#25 days of draco and harry

[drarry-reccage]

the call of sweet things by @softlystarstruck (88k, E)

Tags: Trans!Draco, Reconciliation, Found Family, Harry has pink hair and secrets!, Boys in Skirts

“Can I help–” Draco blinks, really looking at the person, at their mess of pink curls, their round gold glasses, their knit sweater with little white sheep. They’re short but stocky, with an arcing scar that trails over their eyelid and down their cheek, and Draco sucks in a breath because– because– “Draco,” the person says, and that brightly dimpled smile is all Harry, and Draco drops his book on the counter in shock, barely registering that he’s lost his place. “Harry?” Draco says, his voice cracking. He coughs, then pulls his sleeves over his fingers, trying not to panic. “Hi.” “Hi.” Harry rocks on the balls of his feet, still smiling. “Your hair is pink,” Draco says, because he doesn’t know what else to say, and the last time he saw Harry his dark curls were nearly brushing his shoulders, but now they hit the top of his ears and look like fairy floss. “It is.” “Well.” Draco picks up his book again, opening to a random page so he can look away from Harry, who seems too bright against the dark winter night outside. “Let me know if I can help you find something.” “Draco,” Harry says, sounding confused. Draco resolutely stares at his book, not reading a word. “I– how are you here? I mean. Why are you here? I didn’t expect–” “I work here,” Draco says. “As you can see.” “Yeah,” Harry says softly. “Okay.” He moves away from the counter, and Draco exhales, holding the book so tightly to keep his hands from shaking. What the hell is Harry doing here, out in the middle of nowhere, in Draco’s town? It isn’t fair that he can just show up, looking like a spring flower, grown into the roundness of his face, to ruin Draco’s already dismal Christmas season. No.

(rec by @cailynwrites)

🎧 The lovely podfic for this fic is organized by the wonderful @melcarrianna who recruits podficcers from across fandom to create a 25 days advent podfic every year. Stay tuned for a new one coming very soon! 🎧

[slythindor100]

25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024 - Participation List

Below is a list of the fics and podfics for this years 25 Days. Please note - not everyone is able to post daily. This is a low stress fest - some are up to date, some have just been started and some are in between. Please do not ask the author when they will update…they will if and when they can. Around the end of January, a list of completed pieces will be posted.

Presenting fics and podfics for 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024

A03 – gnarf started Next to you

A03 – oldenuf2nb started Nineteen Years Later

A03 – Amazuppai started Through All This Noise

A03 – Skotini started Meet me under the Mistletoe

A03 – thestarryknight started Little Gods

A03 – maraudersaffair started The Mark of Scars

A03 – dodgerkedavra started Clear, Warm Light

A03 – digthewriter started 25 Passionate Interludes

A03 – panicparade started (we must) reinvent love

A03 – OfDuskandDreams started Through The Years

A03 – sassy_cissa started Our Life in 25 Memories

A03 – flowerfan started Wandcastle Christmas

A03 – Devious_Muffin started Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart

A03 – Burning_Up_A_Sun started Merry Christmas, I Could Care Less

A03 – orpheous87 started Forever Yours

A03 – harDeehar (dryrsheet) started tunneling for beginners

A03 – justthingsfromsarah started Oops! I Dropped My Pickup Limes

A03 – GlitternGlowstarted At What Cost?

A03 – kizkalifa started All of The Years

Only on LiveJournal and/or Dreamwidth – enchanted_jae started Yuletide Verse

PODFICS A03 – lastontheboat // tumblr – lastontheboat is reading A Room Up There (And You In It), by thestarryknight Entire fic found here

A03 – many people are reading Light up the Night by saras_girl (all readers will be given credit at the final recal) Entire fic can be found here

A03 – reveriepi is reading Helix by saras_girl Entire fic be found here

The entire 2024 25 Days of Draco and Harry Collection can be found here

[dodgerkedavra]

December 10

Harry’s lying on top of the covers in his pants, staring at the ceiling and thinking about the sweet release of Dreamless Sleep, when the front door of his cottage opens.

It’s about a hundred times as loud in the middle of the night, and he springs upward, clutching the comforter to his chest like a Victorian lady. Harry’s on top of it, so it barely covers his prick, and he’s in the midst of remembering that Draco saw him sulk around his cottage wearing only the duvet when Draco bursts into the bedroom, breathing hard.

“What a day for a swim,” he pants.

“Draco.” Harry’s heart pounds so hard he thinks it’ll give out. “It’s the middle of the bloody night.”

