#dark reylo anthology

[politicalmamaduck]

Reblogging in honor of Saint John of the Cross’s feast day, since the title is taken from one of his works!

the dark night of the soul

Kylo Ren, Master of the Knights of Ren, swears his life to defend his Empress. After her grandfather, the Emperor, orders him to train her in the Force and for the two to journey to Mustafar, something unexpected occurs.

Written for the 2020 @reylofanfictionanthology, To Rapture the Earth and the Seas.

[starwarsnonsense]

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We begin this episode by confirming the date and time of Rachael’s panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe! Rachael will be co-hosting a panel on the mythology of the sequel trilogy ('Powerful Light, Powerful Darkness: How the Sequels Expand the Mythology of Star Wars'), and the panel will be taking place on the Saturday of the convention from 1.30-2.30pm. We hope Rachael sees some listeners there.

Next, we share our recommendations. Rachael recommends the following:

Joyland

Pearl

Sharper

Rye Lane

65 

Kirsty recommends the following:

Witness for the Prosecution

The Aviator’s Wife

The Memory Police 

At around 32 minutes in, we discuss our thoughts on various pieces of Star Wars news, including:

The big panels at Star Wars Celebration Europe are revealed!

Reylo legends included in the Return of the Jedi: From a Certain POV anthology

At around 57 minutes in, we share our thoughts on Chapters 18 and 19 of The Mandalorian: The Mines of Mandalore and The Convert. Join us for a discussion of Bo Katan’s religious awakening, the possibility of Mandalorian catfights and the queasy ethics of the New Republic’s rehabilitation programme. 

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.

[oh-great-authoress]

Fic Recs Asks # 2 (A fic you've re-read multiple times!)

Okay, I know this is so late, but it got buried in my asks, and I just saw this again; I’m very sorry, Anna!

2. A fic you’ve re-read several times

Okay, this is a supremely loaded question—but I’ll try to keep this as short as possible.

Okay, so here goes.

All the fics in the first question you asked me here apply to this question, but I’ll give different answers for this question.

Ahem—

Basically everything that @musewrangler has written, but most especially:

The Empire Reimagined Series and its accompanying Oneshot Series

This marvelous Original Trilogy Canonverse AU has EVERYTHING, Skywalker Family FEELS, badassery, action, humor, *chef’s kiss* banter, and it’s AMAZING.

This series is pure serotonin and it’s absolutely precious.

I wish I could hug this AU and everyone in it, frankly.

A Star to Steer By

This Georgian/Age of Sail AU is the perfect combination of Star Wars with Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey-Maturin series/C. S. Forester’s Hornblower series vibes, and the perfect balance of action, humor, FEELS, and ride-or-die bestieism.

The Limpet AU by Frodogenic

This is Original Trilogy Canonverse AU comedy/family feels goodness, and this series made me look crazy with how much I was cackling while reading it; I mean, you have Skywalker Family Feels, Darth (Grand)Dadakin, and Admiral Piett is DONE With Life.

You will have emotions in some parts, and want to bust a gut laughing in others; I know I did.

One of my jams is Leia makes up with Dad fics, so these are a few:

Father and Daughter by Morwen Tindomerel

This references some events from Legends but it’s still quite in canon up to now.

gunpowder and shades of grey by irnan

This fic uses the Legends names of Leia’s children, just so you know.

Restless Warrior by Aria Saralyn

This is a oneshot longform masterwork.

This must be read.

Darkness by Firefly Alchemist

After Ben Solo turns to the Dark Side, Anakin comforts his daughter.

The Skywalker Family Feels Series by salanaland

This series focuses on Anakin trying to Dad after he dies, and while there are a couple of stories about Luke and Anakin, one about Anakin annoying Obi-Wan in the Force, and one or two following/focusing on other characters, this story mainly focuses on Anakin and Leia, and I just love Anakin’s characterization here—it honestly tracks that he’d be like he is in this series.

Wastelands by Mistress_Siana

Leia crash lands on a planet, and with danger imminent, she must rely on a certain Force Ghost to help her make her shuttle spaceworthy once more.

Her reconciliation with Anakin is ambiguous here, but they come to an understanding of sorts.

Wish I Could Be by @melanoradrood

This actually should also be in the category of fics that made me cry, because the first time I read this, it honestly made me cry.

This is one of the best Dramione fics I have EVER read, and every moment just hits RIGHT.

