Personal compilation of all the marvelous Drarry recs. Obvious kuddos to all the amazing fanfiction writers featured in those posts, and to the generous people who took the time to build up those recs. You are all great, keep on being great, loads of love to you and your possible pets. I might add my own recommandations from time to time.
drarry fic recs loosely based on my post: fics where harry has a praise kink / draco's dirty talk makes harry's brain fuzzy and needy.
i especially love fics where draco calls him "sweetheart" or "darling", so cute and hot when he says it so naturally, all intimate and lovingly.
mostly pwps and dmhp fics.
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the way you say my name by innerlilith (5k)
the inspiration for this post... the reason why my brain chemistry transformed, the reason for my obsession with sweet pet names. their relationship develops in such a real way, the banter is so drarry. you can feel the sexual (and romanticl!) tension build and build until it breaks and the climax is SO satisfying. also really love draco's "unhinged flirt" characterization. harry getting so hot under the collar is just *chef's kiss*.
far from the tree by aideomai (112k)
reason #2 for this post. it's THE fic. need i say more? you just have to read it. draco can't believe harry would want him, yet he can't let him go. harry's obsessed and will do anything to protect him. throw in some angst, mystery, kinky times, next gen kids, draco calling harry "darling" (and subsequently changing the trajectory of my life), and voila! a masterpiece.
dinner and diatribes by hephaestiions (5k)
legilimency sex is SO UNDERRATED. another fic that altered my brain chemistry and lives in my mind rent-free. established loving relationship, with draco knowing how to help and ruin harry. be his peace of mind and make him crackle with sexual need and wild magic. it's a truly delicious fic that is filthy, intimate, and comforting. "to forever and a day" is such a devastating declaration of love.
back where we began by cassiara (25k)
oh. my. god. the way it's slightly teacher/student dynamics but not really, combined with accidental bonding and sorta legilimency because harry is impulsive and curious and obsessed with draco's voice in his head. like??!
stamina spells pleasure by lettered (10k)
bonkers multiple orgasms fic with dom draco and magical spells for sexy times! when i say harry deserves to be RAILED and reduced into a needy little mess, i mean this!
knot your average coworker by @thecouchsofa (22k)
werewolf draco and oblivious harry! subtle praise kink, great feisty banter. sweet and hot fic about harry's desire to care for draco, and draco being baffled by that. also, harry's obsessed with his knot 😏 that is all.
bonus fics (not so much about praise kink):
the earth from a distance by spqr / @andthepeople (15k)
genius and competent draco and action-oriented, need-to-be-useful harry! masterful world-building about 16th century hogwarts, lovely speculative twist on life in the past. survival-based relationship turned into intimate & loving romance.
paragraph twelve, clause four by innerlilith (15k)
innerlilith knows how to write lust and tension with longing and gentleness. this is all about quidditch player harry and his sexy bodyguard draco, with a silly premise of hearing your love/hate crush wank loudly next door. the scene where draco begs to see more and how his words make harry turn into a puddle... the push and pull, the burning need, you just have to be there, the build up is so worth it.
im sorry but writing enemies to lovers on ao3 is so fucking funny. one of them will go a whole paragraph saying how much they hate, absolutely despise, have genuine burning contempt for the other and we’re all here knowing damn well that enemies to lovers tag is just sat there. like we already know what’s coming bro you’re just embarrassing yourself
the appeal of enemies to lovers though is less “oh will they ever get together?” and more “at what exact point does he go from wanting to kill the bitch to the oh in italics?”
Here is the complete anonymous masterlist for the 2023 @hd-erised fest!
Reveals will be on Friday, January 5th, so there's still almost an entire week left for you to catch up on all the submissions you might have missed and leave comments for our fabulous creators before reveals!
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One Way To Finish A Crossword for @dodgerkedavra [T]
I'm Not The Person You Used To Know" for @dwell-the-brave [G]
Fancy Seeing You Here for @lqtraintracks [E]
Lunch Break for @rei382 [G]
Three Act Disaster for @the-sinking-ship [M]
In His Nature for @fantalfart [E]
Being Together and Loving Each Other for dustmouth [T]
Love Reflected for @maraudersaffair [G]
Yule Ball, 1998 for @orpheous87 [T]
New Neighbour for @porcelainheart3 [T]
Under The Mistletoe for @digthewriter [T]
The Colour of Love for @sorrybutblog [T]
Draco Meets The Dursleys for @sharperthan [M]
Lovebug for Omi_Ohmy [G]
FIC
we have heard on high for @doingthechachaslide [E, ~35k]
Summary: Reeling from the fallout of a bad breakup, Harry decides to find out who his soulmate is. The bad news: it's Draco Malfoy. The good news: Malfoy doesn't seem to know they're soulmates. The worst news: Harry might be falling for him anyway.
How To Train Your Malfoy for the hd_erised community [E, ~94k]
Summary: Good manners dictate that, when one’s best friend Apparates onto one’s doorstep holding the unconscious, haggard body of the schoolyard bully and begging for sanctuary, one ought to invite the two of them in for a cup of tea. Harry Potter sometimes wishes he weren’t so polite.
Thickets for @writcraft [E, ~17k]
Summary: When Draco returns to the UK after two decades of building his career as an internationally-renowned artist to look after his ailing, estranged father, he crosses paths with his former flame, Harry Potter, in the most unexpected way.
Draco Malfoy, Bloodsucking Fiend for @cavendishbutterfly [E, ~23k]
Summary: There are two things that Draco’s Auror partner, Harry Potter, must never know about him. One is that he’s a vampire. The other is that he’s been completely, pathetically, head-over-heels in love with Harry for years. But when the duo is trapped inside an old shop on Diagon Alley with no means of escape, Draco finds himself fiending for blood and unable to put even a modicum of distance between himself and the man he can’t stop lusting after.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Dates (or Less) for @melcarrianna [M, ~14k]
Summary: Draco has a bet to win. Harry has a point to prove. How hard can it be?
(Includes: snogging over lo mein, Harry’s martial arts studio, Draco’s overuse of the Floo, drunk card games, and a yellow silk shirt)
The Realm of Possibility for @multiverse-of-fanfic [M, ~6k]
Summary: You can't outrun your past, but you can fuck around with parallel versions of the present.
Sharper than a Sea Serpent's Tooth for khalulu [T, ~41k]
Summary: Draco expects his research trip to Crete to focus on the ecology of ward design, with perhaps some cheeky visits to the elusive sea serpents and the odd sleepy beach day. Instead, he encounters a Past he's spent over a decade trying to outrun, and a familiar scowl under glasses and a scar. Featuring just so much imagining being on a hot, sunny beach for your winter pleasure.
solemates for @oknowkiss [E, ~17k]
Summary: It starts because Harry has no self-control when it comes to meaningless and entertaining competition.
Actually no, that's not quite right. It starts because Harry is absolutely plastered.
(From the prompt: Workplace fic in which a benign inter-department step challenge gets out of hand, spearheaded by you know who 1 and 2)
The Room that Changed Everything for the hd_erised community[T, ~18k]
Summary: When a sabotaged potion lands Harry and Draco in detention, Harry must wrestle with two uncomfortable truths:
One, Malfoy the nemesis no longer exists. And Two, Harry is embarrassingly attracted to him. With the war behind them, can Harry and Malfoy build something from the ashes, or are they doomed to be enemies forever?
Eager: Born to Re-wild for @inheartofwinter [M, ~7k]
Summary: Harry's friends haven't seen him for a while and they're starting to worry. Draco's listless and his friends are starting to worry. Also, something's up(side down) with Theo Nott. Meanwhile, Harry's taken on a new identity and immersed himself in a project he can really get his teeth into. But has he bitten off more than he can chew? Got too far into the (water) weeds? And who (besides you, dear reader) could guess that Draco would be the one to bring him back?
