some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.
Deku-Sensei got uninvited visitor that insists entering through UA’s teacher office door is too boring, so the window it is (it’s on the 6th floor).
(Aizawa has some complaints)
hello! would you have any protective draco recs?
Hi there! Sure, hope you enjoy these:
Sharing a Pack by sugar_screw (2016, E, 2.8k)
A fight. A fuck. A smoke. A small love story.
My Hands Are Of Your Colour by @ohdrarry (2020, E, 8k)
Sometimes spilled blood lingers on guilty hands. Draco sees red and Harry washes it clean.
The Eighth Tale by @letteredlettered (2012, E, 12k)
Draco Malfoy tries to fix the past, but instead mucks it up some more. For Harry, it all becomes quite clear.
Under Pressure by VivacissimoVoce (2014, M, 21k)
Harry Potter has quit magic and left the wizarding world. Draco, a top-notch Tracker, has been hired to find him and save his life.
The Snitch-Maker by Omi_Ohmy (2014, T, 21k)
Draco is content with his Snitches, with the tap tap tap of his hammer, and the tiny gears and sharp scent of metal in his workshop - until one day Harry Potter appears, asking for help to solve a rash of Snitch-tampering in the Quidditch world.
Nice Things by aideomai (2020, M, 22k)
The first thing that happened was Theodore Nott came back from France.
At the Crossroads There We’ll Meet by @firethesound (2014, E, 24k)
Potter keeps dying; Draco keeps saving him.
On Our Way by dynamic (2016, E, 30k)
Draco is trying to spend the summer keeping his head down, but a repair project and a certain snowy owl have other plans for him.
The Wand Slipped by @unmistakablyoatmeal (2019, E, 35k)
After a messy, public divorce and a disgraceful exit from the Auror Department, Harry is trying to rebuild his life as a private investigator. But when his ex-wife ends up in St. Mungo's, and Harry's tasked with finding her attacker, he'll have to confront the mistakes of his past, and rely on an old enemy, in order to get closure and move on, and incidentally, solve the case.
(Un)wanted by aibidil (2020, E, 36k)
Ginny's pregnant, then she's not and Harry's single. Harry, again with no family, doesn't know what to do with this turn of events, or how to find a new life—post-war, post-Ginny, post-abortion—in which he belongs. He doesn't expect that life to include dancing to the Backstreet Boys with Hermione and Draco Malfoy. A story of finding belonging in the unexpected.
Breathe In (and Feel No Hurt) by Constance1 (2019, E, 39k)
A tale of love, loss, and of finding hope again. Or the story of how Draco turned into a house-cat in order to secretly bother a depressed Harry Potter until he was no longer feeling sorry for himself.
The Four Doors by @fluxweeed (2020, E, 48k)
It’s been four months since Harry lost his memory. Four months of dead ends and no answers. With time running out until his memories are gone for good, Harry agrees to a course of Legilimency therapy with a renowned specialist: Mind Healer Draco Malfoy.
Chocolate and Pastry by agentmoppet, anemonen (2018, E, 50k)
When Pansy bets Draco that there is no chance he and Harry could carry out a genuine romantic relationship, he and Harry form a plan. But as their fake relationship progresses, Draco sees a side of Harry he never expected. Harry is struggling with something, pushing it far down inside him where he doesn't have to acknowledge its existence. Draco starts to worry, and then he starts to care, and then... horribly... he starts to fall in love.
Of Fates Entwined: A Story of Love Lost and Found by taradiane (2014, E, 51k)
Harry Potter vanished without a trace from his home on a warm summer morning in June 2004. This is the story of how a random visit in a cafe on the other side of the world, six years later, proved that the ties which entwine our fates together can never be broken.
Meet Me at Midnight by @the-starryknight (T, 57k)
Harry was beginning to wonder if he’d ever make anything again when Malfoy stormed through the door of Harry’s furniture shop. Now Harry’s got an impossible Ministry commission to finish, and even less energy than ever to deal with his elusive muse. That is, until he stumbles upon the surreal and beautiful world of a mysterious fae creature…
A Room Up There (And You In It) by @the-starryknight (2020, T, 59k)
When Preservationist Draco Malfoy was assigned to work on Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, he was excited to delve into the gorgeous Black family antiques. His excitement quickly ended when something in the House decided it did not like his presence one bit. Featuring a grumpy antiques lover who most certainly did not sign up for this, encounters with a vengeful apparition, and a healthy application of Christmas spirit.
