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[dewitty1]

Carey ‘W’Recs Wednesday(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ presents:

Never Mind the Bollocks

The_Sinking_Ship @the-sinking-ship

Chapters: 19/19 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Ron Weasley, Viktor Krum, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, George Weasley, Oliver Wood, Angelina Johnson Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Friends With Benefits, Slow Burn, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Reluctant Celebrity Harry Potter, Celebrities, Party, Clubbing, Heavy Drinking, Blacking Out, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Alcohol, Marijuana, Cigarettes, Smoking, Semi-Public Sex, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Wandless Magic (Harry Potter), Angst, Pining, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, anger issues, Blood and Violence, Action, Magical fight scenes, Blow Jobs, Explicit Sexual Content, BAMF Harry Potter, Skateboarder Harry Potter, Running From The Cops, Anti-Aurors, Uniform Kink, Banter, Bad Haircuts, Hermione Granger & Harry Potter Friendship, Silver Trio | Draco Malfoy & Pansy Parkinson & Blaise Zabini Friendship, Found Family, Family of Choice, Touch-Averse Harry Potter, Jealousy, auror abuse of power, Kidnapping, Minor Draco Malfoy/Original Male Character(s), Past Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, H/D Erised 2023

Summary:

If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked.

And yet, here he was.

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Excerpt:

Harry peered back down the hallway, and when he saw no one watching, he pushed his way past Malfoy into what turned out to be the toilet, shutting the door behind him.

"What are you doing?" Malfoy asked.

Harry crossed the room to the sink where a cigarette burned, smoke curling from the tip. Harry Vanished it.

"Hey!"

"Your rules, not mine," Harry said, crossing his arms.

"Oh fuck off, Potter. Go torture someone else."

"Since when is being around me torture?"

"Honestly? Since pretty much forever."

"What? Why?"

Harry was used to Malfoy's sharp tongue, unbothered by his cutting remarks, but he thought they were getting along. Maybe he wasn't doing the best job hiding his attraction, but he behaved and kept his hands to himself. That was more than Malfoy could say and he wasn’t even in Harry’s predicament.

"Because you're impossible," he said. "Look at you."

Harry glanced down dumbly because he didn't know what else to do.

Malfoy snorted without humour. "What are you even doing here? Why aren't you off staring dopily at Oliver Wood?"

"He had to leave."

"What a pity," Malfoy said, voice flat.

"What's your problem with Oliver?"

Malfoy's lips pressed into a thin line, colour blooming on his cheeks. "You fucked him. That's what you said when I asked if you were interested in men. Besides an old crush on a dead schoolmate, you said you fucked Oliver Wood after you got out of school."

"Yeah," Harry said slowly, willing it all to make sense.

Malfoy growled. "Shall I be expecting him round the flat tonight, then?"

"He invited me back to his hotel." Harry lifted his hand to show Malfoy his palm.

Malfoy grabbed his wrist a touch too hard, yanking it close to his face though he barely glanced at the writing.

"Are you going?"

"I haven't decided," Harry replied truthfully.

Malfoy's eyes bored into his. "Don't."

Harry blinked at him, surprised, tugging his hand from Malfoy's grasp. "Seems pretty hypocritical for you to have an opinion on that."

"Oh, it is. Completely."

Now Harry was really confused. "Weren't you telling me that celibacy didn't suit me?"

"It doesn't. But that was before."

"Before what?"

"Before I knew you liked cock."

Harry's mouth dropped open because Malfoy had some nerve. "What fucking difference does it make to you?"

"My gods, the answer to that should be painfully obvious, but let me make it abundantly clear." Malfoy's fingers tightened on Harry's wrist, and before Harry could think or react, Malfoy pressed Harry's hand against the front of his trousers, his cock a hard outline beneath Harry's palm.

Explosions lit behind Harry's eyes, bright red flags waving in every corner of his brain because this was more than a bad idea. This was dangerous.

