#all things teddy fest

[allthingsteddy]

A fan-work exchange fest to celebrate 🐻 Teddy Lupin 💙

Calling all of Teddy Lupin fans! We're thrilled to invite you to be a part of upcoming gift-exchange festival 🎁. Whether you're into fanfiction, fanart, or podfic, all forms of fan-work are welcome. Plus, there are no restrictions on pairing types 🚢.

Mark your calendars 🗓️📍:

Sign-ups: Feb 14-28

Prompt assignments: until Mar 14

Posting (anon self-post via AO3): Apr 25-May 2

Reveals: during May

Follow @allthingsteddy for the sign-up form and make sure to tag your Teddy-loving friends!

Special thanks to @eleadore for the amazing artwork, show her some love 💙

[lovebugism]

Eddie x Gareths sisterrrrr????? Like Romeo and Juliet type stuff where Gareth is like my sister is NOT dating you

thanks so much for your request, anon!! i had so much fun writing it!! there isn't much conflict with gareth, but i hope you like it anyway! jealous!eddie x girly!reader (1.6k)

bug's summer fic fest ♡

Gareth picks you up from the mall at six o’clock sharp.

You say goodbye to your friends, all of them wearing the same tank top and pleated skirt duo you’re in, before getting into the passenger seat of his pick-up truck. You’re dressed too nicely to be sat in such a beaten-up thing. Too pretty for it, too.

“Wanna get something to eat?” the boy asks as he pulls out of the parking lot, talking over the Dio song blaring on the radio.

He’s wearing his usual flannel vest over a tattered Metallica tee. The former is riddled with various vintage pins fitting for a metalhead. Down to his skull necklace, ripped jeans, and dirty sneakers — the two of you couldn’t be more different.

You flip down the visor and use the mirror to put on a swipe of glittery lipgloss. You feel almost naked without it. “Slurpees?” you offer before smacking your mouth to spread the sparkly glaze.

“That’s so not dinner,” Gareth laughs as he shakes his sandy curls. 

You arch a manicured brow in his direction. “Got a better idea?”

“Nope,” he concedes, popping the ‘p.’

He’s got too much of a soft spot for you to deny you of anything. Perks of being the youngest sibling, you suppose.

You feel butterflies fluttering like crazy in your stomach, their wings brushing the edges of your ribcage as he pulls into the gas station — and it’s not because of the $1 Slurpees. Your stepbrother’s best friend, Eddie Munson, usually deals drugs in the back parking lot on weekends. Like the absolute dreamboat he is. 

It’s been days since you last saw him. Six of them, to be exact, but it’s not like you’re counting or anything.

While Gareth waits in line to pay for your drink and his food, you decide to quell your yearning. It’s much more like a hunger, though. Whatever innocent crush you used to have is far more salient now. You miss Eddie like a dinner you didn’t get to eat — noticeably empty, weakened without his smile to bring you back to life.

You round the corner to the back lot and find him flipping through a wad of cash. He leans against the brick wall with one dirty sneaker kicked up against it. Despite the middle of summer head, he hasn’t yet forgone his leather jacket and dark denim jeans duo. He looks killer, as usual — so you could only imagine how he’d look out of them.

When he hears the sound of footsteps scuffing against pavement, he looks at you from the corner of his eye. His gaze is halfway hidden beneath his fluffy bangs before he turns to face you wholly. 

He grins at the sight of you, and you fill whole again.

“Hi, Teddy,” you greet with a smile, stained blue from your raspberry Slurpee.

He rises on both feet and tucks the money into the back pocket of his baggy jeans. His head tilts to his shoulder as he looks at you, too cute for his own good. “Whatcha doin’ out here, princess?”

Your stomach flutters at the nickname you’ve heard too many times to count. 

“Came to see you,” you shrug innocently, curling your smile around the straw of your drink.

Eddie beams, brows raising in amusement and cheeks reddening at your answer. He hopes you’re too far away to see his cheeks glowing as pink as they are now. He’d just blame it on the summer heat, anyway. 

“Really?” he lilts, voice light and airy with mirth.

You shrug as you swallow down the fruity slushy. “Gareth brought me for Slurpees.”

“How sweet.”

“Right?” you hum with a blue-tinted smirk, slowing when you finally reach the boy. His weed-tinged, woody musk envelopes you completely — he might as well be embracing you. “Best brother ever.”

Gareth isn’t really your brother, despite how often you call him that. You’re related by marriage, not by blood. You’ve known him your entire life, though, so you figure you might as well be.

Eddie knows this, so he smiles and takes a rather dramatic step back from you. “And that is exactly why I have to stay approximately three feet away from you at all times, princess.”

“Why’s that?” you squint at him.

When you take another step closer, he takes two more back.

“‘Cause he’s been threatening to beat my ass about dating you since we were thirteen.”

A smile quirks the right side of your lips. “Well, what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him,” you lilt.

Eddie’s brows raise at the mischievous inflection in your words. This time when you step towards him, he stays in place. “You’d really do that to him? To the ‘best brother ever?’”

You take another daring step towards him. Your chin tilts up to look at him in your ever-shortening proximity. “I’ve done far worse things than think his best friend is hot, Teddy.”

“Yeah?” the boy coos, chocolate eyes dancing with amusement as his chin dips to his chest to peer down at you. He makes the mistake of looking lower — at your breasts in your pretty little tank top and the silver of your stomach showing beneath the hem. He wants so desperately to hold you, despite everything that tells him he shouldn’t. His best friend, namely.

“And what’s that, princess?” the boy croons to you.

“I don’t kiss and tell,” you blink innocently up at him, then shrug. “Sorry.”

Eddie knows he shouldn’t be jealous, but he is. 

You’re not his, but god, you were so good at making him feel like you were. You were around so often, always so sweet in your way — sometimes, it felt like you really did belong to him. The thought of his girl with someone else makes him feel like puking.

Jealousy radiates from him like steam, palpable enough for you to feel. 

You grin.

“Don’t worry, Teddy,” you singsong, taking another goddamn step closer. Eddie knows he should be taking a thousand more backward, but your chest brushes his torso and he forgets how to walk. “I only have eyes for you.”

The boy swallows through a tightening throat. He nods for a moment, trying to work up the courage to use his voice. He’s scared that it’ll break, and he’ll lose all cool points with you. And he’s the rockstar, the older brother’s best friend — he can’t possibly have that.

“Good to know,” Eddie finally nods.

“Don’t keep me waiting too long, though. Might have to find some other metalhead to give me attention.”

Your smile widens when his jaw clenches, honeyed glaze hardening at the thought of you finding someone else. Your heart flutters when you realize that he sees you as his. He’s already been yours for a long, long time.

Gareth calls your name from a distance, muffled and far away. It’s nearly inaudible, but it knocks Eddie from his stupor all the same. “You should go, princess.” 

