#I missed writing drarry so I’m actually excited for this

[galaxostars]

last line game

thank you for the tag @the-invisibility-bloke and @wolfpants !! so excited to read what you’re both cooking <3

have been the busiest bee lately but I’ve just started writing out (like 500 words lol) my fic for dronarry fest, so here is the infamous last line I wrote :

“My dick won’t rest as long as it remains in ignorance, Potter. I need answers.”

tagging @microdamage @arviyya @shoopsthereitis @starsworth @bluedahlia912 @lilacfiresoul @wolfpadx if you want to share!

[gayliketheancients]

Welcome to the challenge prompt AU

Hello friends, and welcome back to Gay✨ has brainrot for her own fanfic. This post is a welcome to the AU guide where I explain what we’re looking at.

Before I say anything else, a PSA. Fuck JKR. LGBT rights are human rights. How did she write the most queer coded characters and then be like “sorry, only Fumbledore is gay. Love him!” Lol nah.

This au is based loosely off the criteria in this post, where the lovely anonymousqualities called into the Tumblr void for someone to take on their idea. I’ve heard their call, they looked over my outline, and I am posting part one today! Woo! The OG prompt was meant to be plotless, kinda crack fic ish, but I don’t know how to quit when I’m ahead so there will be a good deal of lore-building/lore-fixing from the source material.

Enjoy! ✨

Timeline: Halloween 1981 - Harry’s 8th year

To Death, With Love: gifts within the love affair between Life and Death

Ships:

Jegulus, Wolfstar, NobleFlower, RoseKiller, PandaLily, platonic MoonWater, Drarry (in the future), and more!

Things it will be featuring:

Regulus raising Harry

Harry and Draco becoming friends as young children

Regulus being a spy for James - but not the Order, never the Order. Him building a resistance of former death eaters with Narcissa Malfoy’s help.

Harry being a prodigy - and a scary one at that

Lily and James are alive (surprise! Regulus put them in a coma and adopted their son!)

BAMF Minerva McGonagall and BAMF Narcissa Malfoy

Snape gets an actual reception arc instead of dying a trash lord (hello, Uncle Severus)

And so much more!!!

A link to the series ❤️

1-There Is No One Else

Regulus saves Lily, James, and Harry. Minerva saves him. Custody changes, Remus goes ape shit on Dumbledore, and the smallest moments of context.

2-Family Home

Regulus raising Harry from ages 1-4 (ft Grandma Minerva), meeting Miss Cissy and Draco

So many cute moments in this one.

3-We Who Remain When The Price Was Paid

Harry Potter becomes the Master of Death on his 5th birthday. It's like playing where's Waldo, but instead, it's where are Harry's uncles???

Narcissa starts the resistance of exclusively wives of Death Eaters (blood magic pta moms)

Uncle Moony, Uncle Padfoot, Uncle Barty, Uncle Sev

4-Ragtag Little Family

Regulus just wants to hold a family meeting. But you can't hold a family meeting unless you can get the whole family in the same place.

A prison break, wolfstar reunion, wolfsbane potion trials, blood magic pta moms get a name, another prison break, a unicorn, a rat, and a birthday.

(happy adoption day, Uncle Moony)

5-Moony, Bobcat, Padfoot and Prongs are proud to introduce Harry James Potter-Black

Harry's last year before Hogwarts. Lily and James are awake, we get the family meeting Regulus has been wanting, and everyone tries to figure out how to function again.

6-Mirror Images, Distorted Reflections

Year One at the castle. Harry and his boomslang are headed into Slytherin to make friends and enemies. Regulus and James reach critical mass, and Lily Evans is a messy lesbian.

(this is where we start to get a lot of world/lore building!)

7-Forbidden knowledge & misunderstood monsters

8-Turns (in the tides of war)

Year 2 at Hogwarts. Jegulus are growing & evolving as people, Harry is growing and evolving as a prankster. How many messes can Harry, his friends, and his snakes make?

(in progress)

9-The choice no one gets to make

10-The ones who lived

11-I love (the ghost of) you

12-Roads unseen guide us home

13-Always and forever with you

Fan Art (yall, you have no idea how exciting it was to even just typer that omg)

From our beloved prompt giver, @anonymousqualities from little Luna in 4-Ragtag Little Family ❣️

[fluxweeed]

10 first lines

share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics / wips

hi @teeteringpileofunusednotebooks and @nv-md! tysm for the tag + i’m sorry i’m so late!! mari – i’m ridic excited for your stupid number of WIPs – also i feel like you’ve started writing at least? two more? since you posted your version? i’m laughing, but with love. ali – your lines are all so perfect and make me miss ur writing so much! nv-md binge incoming!!! 

the last time i did this was exactly 10 published fics ago, so this is actually perfect timing! last time i also completely ignored the rules and talked in-depth about each line, and u kno what? tumblr is about the only place i feel comfortable being stupidly self-indulgent, so here we are again lmao 🙈

in reverse chronological order:

1. For Lack of Wanting (8.4k, E, unrequited drarry)

I was obsessed with him, you know.

(this line and also the entire first section is so tell-y but tbh i purposefully didn’t care. i just wanted to write some fucked-up unrequited roleplay sex, you know? sometimes you have to forget about writing good and just treat urself)

2. Still the pine-woods scent the moon (15.5k, E, remus/harry)

It seems like a reasonable idea, at first.

(so this fic actually started off as a sirius/harry after i went on a huge @lqtraintracks bender one weekend [and if u haven’t already, stop what ur doing and go inhale all 19 lqt sirius/harry fics immediately]. then i realised there was nothing i could really add to a sirius/harry fic that hadn’t been done already - but i came across this art and it lodged itself into my brain forever. it’s just the vibes, u know?? how soft remus looks but also the way he’s looking right at the camera?? that man is in CONTROL. so anyway then obv i needed to find a way to get him into grimmauld place so he could walk in on draco fucking harry in the arse. thus: first line.)

3. Ferrety Little Mouths and How to Snog with Them (5k, T/M, soft drarry kissing)

“And she lost her shit, can you believe it?”

(can’t rly take credit for this one; this whole section with draco talking about his ex is almost word-for-word a convo i had with a friend about their ex and their friend who was weird about it. not quite sure the phrase “she lost her shit” was used, but that was def the vibe.)

4. Two to Lie and One to Listen (85k, E, drarry fake relationship [sort of])

She’d got another letter from the Ministry that morning. It was from the Muggle Liaison Office this time. 

(god, this fic. in the very first draft, hermione was the legit villain: the sort of friend who is well-meaning and loudly supportive, but is lowkey bigoted and doesn’t think that queer relationships are as meaningful as straight ones. then before the first big rewrite i started thinking more about her motivations and had the idea of making her trans – both to give her a non-bigot reason for agreeing to help draco hide his sexuality and not tell harry about it [it’s all about the trauma, folks!!], but also as a nice little fuck-you to jkr. so then she needed more of her own storyline, bc it felt like a bit of a cop-out to be like “hey this character is trans i swear! anyway let’s mostly ignore her and have her get in the way of the main pairing” [which, honestly, is still sort of the vibe of the fic], so she got her big Let’s Change The World Campaign.

the first version of this prologue was from draco POV; the second version was hermione POV but she was sooo mean and angry; this one is the third attempt. i wanted to show her desperate attempts at making any kind of change, anywhere at all, so it’s a bit more plausible that when she runs into draco malfoy, she’s like “ok yeah sure let’s pretend to be boyfriendgirlfriend!” lol. also does it bother anyone else that there are three different tenses in this one line? everything about this fic makes me sick lmfao)

5. Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it) (10k, T, epistolary author!harry/publishing-grunt!draco)

CURRICULUM VITAE: Draco L. Malfoy

(can’t remember whose idea it was to start with a cv? it seems like the sort of lazy backstory shortcut i would do, lmao, unless it was actually @lastontheboat​’s idea, in which case it was a genius move to introduce draco’s work struggle and set the tone for his journey thru the rest of the fic)

6. An Auror Error (1k, T, stupid drarry auror fic written in tongue-twisters)

Harry shivered under Malfoy’s stern glare.

(1. wanted it to be left a bit ambiguous what harry’s actually feeling here [reality: he’s shivering bc he thinks draco is sexy when he glares, but also he could be scared bc he’s being interrogated?] 2. playing around a little bit with the s/sh sounds. easing into the nonsense to come.)

7. Eight o’clock, tomorrow evening (11.5k, E, drarry legilimency sex)

It was seven fifty-five, and Draco’s stomach churned.

(listen, i thought i was doing something with the title being a line from the end of The Four Doors, which this fic is a lil sequel to. this first line was (a) tying that together even more and also (b) establishing the POV switch from harry POV in 4D)

8. The Taste of Țuică (15k, E, ron/harry/draco)

Mum always says my problem is that I care too much. I think that’s nonsense, honestly—one of those meaningless things mums say to make you feel better about overreacting to stupid shit. But I can’t deny that I care about my friends. I mean, really care about them. You know?

(i’m including the whole first line here instead of just the sentence bc i was trying to do sooo much here, lmao. first, i wanted to really ground this fic in ron POV, and the weasleys are so very Family [u know??], so i wanted to get that in asap. i also wanted to get in ron’s maybe-demisexuality in there – i love love LOVE getting characters to explicitly state something about themselves while also simultaneously not realising it at all [seriously i do this all the time, promptly forget about this if ever u plan to read one of my fics bc it will be all u can see now haha] and this absolutely an example of that. poor old ron is going “hey i love my friends soooo much, i love hermione, and also i love harry, i just love them both SO MUCH. wait why tf did i kiss harry that one time???” what a chump.)

