're kidding! You have a naked girl in the shower next to you and you don't do a thing?!"

"I — I didn't think of it."

Now Neville and Dean gave Harry some very strange looks.

"At first," Harry added lamely. "But then she asked to borrow the soap…"

Dean chuckled. "Well, there goes your 'planning to take a shower' theory, Ron. She didn't bring any soap."

"I didn't mean right then and there!"

Harry, Dean and Neville all rolled their eyes at Ron.

Neville urged Harry to continue. "So what happened next?"

"Well. Um. She brushed by me to get the soap… and then… uh… we started kissing."

"Right on," said Dean. "This is finally getting somewhere."

"And, ah, that's when he, uh, she pressed me up against the wall."

"Did she have a nice body?" Neville asked, starry-eyed.

"Yeah. Really nice," Harry said.

"What'd she look like?" Dean asked.

"Let's see. Nice chest. Ummm. Kind of tall… little bit skinny?" Harry said, with an apologetic shrug at Ron.

"Is she skinnier than you?" Ron asked irritably.

Harry ignored the jibe.

"So… you were kissing… in the shower… with both of you naked…" Neville sighed wistfully, staring at the ceiling.

"Yeah. And she ran her hands through my hair and said all these really nice things," Harry continued in a soft voice.

"We don't care about that," Dean said.

"Oh, I -— I dunno… it was special."

Dean looked at Harry quizzically, and said in a gentler voice. "Go on." It seemed he was starting to believe Harry.

"I, well, that's when she pressed me up against the shower wall, and we were both kissing and the wall was really cold. And she asked me 'Are you sure?' and I said 'Yeah. If you are'…. "

"Sure? Sure of what?" Neville asked.

"Of what we were doing."

"I'd be pretty sure," Neville said. "Real sure."

"Yeah, I was." Harry continued. "We had all this water coming down all around us. I kept blinking it out of my eyes. I thought maybe if I shut my eyes too long it would all go away and just be a dream…"

"Oh. I didn't know that," Ron said, softly. "I thought you just had soap in your eyes. That's what you said anyhow."

"Yeah. I did. That was later." Harry explained. "Right then I was just worried that one false move — and it would be all over."

"Know how that is." Dean said.

The guys spared him a sympathetic glance. Who would have thought Padma would be so sensitive about her nose? Any one of them could have easily made the same mistake. Girls were minefields.

"Go on." Neville urged Harry again. His eyes were bright. "You were kissing in the shower…?"

"Who was kissing in the shower?" It was Seamus' voice. Everyone turned and greeted him.

"Welcome back, stranger!"

"Hey, Seamus…."

"Harry and some girl are kissing — were kissing. Don't interrupt or we'll never get this story out of him," Neville said anxiously. "Pull up a pillow."

"Harry got a blowjob," Dean explained.

"No shit! Really?" Seamus said. "Talk." He flopped onto his bed and stuffed a pillow under his chin.

Harry blushed. He'd lost the thread of the story.

"Oh, it's easy to see what happened." Ron interrupted. "He did her, she did him. End of story. Now, Seamus, what have you been up to?" He grinned.

"No, no, no. Congrats to anyone who got the elusive Harry Potter to talk about his adventures. As if he ever tells us anything." Seamus said. "You'll have a full report after Harry finishes. Go on, Harry. Tell us."

"Yeah… so you were kissing in the shower…" Neville prodded.

"Who was this with anyhow?" Seamus asked.

Ron fumed. "He's not going to tell you!"

"You're interrupting the story," Neville said in frustration.

Seamus threw up his hands. "All right, all right. Keep your shirt on. Girl. Shower. Kissing. Fine. I have it so far."

"I'd rather hear where you've been…" Ron began.

"Ron!" Neville and Dean said at once.

"All right…"

Seamus snuggled into his pillow. "So, did she feel you up?" He waggled his eyebrows.

"Yeah." Harry smiled. "A lot. We started kissing really hard. She kinda ground me into the wall, actually…"

"Excitable," Dean commented.

