#drarry mini bang

[kk1smet]

Freely Given | 18K | E

Written by InnerLilith & Illustrated by K (Yours Truly) for the Drarry Mini Bang Fest ♡

Excerpt:

“Mate. You took one look at the man and called in a life debt for swimming lessons. That doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.” — Wise words from Ronald Weasley 😌

☞ Read here.

[drarry-mini-bang]

Title:  Hothouse Flowers and Hot Hot Showers

Author: azalea_larae

Artist: @basiatlu

Rating: E

Content/warnings: Hogwarts Eighth Year, Roommates, Muggle Studies, Bisexual Harry, Gay Draco, EWE, POV Harry Potter, Porn With Plot, Blow Jobs, First Time, Public Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Frottage, Wet Dream, Dirty Talk, Orgasm, Shower Sex, Masturbation, Mutual Masturbation, Masturbation in Shower, Accidental Voyeurism, Flirting, Kneazles, Top Draco, Bottom Harry, Massage, Semi-Public Sex, Coming Out, College, Erections, Cuddling & Snuggling, Fluff, Fluff and Smut, Sexual Tension, Come Marking, Shameless Smut, alcohol consumption.

Summary: The eighth-year Muggle Studies class is spending five weeks at an American Muggle university. Harry’s assigned to room with Draco. And to make things, well, harder, there’s an inconvenient side effect to not using magic for a prolonged period of time . . .

Length: 101k

Link to fic on AO3: HERE

[bridenore]

Drarry mini bang 2024

Here are some of my favorite fics from @drarry-mini-bang 2024. Listed in alphabetical order.

Hits Different by Storybelle [45k]

Nearly five years on from the battle of Hogwarts, Harry and Draco both fly for the same minor league quidditch team and somehow have become good friends. On the back of a win that could mean big things for them the team goes out for celebratory drinks. Draco admits he once had a crush on Harry. It was a while ago. He got over it. This shouldn’t drive Harry absolutely insane. It’s also, without a doubt, going to.

Hothouse Flowers and Hot Hot Showers by @azalealarae [101k]

The eighth-year Muggle Studies class is spending five weeks at an American Muggle university. Harry’s assigned to room with Draco. And to make things, well, harder, there’s an inconvenient side effect to not using magic for a prolonged period of time ...

Thorns by shushu_yaoi_lj / @orange-peony [68k]

Harry looks at his reflection in the mirror and starts his morning routine by putting a Glamour on. After a moment, it’s not Harry Potter who stares back at him, but Gustav Meris, renowned magical portrait artist. Too bad Draco Malfoy has returned to England after ten years to ask for his portrait to be painted.

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

[briamarie38]

Art by @navi1088

The Haunting of Hogwarts

Drarry I Mature I 85k I soul bond, angst with a happy ending, Auror Harry, Cursebreaker Draco, Sentient Hogwarts, mutual pining, married but dont realize it (not because of the soulbond but because they love eachother and are idiots), temporary main character death, HAPPY ENDING!

[Mind the tags!! Both here and inside]

amazing art by @navi1088 and @regretfulcorrine

Summary: Twelve years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter, barely clinging to his reasons for being an auror, is asked by cursebreaker Draco Malfoy, his best friend and not-so-secret crush for the last decade, to help investigate a developing case at Hogwarts. Animals are showing up dead and the ghosts are acting "weird". After some investigation, it seems the concern was all a bit alarmist until the next full moon and they've got a human victim drained of blood and essence on their hands. Before they know it, they're knee-deep in dark magic, and Harry is in a race against time to find the culprit before Draco is taken as collateral.

Huge shout out, again to @navi1088 (who made the AMAZING illustration above) and @regretfulcorrine (who has equally amazing art which will be posted for all to see V soon!!!) Thank you guys SO MUCH for making something so beautiful and putting up with so much from me!

Link to fic here!

[makeitp1nk]

Draco felt as if he were on the dais at work, right at the point when he’d put together just enough pieces for the disparate materials he’d started with to start looking like whatever he was meant to be building. The process of building something lovely had begun, despite the less-than-desirable materials. He’d seen what was to come and the foundation was coming together beautifully if the sleeping man in his arms was any indication. Against all odds, he was building a happy and rewarding life.