9. Belatedly Consummated (4k, E, drarry post-arranged marriage fuck)

The problem is: Harry can’t stop touching Draco.

(idk man i just really liked the thought of these two idiots having to cohabit and try to remain platonic while they get a magical boner every time they touch each other ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ this one also gave me a chance to do another thing i rly like to do, which is take the first line and make it the last line, except the last line is somehow Resolved. last lines are fuckin HARD, i use this trick all the time, pls also forget this one before reading any of my fics, ty)

10. Show them the night that they dreamed about before (6.5k, E, percy/harry/draco)

Draco’s first thought is, Huh, Potter’s here again.

His second thought is, What is he doing, bent over the desk like that?

His third thought is, Oh. Weasley is fucking him.

(i think this was the first thing i wrote for this fic and i lowkey still love it. i think it’s maybe a bit confusing? clunky? i feel like one of my beta’s didn’t like it? but it makes me laugh and also i enjoy the mental image of percy going to town on harry and draco standing there experiencing a whole-ass face journey while otherwise completely motionless, so.)

BONUS WIPS:

1. 10k/15kish written, E, silly drarry vagina fic

As soon as Harry wakes up, he knows that Something is Not Right.

(i feel like this might stay the same in the final version? this wip is about 5 years old lmao but i’ve been playing with this beginning section a bit recently. have made it 100% sillier and imo it’s improved it so much. still not sure i’ll ever finish it.)

2. 27k/50kish written, M, drarry polyjuice clubfic

In general, Harry is grateful for Hermione’s efforts to keep him alive.

(i strongly suspect i’m going to rewrite this entire first scene once i actually finish the fic and realise there are secret themes that currently elude me. atm it works as a way of getting them to where they need to be [on a brisk morning walk!] and also as a joke later on in the fic, but there’s nothing else really going on with it.)

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god i’m so sorry for hijacking a simple tag game to talk about myself at such obnoxious length ;_; hope it encourages more writers to talk about their processes tho, i need more fic writing meta content now galla’s bonus podfic episodes are offline. tag me if u do this / come across this pls!!! love u ❤️

[sitp-recs]

The second season of Hidden Gems is here at last!! I gotta start this post with a big THANK YOU note - especially to @pennygalleon, @nv-md and @romaine2424 - for your enthusiasm and support! The feedback for this project has been incredible and I’m so very excited to share more gems with you. Unlike the first season this new batch will have a bigger focus on new and/or active authors, hoping to boost their works and self-confidence within the community. We are looking at another list of 40-45 creators and I can’t wait to praise them all! I have prepared a few recs in advance but I can’t promise daily posts like I did last time - although 🤔 maybe having a breather between lists might give folks the chance to actually go through them? Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

Hidden Gems by @academicdisasterfic

Let’s start this new season with our one and only Rooney, fandom’s beloved cottagecore deity! Sometimes I feel like he’s been around for ages already, his calming presence, gorgeous fics and inspiring Letters in Transition exchange project with @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm working their way inside our hearts until we’re like “oh right, remember that incredible fic he wrote in 2014??”. I knew I liked him as soon as I saw that perfect profile pic, I smile every time I see his icon and I loved getting so many treats on his birthday this year! hehe it looks like we have similar tastes! He has a quiet, sensitive and slightly melancholy writing that touches my soul; his fics bring self-discovery, gentle understanding, wistful angst and the most delicious domesticity. The gentle narrative sprinkled with fluff & smut is perfect comfort food and maybe more importantly, thanks to his contributions our fandom is getting the trans representation it deserves 🏳️‍⚧️🙌 thank you for everything you do for the fandom, we appreciate you! To everyone else: run don’t walk, because you can’t miss the gems below!

Drarry

like the sun came out (2021, E, 3k) - a very special best friends to lovers with gentle sex, lots of feels and the most beautiful summary you’ll read today:

Harry realises that Draco loves him, and it's like waking up.

Crawl Back Into Your Open Arms (2022, M, 5k) - all 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 pining 👏🏻 with Healer Draco, sick Harry, substance abuse, top hurt/comfort content

Harry can’t feel. Draco feels too much. They can’t live with or without each other.

Sourdough (2021, M, 17k) - my first Rooney fic still inhabits my dreams, brilliant tender AU with baker Harry, romance novelist Draco, bamf Pansy and cottagecore angst, the perfect love story! Tw anxiety, reference to past suicidal attempt

Draco writes romance novels and doesn't leave his apartment much. Harry bakes bread and sells it to Draco. Draco is quite weird. Harry might like that.

Rare pairs:

Summer at the Burrow (2022, E, 1k) - *screams* the hottest 1k you’ll ever read, holy shit this is something else. Ships: Draco/Bill, Draco/Sirius, Draco/Harry

Bill's controlling and hot, Sirius is passionate and hot, and Draco is just hot. Literally. This room is stifling.

Keep Me Here (2022, E, 8k) - a must read with our favourite triad Drarry + Teddy! Personal fave of mine with gender fluid Teddy, lots of pining and sexy resolves UST, praise kink, consensual somnophilia! A fic after my own 💜

Or the one where Teddy is pining, Harry is in denial, and Draco is impatient.

[hogwartsfirebolt]

Hello everyone! I’m back for my (omg time flies) third yearly drarry rec list, in which I share with you my 30 favorite drarry fics I read in the year, divided in three parts. What a year 2020 was. It was challenging, scary and confusing, and it was also an amazing reading year for me, I read so, so much more than I ever had before, and I’m really excited to share these masterpieces with you! The banner art is by @dragontamerdame who is one of my favorite artists and was kind enough to let me use this beautiful piece, which you can (and totally should) reblog right here. Now, with nothing else to add and in no particular order, here’s my

FAVORITE FICS I READ IN 2020 PART ONE

1. Who we are in the shadows - @quicksilvermaid - 100k - E - What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost. But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy's world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself. What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?

THIS FIC!!! It was the first one I read in 2020, and it immediately became my favorite fic of the entire year, and one of my favorites of all time. I have since read it two more times, the entire 100k of it. There are absolutely no words to describe how amazing it is, how much it floored me to read their characterizations, their jobs and the roads life took them on to end up where they end up, the connection between them in a time when they don’t even know how to relate to anyone, their sorrow and struggles which, despite being so rooted in the magical world, are painfully human, just... wow. It’s a masterpiece. It changed the way I view their characters, forever, and I suspect I will read it many, many more times in the years to come. It’s that kind of story. If for whatever reason you haven’t read it, this is your sign to take that chance and embark on this amazing journey. 

2. Every Kingdom - @thistle-verse - 7k - E - Every kingdom needs a prince. Every prince needs a good and useful knight. Draco and Harry play their parts and renegotiate some borders while they’re at it.

So, so lovely. Even though I don’t read them very often, alternate universes fascinate me so much, and I am in awe of the author for being able to pack so, so much story, so neatly into 7k words. This features a princely, lonesome Draco, a charming, golden Harry, and a blossoming love that could change everything. It’s beautiful, and I recommend it deeply.

3. The Bucket List - GallaPlacidia - 32k - Draco will die in six months if he can't get Harry Potter to fall in love with him. Since that's not going to happen, he might as well spend his last days working through his Bucket List. Tap-dancing lessons? Rock climbing? Poetry-writing? Threesomes? Cocaine? Getting to know his adorable cousin, Teddy Lupin? Draco will try them all! Feat. Cheerily pessimistic Draco, devoted bitch queen Pansy Parkinson, and a Harry who can't help but notice that something seems DIFFERENT about Draco, these days.

I’m positive that many, many of us got acquainted with GallaPlacidia’s writing this year, and I, too, fell in love with it. This story aches in the most beautiful of ways, the humor happens to be somehow light in such a difficult circumstance that it ends up hurting when you laugh, it hurts when everything is right because it’s also wrong, it aches when it’s supposed to be a happy moment and feels tender and sweet when it’s not. I can’t even imagine the challenge of writing this kind of story, and they pulled it off beautifully. It’s a lovely story, one you will take with you long after you finish it, and, personally, I think it’s a great introduction to the author’s writing. 

4. halcyon days - @the-starryknight - 1.3k - T - Sleepy mornings caught while the sun rises are reserved for silly word games and soft touches and feelings.

Oh my god, the amount of tenderness in such a low wordcount made me weak in the knees. I almost couldn’t take it. Being able to convey such a deep emotional connection in a short story seems like such a daunting task, and the author makes it seem almost effortless. I guarantee that this will make you bring your hands to your chest and sigh with how lovely it is. Reading it will be the best ten minutes of your day. 

5. Clouds That Veil the Midnight Moon - @drarrytrash - 37k - E - According to Harry’s personal narrative regarding the incident, he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy for purely self-destructive reasons, or out of convenience, or by some unlucky accident. Looking at him, sprawled in the moonlight, Harry is devastated to recall that he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy because he’s hot. Draco is a secret werewolf and Harry is doing his best and they've got criminals to catch, darn it.

Reading this, I found myself laughing out loud, nodding profusely with how freaking spot on the characterizations are. The dialogue is amazing, so hilarious and real and Harry’s inner monologue is so, so him. I love everything about this story. I have a soft spot for werewolf fic, and this one hit everything I love about it, the case is interesting and engaging, the incidental characters, the OCs, Ron and Hermione, everyone and everything is absolutely perfect and I had an absolute blast reading it. You HAVE to read this and see for yourself what I’m talking about. 

