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HD Wireless 2025 recs

Here are some of my favorite fics from @hd-wireless 2025. Listed in alphabetical order.

Ankles by @citrusses [37k]

Of course Harry feels weird that Draco and Neville are engaged—they’re only twenty-six years old. What’s the rush? And to make matters worse, ever since Neville and Draco’s very odd, very Pureblood engagement party, something is off between Draco and Harry. There’s no logical reason the engagement would change things between them. Draco’s just his friend. Isn’t he?

Certified Mind Blower by @moonflower-rose [9k]

The sun rises as their night ends, and as good as it feels to be young and drunk and surrounded by his friends (even the ones whose names he can't quite remember), Harry thinks it could be just a little bit better. And if Malfoy shows up at the club tonight, Harry might finally try to make it happen.

Floating Vibes by @wolfpants [19k]

It’s tradition: a group holiday, and Harry making terrible decisions. Mostly involving Draco. What starts as an experimental hookup quickly becomes a lot more complicated than either of them expected.

Like Falling Asleep by @draykray [31k]

Irreparably damaged after the war, Harry has a choice to make: drag someone down with him or let the disease run its course. OR: Harry is dying and Draco doesn't know how to mind his business.

The Night Shift  by @erin-orolin [16k]

It turns out Harry’s new Auror partner is a vampire. Might’ve been polite for someone to let him know.

Shades of Sundawn by @rainjulyx [32k]

In the shades of sundawn, Harry fell in love. But shhh! Keep that for yourself, Harry doesn't know it yet. Or: It takes a decade long unaddressed flirting, unacknowledged yearning, and defiantly dancing around each other for Harry to finally face the truth of his hatred.

shake the disease by @gregqoyle / lealam [70k]

After Draco gets one too many complaints at work, Harry gets assigned to the job of preventing any more. Only, he discovers things are far more complicated than they seem, with corrupt aurors, a society on the brink of collapse and a magical disease slowly draining the life from Draco.

something unholy by @avigethblogs / avigethwrites [25k]

It's 2006 and Harry finally has the picture-perfect family he always dreamed of. If only he knew how to keep his business clean.

Take The Lead by @peachydreamxx [39k]

When an unfortunate health-related mishap occurs in the middle of the pre-season game, professional Quidditch Chaser Potter is left benched before the season has even started. But it's not all doom and gloom. He's tasked with mentoring the team's last-minute replacement - Draco Malfoy. 

Talk To Me In French by Fluffy_Underneath [64k]

Harry is full of confidence as he enters the French Ministry on a sunny June morning. He's prepared for this meeting. Overprepared, in fact. Ready for any question they can throw at him. Primed for success. But as it turns out, there’s one thing Harry couldn’t prepare for: his interpreter. The person assigned to whisper in his ear all week; the distractingly sexy bastard with a smirking mouth and clever tongue. Apparently, Harry's mission this week isn't just to bring the Quidditch World Cup home to England; it's to do it without falling in love with Draco bloody Malfoy. Or Harry falls in love in Paris.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!

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2024 Update to Tomarrymort Longfic Recs — 8 additional fics

I wanted to add 8 lovely new longfics that have been published since the last time I put together this rec list — 6 more for the Intermediate reads list and 2 more for Advanced. Hopefully you’ll find something within these additional 950k words of absolutely brilliant Tomarrymort fic to sink your teeth into and enjoy:

Longfic rec list collection:

Tomarrymort Beginner reads are the fics I would use to introduce someone to the ship and help them get a baseline for the variety, themes, and tropes that best represent our ship;

Intermediate reads are for readers that are already familiar/sold on the ship, and are looking for fics that explore interesting new facets of the Tomarrymort dynamic; 

Advanced reads comprise challenging works of some nature, whether the writing features more complex subject matter and/or pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in a piece of fanfic.

Please enjoy these 8 additions to the list, all of which are either completed or still updating as of 2024!

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Intermediate Longfic Recs

A Light That Never Goes Out by @kippipies (M, 80k, WIP)

Setting: Non-Magical AU Premise: If Harry is the target of a dangerous crime lord called Voldemort and his gang of Death Eaters in a modern mafia AU. Why I rec it: This is a delightful, high-energy caper of a fic in which Harry is a scrappy low-time criminal who accidentally crosses crime boss Voldemort. Naturally, Voldemort sets his sights on getting revenge, but Harry slips through his fingers at the last minute each time. The action scenes in this fic are incredibly dynamic and super fun — I felt like I was watching an action movie at each confrontation between Harry and Voldemort.

