Ten Drarry Fics That Made Me Smile Like an Idiot in 2017
I was supposed to write this post a lot earlier, Iâd planned to do it on NYE but the last couple weeks have been kinda crazy, so I couldnât find the time to do it then, to make up for it, this will be an annotated rec list, meaning that Iâll also put in everything that I absolutely love love love about that fic. So here you are, more than 3 weeks later than planned, my fluff recs for 2017.
As the title suggests this list is SUPER subjective. These fics are just such nice, light reads with little to no angst and sometimes you just need something this cute and just good.
Edit: Upon finishing the list I realized that my âreviewsâ are basically just me gushing about the fic in question. So if youâre expecting to find actual intelligent, technical reviews, you are not going to find those here.Â
Operation: S.M.W.L.N.T.E.T.H.S.P by XxTheDarkLordxX
Typically, notes from admirers would bring smiles to oneâs face or even lift their mood. It might make their day or even their week. It was a sign of a romantic at heart and even considered sweet.
However, Draco Malfoy doesnât do sweet. If he got one more note saying he looked radiant or beautiful, he was going to kill someone. Literally. His secret admirer better stay a secret before he cursed them into oblivion⊠right after he figured out how to stop blushing.
This thing right here is so pure and funny The secret admirer notes that Harry sends are so cute and Dracoâs reactions to the notes and how they went from âI wanna kill this person.â to âI canât stop blushing.â is also great. Also they (everyone except Harry, Harry hates it) call it âOperation: Seduce Malfoy With Love Letters To Ensure That Harry Stops Piningâ which is kind of hilarious. It was a very fun, light read. 10/10 would recommend.
Owl post by parkkate
Imagine Draco, sometime after the war, sitting alone in his flat and not knowing what to do with himself. He feels so empty, but on the other hand, thereâs so much he wants to say. But who should he talk to? Thereâs nobody there. So he just begins writing his thoughts down. Little does he know his owl is delivering these to the person she thinks Draco needs most in his life
Ahhh this one is just so sweet. I love the idea that Dracoâs owl delivers his discarded letters to (SPOILER) Harry. You get to see Harry help Draco so much and I know that I use the word pure a lot (and there is definitely more to come) BUT ITâS JUST SO PURE AND NICE. I just love it a lot.
Surviving the Horde by FleetofShippyShips
Draco has managed to avoid Christmas at the Burrow for ten years, but not this year.
Domestic Drarry, DOMESTIC DRARRY, DOMESTIC DRARRY. All the bickering and the domestic fluff is so heartwarming. I can definitely see Draco refusing to join Harry at the Burrow for Christmas until one day Harry stops taking no for an answer and drags Draco along anyway. Dracoâs interactions with the Weasleyâs, his friendships with Ron and Ginny are just SO good and I want more of it all. Â
Magic Tricks by cant_we_just_be_happy
Dracoâs wasted. Harryâs annoyed. Draco wants to be entertained. Harry shows Draco a bit of muggle-culture.
So, Drunk Draco is a clingy blessing. How fascinated Draco is by a simple card trick is just so adorable. The way he demands to know which spell Harry used is just so adorable. How he has basically no filter when drunk is just so adorable. Draco is just so adorable. Oh, and itâs an eighth year roommates AU, which is such a good trope.
I Canât Take It! by XxTheDarkLordxX
After the war, Draco Malfoy became an author. A best selling author whose books move the hearts of those who read them. Which wouldnât be a problem for Ron if all of them werenât about Harry! It was obvious to him that Malfoy was in love with his best friend but why was it that no one else seemed to think so? He was going to get to the bottom of this and get Harry to stop mooning over the blonde idiot at the same time. Perhaps, they just needed someone to come along and get them to fess up. For the safety of his own sanity, Ron was going to help Malfoy ensnare Harry. That is, if they can get along long enough not to kill each other.
