#dwelling aideomai

[wetassdrarry]

Drarry in another dimension

in which they get a glimpse into a different life via Time Turners or other magic

And So Death Took by ICMezzo (25k)

Away Childish Things by lettered (153k)

Dwelling by aideomai (83k)

Eternally Consistent by kitsunealyc (44k)

Life is a Twice Written Scroll by lauren3210 (22k)

Matchmaker, Matchmaker by firethesound (13k)

Star Quality by who_la_hoop (118k)

The Eighth Tale by lettered (12k)

Through the Looking Glass and What Draco Found There by magpie_fngrl (17k)

Turn by Saras_Girl (306k)

What Dreams May Come by firethesound (36k)

Find your flavor

[kk1smet]

After a long time stalling, I’ve finally read Dwelling. Also because of this immaculate work of @sits-bound, and @tackytigerfic’s caution encouragement. I may have survived, but not without a crater in my chest made by thousands of shards. Here’s my sloppy attempt to patch that up.

PS. Dear @pl0tty and my irl friends, you’re the OG. Thank you for your insights. ♥︎

[kissmypoets-hp]

Fanfic Classics Series ⏳🪐🌌 This batch of fanfiction deals with the multiverse!!! Time travel!!! Imminent thoughts about life and death!! Past lives and dreams of a future together — get ready to witness a love for the ages.

the earth from a distance by spqr

A Beginner’s Guide to the Afterlife by mcsyndrome

Us, infinite (unfortunately) by @thecouchsofa

"An Emerald In The Sky" by @corvuscrowned

In Every Universe by @skeptiquewrites

Our Little Life by @tackytigerfic

Dwelling by aideomai

there will be time, there will be time by @amywaterwings

Harry Potter and the Future He Doesn't Really Want, Thanks. by orphan_account

Everything is Relative to You by @thehoneybeet

The Star Splitter by @oflights

art credits + some cover commentary under the cut :)

I had a lot of fun finding/using artworks with circles, lines, and shapes to symbolize different worlds/universes and/or the passage of time...

Artworks used, in order:

"Several Circles" by Wassily Kandinsky (1926)

"To all appearances, it was a hand of flesh and blood just like my own" by Odilon Redon (1896) — A ghostly hand that fits the plot. The artwork's title goes with the fic so well too...

"(#2) (from series, Quantum)" by Garo Antreasian (1966)

"The story of the sun, moon, and stars (1898)" by Agnes Giberne — inspired by the summary "Somewhere along the way, Draco realizes he's been thinking in lines, when he should have been thinking in circles." The original artwork comes with a caption 'Stars whose distances are well-known'... I really feel that it fits since Draco was named after a constellation... Also, the star-circles have numbers on them, which could be interpreted as H/D through different ages...

Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900) — Exploring different parallel universe versions of yourself... the more things change, the more they stay the same.

"Construction (SM lg71)" by László Moholy-Nagy (1924) — some mild spoilers for the fic! inspired by the phrases "...plot a path through the many universes such that he would never die." / "flickering through timelines? Just getting glimpses, really" .

"Fish Magic" by Paul Klee (1925)

"The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring" by Alfred Sisley (1875)

"Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare" by Claude Monet (1877)

"Charing Cross Bridge: Fog on the Thames" by Claude Monet (1903) — referenced in the fic. i try to pay attention!

"Boy with Kite" by Candido Portinari (1947) — Harry is a precious little lamb. more elaboration here

i’ve been making penguin classics-style covers for fics i have saved on my kindle, as inspired by zeziliazink and bubu0h’s works!

[trohpi]

just reread dwelling by aideomai and im distraught but in a good way, will probably scream into my pillow for the next several hours

[runningwithmyeyesclosed]

I'm about to read Dwelling by aideomai, lads. I heard it's sad. Wish me luck.

[xiaoflu]

every time i reread dwelling it's like i get punched in the face multiple times and then kicked across a football field

[garagepaperback]

What are your favorite drarry fics?

oh. ooooooooooooh oh oh.

here are my staples:

draco, the magic dragon - libbydrew a fic i first read on livejournal (showing off the varnish of my casket here) that i thought about regularly for the almost two decades i fell out of fandom. canon to me tbh. libby invented my draco rubric: proud lil showboat even when everything around him has gone to rancid shit, sarcastic and aloof personality as a poor facade to distract from the big ol' gaping well of hurt.

