Capitu's Harry/Draco Recs

Title: Warm Together
Author: strawberryroseg
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 16,000 Approx.
Summary: Eight months in the life of Harry Potter, Professor of Defence at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as he gets to know his newest colleague and navigates his youngest son’s first year at school.
Content/Warning(s): Partly Epilogue compliant

This is such a lovely story. Harry has been the Defence Against the Dark Arts for several years but this year a new Charms Professor joins the staff: one Draco Malfoy. And it's just wonderful, let me tell you. The way Harry and Draco, older and more mature simply click and begin this friendship that turns to much more.

It's also Albus's and Scorpius's first year at Hogwarts and both Harry and Draco are nervous and excited. We learn that Draco has been something of a recluse before coming to Hogwarts, and so he fears for Scorpius, but they both find their places, find friends, a family and much more. Truly lovely, sweet and perfect for this season. :)

Title: Of Matchmaking Owls & Second Chances
Author: xerised
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 11,200
Summary: It's just Draco's luck to own an owl that's in love with Potter's owl treats. When Potter invites Draco's owl to be a taste-tester, Draco accepts. For the sake of his beloved owl, of course, not to rekindle that spark of attraction during their eighth year. Or because of how bloody fit Potter is.


This story is so lovely. Draco and Draco's owl are one of Speccy's Owl Treats best costumers (the c's on Speccy's are styled as round glasses and everything!). And so the owner, the creator of these treats, invited them to a private testing of new flavours. The owl – Humphrey is most insistent they go (you know how owls can get LOL) and so Draco going to this tasting only to discover the owl treat manufacturer is Harry. Of course it's Harry.

And wow, Harry is hot! But you see, Harry and Draco had a bit of a history back in 8th year, they formed a friendship, and now, after a couple of years of not seeing each other, maybe they are reading to pick up where they left off. :) Also, Hedwig lives in this fic! \o/

Title: Draco's Delicious Dilema
Author: darkmagicalgirl
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5,000 Approx.
Summary: Draco Malfoy bravely deals with new coffee shops, Harry Potter, low-sympathy coworkers, feelings, free muffins, Looks, and some extremely rude signage.


This fic is absolutely delightful. Harry's opened a coffee shop in Hogsmeade and has the sassiest sign in the world, and it gets in some really funny snarky contests with Draco, who is a teacher at Hogwarts.

Anyway, regardless of the sassy sign, Draco keeps coming back to Harry's Hedwig's Teas and Cozies because, aside from the free muffin Harry keeps giving Draco some Looks. It's hilarious and sweet and Harry and Draco's characterisation (and friendship with Cho and Anthony) are super! :D

Title: Still Clearly Up To The No-Good Things
Author: snsk
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3,800
Summary: “Tails,” Harry intoned to no-one in particular. // “Harry,” Draco said kindly, “perhaps it is getting a bit too late for you. You are gibbering again.”

This fic is completely awesome!!! It's from Ron's POV, and Ron is absolutely brilliant! He's realise that there's something very odd going on. Draco's made his way into their lives and he clearly is up to no good. And he's right, only not in the way he, Ron, is thinking. And probably not in the way you're thinking either, but I don't say anything else because it's hilarious and you have to see for yourself. :D

Title: With Great Yawns and Stretchings
Author: sugar_screw
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 22,000 Approx.
Summary: The coffee is very good. Really. And the cats are so cute. That's why Harry goes so often.

This is such a sweet, lovely fic. God, can you imagine Draco owning a cat café? Can you imagine anything more awesome? Draco owns a cat café! And it's completely wonderful.

One day, after a very trying day at work, Harry finds a stray, well, it's not really a stray, this little kitten is lost, but she has medallion with her address and of course Harry goes to return her safely. And that's how he discovers Draco owns a cat café, and makes a very good coffee, and realises he's as obsessed as ever with Draco. Thing that both Ron and Hermione keep telling him.

Naturally, naturally he keeps coming back to Cat's Brew Café and becomes a regular. It's super sweet and heart-warming how Draco takes care of all his cats, how Harry comes to love them, all of them, how he wants to help, and ultimately realises what was missing form his life. :)

Title: The Anti Harry or here at AO3
Author: dracogotgame
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,100
Summary: Harry has his eye on the new Fresher. The new Fresher has it in for Harry.
Content/Warning(s): Muggle!Non Magical AU, College!AU, slightly OOC Harry (think a Harry who's had a childhood severely influenced by both Sirius Black and James Potter).

