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I LOVE the CU Hockey Series but this is my FAVORITE book because it explains a bit about Demisexuality. I purchased the Audible version which the voice actors are amazing and do all Five of the books. Life is great when I listen to this cute story.

CU Hockey Book 3: Goal Lines & First Times by Eden Finley & Saxon James

COHEN

It turns out making out with my best friend in high school could be considered gay. Who knew? Apparently, everyone but me.

Now that it’s been pointed out, I can’t help reliving it in my head. Repeatedly. Goodbye Denial Town, hello Confusionville.

When my path leads me down the gay dating app route, I don’t expect to meet anyone I like, but then I meet him.

He can’t be more opposite than me. He’s smart, he hates hockey, and he identifies as demi—something I’ve never heard of.

Yet I can’t deny something’s there. Something I want to explore in person. If only I could get him to agree.

SETH

All my life, I’ve felt broken.

Sick of being asked if I could be gay by ex-girlfriends, friends, and even my parents, I join a gay dating app to prove a point.

I don’t expect to find what’s always been missing. A real connection.

The problem is, I’m too scared to meet him in person. He’s a hockey player, and I fear when he finds out my twin plays for the NHL, I’ll be overshadowed by my overachieving brother. Again.

Worse yet, what happens if we meet and that connection isn’t the same?

When I tell him I’m not ready, he’s disappointed but supportive. Fate, on the other hand, isn’t as accepting.

I had no idea the person I’ve been falling for is someone I already know.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56225260-goal-lines-first-times

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November 3, 2022

My Review: 5/5 Stars

Cohen and Seth’s turn and it was so good! Seth is really tired of everyone questioning his sexuality. It’s hard enough for him to figure it out, he doesn’t really appreciate everyone’s opinion. So when his latest girlfriend breaks up with him, he can’t help but blurt out a legitimate reason why. And is surprised when she gives him some pretty solid insight. This leads to creating an online dating profile. He can figure out his sexuality and get that emotional connection first before actually meeting anyone in person. It takes off the pressure of the physical parts of the relationship, while also getting to know someone. Too bad online dating isn’t easy. At least until he meets Richie. Richie aka Cohen has come to learn that perhaps kissing your guy best friend in high school isn’t exactly normal. And he is having his own struggle of figuring out his identity. And when his best friend suggests a dating app, he goes for it. And meets Seth. But he doesn’t know it is Seth. Seth isn’t keen on releasing his name and Cohen calls him Einstein. And everyone on campus calls Richie by his last name Cohen. So when his profile says Richie, it’s safe to say Seth has no clue. As they spend months and months texting and getting to know one another, they start to realize that perhaps they do have a connection. But both are willing to take it slow as they figure themselves out. And when it comes close to wanting to meet… well, it’s not in the way either expect! I loved their story! Each of them have a journey to find out who they are and what they want. And when they get to know someone and connect, they start to realize that gender doesn’t matter for either. It’s really who that person is inside. Such a sweet story! Seth and Cohen fit so well together even when they crossed paths before knowing who other truly was. Loving this series and I’m on to the next one!

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OWL GIFTS for @magsmagicalnightmare

See craft here: Drarry necklace

Summary: Beaded Drarry necklace Art Medium: crafts: beads Rating: G Notes: I hope you enjoy the necklace!

Read on AO3: Harry Potter has two left feet (and is a first class idiot)

Summary: It was fun to see his classmates letting off some steam and enjoying themselves after having been through the war. They all looked so free out on the dance floor. Especially one Draco Malfoy. Word Count: 3970 Rating: teen and up Contains: Pining, Misunderstandings, Romantic Gestures, Self-deprication Notes:This gift is for Maggie! I loved your suggestion of a pining Harry, and I did my best to run with it! I hope you like this fluffy little story! A huge thank you to the Owl Post mods for all their support and for putting together such a lovely fest! Thank you as well to my beta, A. The Harry Potter Universe and its characters belong to J.K. Rowling, I just put on some music and told them to dance.

Read on AO3: Yours

Summary: When she realises the true extent of Potter’s feelings for Draco, Pansy decides to help out. Word Count: 6797 Rating: NC-17 Contains: Hogwarts Eighth Year, Secret Admirer, Fluff, Matchmaker Pansy Parkinson, Hand Jobs Notes: Mags, your prompts were so fun to work with! It’s been a long time since I wrote 8th year, so I hope you like it!

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sorry, all i do in my free time is read drarry, it’s a problem

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Binged listened to the Aster Valley Series by Lucy Lennox, read by Michael Dean.

All of the books are so very enjoyable and entertaining. I had such great feels while riding this ride.

