Drarry Fic List: 8th Year
Through the Garden - orphan_account (68k)
“Potter?” He asks, his voice barely audible.
Potter glances over at him once he’s set his stuff down. “Hey, Malfoy. “
Draco blinks.
“We’re doing partners today, uh…” he trails off, adverting his gaze to the cauldron sitting on the table. “Would you – do you want to be partners?”Aka, after a rough 7th year, Draco's mother forces him to return for 8th year. His plan of making it through the year unnoticed fails when Harry Potter offers to be his partner in Potions. Draco's obsession with Potter starts to grow once again
Draco Malfoy, forced to go back to Hogwarts for his eighth year after the war, is not sure he wants to change who he is. But with constant anxiety attacks, he isn’t sure that his current way of life is working out for him. Will rooming with Harry Potter help him make amends and realize his ability to be a good person?
Becoming Us (Part 1) - VivacissimoVoce (28.1k)
Following the war, Harry Potter and friends return to Hogwarts to repeat their interrupted final year. To everyone's surprise Draco Malfoy returns as well, but something has changed. Harry learns the weighty consequences of being marked as a Death Eater and must decide whether to help Draco escape his past. Non-canon Dark Mark backstory
Becoming Us (Part 2) - VivacissimoVoce (Sequel ) (56k)
Harry and Draco have discovered their feelings for each other. Now they must decide whether to keep their relationship a secret or share it with the world. Starts 20 minutes after the conclusion of Part 1 and takes them through the end of their 8th year at Hogwarts. Non-canon Dark Mark backstory.
The Anchor - donnarafiki (orphan_account) (54.1k)
Draco has to go back to Hogwarts for his eighth year. Either that, or it’s back to Azkaban according to his parole agreement. Which all wouldn’t be that big of a problem, if only Pansy learned to keep her trap shut and Potter would put on a bloody shirt before leaving the showers. Honestly, he had enough to cope with inside his own head without green eyed gits messing with it as well.
TW: Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Self-Harm, Eating Disorders
What Malfoys Don’t Do - Monstrous_Femme (50k)
There are things that Malfoys simply don't do. They don't cry, or show any emotion unless entirely unavoidable. They don't back down. And they certainly don't admit that maybe, just maybe, they might be wrong about a few things.
Draco's back for his eighth year, and with everything that's changed, these basic rules will soon be called into question.
Cracked - epsilonargus (46.4k)
"Loving Harry Potter would be a messy thing and Draco knew he wasn’t much of a whole person himself, but Merlin, he wanted to love Harry Potter." An Eighth Year fic, wherein Draco is a delusional mess and Harry is always trying to save him.
Required Courses - punsandships (32.2k)
Draco Malfoy is court-ordered to finish an eighth year at Hogwarts, which is fine, except that's where Harry Potter is. Draco's spent years training himself not to think about Potter the way he wants to, but now all the eighth year students share the same dorm and classes, and there's nowhere to escape. Worse, Potter's actually the one teaching their Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and he's obsessed with getting Malfoy to cast a Patronus. Pansy's hung up on making friends, so now Granger and Weasley won't leave him alone. And somehow, Potter's roped him into helping with the first-year's lessons.
He was expecting eighth year to be unbearable. Just not in this particular way.
Control - laugh_a_latte (27.1k)
Harry is done with suffering, preferring to move forward after the war. So, when he discovers Draco Malfoy is still suffering, fighting an invisible war of his own, can anyone blame Harry if he wants to help?
To Hurt and Heal - cassisluna (21.6k)
They say that everybody who gets out of Azkaban comes out a little mad. After the war, Draco Malfoy spends three months in Azkaban. He just wants to go insane in peace, but Harry Potter finds that he, inexplicably, still can't leave Draco alone.
Trust in Hope - Omi_Ohmy (19.9k)
It's Eighth year, and Draco is broken, ostracised. One person prefers him the way he was, full of life – Draco just needs to learn to trust in hope.
You Are Not Alone - Juh_Nunes (19.1k)
Draco dreaded going back to Hogwarts after the war. He was sure this would be his worst year yet: the school hated him, the Slytherins have abandoned him, and his dorm was overrun with Gyffindors. There was no way anything good could come out of this mess, right?
We Sleep in Pairs - darkestbliss (17.4k)
We do not blame flowers for their death. But when Draco’s magic dies after the War, he struggles to forgive himself, and it’s going to take far more than striking up a companionship with Harry Potter for him to heal.
TW: Past Rape, Suicide Attempt, Self-Harm
Said and Unsaid (or, The Value of Knowing When to Stop Talking) - bryoneybrynn (14.8k)
When the Interrogator asked if he had anything to say on his own behalf, Draco shook his head, his lips pressed tight in a thin line. There was nothing to say that wouldn’t sound like an excuse.
Comeback Season - minniepar (13.7k)
Draco's mother had decided for him that, in spite of all that had happened, he should finish his studies.
Harry had decided, for himself, that he wanted a year of fun before he joins the aurors.
Fun, Harry thinks, is how he might have once described Draco Malfoy, if a bit insufferable. Now he walks around like a lost puppy, trembling. Harry's determined to crack Draco, even if Ron and Hermione (and everyone else he cares about) dissaprove.
If My Heart Can Take It - HeyYousGuys (12.3k)
A week into 8th year, Draco returns to Hogwarts to finish his education, a mandatory part of this punishment after the war. The only spot left for him in the 8th year dormitory is the bunk underneath Harry's. Already accustomed to hearing the other 8th years screaming from nightmares at night, Harry never thought Draco's screams would be the most gut wrenching of all. When an offer to comfort him turns into a nightly routine of sharing a bed, how much longer will Harry be able to stand it once he realizes just how much he enjoys these moments with Draco?
Slow Hands - eleventy7 (10.2k)
Blood, shadows, and paper hearts. The Shadow hunts students, but Draco Malfoy most of all.
Soaring - tealeaf523 (ConstantComment) (9.1k)
Draco Malfoy is reaching the halfway point of his eighth year of Hogwarts, post-war. Though things are back to normal, Draco feels haunted, suffocated, broken by his past. And he can't be fixed. Can he?
A Light To Call Home - InTheShadows (8.3k)
These past few years have not been kind to Draco. He has been forced to take the Dark Mark, let Death Eaters into the school and attempt to kill Dumbledore - all in the name of survival. But after the Battle, he is able to have a conversation with Potter without the two of them fighting. That has to be a sign that things will get better after this. Right? (Wrong.)
Most, if not all, of these fanfictions is about Draco dealing with the consequences of the war, so basically, hurt Draco, which really is my cup of tea.