The Burning Times by Dracos_DirtySecret
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my_drarry_recsTitle: The Burning Times
Author: Dracos_DirtySecret
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 267,000 Approx.
Summary: Six years ago, Draco Malfoy left his new husband with the promise that he would return. Locked away in a Muggle prison for a crime he committed out of rage, he returns years later to what he hopes is a new life with his husband, & finds in his place an empty bed, & a world that has no right to exist.
Warning(s): Mpreg, Character Death (not Harry and Draco), Non Con (not between Harry and Draco), AU
This story is fantastic. (And sorry for what I think it's my longest rec yet. >.<)
It's the Wizarding world worst nightmare. The Muggles are aware of the Magical world's existence, and they are persecuting wizards and witches, keeping the them in prison, witches in camps and bounding their magic.
This fic tells three stories at the same time. No, it's not confusing, yes, it's incredible.
It tells how Harry and Draco got together, back when Voldemort was the threat, not the Muggles. It tells how their relationship was at first secret, and how Draco was a spy for the Order. It tells how these persecutions started, how the Muggles slowly starting killing and trapping wizards, binding their magic, and what happened to Draco while being in prison in a different country and how Harry went through this without him. And these two merge into the main story; Draco returning to England years after, finding the Wizarding World nearly extinct but for those few who have survived by hiding, unaware of everything Harry had suffered and realising how much he had, and all the struggles he endures, all he does until he finally frees Harry and the other prisoners who are barely alive in the Muggle prisons and camps.
It's almost stark, nearly a Dark story, but not because it's hopeless, but because it's so very dramatic, the persecutions of the Muggles, the abuse, mental, psychological and physical wizards and witches suffer is almost disturbing.
It's touching, it's so incredibly touching, the struggles, God, everything Harry and Draco went through, together and apart. Harry constant, growing dread about what's happening in the Wizarding world while the Muggles attack them, and Draco being away in prison, lost from the world, unaware of everything Harry and his world is going through. But I must stress, while there's plenty of Angst, and indeed, I'm tagging this entry as angst, it's not only angst. There are parts, many parts, that will make you smile, parts that will remind you how strong they are, and how together they can overcome anything.
Just like a tragic story, this fic, as it portrays everything the characters go through, it also shows you all these things that are worth going through hell and back, you know?
It's mainly told from Draco's POV, but it switches to others, which can be a bit distracting, but the story is so good even with that distraction.
There's only a bit of a downside, and this that the sequel From the Ashes is incomplete, and probably abandoned, as it hasn't been updated since 2009. But it's not that this fic ends in a cliffhanger, just, you would have liked to know more of their story. But it's really great. One of those epic stories you remember.
Oh, Also, while in this story they switch, it's mainly bottom!Harry.
Author: Dracos_DirtySecret
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 267,000 Approx.
Summary: Six years ago, Draco Malfoy left his new husband with the promise that he would return. Locked away in a Muggle prison for a crime he committed out of rage, he returns years later to what he hopes is a new life with his husband, & finds in his place an empty bed, & a world that has no right to exist.
Warning(s): Mpreg, Character Death (not Harry and Draco), Non Con (not between Harry and Draco), AU
This story is fantastic. (And sorry for what I think it's my longest rec yet. >.<)
It's the Wizarding world worst nightmare. The Muggles are aware of the Magical world's existence, and they are persecuting wizards and witches, keeping the them in prison, witches in camps and bounding their magic.
This fic tells three stories at the same time. No, it's not confusing, yes, it's incredible.
It tells how Harry and Draco got together, back when Voldemort was the threat, not the Muggles. It tells how their relationship was at first secret, and how Draco was a spy for the Order. It tells how these persecutions started, how the Muggles slowly starting killing and trapping wizards, binding their magic, and what happened to Draco while being in prison in a different country and how Harry went through this without him. And these two merge into the main story; Draco returning to England years after, finding the Wizarding World nearly extinct but for those few who have survived by hiding, unaware of everything Harry had suffered and realising how much he had, and all the struggles he endures, all he does until he finally frees Harry and the other prisoners who are barely alive in the Muggle prisons and camps.
It's almost stark, nearly a Dark story, but not because it's hopeless, but because it's so very dramatic, the persecutions of the Muggles, the abuse, mental, psychological and physical wizards and witches suffer is almost disturbing.
It's touching, it's so incredibly touching, the struggles, God, everything Harry and Draco went through, together and apart. Harry constant, growing dread about what's happening in the Wizarding world while the Muggles attack them, and Draco being away in prison, lost from the world, unaware of everything Harry and his world is going through. But I must stress, while there's plenty of Angst, and indeed, I'm tagging this entry as angst, it's not only angst. There are parts, many parts, that will make you smile, parts that will remind you how strong they are, and how together they can overcome anything.
Just like a tragic story, this fic, as it portrays everything the characters go through, it also shows you all these things that are worth going through hell and back, you know?
It's mainly told from Draco's POV, but it switches to others, which can be a bit distracting, but the story is so good even with that distraction.
There's only a bit of a downside, and this that the sequel From the Ashes is incomplete, and probably abandoned, as it hasn't been updated since 2009. But it's not that this fic ends in a cliffhanger, just, you would have liked to know more of their story. But it's really great. One of those epic stories you remember.
Oh, Also, while in this story they switch, it's mainly bottom!Harry.
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Date: 2013-08-29 09:44 am (UTC)Still, I have to ask: it says mpreg in the warnings. Is there a lot of it in the story? I don't know why, I've just never really managed to finish a story that has too much emphasis on mpreg :-/
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Date: 2013-08-29 11:15 am (UTC)Not an mpreg fan, then? ^^ Sorry to hear that, I do love them and think mpreg have something very special about them, but when it isn't your thing, it isn't your thing. I respect that.
Well, since the story moves back and forth, timeline wise, there is some mpreg content, but it's not graphic. The child, Harry and Draco's daughter, does have an important roll all around, but there's little of the pregnancy and deliver itself. That is mostly referred in past tense, and the thick of the plot is more about Draco's disappearance and Harry's imprisonment.
I hope you keep enjoying the recs! *hug*