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thestralsofspinnersend · 2 years

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Of Changing Tides

London rumbled on beyond the poorly insulated flat window. Ceaseless tires tread through the gathering pools that eddied along the curb in the soft rain. Warmth, familiar in shape and the way it folded so safely around Harry, rolled away. The shared duvet lifted, allowing a rush of cool air to fill the newly vacant space between the two bodies. Errant strands of fiery hair irritated Harry’s nose in a routine way, and he wondered, as he did every time it happened, how Ginny’s hair managed to snake its way into the very fibres of their bedding. Sighing, he gave up on the flimsy hope of sleep, mind endless in its hopeless meandering.

Unthinkingly, his hand found its way to the nape of Ginny’s neck, a gentle reflex. She hummed and he could hear the smile that formed around the sound her throat made as his fingers gently rubbed the soft, vulnerable skin beneath her hair line.

He had loved her since he was so young. Still loved her, he corrected internally. Watching that love blossom and transform, change shape and rebuild itself into something new and carefully held, softened the hard edges of his mind.

As the quiet rise and fall of Ginny’s chest filled the darkness of the room and rhythmic push and pull of his fingers in her hair soothed his late night agitation he let his mind wander to the things kept neatly stacked in dark corners of his mind.

She had asked him, weeks prior, in the quiet of their room, feet tangled and fingers intertwined, “Are you sure you’re not gay?”

There had been no malediction or venom in the question, no accusation or even sadness. It was one of genuine curiosity, openness, and Harry could feel her kind eyes through the dark, her thumb rubbing gently over his knuckles.

Harry’s knee-jerk defensive, “no,” died in his throat and he had lain there, frozen, brain stuck, time suspended as he felt the rise and fall of Ginny’s chest next to his own.

Sure, he had known he liked men since a young age, and sure, he had always said if things didn’t work out with Ginny, he would date a man rather, but things were working out with Ginny, they always had.

“Are you unhappy?” Harry asked, in leu of answering her. Ginny took a moment to answer, hiking a leg up over his hips, and wrapping one arm around his chest. Warm. Familiar. The silence stretched on as she hummed thoughtfully, but the lull didn’t worry him. They’d always been able to hand one another their complexities and heavy silences, questions and worries without fear. It was one of the things that Harry loved about her so much.

“No,” she said simply, shrugging. “I’m not unhappy. I’m right where I want to be.”

“Me too,” Harry replied quickly, pulling her closer in a sudden rush of nerves. Kissing the top of her head. She smelled like neroli.

“But it’s not necessarily happiness I’m talking about,” she continued, looking up at him, “I know we make one another happy.”

“And we have good sex,” Harry offered with an edge of indignation.

She rolled her eyes, “that’s not what I’m talking about—“

“And we love each other—“

“Merlin, yes, Harry,” she groused with a laugh, , “that’s not under question here, shut up for a second—”

He snickered under his breath as she pushed herself to sit next to him, taking his hand in hers.

“We could do this forever and I’d love every second of it, without regrets, but I don’t think you would. And, I don’t think you allow yourself to think about life in any other way because you’re afraid that you’ll be betraying me if you do. You’re loyal to a fault. Your ride or die settings are pathological.”

Harry could feel the objection rising in his chest, his brows creasing. Ginny, sensing it, placed one hand on his chest in a soothing, placating gesture.

“I think you need to allow yourself to think about what the most fulfilled version of your life would be, and not worry about whether or not that includes me in it, or in what capacity.”

“Are you breaking up with me?” Harry asked, almost joking but not quite. Worry began to ghost up his spine.

“No,” She laughed, leaning down with a swift press of soft smiling lips, reassuring and kind. “I’m saying, I think you could be happier. And I love you enough to want the best for you, even if that means it’s not with me. I know we’ll always be in each other’s lives, that’s not what I’m questioning. I’m questioning in what capacity.”

And that had been the end of the conversation. They spoke of other things, and Ginny ran her fingers up and down Harry’s arm in the way that made his brain go soft and his eyes heavy and eventually they fell asleep, as they always did, wrapped up in one another, the safety of their history and familiarity.

But, the sentiment that Ginny had unearth had plagued him in the coming weeks. Turning over and over again.

Am I gay?

No, right?

No. He liked women. He liked all genders, right?

… no, right?

Now In the early hours of the morning, listening to the slow and rhythmic breathing of his best friend, Harry’s internal dialogue spilled out into the quiet evening, causing Ginny to jump.

“Why do you think I’m gay?” The words Tumbled out, much louder than he had intended them to.

She groaned, having clearly been comfortably asleep. She rolled over and buried her head in his armpit.

From the depths of his nightshirt he heard sleep heavy mumbling, “it’s a vibe,” she offered, most unhelpfully.

“Excuse me?” He demanded incredulously, dislodging her from where she was trying to fall back asleep on him.

She moaned irritatedly at his jostling, “its bedtime, Harry! Can’t we talk about this tomorrow?”

“No, man, you can’t just say I have a gay vibe and leave me hanging here!”

Ginny huffed, rallying herself from the edge of sleep and pushed herself up. Rubbing her eyes hard with the heel of her hand she spoke through a protracted yawn, “I see— the way you look at him.”

Guilt enveloped Harry from some shameful depths and the brief damning thought crossed his mind, that Ginny didn’t even have to say _who_, and yet he knew exactly of whom she spoke.

“I look at you that way, too.” He protested, almost forcefully.

She smiled, in a way that looked sad and endeared. “No,” she said simply, “you don’t.”

He huffed, goose bumps peppering his skin, feeling suddenly caught in the intensity of her unwavering and probing gaze.

“And— how, exactly, do I look at him?” He asked meekly, almost afraid of the answer.

