#he knows Harry is with Ginny and he with Astoria

[oh-my-bindery]

I imagine Draco would scream sing to ‘Guilty As Sin” by Taylor Swift, whilst showering and thinking about Harry.

[wisteria-lodge]

Better Names for the HP Epilogue Kids:

thank you @arkadijxpancakes, @fire-vvhiskey, @missbrunettebarbie, @the-phoenix-heart and the ask box anons for the excellent suggestions! I liked them so much that I just wanted to group them all in one place.

HARRY / GINNY

Fredrick (if he's the first Weasley clan grandson, and George is okay with it, Ginny might insist on this one)

Sirius (I do think it makes sense to go with Sirius, but to use it as a first name. Sirius Black's name was never officially cleared, and I think Harry would be on top of that post-war. Naming his son Sirius would be a very clear, political, statement of intent.)

Alfred (Honors Fred without being on the nose, and the Al- honors Albus without out being too on the nose. Also very Weasley-coded.)

Ariana (Honors Albus... but Harry isn't conflicted about Ariana, and it doesn't cast as huge a shadow over the kid (one step away from naming him Merlin, honestly.) Also, I think Albus would honestly be pretty uncomfortable with a child named after him, and would prefer one named after his sister)

Evan (Very classy way to name a kid after Lily Evans)

Fleamont “Monty” (Important Potter family name with a Weasley-coded nickname)

Godric (Honors Lily, James and Albus who all lived at Godric's Hollow. And of course Godric Gryffindor, because Harry and Ginny are two of the loudest Gryffindors to ever Gryffindor.

Wulfric (One of Albus' middle names, so a more subtle way to honor him. Also that "Wolf" part brings in Remus)

Ruby (Fits in well with the other Weasley names, very Gryffindory, would be an adorable way to name someone after Hagrid.)

Holly (Cute, Weasley-coded, and a botanical name like Lily while bringing in the protective elements of Harry's holly wand.)

Minerva (Harry and Ginny both have nothing but good associations, it's a good name, and "Minnie" is a cute Weasley-ish nickname. Also makes more sense than 'Luna,' which they went for in-canon.)

The Weasleys seem to possibly favor names with an Arthurian vibe (Arthur, Percy) and they are very wizardy in a way Harry might enjoy. So some options in that category:

Vivienne (magical character)

Elaine (also happens to be the "Lily Maid," so another way to get Lily in there)

Gawain (very Gryffindor kind of guy)

Guinevere (Gwennie or Jenny for short. Ginny and Jenny would be very cute)

RON / HERMIONE

Jean (Hermione's middle name, and very possibly her mom's name. It would make a lot of sense to name kids after Hermione's (muggle) parents)

Harriet (cute way of naming a kid after Harry, who is basically family to both Hermione and Ron)

Everyone seems to like the idea of Hermione and Ron going to Shakespeare for their names. 'Hermione' is a Shakespeare name, and it makes sense that she would favor a muggle writer who loves to write about magic. Some good options:

Hero (Ron would think this is cute and funny)

Rosalind

Prospero / Prosper (naming a son after the wizard character would be fun for both of them)

Miranda (the wizard's daughter)

Owen (after wizard Owen Glendower)

Viola

Lysander

Imogene

Robin (Robin Goodfellow, so fairy/magic connection)

Benedick

Perdita (Hermione's daughter in A Winter's Tale. Hermione would get a kick out of this)

Toby

Edgar

Eleanor

Sebastian

Tamora

DRACO / ASTORIA

Corvus (This is the constellation that would have been in the sky during the Battle of Hogwarts/Voldemort's death, which makes it a classy choice... but it also does show up in the Fantastic Beasts films as a super Lestrange name, and Draco would know that.)

Regulus (makes a LOT of sense to honor another Death Eater who changed sides, as well as the Black family. Underlines the importance of family tradition while also allowing Draco to telegraph exactly where his new loyalties lie.)

Berenice (also referencing a constellation above the death of Voldemort. Means 'victory bringer,' which - appropriate.)

Aquila (another astronomy name. Latin for "Eagle," which might make a nice pair with Astoria, which means "Hawk.")

Amalthea (very, very pretty and soft astronomy name.)

Sylvius/Sylvia (Latin "forest." Nice, standard pureblood name, but the meaning does have a nice overlap with Astoria's maiden name, Greengrass. Also, the 'y' and 'l' sounds makes it sound really nice with 'Malfoy.')

Draco might also want to use a botanical name, to honor Narcissa. The narcissus (daffodil) is also an early spring flower, and I think that symbolism would appeal to Draco and Astoria: publicly communicate that this is a new start for the family. In that category, I like:

Iris

Hyacinth (Draco would use this name for either a boy or girl. Also sounds similar to 'Hyperion,' Scorpius' canon middle name, so presumably Draco and/or Astoria would think it sounds nice)

Forsythia (Just a very striking flower name. Also "Sythie" as a nickname is kinda cool.)

[kathrahender]

My opinion about Harry Potter Ships (1/2)

Hinny (Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley): NO. Just NO. Please their romance was so forced and there was no chemistry between them in the movie (and I watched the movies before reading the books... so yeah, it affected my perception about them) 👎

Romione (Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger): In the books they were a better couple- but in the movie their development was almost null- so no thanks. 😬

Harmione (Harry Potter/Hermione Granger): "They're just friends". Still a better ship than Hinny/Romione tho. Their interactions were far more beautiful than any other ship involving Harry or Hermione. 🙌

Ronarry (Ron Weasley/Harry Potter): If I was Harry and I had to chose a Weasley to date with- I would choose Ron. Not saying anything else. 🧡🤎

Dron (Draco Malfoy/Ron Weasley): Enemies to lovers. Enemies to lovers. Enemies to- (Besides, their families don't like each other so they would be Romeo/Juliet coded) 💞

Drarry (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter): I'm a fan of Slytherin/Gryffindor pairings, and a fan of rivals to lovers so- I LOVE DRARRY SO MUCH. 😍😍😍😍

Dramione (Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger): It's literally like a straight version of Drarry- SO I'M IN! 💖

Huna (Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood): I tell you, I ship them more than I ship Romione/Hinny. Although I have never read a fic of them, they had cute moments. ☺️

Linny (Ginny Weasley/Luna Lovegood): Luna is a Ravenclaw. Ginny is a Gryffindor. Ravenclaw is Blue. Gryffindor is Red. I LOVE RED-BLUE PAIRINGS. 💖💖

Pansmione (Pansy Parkinson/Hermione Granger) & Blaron (Blaise Zabini/Ron Weasley): Another Slytherin/Gryffindor pairing? And another enemies-to-lovers? And also lesbian/gay? Hell YES. 💞💞💞💞

Hedric (Cedric Diggory/Harry Potter): Their relationship in the fourth movie/book was cute and pure and I will never forgive them for killing Cedric. He was a good friend to Harry and he could have been more than that :(

Chedric (? (Cedric Diggory/Cho Chang): Yes. Just yes. I don't know why, but they are so cute for me. 🥺

Charry (Harry Potter/Cho Chang): This might be controvesial but I like them (definitely more than Hinny). They were kinda cute.

Dransy (Draco Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson): I don't know what to think about this. Part of me says "They're besties". The other part says "They look cute together". Let's say I'm more inclined to say YES. 😉

Lunsy (Pansy Parkinson/Luna Lovegood): It's a Slytherin/Ravenclaw pairing. That's all I need to know. Just yes. 💙💚💙💚💙💚

Hansy (Harry Potter/Pansy Parkinson): It's like Drarry but the love interest is a girl instead of a boy. So it's a yes for me.

Nuna (Neville Longbottom/Luna Lovegood): You know for one moment I thought they would be canon and I shipped them-

Deamus (Dean Thomas/Seamus Finnigan): They belong together. I don't accept objections. 😆😆

Flintwood (Marcus Flint/Oliver Wood): Two captains, one from Gryffindor and the other from Slytherin, in a relationship? Yes.

Blamione (Blaise Zabini/Hermione Granger) & Ronsy (Ron Wealey/Pansy Parkinson): They're like Pansmione and Blaron but with the love interest reversed so YES.

Ginmione (Ginny Weasley/Hermione Granger): Friends to lovers? Two Gryffindor? A sapphic ship? Perfect. ✨

Dinny (Dean Thomas/Ginny Weasley): They were canon but they're not my thing. I prefer Ginny with Hermione/Luna and Dean with Seamus.

Drastoria (Draco Malfoy/Astoria Greengrass): Not my thing neither but I guess they're good. 👌

Druna (Draco Malfoy/Luna Lovegood): I ship Draco with Harry/Ron/Hermione so it's a no for me. Besides I see them as besties. 😔

Chomione (Cho Chang/Hermione Granger): Never thought of it but it seems interesting. 👀

Fremione (Fred Weasley/Hermione Granger): It's not bad but If I were Hermione and I had to date a Weasley- I would choose Ginny. But they're not a bad ship ;)

Geormione (George Weasley/Hermione Granger): The same argument as the previous ship.

Lovander (Rolf Scamander/Luna Lovegood): They're okay but not my thing.