Harry swallowed, throat suddenly too tight and too dry. "So you think because I like dick, I want yours?"

Malfoy bit his lip when Harry's fingers twitched, and Harry felt him throb through the fabric.

"No," Malfoy breathed. "Never in my wildest dreams. But you aren't exactly subtle. I see you watching me. I felt you that night when we danced. You want me."

Harry tightened his grip on the bulge in Malfoy's trousers, and Malfoy's next inhale hitched. Harry studied him with hard eyes, looking for the joke, the lie, a reason why Malfoy would be so cruel as to tease him, but Harry found none.

"I want you too," Malfoy said, his voice a rasp. "Fuck, do I want you."

Harry's last thread of restraint snapped and he crashed into Malfoy, taking his mouth in a rough kiss.

Malfoy gasped beneath him, his lips parting around a sharp breath, and Harry plunged in. He slotted their mouths together licking past Malfoy's teeth as he pressed their bodies flush, needing as much contact as possible because for once, Harry felt something other than a flood of panic at another person's touch.

His hand abandoned Malfoy's cock—the angle all wrong—and instead locked an arm around his waist. He wrapped his free hand around the back of Malfoy's neck, fingers tangled in the hair at his nape to keep him from pulling away long enough to breathe, or speak, or gods forbid stop.

Harry was done thinking. He didn't want to worry about the consequences for once and refused to consider all the ways in which he just made this strange, impossible friendship with Malfoy a thousand times more complicated, because this felt good. It felt right, and Harry was ready to lose himself to a sensation other than panic, fear, or blistering rage.

(۶* ‘ꆚ’)۶”.｡.:*♡

[amethystheart2421]

HP Rec Fest Day 6

for @hprecfest

I know Drarry is pretty popular, but I am a marauders girlie and I had not read Drarry before. But this fic may have changed that. It was recommended to me by @thatmoonspell ages ago, but I just read it last week and I loved it! Looking forward to finding more gems for this ship.

[drarrymyheart]

🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW THE_SINKING_SHIP FIC 🚨 🚨 🚨

This fic is yet another masterpiece in Sly’s ever-growing collection and I was absolutely HONORED to beta it. The jealousy, the pining, the slow burn 🔥 all had me ON THE FLOOR -and the smut is DELICIOUS. 👏👏👏 go read it!! I need people to yell about it with!!! 👏👏👏

Never Mind the Bollocks by The_Sinking_Ship

Pairing: Draco/Harry

Rating: E

Wordcount: 118K

Collection: H/D Erised 2023, @hd-erised

Tags: found family, friends with benefits, slow burn, they were roommates, reluctant celebrity Harry Potter, not-so-reluctant celebrity Draco Malfoy, clubbing, drinking, smoking, drugs, parties, running from the cops, Harry rides a skateboard, jealousy, action, banter

Characters: Hermione Granger, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Viktor Krum, Oliver Wood, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, George Weasley, Seamus Finnegan, Astoria Greengrass, Dean Thomas, OCs (seriously, the gang's all here)

Summary:

If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked.

And yet, here he was.

Notes: This fic was written for @shiftylinguini as a part of the Erised 2023 gift exchange! Big thanks to my betas @mintawasalreadytaken and @drarrymyheart for corralling this monster and the Erised mods for their patience and hard work.

READ ON AO3

[kk1smet]

I recently finished Never Mind the Bollocks by The_Sinking_Ship. Since that day, it has been living in my head rent-free, and will remain there. Perhaps for a long, long time.

Every time I try to collect my thoughts to articulate every single thing I loved about a fic, I just end up screaming and dying with the feels. So instead of words, here’s some drawn lines (and more screaming).