“Like— like,” she huffed, moving her hand in that peculiar circular way she did when she couldn’t find the words she needed. “Like you’d follow him off of a cliff, or like you’d abandon everything and everyone if he asked you to pack up and go with him somewhere.”

“I would not!” He protested, his face feeling a bit hotter than he thought was necessary.

He could feel the incredulity of her deadpan stare before she snorted a laugh and said, “Florida.”

“That was one time!” He shouted, face now on fire, remembering the summer after Hogwarts when Draco Malfoy, full of exuberance and challenges had asked him on a whim if he would go with him on a road trip.

“To where?” Harry had asked, the option of refusing never once crossing his mind. They had taken a portkey to New York together before renting the cheapest Citi-golf they could find and driving for 26 hours straight to Miami eating nothing but crisps and energy drinks and screaming the same three mix tapes at the top of their lungs. They pulled into Miami Beach just in time to watch the sun rise before passing out and sleeping in a parking lot for 6 hours.

“Iceland?” Ginny’s smile widened.

Harry huffed, positively indignant now, the memory of their epic and poorly planned attempts at hiking through the wilderness of Iceland in summer, pouring out from the place he kept his most precious memories. It took them 9 days to do a 3 day hike and they cackled the entire way through, deciding at every possible turn to do it the muggle way, refusing to apparate even when they were down to their last bag of peanuts. It had been the most fun Harry had ever had up to that point, in his life.

“Belgium?” Ginny continued and Harry rolled over, yelling into his pillow.

“Stop!” embarrassing memories of being so drunk they couldn’t figure out how to climb the stairs at the rickety hostel Draco had booked for them still plagued him.

“Phu Quoc—”

“Okay! Enough!” Harry yelled, lunging at Ginny and covering her mouth with his hand, “we don’t talk about that, remember?”

Ginny had tossed her head back, full belly laughter ringing out into the dark room. She knew full well Harry didn’t like being reminded of the time Draco convinced him to go snorkelling even though he was terrified of the ocean and nearly drowned in a rip tide because he didn’t know how to swim with flippers. He had emerged from the waters panting and bedraggled like a wet cat, Draco resplendent in the sun, guffawing at Harry’s ineptitudes at sea.

“My point is—“ Ginny raised her voice over Harry’s attempts to silence her, jabbing her thumb into his armpit in a way that instantly rendered him useless, “that you respond to him in a way that you do with no one else, not even me. Remember that time I begged you to come with me on a weekend away one county over, and you said no, and not two days later, Draco asks you to help pick up potions ingredients in the other hemisphere and your bags were packed before you put your phone down?”

“You wanted me to go skydiving! I’m terrified of heights!”

“You also lived on a boat with him! For four months! You hate boats!”

Harry was pouting now, feeling like a bad partner, like he’d been caught in wrong doing. “I’m sorry, I should have gone with you on that trip.”

“I’m not looking for an apology, I’m not even upset about it, you would have hated it. Luna and I had way more fun without you.”

“Gee thanks,” Harry rolled his eyes.

“My point is,” she continued, tucking one of his wild curls behind his ears, “I don’t think you’ve ever allowed yourself to think of him, or anyone else for that matter, in any way that isn’t platonic, because of me.”

“Maybe,” Harry said, picking at the corner of their duvet, his thoughts acutely aware of the hidden spaces of his mind he never allowed himself to dwell on.

“Maybe,” Ginny agreed, smiling in a smug way that made Harry roll his eyes. He looked at her, with her oversized YetiFest1997 t-shirt she had stolen from Luna, messy hair, and felt a thrill of fear at losing the stability she had offered him for so long.

“Its okay.” She reassured, squeezing his hand. “Our friendship is more important than who we are or are not having sex with. Even if our romantic relationship changes, it won’t change the fact that I love you, and that I’ll always be here for you.”

“Thank you,” he mumbled, all other words seeming to escape him.

After a long silence, Ginny asked quietly, “are you going to talk to him?”

A thrill of fear and anxiety shot through Harry’s body, the thought of facing Draco, his cool demeanour and confidence, his kindness and intensity, forcing a meek, “no” from his throat.

Ginny smiled, in a painfully understanding way that made Harry almost annoyed at her.

“Maybe I want to talk to other blokes.” He offered, a hint of a challenge, desperately, and uncharacteristically wanting to talk about anyone other than Draco Malfoy.

“Yeah, okay, go ahead, Harry. Talk to other blokes. I give you full permission and my loving support to go out there and get wild with anyone you fancy, of any gender! Shall I make you an online dating profile?”

He was glaring at her now, his bluff thoroughly called.

“Yeah, exactly.” It drove Harry mad how smug and self assured she could be when she knew she was right.

“Just think about it, Harry. Maybe it’s not Draco and maybe gay isn’t the right label, but I think you’d definitely be happier in a more queer relationship. With someone who can support that side of you and understand it in a way that I can’t.”

Harry eventually lay back down with Ginny’s hand on the nape of his neck, soothing and familiar. Comforting. Something he had scarcely had much of in his life. Something he was deeply afraid to lose. And perhaps that was the crux of the matter. He was afraid. Afraid of this carefully built safety coming undone, afraid of change and uncertainty, afraid of facing the parts of himself that had been most carefully buried and stacked away, afraid of his own feelings and the feelings of others. Afraid of the word queer and the implications it might have on how he navigated the world, how it might change the relationships between himself and those he held closest.

He thought of Draco, of grey eyes and loud laughs, of strong hands and steely resolve, of the kindness and acceptance, of the banter and challenges. His mind crept to that dark corner where unseen things sat hidden from view, lumped together and crumpled in the folds of memories he’d rather forget.

For the first time in his life, Harry allowed himself the permission to explore the recesses of his own mind, unfold the unnamed thoughts and feel uncharted feelings left to moulder and gather dust.

