Another year, another bunch of Drarry fics! Like in 2022 and 2023, here is the list of the fics that made 2024 such a cool year to me. Thanks to the writers for making me happy with these wonderful stories of my favorite boys <3
More than one chapter:
Dwelling by aideomai (83k)
In Every Universe by @skeptiquewrites (27k)
Can I tell you something? by GallaPlacidia (33k)
A Big Black Sky by alexmeg (90k)
All Life is Yours to Miss by Saras_Girl (114k)
Harry Potter: DILF Hunter by @vukovich (11k)
What We Pretend We Can't See by @gyzym (131k)
The Day Before the Wedding by @kbrick (39k)
Eclipse by Mijan (287k)
Secrets by Vorabiza (395k)
Twist of Fate by Oakstone730 (302k)
Finely Drawn Lines by @the-sinking-ship (61k)
A Pocket Full of Stones by @amywaterwings (67k)
The Devil's White Knight by orphan_account (64k)
One-shots:
Truth or Dare? by @lettersbyelise (3k)
Always the Last to Know by @nv-md (10k)
Lovesick by @corvuscrowned (7k)
Tangled Up in Midnight Memories (and you) by @ronbinary (8k)
Seven Ways to Get Harry Potter Hard (in Public) by @curleecue (7k)
Ten Thousand Reasons Why Not by @lqtraintracks (8k)
telepathy by @hogwartsfirebolt (2k)
Howl by @tackytigerfic (8k)
Let’s go dip it low (then you bring it up slow) by @andithiel (3k)
The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by @letteredlettered (54k)
chatgpt is a threat to the symbiotic relationship between fanfic writers and their betas. we are losing our traditions. eradicate the soulless machine and ask your friend who has a full time job and 3 kids to annotate your omegaverse fanfiction like any other responsible adult.
life would be so much better if i had a homoerotic rival who yelled my last name at me with oddly complimentary insults and of course switching to first names would be a huge deal.
EXACTLY LIKE to me Starseeker is such a cute and fluffy, domestic, type of ship. Like Harry helping Draco actually embrace his emotions. Draco helping Harry with his unhealthy coping mechanisms. BOTH of them helping the other with their crap sleep habits.
It’s not always dark and toxic and whatever ppl think, it can be healthy, cute, domestic and just amazing
i hate it when someone asks me what my favorite work of art is because i can't say "the one of the woman chilling on the rocks with a dragon lying in her lap and giving off powerful big dick energy" but how else am i supposed to describe it
people who don't use or spend time on tumblr don't really understand how solid this place is for creatives and how we could be living in artist utopia if they fully undid the nsfw ban. the tag system? the dashboard? the silly anons who will send you the most insane sentences known to mankind? having your very old, shitty art make the rounds again because somebody finds value from it and wants to show their friends? no other place even comes close
No but what if the deepest darkest secret of the house of Malfoy is that they actually have super curly hair? And that their origin story of wealth is their hair potions? But they managed to keep it a secret because how dare anyone suggest that the most pureblooded of pure blood families is not utterly perfect. And that’s why Draco gets a special kick out of making fun of Harry’s hair? Because he so could help him do sty about it but it’s much more fun this way? And also at some point he befriends Hermione and gives her some of the Malfoy Hairtamer TM? And she can’t let it go so she does some research? And that nosy bitch (love her) finds ouuuut. And then Harry becomes obsessed with getting Draco’s hair wet so he can see his natural hair. And when it finally happens they fall in love, obviously?!?!?!
Summary: Auror Harry has been known to blunder his way through life; and while physically it’s left him with his fair share of scrapes and bruises it’s also manifested in a lot of leaping before he looks when it comes to his love life…
When he needs Draco Malfoy’s help after a nasty curse leaves him vulnerable and out of a job, he can’t help more leaping. He finds himself instantly attracted to the man he meets and doesn’t really stop to consider that Draco’s charming little life might hide vulnerabilities of its own.
