Title: Night Changes
Author: writcraft
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 10,600 Approx.
Summary: Draco and Harry have spent years dancing around one another, but Potter’s straight and married. Until one day he isn’t.
Content/Warning(s):

Such a gorgeous, beautiful story. After over twenty years of marriage, photos of Harry with another men are published in every wizarding publication. Draco reads them all avidly. But it's not a story about Harry dealing with the press, at least it's not only a story about that, it's a story about coming out, about finally being honest with yourself about who you are and what you want, no matter how old you are.

It's written from Draco's POV. They aren't best friends exactly, they just work together on occasion, Harry as Auror and Draco as a lawyer, but there's always been something between them, and now that Harry's out, maybe it could truly be something.

Seriously, lovely, intense and sexy, Harry and Draco are older, mature, they know what they want and it's wonderful.

Title: The Shape of the World
Author: bixgirl1
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 48,200 Approx.
Summary: 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?
Content/Warning(s): Memory loss

I so love memory loss fic and this one is wonderful. :)

The story starts when Draco travels to California for business and sees a familiar face, one that has been missing from the Wizarding world since right after the Battle of Hogwarts. It's Harry, though he quickly realises Harry doesn't remember him, doesn't remember himself, doesn't even know he's a wizard and—well. Obviously Draco has to do something, and that something is basically kidnap him and bring him back to London. :D

Of course he calls Ron and Hermione (who are very wary about the whole thing to say the least) and the process of bringing Harry's memories back starts.

It's wonderful, to see Harry starting to remember little things, and while this happen all this sexual tension between Harry and Draco growing – since Harry is staying at Draco's place while he's remembering. But of course it's not easy once the press gets wind of Harry being back. ^^

Title: Harry Potter and the Future He Doesn't Really Want, Thanks.
Author: Seefin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 70,000 Approx.
Summary: It was addictive, the feeling of Draco Malfoy telling him things in a soft voice early in the morning. Harry felt like he was taming a wild animal, or petting a cat that hated everybody else. This train existed outside of time, that was the only explanation Harry could come up with as to why Malfoy was actually having a civil conversation with him right now.
Content/Warning(s): Modern Era

This story has such a cool premise. It's rather effing brilliant, actually. Right after the war Harry starts having these dreams, visions of the future. Not in the 'you shall kill a Dark Lord' sort of way, just very vivid dreams that are in fact showing him the future. Sometimes it's little things, other times involve some of his friends, often it's something it's going to happen to him, and if that's not weird enough, his latest dream showed him a vision of him and Draco Malfoy being a couple, obviously in love, living together, such a sweet vision, so naturally he wakes up freaking out and freaks some more to Luna (his roommate, or rather he's staying in her couch) and Neville (sleeping with Luna). :D

He doesn't want that future. It's not that he hates Draco. He sort of ~nothing Draco, but it's still Malfoy, so it's enough reason for him to be utterly unsettled, so of course he runs into Draco right after having that first dream. :D It's rather brilliant, I'm telling you. He keeps running into Draco all over the city—Draco's been sentenced to leave the wizarding world so he's living amongst Muggles and he's really trying and, you know, I'm going to share one of my favourite quotes:

He knew, then, that Malfoy had changed, or would change, or was in the process of changing.

Harry knew, with the same surety, that he wanted to be there for it. He wanted to watch as Malfoy unfolded himself and shook out the parts that were cruel and mean and hateful. He wanted to watch for the moment when Malfoy’s limbs and heart and brain and muscles moved in a way that wasn’t heavy with unease and anger. He wanted to see a thousand more easy smiles on Malfoy’s face, it wouldn’t even matter if he hadn’t put them there himself. He wanted to see Malfoy bloom with laughter.

Slow burn and amazing. :)

Title: What Real Thing?
Author: loveglowsinthedark
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 12,700 Approx.
Summary: They don’t cuddle, they don’t talk about their relationship (or lack thereof) and they certainly never fall asleep in each other’s arms.


