What are some of your all time favorite drarry fics??? I'm diggin the blog btw
Ok so I wrote this list a while ago - here, and I still stand by it. All the fics on it, hold a special place in my heart. But ive written this updated list based on 1) Iāve reread the fic multiple times and enjoyed it or 2) the fic has in some way changed my perception of how wonderfully inventive fanfic writers can be, those are the criteria tbh.Ā
DRARRY + 25 PERSONAL FAVOURITES
The Man Who Lived (sebastianL)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 230k, Summary: Draco breaks a cup, and one thing leads to another. A story of redemption, tattoos, dreams, mistakes, green eyes, long conversations, and copious amounts of coffee. Set in New York twelve years after the war.
Foundations! Verse (Saras_Girl)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 364k (Total), Summary: Harry is about to discover that the steepest learning curve comes after Healer training, and that second chances can be found in unexpected places.
Yours Is The Earth (Hold On, Hold On) (chickenlivesinpumpkin)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 127,175, Summary: When they first meet after the end of the war, Draco doesnāt want anything to do with Harry. But as time goes by, Dracoās growing love may be the only thing that can save them both, because after a serious accident in the Forbidden Forest, Dracoās personality begins to undergo subtle changes.
Tales From the Special Branch (@femmequixotic) - incomplete
Rating: NC-17, WC: 1,200k, Summary: When Gawain Robards asks him to form Special Branch seven-four-alpha, Harry Potter knows they'll have to work outside the confines of the law--even though they are the law.Notes:This is a five-story arc about an Auror Special Branch unit whose core members are Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, and Blaise Zabini. I can promise endgame Drarry, but, let's face it, there are going to be a lot of up and downs on the way. (Think Shondaland for Drarry.)
All Must Draw Near (Saras_Girl)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 61k, Summary: Harry doesnāt have time for rumours; he has a shop to run. Which is just as well, really.
The Arrangement (RurouniHime)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 72k, Summary: Itās worked for years. Why change it now?
All I Want For Christmas (Is For You To Stop Talking (@femmequixotic, noeon)
WC: 162k, Summary: The Niffler's Garden is the most prestigious wizarding nursery school in England and has been for the last century or more. Harry Potter's boys are both enrolled as pupils at the Garden. When he volunteers to assist with the Yule pageant, he has no idea that he'll be working closely with another parent, Draco Malfoy. Although they haven't seen each other much since their own school days, Harry faults Malfoy for not being a hands-on dad to little Scorpius. Will the intense weeks of preparation fan the fires of enmity or something else entirely?
How I Met Your Father (dracogotgame)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 95,500, Summary: Harry sits his kids down and tells them a story. A very long story.
Chaos Theory (tessacrowley)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 102.7k, Summary: Chaos: when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future. One gene varies, one neuron fires, one butterfly flaps its wings, and Draco Malfoyās life is completely different.
We Are Young (Iāll Carry You Home Tonight) (@femmequixotic)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 68.8k, Summary: Harry and Draco have been falling into bed on and off again since the last election five years ago, much to the amusement - and financial gain - of their circle of friends.
A Certain Kind Of Memory (jamie2109)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 96.1k, Summary: What would you do if you were given less than a year to live? An uplifting Harry Draco story⦠Content/Warnings: Major Character Death
Burn The Witch (@lettersbyelise)
WC: 95k, Summary:Ā When Harry Potter is sent in to investigate Draco Malfoyās successful potions company, posing as Dracoās bodyguard, he doesnāt know the case will launch a series of events that will change his life ā and Dracoās.A story about choices, scars, Chopin piano pieces, and finding all kinds of love in the most unexpected places.
Volunteers (Anna Fugazzi)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 52k, Summary: Harry, Draco, and a volunteer position that was supposed to be quick and easy.