“My parents usually go to bed around nine. Gareth’s usually sucking in the ceiling by eleven,” you maunder suddenly, wide eyes sparkling with roguishness. “If you park your van a few houses down around midnight, no one will be the wiser…”

“You want me to sneak into your bedroom?” Eddie laughs softly to himself. He hasn’t done that since he was sixteen. He thought he was over chasing girls like that. Turns out, he wasn’t really. Not when it came to you, at least.

“Uh-huh,” you hum with a firm nod, lips wrapping around the red straw of your slushy right after.

“And what’s in it for me, huh?”

Truth be told, Eddie couldn’t give a shit. He already knows he’ll be at your house at 12 o’clock sharp, climbing up your trellis like some kind of offbeat Spiderman. He just wants to hear you tell him something, anything — a wish for him to go on for the next several hours while he’s stuck dealing in the heat, thinking about you.

You don’t answer him with words.

You rise on the tips of your toes, holding onto your Slurpee with one hand and using your free one to cup his cheek. You usher the boy softly towards you as you press your mouth to his. And it’s not the most heated kiss in the world or anything — just a languid, honeyed thing that makes your lips lock like they were made to do it.

Eddie’s idling hands rise to your waist. His ringed fingers squeeze the bare skin of your sides as he sighs against your mouth. You taste cold and sweet — like blue raspberry and ice and lipgloss — his savior in this heat. The tip of his nose smushes against the side of yours, desperate to melt with you entirely. He thinks it might be close to possible, having you so close in the sweltering summer evening.

He’s breathless when you pull away from him.

“More of that,” you answer through labored breaths. “And maybe a little extra, if you’re good.”

Eddie doesn’t bother denying his want for you anymore. Fuck it, he’ll just fight his best friend. He can take a punch if he has to, but he’s not sure Gareth could even throw one — especially not at the boy he’s known for practically half his life.

“Your bedroom’s the last window on the light, right?” Eddie asks through rosy, kiss-bitten lips.

“Yeah,” you grin, backing slowly away from him. “I’ll leave my light on.”

He nods until the words catch up with him. “Okay.”

“See you then, Teddy.”

When you turn the corner for the main parking lot, Eddie can finally breathe again. 

The air is noticeably less sweet without you around.

[splatloafbud]

a very vivid splatoon 3 splatfest dream i woke up from this morning at 2am:

the splatfest theme was: "which shape is the best?"

the teams were: circle vs triangle vs square

i had joined team circle because the colors reminded me of team future, the grandfest team i joined irl

before playing a ton of turf war (the turf war part of the dream was a blur to me), i was too preoccupied taking in the sights and sounds of the splatsville city. all of the idols were performing there, each wearing new outfits for this event (shapes fest had a lot of energy like it was grandfest 2.0)

there was a part where i was taking a bunch of Marina pics cuz she looked cute in the outfit she was wearing (which i don't remember, but it looked vaguely like a mix between her grandfest + suffer no fools outfit)

after the turf war part that i don't remember a whole lot on, cut to a scene where me and the family are out going to store: specifically Target

we had all split up to buy whatever we needed and i came across some cousins there were shopping there too, so we chatted for a long time (some of the store assistants would join our conversations too). it turns out that the shapes splatfest was BIG in town. even the ppl who weren't gamers were talking about it, including my cousins

"triangles are obviously peak. like, they're mountains. they literally have a peak." ok bro

after what felt like a long time, the unimaginable happened..... on a big screen display, inside target, the SPLATFEST RESULTS were announced for all of us to see. everyone inside the store froze to watch the results... for every score that showed on-screen, me & everyone inside that store was excitedly reading the numbers out like, like how the audiences do in gameshows

the sneak peek scores were won by Team Circle, whose numbers i don't remember exactly, but the POPULARITY VOTES WERE INSANE: circle (80%) -> triangle (10%) -> square (10%)

and finally the clout appeared..... winning the Open and Tricolor clout....... was Team Circle. and when the clout numbers appeared, ME AND EVERY PERSON IN TARGET WAS CHEERING SO LOUD- we were celebrating, applauding & hugging each other like we won the lottery or some shit

and my ass was over here going: "YESS!!!! THE CIRCLE!! INFINITE SHAPES!! INFINITE- LIKE THE FUTURE!! TEAM FUTURE!!! ZERO IS INFINIIIITE!!!"

once we all calmed our asses down, a cutscene played immediately after the results, daylight outside in-game (as always after announcements)

a few team circle inklings & octolings were standing around in the city, the splatfest decorations still hanging around. one of the inklings go: "we won, but i'm hearing people say that we lost..."

things then took a turn for the worst

nighttime fell across the sky, like darkness covering the world. a vehicle rolls up in the center of the city, with this bowl structure attached to chains... then suddenly... Mr. Grizz appears from inside the bowl!

when he's speaking, the dialogue box doesn't appear, it's just text. his voice had his dialogue voice tone, but he was speaking in english. music started playing: like slowed-down circus music that sounded distorted & unsettling, with a choir sounding like it was mourning.

once he stepped out the bowl thing, mr grizz then placed a hand on each inkling/octoling's head. one by one, they all transformed into little bears that then shriveled up into these sad-looking teddy bears. they were still sentient, but could not talk or move, lying on the ground making distressed cries.

then the scene faded to black with text at the bottom, like it was the end of a nintendo direct. then the mr. grizz cutscene played a second time, for those inside the store that missed it (when it replayed, the dream's pov switched to the game, so everything was in full screen and the music was amplified)

...... that was when i woke up lol

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2025.01.06

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. In the Greek Tradition by @sweet-s0rr0w [T, 1k] --- ART by @faiell

Ron and Harry find a statue in Draco's garden.

2. In The Palm Of Your Hands by writingtildeath [M, 11k]

Malfoy turned around and Harry saw it. That glint Malfoy got in his eye when he thought Harry was challenging him. Harry had made himself a target. [...]

3. into an animal being by @eleadore [E, 2k]

The last time Draco had declared something boring, it had been on the heels of Harry fucking him until he cried. [...] Goading Harry had worked the first few times—few dozen, fine, Harry won't claim to be above it all—but he's learned Draco now. He's learning him.

4. Nothing Could Ever Be As Sweet by skotini [T, 2k]

Draco discovers Teddy has a chocolate frog card collection of almost entirely Harry.

5. ripe by @garagepaperback [E, 3k]

The whole week, every hour had been forfeit, swollen and mocking, bloated with exactly what he most wants. Draco drew the want taut and strummed it. [...]

---

Fest/Exchange

1. Drinks Are A Date, Right? by @k-kizkhalifa [T, 2k]

For two years Draco has been pinning after Harry Potter, and after a decision to change things in his life he wonders if Harry feels the same. Only, Harry accepts the invitation from Pansy for drinks and Draco spirals. Or, how many times can we say the word friend before Draco tells Harry he likes him? ★ Drarry Week 2025 | @drarry-week

2. My Soul To Mate by Anonymous [M, 3k]

[...] Everything was going smoothly until the scent of his mate invaded his senses, something he knew he had smelled before, triggering twitches and premature rut. He followed the scent all the way back to his house just to find his mother having tea with none other than his mate, Harry Potter. ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2024 | @hdowlpost

[greenhouse-seven]

What a fest! Nineteen spicy fics from eleven talented authors!

