Recs from Rarepair Shorts Winter 2010/2011 Exchange

[swissmarg]

In addition to my fic (which I'm including here again for the sake of completeness), there were three femmeslash fics in the recent rarepair_shorts Winter 2010/2011 exchange featuring characters of color. Headers under the cut.

Author: swissmarg
Recipient: ellielove_x3
Title: Dressing for Success
Pairing: Luna/Blaise
Rating: G
Word Count: ~2,500
Summary: Head of design at Zabini's fashion house, Pansy Parkinson has her eye set on the heir apparent. But his eye is caught by a witch who has her own way of looking at things.

Author: a_shadow_there
Recipient: deathjunke
Title: Some Kind of Nothingness
Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/Vittoria Zabini; mentions of Narcissa/Bellatrix, Narcissa/Lucius, and Lucius/others.
Rating: R; angst, hurt/comfort, infidelity, sex
Word Count: ~1140
Summary: After Draco takes the Dark Mark, Narcissa is anxiety-ridden. She seeks comfort in the embrace of an old friend.

Author: seatbeltdrivein
Recipient: a_shadow_there
Title: The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth
Pairing: Ginny/Cho
Rating: R
Warnings: Infidelity, implied sexuality
Word Count: 810
Summary: The world was so often an unfair place that she couldn't bring herself to feel guilty.

Author: ellielove_x3
Recipient: briony_tallis
Title: The Ladies in Red
Pairing: Lavender/Parvati
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1100
Summary: Eleven 100-word drabbles documenting Lavender Brown’s intensely close friendship with Parvati Patil.