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it's so wild to me that you absolutely cannot force a hyperfixation to happen. like you'll watch the most perfectly tailor-made-for-you content that everyone says you'll love and feel absolutely nothing, and then the thing you watch on a whim to fill time will reach through the screen and put its damn fingers in your brain and start rearranging the neurons right in front of you and every single time you're like THIS??? THIS??????? and this happens like every 6-12 months forever

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i think it’s a pretty common headcanon that whenever there is a spider, annabeth freaks the fuck out. which is super weird to most people, because she’s like… the bravest person ever. even if you don’t know she’s a demigod, she’s just a badass. but if there’s a spider, she’s screaming bloody murder and jumping up on tables and counters. and of course, percy always comes and kills it for her. no matter what he’s doing or where he is.

but i think what would be even weirder for people (who don’t know her extremely well) is how seriously percy takes it. i feel like girls being scared of spiders and having their male partners come kill it is such a basic ‘weak white girl’ stereotype. and it usually is funny, even to the one who’s scared. so when annabeth does this and starts screaming for percy, people would start laughing. naturally, right? haha it’s so funny that annabeth chase is so scared of bugs. and after percy runs in and takes care of it, they would expect him to be laughing too and poke fun at her.

except it’s the exact opposite. there’s nothing funny about his expression. his jaw is hard-set and his sea green eyes are full of nothing but concern. he does a thorough examination of the surrounding area, makes absolutely sure there aren’t others and gets rid of any webs, and then goes straight to her. and his first question, every single time, is “you okay?” nothing but concern and support. and if the legendary fearless annabeth chase needs her boyfriend/husband to carry her across the room, because she doesn’t want to step on the rug now, you know dam well he’s gonna carry her across the room without a second thought. and you’d better not laugh at her, or else percy’s gonna give you the most scolding glare you’ve ever received, and it’s gonna make your arm/neck hairs stick straight up and your blood turn to ice.

and it would take people off guard every single time. because he’s not laughing at her. he takes her fear completely seriously. and it’s because he knows about her past. he’s seen her face her worst horrors. he knows what happened with arachne.

he knows exactly why she’s so scared of spiders, and to him, there’s nothing funny about it.

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Among Enemies and Old Rivalries Chapter 6 Snippet:

“Merlin, Weasley, did you somehow manage to avoid reading any of our O.W.L.S. material?” Malfoy barked, tone dripping with contempt and earning himself a glare from all three witches.

“Do try not to antagonize the people who came all this way from London during their time off in order to help us, Draco.” Daphne somehow managed to still sound soft and elegant despite the chastising glare she sent the Wizard.

If he felt even the slightest bit put out by her (albeit) gentle scolding, Malfoy only expressed it by rolling his eyes and choosing to ignore his friend.

“Calming Draughts, while effective, can be addictive if frequently taken in large doses,” he explained. “And if we go off what Daph just described, I highly doubt they’re being stingy with what they’re administering to her.”

Hermione found herself nodding along. “Paired with Pain Potions, which have a somewhat numbing effect, it’s very easy to become dependent on the substance. How no one ever even thought to come up with a way to modify them or somehow brew something that combines their effects in order to lessen the dosage of both potions, I’ll never know.”

“Messing with the long tried and tested brew of Calming Draught, especially if you’re trying to incorporate a pain numbing effect is nearly impossible without basically turning it into a paralysis potion,” Malfoy snorted, the look on his face indicating that this should be common knowledge to you people!

She had to – quite literally – bite down the urge to snap at him, her pride not taking the blow of not knowing something Malfoy knew very well.

“Hasn’t the Wizarding World been using those potions for more than half a century? Surely you don’t mean to tell me there’s been no progress in those years?”

The glare he sent her told her exactly how he felt about her questioning Wizarding progress.

