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draco malfoy

let’s all take a moment to appreciate that today is draco malfoy’s 44th birthday :)

have some draco malfoy headcanons i found to celebrate:

my man is bisexual. i don’t care what you say.

after the war, draco becomes a healer and is one of the best in london

he’s a rainbow baby (if you don’t know what that means, it means a baby born after a miscarriage or death of an infant at birth)

hates coffee, would rather drink tea

enjoys gardening

the only one who knows all of his mistakes and problems canonically is astoria

this man loves his wife and gets her flowers; astoria is his wife and his confidant in the canon, not some baby machine for a mlm ship

when scorpius is born, he immediately enrolls this child in piano, ballet (because ballet draco is a hill i will die on), and like 10 other rich people activities

helped a lot of slytherin kids with their homework because no other house and their kids would let him near the younger kids

bonds with luna during his school years, and he never once called her loony

despite remus being a werewolf, he holds a lot of respect for the man, and remus tried to teach him how to cast his patronus, but draco simply didn’t have enough happy memories to draw on

ever since then, his d.a.d.a classes with remus were always the most interesting and exciting

alcohol scares him; being out of control of your body is one of his greatest fears, and the memories of his father when he was younger

taken from a tumblr post (https://www.tumblr.com/dracomalfoyheadcanons/126669828985/genderqueerdraco-who-wants-a-draco-malfoy?source=share) draco tells all the first years what halls to avoid, what candies are safe and what other ones will cause you to sneeze slugs, etc.

muggle films amaze him, but a 3D film with those glasses actually scared the shit out of him

lemon & blueberry sweets are perhaps his favorite, although the flavors by themselves are good too

his amortentia scent scared the literal shit out of him. idk what the scents are i just like to think that it scared him because he didnt expect it whatsoever

his “but why is that?” phase when he was a kid was pure hell

loves doing nails, not even painting them, just cutting them and filing them down and pushing down their cuticles but he also does painting too

[drarrytexts444]

The Wedding Announcement by @drarrytexts444

About: When Harry reads in the news that Draco Malfoy is engaged to Daphne Greengrass, he's very upset for many reasons. None of them have anything to do with the fact that he fancies Malfoy. Nope.

Warnings: slight angst, fluffy + open-ended ending. Might have a sequel in the future. Also, homophobia (not from any of the main characters).

Disclaimer: Characters don't belong to me. This fic is written for fun. No profit being made. _____________________________________________________________ Story:

Harry rolls over in bed, eyes still adjusting to the light, as he grabs for his glasses on the bed-side table. He finds the morning prophet waiting for him. The Sunday edition.

The smell of coffee spreads throughout his flat, since he always remembered to time the machine to brew an individual cup every morning. After summoning the prepared coffee into his room - because he's a lazy bastard and it is his day off - Harry sits up on the bed and opens the paper.

Same old news, different day. The prophet is still writing about their opinions of how he quit the Aurors to help his friend's business, and how the crime rate has risen since harry left the DMLE. It has not. He gets weekly reports from Ron. Even though they're not partnering anymore, Ron likes to keep Harry in the loop.

He's about to close the paper and toss it when an enouncement catches his eye.

There's and image of two rings resting next to each other, before the start of the article. But it's the headline that has Harry confused: Draco Malfoy to wed Daphne Greengrass.

Harry isn't sure if he read it correctly, so he rubs his eyes and adjusts his glasses. No, he hasn't read it wrong. It does say that Draco Malfoy is engaged to one of the Greengrass sisters.

The gay one.

The Greengrass sisters are semi-famous in the wizarding world because of their fashion design company they started with Pansy Parkinson. He knew Astoria was courting Viktor Krum for a while and they eloped, and he also knows Daphne Greengrass hat a brief fling with Luna. Luna had never mentioned Daphne being bisexual, and even though their relationship had been a secret, they were out to all of Luna's friends.

Dose Malfoy know about this? Does he know he's marrying a lesbian?