A massive thank you to everyone who submitted fic as well as to our readers who commented and left kudos.

The fest might be over but you can still read (and comment) on all of the fics!

On the Job Acting Professional - @tedwardremus Teddy Lupin x Victoire Weasley

Irresponsible - @constitutionalweasleymonarchy Audrey Weasley x Percy Weasley

We'll Go From There - @merlinsbudgiesmugglers Andromeda Black Tonks x Ted Tonks

Not Even A Little Bit, Not Even At All - @sophie-hatter-jenkins James Potter x Lily Evans Potter [+ prompts Don't Get Caught & Accidental I Love You]

First Time moment - @unhinged-romione Ron Weasley x Hermione Granger

Love Growing Wild - @merlinsbudgiesmugglers Andromeda Black Tonks x Ted Tonks

The New Mrs Malfoy - @midnightstargazer Astoria Greengrass x Draco Malfoy [+prompt Newlyweds]

Newlyweds Wicked Little Thing - @scrxpz Lucius Malfoy x Narcissa Black Malfoy

The Wedding Dress - @sophie-hatter-jenkins Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley

Outdoors Hiking Detour - @nena-96 James Potter x Lily Evans Potter

Secret Garden - @tedwardremus Hannah Abbott x Neville Longbottom

In The Mirror Their Reflection - @nena-96 Ron Weasley x Hermione Granger

Naughty Mirrors - @atthepotters Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley [+ prompt Mutual Masturbation]

In Public just a line in a song - @starlingflight Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley

Anonymous Whiskey, Neat - @merlinsbudgiesmugglers Remus Lupin x Nymphadora Tonks

Don't Touch Yourself Electric (Blue) - @sophie-hatter-jenkins Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley

Only One Bed Ginny's sleeping spot - @ginnyw-potter Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley

Interrupted More Action Than The Western Front - @sophie-hatter-jenkins Fleur Delacour x Bill Weasley

All Tied Up Restraint - @sophie-hatter-jenkins Hermione Granger x Ron Weasley

[hd-erised]

This is it, our final @hd-erised round-up! We sincerely hope you've thoroughly enjoyed this amazing round of the fest. 

Our Anonymous Masterlist will post tomorrow, Jan 2nd, and some fun Fest Stats will go up on Jan 3rd. And, of course, Reveals will happen on Sunday, Jan 5th.

For now though, please review this round-up of our final week, and don't forget to check our Week 1, Week 2, & Week 3 round-ups for any of our previous submissions you might have missed! 

H/D Erised posting may be over but there's still time to leave some love for our amazing writers and artists that make this fest possible. Thank you!

Art:

Stolen Glances for @dodgerkedavra [T]

Hauntingly Familiar for @moonflower-rose [T]

Fic:

My Mate for veradubhghoill [E, ~26,300]

Harry is a new Alpha and Draco is his Omega Healer. Draco wants to help Harry but Draco struggles to control himself whenever he is around. And Harry wants to breed Draco. Desperately so. Things come to a head when Draco and Harry become trapped with one another. Draco doesn't have his suppressant and it sends them both into heat. While they wait for help, will Draco be able to avoid being claimed by Harry? Does he even want to avoid it? Harry is gorgeous and strong, and Draco would love to have him as a mate. He just can't fathom a world where Harry Potter willingly chooses him.

Just a little liquid luck for @shiftylinguini [E, ~5,400]

Tracking the movement of Potter’s eyes, Draco runs a greasy finger over the thickest of his scars. “You like them, don’t you? Pervert.” Potter tosses his head back, jostling the mass of his curly fringe from his forehead. “I bet you were into scars long before you had any of your own, Malfoy.” Yes, Draco wants to say. I want to lick yours. What he says instead is, “Fuck you.” “Fuck you,” Potter echoes, putting the same pregnant emphasis on the F. Draco bites his lower lip, wrestling down the rise of euphoria. “Your turn,” he says. “Take that off.”

As Luck Would Have It for @smehur [E, ~12,800]

In Sixth-Year, Harry and Draco both win a vial of Felix Felicis from Slughorn and, under its influence, have sex in the Room of Requirement. In the aftermath, can Draco and Harry navigate their respective roles in the war, while grappling with their burgeoning feelings for each other?

In a Year's Turning for @maraudersaffair [E, ~89,400]

It’s been nine years. Surely, Harry can handle Draco being back—for Teddy’s sake.

Storm's Eye for @jtimu [M, ~12,400]

Harry's surprised that Draco didn't have wards up preventing mortally wounded former school mates-turned-ghosted work fellows from bursting into his house. In Harry's addled mind, this seems like a great opening line to say to Draco's gobsmacked face. He doesn't get that far, though.

housewarming for @garagepaperback [E, ~6,000]

First, they had to decide where to live. It worked, until it didn’t.

Go Up to Gilead for @tessacrowley [E, ~106,700]

Harry Potter’s sense of purpose drops dead with Voldemort. So does Draco Malfoy’s freedom. Nine years later, Harry’s still a soldier. Draco’s still a sacrifice. Harry’s going to die in his Auror uniform, and Draco doesn’t deserve to live. But when the clock runs out on Draco’s sentence, a new one starts ticking. As it was, so it will be: they’ll survive together, or not at all.

do you (one) better for @legendrarry [M, ~4,200]

Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Harry Potter abruptly loses his Favourite Hogwarts Professor title to none other than Potions Professor Draco Malfoy. He swears it’s fine, really, but the feelings boiling within him say otherwise. Until Poppy Longbottom, Pansy and Neville’s hellion daughter, forces Hogwarts faculty and staff to engage in a very controversial Pureblood family tradition.

Of Stolen Glass and Burning Clover for @saintgarbanzo [E, ~27,800]

A week long international conference. A political scandal? A Malfoy beside the fruit tarts.

Baker's Modern Wands for @starquestingfordrarry [E, ~43,600]

At Baker's Modern Wands Lavender Brown is starting a revolution, Draco Malfoy is trying his best, and Harry Potter is really annoyed about it all.

Kiss Me, Fuck Me, Love Me for @doingthechachaslide [E, ~5,100]

Harry and Draco are running very late—they’ve got shirts to find, puppies to save, and champagne to buy. They’re also terribly, ridiculously, extraordinarily in love.

Equally Cursed and Blessed for @thecouchsofa [E, ~18,200]

Harry's back at Hogwarts to attempt his final year, again. This time he's sure there'll be no shenanigans. Well. Maybe there'll be a few.

[romione-trope-fest]

Title: The Bug Who Lived

Author: Edie K

Trope: Cockblocker Harry

Summary: Ron and Hermione escape to Arthur’s shed and finally spend some uninterrupted time together. Sort of.

