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mhaoyc fullverse fic except it's a macbeth au and harry is macduff

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coming back to this has been joy of a different sort. thank you for thinking of me, liv, and for seating me at this table of brilliant creators, many of whom have written some of my favourite works, new and old. the very best tag to have found among the notifications <3

(and thank you, peony, @orange-peony for asking me to check this, you're a gem, hehe)

Hidden Gems by @ohdrarry

Back to buckets of angst, evocative style and sexy sexy times! This author has an elegant writing that explores the beauty of raw, intense, passionate Drarry. It hurts so good but in a cathartic and deliciously atmospheric way. A must read if you’re here for powerful hurt/comfort!

It's You (2021, E, 1.2k) - Drarry on the run, werewolf Harry, rough sex 🔥

Draco knows many things about Harry Potter. He's about to learn a few more.

Dinner and Diatribes (2021, E, 5k) - established relationship, exhibitionism, Legilimency sex

Socialising isn't Harry's thing. Draco does his best to help. And if his idea of helping is a touch skewed– well. Harry isn't complaining, is he? Read my rec here.

My Hands Are Of Your Colour (2020, E, 8k) - hitmen AU, angst, h/c and an incredible subs sequence!

Sometimes spilled blood lingers on guilty hands. Draco sees red and Harry washes it clean. Read my rec here.

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thinking about writing a fic in MHAOYC verse bc i miss julian 

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thinking about julian today 😔

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I read my hands are of your colour a few months ago and you recently said you wanted to write something with julian in it? No pressure of course, just saying you have an audience if you do!

JULIAN! he really is the star of that fic, huh? 

ever since i wrote MHAOYC, i have wanted to write a little more on julian. he is a fully fleshed out character in my head and i honestly love him very much. it’s just a difficult balance because the atmosphere of MHAOYC depends quite a bit on how much i leave up to interpretation about past/future/character and i don’t want to ruin the fic by inserting dissonant stuff, you know? 

i have many things going on at the moment but once i get a little bit of time, this might actually be an ideal low stress project to work on and it’s good to know that people care <3 

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i am always astounded by the love MHAOYC gets, especially because i didn't expect it to find such lovely readers. and for it to be featured alongside galla and snegurochka is a unique honour that has me both speechless and bubbling with gratitude. thank you for this.

it is once again time to be emo abt angry sad lost boys—first, a dark!harry double feature: as bloodlust vigilante and haunted assassin. second, it’s two of my favorite GallaPlacidia dracos: an eccentric, burlesque dancer draco (feelings avoider) and an anxious, charity worker draco (feelings declarer).  this week’s characterization said contrast, intrigue, range!

The Placebo Sequence by Snegurochka - 6k, M  Harry Potter has only ever had two goals in life: to defeat Voldemort and to bring his followers to justice. One, he’s done. The other is in progress. It should be simple, except there’s one former Death Eater who doesn’t meet the right criteria.

harry’s anger has always been the most interesting and cathartic part of his character for me. i love it when fic writers choose to explore the extent of that justified rage. this post-war harry wants a clean slate and he wants to do the violent cleansing. there’s this exchange: “Does that hurt? "No.” Malfoy was watching him intently, his jaw tight. “Maybe it should.” "Maybe it’s not up to you to decide.” but this harry wants to decide. and for two boys who have never had much autonomy, there is an allure in choice even when it’s a horrifying one. this time draco is the rational one, the just one. i think harry is enraged and absolved by that. goD all those layers and tension in 6k words? lazywonderland recc’d this one to me and she said Taste. 

My Hands Are Of Your Colour by hephaestiions - 8k, M Sometimes spilled blood lingers on guilty hands. Draco sees red and Harry washes it clean.

harry, killer for hire. ministry-employed murderer. he has long moved past the shock of his job. until he sees himself through untainted eyes and all the humanity he thought he’d lost is forced to surface. it’s this part for me: “I’m glad you found it horrifying.” Draco stares. Harry shrugs. “It means you won’t become like me.” “I don’t find being you undesirable,” Draco says after a second. His eyes are brimming with something Harry can name easily. the empathy, the tenderness, the good in the grotesque! another short story banger.