[four2andnew]

Canon Couples and the Random Heights I Assigned Them

Just because I recently re-read this post and it's on my mind. Here's what I think these canon couples' final heights came to be and some justifications behind my thought process, as well as some headcanons. Let's start with my OTP -

Harry (6'1") and Ginny (5'0")

I'm kinda obsessed with the idea that 17yo Harry being the same height as his 21yo deceased father would grow just a couple more inches

Ginny being 5ft fits with her being the noticeably "smallest one" in the DoM during OOTP and with Harry being able to easily look over her head during the infamous First Kiss scene in HBP, putting her head at chest height of Harry (as of HBP)

Ginny is the only one who knows about Harry's petty satisfaction when he ran into Draco Malfoy some years after the war and realized he had continued to grow and Malfoy hadn't

James (5'11") and Lily (5'8")

Because they're both tall enough to be considered "tall", but not the kind of tall that is shocking

Lily being 5'8" makes her tall enough to have to look down at 14yo Harry in the graveyard scene of GOF

Ron (6'5") and Hermione (5'8")

In order for Fred and George to be "shorter and stockier" than 14yo Ron, but still slightly over 6ft so as to shrink to 5'11" in DH, I have to assume Ron's final height came to be one that most people would put in the "Holy shit you're tall" category

I know I'm going to get shouted at for Hermione's height, because she's never described as particularly tall in the books HOWEVER she's never described as particularly short either, just shorter than Harry

This 9 inch height difference give Ron & Hermione the perfect height difference for Ron to comfortably rest his chin on her head without having to hunch over awkwardly like Harry does with Ginny, so I'm sticking to it

Arthur (5'11") and Molly (4'11")

I know the movies made Arthur short and round, but he was described as thin in the books and all the Weasley boys wind up being pretty tall, so they had to get that from somewhere.

Molly is consistently described as short and dumpy throughout the series, and while Ginny is often compared to Molly physically, I just like the idea that Ginny managed to grow that extra inch that Molly never did.

Draco (6'0") and Astoria (5'11")

we know in DH Draco was slightly taller than Harry at the Malfoy Manor scene (p.457, U.S. edition of DH), so if we assume the like linked post above that Harry was 5'11" during DH, then I'd put Draco at 6 foot.

we literally know nothing about Astoria (CC doesn't count), but I picked 5'11" because it is the curse of all tall women to wind up with men roughly the same height

Lucius (5'10") and Narcissa (5'10")

we know Harry and Narcissa are the same height in HBP, so I put her at 5'10"

correct me if I'm wrong, but Lucius is never described as particularly tall, while Narcissa is. And of course, tall for a woman is average for a man. I put Lucius to be around around the same height as Narcissa because I just don't see Lucius' personality allowing him to be with a woman taller than himself.

also, see the curse of tall women above

[winn-wynn]

Judging second Gen kids names cause why not

Bill and Fleur: Victoire, Dominique, and Louis. I actually do enjoy their names! They’re different and give a nod to Fleur and the fact she is French. I mean I hope she gets a bigger say she literally gave birth to all of them.

Charlie: I know he has cool names for his dragon babies. 10/10 no notes

Percy and Audrey: Molly and Lucy. I love Lucy, it’s super cute. Ok I get why he names her Molly, like it’s a nod to his mom, I mean people name their kids after relatives all the time. But like damn the pressure I guess.

George and Angelina: Roxanne and Fred. Okay kinda fuck with Roxanne. Pretty cool. Once again, I get it for Fred. But personally I wouldn’t want to be named after my dad’s dead twin but to each their own. Maybe Fred II is super cool with it once he finds out.

Ron and Hermione: Rose and Hugo are cute. Lowkey feel like it’s a nod to the parents name. Lile Rose and Ron, but start with an R. Hugo and Hermione, both with an H. It’s funny. Love it.

Ginny and Harry: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. OKAY I GET IT. I KNOW. But damn they’re getting bullied okay I’m sorry. I know he wanted to honor the people who died for the war. But like a middle name is fine? Why their entire name please.

Draco and Astoria cause why not: Scorpius Hyperion. Fits on theme with their family. The whole constellation theme they have going on. Migjt get bullied but not for their name but because they’re a Malfoy rip.

Not gonna lie I only made this post to make fun of Harry and Ginny naming skills. They need their naming skills revoked for a bit.

[mysterydragonss]

I wrote the first half of this like two years ago lol, but she’s finally DONE

Hermione writes to Draco whilst he serves out his sentence in Azkaban.

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Malfoy,

I come in peace, even if hearing from me in this way brings you anything but. Your late wife has named me as one of your son’s guardians, as I am sure you are already aware. I’d express my condolences for your loss, but Theo has heavily suggested to me that your marriage with Astoria was not one based in either love or respect. I shall instead express my sadness that your son will not get the chance to know his mother. I am sorry.

Let me know if there is anything else I can do (unless that would contain the words ‘fuck’ and ‘off’, in which case, keep those comments to yourself.

Yours sincerely,

Hermione J Granger

Relationship:

Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Characters:

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[emmie-tt]

Hi there,

can I request a Blaise Zabini x reader?

Reader is also a Slytherin who got partnered up with Harry Potter during potions and became fast friends with him. Harry asked for her help to make Ginny jealous but what she didn’t expect is that Blaise would also be jealous and ended up confessing that he’s been in love with her this whole time? (Blaise and reader are close friends).

Thank you!

Glitch

Blaise Zabini x reader Summary: Helping Harry make his crush jealous unknowingly made your best friend jealous as well,I think there's been a glitch Warnings: Cursing , Sexual Innuendos -------------

I was supposed to sweat you out In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else's playground But it's been two thousand one hundred and 90 days of our love blackout The system's breaking down

Y/N POV

Your brows furrow as you look up from your paper that you were busy writing your essay on before Harry sat himself down across from you and proposed a ridiculous idea

"Come on...Please..." He pleads as he stares you down

You stare at him silently before setting your quill down and leaning back in your chair "Let me get this straight, you want me to parade around as your arm candy so you can make your best friends little sister jealous in hopes she will notice you and go on a date with you?" Harry shakes his head as she groans "When you put it like that it sounds bad"

"No shit! That's because it is bad, it's actually horrible. In fact it's so bad I am honestly disgusted-"

He cuts you off with a dramatic roll of his eyes and a scoff "Fine, just forget it."

"Woah, woah, woah glasses. I never said I wouldn't do it."

"But you said-"

"I said it was a bad idea, not that I wouldn't do it." You shrug slightly before sitting up straighter in the chair "I'll do it, only because I know how much it will piss your little friends off that your associating with the enemy."

He rolls his eyes again but nods "Cool...Just- I'll meet you outside the greathall in the morning alright?" "Mhm. Off you go glasses"

With one last scoff he walks out of the library and back to wherever he came from and you just shake your head with a giggle as you watch him walk out the door

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The next morning you roll out of bed and go about your morning routine. Taking a quick shower, brushing your teeth and hair, doing your skin care and getting dressed into your uniform for the day before making your way down to the common room where Draco, Theodore, Mattheo, Astoria, Daphne, Pansy and Blaise were already stood.

"About time you got down here" Astoria says with a smirk as you walk over to the group and took your spot next to Blaise

"Yeah, yeah, says the one who has to wake up four hours early."

With that we all have a little laugh before starting our walk towards the great hall. With a raised brow Pansy pokes your side and points over to Harry who was stood at the doors of the great hall

"Whats he doing?" she asks, ever the nosey and you giggle softly

"Waiting for me."

Blaise's neck almost broke from how fast he turned it to look at you. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Anyways, I will see you fine people in class" You blow them all a kiss before walking off and over to Harry who instantly laces his fingers with yours and leads you into the great hall

Blaise watches with a glare as you disappear into the great hall, your fingers laced with...Harry fucking Potters...Without meaning to I scoff and suddenly Draco's chuckle pulls me from my head and I look over at him slightly confused

Draco smirks before mockingly wiggling his brows "Watch it Zabini, you might be a Slytherin but green is not your color mate"

Blaise rolls his eyes and ignores the other teasing comments as he makes his way into the great hall and sits down to begin eating breakfast. His gaze travels from his plate and over to the Gryffindor table where you were sat, tucked into Potters side giggling at something he says

He can't be that funny and he sure as hell isn't cute- He pulls himself from his thoughts when you glance over at him and wink.

He rolls his eyes and turns his gaze back back to his plate, an action that shocked you as he always winked back...

Deciding to talk to him about it later you turn your own gaze back to Harry who was now talking to Ginny about godrick knows what. After a moment you fall into a surprisingly friendly conversation with Hermione.

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Classes drug by. With Blaise seemingly ignoring you, you had no one to talk to or mess around with. The only good thing being that Harry successfully won over Ginny, something you were very surprised about.

Trudging into the common room you groan and immediately threw off your shoes before glancing around the room to see who was around. Seeing Blaise and Theo you smile and walk over taking a seat between both of them, your smile dropping instantly when Blaise stands and walks off up to his dorm.

Glancing over at Theo clearly confused he sighs rolling his eyes "He is so dramatic"

"Did I do something wrong?"

"Yeah."

Theos words shocked you and your eyes widened "Wh-What? What did I do?"

"You sucked Potters dick instead of Zabinins?"

While Theo's original words shocked you the sentence that fell from his mouth left you utterly speechless "E-Excuse me?"

Theo shrugs as if he just said the most normal thing ever. "You heard me."

You scoff shaking your head as you stand from the couch shaking your head "He doesn't look at me like that, you're crazy."

