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Written on the Heart by who_la_hoop | Harry & Draco

Title: Written on the Heart

Author:  who_la_hoop

Rating: E

Word count: 113,984

Warnings (from the author): no archive warnings apply

Summary:  

Harry doesn’t mind that so many Slytherins from his year have returned to finish their NEWTs, really he doesn’t. It’s just – do they have to be so friendly? He’s not prejudiced, really he’s not. It’s just – they’ve got to be up to something, right? Unnerved by the attention he’s attracting from everyone – the Slytherins are the least of it, to be fair – and struggling with a raft of changes to Hogwarts itself, Harry wishes he could be happy that one constant remains: Draco Malfoy really fucking hates him.

When he’s hit by an illegal love-spell though, Harry finds he has more to worry about than whether or not Blaise Zabini actually wants to be his friend. For if everyone affected has been blessed – or cursed, by the look on Malfoy’s face – with a magical tattoo revealing the name of their soulmate, what does it mean that Harry’s skin remains completely bare?

Review: I can’t stress enough that I absolutely do not care for soulmate mark fanfics most of the time. However, most of the time does not mean all of the time. Like with all tropes, it comes down to the quality of the writing but also about what the author does with the trope. In this case, it’s a great story exploring Harry and Draco’s relationship after the war, but more than that, it is giving us insights into the group of 8th year Slytherins and their antics. Over the fic, I came to adore them all (even Blaise Zabini and his dubious porn collection). The Slytherins are so open with one another in a certain way that is so much different from how Rowling describes the Gryffindors in canon. What I loved most about this story however was the absolutely hilarious style of writing. I only wished it was a little longer. 

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