Martyred for @kbrick [E, ~82k]
Summary: Harry Potter only wants one thing: to take care of the people he loves. After Teddy’s abrupt departure from his role as Andromeda’s caretaker, Harry decides it’s finally time to step up and handle the job himself.
Castoff Manor, an old Black family estate, has never seemed as sinister as the stories make it sound, but it’s there that Harry stumbles upon ghosts, haunting family secrets, and a familiar, snarky blond gardener hell-bent on chasing him out. Maybe if Harry sticks around long enough, he’ll finally learn why all of Andromeda’s previous caretakers have fled without looking back.
I Will Stay If You Dare for @wolfpants [G, ~9100]
Summary: When Harry receives a cryptic letter from Narcissa Malfoy, he rushes to Draco Malfoy’s aid, only to find he’s not invited and definitely not wanted by the Master of Malfoy Manor. But the Manor itself seems to think otherwise…
Sugarplum for @thesleepiesthufflepuff [E, ~27300]
Summary: The air crackled as it busied itself shifting around molecules, making way for a hefty slab of magic, and then there it was: the Knight Bus, squeezed neatly into a pocket of Wizarding space among stagnant Muggle buses, vibrant violet amidst a string of cherry red. The door sprang open.
"Draco," said Potter, a little breathless, a little cheerful. He smelled of coconut lotion, Cockroach Clusters and a sloppy ironing charm. Lifting one hand off the steering wheel, Potter gave a small wave. He wore gloves. Fingerless, the leather black against the sunlight. Leather. In August.
The Regret Machine for the hd_erised community [E, ~15500]
Summary: Malfoy’s coming in to do fancy Legilimency work on Hermione’s mind healing machine. Harry’s his test subject—and he’s pretty sure Malfoy is still Up To Something.
Jasmine in Bloom for @xx-thedarklord-xx [E, ~41500]
Summary: This is not something Draco can have in his life… Potter overturning all that he’s carefully cultivated. They’re not compatible and never will be. Draco’s been playing with fire. It just so happens that he likes how Potter smoulders before being allowed close enough to burn.
Former Things Come to Mind for @mallstars [E, ~64100]
Summary: Harry Potter has had a headache for seven and a half years.
Welcome to the Future for @rezal-art [G, ~10100]
Summary: Returning to Hogwarts, Harry isn’t surprised to find out that his roommate is Malfoy. Getting to know one another makes being back at Hogwarts bearable. Staying at school over Christmas brings surprises that neither imagined.
Swinging into Love for @drarrydoodles [T, ~6300]
Summary: All he has is Work and Teddy. Trying to find something for himself, a way to relax, Harry stumbles into someone he never expected to see again.
Lethe for @slythercrux [E, ~70900]
Summary: A new form of vanishing sickness is sweeping across Britain. Healers Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are on the case. When Draco Malfoy is admitted to the isolation ward, Harry never imagines falling in love with him will be the easiest thing he’s ever done – and watching him fade away to nothing will be the hardest.
Clear Skies, Full Heart for @oflights [E, ~16,000]
Summary: Harry loves everything about playing professional Quidditch – the rush of flying, the rush of winning, the rush of getting off with rival seeker Draco Malfoy. Harry’s the highest scoring rookie Seeker in the history of the League. He’s also, inexplicably, obsessively, hooking up with Draco. When Draco unexpectedly quits the League and disappears from Harry’s life, Harry doesn’t stop wondering what it all meant and if he’ll ever get another chance to find out.
À Bon Chat for @moonflower-rose [E, ~35,100]
Summary: Draco Malfoy didn’t intend to lead a life of crime after the war. It’s just that being good had turned out so incomprehensibly boring.
Now he's thirty-five, a fully redeemed member of society, the darling of the wizarding social pages, and a newly minted consultant for Gawain Robards' Investigative Research division. In his spare time, he enjoys good whisky, casual sex, and moonlighting as an art thief. His biggest score yet is fast approaching and he's got everything planned down to the minute. Everything, that is, until the unexpected appearance of a newly-divorced Harry Potter. Now that Potter's in the picture, Draco's no longer certain if he's the pursuer or the prize.
Nothing Gold Can Stay for @bluebutter-art [E, ~40,200]
Summary: 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.
The Draco Cure for the hd_erised community[T, ~11,300]
Summary: When Harry's baby dragon falls seriously ill, he turns to Draco Malfoy, a specialist in Rare Dragon Diseases, despite their complicated history. As they work together to care for the ailing dragon, animosity transforms into an unexpected connection, rewriting the story of their past.
The Unplottable Time Conundrum for @lumosatnight [E, ~45,700]
Summary: 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.
Sing Me A Song for @khb-writes [M, ~15,300]
Summary: On his birthday, Draco Malfoy discovered that he was a half-siren and had a mate. The problem was his mate was none other than the famous Harry Potter, aka his sworn enemy who despised him. What would he do next? On a side note, why was Harry Potter so annoyed that a certain obnoxious blond git had stopped antagonising him?
Murder In St Mungo's for @fencer-x [E, ~81,000]
Summary: Murders, cults, and Ministry corruption oh my!
Bodies were popping up dead all across Great Britain. Nothing connected them, no eyewitnesses, no motive, and not a single suspect in sight. Junior Auror Harry Potter was not given the cases nor asked to help, but that wasn’t going to stop him from getting to the bottom of it. Even if he had to work with the Ministry’s least favourite employee, Draco Malfoy.
True Love Gave To Me for @bicholsdrarrysideblog [E, ~24,000]
Summary: It’s the first of December, and all Draco wants to do is make Christmas lovely for Scorpius. But then Harry Potter shows up, asking him to save the world, and it turns out they’ve almost saved the world a couple of times before. One-hundred and forty-four times, to be exact.
Or: what happens after the time loop?
You Wait. I'll Have You for @queenie-jinny [E, ~27,400]
Summary: It's a few months after the war, and Harry travels all the way to Azkaban to get Draco Malfoy out of prison. Malfoy might have the Dark Mark on his arm, but he doesn't deserve to be locked up, thank you very much.
As a trade-off, Malfoy helps Harry study for his NEWTs, but the process isn't easy. Malfoy is hot now, and Harry struggles concentrating around him.
Draco struggles concentrating around Potter, too. And he's beginning to not feel like himself, like something about his magic is fundamentally changing. He can no longer control himself around Potter, but he hasn't a clue what to do about it.
Draco struggles concentrating around Potter, too. And he's beginning to not feel like himself, like something about his magic is fundamentally changing. He can no longer control himself around Potter, but he hasn't a clue what to do about it.
Blackbird Rising for @thegoblinmatriarch [T, ~57,600]
Summary: Harry longs to feel at home again, but he has been away for a long time, and he has a lot to contend with on his return to London: a magical mystery to investigate, a polite but prickly blond work partner with a disarming habit of blushing, a house with personality, the echoes of the war all around him, and a secret of his own.
Last Time for @okay-sky [E, ~3,200]
Summary: There are eight years of hatred and seven years of tolerance behind every tease, every blowjob, and every screw.
No matter how it ends, though, Draco just hopes he doesn’t lose Potter as a friend.
Always the Last to Know for chachisoo [M, ~10,600]
Summary: “I’m not napping,” Harry mumbled, his face still pressed to the floor. “I’m thinking.”
“Salazar help us,” Draco muttered, walking around Harry’s prone body. Out of the corner of his eye, a bit blurrily, Harry watched as Draco lay beside him. “And what, pray tell, is so difficult to ponder that it requires a lie down?"
Harry took a deep breath, very much considered lying, closed his eyes, and said, “Love.”
Cauldron Mishaps & Mayhem for @puncertainty [G, ~8,000]
Summary: After a string of unfortunate mishaps land Harry on the verge of failing out of Potions, he develops a tentative friendship with his enemy-turned-tutor, Draco Malfoy.
