#seven shades of drarry

[drarrelie]

Happy Shady-versary!

Three years ago today, on 30 March 2020, I had the honour to hit the Post button on our very first @sevenshadesofdrarry​ fic. Wrath | I Am Pain, Hear Me Roar!, written by the collab’s initiator Drarrymadhatter, was the perfect opening of our Seven Shades of Sin anthology, and I still get nostalgic goosebumps whenever I hear Believer by Imagine Dragons — the fic’s bombastic (and very fitting) soundtrack.

Three years later, with six anthologies and forty-nine fics on the shelf, the members of this writing group have become some of my closest friends. Merlin, I can’t even begin to imagine what my life would look like without these awesome people in it.

As I’ve told you before, I’ve been stuck in a major writing slump lately — an experience I, unfortunately, seem to be sharing with several of my fellow Shady Ladies atm — and while I wait for my Muse to return, I’ve been exploring another art form to express my Drarry love.

No, traditional art isn’t anything I’ll ever be good enough at to even consider. However, as some of you already know, I do have access to an abundance of plastic bricks and pieces in my home, in all the colours of the rainbow, so I figured I’d try to be creative with them…

The result?

Well, I call it Seven Shapes of Drarry — a tribute to the Seven Shades of Drarry collab. Seven scenes from seven fics written by seven authors as contributions to the collab’s various anthologies through the years.

Each one of these builds is a love letter to the author of the fic that is its inspiration, a dedication to a friend I can’t imagine my life without. Thank you for always being there, through thick and thin, through highs and lows. I love you all so much. 💙

Find the entire series here on AO3

@aedwritesfic​, @bottseveryflavorbeans​, @flickoflostsocks​, @evaeleanor​, @janieohio​, @jessica-doom​ and @ladderofyears​ — can you spot your fics in this lineup?

[getawayfox]

Because @crazybutgood and I spend our days enabling each other, we're back with another rec list! This time's niche theme is all about art. Some works focus on art as a main concept, while others feature artist characters or art in some form. Here is part 1 of our recs with a colourful mix of both! All works marked by 🌈 are recced by CBG, and those marked by 🎨 are recced by me.

🎨Finely Drawn Lines by @the-sinking-ship (E, 64k, Draco/Harry) 

Draco doesn’t consider himself an artist (though the dozens of sketchbooks lining his shelves might suggest differently). Yet ever since Potter returned to Hogwarts, accepting a teaching position alongside Draco, his drawings have taken on a rather singular focus. From the curl of his lips to the exact number of lines that form at the corners of his eyes when he laughs, Draco has catalogued every shade of one Harry James Potter between the pages of his sketchbook. So long as Potter remains none the wiser, Draco will have no trouble controlling his crush. But when Potter comes to him with a dangerous proposition, Draco fears things are about to get so much more complicated.

Before he realised it, Draco had gone ahead and catalogued Harry Potter’s every expression. And this was precisely the reason Draco could never let Potter see inside his sketchbook. What he was doing would most certainly be considered creepy, although he never meant for it to be. It wasn’t as if he was following Potter around or lurking in dark corners, carving his portrait into every surface. It was simply that Potter was a very good subject. 

Oh, and Draco was a bit in love with him. There was that.

🎨The Art of the Matter by @thestarryknight  (E, 5k, Draco/Harry)

Someone has been casting increasingly awful curses on artworks, targeting Muggle viewers. Draco and Harry are one of the best cursebreaking teams around despite their penchant for distraction in cloak closets. Their latest case? A Muggle portrait in the Paris Salon with a virulent blood curse.

In seven years, Harry had learned a thousand ways to take Draco apart. Most of these did not need a single word or a single touch, so attuned were they to the very intimacies of each other’s motions. Harry loved like it was the only thing he knew how to do. He looked at Draco like Draco was the only thing he had ever seen, like Draco ought to be stared at every moment of every day and Draco was starting to believe it, crazy as it seemed.

🎨Like this then, just like that by @lqtraintracks (T, 394, Draco/Harry)

Draco paints Harry, and Harry falls in love.

Harry shuts his eyes, lifts his chin toward the syrupy sunlight, and tries to embrace the moment and not ache with a pre-emptive regret for the day Draco finishes. Because he started out posing for a friend, and now he’s falling

🎨 Beebox's entry for Draw Drarry Badly by @beebox-illustrations (Not Rated, Artwork Draco/Harry)

🎨 In the Bed by @saintgarbanzo (E, 11k, Remus/Sirius)

Left to his own devices the summer after the prank, Sirius crafts an unusual gift to mend his relationship with Remus.

He flipped to the section of still lifes, loving the off-kilter tables and apples that looked like they could tumble right off the page. Sirius had felt like one of those apples his whole life, ready to fall right off the edge, always liminally right on the fucking edge.

🎨 The Treasuries of Firenze by jennandblitz (M, 14k, Remus/Sirius)

A chance encounter in a market sends Sirius Black spiralling down a path he couldn't escape, even if he wants to.

He’s just in shirtsleeves, the thin cotton enough of an allusion to translucent that Sirius imagines he can see through to the planes of reality where the two of them know each other better.

🎨 Let Men Burn Stars by @wolfpants (E, 18k, Remus/Sirius)

Remus felt impossibly flummoxed by them both, but mostly by Sirius. He was like the last argument in a text that he couldn’t make heads or tails of. The temptation to unravel him was undeniably strong. -- Just a little story about two boys fumbling and falling in love one summer in Buckinghamshire.

Remus offered him his hand to help him up from bed, and it was a cruel move, he knew that, but they were now playing a game of to and fro, and this was his to, desperately casting out a net to catch Sirius’s fro.

🎨 Blue by @BubbeBruja (M, 6k, Remus/Sirius)

In October of their sixth year, the weather changes, Sirius paints (another) moonscape, and Remus goes blind.

“Where did you learn to paint so well?” A blushing, eleven-year-old Remus asked his new friend.

 Sirius blushed back, red, le pomme, and shrugged and said “all purebloods learn” and grew ten feet inside, because Remus Lupin thought he painted well.

🌈 Plausible Deniability by Bearixt (T, 10k, Draco/Harry) 

“Harry, being released to you is simply an opportunity that arose from this—one that I will grab while I can. You call the shots; I just give my expert advice. You want to catch this copycat, don’t you?”

“One Draco Malfoy in this world is already enough,” Harry mutters. Staring straight at him, he crosses his arms. “That’s it? No tricks, no hidden agendas?”

Draco raises his hands. “You’re right. Christmas and New Year were boring, and I can’t imagine celebrating my birthday here when I can be out partying.”

“I won’t let you out just so you can have fun, Malfoy. You’re a criminal.”

— An ex-con man works with the agent responsible for his incarceration to catch a thief.

“There’s a reason why you let yourself get caught. There’s a game you’re playing here, and this copycat case is related.”

🌈 Matching Pair by @thestarryknight (T, 4k, Draco/Harry)

Harry Potter was possibly the last person Draco had expected to find standing at the foot of his favorite portrait at the Tate Magique. And yet, there he is, looking incredibly fit and monopolizing the attentions of the portrait. It's not bloody fair.

There’s no sense of color in the rough pencil lines, but Draco can see the echoed ideas of shading -- the bright folds of Sarah’s shiny taffeta skirt echoed in inverse in the deep creases of Myfanwy’s heavier broadcloth dress.

🌈 A Portrait of the Artist by @firethesound (T, 5k, Draco/Harry)

When Harry Potter, reclusive artist, finally agrees to an interview, Draco can hardly believe that he'll be the one to do it.

He’d talked a bit about Potter’s studio, which really was a nice building, open and airy with large windows and lots of light. And all the paintings, of course. He’d made sure to mention how they’d rendered him speechless.

🌈 the call of sweet things by @softlystarstruck, with art by @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm and @babooshkart (E, 88k , Draco/Harry)

Draco's happy with his quiet, lonely life in Woolbury, spending his days working at Pen Pals and keeping his already tidy flat spotless. But when Harry Potter shows up with pink hair and secrets about his magic, Draco’s carefully upheld balance falls apart. He doesn’t quite know how he ends up decorating Harry's cottage, drinking unreasonable amounts of cocoa, and laughing more than he’s laughed in years, but it's Christmas, after all– and he finally has a chance to set things right. My 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2021 fic!

