Hi I know you’ve been in the fandom for a while and I’m coming back from a one to two year hiatus and unfortunately I think all my favorite fanfics were deleted by tumblr specifically the one I’m looking for is about Harry marrying a journalist if I remember correctly it’s called the unexpected attraction I was wondering if you knew anywhere that I could find this and all the other old good fanfics
First of all, welcome back!
Second of all, I just went hunting through the phff tag for you… and wow, it brought back some good memories. I think (think?) the fanfic you’re looking for is gone now. I found some old replies and tags and when I clicked on the blog link, it had been deactivated. Maybe the writer is under a new url, so I’m going to open this up to the floor and see if anyone knows where to find the writer :)
I only read two fanfics, but to be honest, I still reread them both about twice a year (each), maybe more haha. The first one I read was by @ravishingtheroyals called Against the Odds (you can find it here @phfanfic-againstheodds). This one features Alexandra Morgan, an American-born wartime widow with a young daughter named Emma, who falls in love with Prince Harry. It’s fun and sweet and light and I can think of three moments off the top of my head right now that bring tears to my eyes still, even though I’ve reread the story a hundred times.
Then I read @joishereforthis‘ absolute masterpiece of a work featuring Dr. Madeline Forrester, a child psychologist born in Colorado who meets and falls in love with Prince Harry during a mission trip to Africa with Doctors Without Borders. This story is literally more complex than some published novels I’ve read. It’s not short (both parts to the main and alternate stories take up probably 300 chapters) but it is worth reading every single word. Maybe twice. Three times if you have the time. I know I’ve read it about ten times now haha. It is posted on Wattpad and Mibba if I’m not mistaken. I was able to find it by reaching out to Jo directly after several years - I would do the same if I were you. She may know where to find the rest of the old fanfics and their authors.
I’m not entirely sure who else was around for the heyday of Prince Harry fanfiction - @catherineandmeghans, @dirtyroyalconfessions, @rachelmarkle, @claireofluxembourg, @lovingtheroyals ? Do you know where to find any of the other good ones?