Potter took a great breath, then let it out slowly – a low whistle between his teeth. "Malfoy, I had no idea. I thought—" "Why are you here?" Draco cut him off before the idiot embarrassed them both. Their shared past was water under the bridge – even if Draco had drowned in it.

nightingale - michi_the_killer

another back-in-my-day fav, even though i can only stand to read half of it. actually even thinking about it is making me stare off in a distance for upwards of three minutes. this one i would hand off wrapped in about a million miles of caution tape. + also a huge fan of michi's gory veela fic.

It was better than fighting, Harry thought, although sometimes he still wanted to rip into Malfoy, to hurt him. Other days, he thought, it was better than anything.

rookie moves - peu_a_peu

what can i say that hasn't already been said - peu is a MASTER. if you somehow know who i am but haven't read this, reassess your life choices through professional means but not until after you dive in.

“Feels kinda big,” Malfoy said, smirking. “For a guy your height.” “My height is average,” Harry said, although he was undeniably glaring upward at Malfoy’s face when they stood so close together. “And it is kinda big.”

stately homes of wiltshire - waspabi another one that crept into my heart and made a home. hard to choose between this and waspabi's other drarry fic, but there's something about the decrepit manor that just does it for me. a perfect harry and draco, perfect soft reaching towards each other.

Draco smiled and dragged Potter from the shop before he could charm any more elderly ladies with his unkept, take-care-of-me-I’m-confused-and-have-nice-shoulders aesthetic. Once outside in the drizzle, he realised he still had his hand around Potter’s forearm. He yanked his hand back immediately.

i wake up falling - warmfoothills

warmfoothills :,) just reading this moniker makes me vision go soft around the edges. their writing has made me out loud, quietly say "oh," multiple times. the prose is darling, this story is such a brief, aching glance. it was also really hard to pick just one (flashback, warm nights i also go in for).

“I love you,” he says, unable to stop himself. Draco blinks, a barely-there flinch, like Harry’s taken a swing at him. “I know,” he says, still oblivious to the reference, oblivious to the way his words scoop right into the meat of Harry’s stupid, hopeful heart. “It’s not enough, is it?” Draco shakes his head. Above, the stars watch unfeelingly on.

the pure and simple truth - lettered no one does dialogue with the mastery lettered does. my GOD. my god. i feel like this fic is drarry perfectly distilled.

“What’s he going to be?” Blaise raised a brow. “Pardon?” “You said he says Hermione should be Minister, and all those other things. What does Malfoy think he should be?” There was something much like pity in Blaise’s eyes. “He thinks he should never, ever be forgiven for the things he’s done.” Harry felt ill. “That’s not fair.” “When has Draco ever been fair?” “I meant―” Harry swallowed hard. “That’s not right.” Blaise looked more pitying still. “When has Draco ever been right?”

far from the tree - aideomai

the writer i avoid talking about the most bc once i start i cannot physically restrain myself from going on about their beauty forever. i sat for forty-five solid minutes frowning, trying to choose between this one and in the hand. and dwelling. okay anyway. i keep a doc of quotes from fics that resonate and it's 50% aideomai.

Draco wondered what Potter thought of this day, in the future the twins came from. If he had told Ginny about it. If he had forgotten it. He couldn’t forget it, could he? It felt burned into Draco’s body already, a final point that he had been moving toward for years without knowing.

i could go on but i think seven is a nice solid number tyvm for this ask!

[interstellarl01]

Part 2 - My most reread Drarry fics

A few weeks ago, I shared a (non-exhaustive) list of the fics that I've reread the most.

All of them were on the short side, since I usually don't have time to reread longer fics, unfortunately. But while I don't often reread longer fics entirely, there are many that I revisit regularly by dipping into bits and pieces or rereading specific scenes that tug at my heart and stay with me.

Here are some of the long fics I keep coming back to, over and over again, and will probably definitely continue to do so in the future.