6. Sex Ed for Aurors - curiouslyfic - 8k - M - Some things, you need to learn on the job.

Oh my god this is so freaking good. The premise is, basically, that Harry is accidentally doused with a lust potion while in the vicinity of Draco, and suddenly wants him more than anything. I loved this take on that trope, we’re in Harry’s head, and it’s absolutely hilarious and endearing to experience the near childish glee he feels whenever Draco looks his way, when he smiles, when he feels he’s made him happy, meanwhile Draco and Ron are horrified and doing whatever they can to correct it. This is so funny and such a good time, I can’t recommend it enough! While you’re at it, you should definitely read megyal’s remix of this, which is also a blast. 

7. plasticine porters with looking-glass ties - @bonesliketambourines - 15K - E - Lately, Harry thinks things don’t seem the same between him and Draco. His head is in the clouds when he thinks about what their relationship is now, and where it might be headed—he’s happy with their friendship, but he wants something else. A potions accident over a lunchtime visit to Draco’s lab (what does he get up to in there, anyway?) changes things, though, and accelerates their relationship faster than either of them had ever expected. How are they going to get through this new development together?

Atmospheric, beautifully-written and delicious. Their relationship is tender, just on the edge of something more, when they’re forced to quarantine together and face the effects of a potion that makes them see and feel things differently, which makes for the most intense, visual, gorgeous sex scene I think I’ve ever read. It’s just absolutely phenomenal. 

8. i wake up falling - warmfoothills - 9k - M - Draco’s always leaving, one way or another. Harry’s usually 240 thousand miles too late.

In trying to come up with a way to summarize this story, I’m feeling the overwhelming urge to cry again, just like I did when I read it. It’s just so, so, beautiful, every single word of it aches in the best way, the longing feels deeply authentic and just, the setting and the jobs and everything is so unique and gorgeous. Every single work by this author is beyond beautiful, but especially this one is incredibly close to my heart and I think everyone should read it. It’s a gem. 

9. In Every Universe - @skeptiquewrites - 27k - M - They sent Professor Harry Potter to search for Unspeakable Draco Malfoy. Draco has stolen a Firebird, an experimental magical device from the Department of Mysteries that lets you enter parallel universes as yourself. As Harry traverses from universe to universe, he begins to think Draco might be the one searching for him. A story about whether knowing what's possible makes it possible.

Stories where the characters find themselves somehow hopping from one reality to another are always so, so fascinating to me, and this one is incredibly creative and well-written, so entertaining all around. The mystery of it kept me on my toes, and every single reality was a joy to read. 10/10

10. Life goes not backward - @shealwaysreads - 8k - T - Harry still isn’t used to gifts, but this one is different. A story of coming home, finding safe ground, and the wild courage of putting down roots. Leaving one life behind isn’t always a sacrifice, and sometimes the greatest good comes from embracing the people you love.

My god, there are not enough words to describe how much this story means to me, how beautiful it is, how every single time I’ve read it, I’ve cried. Bella has undoubtedly become one of my absolute favorite writers in fandom. She has such a way with words, there is not one of her stories that hasn’t touched me, that doesn’t feel like an actual, full-length novel no matter the word count. I read so many of them this year, so many of the masterpieces she’s gifted us, but this one especially is so tender, so dear, that I ended up choosing it as my favorite of hers this year. Harry’s charactertization, the unbelievable warmth of their relationship, absolutely everything about this is gorgeous. Go read it, right now, and then binge all her other works!! You won’t regret it.

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Each of these fics is incredibly close to my heart and I enjoyed them immensely. In the midst of everything changing, I really found comfort and solace in the amazing works of the people of this fandom. I hope they give you the same amount of warmth and comfort they gave me, and I’m ALWAYS here to gush about any of them ❤️ Happy New Year! 

[drarryruinedme7]

Last year I made a post with all my fave Drarry fics from my first year of fandom. Have my second year wrap up! Listed by Rating and then length. 

RATING: TEEN AND UP AUDIENCES

Beautiful by @xx-thedarklord-xx​​ (2017; 8.9k)

Summary: With the second task looming closer, Harry escapes to the Black Lake to open the egg, in the hopes of avoiding Myrtle. The Mersong isn't just helpful in figuring out that Mermaids are real, it attracts his very own handsome Merman.

*I didn’t know I love merpeople AUs until I read this one. It was cute and sweet and I’m really glad I read it. 

Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by @waspabi​​ (2017; 93.3k)

Summary: 'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.

*What can I say. This is a masterpiece, it absolutely entered my heart to never leave it again. Best AU ever!!!

Away Childish Things by @letteredlettered​​ (2018; 153.8k)

Summary: Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.

* This has been the turning point of my Drarry passion this year. First, I discovered Lettered (good Lord why hadn’t I before?!) and then, well. This fic brought out so many feelings in me and I’ve already re-read it something like 5 or 6 times in the span of a few months. Amazing.

RATING: MATURE

you’ve got the antidote for me by Kandakicksass (2018; 20.7k)

Summary: When Harry Potter unintentionally severs their soulbond before it can fully form, Draco Malfoy resigns himself to a slow death and decides not to burden Harry with a soulmate he's made it very clear he doesn't want.He's never been selfless before, but for Harry, he can try.

* The angst!! It’s usually not my cuppa, but this was bittersweet and just so well written, I couldn’t stop reading. Find the rec for this one at this post.

RATING: EXPLICIT

Give Me Sweet Oblivion by @tryslora​​ (2012; 4k)

Summary: Italy seems like a long way to go to keep a fetish secret. But the club is exclusive, and the far away location, and Muggle nature, promises anonymity from Wizarding Britain. The only problem is that sometimes, great minds think alike.

*Super hot, I love finding old gems like this one. Plus, Italy. Go, folks!

Shiny Things, Slightly Damaged by @lqtraintracks​​ (2020; 5.3k)

Summary: Harry may not ever have had to see it if McGonagall hadn’t decided it was a good idea to hold a ceremony on the grounds outside before the Sorting in the Hall. And by ‘it’ he’s referring to Draco Malfoy on a motorbike.

*jsklajdksajfa This one! THIS ONE! Slayed me. I read it feverishly and then like, fainted at Draco on a motorbike.... this fic surprised me and I 100% loved it.

A Ghost of Blissful Feelings by @alpha-exodus​​ (2020; 6k)

Summary: Harry hadn't expected to spend his eighth year fucking Draco Malfoy, but it's the only thing that helps him let go.

*Dunno guys, I’m amazed by how much this one hit me. You should read the tags before diving in, but it was darkish in the right way, Harry and Draco suffers and find peace in a ‘’special’’ way, but I stand by it. Hot and intense.

Tell Me (What you Need) by @keyflight790​​ (2019; 6k)

Summary: Even though Harry was paying for his Dom, there were limits; breaking points in which someone would refuse, no matter how many Galleons were pushed in their direction.

*Okay, I may be biased because this is a gift for me, but Chris never lets down with her amazing writing and this has everything I need and more: Dom!Rentboy!Draco and a perfectly sweet Harry with a Daddy!kink. I mean.

Dangerous by Faith Wood (2014; 6.3k)

Summary: Being trapped in a dungeon with Malfoy — who's a werewolf, a former Death Eater, and a giant git — is definitely dangerous. Harry has no reason to be excited. None at all.

*Y’all know Faith Wood is like my n.1 fave Drarry author. I have no idea why I had never read this one though!!! It’s actually phenomenal, scorching hot and just dsjkafjaks love this werewolf!Draco. OMG.

Scent and Sensibility by aidaninkling (2018; 7.5k)

Summary: [...] Draco's always known he'd be married off as a trophy omega, but suddenly his mother's trying to make him king by promising him to some stupidly good-looking alpha and she just won't stop smiling at him. Does fate's cruelty know no end?!

*This blew my mind. A/B/O AU so hot I melted while reading it and I loved it so much that I re-read it three times IN A ROW. No kidding. Read it. 

The Eighth Tale by @letteredlettered​​ (2012; 12k)

Summary: Draco Malfoy tries to fix the past, but instead mucks it up some more. For Harry, it all becomes quite clear.

*Back to Lettered. I love Time Travel fics, and this just delivered perfectly. The ending was also enigmatic enough to keep me wandering, which I always appreciate in these kind of stories. 

Sex, Lies and Veritaserum by @letteredlettered​​ (2011; 17.9k)

Summary: This entire fic is one long conversation about sex.

*LOL alright, I’ve developed a new obsession this year (clearly). This was ...gosh! Hot but it also gives away a certain level of intimacy and trust between Draco and Harry to be so open about their kinks... it was perfect.

On One’s Knees by pir8fancier (2008; 33.8k)

Summary: The war is over and to the victors go the spoils.

* The fic which made me fall in love with DownAndOut!Draco. 

The Pirate and the Prince by @nerdherderette​ (2019; 49.2k)

Summary: Draco can't believe that fate and circumstance have made him a stowaway on the Master of Death's ship. He doesn't know what's worse: the dread pirate's legendary vendetta against the aristocracy, or the fact that his captor is the most infuriating yet irrefutably fascinating man Draco has ever met.

*Okay y’all. Nerd is a great person and author. She is phenomenal. And this fic shows it so well. The pirate!AU the Drarry fandom both needed and deserved. Sublime.