“I really like that artist’s card designs,” Draco says, and Harry looks up at him with raised eyebrows.

“Really?”

“I–” Draco twists his hands together. “Yes? Is that weird? I just like the little animals because they look… happy. They look like they go home to warm houses and big families, and– uhm– it’s just nice. To imagine that.”

🌈 He’s So Lucky (He’s a Star) by @digthewriter (M, 21k, Draco/Harry) 

Potter has everything he could ever ask for. The perfect life. Then why does he look so sad when no one else is looking? Except for Draco, because Draco’s always looking.

I think you see more than anyone else. Maybe he's waiting for someone to see it.

🌈 The Art of Love by @mars-bar81 (T, Artwork, Draco/Harry)

Draco loves watching Harry's creativity come to life with his lovely paper art.

🌈 Body Art by @sugareey-makes-stuff (E, Artwork, Draco/Harry)

Enough is enough, so Draco decides to get creative with a new art "project" after weeks of having to draw one nude (and delicious) Harry Potter.

🌈bloom for me by dynazty (T, 824, Pansy/Luna) 

It was a flower garden. That’s what Luna told her.

The slight summer breeze pushing in through the open window of the studio brushed her bare shoulders as she situated herself on the settee, propping her chin on her folded arms and trying to be as patient as possible as Luna rustled quietly through her box of paints.

[orange-peony]

Written for the Drarry Discord Drabble Challenge - May

The prompt was “Ocean” and the word count 405.

Rating: M (mention of sex)

Warnings: none

Before that

And when I die, I want my ashes to be scattered in the ocean, so that the fish can eat me and carry me around to see the wonders of the seven seas, because you won't stop talking about them, and now I am kind of curious.

But before that, I want to live until I'm a thousand years old with you at my side, until my curls turn white and your silky locks silver. Until you have wrinkles at the corners of your eyes and mouth from all the times you've smiled at me like you're doing right now.

I want to have kids with you and fill the house with love and laughter and messy little handprints on the walls.

I want to see them grow and catch little glimpses of me and you in them and feel my heart expand.

But before that, I want to have you on every surface of the house. I want to learn every single inch of your body by heart, know how to make you moan and sigh and cry. I want your taste imprinted on my tongue. I need you in my veins, in my lungs, because you're already in my heart and you'll never leave.

And before that, I want to ask you to marry me, in the quiet shade of our garden, because I want it to be intimate and perfect, with the cherry blossoms and the tulips that you love so much. I will prepare a speech and then forget it as soon as I go down on one knee, because the way you look at me makes me forget my name sometimes, so I will blabber some nonsense until you finally say yes with a wet sob and tears in your eyes.

But before that, I want to tell you that I love you in a hundred different languages - one simply isn't enough.

"Harry," you murmur, your eyes fluttering open as your arms wrap around me.

You look at me, tilting your head in that adorable way that still makes my heart clench and then beat madly in my chest, as if it were trying to escape to fly to you instead.

"You've gone all quiet," you murmur, your fingers threading through my curls, unravelling the knots in that gentle way that makes me melt against you, inhaling your familiar scent while my eyelids drop. "What were you thinking about?"

"You."

[ao3feed-scorbus]

The Many musings of Albus Potter

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/EQglhPw

by romionegranger

Albus Potter is a lonely, cold boy when he joins Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Until he meets the Malfoy boy. As the neo-Death-Eaters start to re-emerge and the Ministry takes an extreme approach to wizarding politics, Albus finds himself at odds with his father, his family...and even the love of his life.

Words: 12136, Chapters: 5/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Albus Severus Potter, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Rose Weasley, James Sirius Potter, Teddy Lupin

Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Rose Weasley/Original Male Character(s), Teddy Lupin/Albus Severus Potter

Additional Tags: Community: Seven Shades of Drarry, Tumblr: scorbusfest, Scorbus, romione, Drarry, HarryPotter - Freeform

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/EQglhPw

[louis-arssets]

25 Days of Drarry - Day 5

Day 5 of 25 Days of Drarry

Prompt E -- Christmas Cat

Image Description: A small fluffy cat (or older kitten) sits on a cream-coloured mat upon a wooden table. It is a long-haired ‘ragdoll’ cat with brown-grey tortoiseshell ‘colourpoint’ markings upon its face, legs and tail, and varying shades of cream-coloured fur on the rest of its coat. The cat is diagonally facing our right while its gaze off to the left. It wears a festive collar which sits underneath its long neck fur, but a row of three pointed knitted/crocheted triangles can be seen, which are green with white lace-like edging and have a red bobble on the end of each one.

Tags: Domestic Violence, Cheating (both not between Harry and Draco and not in detail), getting together, hurt/comfort

Read more under the cut or here on AO3.

Dec 5th

“Oh hi, Kitty, who are you, beautiful?”

Ron snorts next to him. “Nice baby voice, Harry.”

Harry ignores him in favour of this beautiful ragdoll cat in front of him. The white fluffy cat rubs around his legs and purrs, bumping its head against Harry’s chin until he bends down and starts petting its head.

“You are the most gorgeous thing, aren't you? Yes, you are! Yes, you are!” he continues to babble while Ron starts tapping his foot.

“Shift starts in ten minutes,” his best friend says and Harry sighs.

“I’m sorry, gorgeous,” he apologizes to the cat. “But I have to go and catch stupid dark wizards. Maybe we’ll see each other again.” Harry pouts and straightens his body. The cat meows as if in agreement and jumps away through the cold December air.

When Harry starts to follow his best friend toward the Ministry entrance, he can’t shake the feeling that something is different about this cat.

Dec 6th

The cat is all but forgotten after their encounter the previous day. As soon as Harry and Ron had set foot into the DMLE office they were swamped with information about their current case concerning an illegal potions ring that dealt with murky potions and remedies. More than twenty people were brought into Mungos this past month and the wizarding society was becoming restless. None of the victims had any recollection of buying any potions much less who they might have gotten them from. Harry hated to admit it, but they were kind of clueless in the whole ordeal. As if he wasn’t stressed enough in his private life already, with Ginny and their very public break up and the hassle of getting a new flat. Luckily, Ginny and he were still friends, both agreeing that they were better off as friends. Still, it stung a little.

When Harry leaves the Ministry building at seven this evening he’s pleasantly surprised to see the cat again, sitting in front of the entrance as if it's been waiting for him.

“There you are again, gorgeous,” Harry smiles and squats down to scratch the cat behind its ear. Soft purring noises are the answer and Harry chuckles. “You love to be pampered, don’t you kitty? Well, as you should. You deserve nothing but the world, let me tell you.”

Harry continues to pet the soft fur and rub under the little chin, the cat's eyes closed in bliss. He keeps praising the animal and once again this strange feeling creeps into his mind that something is different about this cat.

“What are you doing here, kitty? Do you have a home?” Harry asks. He doesn’t know why he expects an answer but of course, there’s none. Instead, the cat meows and starts walking away. Harry watches until the cat is around the next corner, sighs, and apparates home. He desperately needs a holiday.

Dec 7th

“Harry, you know that you can still tell me stuff, right?” Ginny asks with a wicked smile on her face. They are sitting at their - no, Ginny’s kitchen table. Harry had to collect his last few things and Ginny invited him to stay over for dinner. After they finished the delicious soup Ginny prepared for them, they switched to drinking wine and talking. Luckily Harry is off work the next day.

“What do you mean?” Harry asks and takes another sip of his Chardonnay.

“Come on, you’ve been kind of absent the whole evening. Thinking about someone special, eh? Someone blond and cranky, I assume?” Ginny continues to laugh into her wine glass. “It’s okay,” she says.

Nothing’s okay in Harry’s humble opinion. He feels his face heating and sniffs petulantly. “I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he says but Ginny shakes her head. “It’s true!” Harry exclaims because while Ginny may be right in some sort of way it a) doesn’t matter because the blond in question has a boyfriend and b) he really hasn’t been thinking about that someone. “I’ve been thinking about a cat.”

Ginny raises her eyebrows. “I didn’t know that you were thinking about adopting a cat?”