“I can’t sleep. You can’t sleep. Come on, Potter. Let’s swim.”

“Yes,” says Harry. He gets out of bed and pulls on a vest, then finds his shoes and glasses, then goes out to the sitting room, where Draco is tapping his foot, fast and irritated.

Through the leaves, the sky glitters with stars. Crickets shriek in the woods around them. Harry has to rush to keep up with Draco’s long strides.

They follow the path out of the trees and over the hills, then past a car park and another wood. They pass a bigger cottage and the mill pond.

“Finally,” Draco says as they pass another clutch of trees. “The swimming lake.”

He takes them all the way ’round to the far side, where there’s a little dock. Draco marches right to the end and strips his shirt over his head without so much as a shall we get naked, Potter? 

Harry freezes.

Read Chapter 10 of Clear, Warm Light on AO3

Start at the beginning here

[flowerfan2]

Wandcastle Christmas

I am very pleased to bring you my 2024 advent story. I haven't done one in ages (and they were all Klaine - for example Love on the Rocks), but this one is Drarry and I had a blast writing it. It is a continuous story of about 20k total, with one chapter posted every day between now until the 25th. The first chapter is short, so I'll post it all below, but please go to A03 here and subscribe if you want to read all of it and see the daily artwork prompts. Thanks to the mods of the 25 Days of Draco and Harry challenge for organizing this!

Summary: Harry’s dealing with an injury that won’t seem to heal, and Draco is mourning the loss of his mother.  But they’re both going with their friends on a holiday vacation, in hopes that the Christmas spirit will lift their own.  And oh yeah, they’re exes.

Chapter 1

“So, I’ve got some good news,” Harry says.  He can’t help the smile that spreads across his face as he anticipates how happy Hermione will be to hear this.  “I can go away with you guys after all!”

Hermione turns from where she has been hanging a wreath on the door to Harry’s hospital room.  St. Mungo’s generally doesn’t allow decorations, but as so often happens, Hermione found a loophole in the rules.  Harry isn’t really sure what the loophole is, something to do with patient morale and countering seasonal depression.  He’s grateful to her, but no amount of decorating can compete with actually getting out of here.

“Sorry, Harry, what did you say?”  Hermione asks.

He thinks he was plenty clear, but he explains anyway.  “I got the healers to sign off on the trip – the holiday trip?  I can come with you!”

A look of near panic flashes across Hermione’s face, and Harry feels his stomach drop.

“That is, I mean, if you still want me to come?  I don’t really need that much help getting around anymore, my leg is lots better-”

“What?  No, Harry, of course we want you to come.  Of course, of course, that’s wonderful!”  Hermione sits down on the bed and pulls Harry into a sideways hug.

“Okay then,” Harry says, refusing to acknowledge the jab of pain he feels as Hermione jostles the bed.  It’s been months and yet the spell damage to his right leg hasn’t gone away, despite multiple treatments and even an experimental muggle-magical hybrid surgery.  It’s better than it was, but far from healed.  If he’s going to be in pain anyway, he might as well be in pain somewhere other than St. Mungo’s.  “If you’re sure?  There’s still space, right?”

“Of course, there’s always space for you!” Hermione agrees, although her tone sounds oddly forced.  “I can’t wait to tell Ron, he’ll be so glad.”

“Brilliant,” says Harry, leaning into Hermione’s shoulder.  He really didn’t want to spend the holidays by himself.  It’s not going to be easy getting around with his dodgy leg, but he’ll figure it out.  And his friends will help him, they always do.  No one will mind.

“It’s only…” Hermione says, her voice trailing off dejectedly.

Harry twists to see Hermione’s face.  He should have known there was a catch.  It seems like there always is, for Harry.  “It’s only… what?”

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[devilrising]

Seasons of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Hello everyone! It’s been… a while, since I’ve posted on here. Oops. Anyway, I’m here to let you all know about my new 25 Days of Drarry fic!! Here’s all the information you need, and the link to the first chapter. Merry Christmas if you celebrate, and Happy Holiday if not Xx

Title: Seasons of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Word Count: ~62.5k

Rating: Explicit

Tags/Warnings: POV Harry Potter, Shop Owner!Draco, Ex-Auror!Harry, Suspicious!Harry, Explicit Sexual Content, Top Harry/Bottom Draco, Rimming, Oral Sex, Frottage, Anal Sex, see work for more tags

Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51930307/chapters/131314198

[k-kizkhalifa]

>>All of The Years

25 Days of Draco and Harry as hosted by @slythindor100 ~

Huge shout out to my beta, and the mods. Please check out all the amazing fics posted on AO3. :) Much love, kiz~

[drarrily-we-row-along]

I got SUPER sick right after school ended for break and then there was the usual family drama at holidays so I didn't get to posting any of the little Christmas ficlets I'd been working on.

