Thank you so very much to all our amazing writers, artists, pinch-hitters, readers, commenters, and reccers who once again made this fest such an amazing success!
If you haven't had time to make it through all the fantastic works here yet, we hope that you'll still read and leave some love for our writers and artists! Comments are appreciated all year round! ;) As are commenters—like you amazing readers and participants, including the phenomenal 440 people who have left an incredible total of 1898 comments on H/D Erised works this year—thank you for all you do to make this community what it is!! And a special shout-out, again, to our ever-expanding list of all-star commenters, who have commented on more than half (and sometimes way more!!) of this year’s works: blueheart_V, @sorrybutblog, khalulu, @nv-md, and veradubhghoill!! Thank you!!!
We'll be going through the works today, revealing the authors on AO3, removing the mod account as a co-author, and adding the creator names to the tumblr headers. We'll be sending the participants a wrap-up email when we've finished with all the final admin things on our end.
Thanks again for making this another brilliant round of Erised! We hope to see you all again next year!
<3 @epitomereally @honeybeet @nv-md
@elizah321 drew Brewed Awakenings for @jessixaluci [T]
@bicholsdrarrysideblog drew The Case of the Mysterious Baker for @sorrybutblog [G]
@discessio drew Ceilings. for @karamelised [M]
@threading-fate drew Us, again? for @nv-md [M]
@frm9pm drew Unemployed and On Guard for @makeitp1nk [T]
@legendrarry drew No One but Me for justlikewriting [M]
@faiell drew Stolen Glances for @dodgerkedavra [T]
@sharperthan drew Hauntingly Familiar for @moonflower-rose [T]
@fantalfart wrote & drew A Dragon to Call Mine for @annanother-thing [E, ~24,000]
@agentmoppet wrote Where Starlight Falls for @citrusses [E, ~33,700]
The magic concealing Sirius’s Last Will and Testament doesn’t reveal the full extent of Harry’s inheritance until two years after the war. When it does, it turns out that Harry has inherited more than just the Black Family vault—he’s inherited the family’s magic, too.
He just has to find it first.
And he needs Draco Malfoy’s help to do it.
@sorrybutblog wrote Runaway Train for @lqtraintracks [E, ~18,100]
Harry was already keen to figure out what’s been causing a series of disturbances in the London Underground before Draco Malfoy showed up acting suspicious. Two explosions, several very confused Muggles, and a cloud of mysterious sticky powder later, Harry and Malfoy can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. Can Harry shag his way to the answer to all of his questions? Seems unlikely, but what can a man do but try?
veradubhghoill wrote At Night All Birds Are Black for IzRoan [E, ~51,800]
Harry loves being an Auror—the long hours, adrenaline-fuelled chases, and even the paperwork. But when a haunting leads to his suspension, he’s forced to continue his investigation in secret. As he unravels the murder of a young girl, he turns to the one person he never expected he’d need: Draco Malfoy.
@oknowkiss wrote The Melting Point of Wax for @vukovich [M, ~10,500]
Harry Potter is many things: captain of the Chudley Cannons, the fun uncle, a good enough friend, comfortable in the life he’s built for himself. Comfortable, that is, until a risque broom advertisement and a rumor about a fellow athlete come together to send him spiralling into the world of high-stakes broom racing, high-flying turtles, and the chaos of falling in love.
justlikewriting wrote Body and Soul for @a-sentimental-man [M, ~22,200]
When the headaches became worse and it got more and more difficult for Draco to work, he was left with no other choice but to recognise his stupid problem exactly for what it was. Even if that meant realising that the best, or perhaps even only, solution could solely come from one person: the one person he hadn’t seen for months, the one person he was still in love with.
The one person who should never know.
Because, clearly, Harry would never be able to give Draco what he needed anyway.
@citrusses wrote The Pain From an Old Wound for @sharperthan [T, ~31,100]
Getting hit with a mysterious blood curse is all in a day’s work for Harry Potter. Having to work with his former colleague, rival, bully, and boyfriend, is not. Harry’s not sure which is going to do him in first: the curse sucking his magic dry, or Draco Malfoy, as frustrating, condescending, and painfully attractive as he’s always been.
@lqtraintracks wrote The Most Splendid Thing for @sleepstxtic [E, ~61,200]
Star Quidditch rivals Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter become accidentally bonded. They still hate each other, but now it’s untenable to leave each other’s sides—and my, but it feels oh so good to touch. They’re either going to murder one another, or fall in love.
OR: A story in which Draco finally allows himself happiness, and Harry finally learns that he deserves to be whole.
xErised wrote Borealis Green for @faiell [E, ~47,200]
Draco left Harry on the night of their first kiss, when they were eighteen. Ten years later, Harry, now Deputy Lead of the Norwegian Aurors, barges back into Draco’s life at the Ministry, seeking his help—both personal and professional—for a case, to re-capture Rodolphus Lestrange and Augustus Rookwood.
Turns out that Draco couldn’t really get over Harry, either.