“I understand your need to have a say on everything Granger, I really do, but if that oversized overachieving brain of yours could work for just one minute and recall that back in 1904, Asmode–”

“Dear Merlin, there’s two of them!” Ron’s exasperate groan effectively cut off Malfoy’s argument.

That was probably for the best.

She did not recall that particular chapter in their Potions book — probably because she has yet to start on the Potions essay they’ve been assigned but she was certainly not going to give Malfoy the satisfaction of having that over her.

However, despite inadvertently saving her from losing face, that didn’t mean that she appreciated his lack of desire for any academic discussion.

And that was how Ron Weasley ended up on the receiving end of Hermione Jean Granger and Draco Lucius Malfoy’s death glare.

“Shut it, Ronald!”

Her friend threw his hands up in mocked surrender.

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Starboy? More like Sleepy Boy 🥱💤✨

Draco takes a quick nap in the library between classes after a expending a bit too much magical energy earlier in the day. Meanwhile, Hermione gets a little distracted from her research…

Constellation Draco lore: he struggles to fall asleep if he’s not hugging something - an unfortunate side effect of the hoarding tendencies. An apple stuffed satchel will do in a pinch but his preferred cuddling pillow is sitting beside him 👀

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Okay but you can’t honestly sit there and tell me that Theodore Nott would not recreate Tom Holland’s Umbrella performance down the every minute detail just to prove a point.

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“Fatherless behavior” stop giving my DAD credit for all the work my MOM put into making me a terrible person!! Stop erasing women in history!!

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Top 10 Most “Kudos-ed” (Completed) Fics on AO3 of 2024:

BLOODY, SLUTTY, AND PATHETIC by WhatMurdah - E, 21 chapters, Words: 195,969 - “In my humble opinion there’s only three things that men should be and that is bloody, slutty, and pathetic.” And, on a good day, Draco Malfoy can be all three. When war heroine Hermione Granger and Azkaban-tattooed war criminal Draco Malfoy are forced to wed as part of Shacklebolt’s controversial Reconciliation Act, they openly fight the match and each other—their public brawls breathlessly reported by the press. Secretly, a deeply traumatized Draco delights in Hermione’s attention and pines for a real marriage with her—even as her forced proximity to the Black family magic irritates the cursed scar Bellatrix left on her arm, reminding her why she can never truly trust or forgive him. Then Hermione discovers that Draco’s blood will soothe the scar . . . and Draco is willing to trade his blood for her body. (With post-war blood purity politics, black market potioneers, Pansy Parkinson’s career advice, the Malfoys blackmailing Hermione’s Wizengamot opposition, BDE Neville Longbottom hunting Death Eaters, a slutty Theo Nott serving as Draco’s right-hand man, and Crookshanks loose in Malfoy Manor.)

The Gallows by gillianeliza - E, 23 chapters, Words: 47,332 - Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts the Ministry of Magic has one more wizard to bring to trial: Draco Malfoy. However, it's not a trial they're after, it's a spectacle to celebrate the end of the Death Eater regime with the execution of their final prisoner. When Hermione realizes their plan, she halts the trial and invokes The Gallows Law — an ancient law that pardons any pureblood male without an heir if a witch will marry him. What Hermione isn't ready for is the reality of bonding a broken, shell of a wizard and her new life as she moves into Malfoy Manor as the new Lady Malfoy.

Meet Me In Dreamland by sinflower81 - E, 39 chapters, Words: 229,631 - If there’s one thing Hermione Granger is good at, it’s using magic to fix her problems. And this time, her problem is sex. Luckily, she has the perfect solution: a locket enchanted with the Patented Daydream Charm. Whenever she opens it, she’ll find herself in Dreamland, where she can live out all her filthiest fantasies risk-free. The magic is a bit tricky, though. For some reason, Malfoy keeps showing up there with her. Thank goodness it’s only an illusion—if that was really him, she would never live it down. Meanwhile, Draco is determined to figure out who the fuck is cursing him to suffer through highly realistic, erotic hallucinations of his secret childhood crush. When he finds the culprit, there will be hell to pay.

