Actual summery inside. Your family shapes you growing up weither you want them to or not. And in a family with seven children... the things they instill in you may not all be sunshine and roses.

The second generation is sorted and everyone is in for a shock when quiet little Albus Potter gets sorted into Slytherin. Things after the war aren't as Harry's generation delude themselves into thinking they are and Albus has become the voice of his house, but will anyone hear before it's too late? This is a VERY AU story. Neglect, abuse, bullying, cutting, and suicide may follow.

Dispite what some stories try to tell you not everyone ends up with the one they love at the end of the book. Someone somewhere just ends up falling for the person who is in love with someone else, or wont give them the time of day, or bats for the opposite gender or is related to them or... you get the picture right? This is a collection of drabbles from the minds of the Harry Potter cast conserning such illfated luck as it falls upon them. Pairings may be requested, not just guy/guy but girl/girl and boy/girl will be acepted.

Severus has a benefactor. They stay with him for years, always providing the right thing at the right time, and always with a note. As the years go on, Severus grows closer to this mysterious gift giver. Who are they? HPSS, EWE, slight AU, secret admirer fic, slash

George was always one to rush into a situation, giving a two-fingered salute to the consequences. Love, it appears, is no different. His Mark says it all, for this prankster is definitely a fool in love. Slash (gay), DMGeW, Harry Potter universe

*previously We Feel Like Monsters* Remus Lupin always thought he would be lonely. What with being a werewolf, how could he possibly not? It seems that he is destined to never find happiness, not even when he receives his Soul Mark at sixteen years old. It takes him another twenty eight years to be with his love but, he thinks, it is still worth it. Because he isn't destined to be alone after all. Snupin, slash, RLSS, soulmate fic

Draco always loved his soulmate, even if he hadn't met them yet. Even when his Mark came in, he loved them. Even enough to give them up to save them. And when he discovered that he was allowed to keep them, well, that made him love his unnamed soulmate all the more. AU Soulmate fic, one-shot. Slash.

Harry didn't believe anyone could love him. So when he received a Mark and was told of the Wizarding legend of soulmates, he could hardly believe it. He could hardly dare to hope. AU Soulmate fic, one shot. Slash.

During the winter holidays during Harry's 8th year, after the war, Harry receives a gift. Hortum Caeli is the most impressive thing that he has ever been given- and who could be using it as a marriage proposal? HPSS, Snarry, slash, one shot, 8th year AU