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for @drarrymicrofic prompt ground. listen, I went ground coffee, ground tea, loose-leaf tea, tea leaf reading, and here we are. 300ish words so not really micro but more micro than last week so we're winning!

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“Tall,” is Luna’s immediate conclusion. “Very tall. Looks like he’s fair, too.”

Harry coughs. “Sorry, he?”

Ginny snorts, hair falling into Luna’s face as she leans over to get a look.

“Definitely he,” Luna replies, brightly. “Oh, and look, I think it’s saying–” She picks up the mug, tilts it appraisingly this way and that. “Yes. It’s someone you work with.”

“Really?”

“Absolutely. See this, here?” She holds it up for Ginny, whose answering nod seems a little too enthusiastic. It’s all very strange, Harry thinks. This reading had been Ginny’s idea, but… since when did she believe in Divination? Even Hermione, four Firewhiskys in and giggling, had urged Harry to go for it. Was his love life really that tragic?

“Look at those leaves there,” says Ginny, poking at the rim. “That looks phallic, right?”

Luna nods sagely, her eyes very wide.

“So what does that mean, that he’s a bit of a prick?”

They've drawn a little crowd now; a dozen or so observers, most of them half-cut. Harry himself feels painfully sober.

“Right,” says Hermione, holding up her fingers, “so we’ve got: tall, blond, male, works with you, acts like a knob.”

“Ringing any bells?” Ginny asks him, eager.

Harry looks around the room, finding a sea of hopeful faces. Hermione smiles at him, encouraging. Could they mean, he wonders – could this really all be about…?

“Alright,” he says, slowly. “Alright, yeah. I’m not really into this tea leaf stuff – no offence, Luna – but you all seem pretty certain. And, well. I can’t say it’s never crossed my mind.”

Draped over Luna’s shoulders, Ginny grins. “Thank Merlin, Harry. We thought you’d never–”

“I mean, I wouldn’t say I work with Zacharias exactly – he really just does consulting for the department, and he’s not that tall, but–”

There’s a loud chorus of groans. “For fuck’s sake!” Ginny exclaims. Luna – Luna, really? – kicks him in the shin. Hermione’s got her head in her hands.

Harry leans forward, confused, considers the mushy contents of the abandoned mug. “What?”

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Treasure fic Tuesday

Quote : Harry took it from him and was attempting to unstopper it before he thought to ask. “What is it?”

“One of my experiments. I was aiming for a potion to augment the sense of smell for a while. To enable the Aurors to literally sniff out Dark magic. But I ended up with this instead. It'll muffle the taste of the Gamp's. It works on your taste buds, and your scent receptors, too.”

Harry screwed up his nose at the vial. “I won't smell or taste anything?”

“Well, not nearly so much as usual. I should think you'll still be aware of it. It seemed like it's pretty strong. But it should make it bearable.

“For how long?”

Malfoy wrinkled his forehead in thought. “A few hours? Maybe two or three?”

Harry thought it over. Malfoy's cologne was even better close up like this. He smelled completely intoxicating, and Harry stared longingly at the hollow of his throat, at the sharp line of his jaw and the perfect, sculpted curve of his lips. “There's just something I want to do first.”

Malfoy looked bemused. “Oh?”

Harry pushed off from the wall and lunged towards Malfoy's mouth all in one impatient movement. It wasn't very a graceful moment, but as his lips made contact with Malfoy's warm, blissful skin, he found he didn't care. Malfoy froze, just for a second, but then both his hands came up to Harry's shoulders and he was kissing Harry back, and, oh, Merlin, he tasted so fucking good.

Harry's hands were on Malfoy's waist and he could feel the heat of his body through his shirt, feel the smooth-firmness of his skin under the fabric, and smell Malfoy up close, and it was better than he could ever have imagined. Harry kissed Malfoy as if he'd been waiting years to do it. Perhaps he had. 

One night at the Leaky is a lovely lighthearted fic, where during a pub night/truth or dare game, Harry is facing a dilemma : giving up his limited edition (only ten were made !) broom or drinking the most vile drink served in all of England. While Harry is on the precipice of yet another life or death situation, Draco secretly yearns for the Harry date he was promised during the dare. If it all goes well, there'll be only victors at the end of it ! Fics infos : birdofshore, 12k, Harry/Draco, T. Summary :

Harry should have known better than to accept a drunken dare. Especially when Malfoy was sitting right there, looking like that and wearing those bloody tight trousers.

