#it's because statistically speaking they've each had me incoherent

[rockingrobin69]

Robin Rocks Recs

2021 was the year in which I really found drarry - or rather, took a dive into this vast ocean that is the drarry fandom. The sheer talent we have here (of writers, artists, podficcers, reccers) is truly mind boggling. There are so many people I admire, and so when @drarryboosterclub suggested a rec-in to celebrate the end of the year, I decided to do this: recs for 12 fics of 12 writers I discovered this year. Thank you for giving me countless hours of joy! Can’t wait to see what you'll do in 2022 💖

Thank you so much @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm​ for the invaluable help with the banners! 

This fic is one of my all time angst favourites – it does this complicated thing where it hurts you and heals you at the same time. Beautiful prose, sharp and painful and gorgeous, still managing to be hopeful. And the second chapter – everything you’ll need and more, trust me. 

 @phoebe-delia - life's like an hourglass glued to the table (1.4k)

This fic is the combination of MIND-MELTING HOT and deep, tender love and care you can only find in a bee fic, plus one of their hottest Harrys to date – happy and bossy and all around perfect. In case you’re wondering, the banner is a picture of a rug—after some, er, vigorous activities.

@softlystarstruck - give me something to hold onto (1.9k)

Wow, I mean, this fic. Arranging my thoughts about it, even now, months after reading it for the first time, is impossible. The heat—the clothes—pining Harry who is SO SEVERELY PINING—I might have lost my mind a bit while reading it. Eat this fic with a spoon or gulp it down whole, it’s remarkable.

@peachpety - Burning Down the House (4.1k) 

Will there ever be a time I won’t be affected by Joy’s words? no. Each and every one of his fics cuts deeply, in a loving way though? In this one, Joy does what he does best: it’s poetic, strong, emotional in a grab-you-by-the-throat way but very, very softly. Full of love. Beauty captured in words! 

@ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm - draco malfoy reads "the two headed calf" by laura gilpin (1.3k) 

From the very first line, this fic is electric, intense, so hot you might burn, this is not a joke, serious danger of combustion. This fic, with the risk of sounding hyperbolic, is my literal everything. Obsession in its purest form – and I’m talking about me, yeah? 

@calypsotempete - So Hot It Burns Blue (1.6k) 

How do you fit a story in 50 words? How do you do it repeatedly? What Starry does, we all know, is magic – and this compendium is truly spellbinding. Let yourself sink into the brilliance that this series is! Wonderful wonderful wonderful.

@the-starryknight - Starry's Microfic Compendium (5.1k) 

Soft, sweet, full of longing, pining through the ROOF, and obliviousness of the idiots’ kind that’s closest to my heart. This fic is a delight, and the art for it is so stunning – gri is a powerhouse in everything beautiful! 

@callmegri - dive (and have no fear) (4.5k) 

The experience of reading a tackytiger fic for the first time is something I can’t really describe – and this one had me incoherent for some long, long minutes. Intricate and complicated and absolutely perfect. Go for the world building, stay for – well. Everything.

@tackytigerfic - Our Little Life (7.2k) 

The sweetest advent fic possible, and then some. The pining is superb, the storyline is wonderful, the dual POV is brilliant—each of their voices is so different, and so inherently them. Be ready to fall in love with Harry and Draco all over again, to the backdrop of quarrelling choirs, dealing with trauma, and some of the sweetest children EVER. 

@academicdisaster24 - A Melody of You & Me (64.8k) 

Cav has actually written 9 fics based on the ship dynamics discourse post – each of them pure gold. Funny, lovely, warm, close, they have everything. I made the banner for origami, becaus it still lives in my head rent free (probably forever, by now). The whole series is just brilliant! 

@cavendishbutterfly - Ship Dynamics Worth Debating (4.2k) 

Peak dialogue, emotional hurt and comfort, sexting, Draco sending spicy pics, bioluminescence, why are you still reading this list, run to AO3? This fic is perfection in 21k words. Could not let go until I devoured the very last word at *beep* in the morning. 

@moonflower-rose - Watch The Castles Burn (21.3k) 

Peony knows just how to grab my heart in two hands and squeeze in every single fic – but this one. This Harry is so in love, I actually melted a bit. It’s incredibly sweet, endearing, hot, and most of all, loving. Just – beautiful.

@orange-peony - Tie (240 words)