Thick as Thieves (Book 4 and latest in the series) is a constant return. It’s probably because I identify myself as Demi and this was just a perfect example of the connection that is greatly needed for a demisexual individual. I cry every time I read the struggle and romance these two best friends experience.

!!!REVIEW!!!

TITLE: THICK AS THIEVES

SERIES: ASTER VALLEY BOOK 4

AUTHOR: LUCY LENNOX

PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 1ST, 2022

RATING: 4 / 5 STARS

I love a good friends-to-lovers story. I know tons of people root for enemies-to-lovers, but I have a soft spot for friends-to-lovers, especially when it involves unrequited love on one side of the friendship. Maybe it’s because I’ve been there in the past. Maybe it’s because I love the exquisite melancholy of being in love with something you don’t think you can have. Maybe it’s because I always think we’ve always secretly been in the position of loving someone we don’t think we’re worthy of at some point in time. But, then again, I’m a romantic.

This story managed to make me mad on the part of one of the main characters, make me frustrated at that same main character, and feel just so sympathetic toward the other main character. These two men were willing to go to the ends of the Earth for one another, it’s just that one of them was a little more in touch with the total reason as to why. Watching Parker try to wrap his head around why it was that he felt so strongly about matters involving his lifelong BFF Julian than anyone else, including his ex-fiance, was in turn frustrating and humorous. How one person could be so oblivious and yet obvious at the same time reminded me of a puppy in some ways: it was like watching him chasing his own tail for a while there.

The characters were developed and engaging, the story had a complete arc and held my interest, and there were moments of genuine feeling and laughter throughout the book that kept me turning pages. A very solid read.

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I love Bluey sooo much!

When you physically assault your neighbour to teach your kids a lesson about manners.

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H/D FOOD FAIR 2022 ANONYMOUS MASTERLIST

(IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

Art

1. Portkey Reservation for Two (General, Digital Comic)

Harry is determined to resolve the mystery of Draco’s peculiar and frequent Portkey reservations.

2. Sweet Sweet reunion (Mature, Digital)

Harry sends Draco products as bribe. They decide to test them together ;)

3. Melting for You (Teen, Digital Comic)

Model Draco Malfoy lands a risqué dessert shoot with famous photographer Harry Potter and uses his props to shamelessly flirt with Harry in front of the whole crew.

4. Body By Biryani (General, Digital)

Harry co-owns a Biryani Stand at the Wizarding Little India Bazaar. It’s Draco’s favourite spot. All the aunties love to take care of Draco and want Harry to ask him out already.

5. once more, with feeling (General, Digital Comic)

A proposal, past and present.

6. What the Heart Wants (General, Digital)

What do you do when your new husband ruins all your carefully scheduled travel plans for a local tourist trap? You indulge him, of course.

7. Delicious Curse (General, Digital Comic)

Draco has to eat a traditional dish from each continent, cooked by a person dear to him, to break an unusual curse…

8. For the Love of Asian Noodle Cups (General, Digital)

While it wasn’t the farthest Harry could get from London, landing in Berkeley, California wasn’t a bad start. He just needed somewhere to finally breathe.

Harry had had a very vague idea of what to expect when signing up for the new Ministry Approved Muggle Immersion (MAMI) program.What he absolutely never expected was to walk into his dorm room at UC Berkeley and see an incredibly fit Draco Malfoy already setting up one side of the room.

9. Chitter Chatter Masala (General, Digital)

Bewitched by spices and herbs.

10. Unmei no Akai Ito (Mature, Digital Comic)

Harry thought that spending a year in Japan would give him the anonymity and freedom that he needed after the war. He didn’t expect to run into Draco Malfoy shortly after arriving. Or running into him again, and again, and again.

11. A Sense of Balance (Teen, Digital)

Draco never thought having Harry Potter as a travelling partner would actually ground him. For once, he’s seeing the world from a new perspective, taking part in newfound rituals, and everything somehow feels right.

[Or, where Draco’s Super Important Notebook™ documents tea facts and sketches, as well as candid moments of him falling in love with a soft Gryffindor.]

12. The Bloody Baron’s Birthday Bash (Teen, Traditional Comic)

Headmistress McGonagall has put Harry in charge of sourcing pungent delicacies for the Bloody Baron’s deathday fest. This would all be very simple, except that finding a food rancid enough to impress a ghost is no easy task, especially not when you have Draco Malfoy and his interest in an Authentic Muggle Experience getting involved.

