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[getawayfox]

“Fucking hell, Malfoy, why is this happening?”

Draco snorts. “Are you honestly looking for an answer?”

Harry nods miserably, his head hanging.

“Perhaps it’s because you were looking for reasons at the bottom of your fifth Firewhiskey,” Draco says. He’s trying for dryness, but his voice is too fond. Maybe Potter’s so drunk that he won’t remember this tomorrow.

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“Well, yes,” Draco admits. The arse of his trousers is soaked through from sitting on the wet pavement. “I suppose you’re having a rough go of it, Potter, aren’t you.”

Harry laughs humorlessly, his head in his hands and his shoulders slumped. “There’s an understatement.”

“It’s not as though you don’t…” Draco trails off, then tries again. “You have every right to be miserable, how’s that?”

“No—what? What do you mean?”

“Let’s see, where to start?” Draco arches an eyebrow and pretends to consider. “How about with your abusive childhood that you’ve entirely ignored, as far as I can tell, followed by decades of terrifying trauma and combat while being strategically lied to by all the adults you were supposed to trust? Then, when you were still practically a child, you got into a codependent relationship that kept you and Ginevra repressed and unhappy for years, before capping the whole thing off with an extremely public and humiliating media frenzy that dragged you out of the closet with blurry photos and positively salacious interviews with men who claimed they’d shagged you. That’s all! How could you possibly have the nerve to be a bit unhappy?”

Draco finds he’s got to stop and catch his breath, and Potter cracks a weak smile. “Didn’t know you’d been paying attention, Malfoy.”

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Captivated by @doubleappled

part of HD-Remix 2021

[dictacontrion]

“Ooh, let’s see your gift for Malfoy, then!” Harry digs in the pocket of his work robes and holds it out to them, with an odd sinking feeling before she even says a word. Ron looks over her shoulder, raises his eyebrows, and then bites his lips to keep from smiling. It’s beyond obvious, and the sinking feeling sinks a little lower. “Harry,” Hermione says carefully. “That’s a lovely gift. But I think the poem meant it to be more like… gemstones.” “Gemstones?” Harry asks blankly. Ron’s turned away, but his shoulders are beginning to shake with laughter. “You know, sapphires, or diamonds, or rubies. Something fancy.” “But it said… it said ‘earth’!” ”Well, I think— I mean, it also said ‘finest treasure.’ Meaning something valuable. It also could have been gold, or silver,” she says. “Something mined from the earth.” “But I did spruce it up! I hit it with, like, seven different beautification charms, and I painted it...” Harry trails off, grasping at straws now. He stares at the large irregular rock, carefully painted with green and silver. “You painted it!” Ron howls from the corner. “Fuck,” Harry says, closing the rock in his palm again and flopping down on the couch. “Fuck! Why am I such a bloody fool?” “You’re not—“ Hermione begins but her protestations are rendered meaningless by the fact that she’s grinning and can’t say it with a straight face.

The Five Trials by DoubleApple

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[drarry-to-read]

Title: Bricks & mortar

Author: DoubleApple

Summary: Diagon Alley is undergoing a major revitalisation, and Hermione convinces Harry to be a part of it. He has zero interest in his appallingly fit, completely infuriating, blond-haired-and-grey-eyed neighbour… but his brand-new magical bookshop has other plans.

Length: 13 chapters, 18,575 words

Rating: Explicit

[impossibly-cold-collector]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Pansy Parkinson, Dennis Creevey Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Bickering, Bookstores, Honeydukes, Post-Hogwarts, HP: EWE, mentions of past trauma, Community: hd_erised, Masturbation in Shower, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Shower Sex, Background Relationships, Frottage, Mutual Masturbation, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Diagon Alley is undergoing a major revitalisation, and Hermione convinces Harry to be a part of it. He has zero interest in his appallingly fit, completely infuriating, blond-haired-and-grey-eyed neighbour… but his brand-new magical bookshop has other plans.

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Distilled

by @itsjamethyst

5,428 (T)

Inspired by Lights on the River (1K | T) by @DoubleAppled

Harry walks through the halls of Grimmauld Place for the last time. Unable to forget, and maybe never wanting to. But as the Grandfather clock strikes two, the door shutting closed behind him, Harry knows that he must get what he wants, and Harry has always wanted Draco.

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Author's Note: I'm so, so excited to share this piece. To DoubleApple, when I got you as my assignment for Remix I started digging through all your work, and although you made it quite difficult for me to choose between some amazing fics, as soon as I read Lights on the River, I instantly fell in love, and knew that this fic was the one for me. It is an absolutely gorgeous piece of writing. The concepts and themes you brought out, the tone, the style, I love it all. So here is my take on your lovely work. I hope I did it justice, and that you enjoy it almost as much as I enjoyed reading Lights on the River. Thank you so much to P for the wonderful beta, you're brilliant.

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Mod Note: While we would always encourage reading the fic which inspired a remix, you shouldn't feel you have to do so. It's OK to just dive straight into the remix!

Distilled

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Captivated

by @doubleappled

7,739 (E)

Inspired by Captivating (ART | G) by @digthewriter

Five times Harry cried, plus one time Draco did too.

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Author's Note: Dig, this piece spoke to me! I couldn’t stop thinking about their expressions, and what would have to happen in their lives to get them to a place where they’d look at each other like that. I hope this fic does your art justice. A million thanks to P for the fantastic and thorough beta read. All characters belong to Scholastic and JKR, who doesn’t deserve them.

Captivated