Can I tell you something? by GallaPlacidia - 33k, M It’s not a party unless Draco Malfoy is there. He’s so fun! So wild! So crazy! So many drugs! So many drugs. Too many drugs? Harry’s starting to think it’s probably a lot too many drugs. This is not a drug addiction recovery fic, although there is a drug addiction recovery. Feat. character development through wide-eyed MDMA trips and Draco Malfoy finding peace as a burlesque dancer.

u read galla for her dracos—sad, eccentric, sharp, avoidant, hilarious. a little mean, a little lovely. this one is in the mess of post-war kids coping however they can via sex, drugs, euphoria, etc. but then, the inevitable come-down. draco flails. draco copes. harry is always somewhere in the periphery, watching. always earnest and falling in love with unattainable, devastatingly beautiful things. never letting himself become an emotional burden. they text, they banter, they confess by skirting around the confession.  “I like that you always let me change the conversation when I want,” said Draco, à propos nothing. Harry quietly took another bite of his salad. Draco frowned at the table. “It makes it easier to bring things up,” he said, after a moment. there are a few scenes where draco breaks his theatric persona to say the truth plainly and you realize that the reader and draco are both watching harry learn to love from a distance. it’s a relationship of equals, of restraint. when they finally collide and settle, it feels inevitable and earned.

GOODNIGHT FROM YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND by GallaPlacidia - 13k, M Draco accidentally sends Harry a drunken letter proposing marriage. Harry responds.

ok besides the bucket list i rly think this is galla’s funniest. draco’s unhinged epistolary confessional is so so correct in its dramatics, earnestness disguised as humor, etc. draco choosing to be a data analyst for a muggle charity in spite of its colonialist tendencies bc the job is morally complex. harry sort of being obsessed with this rambling, anxious draco. and then galla just Knowing how to write the draco and slytherin friends dynamic. god they are all a Mess. all varying degrees of hot, cutting, maladjusted, secretly lonely, and ridiculous. they make this fic happy-sad in that there are lots of different kinds of love happening here. it’s a story of old friendships and new partners. loyal, contradictory, tainted love. eager, fumbling, honest love. it gives 13k words a whole lotta depth. a complicated addition of joy and trouble to Harry’s life — i love that. this fic is exactly that.

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what a list, oh my god. strong rec for every single one of these.

Do you know anything newer? I've been re-reading all my old favorites, and am starving for some drarry action. i love me some angst with a happy ending, doomed/forbidden romance (romeo and juliet but without the unfortunate death thing), and flustered harry (or draco. honestly i'm not particular). thanks!

Hello! Here are a few suggestions and I’m listing a few more works published in 2020-2021 below - they have either angst, smitten Harry, or both. For more fics, I strongly suggest checking the 2020 Hurt!fest collection. I haven’t been able to read as much as I’d like this year so there’s not much, but I hope these work!

Dangerous by @sweet-s0rr0w (T, 1k)

Nice by @sweet-s0rr0w (E, 2k)

heavy by @onbeinganangel (E, 6.5k)

Our Little Life by @tackytigerfic (M, 7k)

in a rambling way by @fw00shy (T, 7.5k)

My Hands Are Of Your Colour by @ohdrarry (E, 8k)

Sleight of Hand by @the-starryknight (E, 15k)

When Buds Break by @andithiel (M, 21k)

Dear Stranger by @iero0 (T, 23k)

The Last of What the World Left You by @xanthippe74 (T, 25k)

Things Unknown but Longed for Still by @cassiaratheslytherpuff (E, 29k)

On Your Shore by @xanthippe74 (M, 35k)

What Dreams May Come by @firethesound (E, 36k)

If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted by @shealwaysreads (E, 45k)

By the Grace by @letteredlettered (T, 140k)

The Liars Department by @dorthyanndrarry (T, WIP)

+ fics I haven’t read but fit your ask!

Like the Son Holds the Moon by @lou-isfake (M, 49k)

Scaredy Cat by GallaPlacidia (M, 53k)

Turning Leaves by Kbrick (E, 112k)

Tit for Tat by @mintamintathings (E, 390k)

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WHAT A LIST TO BE PUT ON, HOLY SHIT. everything on here marked tbr.

hey, love! was wondering if you’ve read any fics with movie aus? like Stardust AU, Anastasia AU, or anything really! ☺️

Hi anon! I’ve only read a few, most from last year’s LCD fest. Here are a few suggestions including both movies and TV shows:

My Hands Are Of Your Colour by @ohdrarry (2020, E, 8k) - inspired by Casino Royale

Love, Actually, is All Around by @punk-rock-yuppie (2020, T, 10k) - inspired by Love, Actually

Title of Their Sex Tape by @cibeewastaken (2020, T, 12k) - inspired by Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Echoes of the Sea by @writcraft (2014, M, 13k) - inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Boats, but Not the Ocean by @p1013 (2020, E, 15k) - inspired by Groundhog Day

i demand to dig my own grave by @bonesliketambourines (2020, M, 20k) - inspired by Psych