It’s a Fourth Year canon compliant fic, and it’s just… Lord, I cannot recommend this enough.

Steel Flowers; Paper Hearts by @girl-among-mts

This Canonverse AU Gingerrose fic had me grinning like a maniac when I read it, and each time I reread it, my heart just melts into a puddle.

It’s part character study, part developing love story, and 100% fluffy goodness.

Chapter One of Secret Garden by @girl-among-mts

This is part of a seven chapter anthology my friend @girl-among-mts wrote for Gingerrose Week 2021, and… oof…

How do I describe this fic?

Well, let’s just say my competency kink… well, it was very happy.

First Order IT, Can I Get Your User ID? by krossartist

This was the modern IT Guy!Ben/Mechanic!Rey AU I did not know that I needed.

It is a ride of emotions and humor, and I love this story.

Christmas in the Clink by dawninthemtn

This is a Meet Not-So-Cute Reylo story where Lawyer!Ben Solo ends up bailing his parents and uncle out of jail on Christmas Eve, but there’s already someone there for his uncle—his uncle’s beautiful neighbor, Rey.

Tell Your Parents to Subscribe! by dawninthemtn

This is a Reylo AU where Ben is a Mr. Rogers-esque figure, and Rey is the journalist for a BuzzFeed-esque website, who interviews him.

queen of my heart (body and soul) by hi_raeth

This is a Reylo Princess Diaries 2 AU which had me smiling like a madwoman when I read it.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown by CatelynTsukino

This is a Jaime Lannister/Lyanna Stark GoT AU (they’d have been perfect for each other if she’d lived), where Jaime ends up as King after killing Aerys, and ends up marrying Lyanna.

They fall in love somewhere along the way.

[ceallaigheirinn]

Ten lines tagging meme

Thank you to the lovely @politicalmamaduck for the tag!

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway❤️

1. “It was late, well into the small hours of the night by the time their shuttle reached planetfall and descended toward the surface below.” HANDFAST. A Reylo canon-divergent forced marriage fic for the 2023 Valentines Exchange.

2. “It had been a little over a standard month since she touched down on Tatooine.” GRIMTASH. A Reylo post canon reunion fic for the 2023 RFFA Valentine Exchange.

3. “The sun descended over the Silver Sea as it did every evening.” HEATHENS. A Reylo soft BDSM kink fic. Wanted to write outside my comfort zone.

4. “The sun was just beginning to set on the horizon on the Silver Sea as Rey entered her small apartment on the outskirts of Hanna City.” I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. A Reylo Dark Rey origin story/Reylo baby fic for the 2021 RFFA Valentine Exchange. Really need to reexplore this universe and write a sequel.

5. “Tatooine summers always meant sandstorms.” UNSTUCK IN TIME. A Reylo Bring Ben Back fic for the 2020 RFFA Anthology. Biggest work I’ve written. Post-canon. Wanted to prove I could bring back while being 100% canon compliant. Take that, Abrams!! Time travel!

6. “The springtime monsoon season had come to Batuu and for the seventeenth day straight, sheets of unrelenting rain pelted down from the sky.” WHAT WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND. Amnesia trope Reylo fic for the 2020 RFFA Valentine Exchange.

7. “It wasn’t their bed on Chandrila, but this one in the Millennium Falcon’s captain’s quarters was the next best thing.” THE WEIGHT OF A SOUL. A Reylo fic for the 2019 RFFA Anthology. Vengeance demons with a bit borrowed from Ammit mythology.

8. “The first thing Rey noted when she touched down in Coronet City was the complete absence of color.” SERENDIPITY. A Reylo canon-divergent dystopian fic written for the 2019 RFFA New Years Fic Exchange.

9. “Kylo Ren wakes with a strangled gasp as he sits bolt upright in his bed.” TOUCH. Nightmares, Forcebond. Quiet Reylo moment for the 2017 Underrated Reylo Secret Santa Exchange. Was going to be bigger, but I like the simplicity of one chapter.

10. “Ben Solo awoke with a gasp.” SPILLIKIN. Exiled Reylo canonverse for the 2017 RFFA Anthology. Wherein Ben honors his parents and tries to forgive himself.

You get a bonus, because fic because I’m really proud of fic 11. Set in the same universe as Serendipity. Wrote it in a day. Only time that has ever happened.