Author’s Note: Thanks to adenei for her beta help as always. This is dedicated to her and the hardworking mod team for the trope fest who field our asks with love and humor.

“Oh,” gasped Hermione as Ron ran his tongue along the shell of her ear. Her head fell back against the rough wooden wall of the tool shed.

“Good?”

“Very,” she whispered, pressing closer to him. He was sure she could feel how hard he was against her thigh but she wasn’t shying away.

While the two of them were fully sorted as boyfriend and girlfriend, they hadn’t had much time to do this since the end of the war, although not for lack of trying. He still wasn’t completely sure how to approach this physical stuff with Hermione. Were they supposed to talk about it ahead of time? Or was it okay that he just sort of…slowly moved things along until she seemed uncomfortable? That’s what he had been doing and to his delight, she seemed just as committed to pushing the boundaries along.

Except his family seemed set on making sure he and Hermione remained virgins forever.

After the last year he had spent in the woods, he never thought that he would resent having food prepared by his mother. But Merlin, did every meal have to be ready just seconds before he got his hand into Hermione’s knickers?

Plus both of them had needy roommates. Harry had told him that Ginny and he were “slowly resuming their relationship”. To Ron, that seemed to mean that for every thirty minutes Harry and Ginny spent together, Ginny had to spend two hours discussing it with his girlfriend.

Today, though, things were looking up. Harry was with Ginny and he swore they were going to spend a whole hour together today. Dad was at work. Mum was off visiting Mrs. Tonks and Teddy. For some reason, Bill and Fleur were at The Burrow, working on something. He didn’t know what it was but as long as they weren’t bothering him, he couldn’t care less.

He and Hermione had escaped to Dad’s shed and they were finally spending some uninterrupted time together.

Their lips met again, slow and unhurried. He was running his hands up and down her sides, gently edging her shirt up her body. Maybe, just maybe, she would take the hint and pull it off like she had two days ago in his bedroom. Before they were interrupted by his mother yelling for them to come eat lunch.

Without pulling her lips away from his, Ron felt her hands move from his back to her stomach. Her fingers met his at the bottom of her shirt and she was starting to pull—

“FUCK!”

Hermione pulled away from him in shock. “What? What’s wrong?”

“Something just bit me!”

Ron looked at his arm to discover a small black ant had somehow crawled on him undetected.

“Bloody little menace,” he muttered as he grabbed it.

“Don’t hurt him!”

Ron looked at her, momentarily stunned. Seriously? A fucking ant? House elves, yes. He was all for that. But every damn insect?

He opened his mouth to tell her how insane she was but stopped.

Hermione was standing there in front of him, lips swollen, hair mussed, shirt up over her belly, all alone with him.

Was this really a fight worth having?

For a spider? Definitely. But not for an ant.

Ron turned away from her and spotted half of a biscuit dropped in the dirt on the ground. He walked over to it, stooped down and gently flicked the ant off his arm and onto the biscuit.

Ron came back over to her, dusting off his hands. “There. Safe and now with a feast to take to his friends.”

“Thank you. I know you think I’m being silly.”

Yes.

“Nah, I think you’re gorgeous. C’mere.”

Ron stepped back to her but before he could lean in, Hermione bit her lip and pulled her shirt over her head and dropped it on the floor.

Definitely the right choice to avoid the argument.

Ron pulled her toward him so fast that she let out a little squeak before pressing her lips to his. His tongue traced her lips and she eagerly opened her mouth.

There was now a lot of exposed skin for his hands to cover while they snogged. He allowed himself to trace the smooth skin of her back and feel the goosebumps appear under his fingertips before allowing his right hand to move back to her stomach.

Hermione gave what he thought sounded like a happy sigh into his mouth.

Emboldened, he slowly allowed his fingers to creep upwards.

No objection.

He splayed his hands over the cup of her bra.

Still no objection.

And then just a small squeeze.

“OW!”

Ron lurched back. “Shit, shit, I thought that was gentle!”

“No, that was—that was good. But something bit me in the back of my knee.”

Ron bent down to examine her leg and growled. “Ruddy ant again!”

“Maybe take him outside?” Hermione suggested.

Ron took a deep breath and nodded. He forced the little bug from Hermione’s leg to his finger and marched to the door.

As he walked across the grass, he brought the ant up near his face. “Listen mate. You don’t get it because it’s probably really easy to be an ant. There are spots all over the place to be alone with girl ants. Plus they’re already naked so you’re only putting in about a quarter of the effort.

“But human girls? Much more difficult. And in this house, it’s bloody impossible to get any privacy. So do me a favor and leave us alone, okay?”

He glanced over his shoulder to make sure Hermione wasn’t watching, then put the ant on the highest tree branch he could reach. She would definitely have wanted Ron to place him on the ground but he wasn’t taking his chances with the persistent bugger.

“All taken care of,” Ron announced, closing the shed door behind him.

“Safely outside?”

“In the shade of the big tree.”

Hermione smiled. “Thank you.”

“Now where were we?” Ron asked, resting on his hands on her hips.

“I think we were right here.”Hermione grabbed his right wrist and moved his hand up her body to cup her again.

I will never so much as swat a mosquito again.

This time when he gently squeezed her, he was greeted with a low moan. His lips captured hers and they snogged while he experimented with different pressures. He broke away from her mouth and started to work his lips down her neck and along her shoulders.

Could he dare to go a little lower? The sounds she was making and the way she was running her fingers through his hair made him think that he could.

He kissed just under her collarbone.

“Ron,” she breathed, in a way he thought sounded encouraging.

He moved his lips a little lower.

“RON! RON! HERMIONE!” And with that, Ginny’s yell broke the spell.

“YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!” Ron roared.

“Harry’s missing!”

Ron and Hermione locked eyes, his own horror reflecting back to him. Hermione grabbed her shirt off the floor and yanked it on as Ron wrenched open the shed and stepped into the grass.

“Don’t move!” screamed Ginny. She was zipping toward them, hovering low on her broom with a second broom in her hand and Bill following close behind on his own.

“What the hell is going on?”

“No one move! Bill turned Harry into a bug! You could squish him and never even know it!”

“He what?”

“Yeah, he waved his wand and Harry shrunk down to a little tiny bug and then Bill flicked him right out the window!”

“Merlin Bill, you’re almost thirty. Why are you playing dangerous pranks on teenagers?” Hermione scolded, hands on her hips.

“First of all, I’m not almost thirty. I've got multiple years left in my twenties. And second, I don’t know how he got outside! I only meant for him to be shrunk down in your room. Which, by the way, he shouldn’t have been in!”

“We were barely even snogging! And I’m almost 17!”

“And I know that in theory, but when I’m confronted with the reality, I can’t control my reaction.”

“Bill, what the fuck is wrong with you?” said Ron, gritting his teeth.

Bill rubbed the back of his neck. “I thought it would be funny! He wasn’t supposed to get lost. And it’s not like I made him a cockroach. He’s a hard working little ant.”

