FIC REC - BLOOD AND FIRE (for H/D Erised)
Title: Blood And Fire
Author: @lqtraintracks for @hd-erised
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Rating: EXPLICIT, AND HOW! <3
Word Count: 45k
Summary: Harry has spent the last twelve years in Romania, not returning to England as often as he knows he should. It’s complicated. But when Ginny asks him to be her best man and help her plan her wedding, he can’t say no. Having a reckoning with his choices, with himself, won’t be easy. To say nothing of seeing Draco again.
My Thoughts: I don’t know what the fuck some of the writers for this year’s Erised are drinking, but you can bet that once reveals are out I’m going to load the fuck up on that shit.
This fic… This fic moved me. I feel shaken and all bright inside; I’m totally thrilled, by both the writing and the content, and there are so many things to love, I have no idea how to narrow it down to a few to put into a rec.
In it, Harry returns to England for Ginny and Pansy’s wedding, and has to confront the force of his longing for Draco, with whom he had a brief relationship several years prior. And, honestly, I can’t remember ever having read pining like this. It saturated every word, and was so splendidly done that I’m still spinning. Yet, it was… (I’m having so many problems formulating thoughts for it, sorry!!) also… something that lingered, that gave Harry and Draco — who has been pining too — time to grow together. Which is not to say that it’s remotely slow-burn with either the sex or emotion (it’s not. lol), but it felt… lush, and rich, and beautiful. And speaking of the sex and emotion, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve read sex scenes this hot that also had this level of connectedness — and it felt like that for every single one. (Psst. There were several.)
I really want to go on and on about this fic, and I could. But you’ll appreciate it so much more if you let it speak to you instead of me. Go read immediately — I need people to share my love for it with. <33333