Nor All That Glisters by @sweet-s0rr0w (110k)

An amazing fic about the spiral of addiction, love and healing. This fic is intense and heartbreaking at times. It will have you root for Draco while yelling at him at the same time, urging him not to do what you fear he will do. One of my favourite Draco of all time.

That Old black Magic by @bixgirl1 (77k)

An absolutely stunning read. A pure enemies to lovers fic. Forced marriage trope at its best, with explosive, scorching hate sex.

I love revisiting the scene with the tapestry when Harry breaks down. It always hits me right in the feels.

Embers by @shiftylinguini (41k)

The a/b/o fic you need to read ! It has such a unique take on the Alpha/Omega trope, with a vulnerable Alpha Draco and a confident and earnest Omega Harry. It’s very intimate and also INCREDIBLY hot.

Lumos by birdsofshore (41k)

A classic. Does it even need an introduction ?

Dwelling on Dreams by @the-sinking-ship (135k)

This fic is incredible with a Draco so in love with Harry but feeling so unworthy of love. Harry will make you weak in the knees. He is incredibly sexy, powerful, charming and funny. And … he rides a motorbike. What more do I need to say?

Title & Possession by @kbrick (49k)

This one is quite recent but I've already revisited it a few times. I'm a little bit obsessed with the dancing scene in chapter 5. The sexual tension in that scene is 🔥

Away Childish Things (153k) and The Boy Who Only Lived Twice (54k) and Another Mask Behind You (116k) by @letteredlettered

Look, I can't choose between any of those three fics. Lettered has such a unique and compelling style that sucks me right in every single time. I’ve gone back to their fics a ridiculous amount of time over the last years.

dirtynumbangelboy by @magpiefngrl (40k)

A wonderful fake dating fic. This is the first drarry fic I ever bookmarked. I often go back to the piano scene. It gets me every single time.

Bonus:

The last two probably don’t belong to the « long » fics category but I forgot to include them in my previous post, and seeing that I do reread them often; here it is :

Nice things by Aideomai (22k)

Harry is touched starved. Draco is helping. A soft, dreamy, atmospheric, and truly amazing fic.

Blueprints for a Dream by Frayach (24k)

This one is for the angst lovers. Warning: infidelity. Endgame Drarry.

Thank you to the amazing writers of those fics (and to the many other writers that are not on that list that I also adore; I couldn't possibly include you all here. There are too many of you). You are all incredible and have brought me so much joy. So, thank you.

[appleslightning]

“It feels like you’re cheating on me,” Draco said. His voice cracked halfway through the sentence.

Dwelling by aideomai

based on Silence by Arthur Beecher Carles

[drarrargh]

drarrargh’s fic rec list!! fics that drarrargh recs :)

‘... A Little Insecure’ by tigersilver

It’s an epistolary! Need I say more? If so, I will say more! The Draco characterization knocked my socks off! The ending put a smile on my face! The conflict of the story is super small but feels super big! It’s really really good!

Dwelling by aideomai

Do you have a hankering for the most devastating plot twist of all time? Look no further!

Nice Things by aideomai

The first time I read this fic I was stranded in Iceland due to a level three snowstorm, and it kept me warm in the cold. Yes this is a true story

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by @letteredlettered on tumblr

Identity porn! Getting hot and heavy with identities.

Away Childish Things by @letteredlettered

amazing podfic of Away Childish Things by RattleandHum

Look, look, I know. Everyone in the fandom has already read this. It’s one of The Drarry Fics of all time. But maybe somebody is new to drarry, or maybe it’s time for you to reread it. You know you want to!

The Way Down by @letteredlettered

Being friends is hard, being a person is hard. Less hard ons then you’d expect though.

Two To Shore by Lamplighter

Disregard everything else I’ve ever said. This is my favorite drarry fic of all time. Ever. They’re both in slytherin and they’re best friends.

Hermione Granger's Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by waspabi

Podfic of Hermione Granger's Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by Lazulus

Drarry road trip fic but like, everybody is there.

What We Pretend We Can't See  by gyzym

My favorite draco characterization maybe um ever.

The Loathly Worm by Selden

There’s secret identities, there’s a big monster worm. What’s not to like?