He didn’t sleep the rest of the night, laid there on the cotton sheets as clouds parted with the first rays of morning light spilling into the room. The frequency of cars through the puddles below had increased and birds had long begun their morning sonnets as Harry, newly awash in the possibilities of his queerness, sat up and thought that perhaps, it was an excellent morning to harass his favourite Slytherin.

#harry potter #drarry #oneshot #fanfic #fan fic #draco malfoy #drarry is cannon #fan fiction #hp #drarry squad #ginny weasley #post war hinny #friends to lovers to platonic bffs #enemies to friends to lovers #post war

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wintersoldierslover · 2 years

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my fic recs masterlist

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Bucky Barnes:

all bucky barnes

headcanon - blurb - one-shot - series

dbf!bucky - brothers bff - bff’s brother

neighbour - housewife reader

lumberjack - firefighter - bodyguard

priest bucky - college

football player - hockey player - boxer

professor - teacher - librarian/bookshop

coffee shop - soulmate - royal

other AUs - taboo

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Stranger Things characters:

all eddie munson - all steve harrington

eddie and steve (x reader)

billy hargrove - jason carver - mike wheeler

dmitri enzo antonov - jim hopper

robin buckley - nancy wheeler

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Outer Banks Characters:

all Rafe Cameron

all JJ Maybank

Rafe Cameron and JJ Maybank (x reader)

Pope Heyward - Topper Thorton

John B. - Sarah Cameron

Kiara Carrera

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Marvel characters:

Wanda Maximoff - Kate Bishop

Natasha Romanoff - Yelena Belova

Peter Parker - Pietro Maximoff

Steve Rogers - Stephen Strange

Frank Castle - Matt Murdock

Moon knight - Steven Grant

Joaqín Torres - Clint Barton

Loki Laufeyson - Druig

Eddie Brock - Miles Morales

Miguel O’hara - Hobie Brown

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Harry Potter characters:

Sirius Black - Remus Lupin

James Potter - Poly!Marauders

Lily potter - Cedric Diggory

George Weasley - Fred Weasley

Severus Snape - Tom Riddle

Draco Malfoy

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Avatar (James Cameron) charachters:

neteyam - aonung - lo’ak

rotxo - kiri - spider

jake sully - neytiri - tsu’tey

tonowari - ronal - colonel quaritch

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Top Gun chracters:

Fanboy - Hangman - Rooster - Bob

Iceman

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Wednesday characters:

Xavier Thorpe - Ajax Petropolus

Wednesday Addams - Divina

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Bridgerton characters:

Anthony Bridgerton - Benedict Bridgerton

Colin Bridgerton

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Criminal Minds characters:

Spencer Reid - Aaron Hotchner

Derek Morgan

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The Last of Us characters:

Joel Miller - Ellie Williams

Abby Anderson

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The Devil All The Time characters:

Tommy Matson - Lee Bodecker

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Uncharted characters:

Nate Drake - Sam Drake

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Euphoria characters:

Elliot (Euphoria) - Fezco

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On My Block characters:

Mario Martinez - Oscar Diaz

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Modern Family characters:

Luke Dunphy - Alex Dunphy

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Ted Lasso:

Roy Kent - Jamie Tartt

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NHL players:

Matthew Ktachuk - Trevor Zegras

Nolan Patrick - Tyler Seguin

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Actors:

Sebastian Stan - Joseph Quinn

Jamie Campbell Bower - Danny Ramirez

Drew Starkey - Rudy Pankow

Ben Hardy - Bella Ramsey

Jenna Ortega

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Miscellaneous characters:

Eli ‘Hawk’ Moskowitz - Marcus Baker

Rodrick Heffley - Hunter Sylvester

Lloyd Hansen - Ari Levinson

Nick Fowler - Tangerine

Rhett Abbott - Hayden ‘Harvard Hottie’

Colin (Not Okay) - Min Ho (Xo, Kitty)

Ash (No Exit) - James Maguire (Derby Girls)

Jake Peralta - Nick Miller - Brian O’conner

Anakin Skywalker - Bruno Madrigal

Tadashi Hamada - Kakashi Hatake

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Miscellaneous real people:

Billie Eilish - AEW Hook

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*Updated whenever there’s a new character <3

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sitp-recs · 1 year

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Hi (waves excitedly!!!!) do you have any recs where draco's characterisation is basically just "my life's mission to harass harry potter is back on track." Like he is just living his life being chaotic and also embraces muggle things yk

Hi there! Such good food, love me me a chaotic Draco driving Harry up the wall Harry haha peak dynamics! I hope you enjoy these:

What Potter Wants by birdsofshore (E, 3.3k)

Harry definitely didn't want to do that to Malfoy. Not at all. So why did Malfoy keep saying that he did?

The Morning After by birdsofshore and capitu (M, 5k)

This is what happens when you stick your wand in places where it really shouldn't go.

The Antique Bed Frame by lazywonderland (E, 5.4k)

Draco “needs his bed fixed.” Harry offers to help.

Let Me Have You and I'll Let You Save Me by Frayach (M, 6k)

Draco keeps coming back, and Harry keeps letting him. Draco can’t stay away, and Harry can’t live without him.

The Risk of Exposure by marguerite_26 (E, 6.6k)

After Draco discovers something about Harry during a chance meeting, Harry can’t seem to get him out of his head or out of his life.

Good Talk, Potter by loveglowsinthedark (E, 6.7k)

Potter begins to take me apart, each savage, pounding thrust peeling away layer after layer of everything that I am, reaming me open in a way that makes me wonder how I’ll ever be able to let anybody else but him fuck me after this.

Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it) by fluxweeed and lastontheboat

Or: the one where Harry has writer’s block and Malfoy isn’t helping.

Adventures in Truth and Texting by fluxweed (E, 11k)

Former Death Eaters are being targeted with a Veritaserum curse – it’s permanent, and makes victims speak aloud their every thought. Luckily, it’s easier to control when writing – and Hermione is trying to introduce Muggle technology to the wizarding world.