Keep reading

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Chapters: 24/25 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Additional Tags: Podfic, The Knight Bus (Harry Potter), granny voices, Unusual Job Draco, Updated Weekly till over, ITS SO FLUFFY, saras_girl fanfiction of Amazing, Minimum Angst with Happy Ending, Fred is here!, My First Podfic, I'm Bad At Tagging, Saras_Girl's Original Character(s), This fic will make you smile, Likely to laugh out loud and really .... it's totally fine you do, Now I'm just trying to fill in tags...erm, OH....Yes there is Smut, Most Likely to Blush when we get to the Smut parts of this Podfic.....Just Imagine It, Blushing like I don't search for Drarry Smut on the Regular..(Whispers) You're Not Fooling Anyone Summary:

What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out.

A Podfic of Saras_Girl Advent fic 2016.

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2022.09 ~ Top 9 longest fics posted on AO3

1. The Journal of Regulus Arcturus Black by gokioh [G, 141k]

►Draco didn’t want to leave his home and denounce the Malfoy family name. But with the threat of the Dark Lord’s rise at the end of Fourth Year, he had no choice in the matter. With the help of his mother and father, Draco takes on the name of his godfather, Black, and starts to live as a Neutral Party. But how neutral can one really be with the threat of war?

2. Calico Skies by @fate-and-folly [E, 134k]

►With his family’s name and misdeeds laying heavily upon him, Draco Malfoy returns to Hogwarts for a torturous eighth year. He finds himself unrequitedly in love with Harry Potter and at odds with everyone around him, even the bricks. While navigating the post-war world, he is forced to decide both who he is and what he wants.

3. Eight Days A Week by @romaine2424 [E, 121k]

►Yes, Harry’s a Trainee-Auror and Draco’s a Healer-in-Training after the war. Yes, Harry eventually moves into 12 Grimmauld Place. And, yes, attraction happens between Harry and Draco and they fall in love, but then there’s more. Draco is now free from Voldemort, free from fear of going to Azkaban, free from his Father’s beliefs, and free to be the person, the witch, the woman she always felt she should be. And for Harry, it’s time to lose the shackles of his childhood and discover who he really is and what’s truly important in life.

4. Dead End - Petrified by @prototype-up77 [M, 115k]

►While Harry discovers traces of an intruder who seems to follow him, a new wave of mysterious murders overruns the country. As he is attacked by a vampire, it’s too late to realize the connection between the events. How long can you hold the upper hand in a battle against your own nature?

5. We Raise Ourselves From the Ashes by @myaulophobia [E, 93k]

►Draco Malfoy is up to something and Harry Potter needs to find out what. The only problem is that when he follows Draco to confront him, he notices how broken the other boy looks and offers to help him instead. Hogwarts, decides that both boys need help, and sends them somewhere they can actually make a difference. The 31st of October, 1981.

6. The Silent Howl by @random-gay-writer [E, 79k]

►After a terrible accident, everyone’s lives change drastically, none more so than Draco Malfoy. Time away does not heal all wounds but perhaps time back can mend them and form new bonds. Love in all forms comes to those who deserve it.

7. Bad Habits by No_One_Special_01289 [E, 70k]

►Circles can be tiring. They have no end. But sometimes, the path is set for a reason, as anything outside the circle is even worse than what’s within. Harry is running in circles with Draco Malfoy, and no matter how hard he tries, he can’t escape.

8. How to Overcome Pride and Prejudice in Eight Weeks by @trash-tears [T, 69k]

►After four years of working together as rookie Aurors, a major case falls onto the desk of Harry and Draco’s cubicle. When they end up in a Pride and Prejudice book club on the tail of their suspect, both men get more than they bargained for: The legendary Jane Austen’s depiction of character draws out an awkward secret Draco’s been nursing for the past four years, and forces Harry to face the realities of his failing relationship with someone else. […]

9. Dear Scorpius Draco Malfoy by Grace_28 [T, 64k]

►The summer before his seventh year, Scorpius Draco Malfoy finds a letter from his papa, Harry Potter. When confronting his parents, he uncovers many truths about his parents and their choices during the war, including how his papa managed to achieve the impossible: coming back from the dead.

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The Beginning of All Wisdom by @maeglinyedi [E, 24k]

Leaves of Wire (Vol 1) by thatsthefrailtyofgenius [M, 39k]

A Powerful Warrior by Relevant_Peach [M, 38k]

Smoke and Sweets by BiscuitBrunch [E, 21k]

A Worrisome State of Affairs by LacyFae [G, 16k]

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Most popular fics of 2021

✔ subjectively sorted by Hits || alphabetically listed || as of 2022.09 (6362 works) ✔ 2021 in review : (daily) complete fics  +  (monthly) longest fics  +  list of all the fests ✔ most popular fics of other years

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…and then they danced by kdaught [G, 52k]

Allegiance by @mimichan2018 [E, 204k]

