#secretsalex

[kissmypoets-hp]

Fanfic Classics 📚 The theme for today's batch of covers: atmospheric Drarry fics with islands and/or fics that that deal with magic as an uncontrollable Entity. Also, these covers looked good together, so.

🏝️ The Isle of Ogygia by @citrusses

🛶 Beneath the Wave by @moonflower-rose

🏰 The Compact by astolat

🩸 In Our Blood by secretsalex

art credits below the cut!

Artwork used, in order:

"A lighthouse on fire at night" by Joseph Wright of Derby (1770)

"Isle of the Dead, 2nd Version" by Arnold Böcklin (1880)

"Bacchanal" by Franz Stuck (1905)

"Interior, Artificial Light" by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1909)

(classics covers are inspired by zeziliazink and bubu0h's works! i've been making more fic covers for my kindle here.)

[lostdrarryfics]

Hi I tried looking for this one on ao3 but couldn't find it i hope you can help me. In this fic draco and harry are aurors(?) not sure if they are partners or not. They go to a haunted manor that is haunted by babies. Because of the curse draco ends up getting pregnant. They learn this pregnancy is fatal to him. Harry tries to convince him to terminate it but draco is already attached. Thanks❤️

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[gaywizardingworld]

I’m so obsessed with mpreg being a topic on drarry fics lately. And I used to really dislike it. It all started with In Our Blood by secretsalex, basically, and now I’m freaking out about In The Blood by biscuitbrunch. And these two fics are so different, despite having similar titles. They have me completely on a chokehold.

[sitp-recs]

top 10 mpreg fics

I have to admit that I don’t typically read Mpreg so it was a bit challenging to come up with ten 🤣 but here they are, thank you for the ask!

The Long Fall by @tackytigerfic (M, 3.6k)

Up the by @shiftylinguini (E, 7.5k)

Solve Us Like a Mystery by @tryslora (T, 12k)

Dear Uncle Plume by @eidheann (E, 16k)

Can't Fight The Moonlight by sunsetmog (M, 16k)

Practicing the Same Religion by geoviki (M, 18k)

The Green Vial by eidheann (E, 31k)

In Our Blood by secretsalex (E, 38k)

Shine On, You Crazy Diamond by @lagerloutfic (E, 42k)

Survival of the Species by @romaine2424 (E, 47k)

ask me my top 5/10 anything!

[bridenore]

HD fic recs : Curses (part 2)

Here are a few recs dealing heavily with curses. This is part two of three and focuses on fics ranging from 30k to 50k words. Listed in alphabetical order, as always. Part one can be found here.

Aeternus Solem by @onbeinganangel  [36k]

On December 1st, Harry Potter gets sent halfway across the world to attempt to break a possibly fatal curse on an unnamed British Unspeakable — except said Unspeakable is not unnamed at all and Harry has been in love with him for over four years.

The Arc of the Pendulum by brummell [30k]

After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right.

Catfished by Saras_Girl [32k]

Draco is in deep water, Harry can see straight through him, and that’s not even the full scale of the problem.

Darkest Before the Dawn by @dualwieldteacup [47k]

The last thing Draco wanted was to show up at Harry Potter’s door, cursed blind and holding a boxful of his friends Transfigured into snakes, but here he was. Between breaking the curse, adjusting to life without sight, and teaching his Defence Against the Dark Arts classes, Draco’s got his hands full. Being forced to live with Harry Potter might just be the death of him. This is a story about the bonds of friendship, fairy tale endings, and learning to ask for help (even from Gryffindors).

Draco Malfoy, It’s Your Lucky Day by @faith2wood [37k]

Even though he’s unarmed, injured, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and facing a possible murder charge, Draco Malfoy gets lucky.

En Passant by @dodgerkedavra [41k]

Harry and Draco survive the apocalypse. This is what happens after.

Fearless by Bounding-Heart (Brief_and_Dreamy) [34k]

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.” – John Lennon

Hades Paradox by @romaine2424 [32k]

For reasons unknown to most, Draco Malfoy came to Hogwarts soon after the battle and for five years had never left its premises. Auror Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts to deal with his psychological daemons, but soon realises Professor Draco Malfoy has his own magical and physical daemons to deal with. However, much to Harry’s surprise, Draco is coping well with help from the person Harry aspires to be.

In Our Blood by @secretsalex [37k]

Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest job—cleaning up the Van Boer mansion, which has been under a devastating fertility curse for seven generations.

Lover, Where Do You Live? by @dodgerkedavra [38k]

Harry Potter has been running away since the War, disappearing into his job as a freelance curse-breaker. Work is his life. Home doesn’t exist. He’s about to disappear again when he runs into Death Eater-turned-Healer Draco Malfoy. It’s supposed to be a one-night-stand. They’re not supposed to pine for each other. Harry’s not supposed to sleep with Draco a second time. Or a third. Or a fourth. But when a nasty curse sends Harry back into Draco’s arms, he might be forced to admit that home’s been waiting for him all along… Or: Harry wants to go home. Draco wants to be a home. It’s hard to say it out loud.