An Act of Kindness for One Harry Potter by a Sympathetic Draco Malfoy by 0idontknow0 (E, 15k)

As Draco leaned on the wall to wait for them to get dressed, he could not help feeling like he had done a very kind thing by disrupting them. Someone should give Potter a better rogering than that sorry sod had. The man had saved the bloody world—okay, mostly Europe—the least someone could do was give him a proper shag.

Stupid Love by The_Sinking_Ship (E, 17k)

Harry Potter, how does Draco Malfoy hate thee? Let me count the ways.

Reparatio by astolat (E, 17k)

Draco snorted. “I’m not reduced to penury. I want something considerably beyond money, and I rather think you’re the only one can give it to me.”

The Courting by the Pureblood Who Only Has Five Milligrams of Romantic Intelligence and Thinks He’s Real Smooth by Cibee (T, 19k)

Draco could grab Potter and shove him into a stall before proceeding to suck his soul out of his dick, but secretly, deep down, in the part of Draco that he will never admit to anyone, he is (everyone pauses to shudder) a romantic. Potter is not someone Draco wants a one-off with. Potter is — Draco’s beloved!

IDK My BFF Hermione? by lettered (E, 19k)

Draco's a hot mess. Harry's lovin' it (hell yes).

Breaking All The Rules by Frayach (E, 22k) - AU

Malfoy is slowly wringing the last vestiges of pleasure from Harry’s life with all his rules and committees and agendas and reports. Or is he?

Fearful Trill by Vukovich (E, 29k)

Harry should have come out and met someone when he was younger. He should have seen a doctor about the pain in his hip while youth was still on his side. Now, he's made his peace with dying young, but maybe not with dying alone.

Glory Be by Lomonaaeren (E, 33k)

Draco—Draco Malfoy, skilled assassin, powerful and wealthy Veela, former Death Eater—has always known what to do, where to go, who to kill. And then Harry Potter came along: Harry Potter, Unspeakable, former Auror, the most powerful wizard Draco has ever seen. And Draco catches a glimpse of glory he may be unable to live without.

The Four Ds of Apparition (or: Destination, Determination, Deliberation, and Dicks) by eidheann and firethesound (E, 36k)

After transferring to the Apparition Department, Harry's life becomes one big dick joke. And all his friends are arseholes. So is Malfoy, but what else is new? AKA Harry Potter and the eighteen twenty dicks.

Bite Me, Hate Memes by pir8fancier (E, 44k)

Draco Malfoy is incensed to realize that someone is trying to usurp his position as the premier Harry Potter hater.

Vis-à-Vis-à-Vis by Vukovich (E, 50k)

Harry's assignment was simple. Close out Draco Malfoy's missing persons case so he can be declared dead.

Loverboys by corvuscrowned (E, 84k)

As post-war violence and tensions rise, it seems as if there’s no hope to unify the wizarding world. Except, maybe, a manufactured relationship between resident Saviour Harry Potter and known purveyor of the Dark Arts Draco Malfoy. (The fact that they detest each other is beside the point.)

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats (E, 104k)

Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

What We Pretend We Can't See by gyzym (M, 131k)

Seven years out from the war, Harry learns the hard truth of old history: it’s never quite as far behind you as you thought.

#asks #drarry reclist #chaotic Draco #we love to see him

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indigo-scarf · 2 years

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Draco & Blaise: frenemies, not friends

While fanon often portrays Draco and Blaise as BFFs, when they hang out in canon they don't seem to like each other at all. They're actually in a vicious battle of egos, and I find that dynamic so much fun.

Both Draco and Blaise act as if they're above everyone else, including each other. However, Blaise's arrogance is smoother and more subtle. If anyone is the "Slytherin Ice Prince", it's Blaise the blasé, not Draco the dramatic — which must infuriate Draco.

When Blaise attends the Slug Club with Harry and Ginny (HBP7), he expresses his animosity towards them in a very contained manner:

“Now, do you know everyone?” Slughorn asked Harry and Neville. “Blaise Zabini is in your year, of course —” Zabini did not make any sign of recognition or greeting [...].

“[...] Lily — James — and you survived — and the word was that you must have powers beyond the ordinary —” Zabini gave a tiny little cough that was clearly supposed to indicate amused scepticism.

“You want to be careful, Blaise! I saw this young lady perform the most marvellous Bat-Bogey Hex as I was passing her carriage! I wouldn’t cross her!” Zabini merely looked contemptuous.

As he pushed past Harry into the darkening corridor, Zabini shot him a filthy look [...].

Later that chapter, the scene where Harry spies on the Slytherin compartment provides a sample of Draco and Blaise’s relationship. It’s the only time they are seen together, but nearly every line highlights both the contrast between them as individuals, and how that affects their interactions.

Right off the bat, Draco laughs at Blaise’s loss of composure after he “toppled over sideways into Gregory Goyle's lap”:

But then Goyle slammed the door shut and flung Zabini off him; Zabini collapsed into his own seat looking ruffled, Vincent Crabbe returned to his comic, and Malfoy, sniggering, lay back down [...].

Next, we are shown that they’re not on first-name basis, even in private:

“So, Zabini,” said Malfoy, “what did Slughorn want?”

And then they begin discussing who was or wasn’t invited to the Slug Club. Throughout the conversation, Blaise keeps his cool indifference, even directs it at Draco in a comeback about Neville. Draco, on the other hand, is all vigorous body language and exclamation marks:

“— and Longbottom, Potter, and that Weasley girl,” finished Zabini. Malfoy sat up very suddenly, knocking Pansy’s hand aside. “He invited Longbottom?” “Well, I assume so, as Longbottom was there,” said Zabini indifferently. “What’s Longbottom got to interest Slughorn?” Zabini shrugged. “Potter, precious Potter, obviously he wanted a look at ‘the Chosen One,’ ” sneered Malfoy, “but that Weasley girl! What’s so special about her?” "A lot of boys like her," said Pansy [...]. "Even you think she's good-looking, don't you, Blaise, and we all know how hard you are to please!” “I wouldn’t touch a filthy little blood traitor like her whatever she looked like,” said Zabini coldly, and Pansy looked pleased.

