#drarry 8th year

[slyth-princess]

I love that so many fic writers that do eighth year Drarry fics (myself included) decide “hm, magic castle that magically has exactly the number of beds needed for each dorm but magically can’t magically make room for an extra few students to come back and thus must magically have a new magic dorm so Draco and Harry can’t magically avoid each other”

[potter-loves-malfoy]

Hello! I just wanna ask if you know a fic where the 7th years came back to Hogwarts for their 8th year and Draco had a PTSD bc of the whole war. Draco, after coming back to Hogwarts can't sleep for months ig?? He just can't sleep bc of the trauma so Harry helped him sleep and surprisingly, he can only sleep peacefully when he's with Harry. I don't remember the title but I badly wanna reread and see the updates of it, but I remember the title starting at I. Also, it was published in 2019-2020.(1)

Hi there, I'm sorry, this is very late so theres a chance you've already found this fic, but I also want to find it, because in any that I remember Hermione and Pansy were not very involved at all, and Harry was also unable to sleep. That being said, I also don't remember what those fics were either. So! If anyone knows what this is please let me know!

UPDATE: Thank you @alittlebitofharrypotterinmylife1 for finding this. It is unsurprising that I did not, in fact, know this, as it is not complete and I rarely read incomplete fics 😅

Oxytocin by WouldItWere (134.9k, INCOMPLETE 35/37 chapters)

Draco Malfoy cannot sleep. If he keeps going like this, he will go mad, or die, or both.

For some reason, though, he can sleep whenever Harry Potter is with him. And Harry Potter is nothing if not a helper to those in need.

[justthingsfromsarah]

you can call me harry, if you want

“I see the way you look at me,” Harry murmured. The words somehow seemed loud, even with the party surrounding them. “I feel it.”

Draco arched an eyebrow, but kept his eyes on the fire, “And how do I look at you, Potter.”

“Like you want to call me Harry.”

a slightly late day seven for my self imposed september microfic-a-day challenge

words: 50

day six

day eight

[justthingsfromsarah]

I’m pretending to take notes when Flitwick asks you a question and everybody turns to look at you. It gives me an excuse to look at you, too. You’re slumped carelessly, tie loose and sleeves rolled up. Your mark is stark against your skin. The scars lacing your arms almost silver. I’m in awe of you, of how self-assured you are now. I think maybe it was always there, just hidden away for your friends to see.

Fascinated, I watch your eyes light up as you gesture wildly, explaining some concept I don’t care to understand. It’s easy to forget how much of a swot you are. Until I see you like this. You satisfy Flitwick’s inquiry and the rest of the class turns to the front, quills scratching as they take notes. You flash Parkinson a self-satisfied smile. I can feel myself smiling in response.

Hermoine nudges me and I flush. I know I’m going to get another lunch lecture about my so-called obsession. I don’t care. The rest of class passes in a blur as I watch you fold origami and giggle with Parkinson. Zabini bumps your shoulder and nods in my direction. For a brief second, you pinken. It’s gone as quick as it came, but it’s enough that I don’t even hear the bell ring.

written (however belatedly) for the @drarrymicrofic prompt — curious

[zandragorin]

An A-Paw-ling Cat-astrophe

This drawble and the accompanying drabble was made for the November 2020 Drarry Discord Writers’ Drabble Challenge with the prompt Potions and the word count 394. The palette restriction for the art was famous artworks, and this palette is The Scream by Munch. 

Thanks to @slytherco​ and @legendrarry​ for hosting this month’s challenge

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The war changed a lot of things.

People.

Ambitions.

Prejudices.

Pointy, blonde gits.

But Harry's dislike for Potions... well. If death hasn't managed to change that, then Harry thinks it's a lost cause.

It doesn't help that the classroom is stifling. Nor does it help that his Potions partner isn't letting him do any work to take his mind off the heat.

He unclasps the top button of his shirt. His sleeves are rolled above his elbows but his forearms are still moist with perspiration. "You know, this would go a lot faster if you let me help."

