fastbrother

[fastbrother]

Thank you @siobhanhazel for requesting a podfic of my story, and for your generous donation 🥹. @reveriepi, thank you for all your time and effort that went into recording it, it was such an insane joy to listen to it. 💖💖💖

Drarry Rec: A pulled down shade

⭐ A pulled down shade by fast_brother (podfic version by reveriepi) 💕 Draco/Harry || E || 43k words Key tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Falling in Love, Married Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry does not like Draco Malfoy, not even one bit. Never did and never will. That is, until he finds himself married to him. 🤍 Eeee okay so I had such a visceral reaction to the angst in this fic, I wish I could Obliviate myself and read it again new for the first time! If you haven't read it... well, I am here to HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Instead of Obliviating myself, I requested that @reveriepi podfic it for my Fandom Trumps Hate gift! Eeek it's SOOOOOO good. reveriepi's reading just brings the sting and delight and joy of this fic to my heart in such a perfect way. Please experience this devastatingly angsty and romantic fic for yourself 💛  5 outta 5 stars. @fastbrother

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[fastbrother]

Hell (E, 777 words)

Tom has a thing for God. Tags: Psychotic Tom Riddle, Catholic Imagery, Sex Work, Oral Sex, Jealousy, Religion Kink ------------------------------------ “Have you no pride, Riddle?”

“Pride is a sin,” Tom says, his smile showing teeth. “And I’m a holy man.”

Malfoy spits at Tom’s feet. “Mudblood words.”

Tom takes a step forward. “Are you afraid of words?”

A flush rises from Malfoy’s stiff collar. He grabs Tom by his robes and shoves him in the broom closet.

“One hundred, you said?”

“One hundred,” Tom echoes.

Silence. 

Abraxas makes a small movement with his head. 

Tom gets down on his knees. 

* * * 

“Again.”

Tom looks up from a book, head propped up by his hand. The rain beats against the library window, casting dripping shadows on Malfoy’s face.

“You’re a greedy little bitch, aren’t you?”

“Shh!” Malfoy says, looking around. He then sits down next to Tom. 

Tom raises an eyebrow. People like Malfoy don't sit next to people like Tom. 

“Tonight,” he whispers.

“No.”

“I’ll give you more money.”

“I have enough.”

Malfoy lets out an incredulous laugh. 

“Enough? Enough for what? You’re poorer than my gardener.”

“Enough for my purposes,” Tom says, and starts writing again. 

Malfoy scoots closer to him. “Where did you learn how to do those things with your dirty Mudblood mouth?”

“In dirty places.”

Malfoy puts a hand on Tom’s thigh. “I can’t stop thinking about it.”

“Evidently,” Tom says, dipping the quill in the ink bottle and letting Malfoy’s hand travel up.

“There must be something you want.”

“Coincidentally, there is.”

* * * 

Tom lets Malfoy fuck his mouth again, and in exchange Malfoy has his mother owl him a book from their personal library.

Tom opens the Chamber. 

* * * 

The night the girl dies, Malfoy climbs into Tom’s bed. Tom lets him. He can feel Malfoy’s erection through their thin nightgowns. 

“You’re no Mudblood,” Malfoy whispers, his lips moving along Tom’s collarbone. “Who the fuck are you?”

Tom closes his eyes. 

“A generous god.”

“Are you?” Malfoy moans, teeth sunk into Tom’s neck, hand wrapped around Tom’s hard cock.

“I am. You can suck me off for free.”

Malfoy doesn’t need to be told twice.

* * * 

They all kneel for him now, but Malfoy does it best. Tom likes his eyes, staring up at him. They look like funeral stones.

“Stay,” he says, hand on the crown of Malfoy’s head.

The others leave them. 

Malfoy opens his mouth, and waits for the Holy Communion. 

* * *

After Tom kills his father and makes the second Horcrux, something happens to the world. It’s duller. Colder. 

It briefly becomes hot again when he catches Malfoy in a broom closet, after curfew. With a Mudblood.