IKEA employee and Seer, Draco Malfoy

Directionless Hogwarts drop-out, Harry Potter

The happiest ending ✨

I pulled an all-nighter polishing this fic, this part specifically. I hope you like it.

On the Radio

E | 20k | Drarry | read the 🏷️ s

With gorg art by @asterpixxies!!

Also I’ve been a hot mess and forgot to thank my #1 superstar beta, @basicallyahedgehog. You’re the best bb ❤️

[sits-bound]

Bound: On Our Side by @phantomgrimalkin for the @drarry-mini-bang

This was a fun collaboration! I signed up for the mini-bang (not sure what makes it mini, tbh) as a binder, just because it seemed like a cool challenge. I was in touch with the author while they wrote the fic, and then when they were done, I bound it. I mean, that sounds obvious, but it did feel rather different from taking an existing fic and binding it.

I wrote a bunch about my process and design decisions over on ao3. (Basically, snakes, snakes, snakes.)

[pocketlessdruid]

All the illustrations i made for the wonderful fic Thorns by @orange-peony for the @drarry-mini-bang

Please go read this fic, it's amazing

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2024.08.20

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. devotion (my blood sings with your voice) by @lupinflowrs [M, 2k]

►draco and harry love each other so, so much that it's hard to put into words. harry tries to.

2. Kitchen dancing to bad 90’s music by Big_dog_energy [?, 19k]

►When Draco gets injured in his animagus form, he’s forced to live with Harry Potter until he recuperates. What ensues is the most unlikely friendship—and then romance— the Wizarding World has ever seen. /// Featuring a snide, sassy Draco, a soft, domestic post-war world and Harry Potter with PTSD medication in his bedside drawer and flowers on his windowsill.

3. Made for Duty by @pixiedunhoff [E, 11k]

►A one night stand will entwine the futures of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy forever.

4. The No Divorce Clause by @coffeedrgn87 [E, 144k]

►Haunted by the war’s aftermath, Harry Potter flees his old life, searching for peace in far-flung corners of Europe. But peace proves elusive when he unexpectedly crosses paths with Draco Malfoy. In a world where magic lingers just beneath the surface, their journey takes them through enchanted cities and ancient secrets, testing the boundaries between rivalry and something far deeper. With unresolved tension crackling between them, Harry and Draco face a slow-burning connection that neither can ignore. As they navigate heartbreak, danger, and the shadows of their past, they’ll discover that the hardest battle isn’t always against dark wizards—it’s against the walls they've built around their hearts.

5. you cannot save people, you can only love them by falconns [T, 3k]

►[...] They aren't supposed to find safety in each other, but that's what it feels like. He feels like a place Harry didn't think even existed anymore.

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Fest/Exchange

1. The only thing worse than heartbreak is Vermont by @jtimu [E, 31k] --- ART by @girlcave

►In the aftermath of a failed relationship, Draco Malfoy found himself with three things. His pride (tattered), Theo's luggage (stolen), and an all-inclusive couples' vacation package to Vermont (awful). ★ Drarry Mini Bang | @drarry-mini-bang

2. Seeker Practice by @poljupci [E, 1k]

►Harry Potter is a good Seeker. The fact that catching their snitch of a soulmark gets both of them all hot and bothered is just some extra incentive. ★ HP Soulmates Fest 2024 | @hp-soulmates

[ghaniblue]

Reading List: August

Everything I finished and enjoyed in August that's not from HD Wireless fest see below. 99% Drarry, 1 Tom/Draco and 1 RWRB fic. ❤️ denotes favourites.

>> July recs <<

HP

❤️🙈 Alley Cat by papermonkey / @dracomort (Tom/Draco, M, 72k, WIP 13/?)

In which Draco attends Hogwarts with Tom Riddle and inadvertently saves the world.

What if Tom became Draco's best friend? I feel like the monkey emoji represents Draco in this fic: if I ignore it, it won't be real and I don't have to acknowledge it ladida. He amuses me to no end.