Harry shakes his head and takes another sip. “I’m not. There’s just been this cat in front of the Ministry building the last two days. And I don’t know… I have a weird feeling about it.”

“A weird feeling?”

Harry shrugs his shoulders. “Yeah, I don’t know. I can’t describe it.”

Ginny hums softly, her eyebrows still raised. “Anyway, when are you asking Malfoy out?”

“Oh for fuck’s sake, Ginny!”

Harry hides his face in his hands and Ginny laughs.

Dec 9th

“Hermione, I'm telling you, it was the same cat! In my garden! The garden of my new flat that I moved in just last week.”

Hermione chuckles next to him while they walk through the Ministry corridors toward the DMLE offices. “You know that there are a lot of cats running around? Even white ones?”

Harry rolls his eyes. It’s annoying that none of his friends are taking him seriously in this matter. “I know that,” he replies. “But this cat is different. I swear there’s something up with this cat!”

“Harry!” Hermione yells and halts. Harry turns back to her. “This is just like your obsession with Draco all over again!”

“I am not obsessed with Draco! Why is everyone saying that!”

“Oh Harry,” Hermione grins and hooks her arm through his. “I’m sorry that he’s got a boyfriend.”

Harry huffs but lets himself be pulled along the hallway. “Not that it is any of my concern,” he starts and feels Hermione chuckle already again next to him, “but Charles is an arsehole and Draco deserves better.”

“That is actually true. I’ve got to run now, I have a meeting,” Hermione says, they’ve reached the DMLE hallway.

“That you cannot talk about, Madam Unspeakable, yeah I know. Have fun,” Harry says and presses a kiss on her cheek.

“Exactly. Say hello to my husband for me, will you?”

“Course.”

Dec 10th

“To Ronald, who once again proved why he will be Head Auror next year! Cheers!”

“To Ron!” their colleagues and Hermione yell back to Harry, who raises his pint glass. The pub is packed, the Aurors occupying three big tables in the back, celebrating the end of the potions case. Harry feels warm with pride when he watches his best friend kiss his wife, cheeks red and eyes glinting with happiness.

When they both started at the DMLE a few years ago, everybody was, of course, predicting that Harry would be the number one Auror and will be the youngest Head Auror in history. Harry always knew that Ron would be the one in that position. Harry was all instinct and force whereas Ron was both of that paired with an impeccable strategic mind. That’s also how he managed to crack the potions case. Afterward, they sent a whole team to the hidden warehouse and busted the entire ring. He has it all and he deserves all the praise. Harry is incredibly proud.

“I’m gonna head out for a quick smoke,” he tells Sarah who is sitting next to him so she lets him out of the booth.

“You should quit that,” she replies but still stands up.

“Yeah, yeah I know,” Harry grins. He knows that it’s a nasty habit, but he likes it too much. It’s also always a good excuse for him to have a few minutes for himself.

The air feels freezing when Harry steps out of the overheated pub. He stops in front of the entrance to light his cigarette, takes a deep drag, and holds the smoke in his lungs. He feels himself relax a little and looks up.

There it is again. The cat. Slowly making its way toward him.

“Hey kitty,” Harry says and wants to bend down when the cat abruptly stops and starts meowing. It’s loud. Harry furrows his brows, immediately alarmed. “Everything okay, gorgeous?”

The cat just keeps meowing, as if it wants to scream in Harry’s face to do something.

“What’s wrong?” Harry asks and drops his cigarette. The cat starts shaking and suddenly walks again, making its way to the alley next to the pub. Just then Harry realizes that the cat is limping.

He follows the cat into the dark alley, his Auror instincts forcing him to push out a blast of his magic, checking the area. There’s a sudden glow coming from the cat.

“What are you?” he whispers. The cat stops and turns around slowly. One second the cat opens its mouth and lets out a gut-wrenching pitiful sound and in the next, there’s a human lying on the cold, hard concrete.

“Har-ry,” the person coughs and then slumps.

Horror spreads throughout Harry’s body and then he’s moving, taking the man into his arms and immediately apparates.

The lights at Mungos are blinding him but Harry starts walking anyway. “Help! I need help!”

“Auror Potter!” a nurse shouts and walks over to him.

“I need help,” Harry continues, choking through the lump in his throat. “Draco’s unconscious and I don’t know what happened!”

Dec 11th

Harry hates Mungos. Being here means being hurt or watching someone else being hurt. Someone like the man he’s been secretly in love with for the past year. The man he was convinced would never be more than his friend. The man he hasn’t seen much for three months, ever since Charles. The man who is now blinking his eyes open, looking pale and fragile under the white bed sheets.

The healers have patched him up quickly. Luckily the bruises on his body were mostly superficial. The force his head had been hit with and that was responsible for his unconsciousness was another issue. Harry had asked them about ten times if Draco was going to be okay before a nurse had forcefully grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the room. They allowed him back when they were done, promising him that Mr. Malfoy would be perfectly fine as soon as he woke up. Now his body just had to rest.

So Harry went in and fell into the chair next to the hospital bed, where his love was lying and recovering from the violence he had to suffer through for Merlin knows how long. Harry had received a message from Ron not two hours later that they had Charles was taken into custody, his bruised-up hand evidence enough for the moment. Draco’s memories will be the last proof to press charges against that prick.

“Hey,” Draco whispers when he recognizes Harry next to his bed. It’s five AM and Harry feels exhausted and restless at the same time.

“Hey,” he whispers back and crumbles, tears making their way down Harry’s face, dripping onto his shirt.

“Harry,” Draco chokes out and grabs his hand. Harry gets up only to collapse into Draco’s arms, knowing that the man is okay, physically at least. Draco’s arms immediately wind around his shoulders, a hand sliding into his curls. “I’m okay,” he mumbles over and over again until Harry relaxes a little and sits back down.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

Draco swallows. “No one knows that I’m an animagus.”

Harry scoffs and wipes away the last of his tears. “You know that I don’t mean that.”

Draco nods, his hands fidgeting in his lap. “I don’t know. I don’t know how it happened or why I stayed. I don’t know,” he repeats and shakes his head wildly. “I’m so stupid.”

“Hey, stop that!” Harry exclaims and takes one of Draco’s hands in his. “This is not your fault, it's his. You’ve done nothing wrong.”

Draco swallows again. “I tried. To tell you. That’s why…”

“That’s why you started coming to me as your animagus,” Harry finishes for him. “Why me?”

“I wanted to feel safe. You make me feel safe, Harry,” Draco whispers, clenching Harry’s hand in his.

Harry can’t help himself. He lifts their hands and places a soft kiss on Draco’s knuckles. “I know this is not the time and this is no pressure on you and won’t change anything about me being there for you. But Draco, I- I love you,” Draco’s eyes widen and his breath hitches, but Harry continues, “I love you and I will always be there for you. You will get through this and I will be by your side in whatever way you need me and you want me to be. You are safe, you are loved and you will never ever have to go back to this arsehole, I swear that to you.”

There are tears running down Draco’s face, but Harry thinks that he can see a tiny smile forming on his lips.

“Thank you.”

Dec 24th

“Tomorrow’s Christmas,” Draco mumbles, his face burrowed in Harry’s neck. He’s a comforting weight on top of Harry’s body where they are laying on Harry’s couch. The living room is dark, the only source of light is the crackling fireplace.

“I know,” Harry says and presses a soft kiss onto Draco’s head. He still cannot believe that this is his life now. Spending every possible minute with the love of his life. Knowing that they are safe and as happy as they can be. There’s still a lot to work through and they are taking it slow. Harry doesn’t want Draco to feel pressured into anything. But Draco assures him that he just feels happy. And in love. Turns out that Draco has been in love with Harry too, for over a year. But Harry was with Ginny. And then suddenly there was Charles who wanted to be with him. And who made him feel good. Until he made him feel very bad about himself. Up to the point that Draco could only leave the flat in his animagus form that Charles didn’t know about. Until he caught Draco changing that night and showed him exactly what he thought of that.

Harry still shivers when he thinks about that night. Still feels nauseous when the pictures of Draco being hurt float through his mind.

He grabs Draco a little tighter every time.

“I think this will be the happiest Christmas I’ve ever had,” Draco says and closes his eyes.

“For me as well, my love. For me as well.”