Draco loved being a dad.

Truly. There were few things that he got more fulfillment and joy out of than being a father to a wild, rambunctious, precocious, sweet little almost three year old. He worked hard at being a good father, at not making the same mistakes his own father had; he worked hard regulating his own emotions so he could help his child.

But there was always more to be done and Draco felt like he could never quite keep up with work and Scorpius at the same time, and then when he threw in dating Harry Potter seven months ago, well. Things had gotten busier, but also somehow easier.

In his teen years, he'd often mocked Harry by calling him Saint Potter, but honestly, his gentleness and selflessness was working out pretty well for Draco and Scorpius.

So well, in fact, that Draco sometimes felt a little guilty for all of the ways that Harry spoiled them. He was always doting on Scorpius and hanging on his every word like he was always the most important person in the room. As for Draco, he helped with all sorts of mundane tasks (dishes, tidying, cleaning up), he was always a second adult when Draco needed a hand with his child, he was always gentle and encouraging. The way he loved Draco was unthinkable, honestly, and he wouldn't believe it if he didn't experience the constancy of his love every single day.

Draco decided that Harry deserved a perfect, quiet evening. They deserved a perfect, quiet evening. Everything was so busy in December, and Scorpius had been sick for pretty much the entirety of the month one thing after another, that they'd hardly had any alone time together.

Pansy was watching Scorpius over night, which pretty much guaranteed that he would come home in a sugar coma, cranky from having too much fun and too little sleep, but it was a price Draco was happy to pay for one night of quiet time.

She'd picked Scorpius up at 4:00 and Draco had spent the last two hours cleaning his house and making dinner. Well, he'd spent the last two hours attempting those things.

It wasn't going well.

His son's toys seemed to multiply every step that he took, the list of rooms and spaces in need of cleaning only seemed to grow as he cleaned and found more and more neglected corners, he ended up burning the meat and overcooking the pasta, and the cheesecake that he'd made hadn't really come together; it was still just a runny mess inside the spring-form pan.

The entire kitchen looked like a bomb had gone off and Draco had food and mess all over him when the doorbell rang.

Glancing at the clock, he took a shuddering breath and headed to the door, vanishing everything with one flick of his wrist in spite of the way it made his heart twist uncomfortably in his chest.

When he opened the door, Harry grinned brightly at him, holding out a lovely winter bouquet, "Hey, love," he said warmly.

And Draco couldn't breathe quite properly, his chest a little too tight, as his eyes stung. It wasn't fair that Harry was always so charmingly perfect and he was such a fucking mess.

"Hey," Harry whispered, moving into the house and taking Draco in his arms.

He inhaled the cold, crisp scent of the snow off Harry's coat; and the warm cinnamon, spice, spruce scent of Harry's body wash and cologne beneath. "Sorry," he said softly. "Everything's still a mess, and I completely ruined dinner, and I'm probably covering your coat in food, and-"

"Hey," Harry said again, pressing him back so that he was caging him against the wall, "Can I kiss you for a minute?" he asked, looking in his eyes, desire and love plain as day.

Draco nodded and Harry leaned in and kissed him, slow and tender and gentle. His toes curled against the carpet and he pressed up into the kiss, wrapping his arms around Harry's neck and letting the rest of the world fall away for a minute.

"I love you," Harry murmured into his mouth. "You don't have to do anything to make me love you."

"I know," he groaned, stomping his foot because he'd done it one day with Scorpius to let out some frustration and it did actually make him feel better.

Harry grinned and kissed his cheek.

"I just wanted to give you nice things."

His smile turned a little sharper as his hands strayed down Draco's back, "You're a very nice thing," he said, nipping Draco's chin. "Give me you and I'll take great care of you."

He laughed, he couldn't help it, it was such a terrible line (even though it was true). Harry smiled at him like that had been the point all along. "Take of your coat, come inside. Let me try dinner again," he sighed.

"Or," Harry said as he took a step back and stripped out of his coat, "I could just order us dinner and you could change into comfy clothes."