🏥 Nightingale by michi_thekiller (Drarry, E, 67k)

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. -Jacques Deval

This is canon-divergent since it was written before the books were finished. I enjoyed the dual timeline. At school they are antagonistic and fight-happy with punching turning into shagging, while the present timeline is just a little disturbing. Harry is not well in this. Draco isn't either but [spoiler].

❤️🩸 Harry Potter and the Inconvenient Condition by Mirabella (Drarry, M, 20k)

Harry comes back from vacation with an inconvenient case of vampirism and must learn to cope with blood, Malfoy, and recalcitrant secretaries. And if that doesn't tell you everything about the plot you need to know, you haven't read enough badfic.

Another oldschool fic. Vampire!Harry has a hankering for Draco's blood. This is such a fun, tropey romp. I was kicking my feet with glee.

🔮 Cassandraco by @jtimu (Drarry, T, 5k)

Harry Potter was going to die in six hours. As far as Draco was concerned, that wasn’t nearly soon enough.

This is fun. Beleaguered rescuer Draco and unwilling recuee Harry.

❤️🤒 the sun between us by @eleadore (Drarry, E, 7,5k)

Draco Malfoy, an omega. It was laughable until he was right in front of you, smelling like he was one shaky step from tripping into a heat. 

This could be just any other omegaverse PWP, but it's so dense with characterisation and layered emotion.

🏊‍♂️ Freely Given by InnerLilith + art by @kk1smet (Drarry, E, 18k + digital art)

As a young child, Harry Potter had always wanted swim lessons. He never got them. As an adult, he runs into Draco—an excellent swimmer and disconcertingly fit to boot—at a muggle pool. Naturally, he calls in his life debt for swim lessons (a totally normal thing to do, thank you very much). He gets more than he bargained for.

What a lovely @drarry-mini-bang story: hot, funny and sweet; and the art is delightful (you get built swimmer Draco and adorable chibis).

❤️👮‍♂️Rookie Moves by peu-a-peu (Drarry, E, 75k) + podfic by @sweatersinthesummer (~7h)

Aurors Potter and Malfoy crack the case.

Finally managed to read this; all the recs are justified. They are such disasters. Their characterisation is so funny and vibrant. They are both so deranged and combative. The podfic was completed half-way through my reading so I switched to listening. Such a good interpretation of this mad fic.

RWRB

❤️🥍 A Sporting Chance by clottedcreamfudge (Alex/Henry, E, 12,6k)

"Marry Henry - destination wedding. Combine all of our names so paperwork is a fucking nightmare." Henry stares at him and Pez rolls the dice, and-

"Congratulations to Alex and Henry Claremont-Diaz-Fox-Mountchristen," he says with a bright grin, and Alex punches the air and makes a 'whooping' noise. "Your wedding is attended by the Beckhams, the President, and several key members of congress. Henry is very gentle on your wedding night." Henry is going to fucking kill Pez.

"Fucking sweet," Alex says, because Henry is apparently the only one here trying not to have a coronary about all of this.

***

It had just been a party game, except now Henry is in way over his head.

Fuckbuddies/Idiots to lovers. This Alex is such a horny chaos demon, and Henry is so in love it's visible from space. Also, Pez is a gem. I often start scrolling through repeated sex scenes but not with this fic. This story made me happy.

>> september recs <<

[littlewinnow]

Thanks for tagging me @orange-peony ! Its been a while since ive done this and i wanted to share some sketches!

Other than working away at drarry mini bang here’s a few rough wip sketches of drarry dads and silly drarry boob squish that I have in the background.

[drarry-mini-bang]

Title: Thorns 

Author: @orange-peony

Artists:  @itsphantasmagoria, @pocketlessdruid

Rating: E

Content/warnings: accidental bonding, angst with a happy ending, Painter Harry, Unspeakable Draco, mention of canonical child neglect and past depression, PTSD, demisexual Draco, touch-starved Harry, off-screen death of a parent, mention of homophobic parents, miscommunication, praise kink, soft d/s dynamics, begging, masturbation, mutual masturbation, frottage, facials, oral sex, anal fingering, anal sex, nsfw art. 