IzRoan wrote Don’t Fear the Reaper for @thehoneybeet [E, ~36,900]
Harry anticipates it’s Luna or maybe Hermione at Grimmauld Place, here to rouse him out of purgatorial listlessness once again. Instead, Harry finds an opinionated crow, a scroll with his name on it, and one exhaustingly persistent Draco Malfoy, who insists that Harry is his latest soul to Reap. The only problem is…Harry’s still alive. Or so he thought.
Quote: Learning how to live takes a whole life, and, which may surprise you more, it takes a whole life to learn how to die. - Seneca
@tessacrowley wrote Sub rosa for @hoko-onchi-writes [E, ~37,100]
After the tragic and unexpected death of his mother, Draco Malfoy’s quiet life as Potions Master, Head of Slytherin, and Hogwarts professor gets upended—first by the manifestation of mysterious and inexplicable magic, and then by the revelation of an inheritance deliberately hidden from him his entire life.
@thecouchsofa wrote Bare Moon Rising for xErised [E, ~15,500]
Potter moved towards him, sticking his hand out. “If that’s the case, we’re both doing it. You do the nude Tornados calendar, and I’ll do the Auror one. Most sales wins.”
Oh no.
“Are you backing out already?” Potter leaned in closer, voice dropping to a whisper. “Finally admitting that mine’s bigger than yours, then? Or do you want to cop a feel first?”
Charities could bugger off. Nothing good ever came of them, really.
@jessixaluci wrote Fighting the Chill for @bicholsdrarrysideblog [M, ~25,400]
What should have been an average and dull day for Draco Malfoy, turned rather south when he’s attacked in the middle of Diagon Alley.
@garagepaperback wrote palindrome for @threading-fate [E, ~25,800]
“Why did you let me kiss you?” Potter smirks.
“That’s not how I remember it. Why did you let me kiss you?”
“I’m stuck in a time loop. You’re not going to remember, so,” Draco’s tongue drags, calcified around the words. “Why not.”
Potter’s brows furrow but the smile stays intact. “That’s the best you could come up with?”
@amomorii wrote A Soft Place to Fall for @epitomereally [E, ~142,500]
When Harry arrives for his first year teaching at Hogwarts and is struck with a bizarre malignance, how on earth is he supposed to react when Draco Malfoy suddenly cares?
@starquestingfordrarry wrote All These Winding Threads for @amomorii [E, ~35,400]
The tides of Draco’s accidental magic pull him under and leave him gasping. There’s a hungry ache that sits deep in his bones, growing worse every day. Soon it’s all he’ll be, a starving skeleton clawing at its throat.
He needs a solution. Unfortunately, that solution looks an awful lot like Harry Potter.
@annanother-thing wrote Second Chance Resort for @elizah321[E, ~42,800]
A holiday forced on him by his friends after the latest in a long string of failed relationships might be a chance for Harry to relax, but all that is thrown up in the air by the appearance of one newly divorced Draco Malfoy. Mainly because they had been together almost fifteen years ago before Draco broke it off to marry the woman his mother chose for him…
Feat. a matchmaking hotel, a spa day, an all-knowing Weasley, and friends who do try their best, but can get a little distracted.
@jtimu wrote Seven-and-sixpence for @oknowkiss [E, ~35,700]
The entire plan of Harry’s life had been defeat evil, become an Auror, marry Ginny. Not necessarily in that order, but it seemed to be going that way, the first two managed and the third in easy limbo.
He can be better, though. He can be more. Draco will see to it.
khalulu wrote Slip Slidin’ Your Way (In a Land of Fire and Ice) for @frm9pm [T, ~9,800]
How does a war-scarred young wizard recuperate and create a new identity? Harry opens himself to the magic of the land. Draco learns to wonder at the humblest of creatures. Years later, Magigeologist Evan Jameson and Malacologist Derek Black begin an enthusiastic correspondence. They’re in for a shock when they finally meet.
Or: Science nerds go to Iceland and fall in love.
Or: Why should kelp have all the fun?
@epitomereally wrote Pillar of Salt for @agentmoppet [E, ~62,200]
From the lake in the Room of Hidden Things, Draco knows three things:
1. Mirror universes exist, and he’s going to find the best one—the one where he did the right thing.
2. Harry Potter and him are awfully cosy in some of these other universes, whereas Potter in real life is starting to act very odd around him indeed.
3. Draco’s reflection—the mirror version of him, the worst version of him—seems to be growing crueler. And stronger.
@a-sentimental-man wrote Prescription for @fantalfart [G, ~2,600]
Draco couldn’t say he hated his job, not really. In fact, he loved it—and wasn’t that something surprising, a Malfoy being a Healer, when most of them hadn’t worked a day in their lives?—and most of all, he loved knowing that he was helping people heal, above anything else.
(And if there was a part of him that craved the normalcy of something that helped instead of what he had been taught to do his entire life? Well. That was between himself and his journal when he remembered to write in it.)
(And maybe there was another reason too.)
@traylalascrisis wrote Old love don’t rust for @drarrydoodles [E, ~20,600]
“Why do you keep coming?” Malfoy asked at last.
