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[harrydracompreg]

Fic: Our Woven Future - Explicit [NC-17]

Author: Anonymous Prompt: Self Prompted Word Count: 19.1 k Rating: Explicit [NC-17] Contains: Unplanned Pregnancy Spoilers: No Spoilers Marked. Who is pregnant: Draco Notes:

Shout out to my beta R, who edited this for me even though she was sick. And also shout out to the guys who fixed my internet so I could actually send this in.

Summary:

A decade together raising a child did not mean that Harry and Draco were suddenly better, but it did mean they knew how to pretend. It's Teddy's second year in Hogwarts and with the amount of alone time, you think it would let them explore their feelings. It's only when old house magic interrupts their usual schedule of exploring each other's bodies, do they realize what they have to confront.

Our Woven Future Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.

[eeniiart]

Soft kisses <3

[mashruuums]

Draco Targaryen

[eeniiart]

They are figuring it out

[praenomer]

The Lovers is a card of choice

[praenomer]

The Wheel of Fortune is a card of cycles, fate, and destiny

[blorger]

art by chillyou (@buoncompleanno)

[blorger]

art by chillyou (@buoncompleanno)

[katemiosh]

[thenightwherethouart]

The Trouble with Wanting by waldorph [E, 60k]

“Once, when Draco had been six or seven, his parents had taken him to summer on an island off the coast of Greece. The water of the Mediterranean had been blue and beautiful and Draco had been entranced by it wholly, and had spent hours in the water at a time. And then one day there had been a storm off the coast somewhere, and the waves had been beautiful and huge to the small boy he had been. He hadn’t known about rip currents, not until his mother had been shouting his name—he remembered that still, that his mother had shouted , and it had been more startling than not being able to get back to shore, suddenly unable to touch the ground.

Kissing Harry Potter felt like that, a bit. Suddenly too deep, a little terrifying. Potter kissed like he was feral , all biting teeth and sucking, bruising, like an onslaught, and Draco tilted his head up as Potter pressed his thumb to the underside of Draco’s chin, his fingers curling behind Draco’s ear. The kiss was filthy, and hot, and Draco felt like he might come from this—that he might immolate. ”

[well-believe-in-anything-zine]

Please meet our first writer, xpityx! They have an awesome way with words, pulling you right in and making you keep reading until you suddenly realise hours have passed.

[kurhanchyk]

my preemptive answer is that because people refuse to commit main characters to it but i'm sure there are many reasons

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

#i think it's also because many people write about them from an atheist's perspective#i.e. they write like they can't believe a character would take a religion and its tenets seriously#without being a caricature of fundamentalism

(from @lilybarthes)

[fivekoboldsinacoat]

It's a good video! I highly recommend it. Watched it a few hours after it dropped and was thinking about it again this morning.

OP isn't wrong, exactly (saying this for everyone else reading, not at you, OP) and the pasted tags are excellent & about a real issue, but actually further from the thesis of the video.

That thesis boils down to fiction that creates religions, like fantasy novels or RPGs, is very prone to only really depicting the religion's myths and sacred texts. The creation stories, the pantheon melodramas, that kind of thing. Adjacent to this is a big focus on belief. Both of these, ReligionForBreakfast (RFB) suggests, are due at least in part to (unexamined or deliberate) Christocentrism.

The thing that's missing, that RFB proposes as what he thinks would make a big difference and be good to see in fictional worlds, is action. ("Ritual", for certain definitions of the word.) What do followers of a religion, or people within that religion's culture, actually do? How does it appear in daily life, in art and architecture, customs and food, etc.? And not just the Official Approved actions or activities, either.

It's a really solid video, just under 20 minutes long, link here for the interested.

[bridenore]

Author rec : StarQuesting

StarQuesting is one of my favorite authors. Here are a few recs, listed in alphabetical order.

All These Winding Threads by @starquestingfordrarry [35k]

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.

As It Was Left  by @starquestingfordrarry [18k]

“Fuck the Manor. Take your pants off.” Harry and Draco are trapped.

both lips on the mirror by @starquestingfordrarry [4k]

Harry doesn't mean to watch Malfoy masturbate

Half Sick of Shadows by @starquestingfordrarry [39k]

Harry and Draco have been sleeping together for months, and it’s fine. It’s enough for Harry. But when things finally start to feel like the more Harry’s been hoping for, a strange tapestry project has him worrying he won’t ever get the chance. Or: the one with sheep, dragons, and a whole lot of weaving metaphors.

Of easy wind and downy flake by @starquestingfordrarry [14k]

It’s snowing in July, and it’s Malfoy’s fault. Or, the one where the house wants the boys to kiss.

Simulation Theory by @starquestingfordrarry [35k]

An offer to test out a new invention for Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes turns into a whole lot more when Harry discovers who has the other part of the paired set.

a soft white damn by @starquestingfordrarry [4k]

Harry and Draco have detention. It does not go as planned.

With Love in Her Luminous Eyes by @starquestingfordrarry [30k]

The Demiguise lived in Grimmauld Place, and she lived all alone.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!