Day 4 -- Day 6

[sevenshadesofdrarry]

📚 Seven Shades of Fest Fics

Looking for something to read this weekend?

With the new year’s weekend coming up, we thought we’d share a compilation of fest fics written by the collab’s authors this year. Happy reading!

Listed by fest. Drarry first; other pairings below.

✨ 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2021

Christmas Memories by @janieohio (E, 31,718)

It's Draco's first Christmas living with Harry, and okay, maybe it's a little bit "extra", but he's Draco sodding Malfoy and if he wants to give Harry the best Christmas ever, it's his right as his boyfriend. So strap on your Santa hat and hang on tight, because this is going to be a bumpy, and slightly ridiculous, sleigh ride.

✨ HP Animagus Fest 2021

Harry Potter and the Mysterious Snowy Owl Affair by @ladderofyears (T, 8,681)

Harry Potter is the newly promoted Head Officer for the Department of Magical Creature Regulation, and he is passionate about his work protecting vulnerable animals who can't advocate for themselves. An added benefit of the job is the close relationship that he had developed with his colleague, Wizengamot prosecution barrister Draco Malfoy. Harry's life is happy and he feels satisfied with his place in the world. Abruptly, Harry's happy existence is thrown into disarray when a small snowy owl starts dropping tip-offs about magical creature crimes to Grimmauld Place. Harry isn't sure what to think. Is his benefactor a friend or foe? Why are they making such stringent efforts to conceal their identity? Draco doesn't seem concerned, but Harry can't help but feel intrigued by the mystery. Who is the wizard behind the owl?

✨ Harry/Draco Big Bang 2021

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by @ladderofyears​ with @iero0​ (E, 287,344)

Hogwarts is the very last place that Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy want to return to after the war. The Castle feels claustrophobic and stifling. Both feel trapped within its walls. Harry is traumatised by the war, by his sudden breakup from Ginny, and by the knowledge that his friends all know what they want to do with their life. Meanwhile Draco is reeling. He has narrowly escaped an Azkaban prison sentence and is struggling under the strict rules of his probation. He doesn't know where his mother is, and finds himself a pariah among the other students. The last thing that either student wants is mandatory Mind Healing. What has happened to them feels so big and devastating, that writing to a stranger feels farcical. Even so, they are not given a choice. Harry and Draco are both given a shared magical diary, and soon they begin writing letters to an anonymous fellow student. Their letters, terse at first, grow longer as the days pass. Before long, each wizard confesses their secrets and their fantasies, their wishes and their dreams. What will happen when their true identities are exposed? Will their vulnerable new relationship be destroyed before it has even begun?

✨ H/D Cluefest 2021

[podfic] Potterotica by @evaeleanor (E, 20 mins.) A podfic version of Potterotica by Elle_Grey (@diligent-thunder)

The first story, and you could barely call it that, had appeared in the communal bathroom overnight. It was stuck to the mirror, one above each sink, like it was expected people might casually read it while brushing their teeth. Except, there was nothing casual about reading explicit erotica in a communal bathroom while shoving a lubricated brush in and out of your mouth. Blaise had been the first to find it, or rather, to gleefully admit that he had. He’d burst into the common room in his pants to declare, 'There’s fucking porn in the bathroom!' Someone's writing smut and signing it with Harry's name. Hermione isn't buying it, and she has a plan to expose the true author. She also has her hand in her pants in a wardrobe.

Two Hearts Divided by @ladderofyears with @iero0 (T, 18,614)

Draco Malfoy, the celebrated Ghost Clearance Expert, is in Germany, trying to solve the tricky little matter of a stubborn ghost called Clara von Kellern. Exasperated after trying every spell he knows, Draco sends an owl to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in London, requesting their urgent help. Little does Draco know that the clerk who willingly grasps his letter is Harry Potter. Injured in action, Harry enjoys a quiet, deskbound existence and sees Draco’s letters as a bit of excitement to brighten up his dull days. Harry has no idea that investigating Clara’s life, and that of her beau (and potential murderer) Ernst Wernet will lead to the beginnings of a love affair all of his own.

✨ HD Domesticity Fest

Harry and Draco's Little Talk by @ladderofyears (T, 5,388)

Harry is holed up at work, avoiding the moment that he has to leave. His boyfriend, Draco Malfoy, had been argumentative and moody for weeks and now he wants to have a 'little talk' over dinner. Does this mean the end of their love affair or has Harry got the wrong end of the broomstick?

Unspoken Affection by @janieohio (M, 2,616)

"Sometimes, when you smile, I swear I hear music, then I realise it’s just the beat of my heart in my ears...Come back so I can dance." Harry finds a stack of post-its, and what starts as simply leaving Draco a reminder with a bit of romance turns into a lifetime of memories.

✨ H/D Erised 2021

Anon until 7 January 2022.

✨ HP Fluff Fest - 2021

Two Beneath The Blue by @drarrymadhatterstuff (T, 5,526)

Harry and Draco come back for the eighth year, each with a new pet. Their pets keep scampering off to meet up, and can’t seem to get enough of each other. Will their owners take a hint and follow suit? Or 5 times Draco is furious at Harry’s pet and one time where Draco relaxes a bit and lets it go.

✨ Lights Camera Drarry! 2021

(This Will Be) An Everlasting Love by @drarrelie & @janieohio (T, 45,138) Prompt: While You Were Sleeping.

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we plan. That’s what Draco’s mother always used to tell him, but Merlin, who could have predicted how right she would be? A story about feisty dragons, loneliness, family, and friends — and finding love in places you least expect. A Drarry cover of the romantic comedy While You Were Sleeping. Podficced by @melcarrianna

✨ HD Mpreg 2021

A Star Danced by @ladderofyears (E, 65,514)

Draco Malfoy has the world as his feet. He's twenty-three, first pick Seeker for Puddlemere United, has brilliant friends and a life he adores. The very last thing Draco wants is an unplanned pregnancy, especially one where the other father just so happens to be Harry Potter. Life, however, has other plans for him.

Just Give Me A Reason by @drarrymadhatterstuff (N/A, 19,012)

When Harry and Draco meet in a club, they decide to indulge in a one night stand. However, when Draco realises he's pregnant with Harry's baby, he doesn't take it very well. Narcissa takes it upon herself to contact Harry and try to save Draco from self-destruction.

✨ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2021

Anon until 9 January 2022.

✨ Pod_Together 2021

Pieces of You (Story with Podfic) by @janieohio with @phenomenalasterisk (T, 12,873)

Harry and Draco have moved in together, but Harry is hiding the truth of his childhood from Draco. Draco struggles to understand until a phone call from Harry's estranged cousin changes everything.

✨ H/D Remix 2021

both that morning equally lay by @janieohio (T, 4,340) Remix of  Auror Conley on the Case by @frenchmarshmalloww

Head Auror Potter takes every case seriously, but some cases are personal. When Scorpius Malfoy goes missing, Harry can't help but be involved, but he'll need to move beyond past regrets and embrace his present.

Little Star by @ladderofyears​ (M, 39,103) Remix of Be My Anchor by @maraudersaffair​

Ever since the end of the war Draco Malfoy has been scratching a living as a sex worker. He lives on the margins of society in squalid rooms and doesn’t imagine that his life will ever change. Then, after a couple of years, Draco becomes pregnant by an unknown client. Despite the Healers at St Mungo’s treating him with prejudice and contempt, Draco is determined to keep his baby. In his desperation, Draco approaches the wrong person and the result is disastrous. Draco is beaten up and left for dead in an alleyway. As Draco hovers between life and death, Harry Potter discovers his bruised and battered body. The Saviour doesn’t only save Draco’s life. He takes Draco back to Grimmauld Place and helps him to recover.

✨ There Was Only One Bed: The Fest (Hermione’s Nook)

Cold Hands, Warm Heart by @janieohio (E, 5,953)

Draco should probably be freaking out. He's stranded in a frozen wilderness with no wand, no supplies, and no way home. But he isn't freaking out, and it's totally NOT because he has his Auror partner with him. Not even a little bit. Or maybe a little bit. But probably not. Now, if only that little cabin they found had more than one bed.

✨ H/D Wireless 2021

I'll Try to Keep the Walls From Falling Down by @drarrelie (M, 14,960) Prompt: “It’s OK” by Tracy Chapman.

