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The Script

Draco’s favor belongs to whomever will reward him.

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7 most unhinged canon drarry moments

Harry calling Draco his arch nemesis just a few months after Lord Voldemort tried to murder him for the second time but also immediately thinking that he kinda misses him

Harry getting hit in the head by a piece of luggage because he got so distracted by the sight of Draco changing that he didn’t notice someone swinging a large object at his face

Harry lying to the Order and Magical Law Enforcement to obfuscate Draco’s crimes at the end of sixth year

Voldemort immediately assuming Draco has gone looking for Harry when he goes missing during the Battle of Hogwarts…and being right

Narcissa assuming Harry will know where Draco is and if he’s still alive…and being right

Lucius getting mad at Draco in book 2 because he has spent the entire summer talking nonstop about Harry Potter

Harry forgetting about the time Voldemort possessed and nearly murdered Ginny but remembering every item he saw Draco look at in Borgin and Burkes 4 years previously

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Launching my first art blogs with a small comic based on the amazing words of Ursula K. Le Guin!

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That night there was another storm. Unusual weather for this time of the year, which surely portended tempestuous times ahead. It was uncomfortably hot and humid, and Draco tossed and turned in bed as his pyjamas painfully chafed his thighs. Past midnight, he finally got up to change into a flowy white muslin nightgown. He breathed a sigh of relief as the incredibly soft and cool cloth caressed his skin. Still, his bedroom felt stuffy and he decided to take a walk. Instead of casting a lumos, he picked up a candelabra, for aesthetic purposes.

Walking along the east corridor which was lined by large, tall windows proved to be a sufficiently diverting activity. Draco moved elegantly along, admiring his reflection in the window panes. His hair was now long enough to touch his shoulders and at night when the hairstyling charms wore off it shifted to its original wavy texture, lending a soft touch to his otherwise sharp features.

He twirled and glanced at the glass. Pleased with the diaphanous, ethereal image that it reflected back, he twirled again, and again, humming a folk tune that he had learned from his governess.

He giggled at being slightly disbalanced when he came to a stop after a series of twirls. When he managed to balance himself, his vision fell on a dark cloaked figure at the end of the corridor. It wasn't either of his parents, whose blonde hair would have shone in the dark. The person was taller than Pansy and slimmer than Gregory.

“Nott? Blaise?” he called out, even as some instinct which made his heart thud loudly, knew that it wasn’t them. There was no answer, and the figure continued to stare in his direction.

Draco felt unnerved, and there was sweat prickling at the back of his neck. Just then lightning flashed and bathed the corridor in white light. Draco thought he caught a glimpse of a rugged, stubble lined face and a lightning scar.

“Potter,” he whispered, and stepped back a few paces, almost tripping over the carpet. By the time he looked back up, the man was gone. Leaving him with a heartbeat louder than the thunder that followed

Chapter 3 up

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Just Harry being Harry 🥰

Drarry and a normal day after they get married

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Lmao

Draco I-Will-Draw-My-Nemesis-And-Send-Him-The-Paper-Crane Malfoy

Draco I-Will-Dress-Up-As-A-Dementor-For-My-Nemesis Malfoy

Draco I-Will-Climb-A-Tree-To-Look-Cool-And-Wait-For-My-Nemesis Malfoy

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My love letter to Modern Love by @tackytigerfic.

See the full art on AO3.

I don't usually dabble with colors or lineart (terrible at both, and I love the feel of semi-realism and greyscale), but with this piece, I knew I had to at least try.

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Draco is lost pt. 2

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I drew our beloved Harry James Potter in various ages, with food! I always love it when he’s cooking or eating in fics.

Note: Third art is from my headcanon where they played pocky game (of course it was Draco who suggested it).

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Married to a Brute Chapter 2 now up!

"So, did you read Night Terrors? Howlingoblin’s latest Golazar that I owled you?"

"Uhhh....yeah."

"Did the snake part absolutely blow your mind?"

"Yeah…yeah the snake. That snake killed so many people."

"Killed so many people?? What are you talking about? The only snake part in the whole story is when Sal has tied up Godric spread-eagled on his bed and then he commands the snake in parseltongue to....you know.."

Gregory looked a bit green in the face.

"How did you miss that part? That story is famous for that part."

"Actually Draco, I've been reading Golga fics lately. I really like those."

Draco was gobsmacked. "Golga? Surely you don't mean Godric and Helga Hufflepuff!"

His instinct was to savagely make fun of that pairing because who even read Golga fics?? There was no contention, no dilemma, nothing to make the plot interesting. Godric and Helga probably just held hands and skipped around a field of daisies with a litter of crups on their heels. He managed to temper himself though. Gregory's friendship was important to him and he didn't want to hurt his feelings. He didn't want to be like Pansy, coldly dismissing what your friends said.

"Oh!" he remarked, "But...isn't that...you know..boring?"

