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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - Mod Post
The AO3 collection closes TOMORROW for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
You do not need to post on AO3 for the blog to feature your work. If you make anything for any of the prompts and only post to Tumblr, all you need to do is tag us and we'll reblog.
Happy New Year's, everyone!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#lunarry#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#grindeldore#jily#snupin#linny#fleurmione#parvender#pro snape#hp femslash
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - Mod Post
There is one more week before the AO3 collection closes for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
You do not need to post on AO3 for the blog to feature your work. If you make anything for any of the prompts and only post to Tumblr, all you need to do is tag us and we'll reblog.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#lunarry#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#grindeldore#jily#snupin#linny#fleurmione#parvender#pro snape#hp femslash
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - Mod Post
The AO3 collection will stay open till December 31st for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
You do not need to post on AO3 for the blog to feature your work. If you make anything for any of the prompts and only post to Tumblr, all you need to do is tag us and we'll reblog.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#lunarry#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#grindeldore#jily#snupin#linny#fleurmione#parvender#pro snape#hp femslash
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Harry Potter Rec Fest 2023 - ONE MORE WEEK ❄️
Seven more days before the reccing begins! You have all your favs lined up yet?
Rules & Guidelines - here or here
Prompts - Day 1 - Day 16 & Day 17 - Day 31
Dreamwidth Community - here
If you want the blog to reblog your rec, please tag @hprecfest and #hprecfest2023.
We will not be reblogging posts that link to a Wayback Link/Google Drive/One Drive/and the like. You may still rec and talk about the deleted works.
We follow fandom rules around here - YKINMKBYKIO (Your Kink is Not My Kink, But Your Kink is Okay), DLDR (Don’t Like;Don’t Read) and SALS (Ship and Let Ship). We will not be reblogging posts that talk negatively about another ship, character, and/or writers.
If you have any questions, send an ask! Or you can email at [email protected]
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Harry Potter Rec Fest 2023 ❄️
Harry Potter Rec Fest is a reccing fest celebrating our favorite Harry Potter works! It'll run December 1st - December 31st.
Rules & Guidelines - here or here
There will be a prompt for each day of the month.
◦ You may choose any fanfic that correspond to the prompt. ◦ You do not need to participate every day. ◦ You may combine prompts from another day of the month. ◦ And, you may rec more than one fic per prompt.
Here are the links to the prompts:
Day 1 - Day 16 Day 17 - Day 31
No AI generated content.
All eras, genres, ships, characters, associated Harry Potter media and then some are allowed.
If you are reccing a Mature or Explicit work, you must be 18+.
If you want the blog to reblog your rec, please tag @hprecfest and #hprecfest2023.
We will not be reblogging posts that link to a Wayback Link/Google Drive/One Drive/and the like. You may still rec and talk about the deleted works.
We follow fandom rules around here - YKINMKBYKIO (Your Kink is Not My Kink, But Your Kink is Okay), DLDR (Don’t Like;Don’t Read) and SALS (Ship and Let Ship). We will not be reblogging posts that talk negatively about another ship, character, and/or writers.
If you have any questions, send an ask! Or you can email at [email protected]
Have fun! Let's gush over the fics and authors we love!
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - Mod Post
The AO3 collection will stay open till the end of the year for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
You do not need to post on AO3 for the blog to feature your work. If you make anything for any of the prompts and only post to Tumblr, all you need to do is tag us and we'll reblog.
Happy creating!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#lunarry#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#grindeldore#jily#snupin#linny#fleurmione#parvender#pro snape#hp femslash
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - MASTERLIST
This has been a wonderful event! Thanks to everyone who participated. 🧺🧺🧺
This is the masterlist post in which all entries submitted across all platforms will be listed.
The AO3 collection will stay open till the end of the year for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
Moodboards
🖼️ Meadows || Gardening - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove Sirius Black/Severus Snape || Rated G
🖼️ The Herald - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove Harry Potter/Severus Snape || Rated G
Fics
📖 The Cottage in the Woods - @lumosatnight / lumosdrabbles (lumosatnight) Fleur Delacour/Hermione Granger || Rated G || 200 words
There is a cottage in the woods just outside of town.