The Way DownĀ (@letteredlettered)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 70k,Ā Summary: Malfoyās all, āCome out of there,ā the way you say to a cat who is badly behaved. And Harryās all like, āNo, what, Iām a hermit! And I have a chest-monster! And I am crazy magically powerful!ā and Malfoyās all, āWe all have problems, bub.ā (thoughtfully) āYou are crazy though. Iāll give you that.āĀ
Rating: NC-17, WC: 88.7k, Summary: Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that somethingās missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when oneās life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy a portrait? Harry has no idea; heās too busy trying not to be in love with Malfoy to care.
Hereās The Pencil, Make It Work (ignatiustrout/@6balls)
WC: 49.4k, Summary: Harry thinks āWhy is Malfoy working in a coffee shop in muggle London?ā is a much simpler question than, āAre you going to accept that auror offer and, if you donāt, what will you do?ā
Harry Potter and the Elusive Day Off (@fuckyoupbk )
WC: 71k, Summary:Ā Auror Potter needs a fucking break. He is wiped. He is exhausted. He probably didn't intend to put himself into a magical coma but these things happen. And who cares, really? He is comfortable in a house where he has hidden away all the shit he can't deal with.Guaritore Christopher Black is an exceptional psychiatrist with a specialisation in sleep disorders. He is also Draco Malfoy in a Glamour.Minister Hermione Granger knows the dangers and the complications, but she needs her best friend back.
Borrowing Courage ( @xx-thedarklord-xx )
WC: 70k, Summary:Ā After years of being a Magical Artist and painting for other people, Draco decides itās time to paint for himself for once. The secrets pile up as he tries to unravel the mystery of his relatives but the only thing he didnāt count on was having to go to Potter of all people for approval.
Code Name L (GallaPlacidia)
WC: 32k, Summary:Ā Trainees at the Department of Mysteries are kept under an identity-obscuring spell for two years. Harry doesn't even know who it is he's been falling in love with all this time. He's nervous about the Reveal, but really, what's the worst that could happen?Feat. Damaged Draco Malfoy, damaged Harry Potter, damaged everybody. Also, spies & intrigue!I was inspired to write this in part by the portrayal of The Department of Mysteries in Alpha_Exodus' 'You, a violent desire' so if you like that aspect of this fic, go check that one out! It's great.
A Hag, A Hex, a Tale of Redemption (@aibidil)
WC: 43k, Summary:Ā A fuck-or-die fairytale in which Draco Malfoy lives a despicable and unapologetic life ā that is, until he's cursed to die unless he can fall in love with and fuck Harry Potter.
Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm (SquadOfCats)
WC: 104k, Summary:Ā Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.
The Incredible Race (dysonrules)
WC: 50k, Summary: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Aurors, are forced to join a televised global race in order to provide some free positive publicity for the Ministry, despite the fact that Aurors Potter and Malfoy don't exactly get along.
Little Red Courgette (@blamebrampton)
WC: 31k, Summary:Ā When this season's purple courgettes are woefully thin, Draco Malfoy thinks it amounts to small beans. Next thing he knows, the Department of Standards is over-run with leeks, Brussels sprouts all sorts of legislative difficulties, and somebody appears to have put a roquette under Harry Potter. Can Draco seize a marrow victory? Or will his plans for peas be squashed?All along, Kingsley Shacklebolt finds himself pining for the good old days, when, instead of governing, all you had to worry about were Dark Lords and imminent death.
Balance, Imperfect (@bixgirl1)
WC: 91k, Summary:Ā When Harry sustains an injury in the line of work, he no longer knows how to navigate the life he loved, and finds help and solace from the most unexpected source.
My Little Berserker (Aelys_Althea)
WC: 105k, Summary:Ā Eighth year was supposed to be calm. Moderated. Peaceful, even. Draco returned to escape the chaos wrought upon his shambles of a life and Harry to flee the responsibility of a world that sees him as something greater than was truly possible. Hogwarts was a safe haven, right?At least it was until Hagrid comes up with the wonderful idea to introduce some additional members to the student body of the fluffier variety. Hagrid doesn't do moderated - where's the fun in that?