This story is just so cool, man. :D It starts with Harry and Draco in Auror training and everybody being horrible to Draco, basically, so when the time comes Harry asks to be partnered with Draco and eventually this leads to obsession (heh!) and then to a sort of friends with benefits arrangement. Only it's obvious Harry wants more, but Draco is resisting! ^^ Harry's nothing if not persistent though, so eventually—well, you'll see! It's fun and romantic. :)

Title: No Want of Motive
Author: oceaxe
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 28,000 Approx.
Summary: Draco’s side business requires him to know the hidden motivations of those he’s dealing with. When a chance encounter with Potter gives him a fascinating glimpse into the boy hero’s motivations, he can’t help but try to exploit his new insight. Featuring flirting, friendship, fantasies, furious denial, half-hearted denial, loss of denial, and a surprising lack of puns.
Content/Warning(s): minor Harry/Ginny, mention of past Draco/others

Such a cool and awesome fic. It starts with Draco wanting to sell some questionable artifacts, but you see, first he wants to know what motivations people have to buy them, so they don't end up with a Dark Wizard-wannabe, so he get this Motive Monitor that tells him people motivations/intentions, and right after he gets it, yep, he runs into Harry. And of course he uses it on Harry, and quite surprised to see it points to 'sexual attraction'! He starts flirting with Harry, first to get a rise out of him, but you know, being attracted to Harry himself, it is a bit of a double-edged sword. :D

Anyway, Draco ends up in some trouble and Auror in training Harry is appointed to tail him, which obviously drives Harry (and Draco!) crazy. There's tons of UST and smoking hot scenes (maybe a hint to unwilling attraction there ftw!), and eventually they have to face this sexual attraction becoming more than just sexual. Super!

Title: Boom Clap (The Sound of My Heart)
Author: femmequixotic and noeon
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 39,600 Approx.
Summary: Post-war Hogwarts has been energized by its new teaching fellows program. Where once bitter enmity divided the wizarding community, Malfoy and Potter chummily patrol hallways together whilst Granger and Zabini seek lost parts of the castle at McGonagall’s behest and Chang supervises Quidditch when not lecturing in Charms. It’s a veritable wizarding utopia and life is predictable for the first time in years. Which is, of course, when everything blows apart as the result of a drunken dare and Malfoy’s life is ruined beyond his capacity to repair it. Ever. In a million years.

Oh god, so much yummy pining in this fic. :D

That story starts with Harry and Draco doing rounds at Hogwarts. They are 'Fellows,' teachers assistants and sort of secondary teachers, if you will, helping their Head of Houses with the students as well. They are friendly, not best of friends, but definitely the sort of friends that have a nice banter going on, but things come to a head when this one night Harry confesses he fancied Draco back in sixth year. This turns Draco's life upside down, and it does so because Draco's always had feelings for Harry, and now they're back with a new fervour. Then things are a bit awkward between them and then less so, and then a lot more awkward after a drunken kiss in a drinking game and—well, let me say it again, there's a lot of pining in this fic. :D

It's from Draco's POV, and his characterisation is wonderful, seeing face his fear, help his students facing theirs, seeing his interactions with his fellow Fellows. Wonderful, all of this is wonderful. Those nearly 40K are going to fly, trust me! :)

Title: Five Weddings and a Potions Accident
Author: lauren3210
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 19,600 Approx.
Summary: In which Harry thinks he’s a playboy, everyone else knows better, and Hermione will kill Seamus if Ron tries to collect on that bet.

This fic is so awesome. There's a lot of smut, but you know, that's only one of the many awesome things about it.

The thing is, Harry is perfectly content with his life, but all around him his friends have someone, they are getting married, and they, Hermione in the lead, want to see him happy as well, so, they had this idea that for every wedding they'll set Harry up with someone, and will help Harry find true love. That there's a bet going on to see who sets him up best is by the by. :D

What they don't know is that Harry's been seeing Draco. It's a friends with benefit sort of arrangement, you see, nothing serious. But with each disastrous date Harry endures he realises maybe this thing with Draco isn't quite as simple.