Among Ancient Pines by @graymatters [M, 73k]

As Real As We Are by @redthoughtsblog [E, 37k]

Basic Instincts by Tophats_and_Teacups [E, 60k]

Beating Out Of Time by @bumpingbees [E, 73k]

A Better Home by @ridleytheknight [T, 33k]

The Black Lily Community Center by Ebibily [E, 69k]

Bolts by @lqtraintracks [E, 114k]

The Boy Who Lived and The Boy Who Survived by willdrewapicture [G, 171k]

The Boy Who Loved by @greenmegsnoham [E, 30k]

By the Grace by @letteredlettered [T, 139k]

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

Come Up for Air by @shiftylinguini [E, 13k]

The Compact by @astolat [E, 64k]

The Curse of Wanting by @nothing-left-sacred [E, 46k]

Down By the Lake by AmberStoneCollins [E, 120k]

draco malfoy & the philosopher’s stone by @softlyblues [T, 48k]

Draco Regulus Black and the Modern Marauders by StellaRasu [G, 59k]

Dragon Mate by @honeydewinter [M, 36k]

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

Edge of Great by DracoWillHearAboutThis [E, 19k]

Everything You Want (is Right in Front of You) by @avenueofesc [E, 67k]

Feather by @orange-peony [E, 35k]

Finding Sophrosyne by @mlfoyskhione [T, 136k]

Graceless Heart by @orange-peony [E, 132k]

Haven by @thesleepiesthufflepuff [E, 50k]

He’s Owl That by Hydraeonusis [T, 264k]

High-Maintenance by buttery_bee_27 [E, 11k]

Hold what’s dear in your hands (and never let go) by @polly-weasley [E, 16k]

Home Truths by @skeptiquewrites [E, 67k]

How Fate Intended by hoboheartache [E, 399k]

I Beg Your Pardon, Potter? by Riyan_Blue [M, 164k]

if somebody’s there, then tell me who. by @t4tdrarry [E, 11k]

If We Could Get to the Moon by @valokki [M, 121k]

The Importance of Being Draco Malfoy by @upon-poppyhills [G, 66k]

In Another Life by petrichorca [M, 181k]

In What Universe? by @amywaterwings [E, 70k]

Intention by @the-sinking-ship [E, 6k]

It’s Only Me by lovemalfoy [E, 11k]

It’s Saturday; Remind Me I’m Alive by @drarrelie [T, 71k]

Just a bet by Themillionairebitch [E, 167k]

Kabedon! The ex-arch-enemy becomes the husband! by @bafflinghaze [E, 17k]

Kai’s Gift by @starry-eyed-sky [E, 133k]

Kaleidoscope by Saras_Girl [E, 104k]

Keep your hands on me by @tenthousandyearsx [E, 21k]

Kept Man by @drarry [E, 147k]

King’s Crossing by @lower-east-side [E, 42k]

Lemon Colour, Honey Glow by @thusspoketrish [E, 67k]

The Liars Department by @dorthyanndrarry [T, 103k]

The Lily Spell by pickledghost [E, 86k]

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by @iero0 & @ladderofyears [E, 287k]

Make Yourself by @anyaelizabethfic [E, 103k]

Makes Me Stronger by Lomonaaeren [E, 28k]

My Mind In Your Hand by @moss-on-a-log [E, 60k]

Night Magic by @kbrick [E, 118k]

Nor All That Glisters by @sweet-s0rr0w [E, 110k]

The Ordeal of Being Known by @lou-isfake [E, 146k]

Paint it Black by @cassiopeiasshadow [E, 58k]

A Perfect Fit by @nothing-left-sacred [E, 17k]

A Position Much More To His Liking by Moonlitdark [E, 8k]

The Power of One Word by meyari [G, 89k]

Pureblood Plumbing by @peculiarmindset [E, 56k]

Rapidly Becoming by @sayesayes [?, 67k]

Recalibrate by Saras_Girl [E, 20k]

Redemption of the Bully by Tepantar [E, 101k]

Say Everything by @findmeafterward [E, 135k]

The Scent Of Malice by paradisedraco [E, 62k]

Seducing the Omega by @madriddler [M, 64k]

Sensations by @manixzen [E, 9k]

Seventy-seven wishes by burningcherries [E, 277k]

Silence of the Stag by Sweet_Wing_Queen101 [G, 21k]

Sincerity is Scary by @poetryobsessedgay [E, 86k]

Slick by @slytherco [E, 7k]

Some Flowers Bloom in the Dark by @rockingrobin69 [E, 275k]

speak of the devil (and the devil shall appear) by @sophisticatedyet [E, 87k]

A Star Danced by @ladderofyears [E, 65k]

staring at the sky by @venrain [M, 99k]