The Missing Sister by singularritae - M, 75 chapters, Words: 652,727 - The owl appeared late at night and left just as suddenly, he recognised the handwriting immediately and ripped open the envelope. She is yours. If something happens to us, I want you to hide her. Name her Hermione, for she will have my last libation before I sleep and be the messenger of dreamers. Moony and Mary know. Three words. Three words that forever changed the course of the war.

A Gallows Marriage by MilaBelle - E, 31 chapters, Words: 162,244 - “Glee was the last thing she felt staring into the empty eyes that should have been a bright grey. His face had always looked pointed and sharp, but now that gave way to gauntness. His hair, which he had been so particular about in school, hung long and limp. It reminded her of how his father had looked in his mugshot. How he had wanted to be just like his father growing up. And now he was, maybe more than ever. A ghost.” After doing more than her fair share in saving the Wizarding World and bearing the scars of what it cost, Hermione Granger thinks she has earned herself a little respite. But when a charismatic albeit chaotic Theodore Nott convinces her to use an old law to save a dear friend who is about to meet the Dementor’s Kiss, she simply cannot stand by and watch. Follow Hermione as she navigates a world that still believes in blood status, a marriage to save the life of an old enemy and the hurt that comes with surviving.

an ever-fixed mark by ninepiecesofcrait - E, 28 chapters, Words: 208,118 - It was a comedy of errors how Hermione Granger ended up engaged to Draco Malfoy, really. A series of unfortunate events. // Malfoy looked at his bloodied hand and the ring on the cobblestone floor, and sighed. “Well, Granger.” Grey eyes finally raised to look at her. “Now look what you’ve done.” // [while working to break a curse in malfoy’s cellar, hermione accidentally touches an enchanted betrothal heirloom from the noble house of black. things rapidly fall apart from there.]

The Best Mistake by Chels_Writes_a_Fic - E, 26 chapters, Words: 127,444 - Hermione Granger does not make mistakes, at least not often. After making the biggest, dumbest, most horrible mistake of her life, Hermione must deal with the repercussions while keeping her relationship with her Auror partner, Draco Malfoy, strictly professional. He, of course, has other plans. Amidst a resurgence in Death Eater activity, the likes of which Britain hasn’t seen since the First Wizarding War, Hermione will come to realize that the mistake she’s made with Draco might not be so bad at all. It just might be the best mistake.

disparate by Stars_in_motion - E, 4 chapters, Words: 40,708 - au where omegas who go neglected by their alpha for a long time often go into breakthrough heats when being around a different, compatible alpha who displays one (1) caretaking trait around them "You– you brought me supper?" Malfoy eyed her warily. "Don't look so stricken. Do you think I haven't noticed you've been starving yourself for days? You were at your desk when I arrived this morning and haven't moved since." He opened the box of fruit and plucked out a single grape with his sinfully long fingers. Still seated in her desk chair, Malfoy loomed over her entirely so she couldn't look anywhere else. Sometimes it was easier to forget how large he really was. "Now eat."

Mind the Bump by Soap1 - E, 28 chapters, Words: 84,050 - Hermione Granger and her colleague (and, though she sometimes hates to admit it, her friend) Theo Nott, are busy at the Research Institute for the Alchemical Sciences, working together on an innovative, though secretive, project that more than one person might like to get their hands on. She doesn't have much time for dating, and certainly isn't ready to think about starting a family. But after an exciting, though unexpected, one-night stand, she finds herself pregnant. With Draco Malfoy's baby. As her research continues, as her pregnancy progresses, will she be able to make room for Draco in her life?

Détraquée by Hystaracal - M, 108 chapters, Words: 728,097 - "All her growth was the conveying of a corpse of hope." (From 'The Rainbow', D.H. Lawrence) This is a story about coming into one's own, a meditation on the twilight of girlhood and the violence of crash-landing into womanhood. Follow Hermione as she navigates through the quagmire: Saving the world, getting top grades, falling in love, lust, and a whole lot of trouble, and comes out of it hopefully (at least) partially sane.