Summary: Harry looks at his reflection in the mirror and starts his morning routine by putting a Glamour on. After a moment, it’s not Harry Potter who stares back at him, but Gustav Meris, renowned magical portrait artist.

Too bad Draco Malfoy has returned to England after ten years to ask for his portrait to be painted.  

Length: 68k

Link to fic on AO3: HERE

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

If you are like me, excited for upcoming drarry fests but suddenly feel like you are behind because there are so many, you have come to the right place. I am going to try to compile a list for the ones coming up in the next few months, if I have missed any fests please let me know and I'll add them!

Draco Tops Harry @dracotops-harry

Prompt Collection: January 06 - 20, 2024

Claiming starts: January 22 - March 17, 2024

Submissions due: March 18, 2024

Fest starts: April 1, 2024

Drarry MiniBang @drarry-mini-bang

Sign Ups: January 20th

Sign Ups Close: February 18th

Deadline for fic concept: February 18th

Fic Concepts to Artists: February 24th

Artist Claim: February 27th

Submissions Due: July 2nd

Posting Begins: August

Lights Camera Drarry @lcdrarry

Propmting: January 10-17

Claiming/Sign Ups: January 20th to March 15

Submissions Due: April 15

Posting Begins: May 1

Reveals: June 15

HD Wireless @hd-wireless

Prompting opens: Sunday, January 14th 

Claiming opens: Sunday, February 4th

Submissions due: Friday, June 14th

Posting starts: Monday, July 1st

Harry Draco Mpreg @harrydracompreg

Prompting Begins: Monday, 29 January

Prompting Ends: Saturday, 10 February

Claiming Begins: Monday, 12 February

Last Day to Claim: Sunday, 7 April

Submissions Due: Sunday, 21 April

Posting Begins: Sunday, 12 May (US Mother’s Day)

Reveals: Sunday, Sunday, 16 June (US Father’s Day)

[briamarie38]

Art by @regretfulcorrine

The Haunting of Hogwarts

Drarry I Mature I 85k I soul bond, angst with a happy ending, Auror Harry, Cursebreaker Draco, Sentient Hogwarts, mutual pining, married but dont realize it (not because of the soulbond but because they love eachother and are idiots), temporary main character death, HAPPY ENDING!

[Mind the tags both here and on ao3!]

Amazing art by @regretfulcorrine (see chapter 6) and @navi1088 (see chapter 1)!!

Summary: Twelve years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter, barely clinging to his reasons for being an auror, is asked by cursebreaker Draco Malfoy, his best friend and not-so-secret crush for the last decade, to help investigate a developing case at Hogwarts. Animals are showing up dead and the ghosts are acting "weird". After some investigation, it seems the concern was all a bit alarmist until the next full moon and they've got a human victim drained of blood and essence on their hands. Before they know it, they're knee-deep in dark magic, and Harry is in a race against time to find the culprit before Draco is taken as collateral.

Huge shout out, again to @regretfulcorrine (who made the AMAZING illustration above) and @navi1088 (who has equally amazing art!) Thank you guys SO MUCH for making something so beautiful and putting up with so much from me!

Link below!

[orange-peony]

Thanks for tagging me @emeryhall and @you-remind-me-of-the-babe!

I've been working on both my BB fics.

Here's a snippet of my fic for @carry-on-big-bang:

Simon This is a shitty idea. “This is a shitty idea,” Penny confirms, a frown on her face. She peers at me from behind her mug and shakes her head. “Simon, she broke up with you.” “I know,” I reply with a sigh, taking another biscuit and dunking it in my tea. “So what’s the point in going all the way to Watford to see her?” Penny asks, scrunching up her nose at the absurdity of my plan.