And the Living Will Envy the Dead by @k-s-morgan (M, 81k, WIP)

Setting: Time Travel (1940s) Premise: If Harry were flung back in time to Tom’s sixth year and almost immediately reveals he is Tom’s horcrux, setting off a chain reaction of obsession and control.  Why I rec it: An intricately crafted character study of Tom and how he gained control over the rest of Slytherin House by the time Harry meets him at the start of sixth year. Harry’s arrival throws Tom’s plans off-kilter, especially once Harry reveals he was Tom’s horcrux in another timeline. This leads Tom to believe the other version of him had somehow loved Harry, and shows him that it’s possible to form such a connection with Harry here if he wants, despite how dark, cruel, and violent he turned out and how little he cares for others. 

By Any Means by @corpium (E, 74k, WIP)

Setting: Alternate Universe Premise: If Harry has a younger brother Evan who is the Boy-Who-Lived, yet Harry’s overprotective actions towards Evan end up attracting the attention of Voldemort directly onto himself. Why I rec it: This is a really engaging and fast-paced adaptation of canon events if Harry were born 2 years earlier and his younger brother were the one that the prophecy applied to. The relationship between Harry and Evan is really sweet, as they share the burden of growing up at the Dursleys and all the adventures that Harry underwent in canon. There’s also such a fascinating exploration of magic as Harry gradually becomes more powerful as a result of all the trials that he’s put through, eventually becoming powerful enough to attract the attention of Voldemort. 

Pledged by @moontearpensfic (E, 118k, WIP)

Setting: Alternate Universe Premise: If Harry and Tom are best friends that enter together into a Hunger Games-crossed-with-Triwizard Tournament in their seventh year.  Why I rec it: This fic depicts co-dependency to such an intense degree between Harry and Tom. Not only are they inseparable best friends throughout their time at Hogwarts, they also perform a cooperative magic ritual that binds their magic to each other permanently, and allows them to share thoughts and feelings with each other across a mental link. There’s also an intriguing mystery at the heart of this story, as Harry and Tom try to figure out the origins of the Triwizard-style tournament that they enter into in their seventh year. 

Revolution of Configured Stars by @tollingreminiscentbells (E, 153k, WIP)

Setting: Voldemort Wins AU Premise: If Harry was raised in a pureblood family in a universe where Voldemort wins, and ends up attracting the attention of Voldemort in his seventh year at Hogwarts.  Why I rec it: This is such an intricate, incredibly thoughtful depiction of a society where Voldemort won and Harry was raised as a ward of a pureblood family. By the time it’s Harry’s seventh year, he’s a budding Arithmancy scholar who wants to explore whether it’s possible to choose the optimal timeline via arithmantic calculations, which catches the attention of Voldemort. Voldemort and Harry’s relationship unfolds in such a steamy way, and they truly feel like equals who hold each other in high regard, as Voldemort reveals that they have been inextricably linked by fate, whether or not he ended up trying to kill Harry as a baby in this particular timeline. 

the stars, my destination by @milkandmoon-ao3 (M, 15k, WIP)

Setting: Time Travel (Marauders Era) Premise: If Harry is sent back in time as an infant and adopted into the Potter family, growing up and attending Hogwarts alongside James.  Why I rec it: There is a dearth of Harrymort fics set in Marauders Era so it is such a delight to read about Harry’s friendships and rivalries with Marauders Era characters, like being best friends with Regulus and Quidditch rivals with James. As Harry starts his sixth year, the First Wizarding War heats up in the background and begins spilling into their life at Hogwarts as many of their classmates are recruited to fight on either side of it. All the while that he has to keep secret the strange mental connection that he’s had with the Dark Lord all his life. 

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Advanced Longfic Recs

Hearthstone Abbey (Series) by @ramabear (E, 152k, WIP series)

Setting: Soulmate AU Premise: If second year Harry is plucked away from his canon universe by Voldemort from another universe who is his soulmate. Why I rec it: I wholly melted at all the ways Voldemort takes care of Harry in this fic, better treatment than Harry’s ever gotten in his entire life, and Harry is so lovable and adorable in turn. Voldemort has established himself as a religious figurehead/cult leader in the alternate universe, and it was very interesting to read about his alternate path to power. The soft grooming in this fic was so so delicious, ramping up in intensity as the fic progresses; Voldemort completely dotes on Harry and their dynamic is so sweet and tender, a very nice counterbalance to the sinister and predatory tones that underlie their relationship.

