#drarry + kitten

[rockingrobin69]

ruffians, and so on

“Oh,” Harry said, again, and then, “oh. It’s a—”

Tiny, fluffy thing in Malfoy’s arms. It hissed when Harry came closer to inspect, and Malfoy grinned like it was the cleverest creature in the world. He muttered a sorry that he evidently didn’t mean, stuffing his smiling face into the fluffy bundle.

“She’s quite possessive,” his voice came out muffled. Harry didn’t growl, but it was a near thing.

“Yeah? Well,” swallowing the silly rant about being possessive and teach it a thing or two, about how Malfoy was his first and only then this little—little—kitten’s. “She’s a cat,” he spat eventually.

“Very astute,” Malfoy laughed, that crackly sound that still made Harry’s chest go all, all, fizzy and warm like bad lemonade. “I can see why you never became an Auror after all.”

“Hmm?” already lost his concentration. The white little thing was climbing up Malfoy’s chest, wrapping itself around his neck and Harry, er, wanted, erm, far better control than what he currently—that was his spot, and she had to go. “She has to go,” he said, stupidly.

“What?”

Harry blinked. “I mean,” but he had no idea what he meant. “Shouldn’t you take her to a, dunno, vet or something?”

“Darling,” still laughing, but he sent a hand out for Harry to grab, only a little hysterically. “Come here.”

As if he were pulled by a spell, a string, already breathless and taking in tiny little pants of Malfoy’s appley scent. Malfoy brought Harry’s hand to his lips, gave it a kiss. Then, with a mischievous eyebrow, lowered it to the lump of fur clinging to him.

“See? She’s entirely sweet,” as Harry’s hand trembled, still too scared to—“Go on. It’s fine.”

With only half a growl, Harry nodded, closed his eyes. The little kitten was… soft, and strangely warm. Like this, Malfoy was very close too, and Harry could put his head on his shoulder and—oh, there she was again. Nose to nose, she really was quite… sweet.

“Hello,” Harry whispered. The kitten gave him a green-eyed stare.

“What do you think we should call her?” Malfoy’s voice was so gentle.

“I—I don’t know.” Felt like a big responsibility, and also too soft, and Harry pulled himself back up and tried for a step back, only to be taken by the hips. One of Malfoy’s hands found the back of his head.

His eyes were grey as always, and just as fond. “It’s all right,” he said. “I know you’re not exactly mister creativity here. As far as I can recall, you never even named your broom.”

“Didn’t know you were meant to,” Harry grumbled. “Besides, I don’t think Icarus was such a good name.”

“I was being ironic,” Malfoy rolled his eyes, pouted a bit in the way that always made Harry kiss him.

“Well, you’re not naming the cat.” Sticking his tongue out, only a little melted.

“Because I’m sure you’ll find something very original.”

“Hey, Hedwig was a good name!”

“I was referring,” Malfoy tilted his head the tiniest bit closer, “to a certain teenage organisation you led. Never mind. If you want to name the cat, I’ll entrust this very important mission to you. Provided I receive my fair payment.”

Grinning, helpless, “Yeah? What’s that, exactly?”

“I believe a kiss is in order?”

Oh, Harry’s been dying for one for far too long to object. Leaning in that infinitesimal amount of space separating them, taking that deep, sweet breath, his lips already touching Malfoy’s when—

“OW!” Malfoy tore back, eyes huge and incredulous. “What in Merlin’s fuck, little cat? Why the claws?”

His frustration allowed Harry’s belly to calm, allowed him to actually laugh. “You said it yourself,” with a cheeky pinch of Malfoy’s nose. “She’s a possessive little bugger.”

“Very poor form,” Malfoy wasn’t paying attention to him, eyes only for the kitten now, and his voice infuriatingly gentling. Harry, with a huff, found himself still smiling.

“I guess I can understand. I wouldn’t let anyone else kiss you if I were hanging on your neck.”

“Yes, my point exactly. I’d expect such crass behaviour from him, but we are Malfoys, young lady! I’d appreciate it if you showed proper decorum to the high standard expected of you.” With a blink, looking at the ball of fluff currently yawning in his hands, “Or—well, or not. I suppose you can do as you wish, damn you.” Looking up at Harry: “Potter, I think I might spoil our cat rotten.”

Harry wasn’t jealous. “Yeah,” he managed, stiffly, “yeah, I reckon you will.”

“Don’t give me that look. As though I don’t have every intention of spoiling you rotten too.”

“Oh,” Harry said. His mouth was twitching.

“Oh,” Malfoy mocked, “oh, he says, like I hadn’t made it perfectly clear. Truly, I am surrounded by a troop of ridiculous ruffians and—yes, you included, little cat. Don’t think I forgot. And just because you have the most adorable little beans does not mean—what’s the point. It absolutely does mean it.” Turning back to Harry, “Well? Are you coming?”

“Hmm? Coming where?”

“To get dinner? Harry? You did hear me, right? You weren’t just staring at the cat the whole time.”

Flushing, “Of course not.”

“Right,” Malfoy’s eyebrow quirked.

“Right.”

The cat made a tiny sound, not a meow. It’ll get the hang of it soon.

(For flufftober day 28. Find the soft AO3 collection here).