📖 Moonlight - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove Hermione Granger/Luna Lovegood || Rated G || 340 words
This year marked their fifth year together, and Hermione already knew what she wanted to surprise Luna with.
📖 Speak Now - @avalynlestrange Draco Malfoy/Reader || Rated NR || <2k words
In which you rudely barge in on a white veil occasion.
📖 Under Our Feet - icefire_eyes23 Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy || Rated M || 4.8k+
Growth may be a natural and essential part of the human condition, but that doesn't mean Hermione Granger has to like it. Harry Potter Cottagecore Fest 2023.
📖 A Walk in the Woods - @thecouchsofa / thecouchsofa Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated E || 48.2k
After ending up in the Spell Damage Ward at St Mungo’s, Harry is put on mandatory holiday leave. The catch: he has to spend it with Malfoy at his cottage deep in the woods. Harry has no idea why Malfoy agreed to host him, considering he avoided ever being alone in a room with Harry before he left for his sabbatical a year ago. To complicate things, Harry’s enormous longstanding crush hasn’t waned at all in Malfoy’s absence.
Podfics
🎙️ Deadheading the Odd Dahlia by peachpety - Cailynwrites Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated E || 64 minutes
Harry is content to spend his days at Draco’s flower stall at the farmers market, burying his true feelings in artisanal coffee and rose bouquets. When forced to find new lodgings, he accepts Draco’s offer to live in a cottage at Malfoy Manor, and his long-hidden crush blossoms out of control. Turns out, proximity makes the heart grow fonder.
🎙️ Oh Your Love Is Sunlight by B1ackCatChatsBack - Cailynwrites Sirius Black/Remus Lupin || Rated E || 353 minutes
“James texted about an hour ago,” he called after Remus as he used his phone as a torch to get to the kitchen and dug out the bees-wax candles he stored there for emergencies, “Apparently there’s a weather warning ... says he won’t expect me home until tomorrow and asks if you could leave a bowl of water and a newspaper on the floor in the kitchen for me,” he finished, voice shaking with humour Remus snorted “I’m sure we can come to an arrangement,” he teased as he returned. “If I’m very good, can I sleep on the bed?” came Sirius’s reply, “I promise not to lick you awake at ungodly hours of the night,” he finished with a smirk lit by his phone as Remus re-entered the room by the light of a lit candle. “Now that’s not a promise I can let you keep, Darling,” he purred as he placed the candle on the nightstand and clambered onto the bed quicker than he’d done anything else in his life. OR Sirius is stuck in a rut - in a job that he hates without any time to pursue his real passion in the aftermath of a toxic relationship - and goes to visit his friends on the rural coast and finds much more than he bargained for - and maybe exactly what he needs.
🎙️ Silver lime and Thestral hair by gnarf - Cailynwrites Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated T || 39 minutes
The war had damaged Harry, something that had become very clear once he had started his Auror training. He had to hand in his robes after only three months. He just couldn't do it. So, when Hermione burst into his flat, a letter in her hands about a vacancy for an apprentice, Harry suddenly found himself in front of Ollivander's, nerves on edge, while trying to talk himself into just reaching for the door.
🎙️ The Art of Seduction: Kidnapping and Hypothermia by ChaosAndCrumpets - Cailynwrites Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy || Rated E || 73 minutes
Hermione Granger's battered old Ford Fiesta is not built for snowstorms. It's a good thing there's a flannel-clad tractor driver to come to her rescue. Or is it?
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#snirius#snarry#fleurmione#lunamione#draco malfoy#drarry#wolfstar#dramione#hp femslash
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - MOD POST
This has been a great month! Look at all the amazing works made for the fest! Such variety! 🧺🧺🧺 Check out the AO3 collection! There are some AO3 only works in the collection, such as there are some Tumblr only works.
It is not too late to create something. Whether it’s a playlist, a knitted jumper, more fics, playing an instrument or writing poetry, all are welcomed! Let the prompts inspire you!
The AO3 collection will stay open till the end of the year for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
If you want to be on the masterlist, please have your work done and submitted by October 8th so it can be included. There will be two masterlists. One that will be categorized by prompts and works hosted on Tumblr only. The other will be categorized by ships & medium type and will include all the works done for the fest across all platforms.