Oh my god! This is another hilarious fic. I'm not exaggerating, it's going to roll around laughing – I know I did!

This Harry, if Ron and Hermione are to be believed, and apparently they are to be believed indeed, gets obsessed with all these people and chase them non-stop. And right now, he's got his eyes on this Fresher who is minding his own business and—you know, I really don't want to say anything else. Just, this fic is hilarious. Go read it and make sure you aren't drinking anything because you're going to be laughing all the way. Trust me!

Title: The Bet
Author: firethesound
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5,800
Summary: Harry really should know better than to make any sort of bet with a Slytherin.

This fic is just so awesome! It starts with Harry having a Very Bad Day, and of course it only gets worse when he bumps into Malfoy – quite literally, too! ^^

ANYWAY, one things leads to another and the next thing Harry knows he's doing a bet with Malfoy on who wins the upcoming Quidditch game. And you know what? The loser has to grand one demand of the winner. Anything the winner wants. :D I won't tell you what happens but oh man! It's so awesome!

Title: The Way Home
Author: boshfaker
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 15,700 Approx.
Summary: Draco closes his eyes a twenty-seven-year-old auror and opens them a thirty-five-year-old father of four. It takes time to adjust.
Content/Warning(s): Mpreg, Memory loss

I have a big, huge spot for memory loss fic, and this was wonderful. The story starts as Draco is clearly feeling unwell while on a mission with Harry. He's hit with a hex and the next thing he knows, it's eight years later, he's married to Harry and has for little boys and expecting a fifth. It goes without saying he's completely confused and overwhelmed.

But the thing is, little by little he start knowing them, his children, taking care of them seeing his life with Harry and falling in love – with all of them. It's not easy, they are complete strangers and it's so unlike the life he once knew and pictured for himself and the pregnancy, that it takes him some time. But let me tell you, seeing him trying, taking care of his family, seeing his feelings change and evolve is lovely. :)

Title: There Is Always the Moon
Author: firethesound
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 158,000 Approx.
Summary: Draco's life after the war is everything he wanted it to be: it's simple, and quiet, and predictable, and safe. But when a mysterious curse shatters the peace he'd worked so hard to build, there's only one person he can trust to help him. After all, Harry Potter has saved his life before. Now Draco has to believe that Potter will be able to do it one more time. (A remix of If the Sun Goes Black by pasdexcuses)
Content/Warning(s): A bit of gore.

As the summary says, this is a remix – a prequel, actually, of If the Sun Goes Black by pasdexcuses (PG-13, 23K) which I recced it here.

In that story we see Harry waking up with no memory of the last couple years of his life, finding out he's in a relationship with Draco Malfoy, living together and apparently quite happy. It's more than that though, because he soon realises there's something weird happening with Draco.

In this fic we learn how the two of them started living together, we see exactly the reason, he see everything Draco went through, the curse he's suffering (Draco's been cursed!) and how Harry is helping him.

I know it sounds a bit confusing, but let me tell you, this story is amazing. Draco's characterisation is so rich and touching, and the whole story is filled with details, it's pretty brilliant. Harry is pretty brilliant, too. We see them developing feelings for each other, see how those feelings sort of sneak up on them, and there's the whole thing with the curse on the other hand, super intriguing.

Like I said, this story is a prequel, but I actually suggest you read If the Sun Goes Black first and then this one. Not going to regret it at all. :D

Title: Letters Through Time
Author: JulietsEmoPhase
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5,700 Approx.
Summary: Harry has been gone for the past few years, unable to tell those he loves whether or not he was alive or dead. When he returns home, he is surprised to find he has some very important letters waiting for him.

Oh my god, this fic! It's just so sweet! Though I admit it kind of made all teary. There's gorgeous flangst here.

