Everyone returns to Hogwarts after the war, but nothing is quite the same. Harry's groupies are creepier than ever, Ron and Hermione are snogging all over the place, and the once-proud Draco is shuffling around like a kicked puppy. But that's okay: Harry's got a plan.
Harry’s back at Hogwarts for his eighth year, but nothing’s the same. Now he’s a Hufflepuff, Hermione’s a Ravenclaw, and Ron’s an Auror. Harry and Ginny break up, Luna’s shaved her head, and Draco Malfoy is suddenly and inexplicably Harry's new best friend. And then there’s the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest.
All You Want (ao3) - senlinyu
Draco/Hermione
E, 172k
Summary: Eighth Year at Hogwarts was supposed to be Hermione’s. And it is, just not in the way she expects. Omegaverse fic.
At Your Service (ao3) - Faith Wood (faithwood)
Draco/Harry, Hermione/Ron
E, 95k
Summary: Hogwarts students are in danger; Harry is determined to save them all. There's only one thing he knows for certain: Draco Malfoy is somehow involved.
Azoth (ao3) - zeitgeistic
Draco/Harry
E, 88k
Summary: Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that something’s missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when one’s life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy a portrait? Harry has no idea; he’s too busy trying not to be in love with Malfoy to care.
Draco Malfoy, It's Your Lucky Day (ao3) - Faith Wood (faithwood)
Draco/Harry
E, 37k
Summary: Even though he's unarmed, injured, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and facing a possible murder charge, Draco Malfoy gets lucky.
Hey, Potter (ao3) - SunseticMonster
Draco/Harry
M, 16k
Summary: Harry returns to Hogwarts for his 8th year, determined not to let Malfoy get to him. But when the snarky teasing starts up again, Harry finds that returning the jibes with compliments has a far more interesting outcome.
I'm Never Lonely When I'm With You (ao3) - PacificRimbaud
Draco/Hermione
M, 5k
Summary:
"I won’t take the room." She shakes her head emphatically. "Living with you is totally out of the question."
"Obviously."
“But if I did—"
His brow furrows. "Would you?"
In Evidence of Magical Theory (ao3) - bixgirl1
Draco/Harry
E, 43k
Summary: When a hex meant for Draco accidentally catches Harry as well, they're forced to learn to understand each other in ways they previously might have thought impossible.
In which Harry and Draco can't fight, so they fall in love instead.
Notes on the Temptation of Peter and Heloise (ao3) - PacificRimbaud
Pansy/Percy
Summary: Percy Weasley is pleased to accept the Transfiguration professorship at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the 1998-1999 academic year.
8th year student Pansy Parkinson is thrilled.
Out of Nowhere (ao3) - madrose_writing
Draco/Hermione
E, 9k
Summary: The first time had come out of nowhere. There had been nothing; no build up, not so much as a single word to indicate that it was even a possibility. The second time was a surprise simply because there was one. Every time after that blurred together. / Eighth Year.
Stand by Me (ao3) - SoftObsidian74
Hermione/Ron, Harry/Ginny, Astoria/Draco
M, 76k
Summary: The war is over, but at Hogwarts, new battles are being fought. As the school tries to rebuild, Slytherins find themselves at the bottom of a new social order where Gryffindor arrogance and retribution reign. While Ron struggles with loss and guilt, Draco encounters daily threats and social isolation. When an unlikely friendship develops between the two, Ron must find the courage to face the backlash, and something far more terrifying – himself.
The Eagle's Nest (ao3) - HeartOfAspen
Draco/Hermione, Hermione/Theodore, Ginny/Blaise
M, 292k
Summary: Hermione's eighth year at Hogwarts is already going to be difficult in the aftermath of the war, but is further thrown into upheaval when Headmistress McGonagall orders a re-sorting of all students to promote inter-house unity. But when the Sorting Hat sends Hermione to Ravenclaw with Draco - and without Harry or Ron - how will she cope? [Epilogue? What epilogue?] Prevalent alchemy.