[sitp-recs]

Drarry fics where Draco is absolutely whipped for Harry? Especially love when everyone seems to know it except for Harry. Thanks! :)

Hi there! It’s hard to see Draco let Harry do whatever he pleases even when he’s pining ahaha but I do have a few suggestions. Would highly recommend eidheann and lettered as authors who usually write fics with a hopelessly in love Draco:

The Courting by the Pureblood Who Only Has Five Milligrams of Romantic Intelligence and Thinks He’s Real Smooth by hiimcibee (T, 19k)

Draco could grab Potter and shove him into a stall before proceeding to suck his soul out of his dick, but secretly, deep down, in the part of Draco that he will never admit to anyone, he is (everyone pauses to shudder) a romantic. Potter is not someone Draco wants a one-off with. Potter is — Draco’s beloved!

And Back Again (Where You Belong) by eidheann (E, 16k)

He thought back on their previous handshakes, and smiled faintly at the fact they always seemed to mean so much more to him than they did to Potter.

Whoo Knew? by oceaxe (E, 18k)

Despite having had a crush on his Auror partner for years, Draco's been biding his time and waiting for the perfect opportunity to make his case. But when Harry subscribes to a new wizarding personals service, Draco gets a wake-up call.

Five Weddings and a Potions Accident by lauren3210 (E, 19k)

In which Harry thinks he’s a playboy, everyone else knows better, and Hermione will kill Seamus if Ron tries to collect on that bet.

Nothing But You On My Mind by Moonflower_Rose (M, 21k)

Potter has been in Australia on an internship for almost a year, and Draco cannot wait for him to get back home. They'll finally have a chance to talk about their feelings for each other. What could possibly go wrong? Loads, as it turns out.

The Green Vial by eidheann (E, 31k)

After months of seeing Harry Potter walk into his Apothecary disappointed and hopeless, Draco offers to carry the baby that Harry can't. Now he's just got to hide the fact that he's been half in love with Harry for years.

dirtynumbangelboy by magpie_fngrl (E, 39k)

After Harry’s unfortunate encounter with his ex, Draco Malfoy makes him a proposition. Draco wants his parents to stop matchmaking him and Harry wants to make his ex jealous. All they need to do is simply pretend they’re in love. Problem is… Draco already is.

Another Heart Whispers Back by slytherco (E, 53k)

At twenty-five, Harry Potter is still a virgin and sorely lacking in options to change that state anytime soon. To help him find a plus one for Ron and Hermione’s wedding, and maybe kill two birds with one stone, Harry’s friends set him up on a series of blind dates. The only problem is, there’s something not quite right with each of their candidates.

Harry Potter Gives a Shit by talithan (E, 58k)

“Where are you headed?” “No place special,” Draco fumbled, and flushed further. But then: “I can change that,” said Harry Potter.

Finely Drawn Lines by The_Sinking_Ship (E, 61k)

Draco doesn’t consider himself an artist (though the dozens of sketchbooks lining his shelves might suggest differently). Yet ever since Potter returned to Hogwarts, accepting a teaching position alongside Draco, his drawings have taken on a rather singular focus.

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats (E, 104k)

Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

By the Grace by lettered (T, 140k)

Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.

[dapperbeetledraws]

a quick parisian draco sketch, mostly inspired by this fic:

i love paris and this authors descriptions of it (as well as the drarry content omg) are so lovingly written, i feel transported!

[tsurashi-bindery]

Nights With You by The_Sinking_Ship

The second fic I ever bound, I read this on a whim one day and just knew I needed to bind it!

As you might be able to tell by the photos, I was still struggling a lot with my foiling, especially on the author's tag on the back 😭

I also very clearly had to work on my measurements, seeing as I did not have a printer that could print edge to edge I had to calculated how much I needed to resize it to print on a 1:1 scale.

I thankfully learned a way to add proper crop marks later on as well which has helped me immensely with placing the covers on properly!

As always, the cover is all made with Kent paper since I don't own a cutting machine or able to find any decent book cloth where I live... 🙃

This was also the first time I experimented with adding text messages in the fic, and I think it's really fun!