if we were lovers by @reggieblk (E, 277k, complete)

Setting: Non-Magical AU Premise: If Harry and Tom meet in a prestigious drama programme and fall for each other against a backdrop of high stakes threatre productions.  Why I rec it: The character work is so rich and detailed in this coming-of-age story in a modern AU setting. It’s clear there was so much thought that went into all the character interactions here, not only between Harry and Tom, but also the ensemble cast of characters who inject so much heart and humor into this story as well. I love the way that @reggieblk cleverly weaves in elements from Shakespeare’s plays and uses the theatre backdrop to depict how the love story between Harry and Tom unfolds — their developing relationship feels, at the same time, both very immersive and cozy, as well as highly fraught with tension. (As a bonus, there is an absolutely amazing original play in the interlude chapter that was written specifically for this fic!)

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Cr: 一口全麦兔司

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Auror Harry James Potter

"He's like fire. It beckons you with its shine, but if you get too close, you will get burned."

(Redrew my old art!🔥🔥🔥)👇

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i dont care what universe, situation, voldemort or tom, i want him to be pining for harry FIRST.

and i don’t mean it in a “he fell first, he fell harder” way, i want him to fall for harry first and be absolutely terrible for him

harry eventually falls for him and its all fine but i wanna see tom/voldemort lose sleep over this man, punching air (and maybe people) seeing harry talk to anyone, and being insanely obsessed

in my hc, this is a man of zero chill and he will experience several breakdowns over having his first “crush” on anyone that isn’t there just to rise ranks in wizard society. having a crush should be his worst nightmare.

a nonchalant tom/voldemort is one that i do not care to read.

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A Man of Honor by @astolat

I continue in my quest to bind all of Astolat’s fic in the fandoms I read! This is another GOT fic, but a Regency Romance AU.

The cloth jointed endpapers and cover inset are hot foiled, but the spine text and my logo are HTV because it turns out this Japanese book cloth does not take foiling well! I modeled the title page after the 1697 edition of Dryden’s translation of Virgil (yes, I’m that kind of nerd), hand painted the red because I still don’t have a color printer, and I used IM Fell as my primary font. The images of swords and pistols come from public domain photos of appropriate weaponry that I digitally traced and edited. Endbands are a simple bead on front with silk.

As always, Astolat, if you would like a copy let me know!

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Thank you Frez for presenting us with a great story! A few minutes after I posted this art on Twitter, she sent me this perfect story. it's such a great talent!

Both of these drawings were done with the image of Harry trying to catch someone off guard Tom/Voldemort. It's kind of like a honey trap or 寝首を掻く. But she wrote story is soooo good❤️!! I'd recommend that one✨

My sincere thanks to Frez for allowing me to write up and share this romantic story.

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Happy Birthday⛄️!

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Some random doodles I drew recently. no context

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Me when gays

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but what if i read one of your fanfics and then went to your ao3 accounts and read all of your fanfics and left a comment on every single chapter of every single one and you got spam emails from all of my kudos and comments and it made you smile, what then? what if i brighten your day with my words like you did mine, what then???

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HD Time/Universe Travel fic recs

I love Time Travel /  Universe Travel fics. Here are a few recs listed in alphabetical order.

Annus Mirabilis by Ren [39k]

Harry and Malfoy are trapped at Hogwarts around the time the school was founded. Stuck with a different way of doing magic, with no chocolate, and with each other, they have to find a way to work together if they want a chance to go home.

At the Crossroads There We’ll Meet by @firethesound [24k]

Potter keeps dying; Draco keeps saving him.

Brevem Conspectum by @lauren3210 [11k]

During a routine clearing of an old Death Eater house, Harry stumbles  over an ancient spell that sends him somewhere completely different. He  has to work out where he is and how to get back. Or if he even wants to.

Collapse Amongst the Dying Stars by @writcraft [26k]

After the final battle nothing is quite as Harry expected.  Death Eaters remain unaccounted for, Malfoy is in prison and there is something rotten in Azkaban.  Banned from assisting the Aurors, Harry keeps himself busy with regular visits to Malfoy and works to bring light to the darkness of 12 Grimmauld Place.  As he does all he can to make things better, Harry’s mind fills with strange dreams and an adversary sets in motion a plan intended to tear Harry’s world apart.

Chrononauts by AnnaFugazzi [39k]

Harry and Draco learn that Time is making fools of them again. And then they learn it… again.