If Draco had been at the Slug Club, it’s unlikely he’d have the self-control to remain as disdainfully calm as Blaise in the face of people he doesn’t like receiving praise and attention.

Unlike Blaise, who asserts his superiority mainly through discreet dirty looks, Draco indeed goes on to further demonstrate how he needs explicit, verbal, verbose bragging and sour grapes:

“Well, I pity Slughorn’s taste. Maybe he’s going a bit senile. Shame, my father always said he was a good wizard in his day. My father used to be a bit of a favorite of his. Slughorn probably hasn’t heard I’m on the train, or —”

But Blaise has no qualms cutting off Draco, and he’s passionate enough to use longer sentences now to take Draco down a peg:

“I wouldn’t bank on an invitation,” said Zabini. “He asked me about Nott’s father when I first arrived. They used to be old friends, apparently, but when he heard he’d been caught at the Ministry he didn’t look happy, and Nott didn’t get an invitation, did he? I don’t think Slughorn’s interested in Death Eaters.”

Draco responds with much less success at masking his struck nerves, and keeps harping on about Slughorn with insistence that comes off as obviously insecure:

Malfoy looked angry, but forced out a singularly humourless laugh. “Well, who cares what he’s interested in? What is he, when you come down to it? Just some stupid teacher.” Malfoy yawned ostentatiously. “I mean, I might not even be at Hogwarts next year, what’s it matter to me if some fat old has-been likes me or not?”

In the end, Blaise is the one who actually doesn’t seem to care what Slughorn is interested in — Blaise achieves the impression that Draco was trying and failing to convey. While Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy might not even notice this, I like to think Draco does, and it gives him an internal sting of failure in the repressed corners of his mind.

At this point, Draco stops playing defence and instead begins boasting about working for Voldemort:

“Well, you never know,” said Malfoy with the ghost of a smirk. “I might have — er — moved on to bigger and better things.” [...] Even Zabini had allowed a look of curiosity to mar his haughty features.

Blaise belittles Draco again, but this time Draco keeps the upper hand:

“And you think you’ll be able to do something for him?” asked Zabini scathingly. “Sixteen years old and not even fully qualified yet?” “I’ve just said, haven’t I? Maybe he doesn’t care if I’m qualified. Maybe the job he wants me to do isn’t something that you need to be qualified for,” said Malfoy quietly. Crabbe and Goyle were both sitting with their mouths open like gargoyles. Pansy was gazing down at Malfoy as though she had never seen anything so awe-inspiring. “I can see Hogwarts,” said Malfoy, clearly relishing the effect he had created [...].

Outside of that chapter, the only other mention of Blaise in the series is "'Zabini, Blaise,' was made a Slytherin", at the Sorting (PS7).

From a Watsonian perspective, this means Harry, the POV character, never had reason to notice Blaise. Thus, although Blaise dislikes Harry, as is made clear when their paths finally cross in HBP, we can infer that Blaise doesn’t go out of his way to bully him.

Draco constantly has to affirm himself over Harry — and everyone else, including Blaise — in the most grandiose ways, whereas Blaise is starkly more self-assured.

Furthermore, given that Harry often does notice Draco and the people with him, it stands to reason that Draco and Blaise don’t tend to seek out each other’s company — because they don’t particularly enjoy it.

They do sit together on the train — a common enough occurence for Harry to figure he could spy on Draco if he followed Blaise — and Pansy’s “we all know how hard you are to please!” does suggest a good degree of familiarity between all the Slytherins present.

However, especially in more public settings, it’s evident throughout the books that Draco prefers to be around people who enhance his self-importance, like Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy — not Blaise, who threatens it.

Blaise, in turn, looks down on Draco, hence doesn’t give him any more time than he has to. In my headcanon, I imagine he would be the first to completely abandon Draco after the Malfoys’ fall from status. P.S.: I felt very validated by this Pottermore excerpt:

The only Slytherin to out-haughty Draco Malfoy, the wealthy and well-connected Zabini refused to be impressed by his Death Eater pal. With a nearly Snape-worthy sneer, Zabini not only put Malfoy in his place but was also dismissive and skeptical when Malfoy tried to impress his cohorts by implying that he was destined to support the Dark Lord rather than finish his education. It pretty much made him the only Slytherin who would not bow and scrape to Draco.

#draco malfoy #blaise zabini #yes I quoted the entire scene so what #harry potter #harry potter meta #hp meta #hp headcanon #slytherin #my stuff

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scaletexturedtrash · 4 months

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Guys fucking tell me

Fucking EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE HELL I JUST SHIFTED TO?

I was trying to shift to the Harry Potter Universe, right? I fall asleep, and all of a sudden im in a fucking mall going into a tatto and piercing place with my friends.

I go inside with one of the workers to get *fucking* nipple piercings so we go to the back. And heres how i KNOW i shifted, she ingected some sort of anesthetic into the back of my left hand and all of a sudden my torso gets all tingley and buzzy.

Swear i was giggly, too.

And out of fucking nowhere my ex walks in just as the lady gesturse me to walk back into a curtained area so i can take my shirt off.

Just as she was about to put in the first piercing, i woke up really confused, slow minded, and feeling out of place. I was genuinely confused why my tits weren't hurting or why i didn't feel the piercings.