Sadly, this was my old printer that was only able to print black and white and the quality wasn't the best so the grey bubbles are barely visible, but at least it's still readable.

I think I might want to redo this bind later on, especially since I got a laser printer that can print in color now!

[bridenore]

Author rec : The_Sinking_Ship

The_Sinking_Ship is one of my favorite authors. Here are a few recs, listed in alphabetical order.

Chasing Dragons by @the-sinking-ship [98k]

Draco can think of only one way to outclass his pleat-front-khaki-wearing politician ex, and that’s by making headlines with an obvious upgrade. And who better to upstage the cheating bastard than the Saviour of the World, Harry Potter himself? Sure, Potter is a little rough around the edges in ripped jeans, a rumpled tartan shirt, and a permanent scowl. Draco reckons a haircut and a shave wouldn’t hurt, either. But Potter is also in need of a Healer willing to keep his secrets, and Draco is just the man for the job. It’s a perfectly reasonable exchange. They need only attend a couple parties arm-in-arm, smile nicely for the paparazzi, and tolerate each other long enough to convince everyone they’re smitten. In return, Draco will keep Potter alive and in one piece. But it isn’t long before Draco realises he might be in over his head, because Potter is ten tonnes of trouble packed into a leather jacket, and seems keen on hurtling himself towards death on the back of a flying motorbike. And that says nothing of Potter’s penchant for fire-breathing beasts and things that bite. Ah well, at least they’ll have some fun while it lasts. After all, Draco always did like a bit of danger.

Criminal by @the-sinking-ship [83k]

Things were going just fine for Draco Malfoy. He successfully conned and counted cards across Europe and America, amassing a small fortune, along with a lengthy rap sheet. That was until he made the grave mistake of returning to England for a high stakes card game and got himself caught – by Harry Potter no less. Now, Draco is stuck in England under Auror Potter’s guard with no friends, no distractions, and no escape. How the hell will he pass the time? And since when did Potter get so bloody fit?

Dwelling on Dreams by @the-sinking-ship [135k]

Draco thought he could avoid Potter for the duration of his brief return to England. He’d stick to his schedule and be back home in Paris, where he belonged, in a few short months. No trouble at all. He had plenty to occupy him, what with the opening of the London branch of his successful apothecary, his innovative research, drinks with Pansy, a backlog of unread potions periodicals. Except Head Auror Potter is everywhere — in Draco's chair, at his door, in his dreams. All six feet of motorbike-riding, combat-boot-wearing, sex-hair-sporting Saviour of the World packed into one unfairly fetching uniform. Potter won’t leave Draco the bloody hell alone, won’t let him breathe, let him forget, let him sleep. Because no matter how fast Draco Malfoy runs, Harry Potter is always hot on his heels.

Finely Drawn Lines by @the-sinking-ship [61k]

Draco doesn’t consider himself an artist (though the dozens of sketchbooks lining his shelves might suggest differently). Yet ever since Potter returned to Hogwarts, accepting a teaching position alongside Draco, his drawings have taken on a rather singular focus. From the curl of his lips to the exact number of lines that form at the corners of his eyes when he laughs, Draco has catalogued every shade of one Harry James Potter between the pages of his sketchbook. So long as Potter remains none the wiser, Draco will have no trouble controlling his crush. But when Potter comes to him with a dangerous proposition, Draco fears things are about to get so much more complicated.

Never Mind the Bollocks  by @the-sinking-ship [118k]

If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked. And yet, here he was.

Nights With You by @the-sinking-ship [58k]

Draco is mortified when moments prior to departing for the most anticipated destination wedding of the year, he is cruelly dumped. But when he learns that Harry Potter has, at long last, split with his horrible boyfriend, Draco is certain his luck has changed. Never a man to squander an opportunity for revenge (and what would probably be a spectacular shag), Draco vows to make Potter his for the weekend. Now all Draco has to do is convince him.