"Uh-huh. Then, uh, she started wanking me…"

Dean's eyebrows rose. "Really? Just like that?"

"…yeah. It was nice. I mean, she started it by saying, 'You want me to take over? Where you left off?' and I laughed and said 'sure.' "

Neville goggled.

Seamus shook his head. "You guys believe this?"

"Sh," said Dean. "It's a great story. Go on, Harry." His eyes sparkled.

Harry was exasperated. "It was a sort of private joke, you know? She'd walked in on me wanking, you see." Harry said plaintively. Seamus rolled his eyes. "It was funny! At the time anyway… I dunno… I never thought you'd believe me," Harry ended.

"We believe you, Harry." Dean supplied helpfully. "Go on."

Harry licked his lips. Ron fell back on his bed with a heavy sigh and groaned.

"What's wrong with him?" Seamus asked the room.

Dean shrugged.

"Go on, Harry!" Neville said.

Harry swallowed. "Um, ah… well, anyway, she was wanking me and — well, I wasn't coming. I mean, it was just so unfamiliar, and I kept thinking someone would walk in on us and what they would say. So. Ah. I started, hmm, doing her you know? With my, ah, hands?" Harry stumbled through the description hurriedly. "Anyhow, neither one of us were coming and — "

"What do you mean neither one of you were coming?" Neville asked. "Do girls, um… do they come, too?"

"Yes!" — "Of course!" Dean and Seamus said at once.

"Just without the come," Ron explained.

"Oh."

"Welcome to remedial Sex Ed 101, Neville," Ron said.

"Don't look at me. I had to have Snape for sex ed class! You can't ask him anything!"

The boys all shuddered and thought Neville had the worst luck.

"Really?" Harry asked. "I had Professor Lupin. He was really helpful. I could ask him all kinds of, uh… stuff," he finished rather lamely.

Ron squinted at him. "What sort of 'stuff'?" he asked suspiciously.

"Uh… I had some questions about the, uh, shower incident," Harry said, and winced.

"You didn't tell him about the showers, did you?!" Ron asked.

"Not everything, no!"

Seamus looked at Dean with a puzzled expression.

"Ron already knows this shower story." Dean shrugged. Seamus made a silent 'oh.' "Moving right along, Harry — Ron, if you'll just shut up for ten minutes while Harry tells his story?"

Seamus held his wand up like a microphone, and said in a hushed voice. " 'In last week's exciting episode, Harry Potter was in the showers, getting his willie wanked — and tragically not coming — while he felt up his girlfriend…' Who is this, anyway, Harry?"

"I promised not to say."

Seamus threw his hands up.

"So, um, did she ever come then?" Neville asked.

"Yes. Eventually. When wanking didn't work, she uh, got on her knees — "

"Dammit, Harry, you're getting this story wrong! You did her — "

Neville, Seamus, Dean and Harry all said: "Ron! Shut Up!"

"Whatever the order — " Harry shot Ron a glare. " — she got on her knees eventually, and she… well, she started licking me."

Neville gave Harry an uncomprehending encouraging nod.

Seamus laughed. "Licking?"

"Yeah. She didn't know how to do a blowjob right. Or maybe she was just embarrassed whateverthereason — she started licking me." Harry grinned. "But it felt really good, okay? So it was fine." Harry sighed in exasperation. "Anyhow, I — sort of, well, showed her how it was done. That's how I know she did me first." He glared at Ron.

Seamus looked puzzled. "Showed her? How?" Dean nodded, with an identical quizzical expression. Ron ran his hands over his face.

"It's complicated. Um. I sort of explained, okay?"

"I bet it was really embarrassing for her and I bet she would really hate you if you told, Harry," Ron said in a flat voice.

"It was great."

Neville asked, a little confused. "So. Did she bring you off?"

"Yeah." Harry grinned broadly. "Twice. Natural talent, once she got the hang of it. It was brilliant."