Set five years after the war and featuring: lots of art, temporary injury/disability, too much fluff and some deep-seated insecurities.
Or: my own treatise on justice
Chasing Selwyn (ao3) - Dracosgirl25
M, 37k
Summary: Harry and Ron recieve their first assignment as Auror partners. What was supposed to be a simple arrest quickly turned into a full investigation into pure-blood families. With the help of Ministry Liaison Draco Malfoy, the two Aurors are able to stop Cassian Selwyn's rise to power. The beginnings of a romance starts along the way as well.
Creating a Place To Call Home (ao3) - shadowofadream
G, 13k
Summary: The Dark Lord has been defeated, Hogwarts has been rebuilt, there are more ghosts and less carefree smiles on the castle’s grounds but things are looking up. People are moving on. Life continues.
Only Harry can’t seem to shake the past, the nightmares, the constant vigilance and distrust. Draco, it seems, fares much the same. People usually say one should not run from their problems and instead face them head on. But when the problem is standing still while all the world moves on around you, maybe running away is not that bad of an idea.
Deadly Desire (ao3) - Devious_Muffin
E, 10k
Summary: It began slowly. So slowly Harry didn’t even notice, didn’t realize what was happening around him as he bumbled through his years at Hogwarts. A missing Hufflepuff here, an odd stain on a certain step there, and Harry was none the wiser. He didn’t feel the unnerving focus, the almost unblinking stare that followed him. He didn’t listen to the whispers and rumors, having had his fill long ago. He paid no mind to the periodic postings on the house bulletin board, or the way groups of students would close ranks whenever he was near. He didn’t catch on for years, not until someone he knew, someone he’d spent more than a few passing conversations with, disappeared.
Draco watched and waited, creeping ever closer to his goal with each passing year. He wasn't patient, he wasn't gracious, but once he finally gained the attention he deserved, he used it to his full advantage.
Deluxe Hip Thrust 9000 (ao3) - Anonymous
E, 5k
Summary: Draco discovers a new kink.
Erised (ao3) - grumbleonimbus
M, 71k
Summary: Draco Malfoy is trying to make amends by doing fundraisers and events for a war orphan charity. He hasn’t seen Harry Potter - or thought about him… really! - in about five years. Until he sees him a lot, everywhere, dammit. While vehemently trying to deny his school crush has reignited, Draco cannot help but be charmed by a more mature, serene, confident Harry. And, well, the new looks, plural, are ever so appealing.
Excuse Me, He Asked For No Pickles (ao3) - cravingstatic
T, 10k
Summary: Harry Potter is perfectly okay
He’s just staring at Draco Malfoy. And sweating. And dropping plates. And asking him to the Yule Ball.
Ron thinks he's dying, too.
-Part 1 of the Silence Feels Kinder series, but can be read independently-
Good Work, Partner (ao3) - Anonymous
E, 25k
Summary: “Spare me,” Robards snapped. “It’s a fortnight. Ten silly little bonding assignments to make you better work partners. I don’t care if it’s asking you to braid each others’ hair. Is it going to prevent you from doing your job?”
“No, sir,” Draco muttered, when Harry didn’t reply.
“Is it asking you to do something illegal?”
“No, sir,” Harry said, rather wishing it was.
“Then I don’t want to hear about it. If you avoid it a second time, you’ll incur disciplinary action.”
Or, Harry and Draco's bonding exercise at work is getting weird, fast.
Hogwarts Colleagues (ao3) - Oreivals
Draco/Harry, Draco/Blaise
M, 40k
Summary: Fifteen years after the War, Harry Potter is burnt out and lonely, while Draco Malfoy is a pariah trying to redeem himself. When they meet again as colleagues at Hogwarts, the sparks are instant.
From obsessive map-watching to secret encounters in the Astronomy Tower, Harry realizes that the line between hatred and love is dangerously thin. But can the Chosen One really love an ex-Death Eater without destroying them both in the process?