11. “Ben Solo had been the sole human residing on Maluhia for a little over a year.” SOLITUDE INTERRUPTED. A Reylo fic I wrote the day Carrie Fisher died. Ben Solo lost his mother that day, and I’ve struggled to write a living Leia since then.

Will tag a few. No obligation to participate, but I’d love to revisit and discover fic!

@checktheholonet @briarlily @the-reylo-void @anopendoor @whatceliawrites

[athelise]

Hiiii! I made a thing in honor of the deliciously dark Reylo fic “Little Animals” on AO3. The author will be off Anonymous soon, and then we’ll know!

Like, this story is so dark. Please read ALL the tags before you jump in---it is NOT for the faint of heart.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19902718/chapters/47141557

[thedarkside-reyloanthology-blog]

Officially off anonymous!!

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TheDarkside_DarkReyloAnthology/works

[acowlorsomething]

The sky falls.

Thousands of ships rain from the stratosphere. Their burning wreckage lighting the sky like brilliant beacons.

They were the sparks that ignited the flames that burnt the entire Resistance to the ground, Rey thinks, staring up at the tiny trailing flares. Pinpoints in the sky. Flash fires against the darkness.

She closes her eyes. Watches with her mind’s eye as each and every thread of life, thin and insignificant, winks out.

“Motes of dust,” she whispers. Her voice too quiet to leave an echo. “Dead. All of them.”

All of them.

But one.

“Rey?”

His voice comes to her as a plea across the chasm. An entreat. A hopeless cause.

She pulls her gaze from the sky. The ships have all but gone. Fallen to ash. Ruined upon the landscape of Exegol.

“You’re too late.” She steps over the body of her fallen grandfather and lowers herself onto the throne. Fingers pressing against the sharply-honed obsidian. Until they bleed.

Bursts of static discharge cast the great amphitheatre in blinding strobes of blue. Illuminating the faceless ones. The cowled ones. The wraiths that cling to the edges. Their words rising and falling in a seamless chant.

Undeterred, he draws near. Three steps. Four. She wonders how many steps he must take before he sees her for what she’s become.

The guards form a semi-circle at his back, awaiting her instruction. A wave of her finger has them pulling back into the shadows.

He’s no threat. She has the power of the Sith within her. She is the Sith.

Seven steps. Then, finally, “Rey, what have you done?”

What has she done? She has stopped the war. She has claimed her birthright. She has found her belonging.

Pledge yourself, child. Complete your initiation. Strike him down.

The ink-black whisper passes over her mind like an oil slick. She shudders. At the lubricous discomfort of the presence within her. At the residue it leaves. But she holds her tongue against the vow.

“Rey, look at me.” The man before her persists. “Please?”

Who is he, she wonders. Kylo Ren? He who was the hand of a dead Emperor? Albeit unwitting?

No. Kylo Ren would be standing beside her; not before her, seeking to supplicate. So it is the boy he once was. Ben Solo. Thinking to save her.

Pathetic.

It is not her own thought, but that of the presence. And it makes her bristle to have thoughts not of her own making, seeding within her head.

Strike him down. The presence drops all ruse of gentle compulsion. It clamps and squeezes. Seeking to bend her to its own will. Show him your strength. Your power. Show him that which he once coveted. Use it to crush him...

She grits her teeth. She will not be bent. She will not be broken. She is the Sith. She is the Sith.

“Get out.” The words hiss between her teeth.

“No.” The reply is soft. Steady. Human. “Not without you.”

Her eyes slide to the man. Ben Solo. The blood across his brow. As if his face is determined to seek new scars to replace the old.

“You don’t understand what I’ve done.” The presence shifts and squeezes as she speaks. Her fingers clench against the obsidian. “What I’ve had to do.”

“I do.” His gaze is unwavering. His eyes are haunted by shadows. “I of all people understand.”

She allows an imperceptible nod. Of course, he does. He’s lived with this presence for longer than she has lived years. Perhaps he could be of some use after all.

“I don’t need Ben Solo,” she states, rising from the throne. Her steps are slow and deliberate as she stalks towards him. “I need Kylo Ren.”

Distantly, she notes the irony.

And then she offers him her hand.

Read more?

O S M O S I S by acowlorsomething

Written for the Reylo Fanfiction Anthology Valentines Fic Exchange.

[haljathefangirlcat]

Hetalia’s coming back but Hetalia discourse has already come back.