Ron asked, grinning evilly. "So did you do her?"

Harry swallowed. "Yes."

"How many times?"

"I, uh, got her to come… oh, god, I don't know. It was a lot."

"You went down, Harry. How many times?"

"Uh… two or three, I think."

"Four, Harry. Count them: four."

"She came, I guess, twice?"

"Three times."

"All right. I think it was three."

Seamus looked quizzically between Harry and Ron. "Who's telling this story anyway? You mean to say this all happened in the Quidditch showers?" he said, disbelieving. Dean snorted.

"Part of it," Harry said sheepishly. "We got scared someone would come in, so, we, uh… took it somewhere else. To finish up."

The room was silent. Neville sighed, and snuggled his teddy bear.

"I knew you wouldn't believe me," Harry said finally.

Dean and Seamus started laughing, and Neville tentatively joined in. Then Ron laughed, too.

"Nox!" Seamus said. The others extinguished their lights as well. "Harry, if that is any sample of your fantasy life, I want you to go into the porn industry after you leave school…"

Everyone laughed. Ron chuckled from the bed next to Harry's.


~*~*~


The room was dark. Heavy curtains hung like dark red shadows, highlighted warmly from the nightlight that sat on Neville's little table, a small comical garden gnome with a cartoon face. Ron rustled out from under the covers, and got up. He padded to the bathroom. The light clicked on, leaving a stripe of white under the door blazing into the bedroom.

"Psst," Harry whispered into the dark. "Anyone awake?"

There wasn't a sound beyond Seamus' muffled snores, and the soft sigh from Neville's bed. Dean rolled over, muttered something, and went back to sleep. Satisfied, Harry snagged his glassed from the end table and scuffed into his slippers. He opened the bathroom door, without bothering to knock. He knew he didn't have to. Light blazed into the bedroom, and then the door shut behind him.

The tile of the Gryffindor bathroom was red and gold, and the worn fixtures were a much-abused brass. The main showers were downstairs, but there was a shower here, notorious for turning suddenly cold when the girls in the opposite tower turned on theirs. Ron sat on the edge of the toilet seat, his head in his hands. Harry winced and didn't say anything for a few moments. Harry dropped his hands across his friend's shoulders. Finally, Ron looked up at Harry, and just shook his head in speechless disbelief.

"I'm sorry, Ron," Harry rubbed Ron's shoulders. "It was a great story…" he shrugged.

"Harry, what do you want? For me to wear a 'Ron loves Harry' button? Shall we invite each other to the next dance? Exchange armbands with each other's names on them?"

"Armbands?"

"Wizard custom. You know what I mean."

"It'd be nice."

"If you ask me too, I will." Ron looked at Harry seriously. "But you had best be clear just how much shit you want to take for it. Because once it's out, it's out. And — there's no going back, Harry, even if you want to."

Harry was silent a long moment. He sighed, and sat on the edge of the tub, glumly.

"I just wanted to brag about you, Ron. Just the once. You get to talk about Hermione, but I don't get to talk about anyone. It's make me look… like an idiot."

"It makes you look queer. But you can always blame your fame: 'Oh, woe is me, girls only want me for my scar,' " Ron said in a falsetto voice with a melodramatic gesture. Harry laughed. "Seriously. Whatever you want, Harry."

Harry stood, edged and maneuvered himself between Ron's knees. "You know what I want?"

"Huh. What?" Ron said, with the beginnings of a smile.

Harry leaned over and whispered. "I want you to not wear any underwear tomorrow. All day." Then he kissed Ron, softly devouring his mouth. They remained there, dreaming, exploring with a gentle moan that could have come from either Harry or Ron, neither of them was really sure. Harry needed this, and only this. If he could float in this heaven forever he would be happy.

As they parted with a breath, Ron passed his hand across his lips and shook himself, briefly, with a sigh. He smiled at Harry, and his eyebrows flicked up.

"Pretty kinky, Harry... Sure."

