#did not realise all the next gen i've read is scorp/james lol

[the-paper-monkey]

What are some nextgen fics you would recommend? 💖

So I haven't read that much next gen, but what I've read was top quality. This was very delayed because I was searching high and low for a fic, only to realise it was the 5th highest kudos'd Scorp/James fic 💀

Astra Inclinant by eleventy7

James Sirius Potter/Scorpius Malfoy, Harry Potter & Draco Malfoy

"The stars incline us, they do not bind us." For Harry, it's something he learned long ago on the battlefield. But for his son, James, it will be a painful lesson in the form of a friendship with a boy named Scorpius Malfoy.

Fantastic character work and both funny and a real tearjerker at times. I do consider this a literature quality fic. Perhaps not surprising since it's eleventy7. Harry and Draco's friendship here is also really compelling (I ship it, of course).

Houses (orphaned)

James Sirius Potter/Scorpius Malfoy

Scorpius Malfoy goes away to school. And James Potter's legs keep invading his personal space.

I honestly can't talk in much detail on this one as I only read it once several years ago. But I remember I loved the portrayal of all the characters—warts and all. Probably not a fic for those who like Draco depicted as a good father, but I found it realistic, albeit depressing, considering his own upbringing, personality and war trauma.

My all time fave next gen fic is 'Coda to an Epilogue' by Maya, but as I mentioned to you in DMs, I won't link it since it has been deleted. But I loove Harry's character voice, the portrayal of the kids—Scorpius in particular, it's not a common Scorp portrayal... reminds me a bit of Tom, actually—and I love Draco's OC wife. I'd like to see more non-Astoria versions of Draco's wife in fic tbh. Another thing I like about 'Houses'.

#asks #fic rec #did not realise all the next gen i've read is scorp/james lol #coda is gen with a bit of a scorbus pre-slash vibe BUT i ship scorp/james more in it sfgh #this answer is like 6 weeks late oops