Harry mulled over the question. For a moment he debated trying to turn the tables and asking Malfoy the very same thing. But this time he didn’t want to hold back.
“Because I can’t stop,” Harry said.
@karamelised wrote Equipoise for khalulu [T, ~88,200]
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.
@vukovich wrote Victory Lap for @traylalascrisis [E, ~4,700]
“I wasn’t sure if you’d want to eat first.” For emphasis, he pinches the skin at my waist.
I want to cover myself in him. I want to roll in him like a dog. I want to devolve on top of him.
And he wants me to sit nicely and use a knife and fork first?
@maraudersaffair wrote My Mate for veradubhghoill [E, ~26,300]
Harry is a new Alpha and Draco is his Omega Healer. Draco wants to help Harry but Draco struggles to control himself whenever he is around.
And Harry wants to breed Draco. Desperately so.
Things come to a head when Draco and Harry become trapped with one another. Draco doesn’t have his suppressant and it sends them both into heat.
While they wait for help, will Draco be able to avoid being claimed by Harry? Does he even want to avoid it? Harry is gorgeous and strong, and Draco would love to have him as a mate. He just can’t fathom a world where Harry Potter willingly chooses him.
@smehur wrote Just a little liquid luck for @shiftylinguini [E, ~5,400]
Tracking the movement of Potter’s eyes, Draco runs a greasy finger over the thickest of his scars. “You like them, don’t you? Pervert.”
Potter tosses his head back, jostling the mass of his curly fringe from his forehead. “I bet you were into scars long before you had any of your own, Malfoy.”
Yes, Draco wants to say. I want to lick yours. What he says instead is, “Fuck you.”
“Fuck you,” Potter echoes, putting the same pregnant emphasis on the F.
Draco bites his lower lip, wrestling down the rise of euphoria. “Your turn,” he says. “Take that off.”
@sleepstxtic wrote As Luck Would Have It for @smehur [E, ~12,800]
In Sixth-Year, Harry and Draco both win a vial of Felix Felicis from Slughorn and, under its influence, have sex in the Room of Requirement. In the aftermath, can Draco and Harry navigate their respective roles in the war, while grappling with their burgeoning feelings for each other?
@hoko-onchi-writes wrote In a Year’s Turning for @maraudersaffair [E, ~89,400]
It’s been nine years. Surely, Harry can handle Draco being back—for Teddy’s sake.
@shiftylinguini wrote Storm’s Eye for @jtimu [M, ~12,400]
Harry’s surprised that Draco didn’t have wards up preventing mortally wounded former school mates-turned-ghosted work fellows from bursting into his house.
In Harry’s addled mind, this seems like a great opening line to say to Draco’s gobsmacked face. He doesn’t get that far, though.
Or: Harry gets hurt, Draco is a vanishing alchemist who may or may not be able to save the day, but under no circumstances are either of them willing to talk about Their Feelings.
Well. Maybe "mortal peril" circumstances will do it, actually.
@thehoneybeet wrote housewarming for @garagepaperback [E, ~6,000]
First, they had to decide where to live. It worked, until it didn’t.
@dodgerkedavra wrote Go Up to Gilead for @tessacrowley [E, ~106,700]
Harry Potter’s sense of purpose drops dead with Voldemort. So does Draco Malfoy’s freedom.
Nine years later, Harry’s still a soldier. Draco’s still a sacrifice. Harry’s going to die in his Auror uniform, and Draco doesn’t deserve to live.
But when the clock runs out on Draco’s sentence, a new one starts ticking.
As it was, so it will be: they’ll survive together, or not at all.
@makeitp1nk wrote do you (one) better for @legendrarry [M, ~4,200]
Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Harry Potter abruptly loses his Favourite Hogwarts Professor title to none other than Potions Professor Draco Malfoy. He swears it’s fine, really, but the feelings boiling within him say otherwise. Until Poppy Longbottom, Pansy and Neville’s hellion daughter, forces Hogwarts faculty and staff to engage in a very controversial Pureblood family tradition.
@doingthechachaslide wrote Of Stolen Glass and Burning Clover for @saintgarbanzo [E, ~27,800]
A week long international conference. A political scandal? A Malfoy beside the fruit tarts.
@saintgarbanzo wrote Baker’s Modern Wands for @starquestingfordrarry [E, ~43,600]
At Baker’s Modern Wands Lavender Brown is starting a revolution, Draco Malfoy is trying his best, and Harry Potter is really annoyed about it all.
@nv-md wrote Kiss Me, Fuck Me, Love Me for @doingthechachaslide [E, ~5,100]
Harry and Draco are running very late—they’ve got shirts to find, puppies to save, and champagne to buy.
They’re also terribly, ridiculously, extraordinarily in love.
@moonflower-rose wrote Equally Cursed and Blessed for @thecouchsofa [E, ~18,200]
Harry’s back at Hogwarts to attempt his final year, again. This time he’s sure there’ll be no shenanigans. Well. Maybe there’ll be a few.