Home is where you are (ao3) - soft_exo
T, 67k
Summary: Harry Potter has never had a home before, but maybe that’s about to change.
Ignorance Was Bliss (ao3) - Wac67
E, 11k
Summary: Harry and Draco are trapped together, with plenty of time for Harry's fantasies to make themselves known.
I Won't Get There (On My Own) (ao3) - frenchpirate (Whiskey_n_speed)
E, 18k
Summary: Harry felt another twang in his stomach. "Wait, I have to like them too? But I don't even fancy blokes? How would I know which ones are fit, Gin? It's not like I walk around tallying which ones I would hypothetically jump, in case I ever needed a list!"
"Why does it matter if they're fit, if the whole ordeal is fake?" Dean spoke up from his seat next to Harry. "That guy looks like an actual ogre — you should like him!"
Harry thought about it. It didn't matter, of course, he wasn't gay. He could like an ogre or two on Grindr in the name of good fun.
🔥🔥🔥
Or: There's countless reasons for someone to be on a gay dating app, besides actually being gay. Everyone knows that.
just harry and just draco (ao3) - idaokiwatine
G, 16k
Summary: Draco has long ago left the wizarding world behind for a more forgiving muggle life. And so has Harry, it seems.
Or: Draco finds Harry working at a coffee shop after years and from then on their relationship changes. Featuring drives, mundane muggle life, uncomfortable conversations and smitten idiots.
Love's Imagination (ao3) - XxTheDarkLordxX
M, 13k
Summary: Soulmarks were supposed to be a blessing. They were supposed to be something worth celebrating. Soulmarks were cherished, loved, and proudly displayed.
Draco's soulmark was ugly, pulsing, and slowly killing him.
Maybe You Would Understand Me (ao3) - ElectricBlueLilies
G, 9k
Summary: After the war, Draco is put on trial with the rest of the Death Eaters. Harry Potter's surprise testimony saves him. Years later, they reunite and unpack a lifetime of questions.
Puzzle (ao3) - dmonoceris
M, 4k
Summary: After the war, Harry James Potter got married.
However, the young hero of the wizarding world’s wedding wasn’t a huge party with countless guests, with the media interviewing the lovebirds and taking photos, much less with a certain redhead whom everyone swore up and down they were madly in love with. No. The young hero’s wedding was discreet, extremely discreet — so discreet that no one even knew who he had married.
No one.
sea change (ao3) - eleadore
M, 40k
Summary: The only thing more surprising than finding Draco Malfoy here, on a forgotten stretch of coast northwest of nowhere, in a Muggle establishment that was barely an establishment at all, was that he didn’t seem at all surprised to find Harry.
Slytherin Habit (ao3) - asleepordead
T, 94k
Summary: Being friends with Draco Malfoy is not easy. But Harry Potter was never afraid of challenges, was he?
A new look at the events of third year and Harry’s relationship with the world around him: he continues to get into trouble with his best friends, but now there’s someone who cares about him more than it appears. A fragile bond develops between Harry and Draco, changing them both—even if neither of them is yet able to understand its nature.
sweating through the heat (ao3) - cloudings
E, 116k
Summary: Things used to happen to Harry all the time. Nothing seems to happen anymore.
Then Ginny leaves him, and Draco Malfoy tells him that they need to convince the entire Wizarding World that they’re madly in love with each other.
Being sensible is tempting, but really, there’s no choice in the matter. After all, he thinks that he’s rather overdue another adventure.
The Shattered Memory of your Affection (ao3) - 2lascivious
E, 28k
Summary: Harry woke up hung over and half naked in a random room. He can’t seem to remember what happened, only that he had gone to an end of the term party.
Sudden flashes of images from that night keeps him on his toes, as he goes on a hunt for the scattered pieces of his memory. But he didn’t expect himself to fall in love with the pieces that he found.
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