I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (2019, E, 93k)
Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels. Harry has been struggling since the war and has become a recluse while trying to write his autobiography. An invitation to the Hogwarts class of 1998's 15th reunion isn't welcomed by either of them, but neither could predict how the night, and their reunion, will upend their lives.
Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid (2019, E, 100k)
What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life. When he comes across Draco Malfoy in the criminal underbelly of Wizarding London and in need of protection, Harry figures bringing him in to face the Ministry's justice is his ticket back to everything he's lost.
A Thousand Beautiful Things by geoviki (2004, M, 104k)
Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.
Any Instrument by @dictacontrion (2015, E, 131k)
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.
By the Grace by lettered (T, 140k)
Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.
Away Childish Things by lettered (2018, T, 153k)
Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.
Support course! Deku <3
girl help the eldritch horrors are organising a pride and prejudice party and making us dance to mirror their forbidden and repressed love. yes there is a michael jackson thriller video reenactment outside trying to get in. no yeah i still want that rare doctor who annual
Togchako
Honestly as a BNHA lover since the beginning, watching these two come from being considered a rare pair to basically a crack ship to THIS is everything and more.
this is such a beautiful development, nobody can say otherwise.
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Book 1. Sorcerer’s Stone : Friends in early years of Hogwarts
Book 2. Chamber of Secrets : Draco has the diary
Book 4. Triwizard Tournament : Draco appears in the 2nd task | Yule Ball
Book 6. Sectumsempra : alternate scene
Book 7. Horcrux hunting : Draco with the trio
Hogwarts Era
Wartime
8th year • 8th year Hufflepuff!Drarry
Draco’s birthday
Halloween
Christmas
5+1 things
Bets & Wagers / Pranks
Breaking the Statute of Secrecy
Climate change
Clubbing
Coffee shops AU
Coming back to the Wizarding world | Leaving England
Different schools AU : Beauxbatons, Durmstrang
Disappearance / Missing
Everyone lives AU | Sirius Black Lives
Fairy-tale elements
Games : drinking games, party games,…
Historical AU
Magical theory
Movie/TV AU
Muggle life | Muggle things
No Hogwarts AU (joining the Wizarding world later)
Non-magical AU (& high school, college/uni)
Politics
Pureblood culture
Quidditch
Sentient house / Hogwarts
Sorting AU : Slytherin Harry | Gryffindor Draco | Ravenclaw Draco
Time travel | Dimension travel
Voldemort wins AU | No Voldemort AU
Angst
Canon rewrite
Case fic / Mystery
Dark fic / horror
Epistolary | Social media
Fluff | Fluff (Hogwarts era)
Humour
Hurt / comfort
Kid fic | Raising a child
POV Outsider
Serialized fics
Slow burn / slow build
Song fic / song-inspired fic
A/B/O Dynamics
BDSM
Bodyswap
Bonding
Boss/Employee relationship
Casual relationship
Childhood friends
Counselling
Courtship
Domestic!Drarry | Pet names
Enemies (to Friends) to Lovers
Established relationship
Fake/Pretend relationship | Arranged marriage
Flirting
Friends to Lovers
Friends with Benefits
Infidelity
Marriage proposal
Misunderstandings / Miscommunication
Reconciliation
Roommates | Sharing a Bed
Secret identity
Secret relationship
Slavery
Soulmates
Stalking
Strangers to Lovers (with various AUs)
Teacher-student relationship / Tutoring
Ties switching
Unhappy ending (between H/D)
Unrequited love
Arts : artist, dancing, music, musician, pianist!Draco
Auror | Military
Breakup specialist!Draco
Chef
Healer!Draco | Mind healer
Matchmaker
Minister-for-Magic!Harry
Model
Odd jobs