Never Mind the Bollocks for @shiftylinguini [E, ~118,600]
Summary: If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn, he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked.
And yet, here he was.
Pausing my RWRB reading (I have an ask about firstprince fics too and I’m working on it!) to answer this, which is the nudge I’ve needed. I’ve done this for Dramione before (under 5k), but I especially love tempting readers to Drarry.
Short works are the unsung heroes of fandom. They don’t get enough love, which makes me so sad, because you definitely don’t always need 100k to deliver a stunning story. These are your bedtime stories, your palate cleansers, your individual serving sizes of serotonin. It’s okay to enjoy these even if you only read slow burn 100k+ fics, I promise. Live a little!
This is a sampling of some amazing favorites, but I’m always reading new things and will add to it regularly. If you find something you love, I know the author would love to hear it, and so would I! Take a deep dive into their work to find other gems.
Here's Parts One, Two, and Three if you missed them.
Bite-Size Drarry - Under 10k (Part Four) below:
Stay by @orange-peony. E, 7k. The day Draco Malfoy finds out that the Manor has finally found a new owner is a Tuesday. It takes him less than two minutes to realise that he’s screwed. He has nowhere to go. Things go from bad to worse when he finds out that he's been assigned a new probation officer. Harry bloody Potter.
Sorry i was never good (like you) by @tigerlilycorinne. T, 7k. “What is your name?”
Michael Corner puts his cup of tea down. “You already know my name,” he says. He points to them each in turn: “Draco Malfoy. Michael Corner. We went to Hogwarts together.”
“You are the one Harry Potter took to bed last night, correct?”
Draco has a questionnaire he calls the Boyfriend Check for Harry’s boyfriends. Because he’s roommates and friends with Harry, and he needs to make sure they’re up to snuff.
And also for other reasons.
A Love That Knows of Itself by @sleepstxtic. M, 7k. After an accidental bonding, Harry is forced to confront some longstanding feelings concerning a certain Unspeakable.
Epitaphs in Autographs series by @vukovich. E, 7.1k. (MCD) A series of works surrounding death, imperfect relationships, flawed coping, and humanity.
Knead, then let rise by @softlystarstruck. T, 7.2k. Malfoy stumbles back into Harry’s life via the laundry room. A story about baking bread and tripping over words and falling in love.
Interpersonal Relationships Year 7, Unit 3: How to Have Sex Like a Responsible Adult by InnerLilith. E, 7.3k. Harry came to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. He did not come to Hogwarts to obsess over Draco Malfoy. He definitely did not come to Hogwarts to channel that obsession into…supervising Draco’s sex education class?
Whatever, Harry saved the world. He could handle sex ed. Right?
Draco Malfoy and the Broken Room by @aprofessionalprotagonist. T, 7.3k. A drunk and morose Draco gets trapped in the Room of Hidden Things with Potter of all people. Now, he’s got to figure out how to make peace with the Golden Boy long enough to get out.
everything you should say by icarusinflight. E, 7.4k. They're not friends. But when Draco offers help, Harry takes it.
The Re-Fenestration of Potter by @cavendishbutterfly, @iota. E, 7.5k. Harry wants the Prophet reporters to stop following him and Draco wants Harry to stop climbing through his window at all hours of the night…even if he’s taken to leaving it open, just in case. Everything is bearable until they both get doused with Draco’s latest batch of Wolfsbane, and then suddenly nothing between the two of them is bearable at all.
of course i cum fast, i’ve got a snitch to catch by swoons. E, 7.5k. Strangest of all, Potter never lasts more than two minutes — and that’s if Draco’s being really, really generous with his time-keeping.
It should be off-putting, but Draco’s just intrigued. Perhaps that’s why he’s watched Potter wank in the showers so often.
The Exhale by spqr. T, 7.5k. Hermione makes a soft, concerned sound. "Harry, look at this." She shows him an article with a photo, but the photo's not moving; it must be a Muggle newspaper. "NASA have just landed a rover on Mars. It's called Curiosity, and look, this is so--I don't know if it's sweet or sad, but--it's all alone out there, and they programmed it to sing itself Happy Birthday." Nothing is wrong, but Harry starts crying.
Lovesick by @corvuscrowned. T, 7.6k. People keep spiking Auror Harry Potter with love potions. Healer Draco Malfoy keeps having to pick up the pieces.
But it's getting harder and harder for Draco to watch Harry fall in love with everyone except for him.
Dating Potters by @goldentruth813, @mzuul. M, 7.7k. Scorpius and Albus have been together for awhile now and decide it’s time to have a family dinner and come out to their fathers. What they’re not counting on is the fact that they’re not the only ones with secrets to share.
Play Dates by bixgirl1. E, 7.7k. Harry never thought seeing Malfoy as a dad would affect him this way.
What I Thought by @bafflinghaze. E, 7.8k. Draco thought they were in a relationship. Harry thought it was just sex.
First Week of Eternity by InnerLilith. E, 7.8k. Moving in with the colleague you’d like to fuck is a bad idea for anyone. It’s worse when you’re a card-carrying member of the eternal dead. It’s exponentially worse when your already garlic-obsessed colleague-slash-crush-slash-roommate has recently discovered his distant Italian heritage.
In which Draco tries desperately to hide that he’s recently become a vampire, and Harry tries desperately to feed him.
The Trouble with Good Sense by RorouniHime. M, 7.8k. When you fill a hotel with flying quills, hands-on demonstrations, and too many Aurors, someone is bound to get cranky.
The Dinner by @brightowl-fics. E, 7.9k. Draco had been trying to beat the sunset, walking along the cobblestone road to the Chateau where he would be staying that night, when he saw the door. Le Billet Doux, said a painted red sign. Below it, réservations non requises: ‘no reservations required.’
in a rambling way by @fw00shy. T, 7.9k. Ron knocked Hermione up, and now Harry's got to figure out how to clone himself so that his friends don't split up fighting over him. Falling for Draco again was never part of the plan.
Check this hand 'cause I'm marvelous by @lqtraintracks. E, 7.9k. Auror Harry has a crush on Unspeakable Draco, and Draco's dared to give him a lapdance when they're out for Friday night drinks.
Keep Me Here by @academicdisasterfic. E, 7.9k. Teddy/Harry/Draco. The one where Teddy is pining, Harry is in denial, and Draco is impatient.
Driving me crazy (but I'm into it) by @thecouchsofa. E, 8k. Draco’s fucked a lot of people. He’s fucked models, Quidditch players, members of the Wizengamot, even a Muggle actor, but none of them come quite as prettily as Harry Potter.
Leeward by @teacup-tai. M, 8.1k. There’s a polaroid kept in the back of Harry’s nightstand drawer. Just the one. It’s Muggle and slightly yellowish. There are many other photos in a box in the back of Harry’s cupboard under the stairs—the one he almost never opens. A hidden box of hidden memories. After four years since their break up, Harry and Draco meet again at Dean and Blaise’s wedding. Now, between the turquoise sea and the white sand dunes of Fuerteventura, they will need to face their feelings.
in between two tall mountains (there’s a place they call lonesome) by @oknowkiss. E, 8.2k. In the shadow of a mountain on the Oregon coast, there may or may not lie a shipwreck, on which there may or may not be a magical relic, lost hundreds of years ago. Harry's been tasked with finding it, and Draco is there to take notes, and they're stuck in a campervan pretending to be married, and it's all going to be just fine. That's what Draco's gotten rather good at telling himself, anyway.
Born Slippy by @dracoladon. E, 8.3k. Harry finds that it's less 'one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor' and more 'one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, decide Malfoy's quite fit, actually, and decent company after your friends traitorous abandonment, floor.' With Malfoy lying next to you.