Orion in the Sky by space_wingding [30k]

Draco Malfoy owns a bookshop in the Lake District. He’s also cursed. Enter: Harry Potter.

Potential Gravity by @lol-zeitgeistic [32k]

Draco is not good at Cards Against Humanity, but Harry’s not good at being human, so it all works out. Except for the explosions. And Harry’s inability to live when Draco’s not around.

Renaissance by @dysonrules [33k]

Harry awakens after a long sleep to find things terribly changed. He’s not in an alternate universe… it just seems like it.

The Rules of War by calrissian18 [40k]

“After having his tentative advance rebuffed, Harry has been Imperius-ing Draco into having a relationship with him. He’s needed to make the curse stronger and stronger, the more he wants – desire, sex, love, marriage, baby. However, when Draco falls pregnant, the power of the curse starts diminishing, no matter what Harry tries. What happens when the curse finally fails?”

Somebody to Love by khasael [31k]

Draco’s life after the war is quite different than it used to be. When he finds himself cursed, with little hope for lifting the spell, he sets out to make the most of the time he has left. Getting to know his Aunt Andromeda and his young cousin Teddy feels like a good thing to do, even if it can’t help him in the long run…or can it?

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

[sweet-s0rr0w]

day 26 of @hprecfest - a fic under 5k

Between Two Fires of Beltane by secretsalex - E, 4.8k, 2017

Summary: As the war drags on, Draco becomes a spy for Voldemort and works his way into Harry’s good graces—and his bed. When the Order prepares to invade Malfoy Manor, Draco is forced to examine his loyalties.

Excerpt: Draco wonders if the Order knows that killing Voldemort would only be the beginning.

Harry’s hand is on Draco’s thigh under the table, and his fingers are creeping higher and higher as he talks, arguing again for a direct invasion, practically screaming for action.

He’s still, at heart, convinced that he will win. That he has to win. That good will triumph over evil, et cetera, et cetera. It’s incredibly naïve, but Draco doesn’t blame Harry for it. The alternative is to lie down and die.

“We could mount the invasion,” Harry says, and his hand drifts higher still. He loves to do this, to fondle Draco into insanity while they sit at the table, then dismiss the meeting and pull Draco down onto his lap, impale him on his cock and tell him to fuck himself blind on it. “With Draco’s information, we could take the Manor. Slip through the wards, maybe go unnoticed until we’re right on them.”

The Order is muttering to itself, and about half look to be on-board. Molly Weasley is wringing her hands, but Shacklebolt looks absolutely hungry for blood. Granger’s eyes are ice cold, and Draco wouldn’t want to meet them over wands. Harry may actually have them, finally. May have convinced them a suicide mission is the way to go. He can’t believe Harry is really doing this. He thought it was still a pipedream, even this morning.

Harry clears his throat to be heard over the din, and everyone falls silent. “I will leave it up to a vote. But please, consider it. With Draco in the Order, the Manor can fall."

Draco’s balls are cupped in Harry’s hand when he finishes speaking.

Secretsalex is such a fantastic writer, and this fic feels so much longer than 5k. Draco's panic, his isolation, the feeling of time running out - all of it's so palpable between the desperate journal entries and the short scenes with Harry. Which side will he end up on? We don't know, we suspect he doesn't know. We do know what Harry would do to a traitor; he tells Draco as much, in bed. I love how physical they are with each other - not in a romantic way, but through a sort of overwhelming need for something tangible in such an uncertain world. Great fic, great author, big rec!

If you read it, and especially if you love it, please do let me know! And as always, please do take the time to leave the author a kudos/comment <3

day 1 - first fic you remember reading

day 2 - a fic rated G

day 3 - a fic not on ao3

day 4 - a comfort fic

day 5 - a romantic fic

day 6 - a fic for a ship you don’t normally read

day 7 - the best of your OTP

day 8 - a fic that was recced to you

day 9 - a WIP

day 10 - a fest/event fic

day 11 - an underrated fic

day 12 - a fic from your favourite author

day 13 - a rare pair

day 14 - a fic rated T

day 15 - a fic over 50k

day 16 - a podfic

day 17 - a fic that makes you cry

day 18 - a fic that makes you laugh

day 19 - fanart

day 20 - a fic with fanart

day 21 - a fic rated M

day 22 - a series

day 23 - a crossover or AU fic

day 24 - holiday (vacation)

day 25 - holiday (national holiday)

day 27 - a smokin' hot fic

day 28 - a fic over 100k

day 29 - a fic rated E

[avengetheangels]

This one was a request. Read a lot of new fics the past two weeks, lol.