Pirate
Potions Master!Draco
Professor (at Hogwarts)
Prostitution / Sex Work | Stripper
Secretary / PA!Draco
Seer!Draco / divination
Unspeakable!Draco
Wandmaker!Draco • Wandmaker!Harry
Writer
Chubby!Drarry
Dark!Drarry
Determined!Drarry
French!Draco
Insecure!Draco
Jealous!Draco • Jealous!Harry
LGBTQIA+ : asexuality, coming out, crossdressing, fem!Drarry, transgender
Manipulative!Harry
Master-of-Death!Draco • Master-of-Death!Harry
Oblivious!Drarry
Older!Drarry (+ divorced)
Pining!Draco • Pining!Harry
PoC!Drarry
Possessive!Drarry
Powerful!Draco • Powerful!Harry • Powerful couple
Protective!Draco • Protective!Harry
Reckless!Harry
Recluse!Harry
Sassy!Harry
Shy!Drarry
Silly!Draco
Snarky!Draco
Spy!Draco / Redeemed!Draco
Sweetheart!Draco
Tall !Harry
Troubled!Draco | Exiled!Draco
Abusive relationship
Age difference
Amnesia
Animagus
Captivity : Draco in Azkaban | Harry in Malfoy Manor
Creature!Drarry (vampire, veela, werewolf) | merman | phoenix
Dark Mark
De-age
Disability (+blind, deaf) & mute
Drunkenness / Intoxication
Ghost
Illness | Hanahaki disease
Injury
Internalized homophobia
Life debt
Love / Lust potion
Mental health issues / PTSD | eating disorders
Mpreg!Draco • Mpreg!Harry
Occlumency
Parseltongue
Patronus
Sectumsempra
Substance abuse
Suicide implied/referenced
Tattoos (magical)
Bottom!Draco • Bottom!Harry • Switching
First time / Virginity | Awkward first time
Non-Con (Dub-Con) elements
Smut : (specialized) dildo, hate sex, hospital sex, ice play, piercings, praise kink, (semi) public sex, riding (Draco), sex toys, size kink, slut, wanking
Animals / Pets
Draco & his parents
Draco & Luna friendship
Draco & Ron friendship | Draco friends with Hermione/Ron first
Draco & the Dursleys
Draco & the Weasleys : Molly | George | Ginny & others
Draco has a sibling
Drarry & Scorbus
Drarry & Scorpius
Drarry & Snupin
Drarry & Teddy
Drarry & Wolfstar
Harry & Narcissa friendship
Harry & Pansy friendship
Harry & the Malfoys / Meeting the Parents
Harry & the Slytherins friendship
Harry has a sibling
Harry reconciles with his Muggle family
Matchmaking / Meddling from family, friends, professors…
Mentor!McGonagall
Mentor!Snape
Sex Ed class
The Golden Trio broken up
+ podfic
uncategorized themes (aka Suprise me!)
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I think I’m finally starting to get close to getting to the acceptance stage of last episode grief, so I guess it’s time to actually start producing at least some fanart, starting with some… slight projection.
The last 10 days have just been a love letter to them, ya know?
4 more to go until my v day challenge is finished!
Also petition to name the ship Steamed Broccoli.
The best Severus and Harry dynamic is when everything is exactly the same and they absolutely loathe each other
But also Severus is the one Harry goes to when he has a nightmare, the half-asleep Severus asking if he needs to 'kiss it better' (mocking, snarky) or 'actually kiss it better' (serious, protective) and he just needs to see how Harry reacts to know whether he needs to comfort Harry or if he's good to make fun of Harry until Harry's so annoyed he stops being upset. Severus is the one who kisses Harry's forehead when Harry absolutely wrecks himself playing Quidditch. Harry's the one who drags Severus to bed when Severus is trying to power through a headache. Harry's the one who cheers Severus up when he's upset by just being a sassy lil shit and cracking Severus up.
And it's even funnier when Remus Lupin is the only person who doesn't understand what the hell is this hot-and-cold dynamic? How the hell can Sev both hug Harry after a nightmare and yet also try strangle him when he says one thing wrong? And why is everyone so normal about this?! Why isn't anyone concerned?!
To everyone else, it's pretty obvious to everyone that Remus is an only child.