Ron let out a sigh of relief as he walked back to the tree.

“Just wait until I tell Mum! And Fleur! Hermione, what’s a locator spell—Ron! Be careful!”

“Don’t bother. I imagine Harry’s the little bugger that bit us.” Ron bent down to the bottom of the tree, spotting the black ant who had already made his way down the trunk.

Hermione’s eyes went wide and her hand flew over her mouth. “Harry was in the shed when—!”

Her cheeks turned scarlet as she retreated back to the shed, slamming the door behind her.

Fuck, it’s going to be weeks before I get her top off again.

Bill gave Ron an amused smirk. “What’s this now?”

Ginny’s jaw dropped. “You sexist hypocrite! If I kiss my boyfriend, he gets turned into an insect but Ron can feel up Hermione and you throw a parade!”

Ron felt his ears heat. Even when you do get alone time, everyone knows your business!

Ignoring his bickering siblings, Ron pointed his wand at the ant and said the counter spell. The ant quickly grew into the shape of his best friend.

Harry shook his head as though to clear it. “Thanks mate. Being an ant is not as easy as you made it sound.”

“And thanks for not letting him kill me, Hermione!” Harry yelled through the shed door.

“You’re welcome,” Hermione’s muffled voice said through the door.

Ron pulled back his arm and slugged Harry in the shoulder.

“Ow, what was that for?!”

“Because you know exactly how hard it is to get time alone in this house!”

[candymay]

For Tuesday. 😊

Taking CMBYN out of the equation on the grounds that I can 😛, fav Armie movie for me is The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

It is a perfectly balanced blend of a mystery, intrigue, humor, sass and good old flirting. I love Ilya in all his repressed, stoic, awkward vulnerability. He is a 6.5 teddy that needs squishing.

I looooove it tooooo. Maybe a bit too much lol. Just love how light it is but the characters are just all strong they carry the whole thing. Especially Ilya and I'm not being biased lol...... but yeah. Hammer-Cavill-Debicki-Vikander is just a brutal overkill. hot people fest. bisexual dream.

I’m pretty sure I’ve talked ab this, but TMFU was my gateway drug to Armie lmao. Went to the cinema one day with my family, brain completely off, just following the tradition of watching whatever was showing every weekend. We picked TMFU without much thought. I remember googling him on the way to the basement to get to our car. Remember saying out loud "Guys, the Russian's name is...Armie..Hammer? what......... um and he's not even Russian- he's American, and he's married?"

lol. Thank you TMFU. and Thank youuu<3

**ARMIE BDAY WEEK PROMPT** Tuesday: Work-Life Balance - Favorite film of Armie (and why) OR your unpopular opinion about him (hehe)

[sweetlikehoneystingslikeabee]

"Halloween Theme Park" Pt. 2 Wolverine and Deadpool

SORRY I GOT REALLY LOST IN THE SPOOKY SAUCE THIS YEAR. THIS IS LATE. I'M TRYING. We're going to do a series of asks based on the same prompt of going to a theme park that does horror mazes in halloween (see: HHN at Universal Studio, Knotts Scary Farm, Fright Fest at Six Flags, etc). We've done the scarecrows and I'm switching up the order. It's going to be these guys and then Rogues Party! (hopefully on time for halloween if it's not i'm sorry)

TW: Horror mazes, theme parks

Wolverine

You do need to convince him to go, partly because this man has PTSD and he's worried about his reactions. It ends up not being an issue, he's able to keep his cool around civilians dressed up. He might tense at moments, but it's relatively minor. A touch from you on his arm and he relaxes.

He is the guy who says "I'll protect you, babe" and means it. If it's just a scare actor getting too close, he just holds you and sort of puffs up so you know you're safe. Gives them a smart-ass response if they try to banter. If it's actually a rude guest or someone drunk bumping into you, he's growling, showing those sharp canines and telling them to fuck off. Just uhhhhh be careful because he'll literally fist fight for you too which might get you kicked out :/

Everything is too expensive and he's only buying this ONE THING because you were making starry eyes at it. You probably are saying you don't even need it and he's pulling out his wallet and hard cash for it. Mentally it's to make up for the fact he's going to the designated smoking area at least once in the night even if you don't partake. Helps him shake off all the weird smells of the park.

He's kind of indifferent to most mazes? He's... genuinely sort of seen everything in terms of monsters, aliens and mutants. If anything, he'd be impressed if there was a maze with something he HASN'T seen. As for things he doesn't like... Clowns. He's not scared of them, he just dislikes their smug foolishness. And there's always one that takes the joke a touch too far. In terms of fear or triggering, he really does not like anything that's tight spaces with sudden loud sounds such as, say, a WWII trenches theme.

Deadpool

You do not need to convince him to go, even if his PTSD could be a potential problem. Not because he'd do anything but certain themes or mazes could trigger him to panic a little. Will he deal with this? No! No, we combat everything with humor here, it's fine. As long as it's not a major event, there's nothing to worry about.

He will also say "I'll protect you babe" but the moment something or someone gets him good, he's jumping into your arms like Scooby does for Shaggy. If there was real danger, of course he'd protect you. This, though? Nah, he's a damsel, let him comically hide behind you with all that beef.

Other than that he banters with the scare actors. SO much joking around. And the cheesiest jokes! He sees anyone kind of body horror and fucked up and he greets them like a long-lost cousin for the bit. If he can get you to join in on the banter, that makes it even better. The scare actors that are off to the side areas, starving for interaction? He gives them everything they want and more.

He buys stupid merch. Not only does he buy stupid merch, if there's carnival games where you can win stuff at this park? Babe, pick what you want, he's got this. You are taking home at least one stupid gigantic plush that you can hardly hold. Wade is just really good at that sort of thing and likes to spoil you. Hard to get scared when you have a dracula teddy bear to squeeze!

Themes Wade really likes: Aliens, ones with the fake guns you get points on, vampires, magic- He's pretty open-minded. Themes Wade hates and potentially are Actually Upsetting for him: Storylines where a character has DID for multiple reasons, unreality (he has enough of that on his own, thank you), Military PARTICULARLY MILITARY EXPERIMENTS/TORTURE.

[drarryspecificrecs]

2023.10 ~ Top 5 longest fics posted on AO3

1. Teddy by failsfordails [E, 159k]

►And without so much as a glance back, Potter's mop of disorganized black hair vanishes among the throngs pouring into the lifts. Draco rakes his nails over his skull, vibrating with a barely-suppressed wrath, broiled passion making him feel weak in his own skin. If Potter is going to be like that... This is going to be a lot harder than he thought.

2. When You Look At Me Like That, My Darling, What Did You Expect? by i_dont_read [E, 115k]

►After his partner dies in the field in a tragic accident, Auror Harry Potter is in over his head and desperately wishing for an escape. The last thing he expects, however, is for that escape to come in the form of Draco Malfoy. [...] Harry agrees to take the position only after learning that the Ministry revoked Malfoy’s wand and relocated him to a muggle city in New York, far from the crowds and press of the wizarding world. All of Harry’s expectations go out the window the moment he lays eyes on the now grown up—and infuriatingly attractive—Draco Malfoy. Everything Harry thought he once knew about him is turned upside down, and his life along with it.