Gregory's face had lit up. "No. They're really sweet, and romantic. Plus, Golazar fics are so dark. I feel really uncomfortable reading those.”

“What do you mean?”

Greg looked a bit scared, so Draco tempered his expression. “What do you mean?” he repeated in a sweeter voice.

“It’s just..the last three stories you sent me had Salazar holding Godric prisoner in a dungeon and manipulating him into having sex.”

“That’s just one type of stories. I thought you liked those. There’s all sorts of Golazar fics. There’s one in which Sal sacrifices his life to save Godric and Godric only realizes after he’s dead. It’s a real tearjerker. I’ll owl you that one.”

Gregory was avoiding eye contact and looking guilty. “I’ve tried others but they all have a dark vibe. It makes me feel weird.”

He was beginning to feel offended. “Well it’s just fiction. You don’t have to be so judgmental about it.”

“No Draco No! I’m not being judgmental. I’ve always thought you had great taste. It’s just not for me personally. Honestly, I can see the appeal of the ship though. It’s so intense. It’s like you and Potter.”

Draco felt himself go red in the face. He gave an embarrassed laugh. “No it’s not. Godric and Sal are friends to enemies to lovers. Potter and I were never friends. And now we’re…we’re just enemies.”

“Golazar isn’t real though, but you’re going to marry Potter,” replied Gregory, sincerely, without any hint of irony.

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Yes please 🙏

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Draco in the muggle world 😝

Don’t worry, Harry, Draco’s got Nietzsche

Draco is lost pt. 1

(Friends, i don’t know why the ALT text is not loading for the second image… if you can’t read it let me know!)

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Adorable 💕💕

animagus 🐾

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NEW FIC!

"Did you know?"

Her silence gave him the answer. He could have expected this cold hearted decision from his father, but from his mother the betrayal felt like a knife to the heart.

"You do not love me," he declared.

Narcissa Malfoy tutted. "On the contrary, my dove, we're doing this because we love you very, very much."

"Hah!"

"No, really!" She held Draco's hand and guided him to sit down beside her. "What do you think would happen if the war was to drag on? We are losing. There is no denying it. The dark lord is gone. At this rate, the rest of us are just fighting to save our own skin, to stay away from Azkaban, to keep our estates. We could drag this on for maybe two more years. In that time more young people would be called to the battlefield. You would have to go. Your father and I couldn't protect you forever."

"I could fight," he sulked.

Narcissa chuckled, "Draco. You have no stomach for violence and torture. My son is not made for that sort of a battlefield." She smiled sadly, brushing a stray lock of his hair behind his ears, "you wouldn't last, and then we wouldn't last either. I would die from heartbreak."

He sniffed in indignation, "Don't be dramatic, mother. All that talk of heartbreak, yet you're perfectly fine with selling me off to a life of subservience and slavery!"

"A marriage is not subservience and slavery. Do you think I'm your father's slave?"

Draco made a face. "Ew! why do two keep saying that?" He sighed and pinched his nose. "Yours is a normal marriage. Mine would be a bargain attempt by a losing side to seek a ceasefire. They would insist on one of those ancient outdated marriage bonds."

Draco turned to look at her. "Did you know, they bind the spouse's magic to the estate, the subservient partner can't take a step out of their lord's house. Is that what you want me to be, a prisoner for the rest of my life?"

A vessel to accept another person's lust and fury? he wanted to say but it wouldn't do to utter such things in front of his mother, frustrating as it was to leave his fears unspoken.

"Goodness! Where did you hear such things?"

"I found a book in the library."

"Draco, I entreat you not to jump to conclusions based on everything you read in a book. There are different kinds of traditionally binding marriage bonds. The most restrictive or extreme are shrouded in dark magic. The light side would never insist on one of those. It goes against everything they believe in."

"Killing and torturing also goes against what they supposedly believe in but I don't see them stopping."

"Harry Potter wouldn't stand for it. He wouldn't enslave someone."

"That's a lot riding on your assumptions about Scarhead's sense of morality, mother."

Married to a brute on Ao3

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Three easy steps 😭

Harry, as the Head Auror, needs to be up to date about muggle technology influencing the wizarding world. Thankfully his son was there to help him.

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I love your drabbles so much! How you manage to transport so much emotion and world building in so few words. "Scars" is just beautiful and I would definitely read more of the angsty "Spy" storyline if you ever feel like expanding it!

Thank you so much!! I'm really glad you're enjoying my little drabbles. They are the result of me procrastinating on writing my longer fics :) Writing drabbles feels almost self indulgent because I get to simply write about whatever strikes my fancy without doing the work of setting it up within the framework of a longer story haha.

Harry reacting to Draco's scars is one of my favourite tropes! As for the Spy theme, I haven't planned a longer story yet but maybe I'll write more drabbles about that AU.

Thanks for reading ❤️❤️☺️