#drarry fic #drarry + kitten #is this fic inspired by littlewinnow's art = of course it is silly #900 words #flufftober2023 #prompt: soothing touch #rockingrobin69

[bananacat890203]

Kitten Drarry <3

#harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry #dmhp #kitten

[slitheriyn]

Cat Harry brings a kitten to be a Cat Dad and Severus is now a Cat Grandpa!

severus has a lot of questions

#severus snape #cat au #harry potter #me rambling #nobody knows how they did it but they did #drarry kittens are now real

[blackcathjp]

in eighth year, animagus harry unexpectedly transformed into a 3 month old black kitten.

the trio didn't understand why his animal form was so young, but he still had full capacity of his human abilities and magic. he roamed around the castle at night, avoiding other students and animals, but a group of slytherins took a liking to the cute little black kitten that lurked around the dungeons.

he visited the slytherins a few times a week, who set out water, food, and even toys for him. it was different being around them, far nicer than he expected - he was just a cute castle cat, not harry potter the savior. he hated being in the spotlight, but he didn't mind the adoration or pampering he received as a cat. he liked being cared for. he felt carefree and comfortable when they played with him, made him refreshed and relaxed the next day. he liked not having to think each day, be stared at, or live up to expectations.

maybe that's why he was a kitten. his magic sensed something, manifesting this form so he could feel like and be a child again. whenever he thought about that, he felt so much grief and sadness that his magic might be compensating for his childhood and teen years. on those days, it was easier to be in his cat form because he didn't have to think so much. and on those days, he found comfort in someone he least expected: draco malfoy.

draco was reluctant at first, deterred by a mysterious cat who seemed to understand him, purring or meowing at just the right moments as if they were talking. the cat hissed and placed paws on him whenever he said something self-deprecating, as if scolding him. he noticed how the cat politely refused others' attempts to pet him, but welcomed draco's affection, nuzzling and asking for more. it was strange that a cat would drag a blanket over to him when he so much as shivered, or nudge a goblet of water to remind him to drink.

he noticed a pattern: on the days harry potter skipped class, the kitten was found asleep in the middle of the day, curled up on draco's favorite seat in the common room. the next day, the cat was gone, but harry potter was there, softer and calmer, less twitchy and alert like he'd been days before. sometimes harry's hand would linger as he brushed against draco, reminding him of a soft cat tail wrapped around him.

eventually, it clicked.

the startling green eyes, the heart marking on one paw, the zigzag lightning marking on the other. it was unsettling to know the cat sleeping on his lap was harry potter all along, who's been secretly living among them the past few months, pretending. yet, he was thrilled to have his attention, to be his favorite, to have harry potter come back to him, every single time. it was such a heady thought, and now draco couldn't stop staring at harry potter, couldn't stop thinking about kissing him senseless.

"you're such an idiot, potter! you're a much better listener when you've got the whiskers on," draco accidentally blurted during an argument in potions.

harry's spoon clattered to the table. "what?"

"i know, you know," draco scrambled out, softer and quieter this time. "i won't tell anyone."

harry stared silently at him, before glancing away, blush high on his cheeks. "how did you know?"

"i didn't at first. but i must say, it's such a classic move of yours, following me around even when you're, well."

"you seemed really sad and lonely," harry whispered as he resumed his stirring. "but you became happier and kinder when i was like that. i felt really comfortable and safe around you, not like when i was with the others, and it made me like you. a lot."

"oh," draco whispered back, brain short-circuiting. "oh. well, i quite like you too."

to the slytherins' disappointment, the kitten's visits slowly dwindled down, along with draco's presence in the dorm. it was common to find him in the corridors, the library, or the lake, sometimes with the black kitten, but most of the time with a smiling, happy harry potter.

#v long way to say drarry healed e/o thanks to cat harry! #he's a black cat with white paws/tuxedo cat #lowkey living a peter pettigrew life LMFAO #he becomes a full adult cat after a while #draco mourns the kitten but cat hjp is still v cute #cat harry #drarry #drarry blurb #harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry fics #writing #cat animagus harry

[oflights]

wip snip 2.3

thank you for the tag, @m0srael! i'm still plugging away at turkey baster fic, wherein draco is still on his quest for a suitable sperm donor (but hasn't taken harry up on his offer. yet.)

in this (rather long, sorry!!) snippet, harry has dropped off ginger foster kittens, and he and draco are talking, as they often do in this fic, about getting pregnant.

“Are you going to try it for yourself? You seemed interested.” Draco doesn’t clarify what he means, mostly because he wants Potter to. While he can admit that Potter would, will, be a brilliant father, he doesn’t love the idea of Potter stealing his idea and making a go of this, either on his own or with someone else. All right, he hates the idea of Potter making a go of this with someone else, purely for the sake of young 20-year-old Draco who learned the hard way not to fancy blokes like Harry Potter, but doing it on his own doesn’t sound good to him either; chances are he’ll be better at it than Draco, because that’s how their lives have always worked.

Potter shakes his head, and Draco all but Occludes to hide how relieved he is. “No, that wasn’t quite what I was interested in.” He gives Draco a significant look there, and Draco just blinks back at him, missing whatever implication he’s supposed to glean before narrowing his eyes.

“Ah. You don’t want to be the one to carry?”

“No, I don’t—never mind. No, it’s more like I’ve taken your advice; I shouldn’t give up on doing it with the partner I want. I’ve just felt a bit—stuck, I suppose. I’m not sure what to do next.” Potter frowns thoughtfully, the kitten back in his big hands, rubbing absentmindedly through the tufty fur.

“Well, you’re not on a time limit, like I am,” Draco says, going slightly cold at the thought. He’s lost nine weeks to using the Book of Sperm; less than four months is a terrifying lack of time. He knows he’ll have to discuss different options with Healer Harper the next time he visits, but he’s dreading the thought.

“I understand, a bit, why you don’t want to lose this place,” Potter tells him, looking at the pet room all around them. “It’s so—you. And the garden—I would kill for your garden.”

“Bertrand’s going to rip it up,” Draco says. It’s satisfying how pinched Potter’s face goes, like he really does understand how devastating that would be. “He knows how much I love it; he’s told me how he wants to destroy it. I can’t—I won’t let that happen.”

