#scorbus fan fic

[yendts]

absolutely obsessed with @rewritingcanon ‘s fic Magic Hour and had to make some art for it ✨

please go check it out you will not regret it:

[rewritingcanon]

did you know you can tell if someone is not a nextgen-predominant fan just from the way they characterise and write james sirius potter? did you also know you can tell which among those people like snape and which like the marauders more? just from the way they write james sirius potter.

[ace-of-garlic-breads]

my favourite relationship tropes (in no order)

Slytherin x Hufflepuff (doesn't have to be HP)

Ravenclaw x Slytherin (doesn't have to be HP)

Grumpy x Sunshine

sunshine x sunshine protector

bubbly x serious

oblivious bookworm x even more oblivious popular

writer x artist

friends -> lovers

rivals -> lovers

hate -> love

my best friend's sibling (three guesses what ships I'm talking about for this one (hint its two HP ones) (and don't you even assume Milkvan)

[grey-edges]

Scorbus Fic Snippet

I’ve been going through some of my old wips as i’ve been writing scorbus again and found this scene and thought i’d share it since i’ll never actually post the fic

context: it’s their 7th year and they’re sitting in the quidditch stands watching gryffindor’s practice

After several moments of comfortable silence between the couple, Scorpius broke it. "I don't mean to ruin your mood, but I can't help but think about it," he sighed and Albus pulled away slightly in order to see Scorpius' face while he was talking. "When do you think you'll be ready to tell your parents about us?"

Albus frowned slightly and sat up properly, fiddling with his hands in his lap, "I dunno... When the time feels right, I guess?"

"But when is that going to be?"

Albus was quiet as he thought about it. He knew it was harder for Scorpius. He had always been sure of his sexuality, it was never really a question for him. As soon as he had heard the term bisexual, it had stuck with him and he'd proudly tell anyone who asked. Albus on the other hand had battled with his feelings and attraction for a few years.

It started around fourth year when he realized how much he needed Scorpius in his life and how little he actually liked any other girls. That's when Scorpius came out and told Albus all these new terms. He did a lot of searching and fighting with himself and nearly two years later he was able to come out to Scorpius who was completely understanding and accepting. It didn't take long after that for them to start dating. January would be the mark of their one year anniversary.

"Maybe this next holiday I will, in person," Albus shrugged.

"Really?" Scorpius perked up, "You would tell them that soon?"

"I mean I'd have two months to think about it, but maybe. If you want me to."

Scorpius sighed, "I mean of course I want you to - I want you to be able to be yourself around your family - but I don't want to force you out of the closet if you're not ready. I saw how you reacted this morning to the possibility of being outed..."

Albus ducked his head into his hands out of uncertainty, "I don't know Scorpius. Part of me just wants to stay in the closet the rest of my life. It seems so much more simpler, I wouldn't have to be the ultimate disappointment that my family already believes me to be."

"You're not a disappointment, please don't say that," Scorpius reached out a comforting hand and rested it on Albus' back. "You don't mean that - staying in the closet, I mean..."

"I do though," Albus sat back up, looking at Scorpius with a pained expression, "I'm not brave enough. Maybe if I had just been a Gryffindor like my parents had wanted..."

"Stop," Scorpius said sternly, "You don't have to be a bloody Gryffindor to be able to be yourself. Slytherin can be brave too. Albus you have to be brave. You'll be miserable for the rest of your life if you aren't true to yourself." He gripped Albus' arm with one hand and gently turned his face towards him with his other. "Is this your anxiety talking?"

Albus avoided eye contact, looking down at Scorpius' chest, but still nodded somberly.

"Look at me - listen to me," Scorpius practically begged, both of his hands going to Albus' cheeks. Albus finally looked up at him, making eye contact. "Your family loves you, Albus. All of them do even if you don't think so. I can't tell you how they'll respond, but I know they'll love you regardless of your sexuality." Scorpius paused, making sure Albus was listening, which he was.