See you then!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - MOD POST
This has been a great month! Look at all the amazing works made for the fest! Such variety! 🧺🧺🧺 Check out the AO3 collection! There are some AO3 only works in the collection, such as there are some Tumblr only works.
It is not too late to create something. Whether it’s a playlist, a knitted jumper, more fics, playing an instrument or writing poetry, all are welcomed! Let the prompts inspire you!
The AO3 collection will stay open till the end of the year for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
If you want to be on the masterlist, please have your work done and submitted by October 8th so it can be included. There will be two masterlists. One that will be categorized by prompts and works hosted on Tumblr only. The other will be categorized by ships & medium type and will include all the works done for the fest across all platforms.
See you then!
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#lunarry#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#grindeldore#panville#jily#snupin#bellamione#linny#cissamione#fleurmione#flonks#ginsy#narlily#pansmione#parvender#poppyscotch#hp femslash
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - WEEK FOUR
Prompts
Colors: Viridian Green (Hex #009C9D), Brass (Hex #B5A03D) Word: Foraging Picture: forest pathways
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
If you want the blog to reblog your work, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - WEEK FOUR
Prompts
Colors: Viridian Green (Hex #009C9D), Brass (Hex #B5A03D) Word: Foraging Picture: forest pathways
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Three Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
If you want the blog to reblog your work, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#color prompt: viridian green#color prompt: brass#word prompt: foraging#picture prompt: forest pathways#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#jily#snupin#parvender#fleurmione#hp femslash
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A Walk in the Woods
Draco/Harry | Rated E | 48k words
thecouchsofa | Written for the @hpcottagecorefest 2023
Fic Summary: After ending up in the Spell Damage Ward at St Mungo’s, Harry is put on mandatory holiday leave.
The catch: he has to spend it with Malfoy at his cottage deep in the woods. Harry has no idea why Malfoy agreed to host him, considering he avoided ever being alone in a room with Harry before he left for his sabbatical a year ago.
To complicate things, Harry’s enormous longstanding crush hasn’t waned at all in Malfoy’s absence.
Tags: Cottagecore, Auror Harry Potter, Unspeakable Draco Malfoy, Coworkers, Draco Malfoy Has Long Hair, Draco is a Good Cook, Harry's massive gay crush, Cooking, Foraging, Sexual Tension, general woodsy business, Mutual Pining, Domesticity, Slice of Life, Getting Together, Masturbation, Oral Sex, Frottage, Dirty Talk, Harry has ADHD, Draco in Grey joggers, Harry is such a simp in this I'm not even sorry
Read on AO3 here
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My Fanfic 💖 Moonlight (Harry Potter)
Title: Moonlight (AO3 or Dreamwidth)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Main Pairing: Hermione Granger/Luna Lovegood
Challenge: For the Fandom Empire's Powerball challenge over on Dreamwidth. Prompt - Moon + Female Only AND @hpcottagecorefest Week Three's prompts: Hibiscus, Wicker basket with ripe apples and walnuts
Rating: General
Word Count: 340
Tags: Post-War, Fluff
Summary:
This year marked their fifth year together, and Hermione already knew what she wanted to surprise Luna with.
"Harry is having a lovely time, isn't he?" asked Luna. She stood with Hermione, holding a drink in her hands.
The Ministry gala was lively this year. The party was outdoors under the stars. Speeches were short. Drinks flowed quickly, and people took to the dance floor.
They watched as one of their oldest friends tripped over his own two feet, attempting to dance with their former prickly Potions professor.
"Should we rescue him?" asked Hermione, brows furrowed.
Luna gave Hermione a brilliant smile. "The professor finds him enduring."
Turning her attention away from the couple, Hermione glanced at Luna before giving a double take.
"Do you like it?"
Luna shone under the moonlight. Her blonde hair had an ethereal glow; her silver dress shimmered. However, it was the sparks that followed her every movement that took Hermione's breath away. Blue, red, green. They danced around her form, pulling everyone's eyes toward her.
"Is this why you kept me out of the house?" asked Hermione, taking Luna in her arms. She set aside their drinks before pulling Luna to the dance floor.