“What are you doing?” he says once the boy disappears behind a corner. 

Malfoy is buttoning up his robe. Slowly. “What does it look like?”

“It looks like you were fucking a Mudblood.”

“I was about to, yes.”

Tom takes a step forward. 

Malfoy does the same. “It’s been six months. I have needs.”

“I don’t care.”

Malfoy crosses his arms.

“I didn’t take you for the jealous type.”

“I think you did, since you were attempting to get off on my patrol route.”

“And what if I was? Will you torture me? Kill my lovers?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t confuse our dalliances with the real world, Riddle. I’m not scared of you. I’m not some Mudblood you can just get rid of.”

“And I’m not scared of your name. Or your father. A feeling you can’t empathise with, I’m well aware.”

Malfoy turns red. “All this, after you’ve been ignoring me for six months?”

“I’ve been busy.”

“Stay busy, then. And I’ll fuck whomever I please.”

“Stop pretending to have a spine, and undress. I’ve suddenly found time for my pet.”

* * *

“Lust is a sin,” Tom says when Malfoy makes a disgusted face, kneeling on Tom’s dingy’s floors. “You’re going straight to Hell, you hungry whore.”

“Don’t use Mud—”

Tom shuts him up with his cock. 

* * *

Tom can hear Hell. 

He’s been hearing it since he was a child. 

Hell was behind the doors leading to the kitchen, where they kept the boiling cauldrons. Behind the walls of his room, in which the Devil lived. In the thick smoke gathering outside his window. In the black trail of a bomb.

Hell is behind every corner. Under the cobblestoned streets of Knockturn. Under Tom’s floorboards. As soon as Abraxas leaves, Tom can hear the damned trying to escape, their nails scratching the rotting wood of the bed-frame.

* * *

“Tom!”

He wakes up drenched and burning. 

Strange. Everything’s usually so cold. 

Abraxas, wide-eyed and naked between Tom’s dirty sheets, is shaking him.

* * *

“You’re an evil little boy, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“You’re a sinner.”

“Yes.”

“You’re going to burn in Hell.”

Tom moans, the pleasure spilling out of him. “Yes.”

[fastbrother]

It's such a privilege to listen to your own words read back to you by talented people. I'm so 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭 about it

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Department of Mysteries (Harry Potter), Competent Draco Malfoy, Ministry of Magic (Harry Potter), Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Original Character(s), Draco Malfoy Redemption, Pining, Mutual Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotionally Repressed, Post-Hogwarts, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Auror Harry Potter, Prosecutor Draco Malfoy, Powerful magical object, Falling In Love, Relationship Discussions, Married Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, working through trauma, Nightmares, Amnesia (kind of), Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, HP Soulmates Fest 2023, Podfic, Audio Format: Streaming, Audio Format: Download, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: M4B, Podfic Length: 4-4.5 Hours Summary:

Harry does not like Draco Malfoy, not even one bit. Never did and never will. That is, until he finds himself married to him.

Podfic of A pulled down shade by fast_brother. Total running time: 04:27:15

[fastbrother]

Spoiled Little Brat by @fastbrother with art by @appleslightning (9k, T)

Tags: Hogwarts Professors, Fluff and Angst, Quidditch

The night is warm, so the front doors have been left open. Moonlight spills through them, catching in Malfoy’s hair. He turns at the sound of footsteps, and his gaze becomes wary when he recognises Harry.  Harry, admittedly also drunk himself, extends a hand.   “I shouldn’t have listened to Turner and Sage. I’m sorry.” Malfoy’s eyes slip towards Harry’s outstretched hand.  He looks up at Harry. “Fuck you.” Harry laughs, and retracts his hand. “Fair enough.” Malfoy takes a step towards him. He’s taller than Harry, and looks a lot less drunk close up, his gaze clear and focused. Harry thinks, stupidly, that he will punch him. Or kiss him.  “You’re such a condescending, self-important, arrogant prick. I’m not surprised the Ministry’s had enough of you.” Harry grins.  “What can I say? We weren’t all born with the cocksucking talent of the Malfoys.”