"Right, he totally isn't talking to you because he thinks you're screwing scar head. He is totally fine with it and just absolutely adores the idea because he totally isn't in love with you."

You were once again rendered speechless by his words, there was no possible way that Blaise, your absolute best friend, was in love with you-

Cutting your own thoughts off you dash up to the boys dorms, ignoring the teasing comment of Theodore who yelled "Go get that dick girl!"

After knocking on the door and receiving no answer you take it upon yourself to slam the door open finding Blaise, who now looked startled, laying shirtless on his bed with his phone in his hands

"Are you- What is happening with you? Why are you mad at me?"

He rolls his eyes with a scoff before muttering "Go away Y/N"

Shaking your head and walking into the dorm before closing the door behind you "No. Do you love me?"

His eyes widen slightly, clearly caught off guard by your blunt answer, he looks over at you then back to his phone "Doesn't matter, you're with Potter..."

Rolling your eyes you walk over and plop yourself down on the bed next to him causing him to shoot you a bewildered look "What are you-"

"I am not with Potter, I was merely trying to help him get with Ginny."

His bewilderment quickly turns to confusion as his body slowly relaxes from the tense state it was previously in and it slowly relaxed "Help with Ginny? How was you pretending to be his girlfriend helping him?"

You rolls your eyes "He made her jealous by pretending to date me since she hates me..."

"That..." Blaise mumbles as he lays his head back against the pillow "Is the dumbest thing I've ever heard..."

"I know!" You exclaim before rolling onto your side to face him "Now, tell me the truth. Do you love me or is Theodore lying?"

Blaise raises a brow as he glances over at you "Nott told you?"

With a groan you rather roughly smack his shoulder "Stop avoiding the question!"

He groans "Fine- yes... I do but it doesn't matter because there is no way you like me back-"

Rolling your eyes you cut his rambling off with a soft kiss, your hands gently cupping his cheeks as his hands shoot down to your waist as he instantly melts into the kiss

After a moment you pull away and rest your forehead against his "I do love you...I have for awhile..."

A smirk forms on his face as he pushes you onto your back next to him before climbing on top of you and kissing you again...among other things...

I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah Five seconds later, I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, oh, yeah And I'm not even sorry Nights are so starry, blood moonlit It must be counterfeit I think there's been a glitch, oh, yeah

[iamnmbr3]

Hey, what's your take on Dransy? I don't remember seeing you talk about it much. Do you think they actually liked each other? Or that Pansy was just a fangirl? What do you think about how JKR treated Pansy's character?

Oooh! Interesting question!

I certainly don't think Draco and Pansy know each other that well. He doesn't seem to confide in her or view her as even a relucutant ally the way he sees Crabbe & Goyle in book 6. They may both grown up assuming they might have to get married one day. After all, there are only so many suitable pureblood women out there. And for Pansy marrying a Malfoy would be very advantageous.

She, like a lot of the other Slytherins, seems to be one of the hangers on who fawn on Draco when his family is important and powerful in pureblood circles but start having second thoughts following their downfall. It's one thing when Lucius gets thrown in jail in book 5 but Voldemort is ascendent and Lucius is presumably still one of his inner circle. It's another thing when it gets out how far in Voldemort's favor the Malfoys have fallen and how unlikely they are ever to recover. We certainly see in book 7 how Crabbe & Goyle truly feel about Draco. Perhaps Pansy is equally indifferent, perhaps not.

I do think it's notable that if Draco was present when Pansy shouted that someone should seize Harry, he certainly didn't take her side which shows they may also have diverged in their attitudes about Voldemort's rule or just in terms of how far they were willing to go in his service.

Another interesting thing though is that Draco and Pansy never seem to actually date (for all the Harry fears it). I personally read Draco as gay. Whether or not Pansy knows this depends on how accepting of that the wizarding world is and also how close they are. Interestingly, the exchange that Harry overhears in the train compartment in book 6 could be interpreted as Pansy 1) knowing or guessing that Draco has feelings for Harry and might be jealous of Ginny and 2) having secret feelings for Blaise (further backed up by the fact that she eventually marries him).

I like platonic Draco & Pansy better than romantic. I do wish thoough that fandom didn't have a tendency to sometimes flatten her into a Marysuish Girlboss and ignore her very real flaws like her bigotry or the fact that she tried to turn Harry over to Voldemort. Some people tend to just make her into Draco's badass bestie who is always right and flawless and can do no wrong when the reality is that she is a deeply flawed character who has definitely made mistakes and would face hardship postwar. I actually tend to see her and Draco going separate ways in the postwar world and Draco getting closer to people who he didn't associate with before - like Daphne & Astoria Greengrass.

I think you could do something interesting with Pansy postwar trying to chart her own destiny and figure out where she fits in.

[ynandfics]

“Draco nobody literally asked you” Pansy turns to the boy decked out in his best black suit. His dark mark hidden after all these years.

“Y/n tell him he’s dreaming pretty please?” The girls had originally gotten together for one last

“You’re dreaming love, but also interrupting the peace” I waved him away, I heard Hermione giggle in the background.

“Is the bachelor party that boring you decided to check on us via floo powder?” Astoria questioned Draco, sharp as the true Slytherin she used to be.

“Let’s just say, Nott and Zabini would even be a surprise at the wedding cause they’re so drunk. And all the Weasley’s hold alcohol really well? They want to do tequila shots, only Harry knows how to get that though out of us” I laughed with the girls at his pure misery, it didn’t sound bad at all.

“Tell you what Draco? Take this bottle to them and shove off” Ginny handed him a bottle of tequila we were going to have later, but oh well, it was for a good cause.

“Oh uh thank you” Draco slowly walked towards the door and shut it. The second it clicked we all burst out laughing, the moment too funny and best of all it was relived with my best friends.

[sortofshea]

On the 7th day of @hprecfest this fandom gave to me...

Day 7: the best of your OTP

Title: Turn by Saras_Girl

Pairing: Draco x Harry

Explicit | 306.7k words

Summary: One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

Why I recommend it:

This prompt is so insanely hard, I started looking for a fic to fill it yesterday ago and still haven't completely settled on one. I'm just banking on filling some of the other prompts with more of my absolute favorites, so for now, let's dive into the one I've chosen.

After much deliberation, I went with Turn and this post is about to turn into an essay so get ready.

This fic takes place almost 20 years after the end of the war. Harry is married to Ginny and they have three beautiful children together, but both Ginny and Harry have become rather disillusioned with their lives. Harry hasn't admitted it to himself yet, but he hates his job as an Auror. Ginny had quit playing professional quidditch when the kids came along and also resents her job at Gringotts. They have both become weary and exhausted people going through the motions. Ginny is always angry or annoyed and they haven't had sex in god only knows how long. Neither of them have wanted to.

Harry takes a rather melancholy walk down to a nearby pub one night when he should be sleeping. He winds up getting sozzled with a weird old man who tells him some cryptic things and then sends him on his way home for the night.

The next morning, Harry wakes up in an unfamiliar bed that he shares with none other than Draco Malfoy. Having woken up in an alternate universe would have been jarring enough as it is, but now Harry has to rapidly adjust to the apparent fact that he has been co-habitating with a man he hasn't seen in more than a decade and never exactly had warm and fuzzy feelings about.

Harry spends the next few months in this alternate version of reality trying to figure out what choice he had made in this world - and not made in his own - that had led to this unlikely pairing. He also begins to get to know this alternate version of himself who seems to be happier and more fulfilled than he himself is, with no one to confide in except for Ginny and Blaise's non-existant (in his universe) daughter. In this version of reality, Harry has become a craftsman. He works with wood and dabbles with other materials like glass, crafting furniture and trinkets for the wizarding public, and Harry rapidly finds himself out of his depth trying to keep up with strange commissions and run his apparent shop.

He finds himself slowly falling into a comfortable routine and acclimating to this new version of reality. He begins to understand this other version of himself's relationship with Draco and starts to fall in love with him as well. Just as he is truly beginning to feel settled and content in this version of reality, he is sent back to his own on the morning after that fateful night at the pub.

The next few months consist of Ginny and Harry accepting that their relationship had ended a long time ago and working out the details of their divorce. Harry sets out on a quest to find the fulfillment and happiness that his other self had and winds up in Diagon Alley at the location that his shop had been in the other universe. After taking a leap of faith and quitting the Aurors, he purchases the workshop and sets to work reshaping his life.

He also takes it upon himself to find Draco, who it had also been announced in the papers, was undergoing a divorce from his wife, Astoria. This version of Draco Malfoy is different from the one he had gotten to know in that alternate universe. He is less happy, less outgoing, and vibrant. Draco is world-weary and initially skeptical of Harry's intentions, coming back into his life out of the blue. Their friendship develops gradually and Harry finds himself once again falling in love with the man he is getting to know all over again.

Around both of their individual divorces and learning to navigate their relationships with their children - who are doing their own adjusting to the new reality of their parents' separations - Draco and Harry are out of their depth and come to lean on one another. Their transition into DracoandHarry is slow and halting, but unavoidable.

I adore older, adult drarry and seeing how Ryu portrays them post-canon epilogue is so satisfying. Everyone feels so perfectly in character and the way that events unfold makes sense and feels so natural. Draco is endearingly neurotic in this one and I personally loved his need for symmetry because my headcanon Draco Malfoy may be poised and self-satisfied, but beneath it all, he's undeniably a weirdo. Harry is so patient and understanding with him, it makes my heart squeeze.