3. Yes, Boss by lord_oberon2 [E, 105k]

►Rumors of Harry Potter being cursed circulate the wizarding community. He hasn't been seen in public for months. Bored, Alchemist Draco Malfoy hires him when Potter interviews for a security guard job. He has no idea that the wild, golden glint in Potter's eyes spells nothing but trouble.

4. Little Stars in Azkaban by Umeko [E, 92k]

►Draco and his father end up in Azkaban at the war's end. Harry Potter becomes an Auror, Life goes on until a burst of accidental underage magic in the infamous Azkaban. They find an badly abused Draco and he is not alone. Where did those children come from? And is that a pregnant wizard?

5. Apples and Oranges by @poljupci [T, 76k]

►Harry and Draco play gay chicken as they recreate ten dates Draco wrote in his romance novel. Harry tries to prove that ten dates is not enough to fall in love, while Draco tries to hide that he's already in love after the first.

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※ Word count: 1k ~ 10k

※ Word count: 10k ~ 40k

Boxers, Quidditch, and Wolfsbane by fairy_rain_and_forests [G, 10k]

The Devil and The Bone Grinder by @mono-chromia [E, 13k]

Jungle Magic by JustOnePenny [T, 13k]

Leave The World At My Doorstep by inkedquill [G, 10k]

One Stitch at a Time by rezal [T, 25k]

Power Bottom by @cassiopeiasshadow [E, 16k]

Red, Green, and Toil Too by itsgivingcamp [E, 33k]

Release by @hsvh-hp [E, 39k]

Screw You by @amillionregrets [E, 15k]

Sweet reverence by mor (mornin) [E, 17k]

A Taste of Freedom by alcohen [T, 29k]

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Ongoing Fest/Exchange

※ Fics would be listed elsewhere.

Bite Me Delight Me 2023 | @bite-me-delight-me-hp-fest

Discord Cultober Fics

Harry/Draco Career Fair 2023 | @hd-fan-fair

HD Sudsfest Lite 2023 | @hdsudsfest

HP Dead Dove Fest 2023 | @hpdeaddove

HP Drizzle Fest 2023 | @hpdrizzle

HP Kinktober 2023 | @hpkinktober

HP Soulmates Fest 2023 | @hp-soulmates

Pumpkin Spice Fic Fest 2023 | @pumpkinspiceficfest

Unleashed! Fest 2023 | @unleashed-fest

[allthingsteddy]

Welcome to All Things Teddy, a fic exchange coming soon! The premise is all things Teddy. You fill out a form with pairings, prompts, likes and dislikes (like the golden LJ days), and you’ll be matched. This fest supports gen, het, slash, and femmeslash. Anyway you want to queer it. On that note: JKR sucks.

The only requirement is Teddy! If folks wanna do art or podfics, too, we can work on that! If you don’t like your match for whatever reason, we will switch it! I imagine sign-ups to start in February and posting to happen in April or May. Art being done by @eleadore!

This fest is the brainchild of @bewarethesmirk. I could use a co-mod or two, since I last moderated fests on LiveJournal around 900 years ago. I can use tumblr as a user, but any help is appreciated. Feel free to DM me at @bewarethesmirk or email me there at gmail.

This fest has an email: allthingsteddyfest at gmail dot com due to the incredible @inell

Kindly reblog!

[mi6-cafe]

6.17.2024: The Big Snooze

On June 17th, 2024, something odd began to happen.

The newest SPECTRE hench, who had been fetching coffee, returned to find the entire organization asleep, many clutching guns and knives like teddy bears. 

(Carefully disarming people was the hench’s official first task after the coffee. The second was setting up an automatic feeder for the sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.)   

Attempts to make contact with other crime organizations (the Unione Corse, SMERSH, SHAPE, DARE) proved largely fruitless. Even hitter.com, the villainous social network, had dwindled to about three active hitter threats about the situation. 

Meanwhile, the latest Q Branch intern, who had been fetching more C4, almost dropped their plastique when they returned to find the entire branch kipping on desks and work cots. They ran to find help and soon discovered the entire MI6 population, including administrative staff, off-duty workers, and even 00 agents, all in the same position: asleep. Safe, but asleep. 

Asleep at work, asleep in their beds, and in some cases asleep in someone else’s bed. 

Attempts to make contact across the pond revealed that the only person available to answer the big red emergency phone was a harried janitorial worker. Casebook.com, the intelligence agent networking site, showed timelines that had gone silent.        

(Other parts of the government ran as usual, and in fact the number of, e.g., overturned tomato carts due to marketplace chases immediately declined.) 

Across the globe, the story was the same: intelligence agents, villains, and support staff had begun to feel sleepy…then decided to take a nap…then could not be roused. No major or minor player on the active duty rosters was excluded. 

Retired medical staff who hadn’t yet left Britain for the warmer climes of their choice came in and confirmed that everyone’s vital signs were normal aside from being unable to wake. 

In the aftermath, a ragtag group of people came together at two stations across the globe, Station Atlantic and Station Pacific. Their mission: to try to 1) prevent global catastrophes, and 2) solve the mystery of the sleeping spies.

There is a brief lull as everyone adjusts to the new state of affairs, but remaining experts (octogenarian Nelly, who has sixty years of experience and can feel these things in her bones) suggest that the two stations will face their first challenge starting on July 1st. 

How successful will these stations be? 

Let’s find out during 007 Fest 2024!  

[xanthippe74]

Masterlist of my “12 Days of Fandom” recs, inspired by this post. As always, please check the tags and author's notes before reading. Enjoy!

🔸 Terminal Lucidity by @romaine2424 (Drarry, HD Career Fair, rated G, 3K) This bittersweet fic has Harry putting his abilities as Master of Death to good use by comforting those close to death themselves. We see him at work here, adeptly easing the way for someone dear to him with compassion and care. I found this story incredibly moving and a beautiful portrait of family ties in the face of an impending loss. Featuring older, established Drarry and the Black-Malfoy family.

🔹 Our Objective Remains Unchanged by @citrusses (Drarry, rated E, 46K) Gorgeously and vividly written, this university rowing AU drew me in right from the get-go, despite the fact that Muggle AUs are not my typical cuppa. The enemies-to-lovers tension is perfectly paced as Harry and Draco fight for the same spot on the Oxford team. Citrusses did a fantastic job translating their backgrounds and personalities (as well as those of other familiar characters from the books) into this world. Class divisions and the pressure of a highly-public sporting event stand in very effectively for Harry’s canon experiences. All in all, the story has the poignancy and drama of a lush coming of age film, and I can’t recommend it highly enough!