Talk to Me by Saras_Girl

My comfort fic that I cherish and adore in sickness and in health for so long as we both shall live.

It takes a Village by Saras_Girl

Drarry live in a village together, with goats and a magic trout, which I just personally really enjoy. 

Erosmancy by astolat

Erosmancy podfic by Lazulus

I come crawling back to this whenever I need a dose of raw unfiltered desperation.

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Maya

The dichotomy of extreme super silly situations and the most agonizing pining I’ve read to date.

An Emerald in The Sky by corvuscrowned

Timey-wimey

Trouble, My Old Friend by Tepre

Its important that harry faces the sexy sexy truth.

If It Takes All Night by @tackytigerfic

Draco and harry are just very good friends that are magically bonded... It gets me every gosh darn time.

Gryffindors Never Kiss and Tell by FeelsForBreakfast

This one never ever fails to pull me out of a bad mood.

hello goodbye (twas nice to know you) by tamerofdarkstars

soulmate trope!! woooo!!!

Matchmaker, Matchmaker by firethesound

Sometimes the situation is so dire that your house has to step in.

Who Shagged Harry Potter? by Faith Wood

the age old question! appropriately silly 10/10

And last but not least on this particular list,

Going Postal by dustmouth

Everything dustmouth draws is perfect and lovely. dustmouth’s ao3 account is sacred ground.

[sitp-recs]

What Drarry fanart would you use a cover art for your favorite fics :-)

Omg what a brilliant ask!!! I love it 🙌 ok so this took me ages because I tried to match art I’ve seen with my favourite fics, meaning some fics I really love aren’t here because I couldn’t find the corresponding art. I’ve had so much fun doing this, thank you!

1. Far From the Tree by aideomai can’t be paired with anything but @bluebutter-art’s brilliant art, dilf Draco to the rescue!!!!

2. this art by @istehlurvz gives me big The Boy Who Only Lived Twice vibes, power couple!

3. art by @kk1smet and art by @creeeee for @tackytigerfic’s Modern Love, eternal fave

4. art by @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm for Away Childish Things by lettered, perfection

5. this art by @zigster-ao3 is a lovely fit for korlaena’s A Sword Laid Aside

6. King Draco & Knight Harry by @swymsuyt for astolat’s The Compact 👑

7. @bluebutter-art’s gorgeous posh Slytherin Draco for Astolat’s Slithering

8. this art by @missmrah always makes me think of Super Rich Kids by @thusspoketrish

9. this art by @bluebutter-art for Turn by SG 🥺

10. this art by @artdecielle fits Little Red Courgette by @blamebrampton like a glove

11. this art by @danasauurr would be perfect for Mijan’s Eclipse

12. this art by @trashcanprince for Aideomai’s Dwelling, one of my favorite scenes

13. art by @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm for All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound, my heart!

14. this art by @zurka-durka takes me right into the comfort of Like Lightning at Your Fingertips by potterwatch

15. this art by @ginkirikirikiri for eleventy7’s Running on Air, a classic!

Bonus: the amazing The Liars Department by @dorthyanndrarry already has an exceptional cover art by @snarkyships-drarryside and same goes for this breathtaking art @bluebutter-art did for @pennygalleon’s Game On. Love these!

[sits-bound]

Bound: Dwelling by aideomai

I could not be happier with how this turned out. I used so many new, fun techniques and materials!

The book cloth, oh my god, it's so beautiful. It's Dubletta in aqua/purple. I am mad at myself for messing up my first go at this cover, but it's okay. It's not very expensive and I still have more.

I stenciled the cover. This was the most trying part of the entire process. Last night, I could not for the life of me get the vinyl to cut properly or weed properly or do anything properly, but the first time I tried this morning, it went perfectly. Go figure. The paint is just a craft acrylic in rose gold.

I (sort of) designed and printed the endpapers with my new color printer. I say "sort of" designed because I used the text-to-vector-graphic AI feature in Illustrator. I am generally not a fan of AI artwork, it creeps me out, but I like how this turned out.

I used toner foil on the chapter headers. SO SHINY! (I got a Scotch laminator, and some toner foil from Amazon and it worked perfectly.)