Thanking You In Advance by Ladderofyears

If You Miss It, Try Again by dodgerkedavra

Listen To Your Heart by Ladderofyears

Dear Uncle Plume by eidheann

Once and Never Again by Avonne

Remember When I Loved You by A_Million_Regrets

A Big Black Sky by alexmeg

Best Laid Plans by PalenDrome (nerdherderette)

In Our Blood by secretsalex

A New Ordinary by JET_Playin

You First, Loser by zeitgeistic

The Silent World Within You by Femme (femmequixotic), noeon (noe)

What If When He Sees Me (I Like Him And He Knows It?) by DracoWillHearAboutThis

The Green Vial by eidheann

You'll Still Find Stone by flightinflame

Can't Fight The Moonlight by sunsetmog

The Pregnancy by Occlusivelare

We Keep This Love In A Photograph by Ladderofyears

Luckiest Baby in the World by mfingenius

[drarryruinedme7]

hello, im actually really nervous because i am just starting to get involved with the drarry fandom. im trying to write a fic but it's my very first one. it has an accidental blood bind AND harry as a healer. in other fics it's usually draco as the healer so i thought it would be fun to switch it up. i just wanted to tell someone because i'm so excited!!! they make me so happy.

Hello nonnie! Good for you! I'm glad , always glad, to see someone new in the fandom, we need novelty, we need to not let our marvelous Drarry fandom die !

I love Healer Harry and you're right, there's never enough. But in the meantime, you gave me the idea to rec some of my faves (that might inspire you, who knows!) Good luck with it and make sure to let me know when it's posted, I'd love to read it :)

Nothing but a Heartbeat by maraudersaffair (E; 1.5k; 2018)

Summary: After Draco is attacked by a werewolf, Harry attempts to help him. Too bad Draco wants to eat him whole.

The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune by secretsalex (E; 3.1k; 2017; mpreg)

Summary: if Astoria refuses to carry their child, Draco will—which is how he finds himself alone, pregnant, and a patient of Healer Potter’s.

Show Me My Options by unadulteredstorycollector (T; 5.6k; 2018)

Summary: Harry is currently training to be a Healer, which is going great! Except then suddenly the lecturer mentions male pregnancy and Harry is very, very confused. And unfortunately there's only one person who can explain it to him.

Constellations on your skin by @orange-peony (E; 56.4k; 2022)

Summary: ���I’m going to get my scars removed,” Draco announces on a rainy Wednesday afternoon.

“Who are you seeing?” Blaise asks.

“The best Healer out there,” Draco replies with a little shrug. “Harry Potter.”

Fire Meet Gasoline by @lettersbyelise (E; 62.6k; 2022)

Summary: When Draco’s anger management issues land him in St Mungo’s, he thinks his Quidditch career is over. But Harry, A&E Healer and notorious workaholic, is faced with a similar predicament. To save their jobs, the two of them decide to fake a relationship. All they have to do is convince their friends and employers… and not fall in love in the process. Simple, right?

[loves-to-read-fanfic]

In Our Blood

[dresyreads]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Hermione Granger Additional Tags: Discussion of Abortion, Recreational Drug Use, Mpreg, Curse Breaker Draco Malfoy, Pregnant Draco Malfoy, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Amsterdam, Haunted Houses, Dirty Talk, Anal Sex, Bottom Draco Malfoy, Top Harry Potter, Pregnant Sex, brooding moody boys, Baby ghosts, Dark Magic, theres a lot going on here basically Summary:

Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest job—cleaning up the Van Boer mansion, which has been under a devastating fertility curse for seven generations.

[drarryficrecsbasement]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Hermione Granger Additional Tags: Discussion of Abortion, Recreational Drug Use, Mpreg, Curse Breaker Draco Malfoy, Pregnant Draco Malfoy, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Amsterdam, Haunted Houses, Dirty Talk, Anal Sex, Bottom Draco Malfoy, Top Harry Potter, Pregnant Sex, brooding moody boys, Baby ghosts, Dark Magic, theres a lot going on here basically Summary:

Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest job—cleaning up the Van Boer mansion, which has been under a devastating fertility curse for seven generations.

[dracotopsharryarchive]

A Performance Agreed Upon

Author: secretsalex Rating: Mature Warning: Dom/sub, Humiliation Creature: Words: 2,514 Summary: The war has dragged on for six long years. As a spy for the Order, Draco finds a way to sneak Harry into the inner sanctuary of the Death Eaters. It just requires a strategic performance on both their parts.

