"And It Could Be Me, And It Could Be Thee" (Griselda Marchbanks, Augusta Longbottom)

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Author: wemyss
Prompt/Prompt Author: "Their friendship is canon, but unexplored. Their shagging each other through the mattress is fanon, but just for once, let's have a friendship story of these two." -- therealsnape
Title: And it could be me, and it could be thee
Characters: Griselda Marchbanks, Augusta Longbottom, Neville, Harry, Dudley, Minerva, Pomona Sprout, Lily Potter (née Evans), Hermione, Angelina, Charity Burbage, WG Grace, various Longbottoms and connexions, various Marchbanks and Sitwells, and the usual cast
Rating: BBFC12/12A
Warnings: Academic politics; Arithmancy, Duckworth-Lewis and; Betjeman; British humour; cricket; the Established Church; gardening; Goblins; Larkin; politics (non-academic); rural life; Miss Sayers; Socialism, donnish; suffragettes and other early feminists; TMS; various off-stage deaths; village life; war and insurrection
Word Count: 10217, bar footnotes
Summary: Augusta looks back upon a long friendship, and many surreptitiously-enjoyed cricket seasons, and bugger the pureblood fanatics.
Author’s Notes: Mr Roy Harper’s inspiration was invaluable. I am obliged to my editors, N & F, to whom this is aptly dedicated; to Wisden, naturally; to the dean and chapter of Durham; and to many, many others.

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( And it could be me, and it could be thee )