Therealsnape

I'm an eager follower of The Austen Project, in which six famous, professional authors offer a new take on Austen's book. This summer kellychambliss and I discussed the various books, and especially the recently-published Emma.

We were our usual critical selves, and then I thought it would be fun to try a re-write myself. The result you'll find below. It's my take on Emma and my entry for this year's minerva_fest.

kellychambliss, ardent Austonian and beta-reader extra-ordinaire, offered invaluable advice, as always. Thank you, dear, for improving my writing and for five glorious years of Minerva-centered works!

Title: Sense and Persuasion
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7900
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Pomona Sprout, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Augusta Longbottom. In due course, pairings will develop.
Summary: Poppy Pomfrey has all the best characteristics of Emma Woodhouse, and the wisdom that comes with age. So when she interferes, it isn’t meddling. Not at all.
Warnings: None.

( Sense and Persuasion )

Author: therealsnape
Recipient: squibstress
Title: A Ministering Angel Thou
Pairing: Minerva/Poppy
Request: Ten degrees above normal, and this pairing
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1800
Summary: Minerva finds she has a talent for nursing after all.
Author's Notes: I read albalark’s wonderful Pomfrey/Hagrid story on the rarepair_shorts Wishlist, and then this little thing wrote itself in mere hours. Figuratively speaking, of course – my courageous beta kellychambliss flung herself between you and the first version, for which I’m deeply grateful. Poppy is grateful, too; she says she owes you one.

( A Ministering Angel Thou )