I will never stop returning to this fic. It's beautiful and melancholy and hurts just enough but doesn't utterly shatter your heart on the way to the comfort. If the 300k+ word count is daunting, there is a lovely podfic version by @mab-speaks that I listened to when I was otherwise unable to read the fic myself, if that's more your speed.

[klinefelterrible]

Harry: I miss the simpler times when we were just friends and none of us had sex with each other

Hermione: *pausing the lap dance* what

Harry: we used to study for the O.W.L.S., did homework together, played quidditch…

Hermione: *resuming the dance* oh, this

Hermione: if you didn’t leave me that copy of Exotic Wizardry, I would never know what sex is

Harry: you were wearing heels!

Hermione: it’s just a footwear!

Hermione: so was Draco, and so what?

Harry: *gets squished with her boobs* *gasp*

Harry: it was so simple back then

Draco: *from the couch* is he babbling about the simpler times again?

Hermione: what do you think

Draco: for crying out loud, potter! You will not un-fuck Ginny, George, Fred, Luna, Hermione, Cho, Parvati, Neville ——geez, what a list!—— Pansy, Cedric, Astoria, half the Slytherin house and almost everyone in Hufflepuff!

Harry: life was simpler when—

Hermione: *bends over, showing him her butt*

Harry: I could be watching it every day

Draco: *sigh* you are watching it every day

Harry: life was simpler back then

Draco: where does it come from?

Harry: we could meet and just talk

Draco: if I remember those meetings, we were either fucking or talking about fucking

Hermione: there was no meeting of you two without sex

Draco: you mean of any two of us three

Hermione: there were times you and I met and only talked

Draco: yeah, about sex

Harry: they never told us we’re such sexual beings

Harry: craving more and more of intimacy, acquiring good pounding and mind blowing orgasms, only to fill—

Draco: —your hungry asshole

Hermione: or my hungry asshole

Draco: or your hungry mouth

Hermione: what can i do if i just like that

Draco: hey! I like that too! Nothing wrong in sucking dick for fun!

Harry: my best friend is a sex-maniac, married to another sex-maniac

Draco: he’s talking about Ron?

Hermione: I guess

Hermione: I am not married, so contextually—

Harry: all they do lately is fucking

Harry: gigantic white dick entering big, hungry chocolate ass

Harry: all day long

Hermione: I think I will suck your dick and you suck his

Draco: a deal has been made

Harry: all day long, whole careers of the magic world sacrificed to fuck— ohhhh

Draco: MMMM *sucking Potter’s dick*

Hermione: I love this view

Hermione: look at me, Harry

Hermione: do you like my ass? Would you like to destroy it, given a chance?

Harry: *grabs Malfoy’s head and starts fucking it*

Hermione: that’s right

Hermione: fuck my tight, teenage ass

Hermione: I want you to empty your balls in me, can you do it?

Harry: I’m! Gonna! Trrrryyyyyhhhh…

Harry: *cums*

Draco: *licks Potter clean* *stands up*

Draco: you’re a dirty girl, Hermione

Hermione: did you like it?

Draco: I loved every second of it

Harry: that was something

Harry: now I want to see you sucking Draco’s dick

Harry: and Draco will be sucking my finger

Hermione: jesus fuck I am so wet right now

Draco: I’m glad that you’re back from whatever the fuck was that

Harry: I went spiralling down

Hermione: yeah, to the „times where we were all fucking thirteen”

Hermione: in the middle of the lap dance

Hermione: way to go, Harry

Harry: sorry

Hermione: was I so bad?

Harry: let me rephrase: I— uh

Draco: you were missing learning stuff from books at school

Harry: I remember seeing your mom for the first time

Draco: ah yes, the first boner of the great Harry Potter

Harry: so I have to blame the Malfoys for those good, innocent times to end

Harry: you are evil

Draco: *sigh*

Hermione: I’ll start sucking, okay?

Draco: *sigh* by all means

Ginny: *tied, ballgagged and plugged, kneeling in the corner* mMm

Harry: oh right, I almost forgot of her

Draco: what did you promise her

Harry: that if she won’t make a sound I’ll let her eat my ass

Draco: she made a sound though

Harry: I didn’t hear anything

Ginny: MMMM

Harry: I think I need to un-gag her

Harry: *un-gagging Ginny* do you need something, honey?

Ginny: sir, I was promised that disobedience will end with spanking

Harry: how about I’ll cut you a deal

Ginny: uh-huh?

Harry: you will eat my ass, you’ll be spanked hard in yours, but you’ll have to talk about us all in Hogwarts but omitting all the sex we had

Ginny: I am not playing in your mind-games

Ginny: I am here to be humiliated, spanked, fucked and degraded

Ginny: is that understood?

Harry: geez okay

Harry: what is wrong with everyone

Ginny: what is wrong with you?!

Ginny: romanticising the odd times when we were kids who almost died hundred times and didn’t have a friendly dick to suck because we were kids!

Ginny: get a grip, Potter!

Harry: yeah I am not drinking that much of Memory Lane anymore

Draco: did you say „Memory Lane”?

Hermione: *stops sucking* I believe so

Draco: Harry, that’s Pensieve anti-corruption liquid, not a drink

Harry: a full shot of it was standing on the table when I get back from work

Draco: it’s the dosage

Draco: you pour it to the Pensieve and it helps with maintaining it somehow

Harry: so what do I do now

Harry: I feel weird

Hermione: I feel weird too, Draco got so worried about you his dick went limp and just slipped out of my mouth like it was nothing

Ginny: I could eat your ass and pussy if you want

Hermione: slaves don’t talk

Hermione: but you will eat me so hard you won’t be able to talk for another day

Ginny: thank you, milady

Ginny: would you spank my ass a bit too?

Hermione: do a good work and we’ll see

Ginny: yes, milady

Draco: what the fuck, Potter?

Draco: why would you do such a stupid thing?

Harry: I thought you made me a drink

Harry: poured me a shot of something new

Draco: you are such an idiot

Draco: I am apparating us to Mme Pomfrey’s

Harry: are we not too old for this? We were young once and—

Draco: oh shut the fuck up and button up your trousers, okay?

Harry: is that what you’re wearing?

Draco: you have something to add, Potter?

Harry: your makeup is ruined

Draco: I just got mouthfucked

Draco: that’s my natural state and Poppy knows that

Draco: let’s go

*apparates them*

Mme Pomfrey: ahh, Draco

Mme Pomfrey: still getting facefucked, I see

Mme Pomfrey: is everything not a-okay with you, gentlemen?

Mme Pomfrey: between you and me, Draco, I think you’re more like a lady, not a gentleman

Draco: thank you, Poppy

Draco: this idiot drank Memory Lane

Mme Pomfrey: did he? That’s a shame

Mme Pomfrey: he will have weird regrets, then the night of shaking legs and convulsing diarrhoea

Mme Pomfrey: basing on his state I would guess we’re past the regret part, right?

Draco: nah we’re just beginning

Mme Pomfrey: i mean the side effects

Draco: oh, this

Draco: yes

Harry: just leave me here and come on the morning

Mme Pomfrey: I will give him a Warm Worm so he’s not hypothermic and we’ll dunk him in the lake

Draco: won’t he sink?

Mme Pomfrey: the shallow waters will do

Draco: why that?

Mme Pomfrey: his shit will go everywhere so

Mme Pomfrey: it’s better this way

Mme Pomfrey: trust me

Harry: *farts*

Draco: that’s not good

Mme Pomfrey: WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA

Mme Pomfrey: OPEN THE WINDOW!

Harry: *flies away*

Mme Pomfrey: out of sight, out of mind

Draco: thank gods he’s still in his trousers

Mme Pomfrey: just put him in the water and wait until the early morning

Mme Pomfrey: it should pass

Draco: that’s weird

Mme Pomfrey: what is weird, my dear boy, is that he’s the ministry’s most famous and driven auror and he’s still the same dummy who comes home and drinks Pensieve maintenance liquid

Draco: for his defence I will say that we’re here right from a sex-party

Mme Pomfrey: of course you are

Mme Pomfrey: I can smell Hermione too

Hermione: *entering* it’s because I came here to help as well

Mme Pomfrey: nice outfit, you guys robbed the fishing boat?

Hermione: *neck to toe in various fishnet attire* have you seen Ginny?

Hermione: heel!

Ginny: *walks in on all fours* MmMmm

Hermione: *un-gags her*

Ginny: hello Madame Pomfrey

Mme Pomfrey: good dog!

Draco: I’ll go and check on Harry

Mme Pomfrey: I think he shits himself on the roof now

Draco: jesus christ

Snape: *entering* WHY DOES IT SMELL LIKE SHIT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

Snape: *sees Draco, Hermione and Ginny, all dressed in sexual-provocative way* NO

Snape: NOT THEM AGAIN

Snape: *leaves*

Snape: *from outside the door* FOR FUCK SAKES!!!!

Mme Pomfrey: *listens to steps on the corridor*

Mme Pomfrey: McGonagall is coming! Hide!