(Un)Anticipated by @p1013. E, 8.3k. Though he won't ever admit it—not even years later, when Draco's giving Harry shit about it right before they go to sleep, the bedside light just dim enough to hide the worst of his blush—it takes Harry an embarrassingly long time to realise that something is wrong. It's not like he's trying to pull regularly. If he wants to get laid, he gets laid. He is, after all, Harry Potter.
But it's not until it's a Saturday morning, and he's languidly stroking himself off in the shower with long, slow pulls that he feels deep in the pit of his stomach, that Harry realises that he's been at this for quite some time, and while it feels amazing and his toes are curling and his balls are pulled up tight…
Nothing's happening.
Contretemps by @moonflower-rose. T, 8.4k. Draco Malfoy has been living like a model citizen. If only he could convince Potter.
Say Anything by megyal. M, 8.5k. Draco has a crush on Harry and tells him in French.
Flight Patterns by @mosrael. E, 8.6k. Up in the air, Draco can become anyone he wants to be, or cease to be anyone at all. When he puts on his flight attendant's uniform he's just one more smiling face in the crowd, a forgettable interlude in his passengers' day. Not a petrified boy, not a criminal, not a Wizard just trying to keep it together as best he can.
That is until a certain someone interrupts his flight patterns.
Stories in E Minor by @huldrejenta. E, 8.7k. Draco has found his place in the Muggle world. He's got his music, he's got his neighbours and he is content. Until a certain someone from the past enters his life again.
Look For Me In The Sun by @wolfpants. M, 8.7k. Harry and Draco are on the run in America after a mysterious string of werewolf-like attacks in the Muggle community causes the Ministry to impose new and harsh anti-werewolf legislation. Giant trees, crashing waves, seedy motel rooms, and the long and winding coastal road awaits them, but will they ever be able to go back home?
Bored by vorabiza. E, 8.8k. Harry and company are bored, so Harry is encouraged to tell the others a sexual fantasy that becomes a little more romantic than they are expecting.
Howl by @tackytigerfic. M, 8.9k. After an encounter with a vicious werewolf, Draco Malfoy wakes in a field hospital with a mangled shoulder, a furry little problem, and an inconvenient crush on Harry Potter. Potter, meanwhile, is still trying to save the world, only this time he wants Draco right there with him while he does it. Taking part in a rebellion against a corrupt regime isn't always glamorous, but at least sometimes there are organic farmshop pastries and fancy hotel bedsheets. Just don't ask about that smell of burning.
Along Came Potter by huldrejenta. T, 9k. Potter shows up at Draco’s flat. Then he shows up again, and again, and again.
Fuel to the Fire by @eevans22, @holygnocchi. E, 9.1k. Sure, Luna always means well. But suddenly Harry is temporarily living with the man he’s been pining over since they started Auror training, who compliments Harry’s cooking, gives him thoughtful thank you gifts, and looks indecently attractive stepping out of the shower. Something’s got to give. And Harry suspects it will be him.
Just a trial run by @tenthousandyearsx. E, 9.1k. In which Harry wants to get into sex work and Draco would prefer to keep him for himself.
Before the Cold Sets In by @crazybutgood, @vukovich. T, 9.1k. Sometimes, the person you should be planning your life with is already in it. Or, how Harry realised that true love is at the bottom of a tea cup.
sex in trees for beginners by @phdmama. E, 9.1k. The bottle lands on Malfoy and sends out its customary poof of smoke and sparks. Harry hasn’t quite figured out the pattern, it’s not like blue means truth and red means kissing. Malfoy’s poof is a deep pink-purple and there are definitely sparks happening as well. It’s really pretty, actually, and Harry sort of loses himself in watching the colors until suddenly he realizes everyone is quiet and staring at him. “What?” he asks, glancing around. “What did I miss?” Malfoy sighs. “The bottle gave us a dare.”
Phoenix by @kedavranox. E, 9.2k. Harry's got a fantasy.
Starting Again by @tamerofdarkstars. T, 9.2k. Harry felt the situation rapidly slipping from his grasp and suspected he’d never really had hold of it to begin with. “You want me to be friends with Draco Malfoy because you think that will stop him from being... sad.”
“Bingo, give the boy a prize.”
The Things They Never Say by bixgirl1. E, 9.3k. Harry and Draco don't know how to talk. So they do other things instead.
to be a bit of warmth for you by softlystarstruck. M, 9.3k. As some of the only eighth years to return to Hogwarts, Harry doesn't know how he and Draco will manage to be roommates for a whole year without resorting to violence. But Draco is too quiet, and too thin, and wears layers of sweaters that he tucks over his fingers. So they fall into an unspoken routine, one that soothes Harry as much as it helps Draco, one that's so much easier than Harry thought it would be.
Until it all falls apart, and Harry realizes he holds the world in his hands.
Wooing with Woodwork by @henrymercury. T, 9.3k. According to Ron, Harry needs to make a move on Draco in the next month or he's going to receive a howler he won't want Draco to overhear.
That Draco will overhear is fairly inevitable given they're cooped up in the same DMLE office all day, or off investigating together, and they go home to the same flat at night.
All I Have to Do by @fluxweeed. E, 9.5k. The Patented Daydream Charm (Adult Edition) allows you to enter a top-quality, highly realistic thirty-minute sexual fantasy. Solitude and privacy spells advised. or: Draco finally has some alone time; Harry just needs to nip in for a book.
Sinking to Swim by @pheaphilus. T, 9.5k. When Unspeakable Malfoy gets his latest assignment at the Department of Mysteries, he can't help but curse his own luck. What are the chances that he would have to seek out the elusive Harry Potter for help?
When Draco Malfoy comes to his door, asking for his input into an ongoing project at the Ministry, Harry is skeptical. When's the last time a Malfoy did anything to help anyone but themselves, anyway?
Let Me Roll It by @lagerloutfic. E, 9.5k. “I’m not going to kiss you here,” Harry said, applying a fraction of pressure so Draco’s lips parted. “No?” Draco said, his breath hot on Harry’s knuckle. “No.” --- The thing about Harry was, he hated most people. And there was no one he hated more than Draco’s boyfriend Justin - certified knob and all round wanker. So when he finds out Justin is just as selfish inside the bedroom as he is outside it, Harry can’t help himself.
Sex on Legs in Six-Inch Heels by @tessacrowley. E, 9.6k. Draco Malfoy is a brilliant freelance cursebreaker and the only one who can help the Department of Magical Law Enforcement with a very dangerous case, but more importantly, he's wearing six-inch heels, and Harry cannot handle it, he really just can't.
what if, but if, we could kiss (and just cut the rubbish) by @swisstae. E, 9.6k. “Christ, Draco, get your mouth back on me, I need you, oh God, Jesus fucking Christ,” and Draco can’t help how he shivers, the words dripping down his spine like molasses, sticky sweet blasphemous prayers in the heat of the moment. It’s enough to bring him closer to the edge, and when Harry spills down his throat, hot and bitter and musky, Draco comes with a muffled cry, his cock spurting weakly as he spills all over the floor. (Later, Harry will tease him, will whisper Christ, Malfoy, look at you, so hot for me, Jesus and Draco will come undone a second time, shaking in the safe bracket of Harry’s arms around him.) OR: Draco and Harry are not-quite-friends, but then they are. it is A Time. Ron just wishes he had bleach.
The Little Marauders Nursery and Day Care by @digthewriter. E, 9.8k. Harry Potter is the proud owner of a daycare, and his favorite student is Scorpius Malfoy. Scorpius’s dad might be okay, too.
Gryffindors Never Kiss and Tell by @drarrytrash. E, 9.9k. The gang realizes that everyone has kissed Harry except Draco. Draco proceeds to do a terrible job of pretending he doesn’t want to kiss him too.
That's all for now 💚 Give the authors some love! I also adore hearing if you found a new favorite fic or author.