“And there’s no other way?” Potter asks, before scrambling to add, “Not that I think you won’t—I mean, you’ll be fantastic with a baby, no doubt about it.”

“Really? No doubts at all?” Draco grins, expecting Potter to join in on the joke, but he just raises his chin stubbornly, nodding firmly.

“Not even one.” The moment hangs between them, oddly charged. Draco, of course, can’t help thinking that Potter has changed his tune, though he manages not to snipe that out. He knows that, rationally, knows that how Potter feels about him has changed; it’s the only reason they’re in this same room together, surrounded and covered by kittens Potter is entrusting to Draco’s care.

“Thank you,” Draco says, and then he clears his throat and gestures at the kittens, dipping his head to nuzzle the one at his shoulder slightly, stroking the one in his hand. “And thank you for—them. I needed this, really.”

“I did promise you were next up, and you’re always brilliant with them. Though, I should warn you—I don’t think you’ll have them for very long. Kneazle hybrids usually get snapped up fast, and Millie has a friend who might want two.” Potter’s shoulder slump apologetically, but Draco waves at him dismissively.

“I know how this works, don’t worry. I won’t get too attached.” Out of the corner of his eye, Odette seems to appear from nowhere on the wall, a dark gray cloud swishing her tail teasingly, proving him wrong. He ignores her pointedly to grin at Potter. “Do they have names yet?”

“Nope. Be my guest.”

“Excellent.” Draco sets down the kitten he’s holding next to the one between his legs to rub his hands together greedily, and he watches with delight as the two of them immediately curl up together, the feather toy held between them and poking out from between their little kitten bellies. “All right, since these are Weasley kittens, and there are seven of them—”

“Oh, you git—”

“—I think these two are Fred and George. This one up here—” He reaches up to stroke the one on his shoulder, smiling at the purring that elicits. “—is the dragon one, what’s his name? The fit one who said I was cute that time—”

“Charlie,” Potter bites out, face clouding, though he’s clearly also holding back a laugh.

“That’s right, you’re Charlie, aren’t you? Perfect. And those over there, the sleepy ones—Ronald, of course, he’s the one getting his turn at a bath from Beau, surely he needs it—and which ones are girls?”

“There are two girls; this is one,” Potter says, holding up the one that Fig is so fascinated by. He grins over at Draco. “George is a girl, too.”

“Wonderful. That one’s Ginny, then, of course—the one all over you—”

“She’ll punch you out for saying that, you know.”

“Yes, she does often resort to violence, that works perfectly. And that leaves Percy and Bill over there with Beau, right? Have I got them all?”

“You have.” Potter is faintly beaming at him, and Draco can’t help his slightly dopey smile back, forgetting to be self-conscious about it. There’s something too delightful about all this, too comfortable and joyous.

#turkey baster fic #drarry #drarry fic #drarry fic snip #mpreg #my fic #wip snip #the way this fic is half about draco trying to have a baby on his own #and half just gratuitous descriptions of pretty gardens and cute kittens #excited to post this for spring it's very on season #also this snip is so long because i need you guys to understand what an oblivious idiot draco is in this fic #very important

[stvrlvghtwrites]

pretty boy

inspired from a post i saw on pinterest, can't really find it

Draco had had enough of Harry Potter. How dare he think that he could act as a savior for him and expect everything to be okay between them. 

Draco was utterly mollified when he got to know that Potter, that atrocious little wanker, had given an interview claiming Draco's innocence during the war and how he was 'completely harmless like a baby kitten'.

He could not stand being compared to a mere feline. Draco considered himself much more ferocious and superior. 

He stormed up to the Golden Boy and whacked him on the shoulder with the newspaper. 

"How dare you, Potter!" He bellowed and  took out his wand, placing it as his throat. 

Potter just looked surprised, barely reacting to the impact on his shoulder or the wand at his throat. His pal, Weasley just stood next to him, glaring at Draco. Neither of them looked remotely threatened by Draco, they just stood there waiting for him to lash out or say something to them. 

Draco felt insulted.

"Why would you say that?" He scoffed at Potter, who raised his eyebrows, "From what I have perceived, Draco Malfoy is completely harmless like a baby kitten and wouldn't even think of hurting anybody," He said in a high pitched voice, reciting the words Potter had said in the interview, "What the hell is wrong with you? Has the stick up your arse get taller and is now poking your useless brain?"

Potter looked furious at that and walked forward till Draco was pressed against the wall, not caring about the wand poking at his throat. 

Draco sneered at him, raising his chin, pressing the wand further, "Is the Chosen One so great that he is going to undermine poor little Death Eater Draco Malfoy?" 

That was the last straw. Harry's hands placed themselves on either side of his head, their noses brushing and eyes glinting with anger.

"I dare you say that again, pretty boy," He whispered lowly. Draco felt heat creep up his spine, his neck and up his cheeks which had turned deep red just by the choice of his words. 

Pretty boy.

The tension was high and the air quiet, like the calm before a storm. Their chests were heaving and faces were inching closer and closer. 

"Did you just call Malfoy pretty?" Came the terrified voice of Ron Weasley from behind Potter and Potter smirked.

"I did," He tucked a hair behind Draco's ear and stepped back, "Make sure to keep your mouth tamed, pretty boy or I'll make sure that you'll be punished next time,"

Draco's eyes widened as he watched the two friends stalk away, his heart thundering with anticipation and tension. 

He heard Weasley ask Potter, "Punished? Are you going to tell McGonagall?" 

part 2

#drarry #harry x draco #kitten #angry draco #flirting #pretty boy #oblivious ron #👀

[basicallyahedgehog]

Mads

Dysphoria sucks, so sometimes you just have to write something to make yourself feel better. This could loosely fit in my "Drarry and the neighbourhood cat" universe but doesn't require prior knowledge to understand. Also loosely written for the @drarrymicrofic prompt "kind".

