♥ = all-time favorite fic
★ = AU/modern era fic
☾ = creature/omegaverse fic
☀ = kid fic/parenting tropes

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this post is mostly for elethoniel because i'm personally dragging her back into h/d fan fiction with me but here is what i've read in the last few weeks that has basically given me back my life and joy after my post-wedding depression i'm still struggling with ♥

An Issue of Consequence :: faithwood :: NC17
Draco has woken up in an alternate universe. Or he has woken up utterly insane. Nothing else can possibly explain why Harry Potter suddenly seems to think he's Draco's boyfriend.

Animal Attraction :: tari_sue :: NC17
A hex gone wrong turns Draco from one of the world’s most despised wizards into the Ministry’s most desirable Veela. Now all he has to do is learn to control Veela Allure gone haywire, try to find a cure and avoid Harry Potter in the mean time.

Balance, Imperfect :: bixgirl1 ::NC17
When Harry sustains an injury in the line of work, he no longer knows how to navigate the life he loved, and finds help and solace from the most unexpected source.

♥Before the World Was Made :: daftfear :: R
Draco has done everything in his power to leave the past behind him. He’s established himself a successful business and built a reputation around the quality of his work and the breadth of his knowledge. But when aurors show up at his shop one afternoon, seeking his expertise on a peculiar item of questionable origins, they completely overthrow the precarious balance in Draco’s life. Trust Potter to bring danger and destruction in his wake, along with a painful reminder of all the things Draco is trying to forget.

The Boy Who Lived Twice :: lettered :: NC17
Harry Potter is an Unspeakable. Draco Malfoy is the wizard who shagged him. Adventure! Intrigue! Secret identities, celebrities, spies! It's all right here, folks.

Cake :: astolat :: R
Harry tried not to care when after the war, everyone he knew seemed to have made an agreement to stop paying attention to birthdays.

♥Embers :: shiftylinguini :: NC17
Werewolf Alphas aren't meant to be alone, or to suppress their ruts indefinitely like Draco has been since he was bitten eight years ago. He needs company, companionship, to knot ― he needs an Omega Heat Companion. At least, that’s what the Healers say, and even Draco can admit contacting the person they’ve referred him to might be nice.

Of course it turns out to be bloody Potter.

♥ Erosmancy :: astolat :: R
Blaise was immune to whatever it was people usually felt around his mother, for which he was profoundly grateful, since no one needed an Oedipal complex on quite that spectacular a scale, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have a thorough respect for her gift.

♥ Eternally Consistent :: kitsunealyc :: NC17
Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter assumed they would never be anything but civil enemies, until Potter lands on Malfoy's doorstep, bleeding, covered in curses, and acting very strangely indeed.

The Full Monty :: magpie_fngrl :: NC17
Harry poses for a naked Auror calendar and Draco goes batshit crazy with lust.

♥Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run :: waspabi :: PG13
'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.

♥ House Proud :: astolat :: R
His house liked Draco Malfoy more than him.

In Evidence of Magical Theory :: bixgirl1 :: NC17
In which Harry and Draco can't fight, and so they fall in love instead.

When a hex meant for Draco accidentally catches Harry as well, the pair are forced to learn to understand each other in ways they previously might have thought impossible.

In Plain Sight :: oldenuf2nb :: R
Draco Malfoy had stopped believing his wishes would be granted long ago. He could perhaps be forgiven for being startled, then, when one of them came true.


In the Shadow of Your Heart :: lq_traintracks :: NC17
And thus began the very strange circumstance of their fake dating in public and real fucking in absolute secret. It was, with no comparison, the weirdest relationship Draco had ever been in – which was to say, it wasn't one.

In Which Harry is Magnetic North and Draco Is An Idiot :: bryoneybrynn PG-13
For as long as he can remember, Draco’s been bringing fake dates to his family’s annual Yuletide celebration in order to evade his mother’s matchmaking. This year, Potter’s posing as his pretend boyfriend. But as the party gets underway, it gets unclear who’s playing who, who’s pretending what, who’s not pretending at all, and what the game really is. Confused? Yeah, so is Draco…

Little Talks :: femmequixotic :: NC17
Draco's been shagging the Head Auror for months now, and he's sure it's just a fling. Until Harry asks him to a Quidditch match, that is, and things go horribly wrong.

The Man from H.O.G.W.A.R.T.S. :: JulietsEmoPhase :: NC17
It’s 1968, and Special Agent Potter has better things to do than team up with a Russian. Even if the fate of the world depends on it, even if there are countless lives at stake. Even IF his new partner is the most handsome devil this side of the Iron Curtain.