Unhook the Stars by jad (2016; 70.5k)

Summary: [...] Seventy-thousand words of pornographic discourse between two boys-turned-men that still haven't learned how to communicate like normal people – with words. Guest appearances by Pansy Parkinson, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, Blaise Zabini, Teddy Lupin, Gregory Goyle, the Weird Sisters, ex-wives, several Weasleys, a Boggart, and a Honey Badger.

*Again, Dom!Draco and such a beautiful sub!Harry. They stole my heart. In this fic they grow up together through the aftermath of the war and they just... they have this intense Dom/sub relationship, I can’t... explain how much I loved this. Scorpius also makes his appearance and it’s so real and cute!

Such Great Heights by aideomai (2015; 93.3k)

Summary: Draco Malfoy, wide-eyed and pale and in a decidedly ragged shirt, was crouched next to the pile of whatever the dragon had been eating. Harry threw himself to a halt and yelled, “Merlin, how many times do I have to save your life?”

*This is one of the last ones I’ve read. Find my rec for it here. Such a cool fic, with a shunned Draco who gets to be so happy in the end, it made me happy too.

Burn The Witch by @lettersbyelise​​ (2019; 95.8)

Summary: When Harry Potter is sent in to investigate Draco Malfoy’s successful potions company, posing as Draco’s bodyguard, he doesn’t know the case will launch a series of events that will change his life — and Draco’s. A story about choices, scars, Chopin piano pieces, and finding all kinds of love in the most unexpected places.

*I do not have the words to express what this fic means to me. First of all, it’s how I met Elise who’s an amazing person and who I’m glad to call friend. She’s the sweetest. And also incredibly talented. This fic will take your breath away from the first word to the last one. Smol!Scorpius is perfectly characterised and my absolute favourite bit of the fic. 

Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid​​ (2019; 99.7k)

Summary: What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost. But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy's world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself. What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?

*Another incredible person who I got to know better thanks to her breathtaking storytelling and her sweetness for sharing it with me. Quick made something amazing with this fic and I urge you to read it. It was my first creature fic ever, first time I read about werewolves and I totally fell in love with it. Sheer perfection. 

Freedom to be by @quicksilvermaid​​  (2019; 169.5k)

Summary: Harry Potter is the Boy Who Lived. 12 years after the war, he's become the Boy Who Lived For Everyone Else. He has the perfect wife. The perfect house. The perfect job. The perfect friends. Only nothing feels perfect. Until one day he stumbles across a club called Release and begins a journey of self-discovery that takes him to a very different place.

*Well, could I just miss out on another one of Quick’s great works? With, again, Dom!Draco!??? No, I couldn’t! This is such a great exploration of BDSM and what it means and Harry’s path into it. 

19 Years and 5 Minutes Later by TheMightyFlynn (2015; 202.8k)

Summary: Five minutes after his happily-ever-after, Harry finds himself locked in the public loos with an angry Draco Malfoy and a need that he has denied for 19 years.

*Find my rec for this fic here. It’s really long and has Ginny bashing, but it’s totally worth it!! 

[peculiarmindset]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Hi! I’m just here to say Happy Holidays and to make an exciting announcement.

The second HP story that I’ve brought up here a few times before will finally be posted on January 01, 2022- New Year’s Day!

It will be updated once a week like my first HP story and it will be longer than Pureblood Plumbing.

Also, I’m here to give you one more reminder- my second HP fanfic will be the true kink/fetish story for Drarry. This will be straight up SMUT and NSFW. Every single chapter will go BEYOND anything that I’ve ever written or even thought was capable of writing before. It will surprise those who know my usual writing. This is something I’ve really wanted to do and I’m not sure if I would ever write anything like this again- so I’m going ALL OUT since this is my first and possibly last time that I’ll write something this hardcore ever again.

And WARNING: If you are not a fan of burping/farting/pooping or are a newbie to this kink, I recommend that you DO NOT READ THIS STORY. You will probably be scarred- like one of those shock videos. The story will be dirty, it will be hardcore, and there will be sexual involvement with all these kinks- including scat, yes SCAT. The story will still have my usual romance/comedy/hurt-comfort style of writing of course, but it will be completely delved in the true essence of the above kinks. And do not be fooled by chapter 1- that will be like dipping your toe in the pool to test things out and by chapters 3-4, you will be shoved right in to drown.

Honestly, the closer we get to the posting date, the more hesitant I am to actually post it. I usually just post all my stories shamelessly and unapologetically (honestly, I love these kinks and people who visit my tumblr or AO3 should know what to expect- I’m pretty straight up about my likes and dislikes and I tag everything). But for this story….I’m very nervous about how you all will take it… I’M SUPER NERVOUS…like I’m seriously second guessing actually posting it or not… 😰

But I will post it. It’s just that I’m driving myself nuts making sure all the appropriate tags and warnings are set. Cause I have manners and a conscious- I don’t want to scar anyone, you know 😅 (I’m really not joking though, I’m seriously worried here).

So yeah, overall I hope you all look forward to it! 🙏🏻 I posted a Christmas fic two days ago, just in case you guys missed it. And I also just posted my New Year’s fic which will be my last story for this year. I’m gonna take a short break till the end of this year, so any asks or things you send to my ask box before then, I’ll reply back to you next year, LOL 😇 I hope you all enjoy and see you again in 2022!!! 😘🎇🎉🎊🎍🧧🎆

[onlytaylor]

Drarry, Holidays, & Amortentia

“Happy Christmas, Malfoy.”

Harry reaches across the table for the peppermint oil, only to be slapped on the hand by his potions partner.

“Not yet, Potter! You’ll ruin the brew! And quit saying that.”

Malfoy focuses on chopping the rose thorn into fine segments while Harry leans nonchalantly on his hand.

“Why? Aren’t you excited for the holidays?”

“Forgive me, returning to an empty home sounds rather appealing, doesn’t it?”

Harry purses his lips, contemplating. He suddenly realizes that Malfoy’s staring at him. A jolt of electricity runs a prickly shock down his spine.

“Well? The peppermint oil?”

“Oh. Yeah.” Harry taps the vial precisely three times, and the potion morphs into the color of sage. He’s distracted by the sharp pierce of Malfoy’s stare.

Surprisingly, there’s no criticism, only the accidental brush of Malfoy’s hand against his as he begins to stir counter-clockwise. His skin tingles in its wake.

“Congratulations, Potter, you didn’t screw it up this time.”

Harry’s still lost in thought, finally snapping back to reality with the buzzing excitement of a new idea.

“Malfoy. Come to the Burrow with me.” He’s beaming, proud of himself like never before.

“Wh-what?”

“The Weasley’s. It’s never empty. Quite the opposite actually.”

Malfoy studies the potion, which has begun to emit spirals of steam.

“Why should I?”

“Because spending Christmas with your arch nemesis has got to be better than spending it alone.”

He smirks. “Please, Potter. I thought we were beyond all of that nonsense now.”

“That’s right. I guess our rivalry died with Voldemort?”

Malfoy still winces a bit at the name. His eyes are focused on the cauldron.

“It’ll be fun, Draco. Please.”

His gaze snaps up, and Harry’s smiling softly. The name seemed to roll from his tongue in an effortless and fateful manner.

“You- why did you call me that?”

“Isn’t it your name?”

There’s a pause, and suddenly Draco’s laughing.

“Yeah, I guess it is. Twat.”

Harry giggles; he can’t help himself.

Malfoy’s smile fades. “Do you smell anything?”

“No, why?”

“Fuck. We screwed up the potion, dimwit.”

Harry leans forward, invading Malfoy’s space. It’s a gesture that doesn’t go unnoticed, and Malfoy’s hands shake a bit.

“Yeah, I smell nothing.”

Malfoy sighs.

“Alright, we’re wrapping up! Let me check your work before I dismiss you all for winter break.” Slughorn starts making his rounds, and Malfoy’s shoulders slump disappointedly.

“I don’t understand,” he pipes, “I never fail at potions.”

“It’s probably my fault.” Harry shrugs. “Too much peppermint, maybe?”

“No, I don’t think so.” Malfoy’s thoughtful as Slughorn approaches their table.

“Very well done, boys! A perfect concoction if I may say so myself! A flawless balance of smoked wood scent and plum pudding!”

Harry scrunches his nose at the thought of plum pudding. Draco watches confusedly as Slughorn teeters away to Seamus and Dean’s boiling brew.

“I- I don’t understand,” he states.

“I know. Plum pudding is disgusting.”

“No, you prat. It worked for Slughorn but we- we didn’t smell anything.”

“Maybe we’re immune to amortentia.”

“Maybe we-“ Malfoy freezes, a sudden dawning transforming his cheeks to a rosy pink.

Harry tilts his head, brow creased with confusion as he overhears the factual proclamations of Hermione: “I used to smell freshly cut grass, Ronald, but now I seem to only sense a very potent version of you.”

Harry draws in a breath and is suddenly very aware of Malfoy’s presence beside him. It’s intoxicating- potent- and he-

Oh. Oh. Fuck.

He snaps to find Malfoy already staring. His face is red; he looks like he might be sick.

“Malfoy, I think we used the right amount of peppermint oil.”

He nods subtly.

Harry gulps, then decides that life is far too short to miss chances. Especially during the season of Christmas.

“Please. Come to the Burrow with me. I want you there.”

He nods again with a ruminating pause. “Okay.”

Harry smiles, and it lights up his entire face. One word that, coming from the boy beside him, means everything.

“I knew you’d come to your senses eventually.”

“Shut up.”

“Draco?”

“Yes?”

“Happy Christmas.”

He laughs at the sentiment, rolling his eyes facetiously.