Surprise double rec this week, cause in my heart this fic has a sibling, and it'd feel wrong (to me) to rec one and not the other.

Check this hand cause I'm marvelous by @lqtraintracks is dear to me. In this one, just like in one night at the Leaky, Harry's friends have clocked on his silent yet very oblivious pining on Draco, and plot to put an end to it, only this time it's up to Draco to prove he wants him hard enough. Only this time LQT was merciful on him : no foul pint to fully drink. Maybe they knew where Draco would draw the line ? Quote : Malfoy waved at the bartender. "One more whiskey," he called. When it was poured, he took it off the bar and downed it. He gave the empty glass to Seamus and then walked past Harry to the dartboard again. He took three darts, walked to the line, took his stance, and then with his left hand, he threw three bulls-eyes in quick succession.

No bloody problem.

The room sat stunned.

Then Malfoy looked at him, grinning, and crooked his finger again.

Fic infos : 7,9k, E. Summary :

Harry's had a crush on Malfoy for months now. But it will take a bar full of his friends, some Firewhisky, wagers made on his behalf, and Malfoy himself to get him to act on it

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IF THERE'S A SCREEN, AO3 SHALL BE SEEN

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a wonderful ao3 author note

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Jojo’s ABC’s of Drarry fic: a rec list of Drarry fics I love, sorted in alphabetical order!

26 fics ♡ 26 authors ♡ a good mix of smut, fluff, angst and plot ♡ enjoy!!

A — All the Earnest Young Men by @tepre (E, 29.4k)

All over London portraits are disappearing from their canvases.

Auror Harry! Expert-in-Magical-Art-Theory Draco! There's running, dancing, falling through ice, what’s this paper giraffe doing here? A great time was had by all.

B — Beneath the Wave by @moonflower-rose (E, 30k words)

Harry is done with a life in the spotlight. No more adventures, no more mortal peril. He wants a quiet life of food and friends, and family. He even manages to have it for a while, until suddenly there are giant rabbits that need ferrying to a mysterious island, and a handsome Draco Malfoy, and Harry's right back in the middle of the action again, despite his best efforts.

C — Come For Me by Frayach (E, 24.6k words)

After Draco is paralyzed in an accident, he and Harry discover a new way to make love.

D — Dwelling by aideomai (E, 83.3k words)

Curses, James and Lily Potter ride again, several Ministry balls, a teenage Summer of Love, a grim young adult dystopian winter, a few different Draco Malfoys, secrets and the problems re: not having any, alternate lives, impossible lives, real lives, allusions to Dirty Dancing, and just because it's not called the Mirror of Erised doesn't mean you shouldn't know better.

E — Embers by @shiftylinguini (E, 41.2k words)

Werewolf Alphas aren't meant to be alone, or to suppress their ruts indefinitely like Draco has been since he was bitten eight years ago. He needs company, companionship, to knot ― he needs an Omega Heat Companion. At least, that’s what the Healers say, and even Draco can admit contacting the person they’ve referred him to might be nice.

Of course it turns out to be bloody Potter.

F — freely, as men strive for right by @bixgirl1 (E, 17.1k words)

How can Harry love a man like Draco Malfoy?

If only Draco would let him count the ways.

(Sometimes, a happily-ever-after takes a bit longer than you expect.)

G — Going Postal (A 125-Page Comic) by dustmouth (T)

So Draco and Harry sort of maybe have a bit of a thing going. Which is all fine and good, but would probably be more effective if they managed to be on the same continent for more than five minutes at a time.

H — Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by waspabi (T, 93.3k words)

'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.

I — I Do Not Love You by @writandromance (E, 228.2k words)

In 2013, a carefully-designed Obliviation leaves Harry reconfiguring his life and identity without any memories of true love; an act that's essentially erased Draco Malfoy from his mind despite a wedding band and shared home.

In 2000, Draco had expected Pansy's relationship with Luna to bring the Gryffindors a bit closer to his orbit of quiet, carefully pacifistic existence, but he never expected to navigate such a transparent embrace into a unit of family, friendship, and love.

A mystery, two love stories, and a reminder that learning to love never has an end date.

J — Je te reverrai by @soliblomst (E, 16.1k words)

When Beauxbatons visited Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, Draco managed to control his attraction to fourteen-year-old Harry Potter.