I would say that I also sewed endbands for the first time, but my attempt was not successful. Oh well, nothing wrong with premade ones! Next time...

I also got "creative" with the page numbers and title/author on the inside pages. I am not the most creative typesetter, so this is exciting for me, ha ha.

Everything also went in so neatly and square, and I am just really happy right now. :)

Body and title and well, actually, all of the fonts in the book are Corundum of some sort.

[vimusiohc]

Name the hardest line in fiction?

THISSSSS:

fic: Dwelling by aideomai

[lostdrarryfics]

Hello! So I've been trying to find this specific drarry fic that I just can't remember the name of anymore. But it's basically where Draco and Harry become friends at the start of their first year at Hogwarts and it follows their journey through the years and they end up together and experience all these scenarios like one where they go ice skating and Harry is friends with Draco's friends, but then right as they have a family it's revealed that it was just these two people that had hexed them and were trying to take Harry's magic and so they have to get used to reality all over again and used to the fact that they actually aren't together and they don't have a kid and it's just one big mind screw up and it the end Harry has to decide if he wants to stay in that reality or go back to where him and Draco are together and happy. And I know this is really long but I have an itch to reread that fanfic and I've been scouring all my resources but have been unsuccessful, please tell me you know what I'm talking about 😭😭

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[thedrarrylibrarian]

Hi! I’m sorry if you’ve already searched for fics like these, but I read Turn by Saras_Girl and I wanted to know if you know of more fics that use Harry or Draco visiting like an alternative universe/dimension where they are together? I’m sorry if this is like a super hard trope to find or if those fics don’t exist 😥

Hello! Your holds have arrived!

I found a couple fics that I think will fit what you're looking for. I love both of these and think you will too! I also added Turn at the end of this list since you mentioned it, and it fits the list so well.

Alternate Universes

Every Me and Every You by @bixgirl1 (69,300 words, rated E)

Harry liked his life just fine, thankyouverymuch — so it was bad enough when a sly fairy cursed him to leap into alternate realities. But seeing Malfoy in all of them? Definitely way too much. And worse yet: needing the bastard's help to figure out how to get out of of it.

It was a disaster waiting to happen, really.

Well... probably.

Dwelling by aideomai (83,328 words, rated T)

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.

Turn by Saras_Girl (306,708 words, rated E)

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

❤️ As always, if you find a fic you enjoy, please remember to leave the author a kudos or a comment! ❤️

Lots of Love and Happy Reading!

[runningwithmyeyesclosed]

Its Sunday, I've felt off center the past week. I read this so here is more on that.

Dwelling by Aideomai

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Main Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Type: 8th year

Spice: 3/10 (Nothing particularly descriptive - overall all very sweet mostly kissing could move this down to a two)

Word Count: 83,382

POV: Harry

Song:

My Summary:

When everything was perfect how could it not be real. When everything sucks how can you not wish for it. Harry is forced to see his life from a different perspective after he is shown a different reality. Will this tear him apart or will he be able to see what's right in front of him?

My Thoughts:

I feel like I can breathe again haha I felt like I was tense the whole time I read this. I had braced myself for something gut wrenching and was expecting some terrible event to happen the whole time. I read or saw somewhere that it was sad, and it had a "good but bittersweet ending" So I was so ready for this to just break my heart. I think I was overprepared. Do not get me wrong, I did in fact cry but it was more of a moving moment than a sad moment for me. It WAS sad but not in the way I expected.

I really appreciate the way the author treats the rivalry between Harry and Draco. I think it's one of the first ones I read where I really believe the two weren't at least a little in love during their school years. This makes for some interesting storytelling when it comes to their current romance and situation.

I think both Harry and Draco have their frustrating moments but it's mostly just a hard situation for them both. For a good portion of this I just wanted to take them both and make them sit in a room and hold hands until they put themselves in each other's shoes. I think though in this way Aideomai handles how two teenagers would really be struggling with everything they went through during the war. I had a knot in my stomach anytime something angsty would happen in that I understand how sad and hard it had to be. I think that this was handled really well story wise. I would def say this isn't for the light of heart and you may cry but I think the story is worth it. I would also like to say for the record it doesn't have a sad ending.