On Target by @the-sinking-ship [13k]

A charity dunk tank, some sorry excuses for friends, a Slytherin with freakishly good aim, a (mostly) empty locker room, and one very small towel. Because, apparently, everyone is dying to get Harry Potter wet.

Sugar Sweet by @the-sinking-ship [5k]

Draco thinks everyone forgot his birthday. (They didn’t.)

Things We Do by @the-sinking-ship [16k]

Drinking, dancing, and the sorts of decisions made after one too many shots of vodka.

'Tis a Far Better Thing by @the-sinking-ship [37k]

'Tis a far, far better thing doing stuff for other people — or however the Muggle saying goes — because Potter is in need of professional help, and Draco is just the man to give it to him. A Drarry Clueless AU.

The Unspeakable by @the-sinking-ship [24k]

Healer Draco Malfoy took the job at the International Department of Mysteries for the paycheck and the prestige. But what he got was Unspeakable Harry Potter and the most fascinating curse he’d ever seen.

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

[duchessdulce]

Top 3 Hot Drarry Fics

These are my picks for hottest Drarry fics!

Criminal by The_Sinking_Ship: Draco gets arrested post-canon and Harry is his parole officer. The sexual tension in this fic is unreal!Seriously. It’s off the charts.

I’ll Never Be Your Chosen One by Andithiel: Harry and Draco have a secret relationship post-canon. This fic opens with one of the hottest scenes ever written, and afterwards falls into some exquisitely painful angst. It does have a happy ending.

Starts with a Spin by Maxine: Harry plays spin the bottle and truth or dare with his year mates, including the Slytherins. He has to kiss Draco during spin the bottle, of course. 6th year Hogwarts AU. This is an incredibly fun fic, though it does have a very sad plot point near the end. Happy ending for Harry and Draco, though.

[wrengaunt]

Dwelling on Dreams - The_Sinking_Ship

[goregraham]

“ Dwelling On Dreams -

The_Sinking_Ship on ao3.

drarry ; a fanfic ramble / rec

✨🕯️🧹 | When was anyone going to tell me that Harry Potter authors on ao3 don’t mess around? I have been up until 6am repeatedly because of this fic - my first ever drarry read mind you - and now I am convinced I have found whatever the literary version of cocain is. Draco was written so *so* well in this fic i actually don’t know how I am supposed to move on and forget him.

"Do you think that without love, we die?"

Draco had brushed him off, as he always did. "We die without air, without water, without sustenance. Love has nothing to do with it."

"Is love not air? Not water? What is love, if not sustenance?"

DO NOT speak to me I am fragile. I didn’t realise how badly I needed this dynamic blaring on my screen while the sun starts rising because what do you MEAN Draco couldn’t move on for ten years when he was the one who left, because how could anyone ever love Draco Malfoy, especially the hero? It’s giving Call Me By Your Name, “is it better to speak or to die”, because for the love of Merlin Draco CANNOT SPEAK !! FOR 14 CHAPTERS

This fic was a lengthy but heart wrenching inner monologue of Draco learning how the fuck you communicate for 130k words and I ate it up. The flashbacks of his teen years in muggle nightclubs, exploring sexuality, then progressing into this painful pining over what he thought he could never obtain drove me insane. I feel like I grew up with him, that’s my baby and I am sorry he is mean sometimes he’s working on it. Like I promise he didn’t mean to say it like that, i can hear his thoughts, please bear with him.

The way I need this fic on paper so I can highlight it and write a million tabs. I cannot wait to throw myself into more of these fics because honestly I haven’t read something this good on ao3 in a while and I needed to talk about it somewhere.