Shout out to @moonstruckwytch for helping me brainstorm the term Mads moths ago for something else that never came to fruition.

Read on AO3

“Draco?”

Harry shut the door behind him, wrestling himself out of his coat whilst trying not to jostle the box in his arms. 

“Darling? I got you something,” Harry called as he headed down the hallway. His partner had been having a difficult few months, and all he wanted was to make sure Draco knew how much they were loved and cherished. 

“In the bedroom!” 

Harry kicked his shoes off as he passed the laundry, padding through the house to the master bedroom, where Draco was already waiting in the doorway. 

“You didn’t have to get me anything,” they said, kissing Harry briefly before ushering him into the bedroom. Despite this claim, however, they eyed the box with barely-concealed excitement. 

Harry chuckled, gesturing for Draco to sit on the bed before handing them the box. “You deserve it, Darling. I know that these last few months have been hard on you, and I wanted to get you something that you’ve been dreaming of for a while now.”

Draco looked at Harry curiously, but Harry just turned to the box, removing the lid and scooping a tiny ball of black fluff into his arms. 

“Her name is Astra, which I thought was perfect for a kitten belonging to someone called Draco,” Harry said quietly, watching Draco’s expression. They reached out a shaky hand, allowing Astra to sniff it before running a finger down her back.

“She’s mine?” 

Harry could see the tears in Draco’s eyes, and shifted the kitten into one arm so that he could cup his partner’s cheek. “All yours, sweetheart.”

Draco leant into Harry’s hand, still absent-mindedly stroking Astra, who was now purring under his ministrations. 

“Would you like to hold her?” Harry asked, letting out a huff of laughter when Draco’s eyes lit up. 

“Alright, little one,” he said, turning to the kitten. “Give your Mads a cuddle, show them how much we love them.” 

Murmuring softly to both kitten and partner, Harry transferred the fluffy bundle into Draco’s waiting arms. 

“Mads?” Draco murmured, eyes fixed on Astra, who had curled up against their chest. 

“Yeah, ah.” Harry scratched the back of his neck. “It’s a gender-neutral name for a parent, like a mix of mum and dad. You don’t have to use it though,” he rushed to add, before he was cut off by lips on his. 

“What did I do to deserve you?” Draco whispered against Harry’s lips, tears coursing down their cheeks once more. 

“You don’t need to earn my love, Darling,” Harry said, pulling Draco against his chest. “It is freely given, for however long you want it. No matter what pronouns you use.”

#domestic fluff #slice of life #there's a tiny kitten #named Astra #Harry is a good husband #we all deserve people like Harry in our life #gender is dumb #nonbinary draco malfoy #nonbinary character #drarry #drarry microfic #my writing

[unleashed-fest]

WE'RE BACK!

Hello, you beautiful animals!

We're back for another year of your wonderful furry, toothy, and/or scaly creations! Get your claws ready, send in your prompts, and sign up - we promise we don't bite!

Click bellow to see what this fest is all about and watch this space for the upcoming rules and guidelines!

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Unleashed! is a Drarry + rare pair fest celebrating all pets, animals, and magical beasts!

This is an anonymous fest that welcomes works in which (an) animal(s) must play a significant role.

Animal lover fan creations hold a very special place in our hearts. We want to see Harry raising baby hippogriffs or Draco fretting over his precious peacocks. Give us Teddy teaming up with Charlie to take care of dragons or Ginny and Pansy trying to teach a giraffe how to ballroom dance for some reason. There are so many wonderful concepts and we want to see everything but the kitten sink! Come to think of it, now we want that too!

We will be accepting all Drarry and rare pair* fan creations: fic, art, podfic, and craft.

🐾🐾🐾

Your mods @getawayfox and @stavromulabetaaa

*For the purpose of this fest, a rare pair is defined as any pair, triad or poly relationship, except the first ten on this list. (Yes, drarry is in the first ten but it is an exeption.)

#unleashed fest 2024

[sitp-recs]

hi lovely 🤍

can you please rec me some gardener!harry or gardener!draco drarry fics, please! it's a new fixation of mine :)

thank you!!🤍

Hi anon, of course! That’s such a darling trope. I hope you enjoy these 🪴

Love Flies Delighted by Omi_Ohmy (T, 2.4k)

A summer's day, bees, stings, magic and honey: basically this fic is fluff on little wings.

Harry, Harry, Quite Contrary by @maesterchill (T, 3.8k)

It's almost Midsummer, and that can only mean one thing! Time for Upper Itchington's annual Tidy Streets contest. Draco Malfoy is supremely confident his street will retain the title. It just takes one contrary neighbour to bollocks things up: a certain Mr Harry Potter.

Garden War by @cibeewastaken (T, 4.8k)

Harry and Draco are quarantined in their houses, a lake across from one another. What better ways to spend this time than to annoy each other with letters and attempts to prove that their garden is better ?

Service Bell by @shiftylinguini (E, 8k)

Draco is: a werewolf, living in a cabin in the woods, minding his own business, and never going to buy plaid because he's not that much of a fucking cliche (yet). He's also counting down the days until he sees Harry again.

Deadheading the Odd Dahlia by @peachpety (E, 8.7k)

Harry is content to spend his days at Draco’s flower stall at the farmers market, burying his true feelings in artisanal coffee and rose bouquets. When forced to find new lodgings, he accepts Draco’s offer to live in a cottage at Malfoy Manor, and his long-hidden crush blossoms out of control. Turns out, proximity makes the heart grow fonder.

This Delicious Solitude by Omi_Ohmy (M, 17k)

Draco is sent to investigate Harry’s extraordinary carrots for the Prophet after whispers of cheating rock the world of competitive vegetable cultivation. But how’s he meant to get anywhere when Harry won’t even let him past the garden gate?