I’ll be regularly adding to this, so if you’re seeing this as a reblog, feel free to check my Master List of Recommendations for the most current list. If you see yourself and you’re not tagged, or I've got a broken or misdirected link, please let me know!
Beyond the Walls by @orpheous87 [T, 20k] — ART by @lim-marshview
Harry: Gardener | Draco: Medi-Herbologist | (Book fair) One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
All Bets Are Off by @dualwieldteacup [M, 31k]
Harry: Security expert | Draco: Professional gambler | (Travel fair) Las Vegas
All Your Stars In View by @alpha-exodus [M, 18k]
Draco: Portrait artist | (Pottermore fair) Hogwarts Portraits
and time goes on by @lalionnebelle [E, 3k]
Harry: Novelist | (Book fair) The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
But That’s History by @ebbet [T, 54k]
Harry: Professor | Draco: Professor | (Book fair) A History of Magic
Closer by fanfictionbubbles [E, 11k]
Harry: Quidditch team owner | Draco: Injured Quidditch player | (Book fair) Beating the Bludgers, A Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch & Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
Destination: Wedding by AhaMarimbas [E, 31k]
Draco: Divorce attorney | (Travel fair) multiple countries
Don’t Delete The Kisses by @epsilonargus [T, 6k]
Harry: Unicorn shepherd | (Pet fair)
Draco Malfoy and the Calendar of Harry Potters by countingcr0ws [M, 12k]
Harry: Quidditch player | Draco: Healer | (Book fair) Men Who Love Dragons Too Much
Draco Malfoy and the Cursed Snitch by EriWritesDrarry [T, 7k]
Harry: Metal-Charmer | Draco: Horse Animagus | (Pet fair) Animagus
The Dragon At The Bottom Of The Garden by @zopno [E, 52k]
Harry: Sculptor & Bird Animagus | Draco: Magical landscaper | (Pet fair) Animagus
Everything to Lose by @keyflight790 [E, 15k]
Draco: Secondary custodian professional breaker-upper | (Pet fair) Knarl
Faint Indirections by @dracomalfoyofficial [T, 29k]
Harry: Librarian | Draco: College student | (Book fair) many many books
Forget Our Heritage by @dwell-the-brave [T, 15k]
Harry: Dark Arts specialist | Draco: Researcher | (Pottermore fair) The Pure-Blood Directory
Gravity Centered by @carpemermaidtales [E, 6k]
Harry: Professional broom racer | Draco: Professional broom racer | (Travel fair)
Harry Potter and the Peahen from Perdition by @stripedsilverfeline [M, 15k]
Harry: Pet-sitter | Draco: Potioneer/Entrepreneur | (Pet fair) Peacock
A Hiss To Build a Dream On by @xanthippe74 [T, 10k]
Harry: Constable | Draco: Reptile breeder | (Pet fair) Snakes
Hot For Teacher by crazyparakiss [E, 10k]
Harry:Duelist | Draco: Primary school teacher | (Book fair) Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches
I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di [E, 93k]
Harry: Recluse/Failed writer | Draco: Commercial fisherman | (Travel fair) Scandinavia & (Book fair) History of Magic
I Can Feel The Draw (I can feel it pulling me back) by @motherbookerao3 [T, 10k]
Harry: Dueling teacher | Draco: Potions master | (Pottermore fair) Five curses and counter curses
I’ve got you by @tomoewantsdolls [T, 10k]
Harry: Unemployed | Draco: Muggle EMT | (Book fair) multiple
Infuse With Affection, Enchant With Love by @bafflinghaze [T, 16k]
Harry: Ministry of Magic employee | Draco: Magical jewelry shop owner | (Book fair) Ancient Runes Made Easy
Just a Matter of Time by @gracerene09 [E, 23k]
Harry: Spell researcher | Draco: Unspeakable | (Travel fair) Time Travel & (briefly) Italy
Kinky Knitting Project by Enchanted_Jae [T, 4k]
Harry: Pet owner | Draco: Yarn shop owner | (Pet fair) Sphynx cats
Match Fit by @ravenclawsquill [E, 25k]
Harry: Quidditch player | Draco: Physical therapist | (Travel fair) Berlin
Mirrors, Magic and Miscreants by @clemandben [E, 17k]
Draco: Magical mirror specialist | (Book fair) The Hairy Heart: A Guide to Wizards Who Won’t Commit
Of Green Eyes and Namesakes by @pixiedustatsundown [T, 10k]
Harry: Cat Animagus | Draco: Potioneer | (Pet fair) Animagus
Oh What a Knight! by @sassy-cissa [M, 10k]
Harry: Knight Bus driver/owner
Passion in Paris by RunningOutsideTheLines [T, 2k]
Harry: Photographer | Draco: Rock star | (Travel fair) Paris
Pathless Woods by @shealwaysreads [E, 30k]
Harry: Wandmaker apprentice | Draco: Wand wood grower | (Pottermore fair) Wand length and flexibility, Wands and their cores
The Phoney Fortune Teller by @maraudersaffair [E, 7k]
Harry: Unspeakable | Draco: Fake psychic | (Book fair) Unfogging the Future
The Pirate and the Prince by @nerdherderette [E, 49k] — ART by @maniacani-arts
Harry: Pirate | Draco: Aristocrat | (Travel fair) early 1800s/Regency, High Seas/Caribbean
Spring Day by xErised [T, 15k]
Harry: Ministry of Magic employee | Draco: Organising consultant | (Book fair) Practical Household Magic
Still Standing by @xx-thedarklord-xx [E, 30k]
Harry: Curse-breaker | Draco: Bookshop employee | (Book fair)
Take Your Time by @drarryruinedme7 [E, 28k]
Draco: Soulbond breaker | (Travel fair) Time travel
Testing 123 by @postjentacular [E, 4k]
Harry: WWW quality assurance manager | Draco: Sex toy tester | (Pottermore fair) Measurements
To Tame a Kitten (is to love) by @tsauergrass [G, 13k]
Harry: Kitten rescuer | Draco: Kitten Animagus | (Pet fair) Cats & Kittens
Tonight We Fly by @tackytigerfic [M, 6k]
Harry: Broomstick maker | Draco: Quidditch player & Reviewer | (Book fair) Which Broomstick?
Turn and Face the Strange (time may change me) by @punk-rock-yuppie [T, 16k]
Harry: Magical Menagerie owner | Draco: Wandmaker | (Pottermore fair) Wand Length and Flexibility, Wands and their Cores & Wand woods
Under This Sky by @erebeus-roxy [T, 9k]
Harry: Unemployed | Draco: Travel companion | (Travel fair) India
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Hi Librarian! I hope your having a wonderful day. I've been looking for some Drarry memory loss fics, but I haven't seemed to find any. I was wondering if you have any you could recommend? Thanks so much!
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Memory Loss
So You May Remember This by @stargazing-enby and @tepre (486 words, rated G)
Draco meets the wrong end of a curse and has to reacquaint himself with his life for a day.
Nothing Like a First Kiss by @tontonguetonks (1,598 words, rated G)
Harry lost his memory while on the job. Five years later, he has a husband who he doesn't remember marrying... or that they used to hate each other.
Ship of Theseus by GallaPlacidia (18,240 words, rated T)
When Harry gets amnesia and forgets he and Draco were ever married, he refuses treatment to remember.
In Pursuit of Lost Marbles by @graymatters (22,096 words, rated T)
Every night after work, Healer Malfoy follows the same routine, beginning with a familiar flight of stairs that leads to the Janus Thickey Ward at St. Mungo's. With an air of professionalism, he introduces himself to Harry, his husband of seven years, when a memory curse makes Harry look at him like a stranger. He tries not to flinch when Harry calls him sir, but he smiles when bits of the old Harry emerge. Eventually, Draco leads Harry to the Pensieve where he shows him pieces of the life they've built together, what Harry will come home to, one day, when this is all over.