It’s OK. Love is only meant for some; Harry knows that. Besides, he wouldn’t want to risk this new, amazing friendship he has going on with Draco for anything in the world. Keeping his walls from falling down is the least he can do.

Into the Unknown by @drarrelie (G, 4,558) Prompt: “Into the Unknown” (from Frozen II) by Idina Menzel & AURORA.

It’s been echoing within him for months, like an annoying song that gets stuck in your head and refuses to let go. A nagging feeling in his core, telling him to say something, to do something, to go somewhere. Last night it finally happened. He did it. And it felt good; right. “I can’t be sure.” Four words, easy as that. It had been almost impossible to smother the sudden burst of joy rushing through him as that deep-seated urge rejoiced his unexpected act of rebellion. You’d think the Dark Lord’s punishment would’ve taken the exhilaration out of him, but no. Here he is, countless Crucios later, beaten and bruised, and never has the voice sounded this clear. He’s said something. He’s done something. And now he just has to go somewhere. He has no idea where, but he’s certain it will come to him. All he has to do is get out of here, then trust magic to do the rest.

Learn to Fly by @janieohio (T, 10,994) Prompt: “Fuck You” by Lily Allen.

Harry’s suffocating under all the expectations of the wizarding world, but he’s fascinated at Malfoy’s sudden ability to flaunt his true self to whoever cares to watch. And Harry? He might like to do something more than watch if he can ever get up the nerve.

Prologue by @aedwritesfic (T, 4,565) Prompt: “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” by Ella Eyre.

Ten years after the war, Harry stumbles across Malfoy in a Muggle club. What could have been an awkward encounter might just be a new beginning.

Requiem by @evaeleanor (T, 1,893) Prompt: “Requiem” by Michael Patrick Kelly.

Requiem — A song of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

'Til Your World Burns by @ladderofyears with @iero0​ (E, 25,377) Prompt: “'Til It Happens To You” by Lady Gaga.

Draco Malfoy is raped and watches as his world falls apart. Harry Potter is the quiet, unassuming wizard that finally listens to him. “I'm pregnant,” Draco repeated, bitterness evident from his tone. “Five months in, so there’s not much you can do to help me, Harry. Best fuck off now. Go and help somebody else. It’s too late for me. My life is already ruined.” The last word seemed to spark something in Harry. “Your life isn’t ruined,” he answered. “I don’t believe that, Draco. I don’t believe that for a single moment.” He paused, taking a moment before he continued speaking. “I’m sorry that I didn’t reply immediately. I wasn’t judging you. Please don't think I was. I care about you. Anything I can do to help, I will.”

Non-Drarry Fest Fics

✨ Dirty Festivitus 2021

Until Sunrise (Remione) by @aedwritesfic (E, 1,879)

Hermione and Remus seal their bond under the Yuletide new moon.

✨ Harmony Spite Fest

For Research Purposes (Hermione/Harry/Severus) by @aedwritesfic (E, 1,925)

After a potions accident leaves Hermione partially transformed, she and her two husbands decide to have a little fun with it. For research purposes, of course...

✨ Pen15 is Mightier Holiday Prompt Exchange 2021

Currently unrevealed.

✨ R/S Romance Fest

A Bushel And A Peck (Wolfstar) by @aedwritesfic (T, 1,381)

Sirius is not enjoying his time at the farmers market with Lily until he sees the hot guy manning the peach stand.

✨ Thicc Thighs Save Lives: Celebrating Big Bodies

And That Means Something (Wolfstar) by @aedwritesfic (M, 1,100)

Poem found in the journal of R. J. Lupin

✨ HP!Triad Fest 2021

Take On Me (Dramionarry) by @janieohio (E, 8,644)

It’s nearly a decade after the war, plenty of time for the world to have moved on and Draco to have become friends with Harry and Hermione. But Draco wants to be more than friends, and it only takes a couple of Firewhisky-inspired dances and wine-laced kisses to find out that he’s not the only one ready to take their friendships to the next level.

[drarryspecificrecs]

Seven Shades of Romance (2021) :

@sevenshadesofdrarry || official tag || AO3 || ∑ = 7 works The Mods : @drarrelie & @janieohio

1. 5 + 1 | Promise I’ll Be the Cure by @janieohio [T, 6k]

Through the years, Harry finds himself growing closer to Draco, eventually becoming friends. If only Harry could figure out why every time he needs somebody, Draco’s the one who's there. -or- Five times Draco takes care of Harry, and the one time Harry figures out why.

2. Only One Bed | Plants, Pastries, and Potter by @evaeleanor [E, 6k]

Draco is sure that not much can go wrong with him helping Neville out. It’s only for three days, after all. Then, he hadn’t thought to bring Neville’s gorgeous neighbour into the calculation.

3. Secret Admirer | Lover In the Dream by @gildedscripture [M, 5k]

Draco works at a museum cultivating highly ancient pieces of art with Pansy, ex-girlfriend and best friend. Newly unearthed treasures are sent to them both in their little lab where they clean up the manuscripts, slates, and statues of old gods and old religions. It’s a good job, if not lonely at times. And then Draco starts to dream about one of the gods: Harry.

4. Soulmates | Two Sides Of The Same Soul by @ladderofyears [T, 5k]

Draco's magic and lifeforce is slowly draining away, the result of his denied bond with colleague Harry Potter, and when Draco is hit with a Crucio it nearly proves fatal. With Draco in a coma at St Mungo's, can Auror Harry Potter save Draco's life once more?

5. Party Games | There's No I In Team by @drarrymadhatterstuff [T, 5k]

It’s the Ministry’s Interdepartmental Team Building Day, and Harry Potter finds himself in a team with Draco Malfoy. They’re forced to participate in team-building exercises, where they learn about each other’s demons and how to care for someone you thought you hated.

6. Intoxication | Comfort Rekindled by @jessica-doom [T, 4k]

It's been nine months since Draco Malfoy broke things off with Harry Potter, which is certainly long enough to move on, right? But in order to do so, he'd have to actually want to get over Potter and what they used to have.

7. Fake Dating | The Malfoy Crash Course in Dating Excellence by @drarrelie [T, 5k]

Harry sucks at dating. Malfoy is a dating whizz. Hermione suggests the perfect solution. Or, how Harry Potter finally learned how to date like a pro.

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✔ other fests in 2021 ✔ fests in other years ✔ Seven Shades of Drarry : ~ of Sin 2020 | ~ of Summer 2020 | ~ of Magic 2020 | Secret Santa Exchange 2020

[academicdisasterfic]

The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual

Drarry | 1.6k | G

Potter can't follow simple rules, and Draco has had enough.

This fic is a gift for one of my favourite people in the entire world @theteacupredemption. Not only is Zoey an amazing friend and person, she is also a Harry Potter fandom historian and knows literally everything about this weird corner of the internet. Her Tiktok is a plethora of intriguing, hilarious, and often weird information - I highly recommend her series on the characterisation of Snape in early Snamione fanfiction and her deep dive into the Hinny/Harmony shipping wars of the mid-2000s.

Big thanks to @lou-isfake for looking at this when I was in a pit of despair and pushing me to finish it - you're a real one, bud.

Some things never change.

Over the course of seven years, Draco has changed many things about himself. He is now reformed, tolerant and philanthropic. The current event he is hosting is a clear example of this - a Christmas market in the Malfoy Manor grounds. Draco has spent months decorating his home in preparation. Dozens of Christmas trees are wrapped in fairy lights, reflecting shades of blue and silver. The marquee that floats above the vendors is lit up by floating lanterns and mistletoe. The fountains spout gold and red water, and the peacocks have - begrudgingly - been charmed to have their tail feathers glow.

It is spectacular. Incandescent. The proceeds from the two Galleon entry fee will be donated to the new children’s ward of St Mungo’s. The entire market is a testament to the power of change.

But, as previously stated, some things never change. Such as Harry Potter’s flagrant disregard for rules.

‘Potter,’ Draco says sharply, marching up to the Saviour’s stall. Potter looks up - the picture of innocence - arranging his wand holsters and harnesses crafted from recycled Dragonhide. As if he has no idea what could be prompting Draco’s outrage. As if just because he is the Saviour, with his perpetual sex hair and broad white grin, he is exempt from basic regulations.