Harry laughed in surprise. "You'll do that for me? You're crazy, Ron."

"Tell me something I don't know. And will you do something for me?" Ron moved Harry's hand to his lap. He was as hard as a rock and very large. "Do something about this?

"Because you're right. That was one hell of a story."




Finis.

Date: 2003-04-23 02:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goseaward.livejournal.com
Aw, that was cute. And very guy-talk-ish; I can see quite a few of my friends having a similar conversation. Ron's reactions were hysterical. I also liked how they were all so obsessed with Harry's story that they didn't notice Ron's reactions. Very true-to life, very nice. :)

"Roll a-round the Astronomy To-wer… Get-ting nak-ed in the show-er… the blouse is off — not far to go… It's time to see if she will blow! " ...and that's going to be in my head. For days.

Ron

Date: 2003-04-24 09:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
*Grins* It did help that Ron had a habit of interrupting and jumping ahead anyway. Harry didn't do much better. At one point he even said 'he.' But he corrected himself, and no one noticed!

~Icarus *still grinning*

Date: 2003-04-23 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aome.livejournal.com
I'm here via [livejournal.com profile] mctabby's rec.

Even though I'm primarily an H/Der, I *do* like H/R as well, and this was *great*. I was laughing my head off at Harry's awkward descriptions, and Ron's vehement reactions. So very very guy-like. The singsong chant was cute, too. A wonderful scene all around - a lot of fun, sexy, and, at the end, very sweet. Loved it!

Plumeria

Date: 2003-04-23 06:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phiona.livejournal.com
Here for same reason. Don't even like this pairing, usually, but loved this! :::facepalms:::

Nice to see all the boys together.
Not in that way.
Although....

::facepalms::

Date: 2003-04-24 09:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Hah! To paraphrase a line from Minx, now I have 'visions of naked Gryffindors dancing across my eyelids'!

~Icarus

Plumeria!

Date: 2003-04-24 09:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
When I posted in your livejournal yesterday, I followed someone else's link to it, so I didn't see your signature. Wonderful to see you! Aside from your help on Fiction Alley with 'Rising Sun,' I've loved your Harry/Draco on the restricted section. ;) Thank you.

Yeah, Harry was having a little trouble translating from guy-to-girl. The story is totally unbelievable, unless you know it was a guy. Then suddenly it makes sense why the 'girl' would be in the showers, why they'd just be talking with Harry naked (about the game no less), the inside joke about 'picking up where Harry left off' -- even the 'girl's' casualness about catching Harry wanking.

Some things just don't translate. LOL.

I got the idea from a conversation with a gay friend in India. He told this story about a 'girl' to all his friends (who didn't know he was gay, hush-hush over there) about being hit on my this 'college girl'... his total shock at it (??), and finally giving in (??)... their living together for about six weeks (would never happen in India)... then his being two-timed. He had a giant freak-out, felt that he had done something really wrong.

It made no sense. Unless you realised he did this with a guy. Then it made perfect sense.

He went home to his family and wouldn't eat. Finally, he decided his life was over and became a monk. But he wouldn't explain why to the Lama. The Lama gave him a girl's name. And that meant a lot to my young friend, that the Lama understood and just sort of winked at it, didn't seem to think it was a big deal.

~Icarus

Re: Plumeria!

Date: 2003-04-24 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aome.livejournal.com
Wow, thanks for that backstory! And thanks for the comments on my fic, too. :) I've very much enjoyed the fics I've seen of yours as well.

Date: 2003-04-23 08:50 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] isiscolo.livejournal.com
Very sweet and cute. What a dense bunch of guys!

Density

Date: 2003-04-24 09:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
No kidding! It just doesn't occur to them -- probably because of Ron's obvious interest in girls. Hell, Harry even blew it and said 'he' once, and it went right by them.

Boy, if they ever think this through...