He looked down at his outfit, he'd picked the trousers because the accentuated his arse, and the blue button up because it complimented his skin, and the waistcoat because it made his waist look narrow and his shoulder look broad. Draco had imagined that Harry was going to like this outfit. And sure it did have several spills on it at this point, but it was nothing that a couple of quick cleaning charms wouldn't take care of.

"You look very handsome," Harry said, as if he was reading Draco's mind. He caught Draco's hand in his, "so handsome," he repeated. "I just thought maybe you'd like to be more comfortable? I don't want you to feel like you have to dress up for me, or clean for me, or cook for me," he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I was just thinking it would be nice to just relax with you."

Draco nodded, feeling disappointed and like he very much wasn't enough. "I'll go change," he said, not quite able to meet Harry's eyes.

"Draco-"

"It's fine," he said quickly, "I'll be right back."

"Draco-"

He shook his head, "I need a minute," he said because it was the truth. "It's not you," he added quickly, still fleeing toward the bedroom, "I just need a minute to process. I'll be fine," he assured as he closed his bedroom door.

He sat on the bed for a minute just breathing in and out. Harry didn't think he was failing, Harry didn't think that Draco didn't love him because he made a mess; he slowly reminded himself of the things Harry had said and stopped the cycle of degrading things his 'mean voice' was saying to him.

It would be nice to spend time together, Draco didn't actually want to try making dinner again, and he would rather be wearing sweatpants and a Christmas jumper like Harry had been. Taking another slow breath and pushing aside all of the pressure to be perfect, Draco changed out of his dirty clothes and into his comfy ones before meeting Harry in the living room.

Harry looked up from where he was perched on the edge of the sofa, scrolling through food options. "Hey, baby," he said, standing as soon as he saw him and wrapping him in his arms again, "I'm sorry," he said softly. "Thank you for working hard to do all of these nice things for me and to make the evening special. I didn't mean to trivialize your efforts," he added.

Draco sighed and leaned into his hug, "It just feels like you are so much better at loving me than I am at loving you. You're always doing nice things for me and taking care of us, and-"

"But Acts of Service is your love language," Harry said. "Well, Words of Affirmation a little too," he added with a little shrug.

He frowned, "So you just do things to help me because it's my love language?"

He nodded, "In part, because it's your love language and the easiest way for me to tell you that I love you in a way that's easiest for you to receive. It's also because I love you and I love Scorp, and I am genuinely happy to help you. I'm happy to make things a little easier."

"What's your love language?"

Harry laughed and rubbed his hands over Draco's back, "Physical touch," he said softly. "Followed closely by quality time."

"So," Draco said, "A night cuddling on the couch, eating a take away pizza, is just as satisfying as coming into a space that's been tidied for you with a meal that was made for you?"

"I mean, I appreciate the effort," he replied, "but honestly, I would have been just as content to snuggle on the sofa and eat pizza straight out of the box." He pressed a kiss to Draco's forehead, "Especially if it could have saved you the frustration of this afternoon. I never want to be something that adds more to your already too full plate."

"You're allowed to have needs, too," he protested, and perhaps this was more the heart of the problem for Draco than anything else.

Harry blinked at him, "I have needs," he said.

"Well, I'm not sure who's meeting them because I am clearly failing spectacularly at everything!" he threw his arms up in the air and pulled away from Harry, "I'm stressed and exhausted, and you're always having to help me and support me and-" he shook his head, "What are you even getting out of this relationship?"

"What?" he asked incredulously.

"Because, I swear to Merlin, Harry, if this is just your martyr complex, or-"

"Shut up," he said, voice sharper than it had been with Draco for a long time.

Inwardly Draco recoiled a bit, taking another step back from him and trying to catch his breath.

"Sorry," Harry said immediately, running his hand through his curls and mussing them. He rubbed a hand over his mouth next, not quite looking at Draco. "Sorry," he repeated, "I shouldn't have spoken to you that way. I didn't mean to snap at you." He looked over at Draco then, eyes burning, "That's a really specific trigger for me," he said, "but I shouldn't have snapped. I'm sorry," he said again.

Draco nodded once, not quite willing to say it was okay, but understanding why he'd spoken so harshly to him.

"I have worked really hard not to live my life for everyone else. I love you and I choose the things that I do out of that love. It's not out of a sense of guilt or obligation, or the need to serve. I give what I have, not what I don't. And," he continued, "I don't harbor any secret frustration or resentment. I help because I love you and I want to. Okay?"

"Sorry," he whispered, arm wrapping around his stomach. Why did he always have to push? Why was he always shoving people he loved away?