“Happy Christmas, Scarhead.”

Harry doesn’t think he’ll ever stop smiling again. It would be a very Happy Christmas, indeed.

***

I’m hoping to start writing more now that school is out, so if you would like to be added to a tag list let me know! ❤️

[professordrarry]

Prompt: Drarry are locked OUT.

I WANT TO WRITE 10 K OF THIS. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND I’M THE ONE WRITING IT. CURSE YOU NONNIE. 

*Technically, pre-drarry :D I apologize for nothing* 

“Potter, remain calm when I tell you this,” Malfoy was saying in a quiet, sure voice that instantly made Harry not calm. “I seem to have misplaced the keys.”

“The keys,” Harry replied cautiously under his breath. “As in, the keys to the flat where we are currently working undercover in order to remain inconspicuous while investigating the very dangerous criminal organization who are currently watching us from their balcony?”

“Those’d be the ones, yes,” Malfoy sighed. “I’m assuming from your reaction that you also don’t have the keys?”

“Of course I don’t have the keys!” Harry said, slightly louder and angrier than he’d meant to. “I never have the keys, because someone banned me from having the keys because he thought I’d...what was it again, Malfoy?”

“Forget them,” Malfoy mumbled, rubbing his temples. “I could just…” Malfoy made a sweeping motion with his hands and Harry’s eyes widened.

“No, you fucking can’t, you moron. You know they’re watching for magical signature. You’ll jeopardize this whole—”

“Hi, there,” Malfoy said loudly, his whole demeanour changing instantly.

“You gentlemen okay?” a gruff voice called from behind them. “My wife sent me down to check. Seems to think you’ve been out here arguing for a while. I tried to tell her it’s none of our business, but you know how it is sometimes.”

“Yes, we’re fine,” Malfoy said genially, shoving Harry on the shoulder playfully.

 Harry’s stomach lurched. It did that whenever Malfoy touched him these days, but Harry correctly took it for the sign that it was. He turned around and beamed at the older gentleman now standing on their porch. 

“My boyfriend here just forgot the keys to the flat so we seemed to be locked out,” Malfoy continued with an uncharacteristic chuckle. “He’s lucky he’s cute, I always say.”

Harry tried not to let his grin falter as he blushed in what he hoped was an explainable way. “You know, running out in the morning, work and all that. Just forgot. It’s okay, we can call a locksmith.”

The man across from them chuckled. “No need for that,” he smiled. “Let me just go grab my tool kit and I’ll have you in in a jiffy. Can open the window there. You’re lad here, he’s skinny enough to fit, I think.”

“No amount of butter seems to put meat on his bones,” Harry teased. “He’s a beanpole despite my best efforts.”

The man laughed again and headed back to his own house. Malfoy whipped around to Harry.

“He’s going to break into our house for us?” he hissed. “Is that enough evidence?”

Harry laughed humourlessly, “No, Malfoy, it is not. We gave him permission to break into...our house.”

Something about the phrase gave him pause. He had to avert his gaze, and irritatingly, Draco ‘I don’t miss anything’ Malfoy noticed. 

“You alright?” he asked Harry gently, a look of concern on his face. “You’ve gone paler than me. It’s going to be fine. I’m not stupid. I promise not to do anything rash.”

“Yeah, I’m fine, leave it,” Harry said gruffly as Paflaw came sauntering back up the walk.

“Here we are,” he said jovially. “We’ll have you in in a minute. The missus also says you two are invited to dinner anytime you’d like. apparently, she’s been meaning to come over and ask you herself.”

The window was, indeed, open in a jiffy, and Draco shuffled himself in, headfirst while Harry resolutely ignored his backside shimmying inside. The look of triumphant joy on his face as he peeled the front door open made Harry blush again and he pushed past, thanking Paflaw and assuring them they’d be over for dinner in just a little bit. The case was more open than the door now, what with a perfect excuse to enter the mobster’s home, and Harry could not reconcile the distress that was causing him. He practically ran upstairs, swiftly closing the door to his bedroom and leaning against it as though he may be attacked at any minute. 

Three weeks. That was not long enough to have developed this inconvenient little crush, and yet here he was, blushing in front of Malfoy like a teenager. He felt like an idiot. There were too many pieces of evidence available to him to deny it now. He’d been very intentional about continuing to call his partner Malfoy, even as the latter had started slipping in a ‘Harry’ every third conversation.  

Like right now. 

“Harry?” Malfoy was saying from the other side of the door. “You okay? What the hell is wrong with you? This is good news! Have you not realised this, you idiot?”

And that was that. The idiot. The intentionally joyful tone behind Malfoy’s taunting. It was different than before, before this assignment even. And Harry was noticing. He wrenched the door open, shocking the blonde man from where he had been resting on the door frame.

“I’m bloody fucking brilliant, Malfoy!” Harry shouted, sounding as deranged as he felt. “This is fucking fantastic! We’ll get this arrest and we’ll go home and I won’t have to spend any more time pretending to be able to be civil around you or to enjoy your cooking! Is that what you wanted to hear? Well? Is it, Malfoy.” 

Malfoy’s face shifted. It was subtle, as were most things the man did. He stood upright and faced Harry dead-on and sighed. The sigh was not dramatic or even all that loud. But it was there. And it hurt. 

Harry moved his hand to close his door again, and Malfoy put out an arm to stop it at almost the exact same time. 

“I’m pretty excited, actually,” Malfoy said quietly.

“Because if we get to go home, my partner change goes through. And if my partner change goes through, I can ask you out properly without breaking your little Gryffindor ethics code.”

Harry opened his mouth. He had a retort ready, in theory. If he let himself speak, something would certainly come out. He didn’t actually want to say the thing he wanted to say. So he didn’t. He closed his mouth again and stared at Malfoy for a moment.

“What will you say, Harry?” Malfoy murmured, taking a step towards him and letting his arms fall to his sides. “What will you say when I ask you out?”

“I think we both know the answer to that, Draco,” Harry whispered in response. 

[tsauergrass]

Hi! I noticed your comment on gnarfs fic recs and was wondering what are you favourite fics and which you would recommend :)

oH it would not be an exaggeration to say I’ve been waiting for this ask since practically the day I created my blog lol (I’m so excited!!)

I do have a fic rec list sitting in my drafts (tagged forever ago by @rockmarina and still haven’t found the time to complete 😭) but oh dear here we go! In no particular order:

Running on Air by eleventy7

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

This fic is so beautiful it will break your heart without you even knowing it and you will be left aching for days. It will forever be my favorite fic and it is the most beautiful fic I have ever read—it is the one that brought me into Drarry when I didn’t even ship them! The loneliness is so well captured, the scenes so beautifully described, and both the suspense and the emotional storylines are so well crafted. td;lr: please go read this stunningly beautiful fic I promise you won’t be disappointed

The Lip-Lock Jinx by cassisluna

It's a jinx that renders the victim mute, unless he/she serves the purpose of the jinx and kisses the person that they desire. It's just Harry's luck that he's in love with Draco. HPDM, one-shot, eighth year.

Already fussed over it once but here we are again! Eighth-year fic, Draco is quieter but still witty, Harry is clumsy in his affections, Ginny is brilliant. It’s so soft you will place your hand on your chest and sigh, you will smile helplessly because your heart is brimming with softness. A dose of this fic on a bad day and I promise you will feel just the bit better.

Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You) by firethesound

Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on living.

Warning: MCD, it is—oh dear it is the angstiest fic I have ever read. It tore my heart out of my chest and it is so, so good. The writing is beautiful, I love the way Draco and Harry’s relationship progressed, I adore their characterization, how they bicker and care. Harry’s road to recovery is rocky and winding but it is,, so genuine. (I also adore the structure of this fic lol, the two timelines are weaved together seamlessly and it just fascinated me!) This fic will leave the most beautiful scar in your heart but really, if you can afford it, it is so worth it.

Grounds for Divorce by tepre

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter.

A story about histories, a story about families. A story about a lemon tree somewhere in Upper Egypt.

This is, like, the slowest slow burn of all slow burns. It’s a bond fic, as you will discover pretty soon into the story—but it proceeds so differently than I ever expected. It is messy, beautiful, winding, Harry and Draco proceed to take the same freakin path two thousand times without ever reaching the destination—but it’s all good, and you see the beauty in the messiness because that is how life is. And when they finally get themselves together it’s just, so sweet you can’t stop smiling and you can feel their happiness, so close to your heart. It’s a slow journey and you have to take it with them if you want to see it bear fruit, and you realize in the end it doesn’t matter how winding the paths are, because you were always going to reach that place. And stay. Like I lie in bed at one a.m. and I think about how Draco and Harry are sleeping together in Grimmauld and I wanna tear up. The prose is beautiful, and messy like the story itself, and I just adore the way everything is described, so authentic, and the way the start of the end is the beginning (no spoilers yes?) Go read it and afterwards sit at the same place for twenty minutes in complete awe and content

The Generation Who Lived by lettersbyelise

In the months leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy writes a series of articles about war survivors.

So far, he’s managed to interview everyone he wanted.

Everyone...except his old nemesis, his one-time lover, and the elusive war hero who stubbornly refuses to be featured in Draco’s interview series; Harry Potter.