~Icarus

Date: 2003-04-23 09:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashfae.livejournal.com
B'god, it's Ron/Harry that I like! More amazing, it's Ron/Harry that's almost...gasp...in character! Is this allowed? Unbelievable!

Almost?!

Date: 2003-04-24 10:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Only almost? *Icarus rushes back to story to make IC changes.*

*wink*

Is this allowed?

Actually I've read the official guidelines for Harry/Ron, and it specifically states that:

'all Harry/Ron is to be fluffy and happy' and
'all fights are to be resolved within a chapter or two.'

It also says that:

'Ron and Harry are to be built like young gods' plus
'Ron is to be great in bed, though, ideally, both are.'
(There's a footnote: Ron is supposed to be hairy and have a huge cock.)

It's very strict about the two of them:

'must be completely in love' and they are
'never, ever, ever, ever allowed to end up with someone else.'
(Another footnote: cheating on each other is only acceptable if they have -- temporarily -- broken up, or are not yet together and secretly pining for each other. And yes, because this is 'meant to be' it is cheating if they see others before they're together).

*scratches head*

No. I don't see anything in there about characterisation. Unlike Snape and other characters, it doesn't seem to be considered important.

I seem to have gotten off on a technicality.

~Icarus

Re: Almost?!

Date: 2003-04-26 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashfae.livejournal.com
*can't respond, laughing too much*

Date: 2003-04-23 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zsazsa101.livejournal.com
I'm here by way of [livejournal.com profile] aome's LJ and I'm so glad she rec'd this :) I've read a few Ron/Harry fics, but I'm a staunch Harry/Draco supporter. But I *loved* this. The conversations between all the boys seemed so natural and genuine. It reminded me of when I was in college and the girls from my dorm floor would get together and gossip about our conquests. The spirit of the Gryffindors' conversation was very well written and such fun to read. And I really enjoyed Ron's little comments as Harry was telling the story. I really felt for Harry that he just wanted to brag a bit about how much he enjoys his time with Ron and be "one of the guys" for a while. This really was just great!

Staunch Harry/Draco

Date: 2003-04-24 10:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Is it wrong that I feel gleefully insidious, that I've managed to corrupt you into some Harry/Ron? ;)

The spirit of the Gryffindors' conversation was very well written and such fun to read.

Thank you! Naughty, naughty boys.

And I really enjoyed Ron's little comments as Harry was telling the story.

Heh. I counted. Ron interrupted and gave himself away 16 times during the story! And Harry even slipped once and referred to his 'girl' as a he. (He caught himself, and no one noticed.)

I really felt for Harry that he just wanted to brag a bit about how much he enjoys his time with Ron and be "one of the guys" for a while.

Oh, excellent! I was really hoping that scene would come across and not be 'sappy.'

~Icarus

Date: 2003-04-23 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nsmom.livejournal.com
Now I'm not one to normally read slash, but I loved this! Ron's reactions were priceless!

I get that from time to time

Date: 2003-04-24 10:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
My other two Harry/Ron stories (Primer to the Dark Arts and An Irresistible Photo) have had reviews from people who liked them, despite the fact that they're slash. This really tells me that I'm doing something right. Slash readers will forgive all kinds of sins (heck, I will) just to see their favourite pairing together, but non-slash readers demand that the story be completely believable.

And usually is only Percy who's believably gay. ;)

~Icarus

Re: I get that from time to time

Date: 2003-04-24 11:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nsmom.livejournal.com
Ohhh linkage to those two stories?

As I said, I'm not slash reader normally, but if there is something good, then I'll read it...and if this story was any indication, your stuff is good...

Even though I have a thing for incredibly!het!Percy... :-)

Re: I get that from time to time

Date: 2003-04-25 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Wonderful! They're both on my site here (http://home.earthlink.net/~dinkbird/_wsn/page4.html).

'Primer to the Dark Arts' is about 170 pages.