Read it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13079025

[lostdrarryfics]

Hello! I’m trying to find a fic I read a while ago. Draco and Harry are auror partners or at least working on a case together. I think the case is related to a haunted house with an infertility curse and it takes place in Amsterdam. It also has mpreg and was just very well-written and good. Thank you in advance <3

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[aaveafanfics]

¡¡HOLA SOY LA FANGIRL!! ¡¡HABLEMOS DD ESTE FANFIC!!

Juro, que creí que esto sería una historia de terror.

Fandom: Harry Potter.

Pareja: Drarry.

Idioma: Inglés (Usa traductor de Chrome)

Categoría: Post-canon/Divirgente al canon/Mpreg.

Sinopsis por mi: Draco Malfoy es un conocido rompedor de magia oscura, por lo cual es contratado para destruir una maldición inquebrantable en la casa más maldita de Amsterdam, la mansión Van boar. Debido a su libertad condicional Harry Potter es llamado para acompañarlo a esta casa que se ha cobrado la vida de más de seis personas.

Calificación: 💙💙💙💙💙

Link:

En mi defensa, creí que era una historia de terror, comienza como una historia de terror, pero rápidamente cambia y es divertido ese contraste shockeante.

La historia está entretenida, me hubiera gustado que hablarán más acerca de la casa, la maldición y la familia Van Boar, o que las cosas fueran un poco más estresantes e intrigantes (PORQUE CREÍ QUE ESTO ERA UNA HISTORIA DE TERROR), pero se ganó todo mi amor.

Draco y Harry son unos adorables tontos, me la pasé hiper preocupada por Draco toda la última parte de la historia y pobre Harry que se tuvo que carrera el final.

La escritura es fácil de leer y los tiempos son acogedores, quizá un poco rápidos en ciertas partes de la historia, pero casi no le prestas atención a eso, porque la mayor parte del intermedio es SMUT.

Cómo siempre, cualquier cosa que tenga bebés me hiper mama, lo adoro, así que dependiendo de lo que busques, está es un buena historia para pasar el rato, un poco larga para días laborales, pero excelente para los fines de semana sin mucho que hacer.

Recomendable.

[sitp-recs]

Hi. I hope you are well. I was wondering if you knew any drarry fics which feature a pregnant Draco with the father of the baby not being Harry's

Hi anon! I haven’t read a lot of mpreg but here are some fics that came to mind:

To know the pain of too much tenderness by @cibeewastaken (T, 6k)

Harry is in love with Draco, and Draco sometimes goes on dates with other people, but it’s not like Harry could be bothered by it when he never told Draco about his feeling, right? Right. So Harry isn’t that bothered by Draco’s dates, what bothers him is when one of those dates knocks Draco up and doesn’t want the baby.

Be My Anchor by @maraudersaffair (E, 11k)

When Harry stumbles upon Draco's battered body in Knockturn Alley, he decides to take him home and help him recover. Draco confesses that he's pregnant and no one will help him. He isn't worried about his own survival, only the survival of his unborn baby. Now Harry will stop at nothing to take care of both of them.

Solve Us Like a Mystery by tryslora (T, 12k)

When Harry stops in at the bookstore where Draco works, they find a surprising shared interest in mysteries. Draco doesn't expect to see Harry again, and he definitely doesn't expect to become the subject of unexpected investigation that may endanger the life of his unborn child, and at the same time, may bring him the kind of happiness he never thought he'd have after the war.

A Garden In Us by flightinflame (T, 15k)

Harry works hard as a Healer - it isn't as though he has much else to focus on. He specialises in caring for children who have been affected by dark magic, including Pansy Parkinson's son. He doesn't expect her to send Draco his way. But Draco needs a healer, and Harry needs a friend.

The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune by secretsalex (E, 20k)

If Astoria refuses to carry their child, Draco will—which is how he finds himself alone, pregnant, and a patient of Healer Potter’s.

My heart was far too glad by @maesterchill (E, 22k)

Draco Malfoy is single, heavily pregnant and on his way to his first antenatal class. High time he bumped into Harry Potter, wouldn’t you say, who as it happens is in an awfully similar condition.

Little Love by @ladderofyears (M, 33k)

Of all the bad ideas that Draco Malfoy had ever had, moving in with Harry Potter was the worst of them. They didn't get on. Harry was judgemental, messy, and a prude who looked on disapprovingly whenever Draco returned home after spending the night with his boyfriend Seb. But, after a broken condom leaves Draco pregnant, he realises everything in his life has to change. The first thing: his relationship with Harry. After that, everything starts to get better.

[snowgall]

for tropes, what would you give Sentient Homes?

Yay, thanks for the ask!

This is a tough one, actually! A few of my favorite fics use this trope:

Matchmaker, Matchmaker by firethesound

In Our Blood by secretsalex

But overall, it isn't something I really look for? And if I see it in the tags I usually feel pretty neutral about it, but I'm not at all opposed to it. So somewhere between a B and a C, I guess!