The Gloriana Set (ao3) - ThebeMoon
Draco/Hermione
M, 271k
Summary: The War is won, and Hermione Granger is back at Hogwarts as an “Eighth Year”, feeling reckless and determined to shed her prim bookworm persona. She will do as she pleases, and anyone who doesn’t like it will see the business end of her wand. Also returning is Draco Malfoy, universally hated but determined to restore his family’s name. Hermione’s hopes for a quiet school year are quickly dashed as she contends with mischievous First Years, killer plants, enchanted hair accessories, a totally inappropriate Moaning Myrtle, renegade Death Eaters, a nice vampire, a poorly named study group, a depraved party, and mysterious, threatening blood messages on the castle walls. We have redemption, partial redemption and (sadly or hilariously) no redemption at all. Throw in a snarky, disturbingly attractive Draco with his own secret agenda, and we have a very slow-burn Dramione with a side of who-dun-it. COMPLETE!
Then Comes a Mist and a Weeping Rain (ao3) - Faith Wood (faithwood)
Draco/Harry
E, 21k
Summary: It always rains for Draco Malfoy. Metaphorically. And literally. Ever since he had accidentally Conjured a cloud. A cloud that's ever so cross.
The Silent World Within You (ao3) - Femme (femmequixotic), noeon (noe)
Draco/Harry
E, 95k
Summary: Harry only wanted Malfoy for one night, one birthday. It wasn’t meant to be anything more.
The Standard You Walk Past (ao3) - bafflinghaze
Draco/Harry
M, 46k
Summary: On returning to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year, Headmistress McGonagall decided to room Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter together. She may have hoped for a leading example of house unity; the other students fully expected insults and fights. But nothing happened.
That was, until Harry sleepwalked into Draco’s bed.
Various Storms and Saints (ao3) - viridianatnight
Draco/Hermione
E, 199k
Summary: Mudblood.
Hermione stared at the letters that besmirched her skin. They hadn’t healed since the day she was maimed.
Written on the Heart (ao3) - who_la_hoop
Draco/Harry, Hermione/Ron
E, 113k
Summary: Harry doesn’t mind that so many Slytherins from his year have returned to finish their NEWTs, really he doesn’t. It’s just – do they have to be so friendly? He’s not prejudiced, really he’s not. It’s just – they’ve got to be up to something, right? Unnerved by the attention he’s attracting from everyone – the Slytherins are the least of it, to be fair – and struggling with a raft of changes to Hogwarts itself, Harry wishes he could be happy that one constant remains: Draco Malfoy really fucking hates him.
When he’s hit by an illegal love-spell though, Harry finds he has more to worry about than whether or not Blaise Zabini actually wants to be his friend. For if everyone affected has been blessed – or cursed, by the look on Malfoy’s face – with a magical tattoo revealing the name of their soulmate, what does it mean that Harry’s skin remains completely bare?
You Look the Way I Feel (ao3) - yourdifferentoctober
Draco/Hermione
E, 108k
Summary: Draco returns for his eighth year at Hogwarts in an attempt to salvage whatever he can of his future. His plan: sit as many N.E.W.T.s as possible, distance himself from the Malfoy name, and keep out of trouble. Of course, with his father on trial and at risk of unthinkable punishment, not to mention the anxiety-fueled "episodes" that have been plaguing him since summer, the school year doesn't go so smoothly. Especially when Harry Potter keeps seeking him out.
It's Eighth Year at Hogwarts and it seems Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy hate each other more than ever before. Everybody is sick of it. Somebody was tired of the two enough to curse them, binding them together. What at first appears to be a death sentence to both Harry and Draco turns out to be the thing the both of them needed the most.
Seven months after the end of the war, Harry is feeling lost. Fortunately, he is about to be offered an unexpected and sparkling chance to find himself again.
It's Harry and Draco's eighth year, the Houses have been all but demolished in favor of unity, and they're being forced to room together. How ever will they cope?