~Icarus

Date: 2003-04-23 02:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dontgiveahoot.livejournal.com
Wow. This was so hot and sexy and REAL. My favourite part was where none of the boys realised just WHY Ron kept interrupting Harry's story. It was very guy-talkish, and very realistic. I loved it. And the end part was touching and sweet, with Ron saying that he'd be willing to come out if Harry would, but that they had to be aware of the consequences of doing so, and of Harry wanting to just be able to join in the guy talk once in a while.

I hereby demand that you post this on fanfiction.net, fictionalley.org, [livejournal.com profile] harry_and_ron, <"lj comm="parryhotter">, and every other public forum you can think of immediately. It's fantastic.

Jen / Quoth the Raven

Harry and Ron salutes you!

Date: 2003-04-24 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Hey, Quothe!

Thank you, this made my day. I'm so surprised everyone liked this piece. I had a lot of fun with it.

*salutes* I'm off to 'wall-paper' it everywhere, as per your orders. *wink* Now, you, as one of the great IC-Harry/Ron shippers -- go write us some believable Harry/Ron porn. Straightaway.

~Icarus

Date: 2003-04-23 02:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] milenalupin.livejournal.com
Another H/D-shipper lured over here by the lovely [livejournal.com profile] aome...

I love this one to bits. Really. It's so funny, and believable, and, like somebody said before, boyish... Quite the boys' dorm talk after curfew. *g*
I love Harry's narration, Ron's co-telling - and their audience is just brilliant.

And this one just cracked me up:
"Welcome to remedial Sex Ed 101, Neville," Ron said.
"Don't look at me. I had to have Snape for sex ed class! You can't ask him anything!"


Poor Neville. Though I'm not sure, if it wasn't even worse for Snape. *rolls*

Yay! Another convert!

Date: 2003-04-24 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Wow, I'm really enjoying this. Since I was a Harry/Ron purist that was converted to Harry/Draco by 'After the Flood,' it only feels right and just that I lure away some Draco fans (temporarily, of course... there's nothing like a frothy, witty Draco to start your day).

Might I further corrupt you with a little Ron/Draco? 'Beg Me For It. I was challenged to write Ron/Draco, and wound up with a series. (http://inkstain.slashcity.net/isf/archive/7/begme.html)

~Icarus

Re: Yay! Another convert!

Date: 2003-04-24 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] milenalupin.livejournal.com
You know that I really don't know what I admire you most for?
Liking Ron? (Stupid, lazy, somewhat good-natured git that he is...)
Keeping Draco in-my-favourite-character? (As in cocky, sarcastic and a teeny bit mean.)
Making a Ron/Draco sound true? - Priceless...

... or the fact that besides the fact that you're writing a funny, humourous fic you still manage to precisely describe a working, efficiently cruel, despotic Death Eater tyranny which is even scarier, because of the historic Nazi references. Fact is, most dictatoric regimes can only function, because of their use of a mass of blind, willingly unseeing drones who are not involved with the cruelty, but keep the machinery walking. *shudders*

Bloody brilliant, this one, and amazing in its background and depth behind the fun. Wow.

Date: 2003-04-23 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] addictedkitten.livejournal.com
Aw, that was cute. Very- hmm. Honest, I suppose. You really had their voices down well. And it was sweet, without being obnoxious about it. Yay, good Harry/Ron. :-) *applauds you*

Honest? Really?

Date: 2003-04-24 10:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Oh, it's honest? What a compliment, thank you!

~Icarus

(By the way, I love your icon. *drools*)

Date: 2003-04-23 06:37 pm (UTC)
semielliptical: woman in casual pose, wearing jeans (Default)
From: [personal profile] semielliptical
Lovely fic! I really enjoyed the way you wrote the boys, especially Harry and Ron. Ron is quite funny, the way he both wants the other boys to know that Harry's telling the truth (or most of it) but doesn't want Harry to give too much away. Thanks for a fun read!

Just one of the boys...

Date: 2003-04-24 10:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
The way he both wants the other boys to know that Harry's telling the truth (or most of it) but doesn't want Harry to give too much away.