Then, Draco waits. He waits, and he hopes.
The Coldest of Days by Anonymous (54,683 words, rated E)
At thirty-one, Harry Potter finally has it all: four incredible children, a naughty Niffler named Penny, and a brilliant boyfriend who has managed to fill the hole in his heart. But because Harry is Harry, chaos is bound to follow. On a cold December morning, Draco wakes up with no memory of the war, his children, or his life with Harry. That, and he’s insisting that he’s been thrown fifteen years into the future.
Charming Chocolates by @fantom-ftnoise (100,867 words, rated T)
The summer following the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter visited his parents' graves and disappeared in a mysterious attack. His wand was recovered but the trail soon went cold and the world moved on. Twelve years later, Remus Lupin discovers James Charming, of Charming Chocolates, a mute man with no memories before July of 1998.
James Charming, father of identical twin boys and loving boyfriend to a Scottish Muggle named Monty, is ripped out of his comfortable life and forced to rediscover Hogwarts, magic, and a whole world of past memories. His Mind Healer helps him to balance his new life with his old memories. A rift is formed between James and Monty, and he finds himself wanting to spend more and more time with Healer Malfoy. Meanwhile, Auror Weasley tries to solve the mystery of who is out for Harry Potter's head before it's too late.
I Do Not Love You by @writandromance (228,290 words, rated M)
In 2013, a carefully-designed Obliviation leaves Harry reconfiguring his life and identity without any memories of true love; an act that's essentially erased Draco Malfoy from his mind despite a wedding band and shared home.
In 2000, Draco had expected Pansy's relationship with Luna to bring the Gryffindors a bit closer to his orbit of quiet, carefully pacifistic existence, but he never expected to navigate such a transparent embrace into a unit of family, friendship, and love.
A mystery, two love stories, and a reminder that learning to love never has an end date.
❤️ As always, if you find a fic you enjoy, please remember to leave the author a kudos or a comment! ❤️
We’re at the end of our fourth week here at @hd-erised, and we’re just over the moon about all the awesome things we’ve posted so far (and excited about all the wonderful things still to come!)
Please go ahead and check our Week 1, Week 2 & Week 3 round-ups for any of our previous submissions you might have missed!
Thanks for your ongoing support of our fest, and of course to all our lovely writers and artists! Please leave them some comment love! <3
ART
May I Sit? for @digthewriter [G]
Stay the night. for the @hd-erised Community [G]
Home for the Holidays for @darkravenwrote [G]
FIC
Into You for @apriicat [E, ~29k]
Summary: There were many things that Harry had anticipated when arriving back at Hogwarts for his eighth year. Having his body switched with Draco Malfoy’s was not one of them.
Take These Lies for @writcraft [E, ~20k]
Summary: There’s a portrait of his godfather in Draco Malfoy’s potions shop and Harry needs to know why.
But that’s not why he keeps coming back.
Draco Malfoy and the Crupnapper for @moonflower-rose [E, ~35k]
Summary: Life as a night shift creature keeper is scarcely the life Draco once imagined for himself, but ten years after the death of Voldemort he’s accepted his fate. Until the day Harry Potter forces his way back into Draco’s world and everything turns upside down.
Draco’s Christmas Secret for @drarryruinedme7 [E, ~16k]
Summary: It’s after the war and Draco works in an apothecary in Diagon Alley. He enjoys the day-to-day, but he is alone in the world. Then, one Christmas, Harry re-enters his life, and everything changes.
Wake Up And Smell for sharperthana [T, ~23k]
Summary: It takes 5 really bad dates for Draco to realise that the right person is right in front of him.
A Dovely Compromise for Romaine [T, ~6k]
Summary: Draco’s idea of a good Yule is quiet and cosy. Potter prefers bold exclamations of festivity from…absurdly early in the year. Draco wonders if they’re truly compatible with each other. What they can both agree on, though, is that burning all things Christmas to the ground isn’t the way to go.
We Keep This Love in A Photograph for @maraudersaffair [E, ~46k]
Summary: Find your happy ending. The whole idea was ludicrous. His life consisted of loneliness, poverty and Master Potioneer Phillips’s petty tyrannies. Draco was grateful he wasn’t readying himself for prison, but the next fourteen years would be a long sentence nevertheless.
When Draco is sentenced to a probation term of fourteen years, his future looks grim. Not only does he have to surrender his passport, but he is forbidden from having any contact with his beloved Mum. He lives in scruffy rooms on Knockturn Alley, works long hours as an Apothecary Apprentice and doesn’t feel like he has much of a future.
Everything changes on the third of December, 1999. That evening Harry Potter sits beside Draco in the Thestral Tavern, returns his wand and asks to take his photograph with a Muggle Polaroid camera.
Hi friend! Do you have any recs for fics where Harry and Draco are isolated together for a period of time, during which they get to know each other better?
An example of this trope that comes to mind right away is Holly and Hawthorn, Thistle and Thyme by @bryoneybrynn
Hello there, I definitely have! Hope you enjoy these - I’m probably forgetting a bunch so I’ll be back to update this later :)
Between the Power Lines by @tackytigerfic (2020, M, 3k)
For Harry Potter, all roads eventually lead to Draco Malfoy.
Cabin Fever by @lettersbyelise (2018, E, 8k)
When Harry Potter finds himself trapped in a snowed-in cabin with Auror partner Draco Malfoy, he doesn't expect his predicament to help him solve the case they are working on... or to fulfill the secret fantasy he harbours for Draco.
Lockdown Lurgy by @xanthippe74 (2020, T, 15k)
When a dangerous virus comes to Britain, the Ministry orders a mandatory lockdown to control its spread.
White as Snow by @bixgirl1 (2018, E, 19k)
After a quick escape from danger, Harry and Draco find themselves trapped in a blizzard, a small cabin their only refuge from the storm.
Penguin Series by RurouniHime (2011, E, 21k)
In the harshest environment on earth, Harry finds that escaping is harder than simply running.
Dirty Little Secret by @writcraft (2013, E, 22k)
When someone threatens Harry’s life, Kingsley decides to send him to a safe house with only Draco Malfoy for company.
The Company of The Rose by @lower-east-side (2019, E, 32k)
Six years after the war, Draco Malfoy has been restoring magical estates, while sidestepping his mother’s plots to marry him off and resolutely avoiding his issues.
In Our Blood by secretsalex (2018, E, 37k)
Draco is an accomplished pure-blood curse breaker, and Harry is tasked with accompanying him on his latest job—cleaning up the Van Boer mansion.
Kiss the Joy (Until the Sun Rise) by @icmezzo (2013, M, 37k)
The Room of Requirement was severely damaged in the war, but not so much that it could not provide for one lost student and another young hero—especially when they needed each other most of all.
Boiling Point by GoldenTruth813 (2018, M, 42k)
After an Auror raid gone wrong, Draco ends up trapped in a dodgy safehouse with nothing but Harry Potter’s dubious company and a dwindling supply of food.
Like Lightning at your Fingertips by potterwatch (2019, T, 43k)
The problem with living with another insomniac is, eventually, they find out you’re an insomniac, too.
A Room Up There (And You In It) by @the-starryknight (2020, T, 59k)
When Preservationist Draco Malfoy was assigned to work on Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, he was excited to delve into the gorgeous Black family antiques.
Salt on the Western Wind by Saras_Girl (2013, M, 60k)
When the war isn’t quite as over as it first appears, a guilt-ridden Harry is sent to a mysterious safe-house.
Crown Witness by @slytherco (2020, E, 70k)
In which Harry and Draco learn that the way to each other might just have to go through the dingiest hotels in Britain.
A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (2018, E, 128k)
When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter.
Bonus: WIPs
9 ½ Days by @magpiefngrl (E, WIP)
After the events at the Manor, Harry and Draco find themselves stranded in the countryside with a broken wand and Death Eaters on their tail.