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Draco: come on, Theo. There’s absolutely no shame in letting your feelings out. Sometimes you just need to cry it out then you’ll be okay

Hermione: love, that’s such a beautiful sentiment. I’m so proud of you

Theo: yOUR BOYFRIEND KICKED ME IN THE NUTS!

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Draco: This date is boring!

Hermione: This isn't a date. I said I was going to the store.

Draco: Then why did you invite me?

Hermione: I didn't. I specifically said, "Don't come with me" and then you said "Fuck you Granger, i'll do whatever i want"

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‘She stepped forward, reaching up and catching hold of his shoulders, pulling him down until he was close enough that their faces were nearly touching. His voice faded away as she kissed him. Slowly.’—— Impress Upon You by Senlinyu

Fan art from this delightful little fic by Senlinyu. Particularly appropriate because it’s been snowing here already!

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“Glances” 📚

I felt like drawing something pretty.

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Draco "Gotta-Protecc-Wife" Malfoy (Don't worry Ron and Draco are besties.)

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Chapter 4: Olive Branch

Chapter summary:

Draco earns himself a little crash course on muggle life courtesy of everyone's favorite terrifying Gryffindor.

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Yes, Percy turned down immortality for her, but so did Annabeth when she decided not to join the Huntresses.

Yes, Annabeth drove herself insane searching for Percy after he was taken by Hera, but Percy snuck out and forcibly invited himself on a quest to free Artemis just so he could find Annabeth.

Yes, Percy imagined Annabeth as the one thing keeping him tethered to mortality in the River Styx. She is his Achilles Heel, but she only found that out after she took a knife for him knowing that he was functionally immortal. He is her Achilles Heel too.

Yes, Annabeth saved Percy after his insecurities got the better of him and Circe nearly turned him into a guinea pig forever. Yes, she hugged him afterwards and said she was glad he wasn't dead. But shortly afterwards, Percy saved Annabeth from being dashed against the rocks and eaten alive because of her hubris. He held her and hugged her gently as she sobbed into his shoulder, realising that none of it was real.

Yes, Percy decided to plunge into Tartarus with her, but Annabeth used every last heaving, dying breath to keep him alive and constantly negotiate his safety. They both look out for one another.

Yes, Annabeth frequently mentions how Percy will be a great dad one day. Percy also once watched Sadie Kane jump in a puddle and wondered if this is what his and Annabeth's future kid would be like, before backtracking because it's not like he's been thinking about him and Annabeth having kids one day-

Yes, Percy is constantly monologuing about how cute Annabeth's bedhead looks and how lucky he is to have such a smart girlfriend. But Annabeth was once asked about Percy in an interview and complimented his bravery and general intellect Despite how oblivious he can be sometimes, and- no, that doesn't refer to anything in specific, it's just- he is so smart, but can never take a hint, even when a girl is giving him hints and- what? No! Why does everyone always think that I- that I'm- Augh! And forcibly ended the interview cause she physically couldn't keep her feelings hidden.

They are both down horrendous.

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Draco, flirtatiously: So, you come here often?

Harry, from across the table: Malfoy, we’re in the library. She practically lives here.

Ron: I’m also 99% she can’t hear you.

Draco: will you two pLEASE leave me alone with my future girlfriend?

Hermione, from behind a wall of books: I can hear all of you, you know. And Malfoy?

Draco, perking up: Yes?

Hermione: horrible approach. Do better.

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Harry: Where's Hermione?

Draco: We just stepped out of the shower. She'll be out any minute.

Harry: Alright, listen- [pausing] Did you just say "we"?

Draco: What?

Harry: Did you just say "we stepped out of the shower"?

Draco: … I said she.