‘Hello, Malfoy,’ Potter grins, folding his ridiculously buff arms over his chest. ‘What’s your problem today?’

‘It is not my problem, Potter,’ Draco sniffs, outraged at the accusation. ‘You have simply, once again, clearly not read the Manual.’

‘The one hundred and seventy-two page Manual?’

‘Yes, Potter. You see, if you knew how to read, we wouldn’t keep having these issues.’

Potter sighs dramatically, still smirking. Insufferable.

‘The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual clearly states that all tents must be floating exactly two inches above the ground.’ Draco takes out his wand with a dramatic flourish and casts a Measuring Spell at the tent. ‘One point six five inches, Potter, or are you deficient in mathematics as well as reading?’

Potter’s smile grows, and he runs a hand through that ridiculous hair. ‘You know, Malfoy, I seem to be the only one you pull up on these technicalities.’

‘ I don’t know what you’re implying, Potter,’ Draco sniffs and points at the glowing measurement, ‘but I am merely here to make sure you don’t turn my market into a circus.’

‘Malfoy.’ Potter points to the far end of the grounds. ‘You have a literal circus here.’

‘And they are excellent at following rules.’ Draco smiles as one of the acrobats releases from the trapeze, flips twice in the air, and lands on a Hippogriff. ‘So impressive.’

‘You’re unbelievable,’ Potter huffs, giving Draco a wry grin.

‘Believe me now, Potter.’ Draco points at Potter’s now-well-used copy of the Manual, sitting in the corner of his tent. ‘Follow the rules, or I’ll be back.’

‘Oh no,’ Potter says, grinning and leaning forward across his counter. ‘That’d be awful.’

Draco huffs, feeling his neck growing warm under his scarf at the sight of Harry’s veiny forearms, and abruptly turns to hurry away.

…

Of course, the Prat Who Lived tests Draco’s patience - yet again - the very next day.

‘Hello, Malfoy,’ Potter smirks, leaning back from a conversation with Hannah Abbott, who is selling him a cup of her spiced cider.

‘Oh, Draco! Harry and I were just discussing how wonderful this opportunity is for our small businesses,’ Hannah beams, handing Draco a cup of cider. He accepts it gratefully.

‘Well, you’re a model vendor, Hannah,’ he says, and her smile impossibly broadens before she says goodbye and wanders off to where Dean and Seamus are selling framed prints. Draco turns to Potter, letting any and all amusement drop from his face. ‘Unlike some vendors, who seem determined to operate outside the law.’

‘Okay, Draco, what is it today?’ Harry sighs and leans back, as Draco seethes at the casual use of his first name. First name privileges are reserved for friends. Like Hannah, who Draco has spoken to…three times before? Four?

‘The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual expressly bans the use of Gryffindor house colours, Potter.’

‘Malfoy.’ Potter chuckles and tilts his head, gesturing around the lawns. ‘It’s Christmas. There’s red and gold everywhere.’

‘Christmas red and Gryffindor red are two very different shades,’ Draco sniffs, pulling out the fabric samples he has brought specifically for this purpose. He holds up the Gryffindor burgundy to Harry’s sweater, and looks sternly at him. ‘That is an exact shade match, Potter. I’m afraid you’ll have to take your jumper off.’

Harry bites down on his bottom lip, like he’s trying to hold back a smile. Like there’s something amusing about this.

‘You want me to take my jumper off, in the middle of winter, because it’s Gryffindor red?’

‘The Manual–’

Harry snorts a laugh. ‘Draco.’

‘Do I look not serious to you?’ Draco crosses his arms and straightens his back, trying for his haughtiest Malfoy expression. Harry grins lazily at him, then nods towards where Luna is selling her Gryffindor lion hats.

‘But I suppose that’s fine, right?’

‘Of course,’ Draco frowns. ‘Lovegood has not included any banned house colours in her apparel.’

‘You’re ridiculous.’ Harry keeps eye contact with him, then very, very slowly, starts peeling off his jumper. Inch by inch, the wool moves up his torso, like Harry’s enjoying extending the amount of rule-breaking he’s doing. Draco feels a hot flush run up his neck at the sheer audacity of Potter’s lawlessness, as the t-shirt rides up and reveals a band of dark hair running into his jeans. Potter sighs contentedly as the jumper goes over his head and he tosses it into the corner of the tent. He’s in nothing but a tight white t-shirt - and a ripped one at that, for Salazar’s sake - and he casually stretches his arms upwards.

‘Like what you see, Malfoy?’

‘What I am seeing is the rules being obeyed, so, yes.’ Draco sniffs. ‘I should stay here though, just in case you get lazy with warming charms and decide to put it back on.’

‘Mhmm.’ Harry grins and conjures another chair beside him. ‘Want some tea?’

…

‘Potter.’

‘Malfoy!’ Harry grins broadly at him, today in a forest green jumper that obnoxiously highlights his eyes. Unfortunately, it’s a permitted colour in the Manual, so Draco will have to endure it. ‘What’s my deviance today?’

‘Do I even need to tell you?’

‘Hmm, let me see.’ Potter glances around his tent, humming. ‘My holsters are arranged incorrectly? My leather is the wrong shade of brown? My tent is an inch too far to the left?’

Draco huffs.

‘Don’t play dumb with me. The Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual clearly states that tents can be decorated with between one and three wreaths. You have five wreaths in your tent today, Potter, which is quite frankly, ludicrous. Are you planning on creating a small forest in there?’

Potter’s mouth parts slightly, lips pink and plump, and it takes Draco a minute to stop staring at them and follow Potter’s gaze to Longbottom’s tent. One of the gravity resistant trees has shot through the top of the tent, floating happily in the wind, and Longbottom is currently wrestling back a Fanged Geranium trying to devour an elderly woman’s snakeskin purse. The Devil’s Snare pods are attempting to suffocate each other.

‘Surprisingly dangerous business, Herbology,’ Draco murmurs. ‘Good on Longbottom for following his dreams.’

‘Mhm,’ Harry says, smirking and bright eyed. ‘Good for him.’

‘Don’t change the subject,’ Draco warns. ‘At least two wreaths down, now.’

Harry smiles, slow and lazy, flicking his eyes between Draco and the wreaths. ‘I don’t know if I can reach, Malfoy. You might have to help me.’

‘Well.’ Draco suddenly feels quite warm. ‘If you insist.’

…

Just when Draco thought that Potter was incapable of irritating him any further, the git manages it.

Draco stares beadily at Potter’s tent - floating two inches above the ground, devoid of banned colours, exactly three wreaths hanging from the fabric walls.

Draco cannot detect a single rule Potter has broken tonight.

Which means that he must be hiding something.

Draco grits his teeth and marches over to the tent, stomach churning uncomfortably.

‘Hi.’ Potter smiles at him artlessly, his face lit up under the twinkling lights. He’s wearing a blue jumper, bright against his dark skin, and his hair is even messier than usual. Whatever game he’s playing tonight - well, he won’t be getting away with it.

‘Hello,’ Draco says, heart racing. ‘I’m conducting an inspection of your premises.’

‘Why?’ Potter’s lips twitch up, and he leans across the counter. ‘You know, Malfoy, sometimes it just feels like you’re obsessed with me.’

Draco narrows his eyes. ‘You’re one to talk, Potter. Think I didn’t notice your mouth breathing for the entirety of sixth year?’

‘I’m not saying it’s one-sided.’ Potter leans even closer, and he smells like leather and cedar. Draco’s mouth goes dry.

‘I have sufficient reason not to trust your adherence to the rules, Potter–’

‘Go on, then,’ Potter smirks, waving his hand and ushering Draco into the tent. Draco brushes past him and takes out his wand, casting a Revelio for hidden hexes or spellwork. To his dismay, nothing happens.

He turns back to Potter, who looks so smug that Draco just wants to punch him, until Potter flicks a finger towards the ceiling.

‘Look up, Malfoy.’

Above Draco, a single stem of mistletoe is unfurling, growing rapidly and unfurling its leaves. When Draco lowers his head again, Potter is standing right in front of him, green eyes crinkled and sparkling. His smile is almost blindingly white, the lightning scar running through his eyebrow and laugh lines. He’s staring at Draco’s lips.