In The Dark by bixgirl1 (E, WIP)
In the aftermath of an apocalypse, Harry receives an order to find and bring Draco Malfoy nearly a thousand miles, to the tenuous safety of Hogwarts.
@gameofdrarry || official masterpost (N/A) || AO3 || ∑ = 35 works
The Mods
1. All to myself by @just-a-talking-fishbone [G, 900]
2. Direct Hit by keeperofstories [E, 5k]
At a crucial moment, Harry is distracted as he and Draco Malfoy duel in the girl’s lavatory, allowing Malfoy’s curse to make a direct hit. The consequences of this, however, are not what either boy expected.
3. the god of ghosts and dreams by @glittering-git [T, 3k]
As Lord of the Dead, Harry never expected to marry. Being forced to enter into a sweepstake for Draco’s hand changes everything.
4. How They Met by keeperofstories [T, 3k]
While house sitting for the Weasley’s, animal magnet Harry Potter meets a cat. Then a man. A gorgeous man.
5. i carry it in my heart by @glittering-git [G, 600]
Draco has lost his heart and no one can seem to help him find it.
6. Marathon by @frostymarauders [T, 900]
Draco interrupts Harry’s training
7. The Most Magical Place on Earth by @kristinabrd [G, 600]
Harry wins a free trip to Disneyland.
8. Not Such A Surprise by @postjentacular [T, 200]
A different boy in a different cupboard.
9. Of toenail clippings and designer underwear by @andithiel [T, 4k]
Harry is tired of walking in on Ron and Hermione in various states of undress. But since Pansy recently moved in with Ginny there’s another room available. The fact that the room in question is in the same flat where Malfoy lives shouldn’t cause any problems. Right?
10. Tiny Dragons & Where to Find Them by @tasteofshapes [T, 4k]
Draco finds the tiny dragon sleeping on the staircase leading up to the astronomy tower.
11. To Find the Mark by @thunder-of-dragons [T, WIP]
The Second Wizarding War ended. Voldemort was defeated. Everyone was left with scars, especially the students of Harry Potter’s year, who all found new scars that had failed to appear on their seventeenth birthdays. […]
12. Winning doesn’t always mean coming in first by @andithiel [T, 4k]
In preparation for the Charity Run for the War Orphans, Harry’s on a training camp in southern Italy. Just his damn luck that Malfoy of all people should end up on the same trip, and seems determined to distract Harry with his stupid fit arse and his stupid enticing body. Well, maybe Harry has a few tricks up his sleeve (or short shorts) too?/i>
Series with more than 2 works :
Ides of Drarry 2020 series by @yupokaysuremhm [T, 3k, 3 works]
The Ides of Drarry series by FerretLovesPotions [T, 5k, 3 works]
The Ides of Drarry 2020 series by @orpheous87 [T, 17k, 11 works]
Ides of Drarry series by @xslytherclawx [M, 39k, 6 works]
1. Home for the Holidays by @gallifrey1sburning [E, 41k]
►Draco Malfoy is perfectly happy with his high-powered finance job in New York City, thank you very much. His mother, however, has never come to terms with his moving abroad. When Draco gives in to her request that he return to the UK for the holidays to stay with her, her sister, Andromeda, and his cousin, Teddy, Draco is expecting the heavy-handed hints that it’s time for him to come home once and for all. […]
2. Maybe All Along… by @shelvesuponshelves [M, 13k]
►It was Christmas Eve and Draco was interrupted by the fireplace next to him beginning to splutter and spit before coughing out a man covered in soot.
3. A Side of Reconciliation by @yakarmi [E, 4k]
►Draco and Harry have been sleeping for far too long without talking about their feelings. […]
4. Tender is the Light by @joeys-piano [G, 1k]
►It takes twenty-one days to turn a commitment into a habit, but an entire lifetime before it’s honed into an instinct. […]
5. Three Best Christmases in Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy’s finally good life by @mistake-snake [?, 11k]
►No one remembers that Harry’s best Christmas was his first one, the one where his mum nearly killed his dad over an invisibility cloak, but everyone pretty much knows Draco Malfoy has always had amazing Christmases. […]
6. Time of Hope by SasuNarufan13 [M, 9k]
►Draco learnt long ago that there’s no sense in hoping for something. Maybe one particular dark haired wizard can change his mind, though.
7. A Tiny Little Full Blown Obsession by @tricorders [M, 14k]
►One peak at Malfoy in the Quidditch showers and Harry becomes a tad enamoured. Hermione is no help at all.
8. twenty questions (to fall in love) by DobbyRocksSocks [T, 20k]
►Two boys, one safe house, a list of twenty questions. What could possibly go wrong? That was a trick question. Draco and Harry spend a little time alone, getting to know each other, and they find that without the war and the opposing sides pulling their strings, they actually like each other. Who knew?
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Fest/Exchange
★ 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2020 | @slythindor100
Aeternus Solem by @onbeinganangel [E, 36k]
Can’t Help Falling by @phenomenalasterisk [E, 5k]
destination, destiny and definition by panicparade [G, 17k]
The Friendly Beasts by @dianacopland [E, 59k]
A Room Up There (And You In It) by @the-starryknight [T, 59k]
This Christmas (will be one to remember) by @orpheous87 [T, 22k]
Vanished by @devilrising [E, 134k]
A Wish and a Wardstone by @penguinanimagus [E, 25k]
★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2020 | @hdowlpost
Almost-but-not-quite by Anonymous [G, 2k]
Draco’s Personal Saviour by Anonymous [T, 2k]
Expecto Patronum! by Anonymous [T, 1k]
Fix This by Anonymous [G, 2k]
Gaining Morgana’s Approval by Anonymous [M, 4k]
One Night In Berlin by Anonymous [M, 3k]
The Snuggle is Real by Anonymous [M, 2k]
1. What We Reveal by @rei382 [T, 4k]
►Someone had been stalking Harry for weeks. When he finds out it is Draco Malfoy, more than one secret is revealed.
★ Drarropoly ‘20: Founders Edition | @gameofdrarry
Hi lovely! in the spirit of NSFW, do you have any angry/rough sex recs? maybe after they’ve had an argument? x
Dear anon, thank you so much for sending this ask! I couldn’t have received a better request this week, and I love the angle you’re going for here - not quite hate sex, but something in the middle involving complicated feels, if I got it right? Enemies to lovers at its best. This trope is right up my alley and I hope you enjoy these! 💗
Wands Away (2015, 3k)
Harry and Draco are in Auror training and it's time for a little hand-to-hand... which gets a little out of hand.
Cheaters Prosper by bryoneybrynn (2015, 4k)
Draco won the Slytherin-Gryffindor match by cheating. Harry has a problem with that.
Hurt for the Right Reasons by @lqtraintracks (2013, 4.5k)
Everything was so cocked up. He just wanted this one thing. He wanted to hurt for the right reasons for once.
Ruin Me, Save Me by @drarryruinedme7 (2020, 4.5k)
Sex with a stranger in a pub bathroom sounds dirty; sex with Potter in a pub bathroom only sounds dangerous. Fuck, but you love dangerous.
Between Two Fires of Beltane by @secretsalex (2017, 4.7k)
As the war drags on, Draco becomes a spy for Voldemort and works his way into Harry’s good graces—and his bed. When the Order prepares to invade Malfoy Manor, Draco is forced to examine his loyalties.
Checking out the Opposition by birdsofshore (2014, 6k)
Harry and Draco seem quite wound up after their latest game of Quidditch.
Echo of a War by Mijan (2013, 6k)
Nobody wins a war.
Teeth by @amelior8or (2020, 6k)
Potter’s been practically begging for it, for months, constantly staring until the air crackles with the intensity of it. Draco always stares back, until all it takes is a brush, a spark, before they go up like flash paper. The crash into each other is inevitable. Draco’s heart has got teeth. And there is nothing he won’t do to keep up the fight with Harry fucking Potter.