State of Mind by @pir8fancier [M, 66k]

The Sun and the Moon by @silverlynings [M, 78k]

Taming Draco Malfoy by Becstar7 [E, 328k]

Tell Me a Secret by alxmeg [M, 86k]

Tenebrous by @reimcai [E, 203k]

Threshold by @kbrick [E, 126k]

Through The Fire by SongAngel [M, 212k]

Tied in Pain by @myaulophobia [M, 50k]

Timecode by Rasborealis [M, 73k]

Tit for Tat by @mintawasalreadytaken [E, 388k]

To Be Like Geese by @writandromance [M, 211k]

Turning Leaves by @kbrick [E, 112k]

Two Houses by @keepcalmandexpectopatronum934 [E, 231k]

Under Dragon Wings by @bafflinghaze [T, 182k]

unrequired love by thedoomofvalyria [E, 124k]

Verba Volant by @orange-peony [E, 34k]

Water Under the Bridge by @percyjacksonfan3 [E, 180k]

Way Down We Go by @xiaq [T, 109k]

Were the Knickers Part of the Bet? by @drarrysht [E, 2k]

What Have You Been Hiding Under Those Robes, Professor Malfoy? by @thebooktopus [E, 15k]

Who We Were, Who We Are by @shelvesuponshelves [T, 66k]

Wild, Free, and Untamed by @jackyrita [E, 20k]

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Chapters: 23/25 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Additional Tags: Podfic, The Knight Bus (Harry Potter), granny voices, Unusual Job Draco, Updated Weekly till over, ITS SO FLUFFY, saras_girl fanfiction of Amazing, Minimum Angst with Happy Ending, Fred is here!, My First Podfic, I'm Bad At Tagging, Saras_Girl's Original Character(s), This fic will make you smile, Likely to laugh out loud and really .... it's totally fine you do, Now I'm just trying to fill in tags...erm, OH....Yes there is Smut, Most Likely to Blush when we get to the Smut parts of this Podfic.....Just Imagine It, Blushing like I don't search for Drarry Smut on the Regular..(Whispers) You're Not Fooling Anyone Summary:

What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out.

A Podfic of Saras_Girl Advent fic 2016.

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Chapters: 21/25 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Additional Tags: Podfic, The Knight Bus (Harry Potter), granny voices, Unusual Job Draco, Updated Weekly till over, ITS SO FLUFFY, saras_girl fanfiction of Amazing, Minimum Angst with Happy Ending, Fred is here!, My First Podfic, I'm Bad At Tagging, Saras_Girl's Original Character(s), This fic will make you smile, Likely to laugh out loud and really .... it's totally fine you do, Now I'm just trying to fill in tags...erm, OH....Yes there is Smut, Most Likely to Blush when we get to the Smut parts of this Podfic.....Just Imagine It, Blushing like I don't search for Drarry Smut on the Regular..(Whispers) You're Not Fooling Anyone Summary:

What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out.

A Podfic of Saras_Girl Advent fic 2016.

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Chapters: 20/25 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Additional Tags: Podfic, The Knight Bus (Harry Potter), granny voices, Unusual Job Draco, Updated Weekly till over, ITS SO FLUFFY, saras_girl fanfiction of Amazing, Minimum Angst with Happy Ending, Fred is here!, My First Podfic, I'm Bad At Tagging, Saras_Girl's Original Character(s), This fic will make you smile, Likely to laugh out loud and really .... it's totally fine you do, Now I'm just trying to fill in tags...erm, OH....Yes there is Smut, Most Likely to Blush when we get to the Smut parts of this Podfic.....Just Imagine It, Blushing like I don't search for Drarry Smut on the Regular..(Inner Voice) You're Not Fooling Anyone! Summary:

What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out.

A Podfic of Saras_Girl Advent fic 2016.

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WIP Snip

Fandom: Harry Potter Category: M/M Relationship: Draco Malfoy / Harry Potter Rating: Knowing me, it will likely be E. This snippet is G however (or T for cursing, I suppose). Author: tenthousandyears (tumblr | AO3) Thanks: Thanks to the wonderful @crazybutgood for the beta! Any remaining mistakes are my own. Additional Tags: Fall in love or die, Curses, Veritaserum, Pining

Summary:

Draco sits down heavily on the sofa. Potter is fucking doomed. Potter is going to die unless he falls in love with Draco. Which means that Potter is going to die.

Notes: I've been tagged by several people, but I thought I was going to finish my Fall-In-Love-Or-Die fic and just post it. Alas, no luck. Since I'm working on a separate WIP for an anon fest now, I thought I might as well post a snippet. Enjoy! x

The knock on his door at 10 pm on a Tuesday is unexpected, but it’s the sight that presents itself when Draco opens the door that makes him freeze.

