A Winter's Tale of Blood and Duty by marguerite_26

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Title: A Winter's Tale of Blood and Duty
Author: marguerite_26
Rating: R
Word Count: 8,700
Summary: While Draco clings to the tattered remains of his family, Harry attempts to define himself in the post-war world. Disturbing events at Malfoy Manor bring them together.


I love this story because it explores in a different direction the fate of the Malfoys after the war, and so does Harry's.

It's a bit dark, in the sense that Dark things are happening at Malfoy Manor, with Lucius, and so Narcissa asks for Harry's help, who is an Auror in training and so far, being an Auror is not quite what Harry expected at all. There are some unpleasant frictions with his co-workers and superiors.

That's what's dark about it, sort of the way it's written, in a very serious context, if that makes sense. It's mysterious and the right side of chilling, and very mature.

All I Want For Christmas by jan_rea

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Title: All I Want For Christmas (Is the two of you together)
Author: jan_rea
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4,200
Summary: While Draco clings to the tattered remains of his family, Harry attempts to define himself in the post-war world. Disturbing events at Malfoy Manor bring them together.


Such a fun, fluffy, Christmassy story. Draco being obsessed about the holiday, and driving both Harry and Ron spare in the process—in different ways!

Amazingly enough, it's Ron who figure things out before Draco and Harry (you know what I'm talking about ^^), and gives them a little push in the right direction.