It's like the summary says, Harry's been gone for several years and he only just came back home and the first thing he does is read the letters that he received from his friends while he was away. And then he finds Draco's letters. We learn they were friends before Harry went on this mission for years and oh my god, I don't want to say anything else, because those letters, man, are so touching and beautiful (and might make you cry in the best of ways, guarantee!), and yes, that's all I'm going to say. It's lovely with the sweetest ending. :)

Title: Heartsight
Author: thethaumas
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 11,400 Approx.
Summary: One morning Professor Draco Malfoy receives a mysterious package, and in order to identify the contents he needs to ask for help from the only professor he is loathe to require assistance from.


This is a completely loveable story in which Draco gets a mysterious package that contains a mysterious Potion. Harry Potter, being the Potions Master at Hogwarts is more than ready to help a fellow colleague.

The thing is, during all the time they've been working together (Draco is History of Magic teacher) he's always held Harry at arm's length for very important reasons (!!!!), but now, spending this time together, well, wonderful things happen. :)

Title: War is Over or here at AO3
Author: valinorean
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 10,300 Approx.
Summary: The war ended years ago, but some people are still living in it.
Content/Warning(s): Magical AU: goes AU after 6th year.

This fic it's just, oh, so touching. :)

It starts when Snape, in order to protect Draco and save him from his mission to kill Dumbledore, he Porkeys him far away and Draco ends up alone in a tent away from everything magical. However, a few months later more Slytherins, also protected by Snape, are sent to the tent with the promise that Snape will come back for them when the war is over.

It's years and years after though, and they still waiting for Snape, until one day someone shows up. It's not Snape, it's the Aurors, Harry among them, and soon Draco and the rest learn the war's been over for years.

There's more to it though, because we get to see flashbacks of a moment Draco had with Harry and also learn what happens now that Harry is protecting Draco. Very sweet and touching. Lovely ending.

Title: One Night at the Leaky
Author: birdsofshore
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 12,500 Approx.
Summary: Harry should have known better than to accept a drunken dare. Especially when Malfoy was sitting right there, looking like that and wearing those bloody tight trousers.


This fic is crazy good. :D It's pub night, yes? Well, Harry and co are playing Truth or Dare just as Draco arrives. And of course it's Harry's turn, and him being wary of the dare (Seamus is there and drunk), he picks Truth, only truth isn't any better, so he decides to switch to Dare, which turns into a Big Dare to drink this pint of Gamp's Old Gregarious, a really foul drink, but if he goes through he gets to have a prize and also keep his super broom which somehow he was going to lose to Draco.

It's crazy good, I'm saying. Harry is absolutely taken with Draco (and his trousers, and his shirt - and the skin it shows - and his scent and pretty much all things Draco) and he has fantasies about those things right in the middle of the pub and—I'm never going to stop if I keep on. Just go and read it. It's amazing.

Title: We Might Be Too Old for a Bildungsroman
Author: calrissian18
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 21,000 Approx.
Summary: Harry finds something he’s been looking for since the war’s end. Admittedly, the packaging’s a bit odder than he expected.


Such a wonderful story. It's about Harry and Ron going on a mission and finding Draco owning a Muggle coffee shop instead. It's amazing, this new Draco is absolutely intriguing and it drives Harry crazy. Of course Harry can't leave it well alone (and Ron indulges him, truly, he's amazing, too), and he starts to get to know him, his Draco, with his fashion stile and soon he realises exactly why he's so drawn to him.

There are lovely characterisations and lovely original characters, Muggles, friends – family, really, Draco's made in his new life. It's original and wonderful. :D

Title: Requaero Probum
Author: evansentranced
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 18,000 Approx.
Summary: Parolee Draco Malfoy has one last chance to redeem his family name: a Requaero Probum, a noble quest to prove his honor. And what could be more honorable than travelling to a tower to save a damsel from a curse?

This story is a lot of fun. It's a Shrek adaptation in which Draco, in order to get an early parole termination is going to go on a quest. Basically he has to "rescue" Harry, who is shut in in a tower in the middle of the Forbidden Forest because his magic is wild and is a danger to people. Of course he's not going to go on this mission alone. He has to have a donkey court-appointed witness to ensure that the quest is enacted with due honour and virtue. ^^

And who better for that job than Percy Weasley? It's hilarious, Percy with his officious manners and reciting rules and allowed spells while Draco is absolutely exasperated, navigating dangerous waters, er, lands, that is, until finally reaching Potter's Tower.

It's really, really entertaining. :D