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[vidoeslot]

Okay I know I said I wasn’t objectum but when I worked at a coffee shop I had the hugest crush on our espresso machine, it was one of these Astorias but the logo had been damaged so it just read “Astora”:

Eventually they sold her for an automated one, but I did steal one of the parts before then!

astora!!! what a cute design I LOVE the retro flair

[johncruise6]

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[inkpromise]

the truth of truths is he's tired of being used. he's tired of being a weapon for machinations too complex for any human to consume and he's especially tired of doing the bidding of others. gallowglass loves his family despite everything they'd put him through and that's the real fuckery of it all; he still loves them. no matter how many times matthew snaps his fingers and points him in a direction or however many times phillippe told him to be a spear. gallowglass did it all. even when his heart was hurting over the loss of his maker he listened to every single order despite refusing to stand on french soil.

even worse was he'd continue to do it until he was six feet under. no one would know the exhaustion in his heart ( beyond what was playfully offered ) and no one would know that every single death weighed him down like an anchor to the bottom of the ocean.

although, if anyone was going to pick up on it he had the sneaking suspicion it would be his auntie astoria.

so, he hid in prague until this inevitable moment, early as it was. he hid in prague to lick his wounds and pick up all the pieces to tape back into something resembling a mask to slap back on his face. copper tinging the air is the only notice he needs to understand this isn't a social call. why would it be when he basically gave everyone the bird and disappeared.

at the mention of alliances, the viking looks down at his own meager glass of wine, slides it towards his auntie, and picks up the bottle instead. he could just hear matthew's voice in his head saying something similar. it was one of the topics of conversation that pushed gallowglass to leave in the first place. shoring up alliances when diana could just flick peter knox off the planet like a flea? when she finally had her power and knew how to use it? all that time in london for fucking nothing if all they were going to do was come back in time and shake in their boots.

" bah, " comes tumbling out right before lips touch glass. with the motion of his head wine come crashing down against his mouth. what was supposed to be a delectable vintage was not being chugged as though it were nothing more than water. that's what he gets for not shopping when he had the inclination.

" christ on a crumbly cracker, auntie, " the bottle slams down on the coffee table. although, it was pretty gentle for the strength gallow was known to exhibit. " i was there when baldwin took down her husband. what would you do if the tables were turned? my head's gonna be on a pike as a warning to whatever other de clermont sent that way. "

the blonde doesn't intend for his head to fall into his hands but it'd always been oh so easy to remain vulnerable in present company. astoria hit something in him. there was an understanding there he'd never been able to define. as fingers press down the bridge of his knows, the vampire sighs. " of course, i'll do it. " even after everything he'd do whatever it took to protect his family. " when should i go? do i have leverage of any sort? "

I'm tired of politics. It's a shame, then, that this is his family; escaping politics is impossible when one bears the de Clermont name, carries its history. Astoria offers her nephew a small, sympathetic smile, and she sets her anger aside for the moment. She is, now as always, eminently practical: her anger can wait, and truth be told, she doubts that the scion will last long. Matthew is too hot-tempered and impractical. Diana is too arrogant. She can tolerate Diana more of the two, but she doubts she'll ever forgive them for what they've put her family through. What they've put her mate through. Her thoughts flicker to Baldwin, as they always do when given space to roam, and Astoria bites the inside of her cheek until she tastes blood.

No doubt her host can smell it. Still, her smile is honest. She's angry because she's hurt, and she's hurt because she loves him. A sad rarity in this family, she knows, to be bound to one another by genuine affection. But they can repair the wounds later. She'll forgive him, and Marcus, someday. (She understands Fernando, bears him no ill will. She doubts she'll ever forgive Ysabeau. But her nephews... her nephews hurt.)

"Oh, sweetheart." He has a thousand years on her but they fall into these patterns easily. Astoria sets her wine down and reaches forward, rests a hand on his cheek almost maternally. "Your grandfather certainly didn't make things easy for you, did he? Having to keep that secret for so long, having to be so alone in it." It occurs to her now that she's never known Gallowglass without that secret, and she wonders, a bit sadly, if he was very different. Her smile grows sorrowful, her hand falls to catch his and squeeze lightly. "I wish I could say I didn't have more politicking and scheming for you, but I'm here to ask you for a favor."