IđfuckingđloveđauthorđDracođ Well that and THE RON AND DRACO FRIENDSHIP GiveđmeđmoređRonđandđDracođfriendshipđ Okay, for real though, Draco writes novels, fucking novels, inspired by Harry and Harryâs a huuuge fan of his work. Itâs basically mutual pining but more complicated and better and just great.Â
Stealing Sweaters by DorthyAnn (JenniferMarie)
Itâs their eighth and final year and over the course of several months, Harry and Draco have managed to become close friends. Their friends are entirely certain that they ought to be much, much more. So they just decide to⊠help things along.
I love this so so so much itâs just so god damn relatable and funny but not without a little bit of angst. Having meddling friends that mean well but almost ruin everything for you is a concept that Iâm VERY familiar with and it was nice to see that reflected in this. How Dracoâs and Harryâs friends worked together to get Drarry to happen was great, although they made it worse than it was before they meddled. Other than their getting together arc, Harry and Dracoâs friendship is also very lovely. Read this, do it, itâs great.
Weâre Already Married by XxTheDarkLordxX
âOur whole lives we have always told people that we were married. I knew that it wasnât exactly normal but it was always something that filled me with so much affection for you. I have loved you for so long. Longer than I ever realized.â Harry took a deep breath as he looked into shining silver eyes.
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Three-year-old Harry asks little Draco to marry him and they insist to anyone who will listen that they are indeed already married.
Okay so, cute baby Drarry â Jealous friends Drarry â I love you so much that I canât be friends with you anymore Drarry â Oh jeez, this thing right here is just the purest tooth-rotting fluff that Iâve read in the last year. Just imagine tiny Harry telling tiny Draco that he has pretty eyes and that theyâre best friends and asking Draco to marry him because theyâre best friends and Harry really likes Draco. Doesnât it just make you want to squeal?! Itâs just so pure and sweet and nice and *sigh* I just have a lot of feeling for this fic.
Falling In Like by SereneFreakGeekFandoms:
Returning for his eighth year, Harry finds himself followed by girls catcalling him, surrounded by paired up friends that would rather snog in his presence, and unexpected thoughts that begin to fill his head to the point of confusion. With some gay novels thrown in.
âFalling In Likeâ features a very sexually confused Harry and itâs about him understanding and coming to terms with his sexuality. And Draco reads muggle gay novels and him and Harry lowkey start a book club between the two of them and itâs great.Â
Kiss Me Not by DorthyAnn (JenniferMarie)
Sometimes a witch or wizards magical signature is so completely incompatible with another that they repel one another like magnets. On the other hand, if two magical signatures mesh well together, well there are no stronger relationships in all the world. In a sample of a thousand people, the average witch or wizard will be slightly repelled by four or five people and strongly repelled by only one, at the most. The opposite is true for attraction. But Harry Potter canât kiss anyone at all.
God, I love this so, so much. One thing about me is that Iâm a sucker for soulmate AUâs and while âKiss Me Notâ is not technically a soulmate AU, it certainly has a lot of the elements of a soulmate AU. Guys, itâs just so cute and so well written and just really well thought out. Itâs amazing, I love it, itâs amazing.
A Hyperactive Fruit, a Nasty Neighbour and a Love Story by synonym4life
Potterâs pet Niffler is wreaking havoc in Godricâs Hollow and Draco, the Assistant Head to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, is the one who has to deal with it. Repeatedly. The fact that Potter keeps coming to Dracoâs office in grey jogging bottoms - repeatedly - does in no way help the matter.
And last but definitely not least, we have this guy here, the only R rated fic in the list. So Harry has the most adorable pet Niffler, who has a weird obsession with oranges as well as garden gnomes. Draco is weak for Harry with joggers. This is hilarious and adorable and also, itâs really, really good smut. *fans self* ((Fun fact, I am sitting at a coffee shop in our student union building and I wanted to skim through the fic to remember details and I couldnât stop reading it and then suddenly I was reading smut on a laptop screen in a crowded coffee shop.))