(rec by @cailynwrites)

I remember exactly where I was when I read this. It was the day or the day after it was published and I was hiding in the guest bedroom of my friend's house, avoiding her dogs and toddler for a bit of peace and quiet of a morning. @fastbrother's little snippets are so tiny and devourable, yet convey so much in a few words.

I was livid (LIVID, I tell you!!) when @sweatersinthesummer managed to snap up the podfic before I could. But I got over it (did i? maybe not really 😅) when I listened to her beautiful rendition. 🎧 Check out the podfic version as well. 🎧 And don't miss Sunny's beautiful art either!!!!

[fastbrother]

Penned (T, 8k words) by @pl0tty and myself

Read the rest of Harry and Draco's correspondence on AO3 💌

Harry and Draco write to each other. A lot (110 letters). For years (10). Until they figure things out.

Tags: Epistolary, Getting to Know Each Other, Mutual Pining, Romance, Idiots in Love, Visuals Elements

[fastbrother]

Bound: The Favourites: A @mallstars Anthology

Typeset and bound by: me, @phoenixortheflame. Featuring art by: @basiatlu, @appleslightning, @reliand, @itsphantasmagoria, @faiell

Here's a little tidbit you should know about me: The first Drarry I ever read was Save the Date by mallstars. I had listened to a few before that, but the first one I actually downloaded to my e-reader and read front to back was STD.

It captivated me. It made me feel things. And it kicked off a record-breaking year of reading nearly 3 million words of Drarry fanfic.

Needless to say, I have a soft spot for mall and their work. And I'd seen a lot of binds of "Save the Date" and "Cut From the Sky," but not their other works. So.. enter the anthology.

I'm a big science fiction fan, so my designs kept skewing that genre. It didn't help that @basiatlu made this epic artwork, which she created in collaboration with mall for their sci-fi AU piece, Blood Orange.

I had already decided on a colour palette: orange, purple, and lavender (don't ask me why), and Bosh was an absolute legend to offer to adjust the colours of her original art to match. (Ty, Bosh!)

It was my first time using printable canvas as a wrap cover, and though there were a few, "oh, fuck" moments, ultimately it turned out really well, and I'll absolutely be doing it again.

I had planned not to do a dust jacket and instead apply the fic titles and anthology title directly onto the canvas with HTV. But then I got scared as shit that I would melt the canvas, and so I chose to leave the cover blank - and, honestly? - I'm super happy I did, because it really showcases the art.

Speaking of art... the typeset is brimming with it. From top-left we have art from @appleslightning, @reliand, @itsphantasmagoria, and @faiell.

The rest of the typeset is heavily influenced by science fiction aesthetic, as you can see with the fonts and my frankly excessive use of gradients. (Take a guess at how many ink cartridges I blew through.)

And the colour palette continued through to the bind itself in the end papers, as well as the end bands and speckled edges, which I achieved using acrylic ink and a toothbrush (thanks to @maleekamolscreates for holding my hand through the process!)

As always, I added a cheeky barcode.

I literally cannot help myself.

It's a line from one of my favourite mallstars one-shots, Birthright, in which Draco is a kleptomaniac. It's romantic! Really!

Also on the dust jacket flap is a buncha nice stuff people have said about mall and their work. (Looking at you, @fastbrother, @smehur, @desertforestfic, @tripably, @garagepaperback, @kk1smet.)

I hope you love it, mall!

[fastbrother]

⤹ DRARRY TEXTING / EPISTOLARY / ALT FORMS OF COMMUNICATION FICS ⤸

💬 Adventures in Truth and Texting by @fluxweeed (E, 11.6k words)

Former Death Eaters are being targeted with a Veritaserum curse – it’s permanent, and makes victims speak aloud their every thought. Luckily, it’s easier to control when writing – and Hermione is trying to introduce Muggle technology to the wizarding world. An advent fic featuring texting, identity struggles, and a Draco Malfoy who will literally not stop talking.

