The Florist by digthewriter

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Title: The Florist or here at AO3
Author: digthewriter
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,500 Approx.
Summary: Claiming to be looking for some normalcy in his life, Potter asks Draco for a job. Draco didn't think that they'd end up working so well together. But they do, and that’s totally weird.

Super cute fic about Draco opening a flower shop and Harry asking him for a job. Yep, as the summary says, they work well together, in fact, they work VERY well together. It's just sweet and delightful. :D

Lettered by pir8fancier

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Title: Lettered or here at AO3
Author: pir8fancier
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 8,000 Approx.
Summary: Harry has a secret penpal, whose identity is as plain as the nose on his face. Except he's not wearing his glasses.

I feel I'm the last person who's read these stories. :D Oh my god, what took me so long?? They are brilliant. (I say 'they' because the sequel are coming next. ^^)

This is an Epistolary story, and it's just amazing. Draco is anonymously writing these crazy, amazing letters to Harry. He's witty, snarky, vulnerable and completely honest. Harry doesn't know it's Draco, of course, until he finds out. But together, through their letters, they start to get to know each other. This is pre-war, slightly canon divergence but nothing huge, trust me.

You could say it's an open ending, as Draco has to make a choice at the end, only it's not because it has two sequel (just as good. God.). Sequels: Lush Life and Home Again, Home Again, recced here.

Note: Though there is no sex on screen here, top!draco & switching are implied. I know some people like to know that sort of thing. ^^

Lush Life & Home Again, Home Again by pir8fancier

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Title: Lush Life or at AO3 and Home Again, Home Again or at AO3
Author: pir8fancier
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 41,000 Approx. (adding both parts)
Summary: Draco Malfoy has just had his fortieth birthday, is currently editor of a soft porn gay men’s magazine published in the U.S., is the author of a no-holds-barred tell all of his life as a former rentboy, and is perfectly happy. Uh, not really perfectly happy, because we wouldn’t have much of a story, now would we? Enter one Harry Potter.
Content/Warning(s): Mention of past escort!Draco.

These two stories are sequel to Lettered (recced here).

After Lettered we don't quite know what happened, what was the choice Draco made. This is when we start to find out. Draco went to exile, and has been living abroad for twenty-two years. Hasn't seen Harry or heard anything about him. He started a new life. He was a high-class escort for a while, but now he's living in New York, and is editor of a successful gay magazine which is going to start publishing a UK version and he'll fly to London for the launch.

Soon after the announcement of Lush for the UK, he starts receiving emails from an anonymous person asking for advice, because he only just saw the man he loved and left him many years ago. Here we see them trying to figure out, re-knowing each other and see if what they had so long ago can work, learning what has happened with each other's lives after all these years. They are still madly in love, but there's so much between them, is love enough for them to get past their past?

Home Again, Home Again, is a little more dramatic in the sense that Harry was kidnaped, and we see all Draco goes through trying to find who did it and trying to find Harry, but at the same time we learn how their relationship has been so far, the ups and downs, the difficulties they've gone through to make their relationship work.

They are both amazing. When I started reading Lettered (I read all these in two days), I didn't even know it came with two 20K sequels, but the writing, the stories, everything, kept me glued to me seat, loving every word and wanting very badly for them to work. The characterisations are that amazing. God.

Though the sex scene is bottom!Draco, switching is implied.

Note: There's a podfic for the story "Lush Life" read by raitala, which is absolutely amazing. If you want to listen to it, here's raitala's Podcast Page where you can find all the stories she's read. And here's Lush Life part 1 & 2. Enjoy!