“Malfoy,” Granger says, looking apologetic. “We need to talk.”

Weasley has none of the same courtesy, the oaf, which doesn’t surprise Draco in the slightest. It does, however, surprise him to be suddenly held at wand point.

“Let us in,” Weasley says.

“It’s a matter of life and death,” Granger says urgently. “We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t.”

Draco rolls his eyes. “Isn’t it always, with the Golden Trio?”

Potter is not with them, he notices, which makes his stomach knot unpleasantly.

Draco hasn’t seen Granger and Weasley in years. He has kept up with Potter, obviously, the press makes it impossible not to; but he hasn’t talked to him since the trials, even though he sees him around sometimes. They nod at each other on the best of days – and that’s that.

“It’s about Harry,” Granger says, and Draco’s stomach properly twists now, which is utterly preposterous.

“Fine,” he drawls, even though he should probably ask, How is this my problem? And, Was that supposed to be a convincing argument? And even, What in Salazar’s name are you doing on my doorstep? The words don’t come, however, and he arches an eyebrow and opens the door to let them in.

Granger and Weasley follow him inside through a corridor and into Draco’s sitting room, and Draco has the time to catalogue the tiredness in their eyes, the sallowness of their skin, how much both of them fidget. They don’t look much different from their Hogwarts days, even though both of them are Aurors now.

It’s a sobering thought. Draco always assumed the Golden Trio must have developed nerves of steel after the war, but perhaps that’s just not how Gryffindors operate. If he thinks of Potter – stubborn, heroic Potter just flinging himself into life and death situations, all hot-headedness and no thought – Draco has to wonder whether the myth of Gryffindors’ skillfully wielded courage is just that – a myth, a PR operation for people who move through the world with their hearts, not with their heads. His chest feels funny again and he wonders where Potter is.

“Can we have a drink?” Granger asks, once they are seated. “Something strong. It would help.”

Draco’s eyebrows shoot up. “Didn’t really peg you for a Whiskey type, Granger.”

He complies, however, mostly because he feels like he needs one too. What has Potter gotten himself into, for Weasley and Granger to be looking for him?

He summons three glasses and a bottle of Talisker, and fills all three. Every noise is amplified in the silence, the clinking of glass, the pouring of Whiskey, Weasley’s overt fidgeting. Draco eyes them, tension zinging through his own body, and levitates two glasses to them.

“Do you know what this is?” Weasley asks, taking out a few sheets of paper from the pocket of his robes and handing them to Draco. His wand is still out. Draco eyes it wearily but takes the papers nonetheless.

At first, Draco is unsure of what he’s looking at. The writing is minute, the curls precise. Complex calculations are scattered among geometric shapes and rune patterns, the result so intricate it’s practically bewildering. It’s nothing Draco has ever seen used in this specific way before.

He sits down and reaches blindly for his own glass while staring at the pages.

“These are to calculate location,” he muses aloud, scanning the pages and gesturing vaguely with his glass. The other end of a spell? Or the one who cast it? No, that doesn’t seem right.

He takes a sip. There are more than two endings; there are… at least three. A triangulated spell. He turns the page frowning and there it is, a triangle with the relevant runes and coordinates jotted down. And the last one ends right at his – right at his –

“I’ve put Veritaserum in your drink,” Granger says out of nowhere and Draco is startled enough that he drops his glass. It smashes on the floor, the liquid splattering on the polished wood and seeping into the carpet.

Draco is on his feet before he knows it, his heart hammering wildly, his wand pointed at Granger.

“What the fuck, Granger?”

“Don’t you even think about it, mate,” Weasley says, his own wand trained on Draco.

Draco’s body shakes. He doesn’t know what they can possibly want, doesn’t think he’s been so ready to leap and hex since the war.

“You come to my house,” he seethes. “You hold me at wand point, you drug me –”

Granger swallows but doesn’t move. “I only need to ask you a few questions, Malfoy. Then we’ll be out of your way.”

“I’ve only had a sip,” Draco spits. “You won’t be able to get anything out of me.”

“True. But I put the equivalent of three vials in that glass.”

Fuck.

Draco’s throat tightens with rage and fear and he has to fight the need to lash out, to put both of them in a Body Bind and step on their faces.

He considers Apparating away until the effects of the Veritaserum wear off, but Granger’s It’s about Harry echoes in his mind and he can’t bring himself to move.

“What the fuck do you want?” he hisses instead. His fingers itch to hex them, level the field a bit, but he can recognise a checkmate when he sees one. There’s no way he can get both of them without ending up in a Body Bind himself.

