Drarry Deathly Hallows AU and post-war fic recs
If you ship Drarry, then you are required to read all of these.
“9 1/2 Days” by magpie_fngirl (E). Draco accidentally Disapparates out of the manor with Harry; the two end up stranded in the Muggle world and seek refuge with a Holocaust survivor, from whom Draco will inevitably learn a great deal. (Dobby lives.)
“Alucinatio” by alexmeg (M). Draco is punished by the Death Eaters for failing to kill Dumbledore; to free him from the pain, Snape gives him a potion that sends him into a perfect dream world - where he finally has Harry - and from which he can only be awakened by the tears of someone whose love he desires.
“And the Draco Complex” and its sequel “There Is No Denying” by Vigiliae_Noctis (M). In Part 1, Draco and Harry begin a secret relationship during the canon events of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. In Part 2, Draco secretly aids the Hogwarts resistance against the Carrows while pretending to remain loyal to the Death Eaters as he awaits Harry’s return.
DEATHLY HALLOWS “DRACO JOINS THE HORCRUX HUNT” AUs
“Brave Though The Stars They Make Me” by @dwell-the-brave with art by @puncertainty (M). Draco is mysteriously able to communicate with Harry through dreams during the Carrows’ reign of terror at Hogwarts, which leads him to flee the school, and the Death Eaters, in search of Harry. (Locked on AO3.)
“For Safekeeping” by taterspater (T). Shortly before Bill and Fleur’s wedding, Voldemort intends to kill Draco for disappointing him, but Snape saves Draco by sending him to the Burrow, where Draco decides to defect. (WIP, promised to be finished)
“Temptation on the Warfront” by alizarincrims0n (E). Draco defects to the Order of the Phoenix when his mother disappears, and he is sent to the Golden Trio at Grimmauld Place, where he and Harry walk the fine line between love and hate. (Dobby and Fred live.)
“Vulnera Sanentur” by @big-draco-energy (E). (Also a Half-Blood Prince AU.) After Sectumsempra, Harry convinces Draco to seek help from Dumbledore; thus, Draco’s death is faked and he goes into hiding with the Golden Trio.
“Where the Shadow Ends” by @thewitchwholivedao3 (M). The Golden Trio learn that Mundungus has given Slytherin’s locket not to Umbridge, but to Draco, which changes everything. (Dobby, Fred, and Remus live.) (Locked on AO3.)
“Beholden” by Faith Wood (E). Harry’s leg is injured by a mysterious curse from a postwar attack, and he discovers that the mere touch of Draco’s hand always makes the pain stop.
“Catch Me (I’m Falling)” by taterspater (M). Harry realizes Draco is the only person he can be fully himself with after the war.
“Dear Diary” by @teddylacroix (T). Harry begins writing with a mysterious penpal in a new magical journal during his 8th year, unaware that it is Draco.
“Ghosts” and its sequel “I Swear This Time I Mean It” by UnlostDrarry (T). In the dark aftermath of the war, Drarry begin a correspondence that brings them both back to life. (Some 90s anachronisms in this one, but they’re all fun.) (Fred lives.) (Locked on AO3.)
"Heartache" by @bixgirl1 (E). Reunited as Hogwarts 8th years, Drarry realize they now understand each other better than anyone else.
“Let Them Hear” by alizarincrims0n (E). Direct sequel to “Temptation on the Warfront”. (One-shot.)
“My Beautiful Boy” by alexmeg (NR). Direct sequel to “Alucinatio”.
“red and green are complimentary colours” by @scarlet-m00ns (T). After the war, Drarry are roommates in their final school year.
“Right Hand Red” by @lqtraintracks (E). 8th-year group games of Twister and Spin the Bottle unleash Drarry’s long-repressed passions.
“Where The Light Begins” by @thewitchwholivedao3 (M). Direct sequel to “Where The Shadow Ends.” (Locked on AO3.) (WIP, promised to be finished)
“A Big Black Sky” by alexmeg (M). Draco and young Scorpius escape Draco’s abusive husband and are taken in by Harry who is raising Teddy, and together they all heal and form a real family with real love. TW: this fic depicts domestic spousal and child abuse.
“The Black Lily Community Center AU” by @ebibily (E). Ten years after the war, Harry intervenes when young Scorpius is bullied at his and Teddy’s primary school, and then falls for Scorpius’ father.
“The Brightest Constellations of Our Souls” by @thecouchsofa (E). Drarry embark on a postwar road trip of healing, self-discovery, and romance through the Muggle world of the British Isles.
“Crossing Lines” by Ren (E). Auror Harry ends up on a train to Bulgaria while investigating a ring of international smugglers, trying to uncover the culprit while forced to share a cabin with Draco.
"The Cut that Always Bleeds" by @myshroomsoup (M). Six years after the war, Harry, alcoholic and unhappy as an Auror, discovers Draco has tried to Obliviate himself, and they end up saving each other.
“freely, as men strive for right” by @bixgirl1 (E). Auror Harry is gravely injured on a mission and the reactions of his healer, Draco, while saving him reveal Draco’s long unspoken love.
“from love, obviously” by @bizarrestars (M). One day, Draco just happens to hear Harry being insulted by his current girlfriend and realizes that nobody is allowed to insult Harry Potter but him.
“Full of Millions of Stars” by alexmeg (M). Direct sequel to “A Big Black Sky.”
“Grounds for Divorce” by @tepre (E). Drarry uncover a secret involving their respective ancestors and an ancient curse that changes their relationship forever. (Locked on AO3.)
“Here In Your Arms” by mysticalseeker (M). When Draco falls into a cursed sleep, Harry’s life debt to Narcissa prompts him to enter the dream to wake Draco, only for the curse to feed off both of their deepest desires.
“I Am Not Who I Became” by mab_di (E). Harry, struggling to write his autobiography, and Draco, now a commercial fisherman in Finland, reunite 15 years after the war at a class reunion, which changes their lives.
“Nero su bianco” by @zuzallove (E). Draco’s trial takes a huge turn when the Aurors discover the unsent letters he wrote to Harry during the Carrows’ reign of terror at Hogwarts.
“Running on Air” by eleventy7 (T). After Draco has been missing for three years, Auror Harry is assigned to the cold case and falls in love with the memories he collects.
“The Mountains Eat the Stars” by eleventy7 (G). Direct sequel to “Running on Air”. (One-shot.)
“Tell Me a Secret” by alexmeg (M). When a dark curse on Draco is accidentally shared with Harry, they are forced into a marriage in order to control the resulting bond before it kills them … and then feelings happen.
“Turn” by Saras_Girl (E). Three months after The Epilogue, Harry wonders what would’ve been if his life turned out differently, and is temporarily transported to an alternate dimension where it did, finally opening his eyes to what he really wants - and who he’s really in love with.
“Unknown / Nth” by @heyjude19-writing (E). Harry, struck with amnesia suppressing his memory of the last 7 years, is shocked to discover he is married to Draco, but soon falls in love with his husband all over again.
