Harry Potter and the Arcana / by the Imaginizer (PG-15)

Title: Harry Potter and the Arcana
Author: the_Imaginizer
Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: AU
Length: Very Long (167,030 words)

Author's Summary:
Harry Potter's life as we know it is entrenched with destiny, sewn together like a tightly plotted book. But what if his bond with destiny was far more imminent? What if whatever card said that Harry Potter is rubbish at divination was turned upside down?

Review:
Warning! Abandoned with a nasty cliff hanger! Just so you know. I really liked this fic.  Harry gets a talent for divination (which is written as a tricky subject, but a legitimate one requiring study and effort as well as talent, and causes as much trouble as it solves which makes for a very nice story) and a quirky OC mentor, but it doesn't instantly fix everything and it doesn't make Harry not still a child as much as he is in canon.  The plot deviations from canon are really good and interesting.  I liked when Harry met the Blacks, in particular.  I really hated the cliff hanger though and spam-clicked a bunch while whining "No!  There has to be more!"  :( 

Harry Potter and the Arcana (on ff.net)

Rainy Days / by Sadryn (G)

Title: Rainy Days
Author: Sadryn
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: AU, Melleby and Nightingale both survive and both de-age
Pairing: Nightingale/Mellenby
Length: Short (1,071 words)

Author's Summary:
AU in which David Mellenby stayed alive and grew old and then young again with Nightingale at his side as the only other wizard still in office. The two of them spent a considerable amount of time secluded at the Folly hiding from the world and trying to recover from the horrors of the war, before finally finding their way back into the realm of the living.

Review:
Billed as a humor fic, I think it's more of a Feel Good fic. It's adorable. I really like the Mellenby characterization based on what's known and what's fanon and what of Nightingale seems to be historical-wizard typical - it all comes together really well. Nightingale's is good too. And the interactions between the characters are great.

Rainy Days (on AO3)