Muggle 60s Spy AU. Smut - slight sub/Dom undertones.

My Hands Never Knew the Time :: sinsofyouth :: NC17
Draco, desperate to save what's left of his family from Voldemort's paranoid delusions, kidnaps Harry Potter.
He grew up on tales of the Boy Who Lived, believes the power of the Chosen One might be his family's only chance for survival.
But the Harry Potter he finds is nothing like the legend. He has been shut away from the wizarding world and knows neither magic, nor his own prophetic destiny.
And he is Draco's only hope.

♥Pocket Full of Starlight (Never Let It Fade Away) :: femmequixotic :: NC17
When Scorpius Malfoy and Jamie Potter meet at Quidditch camp, they take an instant dislike to each other. Then they discover their lives are more connected than they could possibly imagine. parent trap AU!


Pretty Fond of Not Very Good Ideas :: lq_traintracks :: NC17
Harry Peterson, Orderer Extraordinaire, and his trusty sidekick, Ray. Or: Harry's been hit with a memory charm, but it's okay because he realises he's bent for Draco Malfoy.

Reparatio :: astolat :: NC17
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.”

“You want the Invisibility Cloak,” Harry said, flatly. He’d half expected as much; it was the only thing he had that Draco could want—

“Don’t be stupid, Potter,” Draco said. “I want my reputation back.”

♥ Running on Air :: elventy7 :: PG13
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.

♥ The Shape of the World :: bixgirl1 :: NC17
memory-loss!Harry Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Draco's life is finally getting back in order. Until, that is, he sees a familiar face that has been missing since that last awful morning of the war.

When has knowing Potter done anything other than complicate his life?

Although, for two people such as Potter and Malfoy, how can they fall in love except to put aside their preconceived notions about one another?

Slithering :: astolat :: NC17
Draco found the nest down in the Manor’s cellars, while he was clearing them out.

♥Stately Homes of Wiltshire :: waspabi :: NC17
Malfoy Manor has mould, dry rot and an infestation of unusually historical poltergeists. Harry Potter is on the case.

Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You) :: firesound :: NC17
major character death! beautiful story but this'll make you CRY
Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on living.

♥ Such Great Heights :: softlyforgotten :: NC17
Draco Malfoy, wide-eyed and pale and in a decidedly ragged shirt, was crouched next to the pile of whatever the dragon had been eating.

Harry threw himself to a halt and yelled, “Merlin, how many times do I have to save your life?”
[SEQUEL]: Scenes from a Life

♥Tea and No Sympathy :: who_la_hoop :: NC17
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?

The Third :: samayel :: NC17
The war is over, and Draco finds himself drawn to Harry, even though he hates himself for what he's become. Something has to change, or break, and soon, and Draco's pride touches off more than he could have expected.

Timeshare :: astolat :: R
“It’s not for long,” Hermione said. “By the time we get back to Hogwarts, the Unfettering Brew will be ready.”

“Listen to you!” Ron said. “He’s got to get through a month with the Dursleys and a month at Malfoy Manor. With Draco Malfoy.”

“Yeah, thanks,” Harry said, because he hadn’t just spent the last week contemplating just how much more horrible his summer holidays were about to be than they’d ever been before.

♥ Two Weeks :: shiftylinguini :: NC17
If Harry had to guess which out of he or his Auror Partner, and tentative new friend, Draco Malfoy, would turn out to have Veela ancestry, his answer would be: neither, because that is ridiculous. Finding out the answer is actually him, and that his Veela heritage is wreaking havoc on his ability to work, sleep, and above all be in the same room as Malfoy, is a surprise to say the least. But this is fine. Harry’s been through worse, and he can just sit this one out, regardless of how much his body is screaming for the one person he doesn’t want to ask for help. Can’t he?

Twice as Much as an Earthquake :: firethesound :: NC17
Accidental bonding. Breaking and entering. Conspiring, however unwillingly, in the strange one-man war Malfoy's waging against detention. This isn't the normal school year Harry anticipated having, but at least it's not boring.

♥ What We Pretend We Can't See :: gyzym :: R
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.

Yours is the Earth (Hold On, Hold On) :: chickenlivesinpumpkin :: NC17
When they first meet after the end of the war, Draco doesn't want anything to do with Harry. But as time goes by, Draco's growing love may be the only thing that can save them both, because after a serious accident in the Forbidden Forest, Draco's personality begins to undergo subtle changes. At first, Harry credits this to a new enthusiasm for life. But as the days pass and Draco's behavior becomes more and more mysterious, Harry begins to suspect that something bigger--and darker--is at work.