I was just trying to be BFFs with Draco Malfoy

#shiftinconsciousness #shifting #shifting realities #reality shifting #dimension jumping #harry potter shifting

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nayialovecat · 7 months

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The Ink Demonth 2023 - Day 16. Legacy

Day 16. Legacy Crossover: Harry Potter, Hogwart Legacy And then Alice Angel and Pansy Parkinson became BFF and terrorized the rest of the school together. By the way, am I the only one who has always thought that Draco Malfoy is short? Heh, it looks like the Boy Who Lived is no longer Ginny Weasley's best match at school... It's very obvious that I don't like the main trio and I favor Luna? :]

Well, I have only one association with the word "Legacy" recently. But I decided that with the crossover I would rather go towards the original series. That's why both are placed above. By the way, I wonder who came to the Workshop as part of the exchange - and why the Workshop has the rank of a magic school X"D Joey's new business plan? Teaching dark magic? XD

I honestly admit that I really didn't want to make this entry. It could have been ready yesterday - but I really, REALLY didn't want to do it. That's why in the end I didn't colour it completely - only the colours of the hair and houses so that it was clear who was where. Bendy, Bernard and Jack are, of course, in my favourite house: Hufflepuff. Why isn't Sammy in it? Well, apparently his racism outweighed his diligence (or it had something to do with Bendy whispering to the Sorting Hat: "anywhere but not with Sammy"). But don't worry, Sammy already has a plan to fix his separation from his beloved Lord ;)

As you can see, I put some of my OCs here: Bernard, Sara from the Movie Club and this guy, this time in Ravenclaw colours :D

Bendy and the Ink Machine (c) Joey Drew Studios Inc. Harry Potter (c) J.K. Rowling Sammy and the Ink Machine (c) Nayia Lovecat

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praline-elegy · 3 months

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✿ This looks like fun! ✿

[Fandom game post here]

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Seiji Katayama x Nicholas Cox (Fence)

Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter (HP)

If you want to read my Fence related answers, jump to letters: M N O R S T V or Z

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Nastu Dragoneel x Gray Fullblaster (Fairytail) - I’m mainly a gruvia shipper BUT I came across this brilliantly written gratsu fic a few years back and it rewrote my brain chemistry entirely.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

I don’t like saying mean things.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

Shinsou Hitoshi x Kaminari Denki (MHA) - Monoshin has my heart <3

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

I wrote about an established relationship where character A wanted to give character B a gift. A asks B’s bff what to give him. Bff tells A to give B a rock. A proceeds to spend the day meticulously picking out a rock to give to B. A later presents this perfectly picked out rock to B, and B loves this little gift. This story oddly resonated with a lot of people in my old fandom lol. Moral of the story? People love rocks. Give your friends rocks. They will love you.

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

About a decade? I started watching Pokémon for as long as I can remember (still love it!), but I fell out of the fandom when my parents stopped paying for cable.

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

Zutara. Zuko and Katara were everything to me. Fire and water? Their antagonistic relationship? There was so much tension there. It just made sense to me.

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

The first half of my life was dedicated to TV shows (when I had cable). The rest of my life is dedicated to printed material (books, manga, comics, etc).

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

No. I only joined this platform about two months ago. I haven’t come across any negativity on this side of tumblr.

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

Little Goody Two Shoes (indie game)

Temeraire (book? I think?)

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Juvia Lockster or Flare Corona (both Fairytail)

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

Can’t think of a character I actively loathe or dislike at the top of my head.

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Sungchul Park (Fence) - He seems cocky and I like that.

Luna Lovegood (HP) - She’s just got the VibesTM you know?

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

Nicholas coming over to visit the Katayamas for winter (or summer!) break.

I want to get severe secondhand embarrassment from something that Nicholas does in front of Seiji. I want to fluster that boy so bad. I want him to feel so embarrassed he could melt into a puddle of liquified Cox. And after all of the chaos I want Seiji to find that Nicholas actually looks rather cute when he’s blushing and flustered :) I’m evil.

‼️ MORE ‼️ BLUSHING ‼️ NICHOLAS‼️

I also want to explore more of Nicholas’ (fandom assumed) fear of the dark.

Would love to see more of Nicholas being vulnerable around Seiji.

I want to see more of the Leventis/Levantis twins (I’m writing something myself, but still. Would love to see others interpretation of the boys)!

Nsfw-wise… I’d like to see more bottom or submissive Nicholas. I think fandom has mostly pegged him for a dominant top lol.

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer is how I envision Robert Coste and Nicholas’ mother’s relationship to be like in one of my unfinished pieces. An au where Nicholas doesn’t know who his father is and has a loving relationship with his mom.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

Needing to make dinner but the jar of sauce won’t open so character A visits their neighbor character B and asks for help in opening the jar.

Character A is staring at character B while walking down the sidewalk and accidentally walks into a light pole. A scurries away in embarrassment while B finds that kinda cute.

Accidentally blurting out a romantic confession whilst in the middle of an argument.

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

I wouldn’t necessarily say that I’ve abandoned any fandoms, just outgrew them (show finished), left due to circumstances (no more cable or show on hiatus), or lack of inspiration to continue writing. It feels wrong to say “abandoned” because I still love these fandoms and would still go back to consume their content. I’m just not actively involved anymore.

Kuroko no Basuke. Miraculous Ladybug. Fairytail.

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

The Leventis/Levantis twins (in my own personal interpretation of them). I have a sibling so I’ve mostly based their interactions on my own. The kind of relationship where you annoy each other but love each other fiercely.

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

I think that Seiji would own a dog.

Also!! Headcanon that Seiji runs warm and Nicholas has wonky blood circulation which leads to wearing tank tops and shorts in the winter but hoodies and sweatpants in the summer.

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Seiji is a dog person.

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Reese from Scarlet Hollow - I yearn for starving artists. And he likes horror movies? Score! He’s also a little shy but also very cute. 10/10 would romance again.