No Greater Victory by @dictacontrion (2014, E, 27k) - inspired by Cruel Intentions

The Thrill of the Chase Moves in Mysterious Ways by @veelawings (2020, E, 32k) - inspired by Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Harry Potter Gives a Shit by talithan (2013, E, 58k) - inspired by Queer as Folk

Super Rich Kids by trishjames (2020, E, 81k) - inspired by Bling Ring

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wait, oh my! i have been included???? besides all these fandom stalwarts??? i am so INCREDIBLY honoured, the other fics here are honestly some of my absolute favourites.

I know you’re only doing fic recs part time so don’t worry if it takes a while to get to this! Okay this is kind of random and i don’t normally read AU’s in this fandom that much but do you know of any hit men au’s? Can be magical or none magical? thanks x

Hi lovely! Ahh I wish I knew more hitmen fics, such a fascinating trope! This is a tiny list but I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I did :)

There's a Thunder Deep Inside of You by parseltonquinq (2016, Explicit, 2.3k)

Draco is an elite international operative. Harry is a Russian assassin. Their orders are to kill one another. It doesn't go quite as planned.

My Hands Are Of Your Colour by @ohdrarry (2020, Explicit, 8k)

Sometimes spilled blood lingers on guilty hands. Draco sees red and Harry washes it clean.

Settle in in my slow-burning heart by orphan_account (2015, Explicit, 10k) - Bond AU

Five years after the war Draco is working a tech developer job in the Auror Office, and it's all great except this one thing: Harry Potter works there, too. Things only become stranger when Harry starts bringing Draco ugly souvenirs back from his work travels. When Harry then shows up injured in Draco's flat, Draco considers the possibility that he's going insane.

Burn the Curtains and the Wine by @nerdherderette (2019, Explicit, 24k)

There are two versions of Harry Potter: the wizard who is the Ministry of Magic's most dangerous and successful assassin, and the husband who leads a staid life of domesticity with a reformed Death Eater. And never the twain shall meet. Until, one day, they do.

Glory Be by Lomonaaeren (2013, Explicit, 32k)

Draco—Draco Malfoy, skilled assassin, powerful and wealthy Veela, former Death Eater—has always known what to do, where to go, who to kill. And then Harry Potter came along: Harry Potter, Unspeakable, former Auror, the most powerful wizard Draco has ever seen. And Draco catches a glimpse of glory he may be unable to live without.

REVOLVEVLOVER by @firethesound and @lol-zeitgeistic (2014, Explicit, 46k)

The work Harry does is justifiable. It’s justice. He works for his country, and his country is a republic—the magical side, anyway. It’s not laudable work, it’s not work he’s proud of, but it’s necessary work. Harry has always taken the necessary jobs that no one else has the stomach for. It’s just that he’s never deciphered a kill sheet and seen Draco Malfoy’s name on it.

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oh my god *insert that half blue emoji that we use to express extreme amazement* this is one of my all time favourite tropes because it's simultaneously so soft and so sharp. the authors and fics featured here,,,, let me sob for a minute please. so many favourites, others that are going on the tbr right now. (two recs in a day?? liv, you are spoiling me. *cries*)

hello! would you have any protective draco recs?

Hi there! Sure, hope you enjoy these:

Sharing a Pack by sugar_screw (2016, E, 2.8k)

A fight. A fuck. A smoke. A small love story.

My Hands Are Of Your Colour by @ohdrarry (2020, E, 8k)

Sometimes spilled blood lingers on guilty hands. Draco sees red and Harry washes it clean.

The Eighth Tale by @letteredlettered (2012, E, 12k)

Draco Malfoy tries to fix the past, but instead mucks it up some more. For Harry, it all becomes quite clear.

Under Pressure by VivacissimoVoce (2014, M, 21k)

Harry Potter has quit magic and left the wizarding world. Draco, a top-notch Tracker, has been hired to find him and save his life.

The Snitch-Maker by Omi_Ohmy (2014, T, 21k)

Draco is content with his Snitches, with the tap tap tap of his hammer, and the tiny gears and sharp scent of metal in his workshop - until one day Harry Potter appears, asking for help to solve a rash of Snitch-tampering in the Quidditch world.

Nice Things by aideomai (2020, M, 22k)

The first thing that happened was Theodore Nott came back from France.