“ Until one day, Draco couldn't remember the feeling of Harry's hands, the colour of his eyes, the way his moans resonated in a dark room. Because the potions didn't just take away the dreams, they took the memories. And not just memories of Harry, but memories of his mother, and school, and the name of his Potions classmates, and in their place, buzzing blank spaces. “

I am on the floor. Don’t pick me up I need to lay here for a little bit ; he was so pained by his dreams of Harry that he made a potion to get rid of them? To find a way to move on, because he didn’t deserve Harry Potter, he is nothing in comparison. Harry is loved and Draco is despised, so he must find a way to let go. MY SHALAAA oh my shalaa I can’t do this anymore.

I have never once posted about a fic before. This did it for me, I won’t shut up now and I am currently in a state of mourning because what do I even read after this? Thank you

ps Harry is an endearing hunk with a crooked smile and messy hair in this fic and I love him

“ He went to the kitchen and set the cups in the sink, hovering there for only a moment. Two cups in the sink — one tea-stained mug and one espresso cup with a matching saucer. Never had a mess looked so lovely, of that he was certain. “

[dewitty1]

Yes, Santa reads Fanfiction, but if it's to kids, it's only rated G, no worries.

Fic Recs Wrap Up December 2024 ✩°｡⋆ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚･˳˚̊̊⌖∙:.◌˳⚛ .｡˳̊̊̊☃˚˳̊..:◌˚̊⌖♡*｡*･*☆

Never Mind the Bollocks by The_Sinking_Ship @the-sinking-ship

If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked. Rec Post

A Convenient Impracticality by firethesound @firethesound

Somehow Harry ends up agreeing to a fake relationship with his ex-nemesis-turned-friendly-acquaintance-with-benefits, except for some reason it involves an awful lot of actual dating and, sadly, not much sex. Confused? Harry is too, but when has anything with Draco Malfoy ever been as straightforward as it seems? Rec Post

Blackbird Rising by Omi_Ohmy

Harry longs to feel at home again, but he has been away for a long time, and he has a lot to contend with on his return to London: a magical mystery to investigate, a polite but prickly blond work partner with a disarming habit of blushing, a house with personality, the echoes of the war all around him, and a secret of his own. Rec Post

Lettered by pir8fancier

Harry has a secret penpal, whose identity is as plain as the nose on his face. Except he’s not wearing his glasses. Rec Post

Here are a few more fics I've read recently that y'all might like to check out as well!(੭ˊ͈ ꒵ˋ͈)੭. * ･ ｡ﾟ☆

The Most Splendid Thing by Anonymous for @hd-erised

Star Quidditch rivals Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter become accidentally bonded. They still hate each other, but now it’s untenable to leave each other’s sides—and my, but it feels oh so good to touch. They’re either going to murder one another, or fall in love. OR: A story in which Draco finally allows himself happiness, and Harry finally learns that he deserves to be whole.

The Superfluous Man by peu_a_peu

A child for Harry Potter is a miracle of magic. And it's the second act of Draco Malfoy's sorry little life.

( •ॢ◡-ॢ)-♡ I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I have! Happy reading!

Here's hoping 2025 (OMG REALLY?!?!?!) is better! PLEASE! Or at least the revolution happens! (I'm with you comrades! Let's gooooooo!) Anyway... Love Y'all! Thanks for sticking around! xoxo Carey  (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡ ✧*💜💙💚💛❤💗💕💖

[blorger]

“So, how long until you have to see Malfoy again?” he asked.  Harry groaned and mussed his hair with one hand. “I don’t know. Next week sometime.”  “I’d have given my left bollock to see you nab him. Did you break his nose or anything?”  “Maybe bust his lip a little,” Harry said with a covert grin.  “That’s barbaric, Harry. And you know better,” Hermione chided, setting a cup of chamomile next to Harry and folding herself into the sofa beside Ron.   “It was an accident,” Harry admitted. “It wasn’t like I was expecting to see him. I lost my grip.”  Hermione frowned into her steaming mug. “That’s not like you. You’ve had your magic under control for years now.”  “Seriously, ‘Mione? It’s Malfoy. Harry’s never been quite right around him,” Ron said, smirking at Harry.  “I can hear you, you know,” Harry grumbled.  “How many times did you go over his file today, Harry? Be honest,” Ron said, the tilt of his head and the lift of his right brow implied he knew it had been more than was entirely necessary.   Harry scowled. It was his job. He needed to know what to expect, particularly now that he was to be the Auror in charge of Malfoy’s parole. And okay, maybe he’d spent more time pulling anything he could find on Draco Malfoy, as well as his alias, Jacques Argent, than he would have another misdemeanor criminal. There wasn’t much, really. Nothing that signaled that Malfoy was doing anything particularly dark. And nothing that constituted a sentence in Azkaban, certainly. But Harry was curious, he couldn’t help it.  