Harry took a step toward him, "Draco," he said softly. "It's okay to ask me when you feel like things are imbalanced. It's okay for you to feel worried, or whatever else you're feeling. I am happy to tell you all of the love and fulfillment that I get out of this relationship. I'm not going anywhere."

He blinked up at him through his tears, "I'm a mess."

“You’ve got a lot on your plate,” he said reasonably. “You’re so used to managing everything,” he added with a little laugh, “but you don’t have to manage me, love. I just,” he shrugged, “you making time for me when you have a thousand things on your plate means more to me than anything else. You holding my hand, or touching my shoulder when you walk past me, or brushing my hair off my forehead,” he shook his head, “you tell me you love me all the time.”

He reached out for Harry’s hand, “thank you.” He shook his head, “sorry my anxiety-brain gets the best of me.”

Harry took his hand and tugged him over to the couch, wrapping him up under his arm and pressing a kiss to his head, “you don’t have to be sorry. Just talk to me,” he added, “I’m glad to reassure you. I love you,” he said again.

“I love you too,” he replied, turning his head to kiss Harry’s hand on his shoulder. “Let’s order dinner.”

“What do you think of Thai tonight?”

He hummed but before he could politely say yes, Harry continued.

“Alright, that’s a no. What about Italian?”

He nodded, “I was really in the mood for pasta.”

“Perfect,” Harry said. He put in his order, then handed his mobile over to Draco. “I’m going to get us a bottle of wine,” he said.

Draco sat up to let Harry out and put in his order as Harry came back with two wine glasses, filled a bit fuller than was strictly polite. “Thank you.”

“Mmhmm,” Harry replied, handing him one and settling back in beside him on the sofa, pulling a blanket over their laps.

They chatted quietly, about work and Scorpius, about their friends and all of the busy-ness of the season and they laughed together.

And Draco realized that Harry was all but glowing, he watched the way his smile stretched almost too wide for his mouth, the way his eye crinkled at the corners, and his dimples appeared. His green eyes were so bright that Draco couldn’t stop himself from leaning up to kiss him softly, right on the corner of his mouth.

“Hi,” Harry murmured, grinning at him as he leaned in to return the peck.

“Hi,” he replied. “I see it now,” he said softly.

“Hmm?” Harry asked, tracing the curve of Draco’s jaw with his index finger.

He leaned his forehead against Harry’s, “how this is you love language.”

Harry hummed happily and let his forehead rest against Draco’s, “you make me really happy.”

“The feeling is quite mutual.”

“Would you-” he started before the doorbell rang and interrupted him.

Draco started to stand but Harry waved him off.

“I’ve got it,” he said, standing and making his way toward the door.

He looked over at the Christmas tree and laughed at a clump of ornaments all clustered together in the corner. Scorpius had been determined to fit as many on as possible and he’d hidden little pockets of clustered ornaments all around the tree. It was one more thing that Draco would have been trying to fix an hour ago if he’d noticed, but that he had no desire to fix whatsoever anymore.

Harry returned with their food and summoned plates and silverware from the kitchen.

As he was dipping, Draco said, “what were you going to ask?”

Harry glanced up and shook his head, “it’s silly.” He looked back at the food. “Don’t worry about it.”

“Hey,” he said, reaching over and stilling Harry’s hands, “look at me.” When Harry looked up he said, “there’s nothing too silly to ask me. I want to know.”

Harry searched his face for a long moment, “I know your last marriage was one of your parents’ choosing and left a sort of bad taste in your mouth,” he rushed out all at once. “But would you ever consider maybe getting married again?”

He sat there, floored, completely speechless, mouth opening and closing without any words coming out because that sounded unbearably like a proposal.

“It’s fine,” Harry assured quickly. “This is great. You’re amazing. I love you. We don’t need to change a thing-”

Draco closed the space between them and made Harry stop talking, stop saying all of the ridiculous words in his head, by kissing him.

Harry melted into the kiss, one of his palms cupped Draco’s cheek.

“Yes,” he said when he pulled back. “Salazar, yes, Harry.”

“Really?” he asked, “are you sure? We don’t have to-”

He shook his head, “I love you.”

“Shit,” he said, patting down his pockets, “I don’t-” he broke off. “Hold on,” he said, kissing him giddily, “don’t move.”

He disapparated and then reappeared a moment later with a little blue velvet box, “this was for someday. I hadn’t imagined it would be so soon.” He laughed and knelt in front of Draco, “you have my whole entire heart. I promise to love and care for you and Scorpius, to cherish you, and to make you feel seen. Will you marry me?”