Yeah, he did at first. But then Harry ended up telling the whole story. Eeep. The fact that he had no clue how to do a blowjob was particularly humiliating... ;)

~Icarus

Date: 2003-04-24 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dancingrain.livejournal.com
Another recced by [livejournal.com profile] aome, and glad I stopped by! Love the fic, and, I'm psyched to have found you on LJ. I adore your "Beg Me For It" and just last night went back to your website and read the "First Signs of Magic" for Hermione. I really enjoy your writing, whatever the pairing.

Hooray

Date: 2003-04-24 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
*Icarus shakes hand* Welcome aboard! I'm really glad you liked this. I still can't get over the surprise that people have enjoyed this story so much. *blink, blink*

You've read 'Beg Me For It'? Wonderful! I've good news. That's turned out to be a five-part series (and four out of the five have already been written). The next part is just getting a final once-over from my illustrious Beta-reader CLS. It's very different from 'Beg', just to warn you.

Why do I sound like Arthur Weasley right now? Do you have any plugs?

~Icarus

Re: Hooray

Date: 2003-04-24 01:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dancingrain.livejournal.com
I'm happy about any continuation to Beg Me For It, whatever it's styled like.

As for liking Guy Talk, What I loved most about it, I think, was
* The "being inside the inner sanctum" of a bunch of guys talking about sex. Fic is almost never written about that
* The humor, esp. a decent amount of subtle humor. Ron's reactions, in particular, and the cluelessness of the other guys even as they get a fair number of clues to work from
* The way the Harry/Ron relationship is revealed slowly to the reader, moving from a good suspicion to a definite, where then we as reader are "in on the joke" even before the scene break and the two boys meeting up in the bathroom. Not that I didn't know it was a H/R fic, but that it was neat to have the elements of it slowly revealed. For all anyone knew initially reading this, it could have been a "how they get together" fic in the present tense, or something, not that they'd been together before. So there was a small thrill of mystery and of finding out what really happened. Fed, not coincidentally, by the reactions of the boys.
* The element of voyeurism involved, as the boys react to and sit raptly for the tale of the initial hookup. Ah, but I do love voyeurism.

Hmm, no plugs.... would butt plugs do? ;)

*returns icon adorage* I'll give you pics of sweet boys kissing if you give me pics of sexy boys showering... :D

PS

Date: 2003-04-24 10:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
I love photos of boys kissing... *sighs*

Date: 2003-04-24 08:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laurelwood.livejournal.com
I read this right before I went to bed and dreamed of highschool half the night! What a great story- a perfect mix of funny, sweet and raunchy. And it occurs to me that you'd be the perfect person to finally do justice to that "Snape Teaches Sex Ed" theme.

Snape teaches sex ed

Date: 2003-04-24 10:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Thanks! I'm so surprised everyone liked this. I sure enjoyed writing it.

Ah, no one can do the famed 'Snape Sex Ed' like Grindylowe. The Lecture (http://www.geocities.com/grindylowe/sexed.html). Once described by Brodie as 'the longest sexual encounter Neville ever had.

Read, and be awed. That doorbell analogy works, by the way, and was damned nice of Snape.

~Icarus *grins*

Date: 2003-04-24 12:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
You do Harry/Ron SO well! They are so... CUTE. Please don't hit me!

Ooh, Ron without underwear, going commando 'cause Harry wants him to... yummy.

The cardinal rules of Harry/Ron

Date: 2003-04-24 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
I'm given to understand that it is gospel that Harry/Ron is cute. At least, based on the irate response to my gay!Harry straight/confused!Ron in Primer to the Dark Arts.

~Icarus ;)

Date: 2003-04-24 12:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ms-nerd.livejournal.com
Wonderful WONDERFUL Harry/Ron. Excellent job ::happysigh::

Blush and grin!

Date: 2003-04-24 10:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Thank you! This is wonderful that people like the story so much.

~Icarus

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