Draco clears his throat and attempts to keep his voice even.

‘Potter, the Malfoy Manor Christmas Extravaganza Vendor Manual states that you must seek approval for additional tent charms–’

Potter laughs and grabs Draco by the lapels of his jacket.

‘Some things never change,’ Potter murmurs, and kisses him.

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I WILL COME BACK TO YOU

(ao3 link)

(quotev link)

All Too Well

~a fanfiction written in collaboration with @sorry-i-ship-drarry

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Microfics

Blueberries

Coffee & Tests

Waves

Pretty

Ace

Halcyon

Timeline

Love

fool for you

your majesty

16 shades of July

Prompts

Yours, forever

Strawberries and Cigarettes

With you, anywhere, everywhere

Kiss your scars

The Locket

You & I, it's everything

Neck Kisses

Dandelions

The fight of the stars

Come back to me

Can we stay forever

Would you?

I've fallen for you

They don't know about us

On purpose

Love me tonight

On the falling star, sequel: the light of a thousand falling stars

We'll figure it out

If one second is our forever

Our soft epilogue

I'll Hold Your Stars

Not everything has to be Malfoy-ish

Say it again, say it again and I swear I'll never stop you

You're safe with me.

One more moment

A special kind of grace

Oh, what is love

He found his forever

Painted Nails

It's beautiful, it's love

Dreaming of you

Solves a lot

If you love him

No place he would rather be

A lover's eulogy

Adore you

It's hard not to fall in love

Best of both of us

10 prompts in 10 days

Our Perfect

The seven stages towards love

I want to love you

The book of you and I

The colours in the canvas

Even the constellations

I miss you

Where is he?

Turn your scars into stars

Through notes and behind closed doors

Home (you are home)

[drarrelie]

Lovely Weather for a Sledge Ride (Together With You)

A wintery 8th Year Drarry gift fic, written for @drarrymadhatterstuff for the @sevenshadesofdrarry​ Secret Santa gift exchange of 2020.

Title: Lovely Weather for a Sledge Ride (Together With You) Rating: T Pairing: Harry/Draco Tags: EWE, Eighth Year, Snow, Sledding, Roommates, Pining, Sexual Tension, Secret Crush Words: 1,166

Summary:

The snow is glittering in the sun and the Eighth Years can't resist heading out to savour it, revisions and essays be damned. Only question is, can Harry coax his roommate to join them?

Read it on AO3​

🎵 Podficced by @roseszain​: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41014104

Please tell me what you think?

[resilientkitteh]

Fic Rec-Soulmates: Two Sides of the Same Soul

Title: Soulmates: Two Sides of the Same Soul Author: Ladderofyears Rating: Teen and Up Exploding Snap Trope: Dad!Draco Word Count: 5,966 Tags: SoulmatesSoulmate-Identifying MarksRomantic SoulmatesComatose Draco MalfoyBarrister Draco MalfoyAuror Harry PotterAuror Ron WeasleyAuror Millicent BulstrodeUnforgivable Curses (Harry Potter)Cursesdraco malfoy is a Good DadPast Astoria Greengrass/Draco MalfoyNo character bashingSt Mungo's HospitalMedical ConditionsTrue Love's KissOblivious Harry Pottercompetent dracoSick Draco MalfoyFinding a FamilyRomanceCommunity: Seven Shades of DrarryTropes Summary:  Draco's magic and lifeforce is slowly draining away, the result of his denied bond with colleague Harry Potter, and when Draco is hit with a Crucio it nearly proves fatal. With Draco in a coma at St Mungo's, can Auror Harry Potter save Draco's life once more? Excerpt:  “ Draco bristled at the Healer’s tone. “I am,” he answered in a waspish tone. “But you have to understand that it affects every part of my life. If I take the potions, then I get too sick to work, which means I can’t see my bondmate – but if I don’t take them, I get exhausted and can’t be a proper dad to my son.” Draco felt his voice lose much of its heat. “He’s already lost so much, Smethwick! He can’t lose me as well.”” Rec Notes: Just fangirling about an amazing Drarry Soulmates Fic! Also Draco has Scorpius and is the best Dad! https://archiveofourown.org/works/29352837 I have always been intrigued by the idea of soulmates and I feel like it would really make the HP universe cooler if they were a thing. So when I saw this fic "Soulmates: Two Sides of the Same Soul, I knew I had to read it! I love so many things about this fic and one is the way that Harry is so oblivious because Oblivious!Harry makes me giggle so much. It feels super accurate and Harry is so well written! I also love Draco in this! His love for Scorpius is what fuels him and I love seeing that side of him. He is only fighting to survive for his kid and that message really resonated with me! Draco's want to let Harry live the life he thinks Harry wants just tore at my heartstrings and I really understood his feelings there. But I also loved how Harry finally realized the consequences of his words and figured out he could fix it. Draco is so strong to keep fighting to live even when it all was crashing down around him. But his love for Scorpius is probably my favorite part of this story. Well that and of course the fact that Draco and Harry were secretly in love with each with each other for all this time. I also love that the soulmarks were their patronuses! And that you gave Draco a patronus!!! It made me my heart smile and I honestly just love everything about this fic! I highly recommend it to all who love Drarry! 

[bestdrarryfics]

Theres No I In Team - Drarrymadhatter

Summary - 

It’s the Ministry’s Interdepartmental Team Building Day, and Harry Potter finds himself in a team with Draco Malfoy. They’re forced to participate in team-building exercises, where they learn about each other’s demons and how to care for someone you thought you hated.

*This work is part of the Seven Shades of Romance anthology, the fourth in a series of collaborative projects within the Seven Shades of Drarry collective.*

Words - 5742

Tags - Party Games, Forced Proximity, Bets & Wagers, Co-Workers, Post-War PTSD, Hurt/Comfort*

Link - 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29331300

Review - So, this is my first review in a very long time. I’ve been in a massive reading rut and I’ve been struggling to find a fic that has been able to hold my attention long enough to finish reading it. 

If you have been feeling the same way - READ THIS FIC.

Harry & Draco are forced to take part in a ministry team building event, which leads to them getting stuck in a cupboard together during a game of Sardines. However, this isn’t your usual *gets stuck in a cupboard together...sexual tension overwhelms them...they start shagging* vibe. Harry is triggered by the close quarters cupboard and begins to panic, enveloped by memories of the cupboard under the stairs. 

Stick Percy Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Mafalda Hopkirk in there with them and any chance of smut is out the window. However, Draco notices Harrys discomfort, and very subtly calms him down in the sweetest way you can imagine.

I’ll let you read the rest for yourself, but this fic is fluffy without either Harry or Draco being out of character. It is very simply and beautifully written and I absolutely devoured it. A lovely, happy ending, with a clear connection between the two established. I would die to read more of this world. 

Read this and you’re guaranteed to be left with a fuzzy warm feeling in your chest.  

[the-starryknight]

I’ve decided to create a rather self-indulgent series of rec lists (with fic, art, podfic, fanmixes etc.) related to various facets of the art world.  We’ll start with the more typical take on it - Artist!Harry and Artist!Draco - and spin out to antiques & houses & galleries & fashion & wandmaking & music and more. I welcome chat in my inbox! Rec me something I missed, exclaim about your favs... I’d love to hear your thoughts.

ART + DRARRY RECS: ARTIST!HARRY

Many of these gorgeous pieces use Harry’s art as a way for him to heal or to find a path outside of the Aurors. Making (in whatever form) is also often a way for Harry to reconnect with Draco (or to connect in the first place).  Enjoy!

[Fic + Podfic] Turn fic by Saras_girl, podfic by @mab-speaks / Queenie_Mab 2013 | E | 307k

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently. 

★ A classic Drarry fic by the classic Saras_girl featuring a romantic, emotional, and powerful story about finding oneself (again & again) in the world of his own making.  Plus, Mab brings new life to the gorgeous prose in the podfic with a lovely storyteller’s tone. ★

[Fic + Art + Fanmix] The Boy and the Sleeping Prince fic by @writcraft, art by @phoenixacid 2015 | E | 27k/Illustration

Harry is miserable and tired of being an Auror, coasting through life until he’s forced to make some changes. Spurred on by his passion for drawing and working with best-selling author Draco Malfoy, Harry develops a charm which gives children a magical, interactive reading experience. But when it’s time to test the spell, the two men find themselves trapped in a nightmarish fairy tale world. Can they escape unscathed, or is Draco right in his assertions that there is no such thing as a happily ever after?