Sebastian from Stardew Valley - Quiet loner that enjoys tabletop games similar to D&D? And he rides a motorcycle? Brb swooning at his feet.

I can’t pick a favorite from Fence ;v; I love Nicholas but I also love Scott and Thomas and Sungchul and Nate aaaaaaaaa

V - Which character do you relate to most?

In Fence? Nate Spencer. I was originally going to say Nicholas but after further evaluation I realize that I am in fact Nate. The kind of person that brightens up the room but also tends to gravitate to one person in particular despite getting constantly ignored (Aiden sksks).

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

No happy ending. Hurt no comfort. Break-up fics.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Enemies to lovers. Rivals to lovers. Sickfics. Inexperience (first kiss, first times). Not actually unrequited love. Secondhand embarrassment. Sex pollen/lust potion. Truth serum. Party games (i.e. truth or dare).

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Call of Duty.

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

I’m surprised by the lack of rarepairs in Fence. There’s so much potential with the amount of characters that have been introduced so far, but I guess I can see why. Nichoji are just so throughly entwined with each other it’s almost impossible to envision them with anybody else. Other than that, I would gander that there’s more interest in the main ships than exploring newer characters and even newer relationships. (I aim to change that though, a new rarepair is on the horizon!! Hopefully by Valentine’s day 👀💘)

I’m also rather surprised by how active this fandom is despite the small size of it. It’s nice and cozy here though and I like that.

This fandom is actually making me want to try drawing again. Just speaking out to the void here lol. I was pretty decent at drawing chibis when I was younger. Blushing Nicholas here I come… ✍️♥️✨

#fence comic #praline prattles #comments are appreciated!!

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lionheart-ress · 3 months

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WECOME HOME - forum rpg harry potter.

je fais pas souvent de la pub mais ce petit cocon cosy le mérite tant, par l’intégration et la bonne humeur qui régit sa communauté, les idées toujours renouvelées et le respect du staff envers ses membres.. il y a un large panel de possibilités qui nous permettent d’écrire n’importe quoi (de censé) avec n’importe qui et surtout une vraie envie générale de jouer ensemble, développer des histoires et de vrais liens et damn, ça fait du bien.

+ le forum a ouvert le monde adulte et mille opportunités en plus à jouer, une aile universitaire à oxford, une année supplémentaire à poudlard, c'est chill, voldemort n'est plus depuis la troisième année d'harry, c'est surtout de la vie étudiante et de jeunes adultes sorciers et c'est tellement cool.

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j’attends personnellement ron weasley et sirius black, phineas rookwood (bff to enemies) les jumeaux weasley, oliver wood (l’ancienne équipe de quidditch gryffondor), une étudiante étrangère aux airs du passé et deux apprentis aurors dont un métamorphomage!

→ mais de nombreux pv, scénas et pré-liens intéressants vous attendent, comme roger davies (bff), rolf scamander (mentor), un grand frère (aux origines compromises), lee jordan, cormac mclaggen, tonks, susan bones, draco malfoy, pansy parkinson, millicent bulstrode, des professeurs (!!!), des anciens élèves de poudlard, des anciens joueurs de quidditch serpentards, la famille shafiq, une meilleure amie bientôt ennemie.

#welcome home rpg #forum rpg #rpg français #rpg francophone #rpg harry potter

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sawyer-is-not-my-name · 1 year

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send in requests <3

Imma start writing x reader fics again cuz I missed doing it. And I no longer like AO3 or wattpad for my works so imma post them here.

Quick introduction to me, you can call me Sawyer, I'm a minor. I go by any pronouns. I'm currently trying to read through all the Riordan-verse books which is proving to be very time consuming.

Anywaysssss here is what I will and won't write for

Will write:

one-shots

headcannons

Masc! Reader

Fem! Reader

GN! Reader

FtM! Reader

MtF! Reader

Platonic/Bff/sibling

angst

death

fluff

sibling reader

dysphoria comfort

Poly relationships

AUs

really I’ll write anything within reason

won’t write:

incest

pedophilia

toxic idealized relationships ( i.e. relationships where they cheat and abuse each other, but come back to eachother because theyre in love and they learned their lesson but they’ll likely do it again)

Abuse in general, its a tough subject for me so id rather no

suicide/ED

Smut

depending on what you request it may be out of my comfort zone to do.

to request:

explain your request as much as you like (i.e. Nervous Jason Grace X son of apollo reader, fluffy picnic date) just a basic gist of what you want it to be about or you can go in depth if you want specific things to happen.

Fandoms I’ll write for:

Riordan-verse

this fandom is currently on hold for a bit

Percy Jackson

Jason Grace

Piper McLean

Connor Stoll

Travis Stoll

Luke Castellan

Nico di Angelo

Will Solace

Leo Valdez

Carter Kane

Walt stone

Sadie Kane (Platonic/sibling)

Piper McLean

Thalia Grace

Annabeth Chase

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Harry Potter

Draco Malfoy

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Oliver Wood

Cedric Diggory

Ron Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Hermione Granger

Hogwarts Legacy

Sebastian Sallow

Ominis Gaunt

Garreth Weasley

Poppy Sweeting

Natsai Onai

Imelda Reyes

Criminal minds

Spencer Reid

Derek Morgan

Penelope Garcia

Wednesday

Tyler Galpin

Xavier Thorpe

Wednesday Addams

Enid Sinclair

literally any of Evan’s characters from the show except Jeff Pfister and Austin Sommers. Only cuz Jeff was annoying as hell and I need to rewatch double feature as I only remember bits and pieces. Also kinda iffy on writing for Kai Anderson, like maybe pre-cult Kai but even then maybe not.

Shameless

Ian Gallagher

Lip Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Ahs

The Last of us

Joel

Ellie

all of these are subject to change, depending on what I feel, and whether or not my opinion changes, if you don’t see something on here feel free to suggest it and if I know it, I can try my best to do the request!