Orbit by HenryMercury (E, 52k)

They don't like each other. They're not friends. There's not even a ceasefire of any sort because they're fighting as much as ever—but there's definitely something different about it. An added layer of self-awareness they don't dare identify, but which colours every Scared, Potter? and Do your worst; each You wouldn't dare and Then prove it.

along each garden wall by @oflights (E, 61k)

Draco has to have a baby (or have one on the way) at the time of his fast-approaching 35th birthday, or he's going to lose his home to his vile cousin. Harry offers to help, but their complex past—even beyond Hogwarts—prompts Draco to set out on a long journey of friendship, kittens, gardens, motorbike rides, and more.

Changing Tides by carpemermaid (E, 109k)

Draco has spent half of his life spouting the things his father has taught him without much thought about how he feels about what he says. When he unexpectedly comes face to face with the Dark Lord, he grapples with the harsh realities of the world and struggles with his changing views on life.

Bonus: Drarry art + Dronarry fics

Charlie Weasley's Home for Very Nice Dragons by dustmouth (M)

Harry keeps waking up in bed with his worst enemy. Obviously they still don't like each other, not even a little bit.

Trillium by @wolfpants (E, 13k)

Harry and Draco are shagging. Ron’s got a hunch, and the only way to find out is to volunteer his services alongside Harry’s in the Big Malfoy Manor Cleanup of 2010. What could possibly go wrong? The one where Harry owns a gardening business, Draco is an aspiring National Trust property owner, and Ron is far too invested in the fit of Draco’s lovely clothes and the smell of Harry’s hair. But he doesn’t fancy them or anything like that.

Silhouettes by @sweet-s0rr0w (E, 16.7k)

Draco's trying to fix the Burrow, Ron's trying to grieve, and Harry... well, just what is Harry actually doing, anyway? A tale of grief, gardening, and ghouls, bad memories, bad puns, and bad flirting, and nudity both accidental and very, very deliberate.

#asks #anon #Drarry reclist #gardening

[bonesandmilkbaby]

What's a God (To a Non-Believer?)- Chapter 2 Snippet

@spookymoonie requested snippets, so here's a (honestly pretty long) snippet of chapter 2! Thanks for being so kind & encouraging!!!

I did also write a rosekiller microfic (under 1k words) so check that out in the meantime if you're so inclined.

I'm tryna make more marauders friends, so please feel free to message me! I also am happy to be insane about: The Raven Cycle, All for The Game, Six of Crows, Drarry (my first foray into fandom), The Infernal Devices, and poetry generally!! (I'm primarily a poet before I'm a fiction writer.)

Hope you enjoy, this full chapter will probably be up by tomorrow, unless I get wine-drunk tonight.

Barty, Evan, and Reg were all curled up on the peeling lino floor in the kitchen, which was completely trashed, all the cupboard doors open, empty liquor bottles and half-smoked cigarette butts littered across every surface. The whole flat reeked of weed and tequila, and under that, something fragrant and incense-y that was distinctly Marlene. There was a circular burn on the orange laminate countertop where, a few weeks ago, Barty had tried to heat the bottom of the moka pot hot enough to melt the countertop.

The boys were halfway dressed and slumped atop one another like kittens. Sirius grimaced because everything hurt too much to smile, grabbing his phone from where someone had left it charging on the counter and snapping a pic before slipping it into the pocket of the sweatpants he’d somehow acquired. He thought maybe they belonged to Jamie; they were slipping off his hips and bunched around his ankles.

Reg was drooling on Barty’s thigh, and Evan’s nose kept scrunching like he was about to sneeze. Barty, so twitchy in everyday life, was the stillest of all of them in sleep. Sirius wondered distantly if he was alive.

You’d never know they were literally the worst people Sirius knew; they looked so innocent. They looked young.

Sirius’ heart hitched a bit with how fond of them he was, his breath catching on the jagged edges of the emptiness inside him. It was strange, how love always made him acutely aware of how fundamentally broken, how lacking he was. There was a roaring in his ears as he watched Reg sleep, an urge to reach out and smooth away the crease between his eyebrows, push back Evans pale hair where it was falling in his face. He wanted to pick them all up and put them in his pocket, where they could be soft and warm and gentle and safe, but Sirius was too late. They were the sharpest people he knew. He hadn't been able to save any of them in time.

He swallowed audibly against the rising bile in his throat and pulled his hair up off the back of his neck, where it was hot and tacky and plastered with sweat.

Fuck.

#wolfstar #rosekiller #marauders #the marauders #sirius black #remus lupin #barty crouch #evan rosier #regulus black #fic: What's a God

[saintsenara]

Ah, see, that irks me, but unfortunately, it does not surprise me. The idea that Hermione is the more emotionally mature one, more attuned one, Harry's REAL best friend of the two is a view with which that goddamned yankee screenwriter has plagued this fandom for decades now. Whenever I see this take in drarry/snarry/whathaveyouarry-- where Ron is the last person to come around to the absurdity, I'm reminded immediately of how, when Hermione was having the kittens about Harry floo-calling Sirius, it was Ron who put his foot down and said "Harry can decide for himself."

I think this fandom really overlooks, in favour of magnifying his jealousy, just how deeply Ron trusts Harry and thinks the world of him, how impressed he is by Harry as a person, how much he's willing to put his own life in Harry's hands. There's a reason that Ron and Harry are a Dog and Stag just like Sirius and James, which is to say that when Harry makes ostensibly shite decisions, Ron is most likely to hear him out. The locket had him acting completely unlike himself, and the pseudo-possession there is a different conversation.