When Beauxbatons returns three years later for a cultural exchange, Draco's attraction to seventeen-year-old Harry Potter is impossible to curtail.

In his defence, Harry's perfectly tailored blue robes, mixed signals, and French accent do not help.

K — Keep your hands on me by @tenthousandyearsx (E, 21.4k words)

Malfoy binds himself with a sex curse. Harry cannot get enough (but would much prefer to keep Malfoy for himself).

L — Lusimeles by orphan_account (E, 23.2k words)

“You’re not special, Potter,” Kingsley informs him, not looking up from his work.

“But I’ve already done Occlumency training!” Harry splutters, indignant. “And it’s Malfoy.”

M — More Than That by joosetta (E, 10.9k words)

This is a story about two 52 year old men who refuse to age gracefully.

N — No One Ever Told Me by @slightweasel (M, 25.7k words)

Harry marries Draco to get him out of Azkaban.

Things get weird. And confusing. And then weird some more.

O — Our Objective Remains Unchanged by @citrusses (E, 46.1k words)

Harry Potter, returning member of the Oxford University Boat Club, has two goals for the spring of 2005: beat Cambridge, and beat Draco Malfoy. Perhaps not in that order.

P — Probationary Action by @toomuchplor (E, 63.3k words)

As part of the terms of the probationary contract, DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY shall submit for inspection his WAND on the last day of every month, such inspection to be carried out by a duly registered and fully qualified AUROR in the employ of the MINISTRY OF MAGIC, and such inspection to include a PRIORI INCANTATEM spell to ensure that no PROHIBITED MAGICS as heretofore described have been practised by the aforementioned probationer.

Q — Quickie by @greaseonmymouth (E, 11.8k words)

Harry's 8th year is going okay: he's got a girlfriend, the future is far away, and he has no choices to make. And then Malfoy starts sending him dick pics.

R — Rookie Moves by peu_a_peu (E, 75.3 words)

Aurors Potter and Malfoy crack the case.

S — Slithering by @astolat (E, 27.3k words)

Draco found the nest down in the Manor’s cellars, while he was clearing them out.

T — Tandem by @fastbrother (M, 90.8k words)

Harry and Draco meet by accident six years after the war. Harry's an Auror with a drinking problem and Draco's a broke student. Things don't work out well. Six years after that, Draco joins the British Auror Office as a Potioneer.

U — Untouched by @stratigraphywrites (E, 11.2k words)

"The magic demands a sacrifice," Malfoy said. "What kind of sacrifice?" Malfoy's mouth twisted grimly. "A virgin." Harry felt his eyes widen. "Killing one?" "No, of course not, Potter," Malfoy snapped. "Don't be macabre. Fucking one." Malfoy exhaled with bitter disappointment. "Fuck. Rules us out." Harry took a deep breath. His face felt hotter than ever. "It doesn't, actually."

Harry's had some terrible birthdays in his life. But this one - trapped in a cave with Draco Malfoy, and only one way out - has to take the cake.

V — Vis-à-Vis-à-Vis by @vukovich (E, 50k words)

Harry's assignment was simple. Close out Draco Malfoy's missing persons case so he can be declared dead.

But who's making withdrawals from Malfoy's vaults? How is a death omen-turned-Unspeakable involved? Is an organization known as the Moirai to blame?

Harry brushes it off until he can't. Until The Prophet is flooded with sightings of dead people. Until Robards throws himself on his sword. Until Ron turns on his own family. Until Harry scarcely trusts his own reflection in the mirror and trusts the stranger in his bed even less.

Until all that stands between war and peace is Harry, a name plate, a stadium of murderers, and Draco Malfoy.

God save the Ministry.

W — What’s Mine is Yours by @fluxweeed (E, 17k words)

Harry loses something important. Malfoy helps him get it back.

X — Ex Nihilo (And Other Feats of An Untrained Veela) by Kandakicksass (E, 129k words)

Ever since returning to Hogwarts, Harry has had nothing to do with Draco Malfoy, who exists at the bottom of the social ladder and is just trying to survive their "eighth year."

One veela presentation (and Harry's natural resistance to veela allure) changes all of that.