💻 AITA for being "obsessed" with my childhood nemesis? by @rainstormradish (M, 4.2k words)

Alrakis • I [24M] attended a small boarding school in the UK. There was a boy in my year, a couple of months younger than me, and he became my nemesis after we developed an intense rivalry. My friend [25F] told me recently that our dynamic was "weird back then" and that "it’s even weirder" that I still think about him today. She argued that I talk about him all the time, but I believe the amount I talk about him is reasonable. AITA? prongymcprongface • i completely get what you mean. i had a nemesis (like a school one, separate to my other nemesis) and we had a dynamic super similar to what you are describing. having a nemesis is a very cool and normal thing dw about it. NTA In which Draco asks the internet if he's being reasonable. Only one commenter is sympathetic. They start talking.

💬 Carpe DM by @dontthrowsticksatme (T, 21.5k words)

Draco Malfoy became an Instagram (Wiztokgram) star by blatantly failing at life. Checkmark account Harry Potter is so pissed off about it that he watches everything Draco posts.

💻 Come As You Are by @its-the-allure (art by @itsphantasmagoria) (E, 35k words)

When Harry Potter visits a sexy internet chatroom site, he does so with the hope of answering a niggling question: Am I interested in men? He finds more than he anticipated when he stumbles upon a free strip show starring a very familiar person. Just what is Draco Malfoy doing on a Muggle pay-per-view site? And when did he get so fucking fit?

💌 Garden War by @cibeewastaken (T, 2.2k words)

Harry and Draco are quarantined in their houses, a lake across from one another. What better ways to spend this time than to annoy each other with letters and attempts to prove that their garden is better?

💌 Matters of the heart by @greaseonmymouth (G, 5.1k words)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

📝 The Work of His Hands by @dodgerkedavra (E, 1.1k words)

It’s not the first time Harry’s got a head injury. It is the first time he loses his ability to write. Now it’s up to Harry’s brilliant and beautiful husband Draco to save the day. Bending a naked and gorgeous Harry over Draco’s desk is an unconventional Healing strategy, but the Boy Who Lived has never been a conventional wizard.

💬 you up? by @desertforestfic (E, 736 words)

Hey Draco yeah what Weird question but Can you not spell it like that spell what like what Uh

[fastbrother]

Reform (T, 3.5k)

inspired by @faiell's stunning art

Harry Potter was dressed in rags the first time Draco saw him. Draco engaged in an act of charity by speaking with him. Now, when Draco sees Harry Potter, he’s dressed in Malkin’s finest robes. Now, if Harry Potter spoke with Draco, that’d be considered charity.  “You should reach out,” his father-in-law tells him. “Explain your side.” “Imagine how much that would help our standing,” his wife begs.  Draco will become an employee before he asks Harry Potter for help. 

Tags: Enemies to lovers, Politics, Co-workers, Competent Draco Malfoy, drarry in their forties

[fastbrother]

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.

[fastbrother]

FIC REC: Northbound by @pl0tty

“An insane thought: what if Nick was Malfoy’s type? It wouldn’t be the most outlandish thing to consider—an older, handsome, rugged man, taller than Malfoy by at least a foot, with the kind of easygoing air that screamed VERY GENEROUS TOP.”

This excerpt perfectly exemplifies this fic: it’s so funny, so sweet, and Santa is hot. It’s THE WHOLE PACKAGE!!!!!!! READ IT!!!!!!

RATING: T

RELATIONSHIP: Drarry

WORDS: 6,010

Read Northbound on AO3

[fastbrother]

I adore your blog. Any good new(ish) 8th yr drarry fics to recommend?

Thank you, anon! I didn’t read much in 2024 (or 2025 for that matter 😅) but here are are some new 8th year recs for you. Enjoy :)

Special treatment by @fastbrother (T, 3k)

Draco Malfoy has a tough eighth year.

Glory by @mintawasalreadytaken (E, 3k)

Every boy at Hogwarts knew about the hole.