Hermione: *stashes Ginny under the bed, herself hides behind the curtain*

Draco: *crawls under the desk*

Professor McGonagall: *enters*

Professor McGonagall: I saw your window opened, so I figured it’s time for some Hagrid’s Finest

Professor McGonagall: I have few minutes to spare

Mme Pomfrey: oh

Mme Pomfrey: okay

Mme Pomfrey: *walks towards the desk, opens the drawer, gives Draco the look and closes it*

Professor McGonagall: on the desk, love

Mme Pomfrey: one day I will lose my own head here

Professor McGonagall: If I find yourself without your head, I will assume you gave it to Hagrid.

Professor McGonagall: wink, wink

Mme Pomfrey: Minerva! You naughty, naughty girl

Professor McGonagall: I learned from the best

Professor McGonagall: and I mean by observing Hermione Granger

Professor McGonagall: that one could suck Snape out of the forty-gallon cauldron through a quarter inch tube, I shit you not

Mme Pomfrey: *casually lights up two cigarettes, gives one to McGonagall* so how is everything?

Professor McGonagall: Oh it’s f—

Professor McGonagall: Why is Potter convulsingly shitting himself on the Herbology Roof?

Mme Pomfrey: what can I say

Mme Pomfrey: long story short, he drank some Memory Lane

Professor McGonagall: whew lad, you’re in for a treat

Professor McGonagall: he will now find new ways to use his butt

Mme Pomfrey: or as we call it in the hospital: the usual way

Mme Pomfrey: or was it the natural way?

Professor McGonagall: why is Hermione behind the curtain?

Mme Pomfrey: they play sexy hide and seek and Potter decided to shit himself middle game

Professor McGonagall: I see

Professor McGonagall: that has nothing to do with… Let me guess, Draco, under the table?

Mme Pomfrey: I hired his as my new helper here. Collecting dust from under the desk, now, I believe

Professor McGonagall: entry position, as far as I understand the lower levels of career in labouring

Professor McGonagall: that boy sure spends a lot of time on his knees even without that

Professor McGonagall: my, my… you didn’t tell me you let animals in here, too

Mme Pomfrey: oh, yes… Ginny Weasley prefers this method over the classic method of, you know, transfiguration

Professor McGonagall: ah, youth

Professor McGonagall: we give them tools to figure it all out on their own I guess

Mme Pomfrey: I’m sure some of them came here with bags of their own… tools

Professor McGonagall: ah yes, the famous Weasley Chest

Mme Pomfrey: I meant the Plentiful Malfoy Boxes

Professor McGonagall: that too

Professor McGonagall: why don’t you put Potter into a lake?

Mme Pomfrey: we got distracted

Mme Pomfrey: and by me, I mean all of us

Mme Pomfrey: I bet they stay hidden because they really are terrified of your “look”.

Professor McGonagall: is that so? Granger?

Hermione: …yes, professor?

Draco: …yes, professor McGonagall

Ginny: mmgblg

Mme Pomfrey: she’s gagged

Professor McGonagall: I see

Professor McGonagall: oh shit, Snape is climbing the roof

Mme Pomfrey: we got to do something

Mme Pomfrey: Potter will shit all over him and we will hear about it forever

Hermione: we could, uhm

Professor McGonagall: SEVERUS!

Snape: WHAT

Professor McGonagall: I didn’t think that through

Hermione: *flashes him*

Professor McGonagall: I am not doing that, even if it could help

Hermione: *jiggles her boobs*

Professor Flitwick: *on the ground* that is the best student that ever graduated this school

Professor Flitwick: take a good look, boys and girls

Professor Flitwick: it will help you during those long, lonely nights

Professor McGonagall: Flitwick!

Professor Flitwick: yes, Minerva?

Professor McGonagall: prevent Snape from… ah, crap

Harry: *shits all over himself and roof*

Snape: I AM NOT HAVING YOU SHITTING ALL OVER ME AND EVERYTHING

Snape: *puts a charm on Potter, creating a green spherical barrier around him*

Snape: *flies Potter to the nearest pond*

Mme Pomfrey: the ponds! How could I forget that the ponds are here!

Professor McGonagall: don’t be hard on yourself, I too have forgotten about their existence

Professor McGonagall: Harry Potter’s problems seem to have this effect on people

Mme Pomfrey: mmmhm?

Professor McGonagall: I just saw him shitting on himself on the roof and immediately forgot about our koi ponds!

Draco: god forbid a man shat himself around here, women lose their heads

Professor McGonagall: yes, Draco, we all know what did you do with your head, as I can smell your breath from here

Ginny: MMMM!

Hermione: I believe she said “burn”.

Ginny: MHM

Hermione: do you want me to un-gag you?

Ginny: MM MHMHM HMM

Professor McGonagall: “no. fucking. way.”, was it?

Mme Pomfrey: language!

Professor McGonagall: oh please, they practically invented these words just like Draco’s mother invented uncomfortable shoes

Hermione: oh—

Professor McGonagall: everything all right, Hermione?

Draco: you mentioned my mom and she’s deeply in love with her

Professor McGonagall: I thought you and Weasley—

Mme Pomfrey: Weasley-s

Hermione: that’s just sex, professor… uhm, madame

Professor McGonagall: my, my…

Professor McGonagall: *crouching* anyway how did you manage to get involved in all of this?

Ginny: M HM HM HMM

Professor McGonagall: “I wanted to”

Professor McGonagall: still into Harry, I see

Ginny: *clacking her heels on each other*

Hermione: that’s her signal to un-gag her

Professor McGonagall: *takes Ginny’s gag off*

Ginny: I am doing this because I love all of them, professor

Professor McGonagall: you were always the most romantic person in this family

Ginny: also they owe me this

Draco: she cuts my lawn for sexual favours

Professor McGonagall: really? Lawn? At Grimauld Place?

Draco: I mean…

Mme Pomfrey: he means his bush

Professor McGonagall: I know exactly what he means

Snape: Hermione Granger!

Hermione: *in the window* yes, professor Snape?

Professor McGonagall: “yes, professor Snape?”

Snape: would you please just take Malfoy and Weasley away from the school premises?

Hermione: but Harry…

Snape: I… Will… take care… of the shitpants Potter here! I just need you all gone!

Professor McGonagall: I think what professor Snape means, is that you seem to be distracting everyone from the school with your… nakedness

Hermione: I could wear a school robe—

Draco: I cou—

Professor McGonagall: please, you two

Professor McGonagall: everyone in the school saw at least one of your most famous photographs

Mme Pomfrey: I liked the one with Hermione in leopard miniskirt

Hermione: oh—

Draco: uhm—

Professor McGonagall: yes, Draco, the famous headband with a bow as well

Draco: fucking Weasleys…!

Professor McGonagall: as I recall, you paid them to print it in their “Naughtingham” magazine.

Draco: yes, I… paid

Professor McGonagall: I don’t care how did you pay, I mean I just know that they don’t print anything for free

Ginny: he sucked their di—

Professor McGonagall: and I’m sure he did it very well

Hermione: guys we got to leave the school

Draco: I am not leaving my husband

Professor McGonagall: in my opinion it will be better for you to just leave

Mme Pomfrey: I will take care of Potter, honey

Draco: well… okay *stands up from under the desk*

Draco: come on, doggy, let’s go to my place

Ginny: I hope you mean Malfoy Manor

Hermione: I need to see Narcissa

Draco: we all need to see her

Hermione: oh?

Draco: she might know what to do to Harry

Hermione: oh

Hermione: I thought—

Draco: don’t be ridiculous

Ginny: it was pleasure to meet you, professor, madame—

Draco: I too was delighted

Professor McGonagall: send my best to your parents… all of them, the Malfoys, the Weasleys and the Grangers. One big happy family I hope

Draco: the happiest

Ginny: thank you—

Mme Pomfrey: oh just grab the portkey and be gone now, will you?

Draco, Hermione and Ginny: *grab the portkey and disappear*

Professor McGonagall: I think I need a drink

Mme Pomfrey: I have some Bearhugger whisky

Professor McGonagall: anything will be good to wash down the Snape’s face expression

Mme Pomfrey: *looks through the window* I see what you mean

Outside, in the koi pond

Snape: *waters down Harry with a hose*

Harry: *farts and shits himself more*

Snape: *moans*

Harry: *moans and farts*

Snape: ehhh

Snape: I need a drink too

Snape: I probably have a flask here somewhere *taps his pockets*

Snape: *finds two flasks* what the fuck is this

Snape: *tries to sniff them* everything smells like shit anyway

Snape: ah fuck it *drinks both at once*

*turns into Hermione*

Snape: ah shit

Snape: ah fucking shit not this now

Snape: ahhh shit fucking fucking shit

Snape: *undresses from his clothes now too big for him*

Harry: *gets a boner*

Snape: for fuck sakes

[dark-elf-writes]

Still thinking about the Astoria/HP crossover particularly if/when Harry goes to Hogwarts and after being around H.E.R.A. for so long he is just casually wrecking Voldemort’s plans without even really trying. Like it’s not his fault that he knows what Aura feels like and can point it out. Like just

Harry: *pointing at sorcerers stone* mom that’s an artifact

MC: You’re right it is. Let me talk to Dumbledore about how we properly contain this none of which include a school

- A year later -

Harry: *pointing at Tom Riddles diary in Ginny’s cauldron* that’s not an artifact but it feels like one

Alex: I will be taking that for containment. Lord Malfoy would you like to comment on how that got there

Lucius, sporting a black eye and handcuffed after his fight with Arthur that MC stopped: … no. No I would not.