I also think it's fascinating that for all that Ron nearly has a fit every time someone says "Voldemort" around him, he seems to have a very nuanced understanding of Harry and Voldemort's connection, unlike Hermione who accuses Harry of liking it, and Ginny, who only sees her possession at the hands of the diary as deeply traumatic. Ron understands that Harry understands Voldemort and the man he once was, and you can do a lot with that.

yes. just yes to all of this.

ron and harry [and james and sirius] are basically two pair-bonded cats - they run around sharing a braincell [and i do feel for hermione trying to manage ron's willingness to hear one of harry's dumb plans and say "you son-of-a-bitch, i'm in"] but they do also trust each other so profoundly that it feels like an actual crime for it to have been left out of the films.

and part of that trust is that - unlike hermione, who as i've said elsewhere, often gives the impression of being afraid of harry - ron isn't afraid to be honest with harry, even if that honesty is in the tough-love vein. he's actually entirely correct in deathly hallows that harry hasn't thought the horcrux hunt through, that this lack of planning is making them inefficient and putting them in more danger, and that harry's increasing belief that he's the only person the war is happening to is an enormous disrespect to the people who are putting their lives on the line to support him, including ginny.

because something i get in the critical comments of one year in every ten as well is the idea that ron would cut ties with harry if his relationship with ginny broke down. and, besides the fact that divorce is not always acrimonious, this annoys me because i think it fails to appreciate what ron would be particularly upset about: that, in pretending his marriage was fine, harry was being dishonest, and that his dishonesty would end up hurting ginny and hurting him.

i wanted ron to be the person who'd always suspected that harry wasn't being entirely open about his sexuality - and the person who'd actually done some thinking about what impact this might have on the state of the hinny marriage - and i wanted this to lead into ron's view that a strange but clearly raw and real relationship between harry and tom is better, whatever the other costs it has, than fantasy happiness with ginny simply because harry's too afraid to admit who he is and what he wants.

and absolutely - my "ron is a tomarry shipper" conspiracy theory is heavily rooted in the fact that ron is nowhere near as freaked out by their mind connection, nor by harry's interest in indulging it, as hermione is. it is also rooted in ron saying the quiet part out loud in deathly hallows:

You really understand him.

the best man speech writes itself!

#asks answered #ron defence league #weasley is our king #oyiet answers

[fic-recommended]

Drarry Fics

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Grounds for Divorce - Tepre

(122,217 words / 10 chapters / Explicit)

Tags: Slow Burn, Pining, UST, Anal Sex, brief but all the same enthusiastic rimming, One (1) lemon tree, Accidental Bonding, And I mean like U! S! T!, Jealousy, Deals with Trauma, They both top at some pointron is a good friend, Draco is a Good Cook, Dubious Consent due to the Accidental Bonding, The actual SLOWEST burn, Hurt/Comfort, Have I mentioned UST? Cannot overstate this it's like A LOT, First there's frottage, And then there's more sex, Anal Fingering, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, and just a lot of sex, sex on a bed, sex in the shower, sex on the floor, Sex on a settee, In other news they go to Egypt, Teddy is a Small Bean, There is one (1) cat, and one (1) happy ending

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter.

A story about histories, a story about families. A story about a lemon tree somewhere in Upper Egypt.

I- hmm. I don’t have words for this fic. It’s like staring at a sunset, tears streaning down your face and asked if you think it’s pretty. Anything you say about it couldn’t do it any justice. Read it. Enjoy the sunset. It’s the best you’re going to see.

Enjoying Yourself, Potter? - DragonGirl87

(10,352 / 1 chapter / Explicit)

Tags: Fluff and Smut, Shameless Smut, PWP without Porn, Surprise Ending

Malfoy walks in on Harry in the showers. Harry can’t seem to forget Malfoy’s face and most definitely not the three haunting words Malfoy uttered… – “Enjoying yourself, Potter?”

Would it really be one of my fic rec lists if there wasn’t a pure filth fanfic? I think not.

Any Instrument - dicta_contrion

(131,102 words / 22 chapters / Explicit)

Tags: HP: EWE, Post-Deathly Hallows, Slow Build, Mystery, Politics, Angst, mental health, Disability, Disability Management, Coming Out, Awkward First Times, Wandlore, Elder Wandlong walks, Magic, Kittens, Happy Ending

Draco Malfoy wouldn't go back to England for anything less than an exceptional case. Being asked to figure out why Harry Potter can't control his magic might be exceptional enough to qualify.

There is just somthin about Draco in this fic that slaps so hard. You know you’ll come to realise that I either recommend a filthy short smut or a very long slow burn fic that fucking destroys you and makes you believe in love at the same time. This fic is no different. Actually this fic is both. Doctor!Draco, intensive reaserch on wandlore (I’m pretty sure the author knows more the Ollivander), Harry being the people pleaser fuck that he is, Goyle is kinda baby?, 10/10 fic

Running on Air - eleventy7

(74,875 words / 17 chapters / Teen and Up)

Tags: Mystery, Drama, Friendship, Slow Burn, Romance

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

Oh my god. I’ve never read something so beautifully written in my entire life. The verse of this made me want to cry. I sent quote after quote to both my girlfriend and my bestfriend. I just needed them both to hear the beautiful things I was reading. It was so wonderful. I wish I could forget the fic so I could experience it again.

Never Grow A Wishbone - ShanaStoryteller

(123,690 words / 25 chapters / Teen and Up)

Tags: Post War, professor!draco, Professor!Harry, Draco pov, Slytherins Aren't Evil, War is Complicated, Language is cultural, Slow Build, No character bashing, Unreliable Narrator, VERY UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, HP: EWE, Monthly updates, Politics, mostly politics a little everything else, which isn't what i intended but it's what we got, realistic politics, or more realistic than fic usually has, which fills a lot of people with anger i guess

She almost smiles, and true alarm starts to build in his chest. “I’m afraid I’m not here for something so small. Professor Roberts has resigned.”