This fic tackles so many different aspects of consent—and weaves them into the story itself so well. There are many controversial topics, and they were explored with honesty: nothing is shunned, nothing is avoided, there are many voices that challenge what you really think. And these are the best kind of fics, really. I especially love the characterization of Luna, because it is so difficult to get her right—but she is, wonderfully candid in her whimsical way, tripping you over in your own thought. I love Draco and Harry’s story as well, the misunderstanding and the miscommunication—the confrontation, a reminder for a lot of us that being upfront and honest is so so important. The way Draco is neither redeemed nor un-redeemed yet trying in his own way is also very dear to me.

Sharing Different Heartbeats and Let Them Wash Off in the Rain by talithan

Before Harry ever saw Draco’s room, before they ever shared a greasy order of chips or long-held secrets, before Draco’s boss ever tried to chat up Harry, they hadn’t even exchanged mobile numbers. To be fair, Draco didn’t have a mobile then.

*

It’s Harry’s first time in New York City, and he is determined to have a good time. How Draco Malfoy figures into this remains to be seen.

I recently discovered them and just, ahhh. Completely adore them! They are not related, just by the same author. Both are so gentle and it feels as if nothing really important is happening—and nothing is—but the feelings are there all the same, gentle too. It’s like sitting by the window listening to soft rain. The sky is grey, the lights are dim, and you’re not really thinking about anything... just listening to the rain falling...

These are some of my absolute favorites! There are many more, (so many more,) and if you’d like you can check the bookmarked recommendations on my ao3! (It’s a messy, rumpled place but) here are a few of them:

fly like paper, high like planes by harryromper

Harry Potter, Head Coach of the Appleby Arrows, is very content leading a quiet life. He has a doddery old house-elf who makes his breakfast, a team of players who love Quidditch almost as much as he does, and a Kneazle that curls against his damaged leg at the foot of his bed at night. The absolute last thing he needs is a fit, tattooed, and wildly talented Draco Malfoy back from living his life on the margins. Soon he’s dealing with goblins for the first time since the war, traveling to Prague, eating dodgy squid, and maybe, just maybe, accepting that Quidditch, Malfoy, and even Harry himself are still capable of change.

(I love Draco covered in tattoos, Draco with a family in Prague, Harry with disability, Harry and his kneazle, amazing OC’s)

Reigniting Harry Potter (A Task For Draco Malfoy) by QueenofThyme

Harry Potter is depressed and won't leave his house, or his bed if he can help it. Hermione has the bright idea to send Draco Malfoy over, who is surprisingly gentler than Harry realised, and might actually just be able to reignite a spark in Harry...if he stops being an arrogant prat of course.

(It’s a gentle story, I love the ending and the description of Harry’s depression just feels really genuine)

To Hurt and Heal by cassisluna

They say that everybody who gets out of Azkaban comes out a little mad. After the war, Draco Malfoy spends three months in Azkaban. He just wants to go insane in peace, but Harry Potter finds that he, inexplicably, still can't leave Draco alone.

(It’s. Heartbreaking and tender all at once)

Don’t let go by parkkate

When Draco ends up having to take care of Teddy’s new pet, he’s sure the universe is trying to torture him. Little does he know things are about to get so much worse. And of course, it involves one Harry Potter.

(The amount of cuddles is atrocious in the fic, I repeat, atrocious. The depth is also amazing and unexpected)

Take Into the Air (My Quiet Breath) by GuardianMira

Draco is dying of Hanahaki Disease. Serves him right, Harry thinks.

(But this is, like, the perfect Hanahaki disease fic. The perfect blend of angst and tension and relationship development with a heartbreaking, beautiful ending.)

Four Times Harry was Late...and One Time He was Late again by dracogotgame

Title says it all

(FLUFF. LOTS OF THEM. And it’s so clever you want to throw your phone across the room and clutch your heart and AWWWWWW, you’ll know it when you get there)

Talk to Me by Saras_Girl

When the usual channels of communication are shut down, the most surprising people can find a way in. A strange little love story.

(The setting is similar to The Lip-Lock Jinx, so very sweet!)

Slow Hands by eleventy7

Blood, shadows, and paper hearts. The Shadow hunts students, but Draco Malfoy most of all.

(This is,, beautiful. Gentle. Quiet, like when you wake up early before dawn and no one else is up.)

Everything a Word Can Mean and Constant Flux by rockmarina

In a world where magical people are born with the nickname their soulmate will call them by tattooed on their skin... what does it mean that the word on Harry's chest is the thing he hates to be called the most?

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Harry Potter is the one constant in Draco's life, only each time in a very different way.

(These are just. Soft. Fluff. The first one is so poetic I love it so much, the second one gave me so much Feels)

Inferno by jadepresley

If he was ice then she was the fire, and though he loved her he was quite certain they were destined to destroy one another in the end.

(Okay this one is not Drarry but it will BLOW YOUR MIND. Seriously, the writing is so beautiful, the story so vivid, so strong. It will ring in your mind)

There we go! There are so many more fics I would gladly rec only this post is getting quite long. I would also recommend you check out the rest of an authors’ works if the first one you read fascinates you, you won’t be disappointed!

[malenkayacherepakha]

WIP Monday/Tuesday

Thanks @shealwaysreads for the tag and for the push to actually look through my WIPs and figure out what the hell I should be working on right now. I am currently fest-less which is a bit crazy, so all of these are kind of as and when I want to work on them WIPs.

And in no real order other than the ones I thought of first:

Red, White and Royal Blue Christmas Fic

I started this fic this morning and we’re up to 1.5k words so hopefully this one will be finished soon. It’s a nice little bit of Christmas fluff, and my first attempt at writing Alex and Henry so fingers crossed it works. 

Cheeky excerpt: Henry had left nearly a week ago, family duty calling while Alex’s school schedule demanded that he remain at home for a little longer. The week has felt endless, Henry’s absence somehow so much worse now that Alex is used to waking up to his face on the pillow next to him, the apartment feeling stripped of its soul without Henry pottering around and leaving books on every flat surface. Alex is aching to see Henry again, every fibre of his body missing him, and phone calls and nightly facetimes just aren’t cutting it. 

The Big Harry x Ginny Fic

I’ve been planning this fic out in my brain for a while now, and I’ve finally started writing it. I’ve got an outline written and now have a whopping 255 words written. I’m really excited for this one. It’ll feature Harry at MACUSA, a letter from the British Ministry, and an attempt at casual sex which is doomed to fail. 

Harry buys a house

This fic has no plot other than Harry buys a house by the sea and does it up. I know exactly which house I’m basing it on, but haven’t got any further than that - I haven’t even decided if this is a Harry x Draco or a Harry x Ginny fic, but I love the idea and really want to figure it out properly soon. 

Drarry Roommates Fic

I’d forgotten about this entirely until I just looked through my gdocs but I’ve got nearly 1k words written so shouldn’t take too long to finish this off. 

Drarry Dirty Talk Fic

This has been languishing in my docs for AGES. It was a tumblr prompt and I so want to get this finished soon. 

French Speaking Draco Fic

This was prompted in the Drarry discord ages ago - essentially Draco can speak French and Harry gets far too turned on by that. This is half written in a notebook so needs typing up and finishing off. 

There are way more WIPs than this hiding in the recesses of my folders, but these are the ones I’m most keen to get finished off and published. It’s weird working without a deadline so any encouragement and cheerleading is always greatly appreciated! 

I feel like most people have been tagged so instead I’m just going to say if you want to do this, do it, and tag me so I can get excited about your WIPs too 😊

[fleetofshippyships-archive]

Fanfiction

(👀👀👀👀 why u do this to me, definitely no wips with this word, drabble it is…also…crap, this got to 620 words? somehow? also, it’s now 1.20am and this is probably full of typos and shit…sorry? Drarry.)

(AO3 Link)

Draco looked towards the sitting room door and sighed.

“The tea is getting cold!” he bellowed, causing Pansy to flinch.

There was a vague sound from the study across the hall. Draco rolled his eyes and turned back to Pansy.

“Sorry, he’s been writing all day,” he explained. “He’s decided to start throwing things at me when I interrupt him so let’s just leave him to it.”

Pansy raised an eyebrow. “What kind of things?”

She always was too eager for details about their life. And then she published articles about them whenever it was a slow news week.

Good thing he found the public being shocked by silly details of their domesticity more amusing than annoying.

“Oh, whatever is closest,” Draco said. “A pencil. Stapler. Books. One time he threw a cup at me that still had tea in it.”

Pansy choked on her tea. “That sounds—”

“Oh, he never aims for me,” Draco scoffed. “One time his chair spun more than expected and he got me in the stomach with a pen and didn’t stop apologising for days. He just likes to make a fuss. Misses the action of being an Auror, I’m sure.”

He could tell from her expression that she was absolutely going to write an article about that. The papers had been hounding Harry and everyone in his life for details of what he was doing after retiring early from the Aurors.

He was tempted to drop a few ridiculously embellished details just to stir things up, actually.

“What does he write? Should we expect an autobiography any time soon?” she asked, forgetting to be subtle in her excitement.

“Oh, I haven’t the foggiest,” he said as he poured himself another cup of tea. “He won’t let me see what he writes. Won’t talk about it either. Secretive old bastard.”

Pansy deflated.

“Anyway, enough about the antisocial bore. Blaise told me you’re thinking of selling the family home.”

Pansy grimaced and sunk into her chair. Draco settled in for a good rant.

***

After seeing Pansy out, Draco wandered to the study and stood in the open doorway. Harry was still tapping away at his laptop. Draco was beginning to regret getting him one that worked in a magical home. It took up far too much of Harry’s time lately.