Less asking for a favor than delivering an order, though if Gallowglass refuses, she's not going to beg, or try and force his hand. If he doesn't go, she'll send one of her daughters. "We are in the process of shoring up alliances. Taking stock of who we can rely on, and who we cannot." She doesn't mention that Gerbert's time is coming; she's sure that Gallowglass already suspects, at the very least. "There are two paths we're focusing on right now. Domenico Michele has made several overtures of friendship to the de Clermonts over the centuries, but he helped a great deal with our recent troubles." A delicate way of saying that he made life a little easier while Matthew and Diana most decidedly made things much, much harder. "Baldwin and I have left that to our children.

"And then there is the matter of the Drăculești. Specifically, Constanta. She is secretive, and likely with good reason, but the war between our families lasted far longer than was necessary after we killed her husband, and she has over the course of the last century been amenable to an alliance. It's time we settled that for good." Her lips twitch into a small smile again, and she shrugs one shoulder. "I could ask my daughters, but you were my first choice. Baldwin agreed. We need someone experienced in this realm, and someone we can trust implicitly with something so delicate. And there is no doubt in our minds that you can be trusted with the safety and security of our family. Besides." She leans forward, almost conspiratorially. "It would give you some distance from all of this." If he's hiding out in Prague, he clearly needs it. "Would you consider it?"

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[thehatakefamily]

Bleeding Hearts

The sound of bustling people, steam, and whirring machines coupled with the notable aroma of beans was something Kiki Hatake loved to surround herself with. And nothing accompanied the sounds and smells she loved about these environments then local coffee shops. Her favorite in her area by a long shot was Astoria Coffee. She had one of her drinks of choice, iced chai latte, and a simple smile on her lips. 

She began to walk to a table, book in her shoulder bag, ready to sit down and read for a few hours and observe people during a busy day. It had been awhile since she had a day off and decided to treat herself. 

@brimfire-and-hellstone

[nauseateddrive]

HYPERFOCUS by R.G. Vasicek

Your contours of behavior are spiralling out of control. We think you have challenges with time perception. Spatial organization. Your filing [pile] system is a disaster. We recommend cranial electromagnetic therapy.

There is a brain-machine in Astoria, Queens, NYC. Report immediately to the facility. Spaghetti nightmares in the gulag archipelago will be alleviated. Speak, as every speaker must: Open.

You intercepted cosmic noise as a child. Do you remember?

Yes.

And what did you do with the memory?

I forget.

Are you addicted to excitement?

Yes.

Human consciousness is a sinkhole into a netherworld. We talk to each other as if we exist. Are you in control of… a psychogeographic domain? Impulse control. Perception. Sensing things… coming into the nervous system.

We operate a submersible computer interface to “speak” with squid-like extraterrestrials under the icy crust of Ganymede.

Your Volkswagen Beetle is a brokedown palace.

At age 84 or 94 you are just trying to do the right thing. Eat. Survive. 24 or 44. People make noise.

Your coördinates, please.                                Are you here/there/now?

Hyperfocus. And you achieve clarity. Blur the edges.

Focus on the [hyper]active personality.

Make art.

Fuck.

We are algebraic structures. Exponents of each Other. I am already/not yet. You are a remote possibility. I am radical Uncertainty.

Prometheus steals fire from Olympus.

Burn the Forest.

Wilderness.

Experimental Station # 2 in a flat wilderness in 1907.

Are you satisfied with your image feedback system?

Experimental TV.

You turn [on] Television                              Television turns you                              [on].

The consumers of reality are hungry again. Are you going to feed them?                                                            delete                                                            return                                                            shift

Primordial loneliness.

Image-text bombardments from the ether.

She speaks of Neolithic Britain & stone rings functioning as panopticons.

Tape recorder experiments.

You cannot hold on to any of it. The flux. The flicker.

Sippers of coffee, unite.

We are temporal beings.

Spaghetti nightmares in Astoria, Queens.

Eat the orchiette.

Eat.

My breast is in her mouth. She is tonguing my nipple & palming my right buttock.

I should keep talking talking talking… and then nobody gets in the way. Am I right?... or am I right?

Physical bodies in space & time.

Our bodies are floating over/under each other.

We are on a lost highway.

People “fluctuate” before your eyes.

Also means you.

Come. Please come. She whispers.