At the Crossroads There We’ll Meet by @firethesound (2014, E, 24k)

Potter keeps dying; Draco keeps saving him.

On Our Way by dynamic (2016, E, 30k)

Draco is trying to spend the summer keeping his head down, but a repair project and a certain snowy owl have other plans for him.

The Wand Slipped by @unmistakablyoatmeal (2019, E, 35k)

After a messy, public divorce and a disgraceful exit from the Auror Department, Harry is trying to rebuild his life as a private investigator. But when his ex-wife ends up in St. Mungo's, and Harry's tasked with finding her attacker, he'll have to confront the mistakes of his past, and rely on an old enemy, in order to get closure and move on, and incidentally, solve the case.

(Un)wanted by aibidil (2020, E, 36k)

Ginny's pregnant, then she's not and Harry's single. Harry, again with no family, doesn't know what to do with this turn of events, or how to find a new life—post-war, post-Ginny, post-abortion—in which he belongs. He doesn't expect that life to include dancing to the Backstreet Boys with Hermione and Draco Malfoy. A story of finding belonging in the unexpected.

Breathe In (and Feel No Hurt) by Constance1 (2019, E, 39k)

A tale of love, loss, and of finding hope again. Or the story of how Draco turned into a house-cat in order to secretly bother a depressed Harry Potter until he was no longer feeling sorry for himself.

The Four Doors by @fluxweeed (2020, E, 48k)

It’s been four months since Harry lost his memory. Four months of dead ends and no answers. With time running out until his memories are gone for good, Harry agrees to a course of Legilimency therapy with a renowned specialist: Mind Healer Draco Malfoy.

Chocolate and Pastry by agentmoppet, anemonen (2018, E, 50k)

When Pansy bets Draco that there is no chance he and Harry could carry out a genuine romantic relationship, he and Harry form a plan. But as their fake relationship progresses, Draco sees a side of Harry he never expected. Harry is struggling with something, pushing it far down inside him where he doesn't have to acknowledge its existence. Draco starts to worry, and then he starts to care, and then... horribly... he starts to fall in love.

Of Fates Entwined: A Story of Love Lost and Found by taradiane (2014, E, 51k)

Harry Potter vanished without a trace from his home on a warm summer morning in June 2004. This is the story of how a random visit in a cafe on the other side of the world, six years later, proved that the ties which entwine our fates together can never be broken.

A Room Up There (And You In It) by @the-starryknight (2020, T, 59k)

When Preservationist Draco Malfoy was assigned to work on Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, he was excited to delve into the gorgeous Black family antiques. His excitement quickly ended when something in the House decided it did not like his presence one bit. Featuring a grumpy antiques lover who most certainly did not sign up for this, encounters with a vengeful apparition, and a healthy application of Christmas spirit.

I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (2019, E, 93k)

Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels. Harry has been struggling since the war and has become a recluse while trying to write his autobiography. An invitation to the Hogwarts class of 1998's 15th reunion isn't welcomed by either of them, but neither could predict how the night, and their reunion, will upend their lives.

Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid (2019, E, 100k)

What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost.

A Thousand Beautiful Things by geoviki (2004, M, 104k)

Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.

Any Instrument by @dictacontrion (2015, E, 131k)

Draco Malfoy wouldn't go back to England for anything less than an exceptional case. Being asked to figure out why Harry Potter can't control his magic might be exceptional enough to qualify.

Away Childish Things by lettered (2018, T, 153k)

Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.

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tumblr is a clown that doesn't notify me when i've been mentioned so here's how finding this post went:

me, waking up: i feel a little blue today

me: well, nothing works as well as some good drarry fics, wonder if @sitp-recs has some new ones?

me: *reads through each of them, one after the other, without really checking the descriptions or tags*

me: *clicks on my own fic without realising it's mine* wait this seems familiar, have i read it before

me: oH 👁👄👁

anyway, aside from the fact that tumblr and i are compatible clowns who absolutely deserve each other, thank you for this, i cannot believe that you have given MHAOYC a place among these fandom stalwarts, these tear-jerking magnificent works that had me choking up and feeling a little better all at once ❤

It’s sad fic hours! I just noticed that most of my short reads are angsty - apparently I love a good punch in the solar plexus but make it quick so I can recover, pls 💀so here’s more 30 recs under 15k if you wanna HURT! Apologies for the lack of commentary this time, I’ve read those MCD fics a long time ago and I can’t handle going through them again. Suffice to say these are all extremely powerful reads, quietly devastating, evocative, with heart-wrenching narratives and perfect characterization. Enjoy!

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