Destiel is canon... but in a way chosen specifically to make everyone unhappy?

There’s a Dashcon staff parody blog making jokes about Dashcon 2021.

I feel like I woke up in an alternate dimension and the next DW season will soon be announced to contain the secret fourth Sherlock episode where John is confirmed as a Brony in a groundbreaking moment that will make tv history.

[kylo-renakin]

between the shadow and the soul by ninecrimes / kylo-renakin an rffa gift for icemink 

. . .

“You and Skywalker have been keeping it a secret,” she said, her eyes searching his face to catch him when he lies. “But I know the truth. I learned it, the day after we fought on Mustafar. That Lord Vader was his father, and your grandfather.”

He struggled against her stasis but she pushed back harder, her power swirling around them both. “Rey—”

“Don’t you see, Ben?” There was a ghost of a smile on her lips. “The darkness is inside of you, too. You don’t have to keep fighting it. You were meant to be mine.”

Mine.

. . .

or: Jedi Knight Ben Solo should really stop doing smuggling runs with his father. Kira Ren should really stop trying to turn him to the dark side.

. . .

I am beyond excited to reveal I participated in the Reylo Fanfiction Anthology Gift Exchange. I have had such a beautiful response from people so far and I am working on starting a full fic for this concept. 

Thank you so much to everyone who participated. I love this fandom so much, there are so many wonderful content creators and no end to the love and positivity.

. . .

photo credits: the knight of rey by holepsi and good boy ben solo screenshot found through google. graphic made by me!

[angstywriterangst]

Out to the Last Night

Chapter 2: The Descent

She turned to enter the next perpendicular passage, when suddenly a prickling sensation began raising the hair on the back of her neck. Her knuckles turned white as she slowly turned her head.

There, she saw the nightmare that haunted even her waking thoughts; tall and broad, swathed in flowing black.

Kylo Ren was gazing at her, perfectly motionless - impossibly so - like the shadow of a statue of some horrible god of death.

Click her to read from the beginning on ao3.

Posts every Sunday, but also trying to get as much posted throughout the week before TROS, so subscribe and check in! This will not be abandoned! All plotted out, chapters written ahead, just needs editing.

This is a reylo Dark Rey fic heavily featuring The Knights of Ren, exploring redemption, love, and the mysteries of the Force outside of the dogmatic parameters of the Jedi and Sith. Characters from both Legends and the new canon will be making appearances.

Thanks to my lovely beta’s @a-nerd-obsessed (who made this gorgeous moodboard) and @qotsisajakk !This is my first fic and I don’t know where I’d be without them or the support of everyone @reylofanfictionanthology !

[politicalmamaduck]

darkness rises, and light to meet it

After the throne room, Jedi Ben Solo and Kira Ren meet again a year later. Written for czechia in the 2021 Reylo Fanfiction Anthology St. Valentine's Day exchange, To Find Your Kiss! You can read it on AO3 here. (Apparently I never posted this here, so here it is, a year later.)

“I don’t want to keep fighting you, Ben.” She swung away from his strike, taking steps back and away, her cloak twirling behind her. The distance between them was too close, yet not close enough.

Despite the sweat on her brow and her closed, tensed, fighting posture, Rey’s eyes were wide and honest. He could feel her opening herself to him in the Force just as he could feel his racing heartbeat. When he closed his eyes and meditated, he could see the light shining through the cracks in her armor of darkness, just as he could feel it through their bond.

“So why are we fighting, Rey?” He would not use her other name. He could not.

“Because you won’t join me. You didn’t take my hand when I offered it to you. I offered you the whole galaxy, Ben.”

“I don’t want the whole galaxy, Rey. You should know that by now, you and Snoke, or your grandfather, rather. I’m not like my mother, or my uncle.”

Even though they so badly wanted me to be like them.

I failed them, he couldn’t help but thinking, the constant refrain in the back of his mind.

Just as I failed you, Rey. I’m so sorry.

As quickly as he felt her opening herself to him, he felt her pulling away once more. Her mental shields went up, shutting him out.

“What do you want, Ben?” Her voice betrayed her frustration, her eyes flashed with anger.

When did anyone ever ask him what he wanted? He couldn’t remember. What did he want?

Since she returned to his life, she haunted his dreams. He could feel the light within her, just as well as he knew the darkness inside himself. He wanted to help her find the balance for which he’d struggled for so long.