"I want it to be a surprise," said Luna, smiling. The Ministry gala was their unofficial anniversary and each year they celebrate in their own way, even though they had to attend the party given their status in the wizarding world.
This year marked their fifth year together, and Hermione already knew what she wanted to surprise Luna with. They would sneak away after stealing several bottles of wine. They would Apparate to the fields behind their cottage. The hibiscus flowers were blooming; the trees were full of ripe apples. Hermione had packed blankets in a wicker basket. They would lie down and gaze at the stars.
And, under a full moon, Hermione would ask Luna to marry her.
Hermione's heart pounded at the thought. She was giddy and her smile could not be contained. Leaning in, she whispered, "Want to get out of here?"
The sparks that surrounded Luna popped, showering them both with multi-coloured lights.
"Yes."
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - WEEK THREE
Prompts
Colors: Blood Red (Hex #6F0000), Space Cadet (Hex #1C2E4A) Word: Hibiscus Picture: wicker basket with ripe apples and walnuts
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
If you want the blog to reblog your work, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
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The Cottage in the Woods
Fleurmione, G, 200 words
~ 🌿 🏡 🌱 ~
There is a cottage in the woods just outside of town. Haunted, the villagers whisper, Abandoned.
Hermione doesn’t believe in rumours, only in cold-hard facts.
Fact: Hermione missed the shot, and now the swan is gone.
Fact: She is also lost.
Fact: The cottage is real.
It is made of red brick and green moss. Creeping vines hang from every ledge, window, and crevice. The swan sleeps peacefully in the window. It’s a beautiful creature, so beautiful she almost doesn’t want to kill it. She wonders how it got inside.
Hours pass, and dusk arrives, but the owner of the cottage never returns, and the swan never moves.
As the last embers of sunlight fade, the swan lifts its head, and Hermione readies her bow. It arches its back and spreads its wings. Longer and longer they stretch until they completely block the small window.
Hermione blinks, and the swan is gone. In its place stands a fair maiden with corn-silk hair and snow-white skin.
Slowly, Hermione lowers her bow. The maiden is beautiful, just like the swan, with a bird-like chin and sharp blue eyes. Hermione gasps, and those eyes snap to hers.
Hermione’s frozen heart starts to beat.
Also read it on AO3!
~ 🌿 🏡 🌱 ~
@fleurmioneweek day 2: cottagecore and day 3: fairytale
@hpcottagecorefest week 1: brick building surrounded by plants
Thanks @nanneramma for suggesting Swan Lake!
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - WEEK THREE
Prompts
Colors: Blood Red (Hex #6F0000), Space Cadet (Hex #1C2E4A) Word: Hibiscus Picture: wicker basket with ripe apples and walnuts
Prompts - Week One, Week Two, Week Four Rules & Guidelines - here or here AO3 - here
If you want the blog to reblog your work, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#color prompt: blood red#color prompt: space cadet#word prompt: hibiscus#picture prompt: wicker basket#harry potter#tomarry#drarry#snarry#harmony#hansy#dramione#wolfstar#jegulus#jily#snupin#parvender#fleurmione#hp femslash
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Speak Now
Draco Malfoy x Reader
Reader: she/her pronouns
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Warnings: I didn’t proof read this. Let me know if there are any mistakes or if there are other warnings I should add.
Category: Post-Hogwarts, ex to lovers, wedding interruption, songfic, one-shot, angst?, fluff?
Summary: In which you rudely barge in on a white veil occasion.
No Sneak Peak 😋
Author’s Note: I’ve been feeling uninspired and unwell recently but I’m back 💞 This is my entry to week 2 of @hpcottagecorefest
Word Count: <2k
To The Library (Masterlist)
To The Kitchen (WIPs)
To More Draco Malfoy fics
To Speak Now Anthology
You are not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion. Yet here you are dressed in formal attire, sitting at the seventh to the front bench of the great hall of the Malfoy manor. You had to come to see groom and Draco was not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl. You would be lying if you said you weren’t taken aback at the news of his engagement to one Astoria Greengrass a few months ago but it had pained you to hear it; especially through the mouth of an acquaintance.
He didn’t even have the nerve to say it to you. Then again why would he? You had been broken up for nearly year. But everybody knew you would get back together.
