Title: You Just Have to Try
Author: queenvandal
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 15,000 Approx.
Summary: Seven years after the fall of Voldemort, a magic-less Harry is set upon by an unknown organization, and having Auror Draco Malfoy assigned as his bodyguard really is the least of his problems.
Content/Warning(s): Dysthymia/Depression Featured Heavily, Mentions of Suicidal Thoughts, Oral Sex, Bad Language

This story is so lovely. The thing is, for reasons unknown, after defeating Voldemort Harry lost his magic, but it's more than that. Harry is not well. He lost touch with this friends, the magical world and he's become something or a recluse. Yet, there are still attempts on his life, and the Ministry has seen fit to protect him and the Auror to do it is Draco Malfoy. And Draco is actually perfect for it, because he encourages Harry to do things, to go out, to fight his Dysthymia and depression.

It's wonderful the way he cares for Harry, the way he pushes to Harry to do things, to get better. And more wonderful still, it's the way Harry tries and even open himself to the chance of happiness.

Lovely.

Title: Yours is the Earth (Hold On, Hold On)
Author: chickenlivesinpumpkin
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 127,000 Approx.
Summary: When they first meet after the end of the war, Draco doesn't want anything to do with Harry. But as time goes by, Draco's growing love may be the only thing that can save them both, because after a serious accident in the Forbidden Forest, Draco's personality begins to undergo subtle changes. At first, Harry credits this to a new enthusiasm for life. But as the days pass and Draco's behavior becomes more and more mysterious, Harry begins to suspect that something bigger--and darker--is at work.
Content/Warning(s): Mental Health Issues, violence, some elements of horror.

This story, kind of tells two stories at once. It's starts with an accident in which Draco nearly dies. We see Harry suffering, seeing his lover of two years seizing and convulsing without being able to do a thing. But miraculously Draco survives, only, it's not that simple; something claimed him, a Creature is in control of his body and now he's not really himself. He now only lives in a small part of his mind, and he'll do anything to protect Harry because he soon realises this creature that lives in him has no mercy.

At the same time, we see how Harry and Draco met for the first time six years after the war when Draco, Potions Expert gives the Auror Department a lecture. Harry's reactions when he sees him, God, those are gorgeous. You see, Harry is obsessed, and not in the usual way, he's determined to find out what Draco is up to, but Draco is not up to anything. Draco's just Draco, he has issues, social anxiety and once Harry starts seeing this different part of Draco, well, he can't help himself. He wants. And this is how we see the beginning of their relationship.

It's amazing, those first weeks of Harry being absolutely obsessed with Draco are awesome, see this thing they start having become something else, how they built their relationship. And at the same time we see and live Draco's anguish at not having control of his body, at trying to fight the Creature without putting Harry in danger, hoping Harry will realise this Draco is not really him, the ending, after everything they've gone through, worth it.

Also, this story is mainly bottom!Draco. There's some switching though! ^^

Title: He Who Must Not Be Normal
Author: lettered
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 41,500
Summary: Potter has fame and fortune and posh clothes and all he wants is a simple life. Draco has a flat and a cat and a steady job and all he wants is a complicated life. Which makes you think this story has something exciting like body-swapping, but it doesn’t. Instead it has Indian takeaway and a blue jumper and people wanting a whole lot of what they can’t have, discovering themselves as they discover each other.
Warning(s): dirty talk, verbal humiliation, scar kink, reference to self-harm, mental instability, PTSD, substance abuse (and a few more on the fic post)


This story, this story is amazing. It's not only incredibly hot, there's so much emotion, too.

It shows you deeply the war affected Harry, but it's not only the war, is the way he was raised (kept), too, the way people see him, the way the want to see him, and ultimately the way he seems himself.

And Draco, it's about the way Draco sees Harry too. Because he has his own ideas and preconceptions of how and who Harry is, before he knew him, before he really knew him, and once he starts knowing the real Harry, how these change, how he falls in love, how he comes to need this crazy, insecure, unstable Harry.

Yet, it's about Draco as well. Draco and his own issues, he's own traumas, wishes and dreams left behind.

It's ridiculously hot, but it's mostly about two damaged people, who fit together and gave each other what they need.

Title: In Death’s Dream Kingdom
Author: kedavranox
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 7,500
Summary: ‘We need to get going,’ Harry says. ‘We have a lot to do if we want to finish what we started.’
Warning(s): Major character death


Have you ever read something so devastating and beautiful that you almost have no words to describe it? This story is like that.

I almost don't want to tell you anything about it because, for one, I don't think I can make the story justice, and for another, because I don't want to spoil what reading it will make you feel.

It's raw, it's painful but it's beautiful. It's going to hurt, but you're going to love it, because beyond the warnings, this is a story about love.