—

Just Harry who grew up about godly power and monsters and Voldemort who for the not quite life of him cannot pull one over on one (1) single preteen

[wizardingworldlibrary]

Christmas (3) Masterlist

part one, part two

A Game (ao3) - QuellerKay hermione/draco T, 3k

Summary: A game over the holidays goes a little too far. Or does it?

A Good League Hence (ao3) - eyra sirius/remus T, 14k

Summary: Remus has always believed that December is the Hall’s very best month. It’s like the place was built to have boughs of holly and fir strung from every wall sconce and picture rail; like its architect, all those hundreds of years ago, designed it specifically to bear the big, fat garlands he and Lily wind around its balustrades and bannisters, and the jolly wreaths that they hoist into place on every door, and the towering, beribboned tree that stands proudly in the hotel reception and takes four of them a whole afternoon to decorate.

A country hotel in the wintertime. Plenty of snow, plenty of mulled wine, and a feeling that this Christmas might be different.

A Malfoy’s Recipe For A Draught of Peace (ao3) - WillowingScribe hermione/draco E, 28k

Summary: In a chance encounter, Draco runs into Hermione in the storage room for potion ingredients on Christmas Eve.

Trying to convince her that she doesn’t need to brew a Draught of Peace, she surprisingly accepts his joking offer to show her better methods to calm her frantic nerves.

Now Draco has one week to prove that he wasn’t just bluffing.

An Unexpected Christmas Gift (ao3) - Affectiion hermione/draco/harry M, 5k

Summary: When Harry returns the wand of Narcissa Malfoy to her son, he reconnects with Hermione Granger, who is both the same as he remembers, yet different. As is Draco Malfoy. Somehow, he knows this will be a Christmas to remember.

bake my wish come true (ao3) - downn_in_flames james/lily M, 6k

Summary: All I want for Christmas is you (to stop singing so off-key).

candy canes (ao3) - moonywithstarz regulus/james, sirius/remus G, 2k

Summary: Regulus has never had a normal Christmas until he ran away and has spent all of summer, and now winter break with the potters. After regulus opens up about his past christmases, james wants to make this a memorable one for his boyfriend.

includes: Jegulus, Wolfstar

Fireworks and Quills: a Fremione Christmas Romance (ao3) - moonfairy13, Yulefest hermione/fred E, 22k

Summary: It started with a post-war Samhain party, after which two people wake to find find that unusual marks have appeared on their bodies.

When Fred sees the gently moving quill on his left hip, he naturally sees it as confirmation that he’s meant to be with the witch he’s fancied since she punched Malfoy on the nose.

When Hermione sees the exploding firework on hers, she naturally assumes it’s one of Fred and George’s pranks and decides to ensure that they don’t have the satisfaction of finding out that their trick worked.

Will the fated pair work things out in time for a Happy Christmas at The Burrow?

And who else awoke to find similar marks?!

Holiday Boredom (ao3) - AshJuillet hermione/draco T, 3k

Summary: Hermione is so bored that she decides to follow Draco around the castle during the holidays. Apparently, he has a secret he doesn’t want anyone else to know.

Home for the Holidays (ao3) - Nymphadorable hermione/ron, arthur/molly, harry/ginny, luna/rolf E, 18k

Summary: Christmas Eve celebrations at the Burrow are in full swing. The absence of Hermione’s parents, however, temper their festive celebrations. But Ron Weasley is on the case…

It’s a Family Thing (ao3) - Asexual_Enjolras scorpius/albus, harry/ginny, hermione/ron, alice/james, astoria/draco, percy/oliver, mentioned sirius/remus G, 38k

Summary: It’s the Christmas holidays at Hogwarts, and Albus Severus Potter is still struggling with his separation anxiety, so Harry and Ginny invite Scorpius and Draco Malfoy to the extended Potter-Granger-Weasley family holiday at the Potter household. While Albus and Scorpius try to enjoy their time away from Hogwarts together, James Sirius and Rose continue to have their own relationship problems - and Draco struggles to build a relationship with his new extended family.

Basically, Albus and Scorpius try to survive a week with their families all trapped under one roof. There’s a lot of laughs, a lot of tears, and a lot of family feels.

love in a family dose (ao3) - dracculaura draco/harry T, 10k

Summary: He lays his head down on the table and groans again. The room is spinning just a little, and he can hear the ticking of the grandfather clock, the crackle of the fire. He hears Harry’s chair loudly scooting closer, all thoughts of keeping the children asleep gone.

Harry’s closer than expected when he speaks. “So you’ve never been in love?”

Draco looks up, and, like every cliché book he’s ever read, like every cheesy romance movie Pansy has dragged him to, without even thinking about how terrible it will be once the fallout comes, Draco answers by kissing Harry.

(or, the single dad christmas fic no one asked for)

One Fuzzy Christmas (ao3) - VioletBehaviour draco/ron N/R, 3k

Summary: Draco was determined to impress his boyfriend’s family during their first Christmas at the Burrow. Everything went alright, didn’t it? If only Draco could remember

Snowed In (ao3) - Leiria hermione/harry M, 4k

Summary: While driving back to the Burrow for Christmas, Harry and Hermione are forced to stay the night in a roadside motel due to a heavy snowstorm. The only problem is that there’s only one room available and it only has one bed. Harry and Hermione have been living together for a year, but they aren’t /together/. Will a night in a shabby motel room change all that?

The Best Christmas Present Ever (ao3) - ProximaShining lucius/narcissa, hermione/draco G, 9k

Summary: When their son Draco married the Muggle-born Hermione Granger, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy erased him from their lives. But how can the two proud pure-bloods keep their resolution when their little granddaughter is so cute? Especially when it’s Christmas time.

The choices we make (ao3) - UntestedFerns hermione/ron T, 4k

Summary: It’s Christmas eve, and some questions are asked by Hugo and Rose.

The Twelve Days of Yule (ao3) - MarsPotter, Yulefest hermione/fred, angelina/george, harry/ginny, luna/ron, + more T, 79k

Summary: Yuletide is the greatest holiday, in Hermione’s opinion, when spent with the Weasley family honoring all of their Yule traditions and mixing it up with some new ones too. It is a time of celebration and family time that lasts twelve days and nights. Little did she know that her favorite twin was planning to make this Yule one that she would never forget!

‘Tis the Season (to Wear Ugly Christmas Jumpers) (ao3) - persephoneapple draco/harry G, 10k

Summary: Finding the perfect jumper for Draco to wear to the Weasleys’ Christmas dinner is not going to be easy, especially when there are limited options and they are all terrible.

Unfortunate Timing (ao3) - debjunk hermione/snape M, 15k

Summary: Severus and Hermione fancy one another, but their timing is terrible, and every time one of them tries to ask the other out, something interrupts them. Will they ever get together?

Vigil (ao3) - Quartz hermione/fred G, 4k

Summary: “She’s at it again.” He slid over the arm of the sofa, coming back in for a cuddle with his girlfriend, for warmth of course. They really needed to fix the warming charms around the flat. “Apparently, Mum is trying to single-handedly revive every old magical tradition that exists.“

Or, where the Weasley’s celebrate Yule, and there is mulled wine and bonfire cuddles.

Working Late (ao3) - orpheous87 draco/harry, hermione/ron T, 3k

Summary: After a late raid, Harry and Ron decide to stop off at The Leaky Cauldron for a quick drink. Hermione and Draco join them for drinks and they end up reminiscing until late.

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Pick + Choose

A sweet Dramione love story set amidst a mystery.

Ten years after the second wizarding war, Hermione Granger is the proud owner of Granger Magical Protection Agency - using her revered skill and intellect to protect the most vulnerable members of the magical community. Despite her beloved public persona, protecting those in-need doesn’t turn a high profit, and her company is starting to crumble under financial pressure.

Draco Malfoy, on the other hand, has more money than he knows what to do with. He’s spent the past ten years reinventing himself into a successful hotelier, and his picture is a constant fix on the cover of The Daily Prophet.

Draco Malfoy doesn’t settle for anything but the best. And when he begins to receive credible threats to his life from an unknown source, he knows he must hire the best - Hermione Granger.

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LCDrarry 2023 Master List Part 2: Fic

Dear lovely Participants, Creators, Alpha and Beta Readers, Cheerleaders, Readers and Fans of this fest,

The 5th installment of LCDrarry has come to an end, and I'd like to thank you all for taking part in this fest, for creating so many amazing new Drarry works for us all to enjoy, for commenting on your favourite creations, for sharing and recommending the LCDrarry gems with your friends and blog followers, and for making this fest another amazing experience for everybody!

Fests would not exist without their participants or readers! You're all amazing! And I'm so happy that you chose this fest in the vast and wonderful offerings of HP and Drarry events.

You can find out under the cut who created what ;D

~Your LCDrarry Mod Tami (@celilasart)

PS: Please have a look at the author notes and tags on AO3 for additional information and more detailed warnings. Thank you! PPS: As always, reblogs are very much appreciated! PPPS: If you're interested in fest statistics, have a look at the Fest Wrap-Up Post. PPPPS: You can find all the lovely podfics and art works in the 1st part of our LCDrarry 2023 Master List.

Enjoy!