“So, what is it today?” he asked when Harry paused and turned to look at him. “Star Trek? Star Wars? Doctor Who? That slanderous show about Merlin? You’ve been re-watching that lately, don’t think I haven’t noticed.”

“What did Pansy want?” Harry asked, ignoring the question.

Draco walked into the room and peered over his shoulder.

“Oooh, is this for me?” he asked, leaning closer as he realised it was Tolkien.

Harry shut the laptop quickly. “Yes, piss off, it’s meant to be a surprise!”

Draco reached down and spun Harry’s chair around until he was facing him. “It’s not even my birthday,” he said with a grin. “What did I do to finally get some fanfiction out of you?”

Harry snorted. “You wouldn’t shut up about it and you wouldn’t stop reading the books every night out loud in bed and it got stuck in my head, you bloody prat.”

That made it so much better. Draco leaned down and kissed him.

Harry kissed back for only a moment before pushing Draco away.

“Shoo, before I forget what I was going to write next and abandon it,” he said.

“I’ll bring you some fresh tea and some of the pastries Pansy brought,” Draco said as he left the room without a fuss.

“You never brought me food while I was writing before!” Harry called out.

“You weren’t writing for me before,” Draco shouted back.

(Yeah? Harry writing fanfiction in his retirement? Why not?)

(Send me an ask with one word, any word. If any of my unpublished wips for this account have that word in them, I’ll post a snippet containing that word! And if not, I may try and write a wee drabble/headcanon with it?) 

[drarry-imagines]

Im dealing with a lot of issues as my grandfather is on deaths doorstep and its hirting the family a lot. Can you write a healers!drarry au? Or a healer/nurse au or a healer/volunteer? Or anything to get my mind off of the fighting the family is doin? I love everything you do! Thank you.

I’m so sorry to hear about that, I get your pain and I hope you feel better. I really hope this fic makes you feel just a teensy bit better.

–

Harry sat in the hospital room practically shaking in excitement. You’re probably thinking: ‘who the hell is excited to go to a hospital?’ and if Harry was to explain his reasoning you’d call him insane, an idiot, an incompetent buffoon— these were just some of the words Hermione had used to describe him when he’d told her.

But his plan made sense when you thought about it from his point of view. This technically was the only way Harry could see him and if the cost of seeing that beautiful face was a broken arm or two then that was a price Harry was willing to pay.

Speaking of the devil, the door opens—Draco Malfoy-Potter walks into the room with his eyes focused on the reports in his hand and not on his patient.

“Hello, I’ll be your healer for the day. How may I help yo—” this was the moment Draco decided to look up, only to see his husband of 3 years sitting on the bed with a stupidly huge grin on his face and—not one but BOTH—arms in a cast. Taking a deep breath, Draco’s slender fingers go to pinch the bridge of his nose in frustration as he begins “Harry…”

“The thing was that I was walking the dog and—”

“—we don’t own a dog, Harry.”

“Oh, well then I was actually on a ladder and then—”

“—Harry we talked about this.”

“I missed you, babe.” Harry finally admitted softly while looking at the floor.

Sighing, Draco strolled towards his husband before placing a pale hand on his husband’s dark face and forcing the man to look up at him, “Harry, you know I love you, right?”

“Yes, Dray,” Harry responded shortly like a child being told off.

“But this—” Draco indicates to Harry’s two broken arms,“—is not ok.”

“Yes, Dray.”

“Good.” Draco quickly pecks Harry on the forehead before returning back into healer mode, “Now, Mr.Potter, I prescribe a tablespoon of bone-healer—which is in the bathroom cabinet—and some goddamn rest. You haven’t slept since I started working the night shift.”

“Not the same,” Harry mumbled, eyes back onto the floor, “I won’t lie, I miss having your bony elbows in my face.”

“Wanker.” Draco shot back jokingly, pressing one more kiss onto Harry’s forehead before backing away. He walked towards the door but stopped once halfway out of it, he turned to Harry and he simply said, “Love you.” And he left.

Harry smiled blissfully at the door, eager to go home; drink the potion; and injure himself once more just to see his husband once more.

He wondered if the receptionist would let him in for a paper cut.

[thedaughterofkings]

Writer asks!

Rules: answer these questions and tag five other fic writers to do the same

Tagged by @clotpolesonly, thank you!

Author Name: thedaughterofkings (Lessa)

Fandoms You Write For: Mainly Teen Wolf, there mainly Sterek (with the occasional offering of Stoyd, Stackson and Stisaac, plus some miscellaneous prompted pairings), also some Merthur, and I’ve lately had several Drarry urges, which really takes you back! I’ve also written for SPN, and for Star Trek, and there’s some unpublished LOTR fic, but really, mostly my brain is all Sterek^^

Where You Post: here on tumblr (fics to be found on this page and under this tag) and over on AO3 Most Popular One-Shot: On tumblr: Favours, interestingly enough! It has overtaken Of dogs and deer darcy which I thought for sure would be the top! Both of them are Sterek, Favours involves some werewolf speed dating and Of dogs and deer darcy soulmate shenanigans!^^ Also, scrolling through my fic tag with an eye on the notes is very depressing - the 1k notes of Favours are wayyyyyy the outlier, like, most fics have somewhere between 10 and 50 notes outlier On AO3: by hits, comment threads, bookmarks and subscriptions: Homebound, which I’m again surprised by, but very happy about because I still love that fic a lot! It’s a sort of fix it Merthur, a little angsty and painful, but with a lot of healing and happy endings, I promise! by kudos: Here we finally have Of dogs and deer darcy in its rightful place^^ (It was my most popular fic across all platforms and categories for ages!) I think this was the first soulmate fic I wrote and it’s just cute and fluffy and funny and I do still love it! And I haven’t grown tired of soulmate AUs yet^^

Most Popular Multi-Chapter Story: This isn’t hard because I haven’t split many fics into separate chapters, so here the unopposed winner is Fully grown, and a well deserved one, too! My longest finished fic to date, another soulmate AU, just an all around favourite apparently - certainly one of mine! And yes, that sequel will appear eventually, just not yet (and no worries, the fic is complete in and of itself, I just have more thoughts and feelings^^).

Favourite Story You Wrote: Now that’s just mean!  Any of the fic mentioned above are definitely favourites, but they do get some love already obviously, so I’ll mention two here that I think deserve more love and attention: On AO3 the only lonely boy in New York, a musician Sterek AU with pining and misunderstandings and angst and aaahhh!!! Also there be love songs and dramatic love confessions and really, what’s not there to love! Get on it, people! On tumblr Rose and thorn, because I’m always a sucker for fairy tale retellings (and will not stop with them) and I really like how this one turned out! (Also, it’s super close to triple digit notes which is very exciting, so go read and share^^)

Story You Were Nervous to Post: Posting is always nervewracking for me, because you never know how it will be received - most of the time it seems not to be received at all, which is quite disheartening in and of itself! I can’t remember worrying about negative reactions to any fic so far; there are fics hidden away in my folders that I’d fear could get a negative reaction, and well, there’s a reason those haven’t seen the light of day so far. Overall, for me the anxiety over whether anyone is even going to read my stuff and if they do, whether they are going to leave any reaction, is the worst thing about posting fic, and of course that gets worse the longer you’ve worked on something, so Fully grown was one of the badder ones in that respect.

How Do You Pick Your Titles: I cry and pray a lot. Sometimes I’ll come up with something sort of like a title right at the start and that just sticks (like Fully grown for example), but most of the time, it’ll be one of the last things and I absolutely suck at finding titles! Though summaries are way worse still, and tags are a nightmare of a different kind again^^° Those finishing touches really are hard!

Do You Outline: Sometimes. Rarely very in depth, mostly I’ll just know what I’m working towards and will keep that in mind while writing. For the longer fics I’ll sometimes have a sequence of scenes to work towards instead of just one final outcome, but so far I haven’t had a full scene by scene outline, nevermind something that blocks characters’ movements in a room or something like that!^^ So I guess the answer is sort of no :p

How Many Of Your Stories Are Complete: I have exactly one properly unfinished story posted and I feel TERRIBLE about it, so fic only gets published if it’s finished/can stand on its own now. That means it takes way longer for it to be published, but that’s just how it has to be for my own peace of mind^^ I do miss the potential interaction with readers when publishing something multi chaptered while it’s being written, though, and it’s also a very lonely process without really any feedback (apart from throwing poor Larissa occasionally at my unfinished messes), so I certainly don’t want to claim it’s the best way to do things!

In-Progress: Depends on what you mean by that - wip that are published: that’s just the one we don’t talk about :p wip that are being worked on behind the scenes - there I always have three to seven, even if I’m usually only working on one at a time :p Currently there’s a Drarry fic, two Sterek fics for Sterekweek which I REALLY need get to, several more Sterek fics, one Stoyd and one Stackson. But then again if you mean, touched in the last month, there’s probably not a single fic, and touched in the last half year would only give me three or so - my writing mojo is definitely off at war this year *sighs*

Coming Soon: Hopefully seven Sterekweek fics! :D Also, the one Drarry, but that will probably be shoved to after Sterekweek, because STEREKWEEK!!!!

Do You Accept Prompts: Theoretically yes, but I should warn you that I’ve been absolutely horrid at actually filling them over the last couple of ... years really^^° But you can always try your luck!