He nodded, eyes flooding with tears. “Harry,” he whispered as the other man slid the ring over his finger. “I love you too.” His heart was fuller than he could ever remember it being and for the first time in years, Draco wasn’t worried about what the future might hold.

Nothing that evening had gone according to plan, but everything was impossibly right.

This story is set in the same universe as Against An Endless Tide because I loved that story and I love that Harry and Draco. If you enjoyed their characterization here, you might enjoy that fic too (it's a personal fav of mine).

[alindakb]

Title: 25 Years of Christmas - 2010 Author: AlindaKB Word Count: 12.352 (for now) Rating: Teen and up Prompt: Gingerbread Person Ornament A single gingerbread person ornament is hanging from a branch of a spruce Christmas tree. The gingerbread person has a red bow tie, three black buttons, and is holding a small red and white striped candy cane in their right hand. The ornament is suspended from the branch by a small piece of red and white string. There are no other decorations on the tree, save a single string of warm white fairy lights that weaves among the sparse branches from the top of the image frame to the bottom. Warning: No warnings apply Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. Author's Notes: This story is ongoing but mostly already finished (thank you NaNo) - tags on AO3 will update accordingly.

Summary:

Harry and Draco get the perfect Christmas present from their friends Ron and Hermione.

[cassiopeiasshadow]

Harry and Draco meet each other's friends and family for dinner.

“I don’t have any friends, Potter,” Draco says, and the last name hurts, is meant to hurt, even though Harry knows Draco is feeling defensive and vulnerable. Still, Harry feels a sting right through his ribcage. “How can this possibly be reciprocal? I can’t take you round to my friends, my family is -”

“You have friends,” Harry says, steadily. “And family. Andromeda and Teddy.”

“They like you better,” Draco pouts, and Harry feels affection bubbling up to the surface despite himself. 

“We’ll start with them, then,” he concedes. “And work our way up to Hermione and Ron.

Draco doesn’t say no, and Harry inwardly celebrates a small victory in getting Draco to come out of his cocoon of defensive self-loathing. 

[romaine2424]

Fic Wrap up for 2022

OMG where did the year go? I achieved none of my goals I wrote down last year at this time. However, it saves me of making a new post, because they are the same for this year. Finish my WIPs!!! LOL

This year I wrote about ~210K. 193K posted (4 fics). The other amount is for those WIPs. LOL

Here's the list and indulgent commenting of the fics I posted in 2022:

Every Cottage Has a Story (5.5K) This was written for Salt & Pepper Fest 2022. It's Harry/Ginny/Draco. It's written from an adult James' POV when he discovers Draco isn't just a border at his parent's cottage. It's rated T and is so much fun!

Eight Days a Week (122K) This fic I wrote as a chapter fic. It had been years since I did this type of release. It's Drarry but M/F as Draco is trans-fem in this story. It covers the two years of her transition. I didn't want to make it that she took a potion and that was it. I thought it was important for their relationship to go through the physical and psychological process in more detail. Friends to Lovers. Harry is pansexual or rather he discovers he is :). The story took me five months to write and I'm not sure I've ever put so much of my heart and soul into one of my fics since Double Edged Sword. It is a Drarry love story and it is a positive transitioning story. And it's about those growing up years where big decisions have to be made. I had some very lovely and loyal commenters, which got me through to the end. I'm so grateful to them. However, I'll be very honest, I was disappointed in the overall reception of this fic. I know the saying is "write for yourself", but there was definitely a sting to this one. Aulophobia and @m0srael were amazing in their help with this fic. Rated E

25 Holiday Scenes for Eight Days a Week (16.3K) I didn't expect a big response for this one, but I still had this story and characters in my head for months after completing it. So, I wrote for me this year for @slythindor100 25 Days of Draco and Harry. LOL It was a lot of fun! And, I thank the faithful commenters. Rated G

The Roommate (42.7K) I wrote this as a gift fic for @sorrybutblog for the @hd-erised 2022 fest. OMG I had troubles with this one. I wanted to write a romcom but I think I'm unable to do such a thing, so a bit of serious plot forced it's way in. Here's the summary: After one year in Azkaban and two years of home arrest, Draco is going off to college. Myrrdin College is Oxford’s magical college, where one Harry Potter is currently attending. Both are going for their teaching certificates with Draco specialising in Potions and Harry in Defence Against the Dark Arts. The Headmistress has insisted all incoming professors must be degreed. However, the Board of Governors insist that Draco also must live in a Muggle house with limited allowance and take Muggle elective courses before he can become Hogwarts' new Potions Professor. Harry is coerced by others into helping Draco Malfoy survive in the Muggle world. My favorite comment on this was equating the fic to a warm blanket! LOL. It is cottage-core. Harry's goal is to make Draco Malfoy fall in love with the Muggle world...he might have achieved it a little too well. :) It's rated M. I so tried for the E but it just didn't fit the story.