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Brighton

Prompt: "San Junipero" (episode) from "Black Mirror", 2016 Author: Sniper_Jade Word Count: 24,156 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: BDSM Scene, Shibari, Voyeurism, Alcohol

Summary: Harry Potter finds Draco Malfoy somewhere he never would have expected. It leads him to question everything he has ever thought about himself and his life in the hopes for something better. Something that he never knew he wanted and now can’t seem to live without.

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The Flame Between Us

Prompt: “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, 2022, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Author: AvenueofESC Artist: Bubblegumhead Word Count: 33,060 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: marriage of convenience, open marriage, consensual infidelity, D/s undertones, terminal illness, blood curse, implied mpreg, canonical character death, angst with a happy ending

Summary: The rumoured engagement of one Mister Draco Lucius Malfoy and Lady Astoria Sofia Greengrass has been the talk of Wizarding Society. My dear reader, this author can confirm that the rumours are true.

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This Life Now

Prompt: "Sweet Home Alabama", 2002, Andy Tennant Author: palendrome Artist: S3anchaidh Word Count: 38,295 words Art Medium: Digital Rating: Mature Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content, Mentions of Divorce, Alcohol, Minor Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zabini, Minor Pansy Parkinson/Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter & OMC Friendship, Draco is involved with/engaged to Blaise while separated from but still legally married to Harry

Summary: This close up, Draco can see the differences that have occurred over the years. Harry's hair is longer, although it's as unruly as ever; his forearms are well-muscled and decorated with ink; and there are small lines by his eyes that look like they would crinkle if he were smiling. Which, at this moment, he most definitely is not. He looks like he's worn the same clothes for three days and just rolled out of bed, yet Harry's so unfairly gorgeous it makes Draco's heart ache. "What do you want, Draco?" Harry asks, his voice resigned. The question snaps Draco out of his reverie. "A divorce," he proclaims as he opens his bag.

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Do I Know You?

Prompt: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", 1997, Episode "Tabula Rasa" Author: use_it_well Word Count: 13,488 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content, Memory Loss, Light Dom/Sub

Summary: Harry knew better than most just how many dangerous items one could come across at Hogwarts.

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Of Stars in Infinite Universes

Prompt: "Everything Everywhere All At Once", 2022, Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Author: lily_winterwood Word Count: 21,792 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: Suicide ideation, passive-aggressive homophobia (aka not explicit hatred, just concern-trolling about ~continuing the family line~), mild body horror

Summary: Harry Potter is asked to find a missing Draco Malfoy. (Or: Draco Malfoy is hiding from an omniversal entity. In searching for him through their other lifetimes together, Harry Potter begins to wonder what his former archenemy truly means to him.) (An Everything Everywhere All At Once AU.)

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see the steeple (trace to the spire)

Prompt: "God's own country", 2017, Francis Lee Author: Olena Word Count: 33,857 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: None

Summary: Harry’s sure about it being Draco’s fault, just like he’s been sure of any other part of his life. Harry wants to spend a week assisting with the birth of a rare magical creature. He doesn’t want to spend a week at Malfoy Manor assisting Draco with said birth. It’s been seven years since Draco was sentenced to house arrest without magic and now he’s running a farm. A week isn’t a long time, but Harry finds himself distracted by this Draco who is so different from the one he used to know.

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The Piano

Prompt: "The Piano", 1993, Jane Campion Author: shushu_yaoi_lj Word Count: 37,585 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: angst with a happy ending, elective mute Draco, PTSD, mention of canonical child neglect, mpreg

Summary: He arrives on a boat during a particularly stormy day. Harry knew Astoria Greengrass had sent for a husband, someone to keep her company on the particularly dreary and dark winter days on this remote island. Harry didn’t know who it was she had arranged to be sent here. All he knew was that the weather was horrid today, and the Portkeys had never properly worked in this remote corner of the North Sea. The island was special, its magic working in odd and surprising ways. The last person Harry expects to find on the beach is Draco Malfoy.

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Peep Show

Prompt: "Friends", 1994, TV Series Author: kbrick Length: 10,120 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: None

Summary: Auror trainees Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are maybe-possibly-sort-of friends. When Harry moves into the building next to Draco's, they become neighbors, too. Actually, Harry can see directly into Draco's flat from his window. And as it turns out, Draco gets up to some interesting things at night.

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Let it in

Prompt: "Cherry Magic! Thirty years of virginity can make you a wizard?!", TV Series/Show Author: deliciousblizzardshark Word Count: 11,654 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: None

Summary: "Thirty, huh?" Pansy asked. “My cousin told me that Japan there’s this urban legend called ‘cherry magic’. It’s basically that if you turn thirty without, you know, popping your cherry, you get magical powers.” “Pans, I don’t know how to put this to you, but we already have magical powers,” Draco said. Pansy laughed. “No, you dolt. New ones. Apparently the legend goes that you become a mind reader.” Draco shivered. “Sounds awful.” “Anyway, it won’t happen to you, will it?” she asked. Draco shifted a little uncomfortably. “Of course it won’t,” he said. “Because you just said it’s an urban legend.” “I meant, it won’t happen to you because you’re not a virgin.” Draco laughed.

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Harry Potter vs the World

Prompt: "Scott Pilgrim", 2010, Edgar Wright Author: zeddmarker Word Count: 13,943 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Cheating/Infidelity, Relationship between a 21 year old and a 17 year old (not endgame)

Summary: A year after the worst breakup of his life, some could argue that Harry is still struggling—dating his best friend's ex-girlfriend's sister. But when Draco Malfoy appears in a dream and then corporeally in front of him, Harry's life is turned upside down. The only thing standing in between Harry and the literal man of his dreams are seven people out to destroy him.

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Hole to Feed

Prompt: "The Menu", 2022, Mark Mylod Author: newskyillusion Word Count: 34,436 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: Self-Harm, Blood and Injury, Fiendfyre, Explicit Sex

Summary: Draco tunes them all out, watching as they fly through the water, when familiarity on his glass catches his eyes. The writing – because it’s writing, he realises, when he brings the glass closer – is barely there, blink and you'd miss it. But he would never miss it: the writing is in his dreams, under his fingernails, in his blood. It’s runes. OR The Malfoy-Black Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary. But why does the whole staff consist of Hogwarts graduates? And why does Chef Evans seem familiar? Harry Potter meets The Menu (2022)

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Through His Eyes (I Am Set Free)

Prompt: "In Your Eyes", 2014, Brin Hill Author: Shewhxmustnxtbenamed Word Count: 134,034 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: Threesome, vouyerism, minor character death

Summary: Harry and Draco have a telepathic connection that remains unexplained in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Draco is assigned a mission by Voldemort to locate and capture the Boy Who Lived-- the trouble is that they don't know anything about him. While Draco struggles to gather information on this mysteriously absent hero, he and Harry start communicating again for the first time since they were kids. Harry continues life as normal until he discovers information compels him to abandon his ordinary Muggle life with the endeavor to rescue and emancipate his only friend-- even if that means bartering with his own life.

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The Breakfast Club

Prompt: "The Breakfast Club", 1985, John Hughes Author: peachpety Length: 7,827 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: None

Summary: Draco Malfoy is forced to endure a Saturday detention with four other students, including the Golden Bad Boy himself, Harry Potter. Over the course of the day, and under the watchful eye of Filch, the seemingly disparate group form a budding alliance and discovers that they have a great deal more in common than they thought. And Draco discovers that sometimes, he can not only get what he needs, but he just might also get what he wants.

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The Rifts that Reveal Us

Prompt: "The Notebook", 2004, Nick Cassvettes Author: bluesyquill Word Count: 8,539 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: None

Summary: Harry wrote to him. For 365 days. Today, Draco visits him. But learning why Draco didn't write back is just the beginning.

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A Different Kind Of Attention

Prompt: “Yuri on Ice!”, 2016, TV Series/Show Author: Clueless_Pigeons Word Count: 10,706 words Rating: Mature Warnings: Alcohol Use, Drunkenness, Off-screen Pet Loss

Summary: Last year's Grand Prix Final hadn't been easy for Harry. And France's top skater, Draco Malfoy, hadn't made it any easier. This year, however, Harry is determined. He wants that gold medal! But things don't ever go to plan if it comes to Harry James Potter, do they?

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Deep Dive

Prompt: "Heartstopper", 2022, TV Show Author: chxrlieweaslxy Word Count: 13,448 words Rating: General audiences Warnings: None

Summary: When fourteen-year-old Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year, he learns that the school will be hosting the first-ever European Wizarding Student Cup. He is excited for a year of just Quidditch, without Voldemort or any mortal danger. But it doesn’t take long before an unexpected connection with a competitor complicates what was meant to be a worry-free year.

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I Couldn't Love You More

Prompt: "P.S. I Love You", 2007, Richard LaGravenese Author: Ladderofyears Word Count: 73,706 words Rating: Mature Warnings: MCD, grief, mourning, AU- No Voldemort, drinking alcohol, brain tumor, five stages of grief, dead dove don't eat, sex toys, sad moments, unrequited love (not Draco), Draco shares brief kiss with another man, bars and pubs, Harry is dead before the fic begins, he doesn't come back to life.