So much smut! And pining, and gorgeous Draco, and friends first, and—well, it's wonderful. :)

Title: Highlands
Author: Seefin
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 16,200 Approx.
Summary: The tent was a joke, that was basically the only explanation he could come up with as to why the Aurors would send he and Draco on a several-month mission with only their most basic model. Once, when Harry had been on one of the big ones, the kind of mission where there was a little Auror camp out in the wilderness, twenty or so tents all pitched practically on top of each other, he had slept in one with two stories. Actually it was more of a mezzanine level, but still. Their current one didn’t even have a fucking toilet. And if Harry were allowed to communicate with anyone other than Draco then he would definitely be lodging an official complaint right about now.


This fic is such a delight. As the summary says, Harry and Draco, Auror partners, are sent on a mission with the smallest of tents. But that's not a huge problem. Granted, it's a problem, along the lousy tent there's the lousy weather and the lousy mission, but that's all fine. The thing is, Harry has this huge crush on Draco, Draco who is absolutely wonderful and is a special friend, they are very good friends, but they are like, dude, they are special friends, okay? See:

Sometimes they went to Luna and Ginny’s place to play board games, sometimes they went over to lunch at Ron and Hermione’s, but mostly they went to the cinema, or to bookshops, or art galleries. It was nice, Harry thought, having a friend that he’d had to work for, and for that work to be rewarded with something so lovely.

It was what made the fact that he was probably a tiny bit in love with Draco Malfoy such a fucking inconvenience.

There's a bit of banter and this lovely slow-build. Really, this fic is wonderful. :)

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This is going to be my last post for a few days. I'm travelling but coming back December. In the meantime, happy reading. :)

Title: The Darkness Before the Dawn
Author: renrenren3
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 55,600 Approx.
Summary: A mysterious creature is loose in London, stalking and killing people. Auror Harry Potter requests the help of a liaison from the Beast Division and gets saddled with Draco Malfoy. Will they be able to stop the creature before it claims more lives?
Content/Warning(s): brief descriptions of dead bodies


This fic is just so exciting. It's a case!fic, and the plot is super! As the summary says, it starts when Harry requests helps from the Beast Division because there's been attacks in London and it's clearly a creature, and Malfoy is the liaison they sent.

And oh my god, they do not get along at all, but Draco proves to be super efficient and even though he's a pain in Harry's bum he's extremely helpful. However, some people at the ministry (the Head of Draco's department among many) are still very prejudiced, and soon start to wonder if maybe Draco's being so efficient because he's hiding something. Harry knows it's not the case, he's seen Draco's work and though it's not easy working with him, he trusts him. Along the way, well, there's attraction (very nice slow-build), which they fight and even ignore, the case becomes more complicated what with people suspecting Draco. It's really, really interesting and exciting, awesome characterisations of Harry (he's such a great Auror) and Draco (smart, efficient Draco!). :)

Title: Strange Bedfellows
Author: ravenclawsquill
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 30,000 Approx.
Summary: When Harry encounters a frail and fidgety Draco Malfoy at the Ministry, he just knows something is wrong and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it.
A story about Deadly Nightshade, crippling insomnia, excellent wine … and finding what you need in the strangest of circumstances.
Content/Warning(s): Potions addiction

There's so much lovely hurt/comfort in this fic. It starts when Draco summons Harry to his office for a work-related interview (Draco's working on a reform of Wizengamot Hearing procedures) and he needed to interview Harry about his hearing back from Fifth Year. Anyway, Harry is super curious about what Draco's been up to but once he sees Draco he realises there's something wrong with him. Days pass without hearing from Draco again so he takes a chance and goes to see him again, only to find him unconscious, and after taking him to St Mungo's, learning he had an unintentional overdose of Dreamless Sleep Potion.

He's surprised by how worried he is, how much he cares, and from then on, he's there for Draco every step of the way. There's a lot of emphasis on the comfort here, to the point that Draco practically moves in with Harry. And of course, eventually realising their feelings for reach other. Lovely. :)