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[nsasquith]

Harry stretches his hands over the mugs, straining for that lingering warmth, tasting the last faint wisps of Draco’s magic and savouring it like the final glass of a rare wine. He lets out a long, slow breath.

Then, with a murmured Finite, Harry picks up the mugs and carries them into the kitchen for washing up.

Stop All The Clocks by @firethesound

This peice of work changed me on a molecular level.

I hope that by drawing this, I too, can move on.

[beepbeepsan]

Ask game: Joe and Nicky!

Wouldn't it be funny if I didn't ship them after two dozen published fanfics

Ship It

What made you ship it? The enemies to lovers aspect - as actual, real, fighting and killing each other enemies - was a big draw for me, because I love angst and I love happy endings. They killed each other many times and eventually they figured it out. :) Growth.

What are your favorite things about the ship? The sense of deep, intimate, enduring love between them. And from an interactive standpoint, by dint of their age & immortality there's so much opportunity to play with different events, locations, and eras.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? From what we see in canon & what the fandom built out as popular fanon, it's easy to put certain labels on each of them: Joe's the artist; Nicky's the cook; relationship roles etc. The way I see it, when someone's lived a thousand years, they've changed so much over their lifetime and worn so many titles and behaved in such different ways that it's practically offensive to label them as anything at all. The possibilities are endless. I think the people Joe and Nicky have been (and therefore also how their relationship has worked) have seen an incredible amount of change over a millennium. The fact that they're still together at the end of it speaks to their love and their ability to stay in love throughout change.

[thenightwherethouart]

The Light More Beautiful by firethesound [E, 81k]

“Does it hurt?” Draco asks after a moment.

Potter glances at him. “Not really. Aches, mostly.” He pulls a face. “Constantly.”

“Is it your knee?” Draco asks. Knees are delicate things, he knows. He worked with a witch in New York who’d been removed from active duty after a grievous knee injury that’d never healed right.

Potter nods. “Sort of. It goes down to my knee but the worst of it’s higher.” He reaches out and touches Draco’s thigh. “Right here,” he says.

Draco’s breath catches, and Potter looks up at him, and Draco feels like a shit. Potter’s finally opening up to him about his injury, obviously a very painful and difficult topic for him, and all Draco can think of is Potter’s hand on his thigh. Merlin, he’s starting to get hard from it. He tries to look sympathetic but probably just looks pained.

Potter’s still watching him, his brow creased like he’s trying to work through a difficult Arithmancy equation. Glances down at his hand. Looks back up at Draco. And then slides his hand an inch higher.

[jessonel]

"Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I'm Leaving Without You)" by firethesound @firethesound

This fic... THIS FIC. If you know, you know. It’s one of my all-time favorite fics, and I had to pick it for the #TreatYoShelf2025 exchange. The story is about grief, and it DESTROYED me (and I dragged some of my friends down with me, cause why the fuck not, right?).

As I read it, the whole concept basically came to me all at once, because there’s something so surreal about living in a world after the love of your life has died. Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory fits this story so fucking perfectly, I can’t even explain it, and in a way, I feel like I don’t have to.

I sobbed while reading, talking about, typesetting, and binding this fic — and I even teared up while taking pictures of it. Talking about self-care, huh? Cry it out and give yourself time. That’s what I call self-care. Do things you love, for yourself, and let yourself feel all the feelings. Be kind to yourself. Allow yourself to cry when you need to. Time will heal. It doesn’t last forever. Nothing does. No one does. It does get better.

Anyway. First time using printable Canva and just — Look. At. This!!! Don’t even get me started on the perfect charms I managed to find for this project, or the drawings I did for the typeset. And again — if you know, you know. (The mugs!!! The jumpers!!! The ring... Fuck, I’m actually crying again as I type this lol.)

Typeset and artwork by @jessonel :)

Except for the part that is clearly Salvador Dalí, obviously, hah.

More photos here (fucking Tumblr limit)

[sits-bound]

Bound: All Our Secrets Laid Bare by @firethesound

I made this a while ago, because a) i was bored and b) i wanted to try this tool online that generates the Penguin Clothbound Classics-style cover that I tried to make manually and gave up on in a fit of rage.

The typeset isn't mine, it was designed by zerobindery (on IG) who generously shared it with me.

I mean, it was all pretty straightforward. The htv went on pretty well except around the edges. More notably, I sewed my own endbands! So that was fun. Or something. "Fun." I love the way they look but I might be too lazy to sew them myself on every bind.

[lostdrarryfics]

Hi I'm looking for a fic:

100% sure

chaptered, completed, includes explicit sex

Harry is assigned to be auror partners with Draco, but he's supposed to investigate him for the mysterious deaths of Draco's previous partners.

Draco is invited to pub nights and they always leave together and part ways at some corner and I think thats where they had or wanted) their first kiss.

They also visit an old lady once a week because she keeps reporting things stolen but she's actually just lonely and makes their favorite snacks and tea. I think it would be rated Explicit because Harry takes Draco's virginity. The lead auror person ends up finding out that he has been getting slipped some substance that made him susceptible to suspicion and paranoia about Draco. At some point they get trapped in a basement where the temperature keeps getting hotter and hotter too, and they almost reveal their feelings there I think.

Maybe:

Draco is eventually wrongly arrested and I think he says "I'll never be sorry" to Ron when he visited because he got a tattoo or something.

We believe you are looking for All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound_HP_archive (150k, E) Don't forget to bookmark, leave kudos and comments!

[snow-on-the-gate]

Todays covers (5/5/2025)

Apparently i’m on a firethesound binge

These are just for my personal use & i have fun editing them, Imk if you've also read any of these fics x

Art all found on Pinterest https://pin.it/ 15Gon5sDS

[whatcha-reading-today]

Fanfic Spotlight: All Our Secrets Laid Bare | firethesound

I love competent Malfoy and this is competent Malfoy to a T. Malfoy is an auror and his partners just keep on dying. Harry's assigned as his partner to investigate Malfoy--because the murders are totally his fault. The mystery here is solid, the expansion of the magic system is a good time, and Harry and Draco's developing romance is fantastic.

Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1227880/chapters/2516563

Author: firethesound

Fandom: Harry Potter

Main characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy

Author's description: Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on.

Word count: 149,549 words

Rating: E

Complete: Yes