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Prompt Number: 30 submitted by marguerite_26--"Harry is 'forced' to take Scorpius's virginity in a fuck or die scenario, where they are both agreeing that it needs to be done but 'consent' isn't an option."
Kinks Showcased: dub-con, first time
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Scorpius
Summary: You'd think Scorpius would know better than to mess around with unfamiliar magical objects.
Content Notes/Warnings: Consent forced through circumstance. I invite you to imagine Scorpius at whatever age you find most enjoyable/comfortable.
Word Count: 8k
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Prompt Number: 30 submitted by marguerite_26--"Harry is 'forced' to take Scorpius's virginity in a fuck or die scenario, where they are both agreeing that it needs to be done but 'consent' isn't an option."
Kinks Showcased: dub-con, first time
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Scorpius
Summary: You'd think Scorpius would know better than to mess around with unfamiliar magical objects.
Content Notes/Warnings: Consent forced through circumstance. I invite you to imagine Scorpius at whatever age you find most enjoyable/comfortable.
Word Count: 8k
I adored this fic. It was for my prompt and one of my favourite pairings and one of my favourite authors … so I’m as biased as the day is long. BUT!!! BUT!!! This is so brilliantly done. I’ve been thinking about it since I read it and trying to find the words to rec it. It’s an incredibly psychologically complex fic, despite being a pwp on the surface. The most impressive thing about this fic is Harry. Harry is brilliantly IC... one of the most in character Harry’s I’ve seen set so far post-DH. He is happily married. He is mature, confident, fatherly, and has this Saviour complex with makes the solution to this problem inevitable. So Harry is perfect. But the piece of the story that stuck in my head and won’t let me go is the imperfect POV. The story is told through Scorpius, who is young and naive and eager and desperate and terribly insecure (as we see not only through his interactions with Harry, but through the glimpses of backstory and his interactions with the other next gen kids). Because of this, Scorpius’s POV is incredibly tainted, and the reader need to interpret what is actually happening by the characters behaviour and what we know of them and not necessarily what Scorpius wants to believe. The third key element of this fic comes unexpectedly from Scorpius’s best friend, Rose. Who is barely in the fic, and yet her impact on past, current and future events is undeniable.
The fic itself is not romantic in any stretch of the word. It is an uncomfortable read. Hot, don’t get me wrong... it hits all the buttons I wanted hit by this prompt of ‘forced sex’ but you are never not aware of the consequences of what is happening even while you are desperate for them to happen anyway. In my comment I called it a hot mess. It is. It’s complicated and thought provoking and beautifully told but oh-so hot and oh-so messy.