“Good,” Draco says honestly, “Would you like a list of suitable alternatives? I know a number of competent potions masters abroad, but then of course you’d have to hire another teacher to act as the Slytherin head. I’m afraid you’ve dried up all the half decent Slytherin Potions masters.”

“Not all of them,” she says quietly.

He blinks. She can’t be serious. “You can’t be serious.”

“Gravely,” she says, “Mr. Malfoy, I am not above begging.”

What the bloody fuck. “I don’t even like potions!”

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Draco returns to Hogwarts.

He has a duty to his blood and his name and his house, and he will fulfill it.

This fic was insane to read. I remember texting my friends that it made my brain hurt. I feel like this fic is canon and it has effected every other piece of Harry Potter media I’ve consumed. Draco is being a pureblood and I agreed with him???? Fanfic made me a death eater??? This fic goes so hard for no reason and it’s a delight and a mind fuck. ShanaStoryteller out here making Harry Potter make more damn sense.

Tea and No Sympathy - who_la_hoop

(70,045 words / 11 chapters / Explicit)

Tags: Slow Build, Draco-centric, Tea Drinking, Swearing, Muggle London, Houses of Parliament, Malfoy Manor, flangst, Family Feels, Muggle/Wizard Relations, Coming Out, Heartfelt Conversations, Sarcastic Conversations, Owls, Competitive Card Games, Falling In Love, getting drunk, Enthusiastic Snogging, Hogwarts Castle, Sex In The Slytherin Dormitory, Frottage, Time Travel, Time Loop, HP: EWE

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Baby gorls!! My secret third favorite fanfic trope other then soulmate au and slow burn is TIME LOOP FICS. Draco having to come to terms with being a prick to my boy Harry while falling in love and also being an enigma in time???? Sign me the fuck uppp

#draco malfoy fic #Harry Potter fic #fic recs #fic recommendations #drarry #drarry fic #drarry fic recs #Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter #harry potter x draco malfoy #Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter fic recs #Harry Potter x Draco Malfoy fic recs

[fanficsimp7]

Drarry Fics w/ Other Character's POV

i've read quite a few Drarry fics told from another character's pov (meaning, someone other than Drarry). i really like these types of fics!

Summary: Blaise has the luck to stumble upon his friend romping around in Potter's pants. Multiple times. (By: veterization)

Summary: Pansy believes that Draco and Harry are destined to be together and made it her mission to make it happen, coming up with schemes for the sake of ‘Operation: Drarry’. Her recent idea had Draco turned into a fluffy white kitten. It was not her intention for that to happen. But everything works out in the end. (By: Liepe)

^ this one actually has multiple POVs

Summary: If Hermione knows one thing, it’s that Harry needs to talk to her about what she thinks she knows. Harry knows something is afoot, and Ron knows that the breakfast situation is critical. (By: Saras_Girl)

Summary: Some are born to matchmake, others have matchmaking thrust upon them, and all of this is Neville's fault, anyway. (By: Saras_Girl)

Summary: Harry and Draco have been seeing each other for six months now, and they really can't keep their hands off one another, especially when they get a little drunk. (By: lq_traintracks (lumosed_quill))

Summary: Theodore Nott planned to spend his eighth and final year at school studying for his N.E.W.T.s, avoiding his classmates, and dodging their theatrics long enough to graduate. Instead, he found himself ensnared between the entirety of the eighth-year class (who'd convinced themselves that Draco and Potter were secretly shagging) and Draco and Potter themselves (who actually were, and were frankly awful at hiding it.) (By: Brokenpitchpipe)

Summary: Hermione is the brightest witch of her age and certainly clever enough to uncover Harry's secrets. (By: KingKay)

Summary: Hermione was not supposed to spend her morning handling a panicking Harry with a weirdly shaped mark on his wrist. (By: Andithiel)

#fanfic #fanfiction #drarry #draco x harry

[oflights]

2023 fic review!

ahhh thanks for tagging me, @citrusses and @oknowkiss! i'm going to tag @teledild0nix @elskanellis @arminaa8 @thecouchsofa @stationintern and anyone else who'd like to do this!!

my 2023 AO3 stats are...alarming lol. AO3 counts Close Behind as a 2023 fic because i finished posting it in 2023, but i really wrote it all in 2022. so if we discount that (which was 134k) i still wrote...over 330k words of fanfiction. 🆗🆒

do i have regrets? no. should i have regrets? maybe??? in any case, 2023 was the year i really started using tumblr for fandom again (thanks, elon!) and i made so many wonderful friends who were so supportive and inspiring! that word count is all your fault, basically.

here's the (all drarry) damage:

January

Close Behind (134k words, M)

To rescue Draco from the Underworld, Harry has to look forward. Unfortunately, Draco has to look back.

February

find a new place to be from (47k words, E)

Something is wrong with Malfoy Manor, and it’s driven Draco into the Muggle world. Thankfully, Harry is now on the case. A story about houses that haunt you and homes built for two.

April

along each garden wall (61k words, E)

Draco has to have a baby (or have one on the way) at the time of his fast-approaching 35th birthday, or he's going to lose his home to his vile cousin. Harry offers to help, but their complex past—even beyond Hogwarts—prompts Draco to set out on a long journey of friendship, kittens, gardens, motorbike rides, and more.

May

the first in line (29k words, E)

Harry finds out he's a Veela. That's not so bad, and then he finds out his allure only works on his enemies. Even that's not so bad, since his safe, boring, post-war life means he doesn't have very many enemies these days. And then Draco Malfoy lands a hot air balloon in his front garden, intent on courting him.