"If that doesn't mean anything to you, then I want you to know that this version of Albus - whatever he is doing," Scorpius gestured to Albus wildly, "Is not the Albus I fell in love with." Albus frowned deeply, realizing how he was hurting Scorpius with what he'd said. "The Albus I fell in love with would not want to live the rest of his life in misery. He's a selfish prick who will do whatever he wants to be happy," he smiled fondly and Albus chuckled at his selfish comment softly.

"He is ambitious and brave - brave enough to travel backwards and forwards in time in order to save our friendship - that is who I fell in love with. If telling your parents that you happen to fancy guys over girls is scarier than getting stuck in the past, then you've got your priorities mixed up," he finished teasingly.

Albus couldn't help but chuckle and lean into Scorpius' hold on his cheeks, "I'm sorry. You're right. I get irrational when my anxiety is high..."

Scorpius sighed and dropped his hands, his arm slipping around Albus' neck and pulling him close again, "I know. That's why I'm here to keep you in check."

Albus tilted his head up, to look at Scorpius, "Thank you," he pouted his lips slightly, asking for a kiss. Scorpius smiled and quickly pecked his lips and pulled away before anyone else across the pitch could notice them.

[incalculablepower]

next generation fic recs? didn't have any interest in reading next gen for the longest time but Ive recently opened up to it

i admit i haven't read it in years (have been meaning to get around to a reread) but i remember really liking the it's tea time series by ellizablue big fan of everything @floreatcastellumposts has done but especially anything to do with hugo. this one, the bow that is stable, is a great little one shot about the next gen. and criminally underrated, there's only one comment? and it's from me? show this one some love. this one's a little different from what i usually read and what people might expect from my recs but i loved 2020, 2021. this got me into drarry last year. FULLY canon compliant and uh... covid-19 pandemic compliant? it's a story about divorce and mid-life crises and the kids play major roles. teddy in particular really tickles me here, he's got this pete davidson kinda energy? it's kind of odd! but i really love it and i think about some of the motifs that run through it very often. overwhelming evidence is some lovely scorbus from @mightbewriting i love this take on lily luna from @hinnyfied

@alohaemora's next gen christmas fic (with gorgeous art from @thecatisdrawing!) is so excellent - each chapter is a mini rom com, and i love the way some of the major events in the character's lives are slowly revealed over the course of the fic.

i'm loving all the pieces fall from @lanaturnergetup with my favourite sad sack (affectionate), albus severus potter.

[blue--ingenue]

thomas grant and adam wadsworth scorbus moments that make me go feral

(all of these moments take place in toward the end after Scorpius asks Rose to be his friend on the staircase)

EDIT: i'm currently writing a fic about this scene. lemme know if you'd like to be added to the taglist for when it gets posted :)

Scorpius excitedly leaning into Albus' personal space (these boys faces were 3 inches apart) and Albus shyly laughing and fiddling with his hands every time Scorpius leans down

(we also know how averse Albus is to loud noises and invasions of personal space, so the complete trust and affection with which he allows Scorpius near him is so so sweet)

adding to the point above: Albus consistently flinches at loud, sudden noises and movements (flinching when James sneaks up on him, recoiling when James pretends that his arm is a snake about to strike in the opening scene, shying away to tuck into his parents' side when random fans of Harry, Ron, and Hermione try to wave to him at the station in the first scene)

Rose watching them gradually inch toward each other on the staircase and getting more excited the closer they get

(after Scorpius declares that his progress with Rose is something upon which to build his "Palace of Harmony") Albus panics and grabs his shoulders, stuttering as he asks "And that's who you'd want? In your palace of harmony?"

poor boy is afraid his best friend will fall in love with his cousin (sweetie, your cousin is literally rooting for you 5 feet away)

Albus panicking when Rose reappears, quickly standing up to avoid suspicion. even panicked, he can't bear not being in contact with Scorpius and keeps his hands on his shoulders

Albus' hands sliding from Scorpius' shoulders when he realizes that Rose knows

THE FACT THAT SCORPIUS IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS

Rose (possibly the biggest Scorbus shipper in the entire family) gently telling Albus "You know, this is only going to be weird if you two let it be weird :)"

Albus' little voice crack when Rose asks if he's okay

Albus: "What's this? I thought we didn't hug?"

Scorpius: "I wasn't sure whether we should...in this new version of us."