He didn’t say that, but he still answered honestly. “Just you,” he said, his shoulders slumping with exhaustion. He deactivated his lightsaber and took a step towards her.

This time, it was Ben Solo who extended his hand to Rey--Kira Palpatine Ren, Master of the Knights of Ren--and hoped that she would take it, that she would listen to the light within her rather than Snoke’s lies, her grandfather’s poison.  

One year ago

“Still, that fiery spit of passion! You always did have your father’s heart and your mother’s hope, Ben Solo.”

He ignored Snoke’s taunt, instead focusing his vision on Rey. His Rey. Her back was to Snoke, her eyes looked down upon him, kneeling upon the throne room floor.

He couldn’t move--Snoke’s grip on him was too strong--but he tried to keep his breathing even, his demeanor calm, despite the situation. Despite the taunts, the pressure, the hate flowing through the room.

“And because of that you must die.”

Ben did not react. He kept his eyes on Rey. She would not kill him. He trusted her, trusted their bond. He breathed, and centered himself in the Force the way his uncle taught him.

“My worthy apprentice, daughter of darkness, heir apparent to Emperor Palpatine, where there was conflict I now sense resolve, where there was weakness, strength. Complete your training and fulfill your destiny.”

Rey met his eyes. Her fingers twitched.

Across the throne room, a lightsaber ignited, impaling Snoke on its blade.

Ben felt freer than he had in years, his body and mind unburdened by an interloper’s weight.

The lightsaber flew into his hand, and he turned to meet the Praetorian Guard, Rey at his back.

He could feel her heat, her passion, her anger.

The first Guard fell, and their deadly dance began.

When she striked, he parried. Where one was weak, the other strong.

The Force flowed through them, surrounding them and binding them with an indelible embrace.

When they returned to themselves, all of the Praetorian Guard lying lifeless on the floor, Ben was empty where just moments before he was full of Rey’s presence, her spirit.

He would spend the next year simultaneously chasing and avoiding her--her comms, her ambushes, her intrusions into his dreams.

A Force bond was a dangerous thing for a Jedi.

“What happened that night at the Academy, Rey?”

Ben wasn’t there that night. He was away, on a mission with the Senate on Hosnian Prime. Over the years, his mind played and re-played the different scenarios over and over again.

If only I were there.

I could have saved them.

If only I were there.

I would have died too.  

“Didn’t he tell you?”

“Tell me what?”

“The truth about that night, about my heritage. How he lied to me for all those years. It was only a matter of time before the rest of the galaxy found out, he said.” Rey’s voice was bitter, a far cry from the girl Ben once knew, one of his uncle’s most promising apprentices. A little girl, sold into indentured servitude on Jakku. Her story was perhaps all the more heartbreaking for what she became, Ben thought, willing tears not to fall. Yet another promising Jedi turned to an instrument of evil.  

“He decided I was old enough to know the truth. It was better to tell me sooner rather than later, before I started traveling more widely as an apprentice. Someone might notice, might figure it out. We couldn’t have that; we would need to be careful on my missions. My grandfather tried so hard to destroy the Jedi, destroy the light, and Master Luke couldn’t risk that happening again.”

The Rey Ben remembered loved gardening and flowers so much. She always volunteered to help with the kitchen garden, always had dirt under her fingernails. She loved the rain, but hated the cold, and her lightsaber glowed as yellow as a desert sun.

The woman who stood before him did not have a garden, did not have dirt under her fingernails. She could not feel the rain on a sterile First Order ship, and her lightsaber was a wound, a bloodied and broken kyber crystal reflecting its master all too well.

Oh Rey, what have they done to you? He wanted to scream and shout and rage against the cruel galaxy, as if he were a child once more, a child with a voice in his head and migraines and nightmares he could not escape, could not control.

He never asked her whose voice she heard, what shape and form her pain and trauma took. Was it Snoke? Was it her grandfather? Was it them both?

He could taste the questions on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them for the poison they were.

“I’m sorry, Rey. Does it help you to know I had a similar experience?” he asked, his traitorous face and voice betraying the vulnerability he shared with her, whether he wanted to or not.

In a different life, in a different galaxy, perhaps they might have been Master and Padawan.

In a different life, in a different galaxy, perhaps they might not have been Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine.

“You at least knew your grandfather was a great Jedi,” she replied. “Death or Dark Side, at least the first part of his story--your story--was true. My own Master didn’t trust me with the truth about my family, and lied to me for years. I wanted so badly to find my family, but I’d never felt so alone.”