And here's some of my drarry one for the @drarry-mini-bang:

One evening, after they had sex, Draco leaned over him and kissed him slowly, his lips soft and his touch full of longing, the kiss turning languid and sweet. He looked into Harry’s eyes and brushed his curls back, then just looked at him in that intense way he had sometimes, as if he really wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words for once. “What?” Harry asked in a whisper. Draco didn’t say anything, but he kissed him again, a sensual brush of lips and tongue that left Harry reeling for more. “Do you want to go again?” Draco shook his head, but Harry still ran his fingers along the lovely curve of Draco’s back, feeling his soft skin under his fingertips as he traced his spine and then lingered on Draco’s naked buttocks.

Tagging (no pressure and sorry if you've already done it):

@bubble-gumhead, @pato-roldnart, @cutestkilla, @excalisbury, @artsyunderstudy, @thewholelemon, @hushed-chorus, @itsphantasmagoria, @regretfulcorrine, @pocketlessdruid, @alexalexinii, @fatalfangirl, @rimeswithpurple, @crazybutgood, @ionlydrinkhotwater, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @j-nipper-95, @littlewinnow, @larkral, @blackberrysummerblog, @facewithoutheart, @martsonmars, @letraspal @okay-sky, @imagineacoolusername, @leithillustration

[makeitp1nk]

Gosh this fic. I haven’t had a story simmer within me like this since Rebel, Rebel. I think you’ll be able to tell. Hope you like it and that you fall in love with @asterpixxies’s art just like I did 🩷

As always, thanks to our magnificent mods, @drarry-mini-bang. I’m not sure this fic would have happened without them!

Title: On the Radio

Content/warnings: POV Multiple, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, personality altering potions/drugs, Trauma, Healing from Trauma, parents keeping secrets, parents making difficult decisions, coming of age angst, Happy Ending, time skip (only at the end), Past Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Minor Pansy Parkinson/Ginny Weasley, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Minor Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas, Pining, falling in love , Draco Malfoy in the Muggle World, directionless Harry Potter, taking sleeping pills without reading the label (one instance), Gay Disaster Harry Potter, Harry Potter's big gay awakening, excessive drinking (one instance), Hand Jobs, frotting

Summary: By the time their son turned six, two things became evident to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy: their son was a Seer, and his sweet, docile nature would never make for an appropriate Malfoy Heir. With a war on the horizon, they made a terrible, irrevocable choice.

Thirteen years later, the war was over, and Hogwarts was just rebuilt enough to welcome students back to its halls. For the would-be recent graduates, an additional (forced) eighth year was enacted to round out their education. On day one of year eight, Harry Potter noticed a certain Slytherin missing from the usual crowd and deducted Malfoy must be up to something. Never one to shy from a quest, Harry went after the missing Slytherin, completely unprepared for what he would find.

Draco Malfoy was sure he’d never see Harry Potter again, even though he Saw Harry Potter in his impossible dreams. He mostly thought his mind was cruel for focusing on his past obsession with a boy from a world that hates him. Until one day, his impossible vision-dreams came true.

Link to fic on AO3: HERE

Length: 20k

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Recs masterlist part two : ongoing fests

I’ve been doing drarry recs posts every week for a while and it’s getting harder and harder to navigate through all theses posts. So here is a masterlist of all the posts I made so far.

Note : the masterlist is now split into three parts. I have apparently reached the maximum number of links you can include in a single post. Part one is here Favorites, authors, themes and length and part three is here Past fests.

Last updated : September 30th 2024 (Added since last update)

Previous update : March 25th 2024

Ongoing Fests (the last edition was held in 2022 or later)

25 days of Harry and Draco : 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014

Big Bangs : HD Reverse Bang 2022, HD Big Bang 2021, HD Big Bang 2018

Draco tops Harry : 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Drarry mini bang : 2024

HD Erised : 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

HD Fanfair : 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009

HD Fangfest : 2022

HD Kidfic fest : 2024

HD Mpreg : 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

HD Owlpost : 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

HD Suds Fest : 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

HD Wireless : 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

HP Bodice Ripper Fest : 2023, 2022

HP Drizzle : 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019

HP Soulmates : 2023

HP Trans fest : 2023

HP Unleashed : 2023

LCD Drarry : 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

My Bloody Valentine : 2022, 2021, 2019