from Criminal by The_Sinking_Ship

[the-sinking-ship]

Wireless Fic Claim

Too Good At Raising Hell by The_Sinking_Ship

Pairing: Draco/Harry

Rating: E

Wordcount: 87K

Collection: H/D Wireless 2024, @hd-wireless

Tags: nightclub owner Draco, crime families, action, underground duelling ring, motorcycle chases, powerful Harry, confident Draco, smut, fast pace/high stakes, BAMF everyone

Summary: When Harry Potter walks into Draco’s nightclub looking like trouble, Draco can’t stop staring. He really ought to train his dick not to react so enthusiastically to red flags, but where would be the fun in that?

Notes: big hugs and thank-yous to my betas, @nv-md and @themiddleofwonderland as well as the ever-patient fest mods!! The real mvps!

READ ON AO3

[thatmoonspell]

So I recently read Chasing Dragons 🐉 by @the-sinking-ship and it kinda fucking blew my mind?!? Jaded Healer Draco and BAMF Harry who rides motorcycles in black tie and rocks sex hair?? Yes fucking PLEASE.

[sitp-recs]

Do you have any fic recommendations where Draco very desperately loves Harry? To the point of wanting to take care of everything for him?

Thank you for all your suggestions i really love reading through them :)

Hi anon! Thank you, I’m happy to know you enjoy the recs 💜 here are some fics with a “hopelessly in love” Draco for you:

And I Know the Spark by firethesound (E, 15k)

All Draco cares about is keeping Potter alive, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

The Green Vial by eidheann (E, 31k)

After months of seeing Harry Potter walk into his Apothecary disappointed and hopeless, Draco offers to carry the baby that Harry can't. Now he's just got to hide the fact that he's been half in love with Harry for years.

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by lettered (E, 54k)

Harry Potter is an Unspeakable. Draco Malfoy is the wizard who shagged him. Adventure! Intrigue! Secret identities, celebrities, spies! It's all right here, folks.

Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop (E, 70k)

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always.

Criminal by The_Sinking_Ship (E, 83k)

Things were going just fine for Draco Malfoy. He successfully conned and counted cards across Europe and America, amassing a small fortune, along with a lengthy rap sheet. That was until he made the grave mistake of returning to England for a high stakes card game and got himself caught – by Harry Potter no less.

I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (E, 93k)

Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels. Harry has been struggling since the war and has become a recluse while trying to write his autobiography.

A Thousand Beautiful Things by geoviki (M, 104k)

Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.

Turning Leaves by Kbrick (E, 112k)

Draco and Harry have a one-night stand that ends in disaster after Harry tells Draco he's unable to move beyond their poisonous past. So when Draco finds an unusual Time-Turner in the Department of Mysteries, he seizes the opportunity to start fresh with Harry. Only instead of fixing things, he keeps making them worse.

Far From The Tree by aideomai (E, 112k)

The arrival of Harry Potter’s children—snapped back in time, the children themselves guessed, twenty or so years—was the most interesting thing to happen at Hogwarts for years.

By the Grace by lettered (E, 140k)

Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.

Twist of Fate by Oakstone730 (T, 302k)

Draco asks Harry to help him beat the Imperius curse during 4th year. The lessons turn into more than either expected. A story of redemption and forgiveness.