(I originally thought "this new version of us" just referred to them being older/wiser, but now I think the "new version" refers to their budding romantic relationship

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I saw Cursed Child in London this summer without knowing what to expect (never read the script). I fucking loved it. I traveled to Munich, Paris, Euro Disney, Stratford-upon-Avon and London over the course of a month. I saw old friends and spent time with family. Cursed Child was hands-down the highlight of the whole trip. Certainly the thing that stuck with me the longest. Did the plot make sense? No. Did that subtract from my experience even a little bit? Absolutely not.

Harry Potter was never the reason I breathed like it was for some people. It wasn’t even my main fandom. But I grew up with it. I loved it. Deathly Hallows Part II came out the year I graduated high school. Afterwards, I moved on without much difficulty. Thought about it from time to time because nothing epitomized my childhood and growing up like Harry Potter. And then the opportunity arose to see Cursed Child and I took it. Insisted upon it to my family. One of the best things I ever did.

Because sometime in my 20s I realized I was gay. And as I now know, that’s something I have in common with Albus Potter. Harry Potter’s son, my childhood hero’s son, was gay. As far as me and my 65 year old father are concerned, Albus and Scorpius are as canon as Ron and Hermione. And that matters. It’s more than LGBT representation in Harry Potter. The fact that Harry’s own son is in love with Draco’s son matters so fucking much. It feels good thematically and it feels good for me personally. When it comes to that show, Delfini being Voldemort’s daughter doesn’t matter. A cliche time travel plot doesn’t matter. Voldemort/Bellatrix doesn’t matter. Albus and Scorpius matter. Their love story is the only thing that matters.

I’m sad that even post-covid audiences wanted more from them. Could they have kissed? Sure. Would i have wanted it? Of course, but they also didn’t need to. What I was already given was enough. More than enough. More than I ever thought to ask for or dare to hope for. I’m happy for Albus. So happy. Happy in a way that I wish I could be happy for myself. Not just for having a boyfriend but a best friend. I have been lonely in a way that Albus and Scorpius never had to be. And that makes me happy…and maybe a little bit sad.

Anyway, all this to say, I’ve spent the 5 weeks since I’ve been home losing myself in Scorbus fan fiction. I even wake up early so I can read before work. So if any of my fellow shippers have any recommendations, I would be very grateful.

(Yes, this long emotional post is just an elaborate way to ask for fic recs. Life’s too short for reading mediocre fan fiction. 😉)

[seriouslysam8]

I’ve never understood Wolfstar, Jegulus, or Drarry. Yes, Sirius and Remus were friends but they went that close. If they were would Sirius have believed Remus was a spy? Did this conversation not come up as he was gazing into his eyes or shagging his brains out? Would Remus not have tried to bail or see Sirius in jail? None of it adds up. Jegulus doesn’t make sense either. There’s no interaction between James or Regulus, if James was going to choose a Black it would be Sirius not Regulus. This is the Wolfstar gang wanting to pair James with someone else because they believe Sirius belongs to Remus. Plus, James would never date a death eater. Then there’s Drarry, and I don’t get this pairing at all. They have nothing in common other than being Seekers at quidditch which we don’t even know if that was Draco’s position or if he was placed into that because it was all that was available on the Slytherin team. Harry hates everything about Draco, his morals, his friends, his attitude, and his family, his existence, and his face. Would Harry have really cared if Draco died in the fire? Probably not. He would have felt bad for a few seconds because he’s a cabbage and maybe when Narcissa asked if Draco was alive he would have been thinking fuck I should have tried harder to save the lil bitch (although I can guarantee Harry would have lied to Narcissa about Draco because he needed to get rid of Voldemort). Rorry makes way more sense than Drarry. And don’t even get me started on Drinny. Ginny would have never let that ferret touch her and if she was forced to marry him, you best believe my girl found a way to murder the whole Malfoy family in one night. What all of these pairings have in common is Remus, Regulus, and Draco are completely off character and writer makes them the Casanova of Hogwarts. There’s nothing in the books about Remus being good looking, Regulus is decent looking but not as attractive as Sirius, and there is not even one line of Harry thinking Draco is a good looking guy. The Drarry shippers have made me hate the pairing so much that I can’t even ship Scorbus lol. I hate that kid and want him to die for just being a Malfoy 🤣. I know it’s not fair but you can thank the Drarry shippers for my hatred of Scorbus and pushing their agenda.