The rest I've written was for my WIPs.

Favorite Lines:

1. “Shit! I’ve gone from a Death Eater to an old witch smoking and drinking on a porch.” (Libby to Harry in 25 Holiday Scenes).

2. He’s heard the saying that the wand chooses the wizard one too many times. Whilst it might be true, Draco has found that a wizard or witch will use any damn wand available if needed. (The Roommate)

3. “Don’t talk to me like that, James Sirius!” Ginny replied sternly. “I’m sorry that you haven’t noticed what’s slap-bang in front of your face. You’re like a Muggle not seeing magic.” (Every Cottage Has a Story)

Onto the New Year! Hopefully those WIPs will be finished. I won't be looking at any prompts for any fests this year. *yeah right*

[burning-up-ao3]

Merry Christmas, I Could Care Less (11/25)

Suddenly, blasting the obnoxious, derisive statues to bits seemed brilliant. He could toss them in the air and blow them to smithereens like clay pigeons.

[toriscrazycornerblog]

Posted for once but this time make it Drarry and Christmas ❄️

artist: unknown (Pinterest)

[slythindor100]

Hello friends! I, along with my co-mod, timothysboxers, are thrilled to announce that 25 Days of Draco and Harry will run again in 2024. We want to thank navi1088 for creating our banner art. His work can be found at AO3 and tumblr under the same name. For those who may not be familiar with this challenge, we have included the rules at the end of this post, and we strongly encourage you to read these. And for the loyal fans of 25 Days of Harry and Draco: In 2024, we will be doing both Early-bird and Traditional prompts as usual. Again, we're running on LJ, DW and tumblr – the rules will be the same as last year. Because it seemed to work out quite well last year, the Early-bird Prompts will once again be available in October, and we will be including the Image Descriptions along with the prompts. Early bird prompts will be available no later than 13 October 2024, allowing creators over 7 weeks and some change to work on their posts. The signup period will open on 6 October 2024. Also, we will have the Discord server specifically for 25 Days of Draco and Harry participants. Like last year, this will be a place where early bird participants can discuss (in a channel just for them) the prompts and how they might use them. Traditional participants may join the Server at any time, and will also have dedicated channels for their prompts and discussions. The 2024 rules at a glance— Common Guidelines and Notes If you are creating individual works, please select "This Work is Part of a Series" to gather your works together. This will make them much easier to find in future!

If you are creating a multi-chaptered work, please use the "This Work has Multiple Chapters" option to ensure your chapters stay together.

An AO3 collection is available, and you are encouraged to post your works to it. Search for "25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024".

If you're not posting to the AO3 collection (but we really hope you are!) be sure to tag @slythindor100 on tumblr so we do not miss your posts!

The Early Bird and Traditional Prompt sets are different. We aim to have five or less prompts that appear in both sets.

More detailed rules and guidelines are further down underneath the cut.

25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024 - Traditional No changes from prior years. An image prompt is posted starting at midnight US-EST on 1 December, and you create a work based on that prompt and post before the next day's prompt goes up. Each of your posts can be part of a larger work or they can stand alone. 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024 - Early Bird You receive access to all 25 photo prompts at once when Early Bird access opens. This is a similar timeframe as previous years. The idea is to give participants time to prepare and create something before the insanity of December starts. You will post one work per day for each prompt. This can be a stand-alone story or each day can be a part of a bigger story.

We also encourage individuals or a group to create a podfic of a past 25 Days story, subject to the consent of the author(s). ♥ The advantages are this: 1. you can use the picture prompts in any order you chose 2. you can start creating early and have many of your posts ready to go before December 1st. 3. you get the prompts all at once so you can pre-plan your story and how you will use each prompt.

If you have any questions, please email the 25 days mod account at potionsgod@gmail.com or DM one of the mods if you're on the Drarry Discord server, or the 25 Days Challenge server.