June

please come to boston, Byzantine, and go to it laughing

(tumblr prompt fics! i was not good at this lol)

August

Cool About It (16k words, M, for @hp-bodiceripper)

Harry is so excited for his first date with Draco. But what follows isn't so much a date as it is an all-night odyssey including a malevolent lift, a Gringotts heist, a Sleeping Curse, a trip to the kebab shop, a lack of dancing, a Muggle drug, a rooftop pool party, a black eye and, eventually, a sunrise over a Quidditch stadium.

October

if the bees know (19k words, T, for @hd-fan-fair)

Scorpius' playground is haunted, Harry specializes in helping ghosts pass on, and Draco just wants his son to be safe.

December

The Star Splitter (WIP, 119k words so far, E)

On a routine time travel assignment to the past, Draco stumbles upon 7-year-old Harry Potter and witnesses his neglect and mistreatment by the Dursleys. In the moment, there is only one solution, even if it goes against all his training as a Time Agent: he has to bring Harry back to the future with him. In which Draco burns his life down for the sake of his former school rival.

#oflights #drarry fic #year in review #drarry #fic year in review #tag game #will add my erised fic in here when it's revealed 👀 #but anyway. i posted fic in 8/12 months so that's. casual #right #it's fine #everything is fine!!! #lmao #also as a reminder that's the painting draco cries over in pepper spray fic!!! #important

[citrusses]

Spring: 2023 AO3 Wrapped 🎁🍊

A monthly roundup of *some* of my favorite fics of the year.

January | February | March | April, May, June | July | August | September | October | November | December

along each garden wall by @oflights (E, 61K)

Draco has to have a baby (or have one on the way) at the time of his fast-approaching 35th birthday, or he's going to lose his home to his vile cousin. Harry offers to help, but their complex past—even beyond Hogwarts—prompts Draco to set out on a long journey of friendship, kittens, gardens, motorbike rides, and more.

This fic makes an absolute meal out of its tropes and is so original and fun to read and made me cry on a plane.

Imperfection by @rockingrobin69 (E, 65K, WIP)

Draco Malfoy is in fucking shambles and it's all Harry Potter's fault. Right? Mostly.

There's my life before I started reading this fic and after I started reading this fic, and that's how I'll summarize this one! So good, so painful, so beautifully, devastatingly well-written.

Palm Springs by @kittycargo (E, 20K)

Harry collapsed into the chair next to him. “What is happening?” “One of those infinite time loop situations.” “What?!” “You know. Yesterday is today. Today is today, tomorrow is today.” “But how do I stop it? I don’t want tomorrow to be today. I want tomorrow to be tomorrow!” “Yeah, that’s understandable.” Malfoy said calmly. “Do you like tacos?”

I love Drarry in a time loop, and I really love them here. Love the heart and the humor in this!

The Way You Say My Name by InnerLilith (E, 5K)

In which Malfoy calls Harry pet names to get him flustered and riled up, and Harry gets flustered and riled up because he secretly likes it. The problem is that Malfoy is only teasing…or is he?

This fic melted me into a gigantic puddle. The drarry dynamic in this is a masterpiece.

Yellow Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair) by @mintawasalreadytaken (E, 64K)

It started with a thought. “We have to get Malfoy out of the Manor.”

@mintawasalreadytaken really makes the two of them (and the reader) work for the relationship in this one, and I just love the painful romance and the tragedy of it all.

#citrus recs #2023 reads #april may june were slower reading months for me #so this is one post for all three #july i was back with a venegance #2023 recs

[floydig]

First Lines

@skeptiquewrites tagged me here, thanks, i loved reading urs! I’ve written very little lately but this seems fun so i figured why not. My first lines are fairly short. I build as i go. a lot of these are just me practicing different things. I haven’t written a lot lately but i have some stuff in the works now so its been cool to get back into it. Here’s recent-ish stuff, mainly drabbles/short fics. Updated 8/2023 4 fun.

Published

“I’ve never busted out of a holding cell before. Glad that worked,” Harry says. - Sun Thief

28k of h & d alternating between fucking and talking in different locations. also, emotional repression.

Harry is in the paper for adopting eighteen kittens on a whim. Your mother calls again. - Bug Like An Angel

mandatory once-a-yr sad 2nd person pov drabble.

You should probably fuck off because nothing about this is going to be any interesting. Whatever. I’ve been to a lot of funerals. - Vertices, Or Something

1000 words, stream of consciousness , sort of breaking the fourth wall , internal monologue! fun one 4 me

“I dreamed I turned the Great Lake into hot chocolate,” Teddy says, “And I drank all of it with a straw.” - At the dinner table

slice of life drabble like they’re all just eatin dinner w trauma

Malfoy’s flat is sweltering hot. - Bright Side

Wireless 22! short little dude, pretty rusty when i wrote this, was going for something simple/quiet-ish

Would you believe me if I said that I’ve never cast an Unforgivable? - Do You Believe Me?

rly wanted to get into talking to the reader (idk how else to describe it, somethin like that!), fun unreliable narrator drabble

“Turn yourself in,” Draco said, sitting across from Harry in the cramped train compartment. - If you love me, wake me

inception fusion drabble, wanted to practice writing dream sequences

Harry was a shit Auror. - Burning Pile

my bloody valentine! fave of mine, rly wanted to write unrequited

Some muggle child in aisle 7 calls you ‘dad’ by mistake. - Liminal

drarry discord drabble! tried to work on my second person pov, happy w how it turned out, cool little guy

So you killed Voldemort, and now you can do whatever the fuck you want. - can’t put this feeling into words

this is a weird little fic, like strange and disjointed. wrote it 4 remix 4 an incredible microfic.

#drarry #first lines #lips sealed bout anon stuff #floyd writes