🔸 The Pile by @b-vul (Drarry, not rated, about 1.5K) This hilarious ficlet was born out of littlewinnow’s tumblr post about Veela!Harry performing an intricate mating dance to impress Draco. Delightfully, it’s from Harry’s POV as he blindly “trusts his instincts” to guide him into increasingly bizarre actions. And the evolution of Draco’s reaction is pure comedy gold. I’ve come back to reread this one a couple of times, and it never fails to have me in stitches. (The tumblr thread also contains adorable art by regretfulcorrine!)

🔹 Shine on, You Crazy Diamond by @lagerloutfic (Drarry, HD Mpreg Fest, rated E, 42K) This is one of those fics that you can’t stop reading once you start (something I confirmed this morning when I went to skim through it for this rec and wound up spending a few happy hours devouring the entire thing again). It’s laugh-out-loud funny and deliciously smutty, with a full cast of delightful side characters and just the right amount of feelings. The story begins with the discovery of Draco’s surprise pregnancy, then switches to a long flashback of Harry’s gay awakening and his fast sexual/slow emotional burn relationship with Draco. The entire fic has a joyful feel—banter-filled pub nights, chaotic family dinners, audacious curse breaking—culminating in the baby’s arrival, which left me in happy tears and wishing for another 40K of this fabulous story. Featuring confident Harry, supportive friends & family, hot Charlie, and some shamelessly kinky Unspeakables.

🔸 Silhouettes by @sweet-s0rr0w (Draco/Ron/Harry, Dronarry Fest, rated E, 16K) Draco/Ron/Harry is not a ship I’d ventured into before I read this fic, but I’m so glad I did! Sweet’s writing always hits the right spot in my brain, and her alternating POVs and spot-on characterizations of all three boys are delightful. I especially loved Ron’s sexy self-assurance here. The unique magical theory around sentient houses is fascinating and ultimately poignant, once Draco gets to the root cause of the Burrow’s behavior. Sweet-sorrow surely lived up to her username with this one, weaving grief with humor and a heartwarming resolution.

🔹 Harry Potter Gets a Job (A 106-Page Comic) by dustmouth (Drarry, HD Career Fair, rated M) Dustmouth’s comics never miss, I swear! In this one, we find Harry overcoming his distrust of Draco with the help of the Weasleys, especially Ron (who is definitely up to something himself). All of my favorite Dustmouth elements are here: the expressive characters, Draco’s wild wardrobe choices, and punchy dialogue galore. Also featuring drunken shenanigans at the Burrow, adorable Teddy, and some first-class Slytherin-ing by Draco to win his man (and find Harry that job). What a treat!

🔸 the earth from a distance by spqr (Drarry, rated E, 15K) A whirlwind time-travel fic with breezy humor, bedsharing, and spqr’s unmatched smut with feelings… What more could you ask for in a fic? Oh, yeah: fantastic worldbuilding for Hogwarts in 1599, brilliantly clever Draco, and a dash of enemies to lovers. I can never get enough of this author!

🔹 A Year In The Life by @ladderofyears (Drarry, HD Career Fair, rated M, 19K) I swear, the author conjured a little bit of magic to write this story. It’s told entirely with 50-word microfics, one journal entry for each day of 2006 (an impressive feat, by itself!), and yet it reads just as smoothly as any traditional fic. Draco’s voice is perfect here, full of wit and subtle emotion, as his and Harry’s developing romance takes a sharp turn with an unexpected pregnancy.  Draco’s anticipation, worry, and joy are mixed with deftly-chosen details of his daily life, all captured with Emma’s trademark tenderness and warmth. This fic is a perfect comfort read for family feels and gentle romance.

🔸 try to fix you by @maesterchill (Harry/Ron/Hermione, HP Snooze Fest, rated M, 2K) A beautifully and tenderly written hurt/comfort fic set in the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts. Ron is the glue that holds the trio together here, caring for Harry and Hermione with gentle devotion. There’s no dialogue needed to tell this story, just Ron’s perceptive POV that captures the grief and love that compel him. I have a soft spot for this triad forming immediately after the war, as a way of holding onto each other and holding themselves together. Maester’s fic makes their transition from friends to lovers feel like the first step towards healing.

🔹 The Scent of Soft Rains by @dodgerkedavra (Drarry, HD Career Fair, rated E, 20K) When Harry is left housebound and isolated by a traumatic injury, magical prosthetist Draco gets called into help. But Harry’s struggles go far beyond the physical ones. This recovery fic combines magical and non-magical therapeutic treatments in a way I can’t remember reading before. The hurt/comfort is just as it should be—both heart-wrenching and soothing—but there are enough surprising revelations to keep the story from feeling predictable. Draco is wonderfully unflinching and patient, and the ending left me crying happy tears. With lovely, restrained prose and vivid magical imagery, this one’s an absolute stunner.

🔸 Connecting Lines, Connecting Crimes by @sleepstxtic (Drarry, H/D Career Fair, rated M, 15K) With its intriguing careers, fascinating magical theory, and well-researched worldbuilding, this story captured my attention immediately, and the mystery at the heart of it kept me engrossed. This was one of the more thought-provoking fics I’ve had the pleasure of reading, exploring the intersection of magic, the environment, and colonialism. Harry’s first-person POV is lovely, and it feels like we’re learning to love India and the people he meets along with him. The getting-back-together romance is gentle but satisfying, propelled by pent-up yearning that’s palpable. There’s so much to enjoy here, all in only 15K words!

🔹 Waking Up Slow by @sweet-s0rr0w and @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm (Drarry, H/D Wireless Fest, rated E, 22K) The first word that comes to mind while reading this fic is charming. First there’s the novel setting: a Christmas shop in the tourist destination of Cheddar Gorge, in the middle of a July heatwave. Next, there’s the shop itself, so imaginatively described and full to the brim with clever Muggle and magical details. Then there are the delightful OCs, Draco’s seemingly unhinged enthusiasm for all things Christmas (including ridiculous jumpers), and Harry’s complete disregard for professional behavior. But underneath the playful banter and humor, there’s also a layer of poignancy to tug at the heartstrings, especially when we find out the backstories behind Harry’s and Draco’s unlikely careers. And to top it all off, like the glowing star on the tree, are Joy’s exuberant, colorful illustrations. This is a Christmas-y fic I’d reread any time of the year.

Thanks to all these brilliant creators for sharing their work with us!

Happy New Year!

[bewarethesmirk]

I’m doing recs for @hprecfest. Because I’m doing all this quickly after just learning about it, I’m not going to go into detailed recs for Dec 1-25. I’m just gonna give the prompt, the fic and basic details. Ideally, I’d be rapturing about each. Questions and DMs are open! There’s mostly Drarry here but I tried to mix it up occasionally. I also tried not to repeat authors. I rec all these authors!