Hurt Me, Fuck Me (Just Don’t Hate Me) by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (2017, 6k)
Potter is panting moist puffs of air into his face and grinding what is now a full-on erection against Draco’s own, glaring at Draco with the same mixture of confusion-exasperation-helpless-raging want that Draco feels for the git, day after day, coursing through his bloodstream, making him feel at once like he’s flying and drowning.
Good Talk, Potter by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (2016, 6.7k)
Potter begins to take me apart, each savage, pounding thrust peeling away layer after layer of everything that I am, reaming me open in a way that makes me wonder how I’ll ever be able to let anybody else but him fuck me after this.
The Things They Never Say by @bixgirl1 (2017, 9k)
Harry and Draco don't know how to talk. So they do other things instead.
Silence series by RurouniHime (2011, 9.7k)
It was his battle, yet he never hurt me, and he could have.
Let's Dance To Joy Division by @femmequixotic (2010, 12k)
Let the love tear us apart, I've found a cure for a broken heart...
I'll never be your chosen one by @andithiel (2019, 15k)
Draco doesn't know what exactly he’s doing with Potter, he doesn't know how their unspoken agreement even started, and doesn't know where it will end. The only thing he knows is: he's not in love.
you look so fine by michi_thekiller (2013, 16k)
In which Draco is a Veela and Harry is his mate. Dark!Humor or Crack!Horror, you decide.
Licking a Path to You by @drarryruinedme7 (2020, 18k)
Draco Malfoy has one goal in life: to discover the identity of the secret chef of his favourite restaurant, Sweet Prophecies. After all, he can't marry someone he doesn't know. So what if he's slightly distracted by one Harry Potter and their "just sex" agreement?
just tell me when it’s alright by @bonesliketambourines (2020, 23k)
Harry’s been fighting tooth and nail for any bit of normalcy he can get his hands on. He’s sick of feeling like something’s wrong with him, tired of feeling different. He thinks he’s finally gotten to the root of it, and has settled into a routine that makes him happy. Naturally, that’s when Draco Malfoy walks back into his life and upends it once again. Has Harry bitten off more than he can chew with his former rival?
Burn the Curtains and the Wine by @nerdherderette (2019, 24k)
There are two versions of Harry Potter: the wizard who is the Ministry of Magic's most dangerous and successful assassin, and the husband who leads a staid life of domesticity with a reformed Death Eater. And never the twain shall meet. Until, one day, they do.
Your Place or Mine? by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (2016, 26k)
“This person is so much harder to hate. And I’m supposed to hate Malfoy. How the fuck else am I supposed to limit this to just sex?"
The Good Guys by Frayach (2014, 26k)
The Second Voldemort War is limping into its fourth year, and the Forces of Shining Light are slowly turning into the Forces of Expedient Grey. When Draco Malfoy is captured red-handed trying to sell an illegal potion to a clerk at Borgin & Burkes, he is handed over to the Department of Essential and Necessary Truth’s newest interrogator. And as soon as he sees Malfoy, bound and waiting in his cell, Harry Potter knows he’s in trouble. Deep trouble.
I also strongly recommend these long fics:
Harry Potter Gives a Shit by talithan (2013, 58k)
“Where are you headed?” “No place special,” Draco fumbled, and flushed further. But then: “I can change that,” said Harry Potter.
That Old Black Magic by @bixgirl1 (2019, 77k)
Centuries ago, marriage contracts were the norm — ready-made alliances between families, expected and complied with, without complaint. But norms have a way of changing, and when a long-dormant contract flares to life, Harry has to navigate an unexpected splintering of the path he'd thought would be easy after the war... with Draco Malfoy.
I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (2019, 93k)
Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels. Harry has been struggling since the war and has become a recluse while trying to write his autobiography. An invitation to the Hogwarts class of 1998's 15th reunion isn't welcomed by either of them, but neither could predict how the night, and their reunion, will upend their lives.
Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid (2019, 100k)
What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost.
But nothing is exactly as it seems. Not even Harry himself. And as he gets drawn further and further into Malfoy's world of honour and deception he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—about his childhood nemesis, the Ministry job he misses so much, and most of all, about himself. What happens when you’re forced to see that you were wrong?
I will never get over having written something that deserves to be on a list with some of my favourite fics and authors. Thank you so much Liv, I really appreciate it 🥰😭😘
Hello librarian!!! You are one of the beet people on this site, and you are so helpful! I was wondering if you have any short, complete fic recommendations? Maybe within the 1000-20000 word range? Even if you don't answer my ask (which you dont have to, please dont feel pressured to) just know you are an amazing human being!
Um, no I think YOU are one of the best people and an amazing human being! (*hides my face in my hands because I don’t know how to respond to all of this sweetness!*)
Your holds have arrived! Here are several fics between 1,000-20,000 words! I hope you enjoy them!
Short Fics
Through the Window, Clear Skies (1,415 words) by @tackytigerfic
What would happen if Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy moved in together, too soon after they started kissing and then fucking and not hating each other anymore?
Etched, Curled, Stationed (1,769 words) by @tepre
The day Draco Malfoy turned 21 was the day that 12 Grimmauld Place had decided, with all the grand and pointed fanfare that a house could manage, that it was him that was its rightful owner.
Like Clockwork (3,884 words) by Nympha_Alba
Harry has always loved the Weasley clock that shows the whereabouts of all the family members, and decides to make one for his own family. Soon he runs a small but flourishing business making family clocks. When Draco Malfoy orders a clock with only two hands – one for Scorpius and one for Narcissa – Harry is touched by the loneliness of Draco's life. Memories begin to stir, and Harry makes an addition of his own…
Hourglass Heart (5,257 words) by @bixgirl1
It only happened once — depending on how Harry counted.
Sunscreen (5,987 words) by @kittycargo
"I want someone to remind me to wear sunscreen and take my vitamins when it slips my mind..." -Ira Wolf
Divination For Dickheads (6,914 words) by orphan_account
It doesn't actually turn out to be the worst birthday present he's ever been given.
Holding Back the Fire (9,381 words) by @goldentruth813
Harry’s always hated praise, so he doesn’t understand why the idea of it coming from Draco makes him want it in ways he’s never wanted anything before.
Pharynx-Larynx-Oesophagus-Trachea (11,400 words) by @firethesound
Harry's idea for helping Draco study is the most brilliant thing he's ever come up with, and Draco discovers that studying can be fun when one has the right study partner.
what the body wants is coolness (13,428 words) by @lastontheboat
Draco and Harry have been seeing each other for months, and Harry decides the best way to tell their friends is to bring Draco to a group beach outing. Draco's given up enumerating all the ways this plan could go wrong.
Let him lead me to the banquet (16,066 words) by @harryromper
The worst part is Harry’s got no idea why Malfoy keeps sending him invites. He’s never replied to a single one. And if the whole dinner is as exclusive and sought-after as the Prophet keeps breathlessly reporting, then presumably the only reason Malfoy wants him there is in his capacity as the Chosen One. So, really, he can fuck right off. Harry doesn’t care about Draco Malfoy’s redemption tour. And he’s certainly not going to help him with it.
A Different Kind of Meaning (17,048 words) by @p1013
The ceiling doesn't hold any answers, but there are cobwebs scattered across the corners with shadows tangled in their threads. The rug against his back is rough and scratchy, threadbare and devoid of colours other than various shades of brown. Harry takes it all in, absorbs the dingy and depressed state of his home. There's a pointed moment of decision, a note about to be played, a silence about to end, and then he rolls to his feet and sets to cleaning. It's the first constructive thing he's done in years.
As always, if you find a fic you enjoy, please remember to leave the author a kudos or a comment!
Lots of Love and Happy Reading!
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