Title: All That Remains
Author: lordhellebore
Rating: R
Word Count: 21,000
Summary: In a Great Britain destroyed by war and plagued by magical epidemics, those who are left behind struggle to survive and find meaning.
Warning(s): Character death (not Harry or Draco), dub-con (not between Harry and Draco)


This is one of the most touching stories I've ever read.

In a world devastated after the war, the Drain of Magic, and magical epidemics, Draco is a Social Worker. Harry simply went missing, after a ritual that would help to destroy Voldemort, but caused countless deaths and drained of magic to all witches and wizards.

I simply can't describe how dramatic this fic is. It's going to grip your heart from the very beginning, and it's going to squeeze it little by little until you feel it's going to break. But it's such a gorgeous story, finding comfort under these circumstances, and from the most unlikely sources. It has a beautiful, hopeful ending.

Title: Hearts Open (at the Close)
Author: literaryspell
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 20,000 Approx.
Summary: Harry wins the war and loses himself. It’s Draco’s job to heal him, but that might just be impossible. Especially after Harry takes matters into his own hands.
Warning(s): explicit sex, dubious consent bordering on non-con, suggestions of mental imbalance


This fic has an incredibly powerful Harry who has little control over his magic, and slightly (maybe not slightly) mentally unstable, and Draco is trying to help him as his Healer, but soon he finds swept by Harry's delusions and they escalate beyond his power.

And it's so interesting, because at first he fights Harry, at least he tries to, but this proves to be impossible, up to the point that he starts losing himself a bit as well.

I love the plot of this story, I love how the author writes Harry, in spite of everything he does, you can't find it in you to hate him or resent him. I don't mean that Harry is dark or evil, he's not, it's that he's not quite sane, and it's fascinating in a slightly twisted way, you know? This is the sort of fic that leaves you speechless, in a good way.

Title: A Frayed and Threadbare Wish
Author: libby_drew
Rating: R
Word Count: 17,500
Summary: Today's victory lies in the future. Harry and Draco's mission to find the Malfoy Legacy leads them to places – and people – they never thought they'd see. Canon compliant through Half-Blood Prince.


I have to warn you, you're going to start reading this story and you're not going to understand it at first, but soon everything is going to fall into place, and if you're anything like me you're going to scroll back up and re read the beginning and it's going to fascinate you.

The idea of time travel, mixed with a crazy Draco from the future who holds the key to end the war is absolutely brilliant.

This fic has a companion ficlet, find it here: Untitled.

Title: Jolene & sequel Jolene Deux
Author: roma_fics
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 27,500 Aprox. (adding both parts)
Summary: Harry comes back from a mandatory holiday and finds that an Auror raid on his favourite establishment could expose his biggest secret. However, another has even more secrets than he does at stake.// Draco makes special plans after being told by his Healer that he's fully recovered from being pregnant and having given birth to his and Harry's daughter, Violet. I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into Harry's and Draco's future life together. The story begins immediately after where Jolene ended.
Warning(s): Mpreg, gender-bender, fetish.


This is one hot story, and so very complex, too.

I love the way it's written. It has a very mature language, and not only because there's swearing and the sex (OMG!), but the feel about it, it's a very adult story. Erm, I don't know if that makes sense, but it does to me. ^^

It's a widely known story, so I won't go into details, just say that the scene of the discovery, when Harry learns who Jolene really is, it's incredibly tender and erotic, and it takes my breath away every time.

This whole story does, actually.

Title: Love Is…
Author: melusinahp
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 13,800
Summary: This is a story about love. It is not a romance.
Warning(s): Deathly Hallows situated AU, dark, dub/coerced-consent, pre-story character death (not Harry or Draco)


This story is an amazing piece of work. It's tragic and heart breaking and raw.

It's sad, so very sad, and realistic. This is what Harry goes through after Ron and Hermione are killed by Death Eaters and he's taken Draco and Pansy prisioners.

Harry's feeling of loneliness is eating him alive, and you can feel it, see it in your mind, because the descriptions are so powerful. His reaction to Draco, and Harry seeking comfort wherever he can find it, while struggling and coping with his best friends deaths.

Title: Getting There
Author: rickey_a
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 18,000 Aprox.
Summary: An attack on Malfoy Manor ends up being not what it first seemed, as Auror Harry Potter finds out. Hermione Granger-Weasley finds herself appointed as Draco's Healer, designated to work with him, the survivor of a suicide attempt. Taking his first steps down the road of self-healing, Draco discovers that life is worth living, and there's probably room for someone else to share his path.
Warning(s): attempted suicide


This is the story of how difficult it's been for Draco to have had survived the war. This is the journey of his recovery from a suicide attempt with help that comes from the most unlikely source.

It's very emotional and touching, but also very hopeful and incredibly sexy all at once.

This story has two accompanying pieces: Little Missives & Canals