Well, everybody thought you would.
You always did. It was the norm for your relationship. Sure, this was the longest you’ve been apart but he somehow dated and proposed to Astoria within that 10 months.
You scoff at that thought. Must be their families doing. That’s probably why you didn’t get an invitation.
So you did what you had to in order to get into the event. You snuck in and see your friends and her snotty little family all dressed in pastel. There were different entrances to Malfoy Manor. You knew them like the back of your hand. Days and nights were spent here, running around playing hide and seek that lead to romantic encounters in nooks and crannies. No one truly checks who enters the servant quarters and those working this event, luckily, did not know who you were or were too busy to care.
You are sitting next to Blaise, who said he would say that he brought you as his plus one. If any one asked. Pansy said she truly would have brought you, if not for her being a bridesmaid. She had known the Greengrass sisters since she was born but was only told she was part of the entourage a week prior.
It’s not like you didn’t know the sisters yourself. You were close with Daphne during your school years and met Astoria when you visited Daphne’s home during the summer after first year and she was not as carefree as her older sister, even as a nine year old.
“She’s probably yelling at a bridesmaid somewhere.” You whisper to Blaise.
“Yeah, Pansy texted me earlier that Astoria’s gown is shaped like a pastry.” He snickers as he shows you the picture Pansy had sent him. You feign a laugh. Astoria looked gorgeous in the photo.
But this is surely not what Draco thought it would be. After the second wizarding war he vowed not to be caught up in his parent’s views and expectations ever again. It had nearly gotten him killed. You recall the nights you comforted him in your arms as he sobbed and scrubbed the mark on his forearm. How you missed wrapping your arms around him and being wrapped by his.
A cough snaps you out of your daydream. You look up and see Daphne with her furrowed eyebrows.
“You can’t be here.” She gestures for you to stand up. “My mom has seen you and told Astoria. So you have to-”
“She’s my date.” Blaise interrupts.
“And you know bloody well that this would happen.” Daphne ushers you and you follow her to the back of the hall.
“Look as much as I was rooting for you and Draco, I have to side with my sister. You need to go.” She hears her name being called and rushes to them.
Once Daphne is no longer in sight, you sneak back into the far back left side of the hall where long curtains drape. This was your last chance to stop this all. You couldn’t try to stop the engagement, but you can definitely try and prevent the union. It wasn’t a choice you made so lightly. Many sleepless nights nearer the date and you had made your mind up.
You couldn’t lose Draco. You had gone through so much together. There was so much love still there. No matter how many times you broke up and made up. You were meant to be. You know he knows it. So you hide behind the curtains.
The organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march. In between the two curtains, you peak at the start of the ceremony. Out comes Gardenia Greengrass in mint green. She never did like you when you met. She and Narcissa had been close childhood friends who dreamt of their children being wed and uniting the families. However, when Draco mentioned that you were his girlfriend during fifth year, their hopes were shattered and they were not warm towards you.
You sneak out of the curtains and sit at the back bench. The hall is filled with familiar faces but luckily the person next to you was too watching the ceremony to notice you.
As the wedding processional order proceeds to the grandparents, fond gestures are exchanged.
Then he walks through the door.
They say time stops when you’re in love. They are right. The intense feeling you have as you see him in his white suit and mint pocket square, his platinum blond locks in low fade cut, and his ice grey eyes wandering the hall sent butterflies to your stomach.
But they are heavy. It’s all wrong. This isn’t how you imagined seeing him down an aisle. Your stomach drops at the weight of it all.
You and Draco often talked about how your wedding would be. Which colour palette to use, which flowers, which venue and you see nothing of his preferences in what is all around you.
Draco stands at the altar awaiting his bride.
The music changes.
Astoria floats down the aisle like a pageant queen. You look to Draco and back to his bride. The butterflies are dancing around in your stomach and you are feeling a little nauseous.
But you know he wishes it you.
Doesn’t he?
Draco fixes his tie and looks around the room. He squints as he pats down his blazer. You know all his tells. By the way he fidgets with his family ring. He’s nervous. He takes a sharp inhale when he realises that Astoria is in front of him. She takes his hands in hers. A part of you breaks when you see him smile as he looks into her eyes.