I agree with you on all fronts (except for Scorbus because I loooove me some Scorbus and it’s the only thing making me keep Draco alive!)

Wolfstar is like the friends to lovers trope. But I don’t think they were that close either. They thought each other were the spy!! It just doesn’t make sense. I’d love to hear how Wolfstar writers write this. Like do they just forgo canon like they do these characters personalities?? You could maybe sell me on post-Azkaban Wolfstar but they need to be in character and you need to make it make sense, you know?? Even then, I’m suspect. You’d have to do a lot of convincing for me to try it.

James dating a Death Eater?? No, makes zero sense whatsoever. James hated the dark arts. He hated Death Eaters. He would never have dated Regulus. Ever. From what I understood, the characterizations of them are bad in order to make them work.

Now, if you wanted a good friends to lovers couple, I would recommend a nice Prongsfoot or Rarry, like you said. If you want the little cabbage to be born (which I know I do), I love me a well done Jilypad. That throuple just makes sense on so many levels. I’d love to read a long fic with this couple, but I’ve only found short one shots. And, in my mind, Hinny is together in every universe… except the one where Rarry is together. End of story. Sorry, there is one universe where Hinny is not together.

As for Drarry, I view it as like a Dramione. They both make the same amount of sense and you do have to drastically change their canon personalities to make it work. I’m not a big fan of enemies to lovers. But that’s just me.

Now, I do love Scorbus. It’s very Romeo and Juliet with their forbidden love because their families hate each other. There’s not enough good Scorbus out there.

[cailynwrites]

Harry Potter Rec Fest Day 11 - Dark Fics

I don't seek out a lot of dark fics. I'll read them if they cross my browser or kindle, but I gravitate more toward fluff and save the dark stuff for "published fiction" or just "the news". That's probably why these fics stuck out to me particularly, because I wasn't left with the warm fuzzy feeling. Some dark things for @hprecfest day 11 ...

The Unknown Door by @amywaterwings Pairing: Draco x Harry Word count: 60,970 Rating: E

This fic was part of @hderised last year. Boy does it pack a wallop of feelings. Get ready for addiction, death, child neglect, torture, people experiencing homelessness, discrimination against all kinds of people and creatures. It's a lot. It's also really real because of all that. @amywaterwings creates an apartment building filled with unique and uniformly loveable (but still dark) original characters and the lore goes deep. A beautifully despairing peek into a less magical part of Magical Britain and how hopeless it can feel even when you are in a position to help. It does have a happy ending though!

Death is Not Fit to House Love by @starlitsilvereyes Pairing: Draco x Harry Word count: 20,919 Rating: E

I'm hesitant to say too much about this fic for fear of spoiling it. This was written for @hd-fan-fair Career Fair this year and I screamed aloud at the end. Featuring Politician Draco and Hit-Wizard Harry Potter.

Serious content warnings: Character death, discussion of suicide, violence

A Nasty Piece of Work written and recorded by @picascribit Pairing: Fenrir Greyback/OFC Word count: 11,198 Length: 1:10:00 Rating: E

Hard to believe that this is written by the same @picascribit who brought us cute little Scorbus at Protego Club with all their queer friends. This fic is traditional DARK. Like make you sick to your stomach dark. But also such an interesting character study. Recorded excellently, as usual, by the author themself.

Serious content warnings: Violence, Rape, Non-con, Underage, Major Character Death - this checks all the boxes, literally all the boxes on AO3

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And a couple of little self-recs ...

White, the colour of flowers by @lumosatnight Podfic read by Cailynwrites Pairing: Draco x Harry Word count: 3,203 Length: 23:35 Rating: T

A beautiful, poetic multi-ending fic taking place during the second war. Draco has Hanahaki disease and it's angsty, but it has a happy ending. Mostly it's just like floating through sad space, but like, in a good way.