★ This fic is so unusual! Featuring illustrator!Harry and writer!Draco tumbling into a surrealistic and dramatic world, a fairytale of their own making. The worldbuilding in this fic is incredibly immersive in terrifying and beautiful ways, made visible and audible in the art and fanmix. PhoenixAcid’s illustrations are just stunning with incredible shading and depth. ★

[Fic] Solder by Oakstone730 2015 | E | 35k

Seven years ago, Harry disappeared out of Draco and Scorpius's life without a trace after Harry's addictions destroyed his and Draco's marriage. Now, Harry’s back, and Draco wants to believe he’s changed. But Harry isn’t the only one haunted by the past.

★ Though this fic deals with the challenging weight of Harry’s potions addiction, it is set years into his recovery and is all about rebuilding,  reconnecting and regaining trust (all of which take work and care, which this fic shows with love). The descriptions of the art in this fic makes my heart yearn for more stained glass in my life! ★

[Art] Second Chances by @celilasart / LLAP115 2017 | G | Comic

The painter Irah Raindrop has conquered the Wizarding art world by storm, but no one knows who is hiding behind this pseudonym. Draco Malfoy is one of Irah's biggest fans and a serious art collector who doesn't miss a single exhibition of Irah's art. This time, he dragged Pansy to the grand opening of Irah's latest exhibition in Paris. 

★ A gorgeous comic with a striking collector!Draco, Pansy in a red dress, a little cafe, and a mysterious reunion in the city of love. The expressions in this are gorgeously dynamic. ★

[Fic] Tourist: A Love Song by xErised 2019 | T | 30k (cw for a potions overdose, untagged)

Harry is in New York City looking for inspiration for his next collection of paintings. He’s not expecting inspiration to appear in the form of a black-haired Draco Malfoy playing the guitar and singing with such a beautiful voice.

★ xErised uses Harry’s art as a way for him to see Draco with new eyes. Harry draws him from across the room, and in doing so, finds that he’s an entirely new person, and how gorgeous and powerful is this kind of sight? I loved exploring all my favorite parts of NYC with its doting resident, Draco. ★

[Fic] The Delicate Balance of Light and Shade by Nympha_Alba 2020 | E | 13k

With the war finally over, Harry tries to find his own path in a world where he is free to make his own choice. On a holiday in France, he unexpectedly falls in love with art and painting. Returning to Hogwarts to help rebuild it, he is paired up with Draco Malfoy to restore the Room of Requirement - and unexpectedly falls in love with Draco.  When the rebuilding efforts are done, Harry disappears. Years later, Draco goes to Muggle London at Pansy's suggestion to visit an art gallery. The name of the Muggle artist is unknown to Draco, but the subject of the erotic paintings is shockingly familiar: it's Draco himself.  It's time to confront the past and make some long-due confessions.

★ This fic feels like it has a heartbeat in the way that Nympha_Alba has constructed short, poignant scenes. Nympha’s descriptions of Harry’s work are stunning and so revealing about both Harry and Draco.  ★

[Fic] The Way We Wind by @thesleepiesthufflepuff / BlueFay 2020 | E | 47k

After the war, Harry’s life falls to shambles. Each day revolves around an intense battle with his mental health, and there’s nothing that Ron or Hermione can do to help him. That is, until Hermione teaches Harry how to knit. Fast forward five years, and Harry is the proud owner of a renowned knitting shop in Diagon Alley, The Whomping Willow Woolery. Christmas season is upon him, and the shop is busier than ever. So, is it really a surprise that Draco Malfoy wanders in looking for a gift for his mother? Cue awkward meetings, fluffy knitting lessons, a truly horrible scarf, a cat named Stockinette who is readily obsessed with Draco, and falling in love with one’s worst enemy.

★ In the ultimate finding-healing-in-art fic, The Way We Wind weaves a romantic, emotional love story for two men whose lives are and have always been along the same thread. The perfect feel-good that will leave you wanting a warm knit jumper. ★

[drarryspecificrecs]

Seven Shades of Virtue (2021) :

@sevenshadesofdrarry || official tag || AO3 || ∑ = 7 works The Mods : @drarrelie & @janieohio

1. Courage | The Death of Pride by @aedwritesfic [M, 16k]

Eight years after the war, Draco Malfoy has lost everything. All he has left is his pride and his son. The life he once envisioned for himself died a long time ago. Still grieving and terrified of failing as a parent, Draco must find a way to put aside his own pride and find the courage to reach out and ask for help.

2. Justice | Justice isn't blind but she kinda smells like hotdog water by @gildedscripture [G, 6k]

It was on the hottest day of the summer that Draco Lucius Malfoy found himself on trial for the most heinous crime.

3. Charity | Dear Mr Evans by @ladderofyears [T, 16k]

When the Ministry claims Draco Malfoy's fortune in reparations it seems that his future looks bleak. There is no possible way for him to afford the tuition fees or the living costs for a university education, even though a life spent healing others is his dearest wish. To his complete surprise an anonymous benefactor offers him both, as well as a stipend to live on. Even though his benefactor asks for nothing in return, Draco decides to write him letters. He tells Mr Evans about his life, his course and all of the people that he cares about. [...]

4. Hope | It’s Okay to Not Be Okay by @janieohio [T, 8k]

When Teddy goes off to Hogwarts, Harry has to fight off the depression that tries to set in. Thankfully, he has good friends like Draco there to remind him that he has a life of his own and that Teddy is not the only source of light in his life. Sometimes you have to make your own light, but sometimes you need some help remembering how to draw back the curtains.

5. Prudence | Life Can't Be Lived By Reason Alone by @drarrymadhatterstuff [M, 13k]

Hogwarts is having a five-year reunion, and everyone’s invited. Draco is overwhelmed and anxious, while Harry is resigned. When Harry sees Draco sneak out of the reunion, he knows there’s something wrong and follows him to the Room of Requirement. When the situation combusts, Hogwarts decides it’s had quite enough of their bickering to last a lifetime.

6. Temperance | Comfortable Habits by @jessica-doom [T, 7k]

On the surface, of course Harry’s happy to have bumped into Draco Malfoy again. He feels giddy with anticipation for their breakfast “date” set for the next morning. He feels ready to move on. But, down in that place where his feelings truly live, there’s apprehension. There’s fear. As his counsellor would put it, there’s something “unresolved” — something he can’t leave unresolved.

7. Faith | Let There Be Light by @drarrelie [T, 10k]

There’s a stranger standing in Draco’s bedroom, an unexpected visitor claiming to be Harry Potter. Only... this man is old. Isn’t the Boy Who Lived supposed to be Draco’s age? And what in Salazar’s name is he even talking about?

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✔ other fests in 2021 ✔ fests in other years ✔ Seven Shades of Drarry : ~ of Sin 2020 | ~ of Summer 2020 | ~ of Magic 2020 | Secret Santa Exchange 2020

[ladderofyears]

Hello! :D For fanfic end of the year asks: 19 and 22

Hello my darling! Thank you so much for the ask ❤❤

Okay, so number 19- any new fics to start the year with?

Definitely! I'm going to write a fest fic that I've been procrastinating over for a while while I've been pitch hitting some other things. But, come January it will be all that I'm thinking about. It's an anonymous fest I'm afraid, otherwise I would tell you all about it.

Number 22- which events have you participated in this year?

I had to have a reread of my Ao3 to remind myself. It's been an absolutely brilliant year.

I've written for:

Animagus Fest, Clue Fest (with @iero0), Domesticity Fest, two Microfic Mini Exchanges, Exploding Snap!, the Mpreg Fest, Wireless, the Owlry Exchange, Seven Shades of Drarry, the Remix Fest, and Big Bang (also with @iero0 my whole entire star- love you 🌟) and I've also written a vast pile of microfics.

I've been in a couple that are still anon as well. Phew! Lots of writing! I have really enjoyed myself.

Thank you for the ask xxxx