“Just ask him, so he can say no and we can be on our way,” Weasley mutters. Then, to Draco, “We’re not enjoying this either, Malfoy, whatever you think.”

Draco ignores the urge to spit in his face.

Granger braces herself and looks up at him.

“Malfoy,” she says. “Draco.” Draco winces. “Are you in love with Harry?”

Draco freezes. That’s not what he expected. But he’s even more shocked when his mouth opens and he says, “Yes.”

Weasley looks like he’s been struck by a Stunning Spell, and Draco cannot blame him, because that’s how he feels too. “What –”

“Were you in love with him at Hogwarts?” Granger presses on, and Draco’s mouth opens, and to his horror, he finds himself saying, “Yes.”

He turns around, startled, his hands flying to his hair. He wants to pull it out.

“What’s this?” he asks. “Did you want to humiliate me? Congratulations, you’ve succeeded. Now, if you can just fuck off –”

The unthinkable happens, then – Granger crosses the room in three strides and hugs him.

“Oh god, it’s you.”

“What –” Draco starts again, bewildered, and when she pulls back, he's astonished to see her wiping away her tears.

“That just makes it worse, ‘Mione,” Weasley says, looking completely baffled. “You’re weird as hell, Malfoy, you know that?” He almost lowers his wand then, but he changes his mind half-way and points it back at Draco, his gaze hard. “Would you intentionally hurt Harry, if you had the opportunity?” he asks, and Draco whispers, “No.”

Draco is too stunned to keep a hold on his rage or to keep track of what’s happening. He’s too unsettled by what he’s being forced to confront after all this time – without having seen Potter in weeks, without having talked to him in years.

Granger looks at him as if she can read his mind. “Have you seen Harry, recently?”

“I –” Draco swallows, the Veritaserum taking over again. “There’s this Muggle breakfast place, not far from here. I see him there, sometimes, in the morning. But… not in weeks. We haven’t talked since the trials.”

Granger nods. “And you are still in love with him.”

“I don’t –” Draco croaks. “Yes.”

The room spins. Draco knows what he said is true. He knows he has never uttered anything truer in his life. But he didn’t know. He hadn’t wanted to know.

Weasley lowers his wand, passes a hand over his face, and collapses on his sofa.

Draco might be too shaken to collect his thoughts, but he still raises his wand, points it at Weasley and growls, “Explain.”

Weasley doesn’t even flinch, he just grabs his drink and downs it in a single gulp. Granger picks up the papers again, skimming them ruefully.

“Harry has – has had an encounter with a hag,” she says.

“He’s been cursed,” Weasley says. “On the job. It’s –”

Draco swallows. Hag magic is no laughing matter. If these two are here, in his living room, they must be at their wits’ end.

“Go on,” he says, because this is still about Potter and Draco is in love with him, Salazar’s fucking –

Draco has to remind himself to breathe. He would have appreciated some time to freak out alone, but that's apparently not an option. His heart is thrumming and he can feel it everywhere.

“The curse was in hags’ tongue,” Granger says. “It's a good thing Harry thought of preserving the memory, because otherwise… Well, that’s why it took us so long. I translated it and –” she takes a deep breath "– Harry is going to die, Malfoy, at the next equinox. Unless he falls in love with –” she swallows “– with someone who has been pining for him for 180 moons.”

“That’s fifteen years, Malfoy,” Weasley says, looking truly distressed now.

Draco opens his mouth and closes it, feeling completely wrong-footed.

“What made you think that meant me?” he almost wails, because that couldn’t have been obvious. It hadn’t been obvious to him.

“We went through every other option,” Granger says. “Every other person we could think of. Then, I remembered that I’d read somewhere about combining Ancient Runes and Arithmancy to calculate the location of magical threads – assuming that I could unravel them first, obviously. Well, it took me ages, but I could. And after that, I could pinpoint the three points of the curse. One was the hag, untraceable. One was Harry. The third – the third brought us here.”

Draco sits down heavily on the sofa, his eyes on the shattered glass, the liquid a useless pool on the floor. That’s how he feels too. Shattered. Hollowed out.

Potter is fucking doomed. Potter is going to die unless he falls in love with Draco. Which means that Potter is going to die.

“What are you asking?” he croaks, because this is still about Potter, and Draco has been in love with him for fifteen years. Salazar’s sagging bollocks. “What do you expect me to do?”

They must want him to do something. Do they expect him to date Potter? The thought is fucking ludicrous, and it makes Draco want hex everything in sight.

Trying to date Potter means he will have to face Potter’s rejection first and Potter’s death later. He doesn’t think he can take it.