When You Unfold Me by @hephaestiions (E, 7k)

Harry’s high. He knows this because Draco Malfoy has stars in his eyes.

So You Sprouted Wings! By @hoko-onchi-writes (E, 8k)

Draco’s 1983 Veela Puberty guide didn’t say anything about what to do if you accidentally seduced your roommate. Oops.

soft by @garagepaperback (E, 10k)

The first time Potter had said: harder, more, meaner—meaner, Malfoy, fuck, I thought you’d be— until Draco was, exactly, whatever he wanted him to be. Draco could fit any shape it took to keep two hands devout between Potter’s shivering, spread legs.

Equally Cursed and Blessed by @moonflower-rose (E, 18k)

Harry's back at Hogwarts to attempt his final year, again. This time he's sure there'll be no shenanigans. Well. Maybe there'll be a few.

Heartbeat by @saxamophone (E, 23k)

Harry hates Draco. Draco hates Harry. Only it's not hate, not even a little bit.

All These Winding Threads by @starquestingfordrarry (E, 35k)

The tides of Draco’s accidental magic pull him under and leave him gasping. There’s a hungry ache that sits deep in his bones, growing worse every day. Soon it’s all he’ll be, a starving skeleton clawing at its throat.

A Wizard’s Guide to Co-Parenting with Your Ex-Arch Nemesis by @thecouchsofa (T, 38k)

Harry had expected a few things when returning for his Eighth Year. Rooming with Ron, a cheeky Firewhisky down at the pub, leaving his assignments to the last minute – those were all but certain to occur.

Pillar of Salt by @epitomereally (E, 62k)

From the lake in the Room of Hidden Things, Draco knows three things:

before a fall by @eleadore (E, 64k)

A stubborn lock of hair gets tucked behind Malfoy's ear twenty-six times. Harry only counts because what else has he got to do.

Beholden by Faith Wood (E, 123k)

Draco Malfoy might not be a killer, but it turns out he's an effective painkiller. If stopping pain was all Draco's touch did, things might not be so complicated, but either way Harry can't afford to be choosy.

[fastbrother]

Caylin, your voice is a gift 🙏 Thank you so much for using this gift to read out loud my words! Don't judge me, but I'll be listening to this on repeat for a while

Post-war roses by @fastbrother

Post-war roses by @fastbrother Rating: T Pairing: Draco x Harry Length: 23:31 Tags: House Arrest, Developing Relationship, Draco Malfoy's Trial, Kissing in the Rain Summary:

Draco is going to Azkaban tomorrow.

Listen now on AO3

[fastbrother]

a series of 3 illustrations I did in collaboration with @mallstars for their recent oneshot, The Moon on a String!!

read it here

[fastbrother]

Tragic fics

I love a good tragic story. Here are three of my favorites:

For Lack of Wanting by @fluxweeed (drarry, 8k, E)

Summary: Over the last ten years, I��ve worked hard to become a better person. I hate being reminded of who I used to be. But Harry likes it when I’m mean. (my favorite first person fic)

Dissonance by @metalomagnetic (Abraxas Malfoy/Tom Riddle, 16k, E)

Summary: Tom Riddle and Abraxas Malfoy hate each other from the second they meet. (my favorite fic)

Thirty-Five Owls by Letterblade (Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald, 11k, M)

Summary: Being a correspondence between Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore, Grand Sorcerer, Supreme Mugwump, etc., and the prisoner Gellert Grindelwald, of some decades in length. (my favorite epistolary fic)

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HP Drizzle Fest 2023 : Masterlist of DRARRY fics

@hpdrizzle || official masterpost || AO3 || ∑ = 34 works The Mods + Banner © : @getawayfox’s summer slipped us underneath her tongue

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1. The Doe Between Us by @shewhomustnotbenamed [G, 11k]

Draco's teaching career is taking off alongside his friendship with Harry Potter. The rain that had endured all of summer time turns to snow as the winter solstice comes nearer, and the two of them spend a few chilly nights in the Forbidden Forest.