A Design For Life by @maesterchill [76k]

Harry Potter doesn’t want to become an Auror. And Draco Malfoy would quite like to stay alive and out of harm’s way. Neither have any desire whatsoever to time-travel into the future, especially not with each other. But fate? Well, she has other plans.

Earthbound Spook by cest_what [57k]

Two months after Draco Malfoy was reported dead, Harry and Ron found him tangled in Strangler Ivy on the grounds of Hogwarts.

An Emerald In The Sky by @corvuscrowned [6k]

The hardest part about shagging an Unspeakable is that they’re not allowed to speak of anything. All Draco knows is that Harry works in Time. Harry works in Time, and while he’s out there in all of that time, it is as unforgiving to him as it is to anyone.

Somewhere along the way, Draco realizes he’s been thinking in lines, when he should have been thinking in circles.

Every New Beginning by @fencer-x​ [140k]

“You curl your lip and wrinkle your nose and sneer and call me Saviour, yet you only seek my help at the eleventh hour. That’s what’s fucked up, Malfoy.” || Draco Malfoy is dead, and Harry is absolutely totally fine with that.

Fast Forward, Two Steps Back by @emmagrant01 [36k]

Everyone knows that Draco Malfoy died in the Room of Requirement ten years ago. So when he suddenly reappears at Hogwarts ten years later, still seventeen years old, Professor Harry Potter’s life gets very complicated.

The future is unwritten by Rickey [24k]

Harry and Draco are flung forward in time to find that life has moved on without them. As they navigate through the changes, they have to find their own roles in a new world. Will they find that they would be happier together?

The Inner Lands by Lomonaaeren [31k]

Harry wants to know why Draco Malfoy is a Sidhe Lord. And he wants to know why he’s heading up the delegation that’s poised to invade the wizarding world. But most of all, he wants to know why him.

Just a Matter of Time by @gracerene09 [23k]

Draco’s in a bit of a rut. He’s nearing forty, divorced, and he still can’t figure out how to make his Time Turner reconstruction work. He’s bored, he can admit it, so he’s not nearly as concerned as he should be when his pet project malfunctions and sends him twenty years into the past. That is, until he ends up relying on a nineteen-year-old Harry Potter for help and starts developing some very inconvenient—and possibly reciprocated—feelings.

Life is a Twice Written Scroll by lauren3210 [22k]

The new world order hasn’t been kind to Draco and his family, and he wishes it could all be different. So does Harry, although not for the same reasons. But as Draco works to fix the mistakes he made in the past, he finds his reasons for doing so changing in a way he never expected.

The Many Lives of Love by Nattish [28k]

When a Ministry time travel mission goes terribly wrong, Harry is sent to the future and Draco is sent to the past. Young Draco doesn’t know why, but he feels compelled to make choices he never thought possible before; unknowingly, he alters reality, the future, and his relationship with Harry Potter – forever?

Nothing Gold Can Stay by @moonflower-rose [40k]

One summer evening, Harry Potter vanished in the middle of dinner with his friends. Four days later he came back. Sort of. Draco Malfoy is on the case.

Of easy wind and downy flake by @starquestingfordrarry [14k]

It’s snowing in July, and it’s Malfoy’s fault. Or, the one where the house wants the boys to kiss.

On the Last Day of Our World by Sansa [84k]

During a detention, Harry and Draco get locked in a strange room together overnight. When they escape the next morning, they discover they are alone. Love, angst and adventure abound as they struggle to survive in an empty world.

Our Time by @m0srael  [39k]    

Draco Malfoy is an expert in Ancient Runes at Oxford University’s College of Advanced Magical Studies. When he isn’t at the head of a lecture hall, he spends his time alone in cavernous libraries with only crumbling scrolls and runic dictionaries for company. One day, a group of Ministry officials interrupts his research with the aim of recruiting him to lead an elite team of investigators in a top-secret race against time to decrypt a set of recently uncovered ancient runes that threaten the very fabric of time. Draco feels certain he can save the world, if only he didn’t keep getting distracted by his co-lead, one Chief Cursebreaker Harry Potter. If only that distraction didn’t evolve into something so much more.

Paradox by kerfuffling [84k]

Thanks to a clever bit of magic and the help of an old acquaintance, Draco is given the chance to relive his years at Hogwarts with the knowledge of what exactly is in store for the future. However, when things tumble out of Draco’s grasp, he finds himself losing his memories of the life he’s already led as everything takes a startling turn away from what he’d always assumed to be his destiny.