Devour the One You Love also by @starlitsilvereyes Podfic read by Cailynwrites for @hp-mcd-fest 2023 Pairing: Draco x Harry Word count: 28,102 Length: 2:33:56 Rating: E

@starlitsilvereyes writes an incredible story here. It's non-linear, which I personally think is incredibly difficult and impressive. It's suspenseful, has jump scares, and ends with horrible horrible things happening. Possibly the darkest fic I've ever read. Enjoy!

Content warning: Violence, death, psychological abuse, self-harm, dub-con, cannibalism

[greattemptation]

Heyy! :)

K:  Do you have a guilty pleasures in fic (reading or writing)?

T: Any fanfic tropes you can’t stand?

U: Is there a pairing you would like to write, but haven’t tried yet.

Heyy!! BLESS YOU for including the questions. I love the idea of the secret code for our fun tumblr ask games, but in practice, needing to keep the cipher open in another tab makes my laptop fan too excited.

Guilty pleasures: I don't know!! I kinda just feel like fic and fandom as a whole are guilty pleasures. NOT that we should feel guilty about it, that's obviously nonsense, but in the sense of "this is something I do just because it's pleasurable and fun and I want to." Beyond that.... I mean, well, I was gonna try to think of another answer, but I can't find one worth feeling guilty about!! :D Candidates could include: dronarry smut, whenever Charlie Weasley is being a disruptive Certified Hottie, and occasionally dipping into other fandoms when an author I love has written it.

Tropes: "can't stand" is extremely strong language! I would say that a trope [editor's note: GT has now spoken to two different authors, and no one can decide if AU is a trope or a genre] I previously avoided was AU, but then I went and read Our Objective Remains Unchanged by @citrusses, and I realized there could be really wonderful AU, so I'm open to it now!

New pairing: Oh! Um.... my first thought is just "no," because I'm very happy with these boys, but if someone were to challenge me to try another pairing, I might try... Ginsy? Romione? Scorbus?

I realized at the end that I have totally hedged on all these answers, which was not my intention!

[im-actually-a-certified-idiot]

intro post

Alr alr what's up guys i've procrastinated this long enough

I'm vee, I go by he/they pronouns, and this is my hp sideblog (my main one is @justyourlocaldisaster). I'm an avid hp fan and love discussing it so feel free to send asks about it.

I'm a multi-shipper (always open for any new ships, as long as they aren't pro ships) i mainly ship prongsfoot, ronarry, ronmione, jily, and scorbus.

i write fics sometimes so if you've got any requests feel free to ask.

Golden trio stan, hjp stan, ron weasley stan, hermione granger stan, albus potter stan, james potter stan, sirius black stan- basically i stan all of my faves lol

will probably update more later

ok bye love every one of yall mfs <3

[yendts]

cover for my fic Make Me Your Prince ✨

I’ve just uploaded the 7th chapter and you can check it out here or you can start from the beginning here

Summary:

- 37k words (still in progress)

Prince Albus always battled with the idea of being a proper adult.

On one hand it meant he could finally start taking control of his own life (whatever that meant for the second born son of the King of England.) He wouldn’t have to worry so much about others telling him what to do and where to go. Even more exciting for him, was James becoming a proper adult. Once his brother got married and had kids of his own, Albus’ responsibilities to the Crown would shrink considerably and so would his spot in the public eye. Not that he wished growing up on his fun-loving, party-going brother, but the idea of nobody giving a shit about what he did seemed very enticing.

On the other hand, these adult meetings were the most dreadful things that Albus had ever partaken in.

[grey-edges]

here’s a snippet from one of my wips (au)...

Albus tossed his tie to the ground and shook off his jacket before quickly unbuttoning his shirt. He kicked off his shoes and then glanced back over at Scorpius who hadn’t moved. The two held eye contact as Albus pulled down his dress slacks and then tossed off his button up.

“Come on,” he repeated, stepping onto the actual edge of the pool in only his navy briefs. “I’m not swimming alone,” he declared, then jumped into the warm water with a playful shout.

Scorpius let out an exasperated sigh and then quickly began taking off his dress clothes too. He soon followed Albus, jumping into the water after him.