2. Fall on the Earth by @dodgerkedavra [E, 15k]

Harry Potter hates being separated from Draco Malfoy. Not because he's in love with him, for Merlin's sake! Because they're Auror Partners. One time is all it takes for Draco to be attacked with an illicit potion. Until it wears off, Harry's job is taking care of his partner. Harry thinks the effects of the potion can't possibly be as serious as Robards says. He thinks wrong.

3. Post-war roses by @fastbrother [T, 3k]

Draco is going to Azkaban tomorrow.

4. Weathering Malfoy by @drarrymyheart [T, 6k]

The war is over and all Harry wants is a normal year at Hogwarts. But he hadn’t counted on hanging out with Draco Malfoy and liking it. Not to mention Malfoy’s bizarre obsession with the weather. Or is there something else behind Malfoy’s odd behaviour?

5. Who we are when no one is watching by @uncannycerulean [T, 15k]

Draco Malfoy has a good Ministry job, a bad reputation, and an even worse office. The latter is much improved when he stumbles upon a magical window. But much more than just giving him an office with a view, the window forces Draco to confront his own life choices and step out of his comfort zone.

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POV Rec Trio

Three of my favourite fics that share an unusual structure or an usual POV (or both).

Third person - All the ways by @sleepstxtic (Drarry, 3K, T)

One of my all-time favourite fics, this is a collection of vignettes exploring different ways Harry and Draco could have come together. Some are joyful, others are deliciously tragic. Each vignette is exceptionally written and could stand alone as a stunning drabble. When combined, they create a profound effect.

One of my favorite lines: “It’ll be awkward, the first time they meet, after. Thoughts of teeth breaking skin and bruises healed hastily in the dim mirrors of a public toilet. A smile, a light shake of the head, and that’s that. An inside joke worn thin over the years, until it fades from memory altogether.”

Second person - Stop all the clocks by @metalomagnetic (Rodolphus Lestrange/Tom Riddle, 9k, M)

Narrated in the second person and told from Lestrange’s point of view, this story spans decades in just three scenes. The fic explores heartbreak, but not the intense, passionate kind. The characters are restrained, holding back their feelings, and the story mirrors this restraint, letting the heartbreak unfold between the lines. The second person amplifies this by making it feel as though Lestrange is speaking directly with himself.

“Congratulations. You just damned yourself for eternity.”

You shrug. “Pretty sure I already was. Patricide and all that. Oh, hells,” you say, when everything becomes sharper around you, the colours brighter. You can see further into the distance than you did before.

“Don’t end up addicted to unicorn blood. That’s an expensive habit to maintain.”

You blink. Everything looks so much better, like you’ve been walking around with a cloth over your eyes all this time and now it’s finally gone.

And then you look at him–

He’s unchanged. Exactly as he was a minute ago.

First person - You're horrible (and I love it) by @vukovich (Drarry, 11k, E)

Shifting away from gut-wrenching angst, this story is pure wit. The first-person allows Draco’s voice to take centre stage. He’s sharp, incisive, emotionally intelligent, and confident without crossing into arrogance. He’s so effortlessly likeable that you immediately understand why Harry is drawn to him, yet wears his flaws openly. The romance is hot and sweet, and every line is a banger. 

"He’s watching me in the mirror. Normally, there’s a certain guileless nature to his attention, but not right now. He’s watching me as though challenging me, and it’s a look I know. It’s a look not uncommon for two men alone in a club restroom.

But this is Harry Potter, who, as far as I know, doesn’t spend his free time undressing in men’s rooms. He doesn’t know anything about that world.

I, however, am quite the opposite. If buggering men in restrooms were a sport, I’d be an Olympic gold medalist. Of my seventeen fortes, fucking is five of them."

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"The most he's ever said" in photographs

Last year, I wrote this fic set in Paris for @hd-wireless. I love reading about cities, and had been looking for an excuse to write about my city for a long time. I also love taking photographs. Since I based most descriptions on real places, I thought it would be fun to share some of my inspiration.