I feel unsettled.

Like maybe… what?

The musicality of your existence… the silence… the calm.

She feels my cock coming to life.

I kiss your Apocalypse.

…

I am sending you a “wire-photo.” Can you see it? Dots on a page. Points. Pixels.

I remember your bottom lip catching on the dome of my cock. The upper lip soon followed. And the blowjob commenced.

I lay there in absolute disbelief.

Me.

Of all people.

…

She says she can feel the pulse in my cock when I come.

Squirt squirt squirt.

We are everyday people, all of us. Digging into the every day. Digging into existence. Trying to make it squirt.

Keep punching the keys.

Keep… believing.

R.G. Vasicek is a lo-fi novelist in NYC. Vasicek's books include THE DEFECTORS, MACHINE, CYBORG, & the forthcoming anti-novella JÖRGENSEN AND THE MACHINE. Website: www.rgvasicek.com

[chrispiper]

Astoria Coffee Machine Wins German Style Honor 2019 - Prize Acknowledged in a Global Levels

Astoria coffee makers are seen as the final result, the quintessence of creativity and continuous improvement. This product was created by Adriano Style - one of the more popular layout studios in Italy. Winner of the German Style Award 2019, one of the more exclusive and worldwide accepted honors in the area of manufacturing layout. What exceptional functions does the Astoria coffee machine have that are really valued by industry experts? - Enables baristas to adjust and maintain an optimal coffee preparing account (user profile) as a result of pre-dealing with pressure and temperature while in extraction creating several coffees with uniform flavor at different places. distinct instances.

- Dried up Steam with advanced technology “Cool Touch” provides baristas who are enthusiastic about latte craft enough area to formulate their own personal latte craft technique. - The opportunity to automatically adapt the ideal temp, improving the barista to control the temp while preparing for the steady cup of coffee. - GreenLine technology in Astoria Hurricane FRC decreases power ingestion by approximately 47Per cent when compared with models of similar capacity. As well, the appliance can instantly “Stand by” during off-optimum functioning hours. The machine is suitable for virtually any dispensing place in the classic sophisticated style. For additional information about may pha cafe astoria web site: read.

[johncruise6]

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[alindakb]

Today is the day - by Alinda

Today is the day. No more excuses or delays. Today Harry will step up and do what he’s wanted to do for weeks now. It’s the only way forward. So Harry spins his legs out of his bed and stands up. He takes his glasses and walks towards the shower. He brushes his teeth and pulls on his Auror robes. Today is the day. Today he will not chicken out at the last minute. He will do it.

Harry takes his time to try to tame his hair. It’s useless, as always. But he’s trying anyway. Malfoy’s hair always looks like he’s just got out of bed, but still stylish. Harry wonders how Malfoy does it. And why his own hair only likes to look like a crows nest. His grandfather was the inventor of an amazing hair potion, so why doesn’t do anything to tame Harry’s hair?

In the end, Harry gives up and just goes downstairs to grab a cup of coffee. He needs to get his energy up for what he’s going to do.

He walks to his fireplace and takes a hand of flu powder. He takes a deep breath and then steps into the green flames.

The ministry is almost empty when Harry steps into the hallway. It’s still early. Harry likes to arrive before everyone else. Before the reporters come in to try to get a glimpse of there saviour. And today Harry doesn’t need them at all. He needs to be focused on his task. If he gets sidetracked he will chicken out again.

He’s tried to do it before. Just walk up to Malfoy and just say what’s on his mind. But it’s hard. It isn’t until now that Harry understands why it took Hermione and Ron so long before they could admit to each other that they were in love. Putting yourself out there is more terrifying than taking on Voldemort.

Harry makes it to his office without running into anyone. He pulls off his robes and sits down. He takes one look at the massive pile of paperwork he needs to get through today. The pile never seems to become any smaller. Harry shakes his head and stands back up.

He turns on the coffee machine in the staff room and waits. He looks at the schedules on the wall. He’s on-call this coming weekend. So maybe, he shouldn’t. But fuck no. He won’t find an excuse to not do it. He will do it today. He made a promise to himself. Before the end of this month. So that means today. He’s twenty-eight. He can do this. It’s no big deal.