[itsapmseymour]

They got new photos of the moon,

I knew she had colors hiding in there 🥹

[daisy-dooms]

Hollanov Fic recommendations

Part 8

Social Media AU

the milano cortina incident

- 5k words, 2 chapters completed, texting

- what happened during Milano Cortina Olympic

20 questions

- 2k words, oneshot

- 20 questions for Valentine Day from Shane and Ilya

snapping birch

- 40k words, 4 chapters in progress

- David’s phone got hacked and accidentally outed Hollanov (ps: roller coaster of emotions reading this)

Domestic Fluff

Eggs, Milk, Bread

- 3k words, oneshot

- Just Hollanov spending a slow Sunday

You Don’t Know How Smart I Am in Russian

- 2k words, oneshot

- Hollanov learning each other’s first language

Smutty

branded on me like a tattoo (E)

- 4k words, oneshot

- Montreal won against Ottawa and Hayden forced Shane to get a tattoo to celebrate the win

What’s Mine is Yours (E)

- 6k words, 2 chapters completed, daddy kink

- Ilya nursed Shane back to health and he caught the cold the next day

Baby's First Fever (E)

- 4k words, oneshot, Older Alpha Shane & Younger Alpha Ilya, arranged marriage, breeding kink

- Ilya went into rut and promised to rearrange Shane’s internal so he can bear his children

All this late night talking, oh baby (E)

- 3k words, oneshot

- Ilya attended The Late Night Show with Seth Meyers with Shane as his comfort person

Lovers, I Guess (E)

- 14k words, oneshot, Older Shane & Younger Ilya, jealous Ilya

- Shane time traveled to the night before draft pick and met younger Ilya

[daisy-dooms]

Hollanov Fic recommendations

Part 8

Social Media AU

the milano cortina incident

- 5k words, 2 chapters completed, texting

- what happened during Milano Cortina Olympic

20 questions

- 2k words, oneshot

- 20 questions for Valentine Day from Shane and Ilya

snapping birch

- 40k words, 4 chapters in progress

- David’s phone got hacked and accidentally outed Hollanov (ps: roller coaster of emotions reading this)

Domestic Fluff

Eggs, Milk, Bread

- 3k words, oneshot

- Just Hollanov spending a slow Sunday

You Don’t Know How Smart I Am in Russian

- 2k words, oneshot

- Hollanov learning each other’s first language

Smutty

branded on me like a tattoo (E)

- 4k words, oneshot

- Montreal won against Ottawa and Hayden forced Shane to get a tattoo to celebrate the win

What’s Mine is Yours (E)

- 6k words, 2 chapters completed, daddy kink

- Ilya nursed Shane back to health and he caught the cold the next day

Baby's First Fever (E)

- 4k words, oneshot, Older Alpha Shane & Younger Alpha Ilya, arranged marriage, breeding kink

- Ilya went into rut and promised to rearrange Shane’s internal so he can bear his children

All this late night talking, oh baby (E)

- 3k words, oneshot

- Ilya attended The Late Night Show with Seth Meyers with Shane as his comfort person

Lovers, I Guess (E)

- 14k words, oneshot, Older Shane & Younger Ilya, jealous Ilya

- Shane time traveled to the night before draft pick and met younger Ilya

[lotstradamus]

my original Heated Rivalry rec list has gotten stupidly long so I'm officially starting a Part Two. taking this opportunity to change up some of the subcategories, because 1) the Wildcard header was becoming a bit too all-encompassing, and 2) I love organising and efficiency. hot.

situationship era:

In the Clutch by mcshrug (sequel to Buzzer Beater)

Drop the Gloves by mcshrug

head and body to you by naokime

holding tightly when you invite me by thesehands

I Was Raised out in the Cold by LavenderProse

truth covered in security by lisa6

tongues a-wagging by Anonymous

home economics by Anonymous

the wild ecstasies of worship by ruralsaint

liminal boyfriends:

good things come by Ccainao3

Two Man Advantage by LavenderProse

The Long Game and beyond:

Malysh by theribbonsweregreen

here we are and what the hell are we going to do with it by walkingthroughwindows

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

Russia's Greatest Love Machine by OrYouCouldHaveMine

Spolia Victoris by OpalApparition

AUs (both still hockey players):

Talk About It by some1_around

play destroy by kneeinjury

omegaverse:

Good Losing by chaentics

wildcards:

fall in love again and again by Ehlihr

another uninnocent, elegant fall by Anonymous

Luchik, Darling by chaentics

[lotstradamus]

FALL IN LOVE AGAIN AND AGAIN FALL IN LOVE AGAIN AND AGAIN

situationship era:

Just as Bright by mcshrug

Gonna Be Golden by sweet_s0rr0w

Fold Me Tight by fallbekind

Alligator Bites Never Heal by flawlessassholes

is it a video by garagepaperback

liminal boyfriends:

struggle pretty by thesehands

ten years and counting by radialarch

Happy Endings by MaesterChill, sweet_s0rr0w, tackytiger

Toe Drag by mcshrug

The Long Game and beyond:

Deep Misunderstandings by some1_around

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

Apogee by OpalApparition

ring my bell by servetas

AUs (both still hockey players):

i know where to draw the line by magneticwave

la petite mort by anincompletelist

omegaverse:

lean back, just like that by ribena

wildcards:

bull in the heather by garagepaperback

Lovers, I Guess by tackytiger

these and other lucky witnesses by creamsicle_melt

[lotstradamus]

still trucking well into Month 5 of Heated Rivalry mania... my goodreads is a wasteland with those things rolling across it. those american plant ball things. whatever

situationship era:

catch and release by Ccainao3

me, in shapes to make you pleased by eternalbrook

loving you's my only house by probablylily

all my perversions by probablylily

slash and burn by eleadore

chained myself to a friend by Anonymous

liminal boyfriends:

the phone is a fine invention by campholmes

no control by rogersharringtons

The Long Game and beyond:

we could get better mileage by twnkwlf

Aching, Aching, Aching, and Alive by verbaepulchellae

licked by fire by Anonymous

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

Heaven is a bedroom by Charlotte_Stant

i only threw this party 4 u by ratherunnecessary

AUs (both still hockey players):

behind enemy lines by Anonymous

this is a man's man's man's world by thermocline

omegaverse:

Tin Roof Rusted by LavenderProse

a clear view by guarddog

wildcards:

Let's make a team by a_good_soldier

Geryon by a_good_soldier

crossfire by makemegentle