“We’re trying to keep Harry alive,” Granger says, like Draco is being deliberately obtuse. “And for that to happen, he needs to fall in love with you, Malfoy.”

Draco lets out a hysterical laugh and leans forward to stare at her. “He’s fucking doomed then, isn’t he, Granger?”

“Don’t you fucking dare –”

Draco looks up at Weasley balefully, but Granger has put a hand on Weasley’s arm, eyes intent on Draco.

“What do you have to lose?” she says. “You’re already in love with him. If it goes well, you’ll get what you want. If it doesn’t –” She swallows. “Well, Harry will be dead anyway.”

Draco can't breathe.

“I’m looking at other scenarios too, obviously,” Granger continues. “I’m trying to unravel the curse, but it’s been two months and I have nothing, Malfoy. Nothing.”

“Well, how do you suggest I go about it?” Draco snaps. “You can’t fucking expect me to ask him on a date.”

“I don’t know,” Granger says, chewing on the inside of her cheek, looking as despairing as he feels. “You cannot ask him on a date, that’s out of the question. He’ll know it has come from us and he must not find out. You can’t tell him we approached you, Malfoy, or he won’t talk to us about the curse anymore and we need him to keep us updated, so I can adjust my research accordingly. We – We might have set him up on a bit too many dates,” she sighs. “We had a fight about it. He asked us to stop meddling, but see, he’s not doing anything to survive this, he’s just…”

“Wallowing?”

“Not even that, he’s… sure that it will all solve itself or – or not.” She swallows. “And he’s not particularly worried about the… not scenario.” She smooths her papers, frustrated. “He’s just not – He’s not good at this, Malfoy, not just not getting himself into life or death situations, obviously, but also… you know. He hates dating. He’d probably been on three dates in his whole life before this curse and he hated every single one of them. Don’t tell him I told you this. We sent him on about thirty-seven in the last two months –”

“Thirty-seven?!”

“– and he has hated every single one of them, too. It’s just – it’s just not his thing.”

“Thirty-seven dates, Granger. Bloody hell, were you just picking them off the street?”

“We were not picking them off the street,” Granger scowls. “We went through everyone in our year, and then… some of the other years. That’s the thing. We needed someone who has known Harry for at least fifteen years.”

Draco rubs his eyes, feeling suddenly exhausted. “Wasn't he seeing your sister?” he asks in Weasley’s direction.

Weasley scoffs. “My sister has been dating Hannah for the past five years.”

“Not in love with him, then?”

“Doesn’t look like it, no.”

The feeling of relief that surges in Draco pisses him off even more.

“Fine,” he snaps. “So what do you suggest? Even if I’m willing to try, which I’m not sure is a humiliation I want to subject myself to, Potter won’t – He’s still going to die.”

Granger chews her lip. “Can you think of an excuse to live with him?”

“Live with him?”

“He has only three months until the equinox, Malfoy. It was five, but we wasted two. Do you think you’re going to woo him with flowers and some letters?”

Draco can’t woo Potter. He has to tell her that, at least.

“He hates me,” he says instead. The words feel bitter in his mouth. “You know he hates me. This won’t work.”

Granger eyes him speculatively. “He’s always been obsessed with you,” she says. “If he ever hated you, I’m sure he hasn’t in a long time. Will you give it a try?”

And Draco has to laugh, because they have asked him if he is in love, if he has been all along, if he would ever hurt Potter – and now they think he won’t try?

“You knew I’d help since I answered your first bloody question,” he says bitterly, “Of course I’ll give it a try. But let’s be clear, Granger. I won’t court him.”

Granger opens her mouth to protest, but Draco raises a hand to stop her.

“I’ll help you research the curse. I’ll move in and keep an eye on him, if he’ll bloody have me. I’ll do what I can. But I won’t –” He swallows. “I won’t court him. I won’t do anything romantic. I won’t –” forsake my dignity, he thinks, but doesn’t say it. “I can’t,” the Veritaserum pulls out of him, and Draco chokes on it, hates saying it and hates that it’s true. “That’s my only offer. I don’t care what you say. That’s as far as I can go. Take it or leave it.”

“We’ll take it,” Granger says earnestly.

“But –” Weasley says, startled. Granger shakes her head at him and Draco doesn’t have to watch to know she's mouthing Veritaserum. He looks away, pretending not to have noticed. His eyes sting.

He Vanishes the mess on the floor, summons another glass, and reaches for the bottle of Talisker, pouring himself some more Whiskey, trying to drown his terror about the fact that Potter is going to die, the shock of being faced with his own feelings, and the horror of having been outmanoeuvred by two Gryffindors – one of them not even particularly bright.

“Good,” he says. “Now get the fuck out of my house.”

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