Upcoming Story You’re the Most Excited For: I’m honestly feeling a little discouraged with writing right now (and also, I have a headache right at this moment which makes excitement feel a little unreachable), so this question is harder than it should be, sadly! I think the Sterek ‘the Proposal’ AU I’m hoping to finish for Sterekweek should be really fun when I get it done and I’ve had some new ideas for the Stackson one, the first sequel to Pigtails, so that made me more excited for that one again! My brain cannot remember who is or is not a writer right now, so I’ll tag any writer who sees this and wants to do it! (Also, please hit me up and let me know if you are a writer who likes to do these things because I’m always struggling to come up with people to tag and it’d be absolutely wonderful to have a list to fall back on and know people are actually interested in doing this!!!)

[writcraft]

Hey you know me as definitely-not-a-fan but I made a hp blog.. just wanted to say hi 👋🏻 Also if you have the time, could you maybe rec me some good (and nice) hope blogs? But only if it’s not too much trouble! Hope you have a lovely evening/day/whatever time it is when you read this :)

Hiiiiii! How exciting, welcome welcome!!! I mean, I know you don’t need a welcome but just specifically welcoming your new HP blog to the fandom :D

Okay, I’m going to be honest and say that doing blog recs - particularly for a fandom as huge as HP with so many differing POVs on everything from certain characters, to JKR, to Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child, can be a little difficult, not least because I follow a lot of people with differing opinions and I know that approach isn’t for everyone. I also get anxieties about missing people out. I did start trying to write out a list of some of my favourite blogs to follow but it would have been ten feet long and felt like a sure fire way to lose friends (because I’d end up missing out someone I chat with every day or something by accident) so I’m going to scrap that and take a different approach. 

I’m actually pretty new to tumblr - relatively speaking - even though I’ve been in HP for ages, so I’m just going to tell you how I’ve gone about working out which blogs I want to follow, with a focus on H/D content (HD Rec Blogs and HD Fest Blogs). I also follow loads of Snape and Snarry blogs, HP meta blogs, all the femslash blogs I can get my hands on, lots of Marauder stuff, Wolfstar and Prongsfoot in particular, and a bunch of other things, but I’m assuming from the Draco focus to your blog you’re going to be primarily interested in HD but ping me if that’s not the case and I’ll give you other suggestions. 

Friends, please feel free to add to this if you have specific shout out lists or think I’ve missed stuff, particularly if there’s a handy reclist of Drarry Artists anywhere - @gracie137blogs did you start an excel for tumblr artists and alternative contacts when Tumblr started being annoying? 

More under the cut, it got a bit long.

Rec Blogs: I’m going to be missing a lot of rec blogs here - there are so many for H/D - but @capiturecs has a really long established rec blog which should also give you ideas for author / artist blogs to follow, @gracerene09 also has a super organised rec blog which again will lead you to other blogs, @dictacontrion blogs quotes from H/D fics on the regular and will help you find tumblr blogs for writers as they always include the tumblr handle where there is one and @the-headmistress is a newer blog set up to spotlight lesser known fic/authors and definitely worth a follow (that blog is run by @gnarf @keyflight790 and @nifflers-n-nargles). I also follow @thedrarryarchives for some lovely, thoughtful recs and I’m sure there are a load more but those are the ones off the top of my head. I was about to start listing a load of other bloggers who rec frequently (e.g. @bixgirl1 and @hogwartsfirebolt and @tdcatsblog spring immediately to mind and @magpiefngrl did a series of recs that are definitely worth checking out from the end of last year) but that started to get unwieldy too, so I’ll stop with those four with apologies to those other bloggers who I know rec frequently but I’m just going to miss people.

A lot of the authors you’ll discover through poking around the blogs I mention also rec widely - such as the few I mentioned above - so you can find other authors, artists and so on through following the author blogs. I’d also point to @o0o-chibaken-o0o‘s recent 2018 Community Drarry Rec List and @lettersbyelise recent list of new Drarry authors who published their first fics in 2018 as additional recs for author blogs to follow (as well as the lovely bloggers that compiled those lists of course!)

HD Fests: One way I’ve found people to follow is by stalking casually following people who have participated in recent fests, most of which now have a tumblr presence. I went through various fest masterlists and hit follow on author/artist/mod tumblrs. HD fests that ran last year, or that are new this year, that are explicitly HD or have a high HD participation include @hd-erised @hd-fan-fair @hpconsentfest @dracotopsharry @hpdrizzle @harrydracobang @hdowlpost @hpkinkfest (this blog is shadow flagged right now but recommend following for this upcoming round which starts on 24 February, and I’m a mod so shamelessly self-promoting and also have it on good authority you’ll get lots of kinky HD out of this run) @lcdrarry @hd-wireless @harrydracompreg @slythindor100 @hd-remix @hdtropes @gameofdrarry @hd-fanart @drarryawards

I suck at doing this, but hopefully it’s a good starting point. There are also a bunch of HP Discords. Drarry, Snarry, Wolfstar, Snape, HP Mods, Next Gen and others just off the top of my head. If Discord chats are your thing, just drop me a message and I’ll let you know who to contact for the relevant links depending on your interests. I hope you have fun!!!!!!

[bixgirl1]

your harry and hermione fic is gross why would you write that

I honestly don’t know whether to be fascinated or creeped out, nonnie! I’ve had my anons back on for less than a day, and I guess some people might be flattered that you were potentially waiting to send me this, but I’m just… snorting too hard to let myself get as impressed as you might have hoped, omg, I’m so sorry.

But since I can’t do that for you, I can at least answer your question (and geez, I’m seriously touched that you’re so interested in the motivations behind my creative process!!!!

1) It was a birthday fic for my friend @femmequixotic, who deserves all lovely things and likes the ship, because she understands (like we all should most of us can) that she’s allowed to like more than one thing, and doing so doesn’t cancel out liking another. That people are complex creatures — both things I tried to point out in the fic. Like in this excerpt:

He pulled back, stricken. His mouth dried; he couldn’t meet her gaze. But her soft hand tilted his chin up. Her eyes glistened with moisture, but looked at him steadily, and it was as if she already knew what he’d been thinking, knew and wasn’t disgusted by him. It was like she knew, and loved him still, and without thinking, Harry pressed forward and kissed her.

Hermione surged against him with such an utter lack of surprise, Harry thought she’d waited lifetimes for the contact. Waited and waited, preparing herself all the while, because she was Hermione, and that’s what she did.

Later, he would make a comparison in is mind as he ran his hands over soft brown skin, her body tucked into his, a snore issuing from her mouth. Later, he’d think about Ginny, and the way Hermione’s mouth was fuller than hers, the way her kiss was hungry but less forceful. He would think about the heat of them both, Ginny’s lean, tiny body and Hermione’s round curves. Later, he’d think of Ron, and of how Hermione and Gin belonged to him, somehow, the same as Harry did.

Or (because I love giving examples and the fic obviously engaged you enough to send me this), this one:

His face was hot with shame — not for having done it so much as how he wanted to again, every time he felt scared. They slept together for warmth now, the three of them, Ron in the middle. Sometimes Harry’s hand brushed hers, and they both pulled away as if scalded. Sometimes Harry’s hand brushed hers, and their fingers tangled, and they didn’t let go. Harry never knew which night would bring what.

Or even:

It’s lonely. For the first time since the war, he doesn’t know where his friends are — just that they’re out there, together, and away from him. It should feel good; he knows he should be happier for them, but… he’s not.

He pulls double shifts every night for a week, training recruits and in the field, then collapses into bed and sleeps for twelve hours.  When he wakes up, it’s dark and he thinks of Hermione in the way he does when things are dark and quiet. Thinks of Malfoy.

He Apparates to a muggle club across town and fucks a stranger in the alley outside it. When he gets home, he stares, and sleeps, and wakes up to do it again.

He doesn’t feel cold. He doesn’t feel anything, for awhile.

The second reason actually relates to the first in that way: I wanted to explore the depth of conflict we can feel when we love someone. How there’s no one way to do it, how loving someone wholly or for a long time doesn’t negate how true your feelings are for someone else. I tried to do this in a series of ways, as the title references: Harry and Hermione loving one another in a real and unshakable, but entirely untenable way, because they both love Ron so much, the implication that Ron might know about what happened in the forest and love them both enough that it doesn’t matter, Harry falling in love with Draco and Draco’s reasons for understanding his struggle. (And omfg, my apologies for that, I’m just getting the feeling you were so entranced with the Harry/Hermione portion that you might have missed some of the major themes? Forgive me if I’m wrong. AND I’M SO SORRY FOR REFERENCING THE HEAVY DRARRY TOO, I KNOW YOU DIDN’T MENTION THEM IN YOUR ASK!!!)

Themes tend to be a big thing for me when I’m writing. The major ones here were longing, and understanding the nature and depth of love. How it can be different but just as important no matter who we feel it for, how it’s not something we have to give up if someone is grossed out by the ship how dare anyone write it to love something more and be truly happy.

Also, fwiw, I hardcore headcanon Harry as bisexual and you’ll see that in a good 70% of my fics.

But anyway. That’s the why of me writing my Harry/Hermione!  Please feel free to send me more questions about it, I LOVE when a reader shows interest like that! It’s really exciting to be able to give in-depth explanations over fics, to reference some of my favorite bits from them (which I’m sure you were enthralled by), etc. Also, when I get asks like this one, people tend to go read whichever fic was referenced (though no one is obligated, of course, even if they are way more polite than this asshat and I’d hate for any of them to read something of mine that made them uncomfortable), so tysm for helping to boost the hits and kudos on Love Him More!!! That’s really sweet of you, and I appreciate it so much as it’s a personal favorite of mine.  

Thanks for the ask, nonnie! I hope you have a wonderful day! :D