hd_worldcup: "Not tonight, Joséphine"

OK, if any body can figure out the link between the above quotation and the latest round of hd_worldcup fics... I dunno, I'll say "You're right!" or something.

Anyway, the seventh set of fics at hd_worldcup went up yesterday, but I was, I believe, flapping about like a chicken with two heads chopped off (get your mind around that mental image if you will) and thus am sadly late with the linkage.

The prompt is The Empress.

• The Opposite of War - Team Fanon
  Wordcount: 8070
  Rating: R
  Warnings: Sexual situations in a public place, swearing, violence.
  Summary: The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation.
  Author's Note: The Empress: The Great Mother. Accomplishment, nurtures children, strong, confident. Reverse Empress: The Poor Mother. Possessive, jealous, disruptive, indecisive, confused, squanders. Thanks to [DJ], [SB] and [BL].
  
  
• Black's Blood Curse - Team EWE
  Wordcount: 9100ish
  Rating: PG-13
  Summary: Teddy Lupin is gravely ill, and only the blood of the closest living Black male relative can save him.
  Author's Note: Thank you team EWE!
  
  
• How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? - Team Epilogue
  Wordcount: 26,532
  Rating: Mature
  Warnings: Language, sexual situations.
  Summary: In order to keep custody of his children, Draco needs to find a spouse that will shore up the Malfoy family's tattered reputation. But what starts off as a means to an end gets more complicated when Draco's target reawakens feelings in him that he hasn't had in a long while, and Draco starts to feel alive for the first time since his wife's death.
  Author's Note: Empress Prompt—Parenting, Nurturing, New Love, New Life.
  Thank you to my betas—M, N, O, and fellow team members, with an extra-special note of gratitude to M.
  
  
• A Dark Place in Time - Team Canon
  Wordcount: ~9000
  Rating: PG
  Warnings: EWE
  Summary: What on earth was her son thinking, falling for Harry Potter of all people, Narcissa wonders. But after the death of her husband, she finds him useful in many, and sometimes surprising, regards.
  Author's Note: Many thanks to my wonderful beta S. All remaining mistakes are mine.