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Prompt/Prompt Author: See summary. Submitted byfeatherxquill
Title: Cocktail Time
Characters: Rita Skeeter, Gilderoy Lockhart
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: 10K
Summary: Not many people know this, but Rita Skeeter and Gilderoy Lockhart flatted together for a while after Hogwarts. They stole each other's hair products rampantly. He painted her nails, she transfigured his clothes. She wrote about him, he invited her to parties. It was fabulous, darling. This was Feather's brilliant prompt. And it sums it up, really. But then, things went wrong.
Author's Notes: When Rita Skeeter was absent from the public scene, following the horrific events at the Triwizard Tournament, speculation was rife. It has been suggested she had a passionate love affair (she’s had many, but they didn’t stop her from writing). Or that she suffered from Writer’s Block (Rita? Really?). Evil tongues even suggested Harry Potter stopped her from publishing. (As if. It was Potter who begged her to return to interview him for the Quibbler.)
Truth is, Rita Skeeter took a sabbatical to write a new book. And![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hp_friendship gets the right of First Publication. Rita wants to thank her fabulous editor for all her hard work and the friendship mods for having the courage to publish this outspoken, honest account of her years with Gilderoy.
( Cocktail Time )
therealsnapePrompt/Prompt Author: See summary. Submitted by
featherxquillTitle: Cocktail Time
Characters: Rita Skeeter, Gilderoy Lockhart
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: 10K
Summary: Not many people know this, but Rita Skeeter and Gilderoy Lockhart flatted together for a while after Hogwarts. They stole each other's hair products rampantly. He painted her nails, she transfigured his clothes. She wrote about him, he invited her to parties. It was fabulous, darling. This was Feather's brilliant prompt. And it sums it up, really. But then, things went wrong.
Author's Notes: When Rita Skeeter was absent from the public scene, following the horrific events at the Triwizard Tournament, speculation was rife. It has been suggested she had a passionate love affair (she’s had many, but they didn’t stop her from writing). Or that she suffered from Writer’s Block (Rita? Really?). Evil tongues even suggested Harry Potter stopped her from publishing. (As if. It was Potter who begged her to return to interview him for the Quibbler.)
Truth is, Rita Skeeter took a sabbatical to write a new book. And
hp_friendship gets the right of First Publication. Rita wants to thank her fabulous editor for all her hard work and the friendship mods for having the courage to publish this outspoken, honest account of her years with Gilderoy.( Cocktail Time )