He emerged to the surface spluttering out water and laughing, to find Albus laughing too, treading the deep water.

“See? It’s not so bad,” Albus smiled. “I think it’s my turn to ask a question.”

“Go for it.”

The two treaded the water, their legs and arms frequently bumping into the other person, but neither of them minding.

“Do you play any instruments?” Albus asked.

“No,” Scorpius shook his head, his wet hair shaking droplets around him, “I’m not very musically inclined.”

“Me neither, but I can play piano and a bit of guitar,” Albus responded.

Scorpius giggled softly, “Did you just ask me that question you could brag about your talents?”

A playful smirk spread across the Albus’ face, “Maybe, yeah.”

Scorpius laughed, the sound echoed throughout the pool and he sent a splash in Albus’ direction.

Albus shouted in protest and turned away, swimming towards the ledge that overlooked the city. Scorpius quickly followed.

They both rested their arms up on the edge as they gazed out the thick glass window.

“It’s very pretty from up here,” Scorpius spoke softly.

“For how grimy it is down there, you can’t help but forget about it as you look at this,” Albus added. He then turned to look at Scorpius, admiring his pale skin and how the golden lights of the city reflected onto him and made his soft brown eyes sparkle. He was very pretty, Albus couldn’t deny that. His stomach was taken over with butterflies as his eyes moved down to his bare chest and strong shoulders. He wasn’t ripped by any means, but he was fit and definitely in shape and Albus wanted to be able to reach out and touch his soft skin. Oh God, he was so gay...

Scorpius felt the other boy’s eyes on him and turned his head, gazing at him.

“What are you looking at?” Albus asked quietly.

“I was going to ask you the same thing,” Scorpius’ lips twitched up into a small smile.

Albus felt his stomach tightening in excitement as he realized how close their proximity was. He glanced down at Scorpius’ soft pink lips, then quickly back up to his eyes and noticed that he had done the same thing.

He felt his heart rate pick up and Scorpius leaned in, and felt his own eyes flutter shut, leaning in to meet him halfway. Time slowed down as he felt Scorpius’ breath on his lips, then just as he was about to kiss him, a loud clanking sound startled them apart.

“HEY!” A strong voice echoed through the pool, “YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN HERE! THE POOL’S CLOSED!”

“Shit,” Albus coughed. The two boys frantically swam back to the side of the pool where their clothes were.

“I’m so sorry, sir!” Albus spoke frantically as he tried to pull his slacks up over his wet legs. “We weren’t aware that it was closed!” he rambled, lying easily as he grabbed his button up shirt.

[prongsandhisfoot]

wow. i just went through my marked-for-later fics. there used to be 14 pages, i cleaned it out, there’s now just 3!

but wow. i was really into drarry. and scorbus. and wrong-boy-who-lived.

and very, very into wolfstar.

[micheleblack]

Candle Scandal

Father,

Hogwarts is fantastic! I’ve been sorted into Slytherin and have already become friends with another of the new Slytherin boys. Unfortunately he seems to find our dorm room dark and scary. I know it’s asking a lot, but could you send candles and the device you gave me when I was still scared of the dark?

Scorpius

~

Dear Mr. Malfoy,

It has come to the attention of individuals within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement that a dark artefact was recently smuggled into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The severity of this breach requires an immediate search of your residence and a disciplinary hearing in front of the Wizengamot. However, due to spirited testimony from the recipient of the dark artefact, a finding of no ill intentions has been reached for your role. Consider this a formal warning. Please refrain from breaking the law in the future.

P.S. I have sent my son a nightlight, so he will no longer require the Hand of Glory. Unfortunately I am unable to return dark artefacts, so it will remain in the Ministry’s possession.

Have a nice day.

Yours sincerely,

Harry Potter

Head Auror Auror Office Ministry of Magic

~

Scorpius,

Next time you request a dark artefact for another student, please inform me ahead of time if that student is the son of the Head Auror.

Draco

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Day 4: Candles

WeakRevolution’s take on the #altober day four prompt - Candles! I thought this one was pretty funny. We are loving everyone’s reactions and votes so please keep them coming!

@clemandben​ @altobers-blog