But it kinda is. If this goes wrong, Harry will lose a friend and have his heart broken in one minute. And there is a big change this will go wrong. Harry isn’t even sure if Malfoy even is gay, or bi like Harry. He never talks about his love life. Harry is quite sure Malfoy never goes on dates. He would have mentioned them if he had, wouldn’t he? Harry has told him about dates he’s been on.

What if Malfoy is asexual, or demisexual? Maybe this is all a mistake and it will ruin everything they’ve accomplished over the last three years.

Harry sips his new coffee and shakes his head. Three years of dreaming of the same man is long enough to take a leap. He has to do something. He can’t go on like this, pretending he doesn’t want to kiss Malfoy every time he sees him. No, he has to be honest. With himself, and with Malfoy. He deserves to know that Harry wants more than the friendship they’ve build up.

The trip down to the potion lap is short. Harry stops in front of the door. Maybe Malfoy isn’t in yet. Maybe Harry can go in and see Malfoy has the day off and then he will have him as a friend for one more day.

“Are you going to stand in front of that door all day, or are you coming in and offer me a decent cup of coffee,” Malfoy says as he walks up to Harry.

“You’re late,” Harry says. Malfoy looks amazing in his black robes. His hair falls around his cheeks and he smiles.

“Yes, that’s what happens when your co-parent decides to drop off your son at six in the morning without any warning. I’m glad Andromeda was willing to babysit. I love Astoria, she’s a great friend. And what she did for me after the war. Well, I owe her. But it would be nice if she would remember that I have a job.”

Malfoy shakes his head and walks into the potions lab. He puts his satchel down and then checks on some of the potions he left overnight.

“How’s Scorpius?” Harry asks.

“He’s great. He started primary school this year and he loves it. I can’t believe he’s already five. And he’s growing. He’ll be taller than me before he even goes to Hogwarts if he keeps growing the way he does now,” Malfoy says as he sits down. “Now, where is my coffee?”

Harry hands him a steaming cup and Malfoy sips it carefully. This is the moment. They’re still alone. Harry should say it now before Malfoy’s colleagues arrive.

“What’s up with you this morning. First, the staring at the door and now you stand there like the world is ending any minute now. Please don’t tell me if it is, I would like to stay ignorant to the very end,” Malfoy jokes.

Harry shakes his head and then sits down. “Sorry, it’s just,” he says before he falls silent. He can’t do this. Malfoy is his friend and once Harry utters the words that have been roaming inside his head for the last couple of months he won’t be any longer.

“Just what, Potter? The press got nasty pictures of you? Did they stop you from doing your work, again? Spit it out. We both know you’ll feel better once you’ve complained about it all being so unfair.”

“No, that’s not it,” Harry says. “It’s worse, or maybe better. Depends on how you look at it.”

“You make absolutely no sense, Potter,” Malfoy says.

“I know, I’m sorry. Fuck. Okay, here it goes. You might hate me after this, but I need you to know.”

Harry looks at Malfoy who has put down his coffee. His hands rest on his desk and his mouth has become a thin line.

“Is this the moment you say you made a mistake? That you should have never reached out to me after the war. That our friendship means nothing,” Malfoy says. His voice sounds strained and Harry hates it.

“Fuck, no. Off course not. It’s the opposite. Our friendship means everything. You mean everything. Because, somehow, I’ve fallen in love with you. And I just wanted to know, if you maybe would like to go on a date with me sometime, to see if you could love me too.”

Harry looks at his cup of coffee in his hands. He’s afraid to look up and see what Malfoy will say.

“You love me,” Malfoy whispers. He sounds so small and frightened and Harry has to look at him as he confirms it once more.

“Yes, I love you,” he says.

Malfoy stands up and Harry’s coffee floats to the desk. Two hands grab his cheeks and then Malfoy’s lips are placed on his. Harry smiles into the kiss which doesn’t last long enough if you ask Harry.

“I take it, that this means you love me too?” Harry asks.

“Yes, Potter. Yes, I do,” Malfoy answers. “I love you, Harry,” he says.

Harry pulls Draco on his lap and kisses him again. Why did he even ever worry about saying these three little words?

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