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nlghtshade · 2 years

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♡ june 2022 favorites

this month felt like a giant hug 🥺 from it being pride month, to all the birthdays and anniversaries we celebrated, and the new fests and rec lists, there was so much amazing art and fics 🥺 just so much love in this lil community of ours 💖 life is always busy and i feel like there's never enough time to indulge in fandom but every second i spend here is always such a joy 💖🥰 as always, thank you and enjoy !!

FIC

The Strings that Weave Us (2022, General, 1.9k) by @katie-alden

It was Andromeda who, on hearing that Harry planned to restore the Black family tapestry, insisted that the best tapestry thread could only be found in a tiny little shop in Hogsmeade. The same tiny little shop where Draco worked. Which is how Harry had found himself trying to make an appropriate amount of eye contact – look at his eyes, Harry, not his soft hair and just-right arms and the dimple in his left cheek and – as Draco explained how the thread worked.

Serendipity by @april-thelightfury115

Hurt/Comfort, divorced!grumpy!Harry lol. Thanks to thebooktopus for the speedy beta! Any mistakes are my own :)

how can i love what i know i’m gonna lose? (don’t make me choose) (2021, Teen, 8.2k) by @tigerlilycorinne-drarry-me

Harry's soulmark is his scar, but he doesn't know that. He thinks he has no soulmate. And Draco, who has Harry Potter's scar on the inside of his hip, is not planning on ever telling him. Ever. It would break him in two. But when Hogwarts institutes a Health Ed week where Draco is tasked with the topic of soulmates, he begins to think maybe Harry needs to know.

facedown on my bed (thinking of you) (2022, Mature, 10k) by @onbeinganangel

I am facedown on my bed Still not quite awake yet Thinking of you I tuck my hand under my weight Just tell me what you want to do Tell me what you want To burn away 'Cause I could be your stoker Stay Soft - Mitski

Sometimes the feelings you have for your enemy-turned-roommate-turned-bff are not as platonic as you think. Sometimes you're the last person to realise it.

First Week of Eternity (2022, Explicit, 7.8k) by InnerLilith, @hd-fangfest

Moving in with the colleague you’d like to fuck is a bad idea for anyone. It’s worse when you’re a card-carrying member of the eternal dead. It’s exponentially worse when your already garlic-obsessed colleague-slash-crush-slash-roommate has recently discovered his distant Italian heritage. In which Draco tries desperately to hide that he’s recently become a vampire, and Harry tries desperately to feed him.

Glowing (2022, Teen, 9.7k) by @cavendishbutterfly, @hd-fangfest

Harry's lived alone and vampiric in his cottage for ages, until a long-lived Draco Malfoy suddenly shows up to answer an advertisement Harry had practically forgotten he'd put in the Prophet. Cue soft blood drinking, quiet nights of reading and crocheting, and Harry thinking that maybe--just maybe--he might not be so alone anymore.

What You’ve Come For (2022, Explicit, 1.3k) by @nv-md, @hd-fangfest

It doesn't matter that Draco's a bloodthirsty vampire, Harry can't stay away from him, and they come together night after night in the Astronomy Tower.

The Ministry Olympics (2015, Teen, 10.1k) by playout

Harry is fed up with losing to Malfoy in the Ministry Olympics, but this year he has a plan. (Or, If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.)

rumour has it (2022, Explicit, 8.5k) by @epsilonargus

Slytherin King Draco Malfoy overhears the wrong conversation, and discovers court wizard Harry Potter is to be engaged to Ginny Weasley. That's fine, he's not devastated or anything—he would survive this. He has always known after all, that he must love the prat in secret.

Holding Back the Fire (2018, Explicit, 9.3k) by @goldentruth813

Harry’s always hated praise, so he doesn’t understand why the idea of it coming from Draco makes him want it in ways he’s never wanted anything before.

when you see me (will you say i’ve changed) (2021, Teen, 12.8k) by @tigerlilycorinne-drarry-me

If there’s one thing Harry thought he’d never see, it’s Pansy Parkinson standing over him, shaking him awake at three AM. Draco goes back in time to convince himself not to become a Death Eater. Pansy must enlist Harry Potter to go back after him and convince him not to before he fucks up the fabric of time, because he has “emotional sway.” Harry has no idea what she’s talking about.

Where I see things right (2022, Explicit, 15.2k) by InnerLilith

When Harry finds himself unexpectedly pregnant after a one-off with Draco Malfoy, he knows he isn’t keeping it. But when actually getting the abortion turns out to be more complicated than Harry expected, he finds himself turning to Malfoy for help through the process. And that’s actually much less complicated than Harry expected.

Let Me Count the Ways (2022, Explicit, 3.5k) by @thebooktopus

Intimacy comes in many forms. Draco wants to explore them all with Harry.

ART

♡ worm-on-a-string draco by @lilbeanz

♡ harry potter by @bubble-gumhead

♡ Harry and James. by @bluebutter-art

♡ Sun and Moon by @aria-dunn

♡ all rivers lead to the ocean by @poxei

♡ Happy birthday to the pointiest boi💚🥳🎉 by @lilbeanz

♡ “Ethereal” by @darylsleftboob

♡ drarry nose kiss by @lilbeanz

♡ *hands this to you and runs* by @reebeex

♡ Art: The flames are part of us by @pato-roldnart

♡ Linny by @latibaris

♡ Just come cuddle at night, nothing special by @friendlybread2608

♡ the real reason for staring across the great hall all those years ago by @kryptidfox

♡ whatcha drawing? by @short666bread

♡ Seventh Year Draco 🐉🍂 by @gwynvys

♡ january ♡ february ♡ march ♡ april ♡ may

#drarry #fic rec #art rec #2022 favorites #j

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