Ben nodded. He met her eyes across the fire; its warm glow softened her face, illuminating the shadows. For a moment, looking at Rey, everything was beautiful and soft, and he could forget their pain and the past, and lose himself in her eyes.

He extended his hand.

Their fingers met, across space, time, and distance.

“You’re not alone,” he said.

“Neither are you.”

[reylofanfictionanthology]

Coming soon to Now part of the Reylo Fanfiction Anthology: The Dark Crystal, a Dark Artifact piece by @erney007.

[misscoppelia]

BELOVED - Chapter 1

Reylo Fanfiction Anthology: Amid Secrets & Monsters

Rey Niima is having nightmares again.

And also her boyfriend is breaking up with her. Which is not fine because this is the tenth serious relationship she's been in since college, and it's upsetting that she's always getting dumped.

All Rey wants is to find the one person that's right for her...

The tall oak trees blocked most of the view, but there was a street light and an entrance deeper into the park, and as her eyes scanned the foliage she caught sight of a tall, dark haired man walking slowly through the park, turning every which way every few feet. His gaze was lifted, almost as if he was looking up, but it was too cloudy for stars. Rey frowned, and realized he was not looking up high enough to see the sky. The movement was familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it. A strange scent hung in the air. Blood and death. Rey recognized it only because she had been working in the medical field for so long. An odd smell, even for a city whose streets were always littered with strange odors.

“Ride’s here,” Rose said. Rey’s focus snapped back to the world in front of her. Finn opened the door to the car and shuffled in, with Rose following behind him. Rey waited for her turn to climb in, but lifted her head one last time to see what the strange man in the park was doing.

Immediately she felt dizzy. The man had nearly turned his entire face towards her and what he was doing suddenly became clear. He was sniffing the air for something like an animal would, and Rey could not escape the feeling that she needed to hide from him.

Ducking quickly into their car, she slammed the door shut and buckled her seat belt as quickly as possible.

Rose tilted her head. “You okay?” Rey looked back up at her friends who both stared at her with concern. Even the driver was staring at her through the rear view mirror. Rey gulped as the dizzy feeling made her head roll. “Oh! Fine! Sorry! I didn’t realize I slammed the door so hard! Too many margaritas.”

Read More Art by @fahrennheit

Moodboard by @reylofanfictionanthology mod Vivian

[kuresoto]

He should say something. He wants to hear her voice again. But there’s an easy kind of silence between them, as if she is familiar to him somehow.

“What’s your name?” she asks, breaking the silence for him.

“Ben,” he says.

Her eyes trail over his face, as if she’s matching that name to the way she sees him.

“I’m Rey,” she says.

Rey.

Rey.

Rey.

His heart hammers out her name. He wants the car to break down, or for the snow to force him off the road, so that he can sit here with her for hours. He wants more time.

Snowflakes by @nightsofreylo

@reylofanfictionanthology 2017: Celebrate The Waking

[5/?]

[thedarkside-reyloanthology-blog]

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TheDarkside_DarkReyloAnthology

The Anthology will begin posting on July 31st!

[bertolts]

Maddie, I think you've finally done it. I think you've converted me to the Dramione side. Do you have any suggestions for fics?

OwO Oh boy do I. I have so many suggestions but I’ll just link a few that I’ve read and reread. I tend to lean toward angsty romance fics so I’m unsure if I have any fluffy fics. Unsure of what exactly you’re more into but these are some of my faves:

The Rights and Wrongs series by @lovesbitca8 : An excellent series focusing on Hermione’s and then Draco’s POV in a 2 part story of their post-war relationship. It’s filled with intense pining, angst, sexual tension, and slowburn. Part 1 is ‘The Right Thing To Do’ and Part 2 is “All The Wrong Things” Part 3 is a ‘Voldemort Wins’ AU set in the same universe. This part ‘The Auction’ is currently WIP and is quite dark so I’d recommend checking the tags before proceeding. Hermione is captured and sold into the service of Death Eaters. “But despite the horrors of Voldemort’s new world, help - and hope - seem to arise from the most unlikely of places.” There’s also a few ficlets/oneshots in this series. (Part 1 & 2 Complete - Part 3 ‘The Auction’ In-Progress)