Convergence by kerfuffling [34k]

Just because Draco’s somehow gotten himself involved in Potter’s suicide mission to defeat the Dark Lord doesn’t mean he has to go quietly and actually act like a Gryffindor fool. And sure, he and Potter have some sort of relationship going on, but Draco’s still a Slytherin, and he’s going to bring his own brand of cunning to this cockamamy fool camping trip Potter’s gone and got himself stuck in trying to save the world from evil lockets, gingers, and badly cooked food.

A pulled down shade by @fastbrother [43k]

Harry does not like Draco Malfoy, not even one bit. Never did and never will. That is, until he finds himself married to him.

Seven Days, Seven Memories by @queenie-jinny [25k]

In a universe somewhere, deep down in the Department of Mysteries, behind Door 13, Unspeakable Draco Malfoy, can be usually found. Except Malfoy is nowhere to be found when Harry goes looking for him. What he finds instead is a Pensieve and a box full of memories.

Star Quality by who_la_hoop [118k]

Two years after the war, and Harry’s content with his life. OK, so it’s a little annoying that he keeps winning Witch Weekly’s Most Eligible Bachelor award, and he’s really not looking forward to the unveiling of an enormous gold statue of himself, but he loves his friends, and he loves being an Auror. And if he yearns for something more, something he can barely bring himself to think about, well, he’ll probably get over it. No one’s happy all the time, are they?

But then everything changes, and Harry’s thrown into a new and dazzling world he’s not sure he can actually escape from. And as time goes on, he starts to wonder: does he actually want to?

The Star Splitter by @oflights [219k]

On a routine time travel assignment to the past, Draco stumbles upon 7-year-old Harry Potter and witnesses his neglect and mistreatment by the Dursleys. In the moment, there is only one solution, even if it goes against all his training as a Time Agent: he has to bring Harry back to the future with him. In which Draco burns his life down for the sake of his former school rival.

Tempus Fugit by Poison Pen [90k+]

A monumental cock-up in Potions means that Harry and Draco have more to contend with than mutual enmity. A journey of discovery, self-reflection and love.

Through the Looking Glass and What Draco Found There by @magpiefngrl [17k]

Draco discovers the Mirror of Erised is a portal and he enters an alternate reality where your deepest  desires come true.

Or how Draco found himself in the world of his dreams and Potter had to come and ruin it.

Time and Again by @lauren3210 [28k]

Draco has an important research assignment, and he needs Auror   protection. Harry’s a little concerned, not only because he can’t even   pronounce the places Draco’s dragging him off to, but because there’s   the slightest chance he might do something stupid, like tell Draco all about that little crush he’s been harbouring for a while now…

To have a Home by Aulophobia [126k]

Not quite a decade after the war, Draco Malfoy was happy with his quiet little Muggle life in Oxford. He had a small group of friends from the university he’d attended, and colleagues from the law firm where he worked as a solicitor. He played folk music on his violin around the city. And he volunteered to provide legal services getting mostly idiot teenagers out of trouble with the law. His life was full. He had no contact with the magical world, and all was the way he liked it. And the feeling of emptiness in his chest, the feeling some part of him was missing, was at least better than the alternative. Or at least it was until the last few months when he kept getting called down to the police station to get Harry Potter out of trouble. Indecent exposure and possession was one thing, but the latest charge was for murder. OR Harry and Draco find each other again after the war in Oxford, a completely non-magical city. Together they solve the mystery of the city which hates all wizards but them.

Turn by  Saras_Girl [306k]

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

The Unplottable Time Conundrum by @writcraft [45k]

When the past starts bleeding into the present at Grimmauld Place, an old academic article pulls Draco Malfoy out of his life of luxury. Haunted by the memory of a fleeting post-war kiss and thrust into the ghostly spaces inhabited by Unspeakable Harry Potter, Draco’s easy life is about to get a whole lot more complicated.

The Waiting by @oknowkiss​ [43k]

It’s been almost ten years since Draco Malfoy disappeared during a routine Curse Breaker training exercise. Harry, his partner in more ways than one, is determined to figure out why. As the past resurfaces and the present fades into confusion, Harry discovers the only thing more unreliable than memory is love.

Without Sound of Bells by scarlet_malfoy [20k]

What would the world be like if Harry and Draco and been friends since the beginning?

Your Destiny, My Destination by @valinorean [20k]

Life is a series of events that shape your past and determine your future. Ten years after the war, Head Auror Harry Potter accidentally travelled back in time where he met 18-year-old Draco Malfoy.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!