@sassy-cissa and @timothysboxers

Detailed Rules The basic rules of 25 Days of Draco and Harry – Traditional Edition: The challenge is to write a drabble, ficlet, story, create an artwork, a comic, etc. for the image posted each day from 1 December to 25 December. Written works for each prompt should be a minimum of 100 words, but there is no maximum. They can be twenty-five one-shots or each one can be a part of a bigger story. Pictures will be posted at midnight EST and you have until the next midnight to complete your work. You may combine this with other communities or tumblr prompts. Your work does not have to be a story of the picture – you can use any part of the picture, or take inspiration from what that picture says to you. Traditional Prompts must be used in their posted order. If you fall behind, you can post more than once a day to get caught up. You're also welcome to post as life allows, meaning you don't have to worry about being on time. You can also combine a few days or prompts into one work, but the true challenge is to post every day for 25 days within the 24-hour time frame. You do not need to sign-up for the Traditional edition, the prompts will be made available beginning 1 December at midnight EST. Early-bird Edition: After signups close you will be given access to the 25 picture prompts no later than Sunday, 13 October.

You may use these prompts in any order you choose – but each prompt may only be used once.

The challenge remains to post a daily work from 1 to 25 December using one of the provided prompts. Each should be posted between 12 midnight (EST) and 11:59 PM (EST) the next night.

For written works, the minimum word count is 100 words per prompt.

[dodgerkedavra]

December 1

“Wake up,” Malfoy says. “It’s spring. The sun is shining. The snow finished melting weeks ago.”

“I’m not here.” Harry’s voice is shot. He can’t remember the last time he got up. It doesn’t matter. He pulls the covers over his head. “Go away.”

Footsteps approach, and then Draco sodding Malfoy whips the covers off Harry, then hauls him out of the bed.

“What in Merlin’s ancient arse are you doing?” Harry shouts.

Malfoy drags him through the cottage and out to the doorstep, into the sun.

“Ouch!” Harry hides his eyes.

Malfoy slaps his hands down.

“I can’t see!”

“Don’t be silly.” Malfoy’s iron grip on Harry’s arm hurts a bit. It feels obnoxiously alive. “What you see is the clear, warm light of April. And that means we’re beginning a whole new year together. We’re going to do all sorts of things, Potter. We’re going to skip through the meadows. We’re going to run through the woods. We’re going to swim in the river. In the evenings, we’re going to sit right here—”

“There’s no chairs!”

“—and count the stars.”

“You count them!” Harry wrenches his arm away from Malfoy. “I’m too tired. I’m going back to bed.”

He stomps through the cottage, throws himself into the bed, and pulls the covers tight around his shoulders.

Steady footsteps follow him. “If you do that, Potter, you’ll miss all the fun.”

Read Clear, Warm Light on AO3

[flowerfan2]

Wandcastle Christmas - Ch. 24

The penultimate chapter is up - chapter 25 will be posted tomorrow. Today's chapter takes place in this lovely setting:

Story summary: Harry’s dealing with an injury that won’t seem to heal, and Draco is mourning the loss of his mother. But they’re both going along with their friends on a holiday vacation, in hopes that the Christmas spirit will lift their own. And oh yeah, they’re exes. T, 22k. (Wow, reading this now... so much has happened since then!)

Start from the beginning here on A03, or read Chapter 24. I hope you are all having as wonderful a holiday season as Harry and Draco are (at least, they are by chapter 24).

[bridenore]

25 days of Draco and Harry 2023 recs

Here are some of my favorite fics from 25 days of Draco and Harry 2023. Listed in alphabetical order.

I've got you by oldenuf2nb / @dianacopland [64k]

Ten years ago, Harry resigned from the Aurors and effectively vanished from the wizarding world. So why is Draco suddenly thinking about him and what is the mystery behind the amazing cookies Hermione brings him?

On the verge of our tomorrow by @gnarf [27k]

Harry has made it back to Hogwarts, back to Draco. He is wounded beyond recognition, but the only thing that matters is that he is alive, even if barely so. Now, with united forces and the unexpected help of former mates, it's time to end the Apocalypse once and for all. Sequel to  At the end of our world by @gnarf  [61k] It took three days before the first hints were on the news, and a week before Harry spotted the first Infected on his own street. A month until there was no chance of stopping the panic, and six weeks until the government and Ministry fell. Then the TV stopped airing anything but a standby with the message ‘Stay safe’, and the world as he’d known it ended forever. Ten weeks later he got an answer from Hermione. “It spread. There’s no way back. We love you, Harry. Take care.”

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!