1. First fic you read - in HP that would be Draco Dormiens by Cassie Clare.

2. A fic rated G - A Hasty Reply by Somn (Snape/Harry)

3. A fic not on AO3 - it’s not around anymore but anything by mahaliem (Drarry)

4. A comfort fic - The Way You Say My Name by InnerLilith (Harry/Draco, E)

5. A romantic fic - That Light That Is Blinding Me by Leontina (Harry/Draco, E)

6. Fic for a ship you don’t normally read - I love Sirius/Remus but I don’t often read it so here - The Barista, The Burglar, and the Sofa by orphaned account (Sirius/Remus, E)

7. the best of your OTP - the best of Drarry? Probably not. Harry is kind of a simp but the series as a whole is so amazing. I’d be remiss not to rec this somewhere: The Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid (Harry/Draco, E, and it’s only over a million words my god)

8. Rec a fic that was recced to you - The Most Splendid Thing by Anon (Harry/Draco, E)

9. A WIP - Pacify by chickenpets (Snape/Harry, E, mind the warnings)

10. A fest/event fic - Equipoise by Anon (Harry/Draco)

11. An underrated fic - Tastes Like the Real Thing by the_invisibility_bloke (Teddy/Harry, E)

12. A fic from your favorite author - I don’t have a favorite author because there’s so many talented folks but I’ll say @thecouchsofa is up there and I love this dirty fic: Cornerstone (Scorpius/James, AS/S background, E)

13. A rare pair - My Heart Leads To You by maraudersaffair (Hermione/Lily, E)

14. A fic rated T: Owl Was Well by fencer_x (Harry/Draco)

15. A fic over 50K: Changing Tides by carpemermaid (Harry/Draco, E)

16. A podfic: I’ve not had a chance to listen yet but this year there’s a 25 days of Drarry podfic fest: here

17. A fic that makes you cry: If You Are Prepared by Cybele (Snape/Harry, E). This fucked me up for days over 15 years ago and I still remember it.

18. A fic that makes you laugh: In The Company Of a Rubber Duck by birdsofshore (Harry/Draco, E)

19 and 20. Fic with fanart: the art and the fic for an Erised fic this year - A Dragon to Call Mine by Anon (Harry/Draco, E)

21. A fic rated M - Fighting The Chill by Anon (Harry/Draco)

22. A series - another one? Sure. For Auld Lang Syne by Cybele2013 (Snarry, E). This is a true favorite slow burn and fucked me up. It has a happy ending and I’d challenge those who don’t normally read Snarry to try it out.

23. Crossover - Some rules are made to be broken with intentions by theaeblackborn (Derek/Stiles, E)

24. Holiday/vacation - this is a stretch since it’s more of a snowed in fic but I read this fic almost daily so it’s gonna count - White As Snow by bixgirl1 (Harry/Draco, E af)

25. Holiday (national holiday) - I want your midnights by hoko_onchi (Harry/Draco, E)

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2024.10.02

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Do that again, will you? by Ace_Phoenix [E, 1k]

A few months into their relationship, Harry witnesses Draco having a wet dream for the first time and masturbates to the sight, hoping desperately that he won't get caught.

2. Fraternité by @neilistic [E, 6k]

Harry launched straight in. "Two witches have told me they don't see me as a sexual being! Those exact words! What does that even mean?” Bored grey eyes flicked and roved over him, sprawled as he was. "It means you're a cuddly mascot. A symbol without the sex." [...]

3. I love you 'til the sun dies by jungvaa [G, 1k]

After the war ended, everything changed in Hogwarts. But something was the same even if others weren't aware.

4. To Have & to Hold by rubygreene [M, 1k]

"Hilarious," Harry said. It was a collar. A leather collar. A dog collar. Well, maybe not. It was too fancy looking, studded with green emeralds and with a silver ring hanging from the middle. "Don't be stupid. I can't wear that." Harry licked his lips, staring at the offensive thing in Draco's hand. "In public," he amended.

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Fest/Exchange

★ Cult of Chaos Cultober 2024

1. Bad days and imaginary tea parties by @poetryobsessedbi [T, 1k]

Some days are good days other days are bad days. After the war the good outshine the bad, but sometimes the dark comes calling and all they can do is heal, slowly, together. Harry might have the most bad days of the people he knows, but he has a brilliant boyfriend and a sweet little godson to help him during those times.

2. The Tea Party Dragons by RoseFreeSpirit [?, 5k]

Prompt: Tea party

3. Tutus of Pinks and Blues and Different Hues by PurpleSunflowers [G, 1k]

Harry enjoys a fun day with his family, featuring Draco Malfoy in a tutu and Teddy Lupin hosting his first tea party.

4. Who Do You See? by harleyrea [G, 1k]

Harry wakes up in the hospital wing. This is not unusual.

[sitp-recs]

HP Rec Fest 2024

day 29: a fic rated E

97% of what I read is Explicit and I had one too many choices for this prompt, thanks @eleadore for suggesting a winning format: a drarry, a non-drarry, a threesome (no, I’m not reccing Euphoria again - oops, just did it :D). these are my picks for today, beyond the hot sex they all share a specific brand of tenderness that has awaken new feelings for these ships in me. it’s not just about the filth, it’s about how emotional it makes me!!!

Drarry:

Snug by @moonflower-rose (6k)

I keep mentioning this fic because it’s such a sexy and brilliant yet underrated shortfic - deliciously kinky but also soft (hah!), tentative and tender in an almost heartbreaking way. I am obsessed with the concept of soft cock fondling (!) as a coping mechanism, it’s so hot and complex. this touch-starved Harry has my entire heart and I adore how Draco is so into it and just… up for the ride :) their chemistry is amazing, the sex is incredibly hot, the sense of humour superb as always, and ah! the tenderness 🥲

Rare pair:

like the lost lyrics of a song suddenly remembered by @lqtraintracks (11k) - Teddy/Bill, Teddy/James

a salt & pepper fic that got me incoherent with feels. pining rockstar!Teddy is a triumph and the raw, messy and desperate thing he has with Bill - balanced by the mellow, deep-set yearning shared with James - took my breath away. as a cross-gen fic master, LQT gives this ship such a distinct feel with vibrant and nuanced characterization and a beautifully crafted prose. love their imperfections, the gentle intimacy, the melancholy of knowing with certainty that you’ll always want someone as you watch the years go. love how Teddy comes alive through his passions, his relationship with music and sexuality. a gorgeous coming-of-age love song that will tug at your heartstrings. and married Drarry as a treat!

Threesome:

The Sun, Shining Above You by @oknowkiss (14k) - Dronarry

another underrated gem, this one is on my top 3 Dronarry fics of all time and it made me feel for Dron in new, unexpected ways. I was surprised to see them getting together first, and was NOT prepared for the amount of tenderness, trust and understanding they shared in a casual hookup. all characters are beautifully portrayed: a charming and mysterious Ron, a smitten scheming Harry, a generous Draco who likes to be in the middle (who wouldn’t 🥵). honestly, they are a perfect match. this fic is fun and hot but also achingly romantic - it has a wistful tone I can’t get enough of, and a refreshing poly dynamic that hits just right.

for @hprecfest