Summary: Their plan had been a simple one: to stay together for the rest of their lives. When Harry and Draco met, their attraction was instantaneous. They couldn't be without each other and eloped to marry as soon as they could. They wore each other's clothes. Finished each other's sentences. They were going to be together until they were old and grey. None of their friends could imagine one without the other. But, on Valentine's Day, 2010, Harry died. Draco was left devastated. The only light in the darkness is ten letters that Harry has left, labelled with the remaining months of the year. As the letters are opened, Harry shows Draco that life goes on and that he is much stronger than he ever knew. With a lot of help from his friends. Draco realises that, while his life might be very different from what he'd planned, it can still be special.

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0 + 0 = 1

Prompt: "Taskmaster", 2015, TV Show Author: Albuss Word Count: 2,895 words Rating: General audiences Warnings: None

Summary: Harry and Draco go on Taskmaster. That's it. That's the plot.

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A Boesky, A Jim Brown, and the biggest Leon Spinks ever.

Prompt: "Ocean's Eleven", 2001, Steven Soderbergh Author: tsundanire Word Count: 12,030 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: None

Summary: Harry and his group of friends formulate a rather ambitious plan to re-acquire a rare diamond from the clutches of an old enemy—Theo Nott. Along the way, he's hoping to catch the attention of his ex—Draco Malfoy—who is now dating Theo. “What have you heard?” Harry half-whispered. “Rumours are going around that it’s the Starlight Diamond.” The guest half-whispered in reply, excitement practically vibrating out of the man’s pores. “Starlight Diamond?” He feigned ignorance, flicking his glance between the guest and Ginny. “Oh, right, I’m so sorry Mr. Potter. I often forget you didn’t grow up in our world.” Harry twitched, fist clenched. In another life, he probably would have decked the guy for being a prick, but that was the kind of person this sort of event attracted. The old money and the nouveau riche, both looking to flaunt their means and gossip.

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Welcome to Kreb

Prompt: “How to Train Your Dragon”, 2010, Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Author: Nelween Word Count: 24,037 words Rating: Mature Warnings: injuries, broken bones, vomiting, killing

Summary: Harry had always been obsessed with dragons. It was one of the reason he had studied them. And when the opportunity came to study draconic creatures in the wild on a deserted magical island with his mentor Charlie Weasley and his friend Neville Longbottom, why wouldn't he take it? If only he knew what he would encounter on his journey...

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The Decision

Prompt: “Fleabag”, 2019, TV Series Author: MurderGrandma Word Count: 5,369 words Rating: Mature Warnings: transphobic slur but don't worry she gets revenge, miscarriage, general horrible person

Summary: Love is awful. Draco Malfoy is dreading helping Pansy Parkinson plan her wedding. That's something horrible people dread, and perhaps that makes her a horrible person. She's determined to behave, until old connections and an increasingly surreal and intolerable dinner party get the better of her.

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The Dying of the Light

Prompt: “Dead Like Me”, 2003, TV Series Author: camomiletea Word Count: 20,078 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: Death themes, Implied Infidelity (not between Harry/Draco), Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Notes: “Life sucks, and then you die… And then it still sucks.” – Georgia Lass, Dead Like Me. The biggest thank you to our fabulous Mods for LCDrarry 2023! This community has been an absolute joy to be a part of and I couldn’t recommend it enough to others. And to my beta (R) who (once again) aided my whale call for assistance in the very final stages of submission. This fic would be a mess without you. You're the absolute best. x

Summary: Everyone dies. That’s just the way it is. And then there are the unfortunate few who get promoted.

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Palm Springs

Prompt: "Palm Springs", 2020, Max Barbakow Author: Kittycargo Word Count: 20,137 words Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Time Loop, Angst with a Happy Ending

Summary: Harry collapsed into the chair next to him. “What is happening?” “One of those infinite time loop situations.” “What?!” “You know. Yesterday is today. Today is today, tomorrow is today.” “But how do I stop it? I don’t want tomorrow to be today. I want tomorrow to be tomorrow!” “Yeah, that’s understandable.” Malfoy said calmly. “Do you like tacos?”

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Double Trouble

Prompt: "Alias", 2001-2006, TV Series Author: multiverse_of_fanfic Word Count: 57,440 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: possible tw for torture (non-graphic incarcerous)

Summary: Four years after the War, Draco is stuck in a dead-end job, paper-pushing his life away. Until one day, after a security breach in the Ministry, he receives an offer he can’t refuse. Thrown back into a world he thought he’d left behind, Draco must wrestle with his Death Eater past as well as his inconvenient — and forbidden — feelings for an annoyingly level-headed Harry Potter. Will he manage to come out unscathed like he has most of his life, or will it all come crashing down?

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An Angel, A Demon, and The End of The World

Prompt: “Good Omens”, 2019, TV Series Author: DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes Word Count: 3,844 words Rating: Teen and up Audiences Warnings: Religious imagery and references

Summary: Armageddon has come to Earth and enemies Demon Harry and Angel Draco are forced to come together to figure out how to halt it. They had become rather fond of Earth in all their years upon it, and don't wish it a tragic end. Plus, oh dear, the Antichrist has gone missing.

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Champions of Karlstad

Prompt: "Borg v McEnroe", 2017, Janus Metz Author: Dexiha Word Count: 18,310 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: mention of blood, injuries and ice hockey-typcial in-game violence

Summary: Draco signs a contract with Färjestad BK, one of the top ice hockey clubs in Sweden. Draco's long-time rival, Harry Potter, refuses to play with Draco, but still chooses to follow him to Sweden, signing with another Swedish club. Is screwing with Draco's life all that Potter really cares about, or is there some other intent behind his annoying behaviour?

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A Mist That Appears (For a Little Time)

Prompt: "Sweet November", 2001, Pat O'Connor Author: DodgerKedavra Word Count: 22,490 words Rating: Explicit Warnings: This is a sickfic with mild blood and sickness!

Summary: “Give me November, and I’ll teach you to be happy. There’s only one condition. You must swear on your magic that you won’t fall in love with me.” Harry’s so tired. His whole body hurts. If Malfoy can teach him how to be happy, then... “Okay.” Harry is working himself to death. Draco only has November to help him. Falling in love is strictly against the rules.

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You've Got Owl Post

Prompt: "You've Got Mail", 1998, Nora Ephron Author: slyth_princess Word Count: 50,407 words Rating: Mature Warnings: Questionable Use of Canon

Summary: After discovering muggle romantic comedies during winter break, Pansy Parkinson and Luna Lovegood decide to launch an ambitious project called You've Got Owl Post which matches up students through an enchanted notebook so they can send letters to each other without knowing who is at the other end. It is an instant hit. Harry, without his friends knowing, is one of the first to join. And he rapidly finds a kindred soul on the other side of the pages. In real life, however, he is once again plagued by Draco Malfoy. After fighting in class, McGonagall has had enough. So, as punishment and a lesson, she assigns them the running of that years dueling club. Everyone, including Harry and Draco, assumes it will be a disaster. However, sometimes the people you think you know the best are the ones who can surprise you the most. A story of letters, bets, friendship, love, forgiveness, and discovering who you really are.

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[mo0nyy4siir1us]

So I've had this idea for a Drarry fanfic sitting in the back of my head hitting my brain with a hammer for a few days now and I wanna share. It's like a post-war thing, but also not really? In this AU Harry never dated Ginny. Also in their eighth year Harry and Draco had like a one night hookup??? It's all so messy but it makes sense in my head I swear.

After redoing his eighth year at Hogwarts, Draco marries Astoria (partly to make his mom happy) and whem they're 20 they have Scorpius as a secret, no one but close family/friends know. Astoria dies a few months after having Scorpius and Draco is destroyed, but he has Narcissa, who's helping him raise the kid.

When Scorpius is around 3-4, Lucius (who is in Azkaban) dies and Narcissa couldn't take it, and fell ill out of sadness, dying a few months later. Draco is, again, destroyed. But he has a 4-year-old kid now and he decides to shut down and just focus on Scorpius's pain.

A few days later, he sends a letter to Sirius and Remus (THEY'RE ALIVE AND MARRIED OKAY LET ME HAVE THIS) telling them about Narcissa's death and since Sirius is the only alive family he has, he invites them to the funeral. He also adds that if he wants to, Harry can come too.

Scorpius isn't at the funeral, and without his son's eyes to see him weak, Draco breaks down crying and sobbing. Sirius comforts him and once he calms down he tells him that if he needed anything, he could owl them.

The next month Sirius and Remus tried inviting Draco to dinner or tea multiple times, but he kindly rejects every time. Harry, who's aware about the whole situation, is worried, because he thinks - from his overthinking about everything - that Draco might try killing himself (of course he won't because he has Scorpius BUT NO ONE REALLY KNOWS)

So Harry being Harry, shows up unannounced at Draco's house like "haha hi I was passing by and thought I'd visit" and Draco is panicking inside but lets Harry in. His hair is a mess and the living room is full of toys that Harry doesn't understand why Draco has. Until Scorpius flies into the living room on his kids broom and Harry's like "oh. oh."

Scorpius almost cried because he's the biggest Harry fan in the whole world because of course he is. And so Harry shakes Scorpius's hand and then Draco tells Scorpius to go play, because the adults need to have a conversation. Scorpius nods and hugs Harry before leaving and Harry looks at Draco and Draco is smiling the sweetest and most beautiful smile Harry has seen him smile.

Draco proceeds to explain thay he has a son and everything and Harry seems very understanding of everything. And for the next few months Harry, Sirius and Remus visit Draco and Scorpius and aahwhhhh I don't know they fall in love how adorable.