You pay no mind to the words until you hear the preacher say, “Speak now or forever hold your peace.”
There’s a silence. There’s your last chance. You stand up with shaking hands.
All eyes on you.
Horrified looks from everyone in the room but you’re only looking at Draco.
He drops Astoria’s hands and faces you fully. You walk to aisle. Astoria’s mother stands up, but you start to speak.
“I’m sorry… Actually, I’m not sorry at all. Draco don't say a single vow. Don’t say yes.”
Your eyes are on his. Gasps from the people around you echoes in the hall.
“Let’s just run away now.” You continue. “I'll meet you when you're out of the Manor, at the back door.”
Your legs feel like they are going to give up on you when silence ensues. Draco is still standing at the altar. Hushed whispers follows. He opens his mouth as if to say something but he shuts it as quickly. He looks back and forth from you to Astoria. He looks back to you and says nothing.
That’s when you lose all the hopes you had. He really must be in this for love and not for his parents sake. You bite your lower lip and pick at the skin.
You don’t say another word and you walk out the manor. The metallic taste of blood seeps onto your tongue as you hold back the sobs that threaten to creep out. And as soon as you are out the grand entrance you drop to sit on the cold steps. All the what ifs crawl all over you as you wait on whether he will follow you out. You shiver.
Time is dragging. It feels like an eternity.
So you run. As fast as your shoes can take you. To the meadows nearby. It’s not the summer memories that flood your mind. No. Not the picnics amidst the flowers where you now sit. But the missed opportunities.
You should have told him you wanted him back sooner. You should have said something before they even got engaged. You should have never gone to this event. How stupid of you.
The scent of the pastel blue and baby pink flowers linger in the air. He used to pick them for you and placed them in your hair. The compliments he would shower you as you adorn them. Now they are tainted with the memories of them being in the decorations of their wedding. They must have been here together.
You grab a fist full of flowers in your hands and pluck them forcefully, chucking it with all the strength you can muster.
You hear your name being gently called. It didn’t register as a voice from someone near you. You’ve heard it so many times before. Draco did often visit you in dreams.
He places himself next to you.
“What? Come to tell me the good news in person? I must be so special.” You pick at the flowers once more. He doesn’t speak for the longest time. The breeze cooling down your heated cheeks. Shouldn’t he be at the reception?
“Remember when I first brought you here? You were so nervous about telling my parents about us.”
“Of course! Narcissa already hated me since you lot blamed me for breaking her favourite vase.” You remark.
The decision of sharing a bottle of fire whiskey stolen from the cabinets and pretending to be studying at the manor library seemed like a good idea then.
“It wasn’t my idea! Goyle just said it to protect me. Crabbe just went along-“
“Plus she was already furious when she heard that you dated girls that wasn’t a Greengrass. Bet she’s happy now.” You scoff.
“She actually loved you.” He confesses. “Every time I visited home without you she made me bring you your favourite dish.”
“That’s why we always had a bunch of them in the fridge when you got back.”
“Where did you think they came from?”
“I don’t know! I thought you bought it somewhere. You never mentioned they came from your mom!”
“I did! The first time when I went after New Years cause you had work.”
“I don’t remember that was ages ago!”
He laughs and offers you flower crown he had made.
“I’ve missed this.”
“What? Us bickering?”
“Yeah and just you in general.”
You frown at him and ask, “Why are you here? Should you be back at the party?”
He props down the offering in between you then looks to the horizon.
“I didn’t say my vows.” He pauses to see your reaction. However, when you didn’t respond he carries on.
“My father was the one who arranged all of this. After all these years and he still has an influence on me. Which is why I’m so glad you were around when they said, ‘Speak Now’. Ever since we broke up, I’ve been a mess.
“I keep going to my fireplace to floo to you and when I finally did you had moved out of our place. Figured you’d moved on. Broke more vases. It drove me crazy when you never came to any social events. I’ve missed you so much. You’re the one I love.”
He motions his open palm to you and says, “Shall we run away now?”
#hpcottagecorefest2023#color prompt: columbia blue#color prompt: queen pink#word prompt: meadows#picture prompt: picnic set#ship: draco x reader
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