(Read more on Ao3)

[thehellscapeyoulove]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, First Time, Hand Jobs, Hogwarts, Hogwarts Eighth Year, Listen this is a one shot with very little context, it's basically just softcore porn, Smut, Light Angst, Fights, I might turn this into a real fic we'll see, My First Fanfic, Semi-Public Sex, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot Summary:

Harry and Malfoy have an unexpected late-night encounter which leaves Harry more confused than ever.

or

They get into a fight and it takes a sharp turn into something much more intimate.

[aceveria-art]

Tall about your favourite headcanon for drarry ☆♡

thank you for the ask!! i pulled out ye olde laptop for this one

at first i wasn’t sure if headcanon was meant in the context of what already exists in the hp canon, but then i decided that jkr ain’t shit so we’re gonna talk about 8th year

8th year is probably my favorite thing! it gives the kids a chance to come back together in a familiar place after the war. most importantly for harry and draco! (and for my drarry loving ass anyway lmao)

edit: this got so long i had to bulletpoint it smh… basically my favorite drarry headcanon is a fluffy, somewhat slowburn 8th year fic that i replay and revise in my head over and over again

to start, i love the idea of harry speaking at draco and narcissa’s trials over the summer and draco not knowing what the hell to do with that, but silently accepting it.

then when they go back for 8th year, draco isolates himself, feeling like he should just lay low, work diligently, then move on when the year is over.

but harry gets curious about this new quiet malfoy and keeps talking to him and is determined to form a friendship.

after a few weeks, draco cracks and starts acting more like himself (in the sassy way). he also goes on an apology spree to everyone at hogwarts he’s ever said anything mean to, starting with hermione and ending with harry.

it’s really hard for him at first and it’s still a struggle every time (to relive every shit thing he’s said or done) but it’s done before winter.

everyone takes it differently, some forgive (hermione, luna, etc) and some only accept (ron, ginny, etc, they come around eventually!), but what matters is he acknowledged what he did and apologized.

when he at last stumbles his way through a long winded apology to harry, harry patiently waits for him to finish before saying he forgave him a while ago.

harry’s acceptance and forgiveness was gradual- the more he tried to talk to draco the more he could see and feel that draco had changed. and definitely changed with all the apologizing he’d been doing.

at some point harry sees the sectumsempra scars (maybe after they’ve played some seeker vs seeker and they’re changing) and freaks out and starts babbling out apologies, nearly on the verge of tears.

draco snaps him out of it by holding him by the shoulders and insisting that it’s okay. he knows harry didn’t mean to hurt him that badly, let alone kill him.

he tentatively hugs harry and all harry can do is hold on.

after that they become a lot closer and hermione is side-eyeing them and ron wants them to do something about the tension, it’s suffocating him.

yet they remain in silent, individual crises because they realize they’ve caught Feelings and don’t know what to do with them.

for draco, he doesn’t think harry could ever feel that way about him considering their history.

for harry, he never quite felt like he deserved love (courtesy of being raised by the dursleys), let alone from draco.

they’re mutually pining idiots.

until one day, they’re hanging out alone in the common room, laughing about something, and end up being really really close, and they don’t know who moves first but suddenly they’re sharing a soft kiss.

when they pull away (it’s not really pulling away, they’re still glued to each other, just not kissing), they kind of laugh like “ah, we’ve been Fools” and spend the rest of the night just cuddling on the couch.

they wake up to find hermione nodding in approval and ron whisking her away to breakfast yelling “fucking finally!”

they just stay on the couch for a few more minutes, grinning stupidly at each other<3

[neonficlist]

Project (or Curse?) by Venis_Envy 

Humour, Fluff, 21.2k 

Author’s Summary: “In order to build trust and inter-house unity, the Ministry School Board has designed an obligatory N.E.W.T. project for the eighth year students. Paired off, each team will be assigned a Charmed puffskein and required to share a room with their “families” throughout the term. If they all survive that long.”

My Thoughts: I saved this fic in my bookmarks for a rainy day because I knew it would be a good one! And boy, was it ever! I loved everything about this fic, the banter, the take-care-of-a-baby-for-a-grade classic, and the way the boys’ feelings were exposed and taken care of. Give this a read, and don’t put it off ‘til a rainy day to enjoy it!