Wait and Hope by @mightbewriting : Is a fic I love so much I just finished rereading it for the third time this past weekend. It’s a memory loss fic. Hermione loses that past 7 years of her memory and finds herself married to Draco Malfoy. It’s a bitter sweet and angsty fic about Hermione relearning her own life and relationships. Some of the chapters really punch you in the gut. I’m tearing up just thinking about it. (Complete)

Shattered Oaths by @ JustAlongTheMirrorOfErised : Just picked this up this past weekend. “There have always been whispers of old magic in the woods. Some say that you could make a promise to an ancient creature for whatever your heart desires. What the stories never told her is that all magic comes with a price. Hermione could never have known that the oath she broke as a child would threaten to destroy everything that she worked for and everyone that she loves.It all started with the being who spoke to her with words forged from liquid silver. Destiny is just as fickle as it is inevitable.” It’s a Fae AU and it is a delicious slow burn. Draco is a Fae and Hermione essentially stole his magic. together they have to try and restore the imbalance she created before they die or WORSE! It’s the type of trickster dangerous Fae lore too. The whole ‘power in a name’ type of magic(In-Progress)

Bittersweet and Strange by @ UndiscoveredQueen19 : “ Trapped to share the same cursed fate in a world ruled by Voldemort, Draco and Hermione find that their differences are what make them similar and that their flaws are what make them whole. Dramione AU with a Beauty and the Beast twist.” Draco is cursed, Hermione is a desperate order fighter, and the two get bound together and locked inside a manor. Very much angst and fluff. (Complete)

Isolation by @ bexchan : This fic has somehow become a staple to the Dramione community. This takes place post-Half Blood Prince. “ Ron and Harry are Horcrux hunting and Hermione has been left at Hogwarts to help the Order make it safe for the other students. Draco is forced by Snape to stay in Hogwarts for his own protection, but he can't leave the room he is given; Granger's room. Hermione is the only student trusted with this information, so her and Malfoy share the small space, and Draco tries to avoid insanity as he becomes increasingly isolated with only the Mudblood for company. Something's going to give.” Read this one awhile ago. I think I’m due for a reread because I don’t remember all of the details. (Complete)

Never In Heart by @ In_Dreams :  “ Hermione Granger had never anticipated that Draco Malfoy would be her best friend, a decade after the war. She'd also never meant to wind up trapped in a marriage pact, borne of one late night with too much wine. But as his thirtieth birthday draws near, time will either seek to push them together or drive them apart.” This is heavy on the pining and is definitely a Friends to Lovers fic. It’s uber sweet but can get a bit heart-achey at times cause they’re idiots in love. I think this is also the shortest rec I’ve put on this list... (Complete)

Splash of Colour by @ kyonomiko : Here’s a fun short fic rec. This one’s 3 chapters and just recently finished updating. Hermione accidentally has a spell cast on her that makes her see the entire world in a different colour of the rainbow every day. But for some reason Draco is a different colour from everyone else. I thought it was pretty cute. (Complete)

Literally anything and everything that @senlinyu has ever written. Literally all of it. I’ve read every fic they’ve put on AO3. Manacled, All You Want, Love & Other Misfortunes, The Creature Anthology, etc. These works tend to lean towards darker themes, heavy smut or both. They also write a lot of creature fics which is my absolute favourite kind of AU. Sometimes the Omegaverse is traipsed into *coughs shamefully* I blame reylo tumblr for exposing me to that. Love & Other Misfortunes is a Veela!Draco vic and also the first Dramione fic I ever read. I fell in love with it. Manacled is my favourite fic I’ve ever read. Like out of any fandom. It’s so tragic and has what I consider the best portrayal of a morally grey Hermione that I’ve ever seen. However it is VERY dark and can be very triggering so please be careful and check the tags before even attempting to read it.

There are literally hundreds of one shots that I’ve read. Most of the soulmate oneshots are lovely and I’ve gone through the ‘Pining Draco Malfoy’ tag one too many times now. Also the ‘Veela Draco Malfoy’ tag.

I think I’ll cut myself off here. I definitely also recommend going through that list of Dramione fics I just recently reblogged as well. They have a lot of fics on there that are great and I intend to check out some of the ones I haven’t read yet. I really should start utilizing the bookmarks feature on AO3... That would’ve been a lot easier T^T But I had a lot of fun just gushing about some of my favourite fics. Dramione has been such a massive fixation these past 7-8 months.