Y — Yours is the Earth (Hold On, Hold On) by chickenlivesinpumpkin (E, 127k words)

After a serious accident in the Forbidden Forest, Draco's personality begins to undergo subtle changes. At first, Harry credits this to a new enthusiasm for life. But as the days pass and Draco's behavior becomes more and more mysterious, Harry begins to suspect that something bigger--and darker--is at work.

Z — Zenith by @corvuscrowned (E, 20.6k words)

Desperate to find relief from worsening migraines and broken magic, Harry sets out to reach mystical hot springs that are said to grant healing and realignment.

The only problem? The springs lie deep within a cursed forest that lures hikers to their death by tempting them with their greatest desires.

So when Harry sees Draco Malfoy in the forest, he must be hallucinating.

Right?

Or: A hero’s journey but gay.

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Fanfic rec Friday

You think about how lucky you are to have had your first love, and how lucky you are to have a second love now, and that's when you kiss him.

When it returns deals with grief. Neville died, Harry's friends are worried about him, but all that's been helping him so far are his Fridays evenings meetings with Draco. He understands, having lost himself both Narcissa and Pansy, but what helps more is that he doesn't always treat him as a fragile widow, mostly just as Harry.

Fic infos : written by @academicdisasterfic, 7,5k, Harry/Neville, Harry/Draco, M.

‘You’re late, layabout,’ Malfoy drawled, pushing the whiskey over to him.

‘I’ll have you know that I am very busy maintaining a whole house and garden by myself now.’

‘Oooh, the dead husband card. Before any alcohol. Is that a record?’

Harry's husband is dead, and Malfoy is the only one who gets it.

Or, the one where they drink at a straight man pub, renovate a house, and learn how to find joy again.

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guess who ?

it has been a long time since i recced anything, hasn't it ? i was thinking of coming back by reccing a fic I wanna read on Tuesdays, a read fic on Fridays, and listing all fics read that month on the last day of it. hopefully i'll be able to rec a bit more each week, and maybe i will if i manage to increase my reading speed ! you'll find in the tags the names i'll use each time, to make it easier to do a tag search

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“would you let these men into your home?

london police are on the lookout for two strange men impersonating as officers and inviting themselves into people’s homes. sources confirm that nobody has been harmed, nor has anything gone missing during these visits.”

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"you don't post your dead dove fics on anon?" no, all of my dead dove, dirty, disgusting gay smut are posted on my main. I have no shame. normalize a girl being a pervert and a sex-crazed freak

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Do you think people who are virgin should write smut? I feel like most of them don’t even know what they’re writing and just write what they think sex is

the implication this ask suggests that people who write about murders, cannibalism, politics, magic, royalty au, sci-fi, wars, supernatural, time travel, medieval era, werewolves, vampires, mermaids or goblins must be murderers, cannibals, presidents, wizards, royalties, astronauts, ghost hunters, soldiers, time travelers, knights, werewolves, vampires, mermaids or goblins in real life is so funny to me

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"Write for yourself"

Brother, I literally have more than 2 million words sitting in my drafts folder instead of posted on AO3.

I write for myself. I post for community interaction.

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few things more humbling than the realization that you really do write the same fic(s) over and over again

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One of the coolest parts about being a fan of fanfic is you can actually contact the author. And they will respond. And then you can message them nonstop until they allow you into their lives and then you’re becoming their beta reader and suddenly you know multiple authors of all types of fiction books and fanfic authors who will drag out their deleted fics for you to read at a moments notice.

Anyway. Comment on fics and message authors. It’s absolutely worth it.

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A useful thing to know about AO3 tags is that they're wrangled by humans. A human being will read your tag, understand what it means*, and then connect that tag in the backend system to other tags that mean the same thing (if there are any)

that's why, for example, the tags

not beta read

no beta

no beta we die like men

no beta we die like mne

no beta we die like [insert character who dies in canon]

unbetad

unbeta'd

unbeta-d

un-beta'd

and a million more versions are all searchable and filterable if you just tag one of them. A Tag Wrangler (the job title of a human volunteer who manages AO3 tags) has made sure that AO3 understands that those are all synonyms, so AO3 treats them that way.

When you're tagging your fic, or searching for a fic, or filtering a tag to find or remove works from the list you do not have to use every possible version of a tag. You just need to pick one - unless using more is a stylistic choice you're making, in which case have at it.

*or research what it means - which is why wranglers really appreciate it if you put (OC) behind the name of your original characters so that they don't have to scour every source they can find to see if it's a named background character in canon.