Author: @karamelised
Recipient: khalulu
Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Rating: Teen
Word Count: ~88,200
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Professor Harry Potter, Journalist Draco Malfoy, Harry has a magical cat named Gabby, Action/Adventure, Investigations, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Magical Theory, POV Harry, BAMF Harry Potter, (who doesn’t know wtf he’s doing), Canon-compliant, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Wandless Magic, Minor Magical Injury, Friends to Lovers, Light Angst, Sharing a Bed, Working Together, Banter, one instance of vomiting, once Harry realises what he wants he’s not afraid to go after it, Unbreakable Vows, Magical Creatures, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Post-Hogwarts, Getting Together, Romance, Birthday Parties, Posh Draco Malfoy, Tea Drinking, Swearing, Heartfelt Conversations, Sarcastic Conversations, Owls, Enthusiastic Snogging, Hogwarts Castle, Slow Burn, Happy Ending, Community: hd_erised Recreational Potions Use, Death of a Minor Character, Mention of pregnancy, Mention of parent death, Past Harry Potter/Original Male Character, Drinking, Brief Implied homophobia, Brief ableist language, Criminal Justice System Issues, Additional Warnings in Author's Note
Summary:
Ten years of peace have settled over the wizarding world, leaving Harry Potter feeling strangely adrift. Teaching Defense at Hogwarts is fine and all, but when mysterious magical blackouts start sweeping across the country, he can't help but jump at the chance to investigate. It would be the perfect outlet for his restless energy - if he didn't suddenly find himself tangled up in an elaborate charade, pretending to date the Prophet's most illustrious journalist, Draco Malfoy. Between hunting down the cause of the blackouts and maintaining their ruse, Harry's beginning to think that peacetime might actually be trickier - and far more surprising - than he'd bargained for.
