Capitu's Harry/Draco Recs

Title: Death Dreams
Author: writcraft
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 9,600 approx.
Summary: Draco likes to keep things casual, or at least he did before Harry Potter barged back into his life.

Oh god, this fic is completely amazing. It starts – actually, it starts with Harry and Draco in bed, but then it jumps to the how they got there. Starting with Draco in Azkaban, all Harry did to get him out, what Draco did after he was released, and then, yes, how they got in bed. And it's gorgeous.

So many moments, flirting, Draco realising he could have Harry. Ah, I really don't want to say a lot as to not spoil it, so I'll leave you with a little quote:

Draco’s really good at this. Really, he is. That’s why he’s more surprised than anyone when his hands start to shake and Potter gives him this look through lidded eyes, his lips kiss-bitten and delectable. It’s not supposed to be this way.

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!

Title: Kiss Me (Under the Light of a Thousand Stars)
Author: sophie_french with illustrations by iwao
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 115,000 Approx.
Summary: Harry rescues Draco Malfoy from Azkaban, where he has been imprisoned for three years after the war. Draco is not as Harry remembers, as Azkaban leaves its mark on even the strongest of wizards. With no memory of who he was or how he came to be in Harry's care, Draco needs Harry's help if he is to have any hope of making a full recovery. But Harry has his own demons to fight and together with saving Draco, Harry must also discover a way to find himself.
Content/Warning(s): Mildly Dubious Consent

This is such a beautiful story. Gosh, it's going to take you in a rollercoaster of emotions.

As the summary says, the story is about Harry saving Draco from Azkaban, who instead of being there the one year he was supposed, he was imprisoned for three years and placed in complete isolation. And from then on, we live with both Harry and Draco the hard road to recovery, because, again, as the summary says, Draco has lost all his memories, he's locked himself in a place in his mind he feels safe, and leaving the comfort of his cell and his routine is traumatising.

In one hand we have Draco trying to cope with these changes, all these little mechanisms that help him (OCDs), and little by little, he start reacting to Harry. And then we have Harry, trying to hard to do well by Draco, to help him, find him treatment, comfort him, and working through his own issues as well -- for Harry is something of a recluse himself, and ultimately falling in love.

And the thing is, them falling in love with each other seems it's happening from the beginning, because they find comfort in each other. It's hard for Harry, because Draco doesn't remember anything, and then it's harder still when Draco finally does.

But don't worry. It's beautiful, it's gorgeous, see them healing together and apart, it's such a beautiful ride, painful at moment, but worth every second.

This story has beautiful illustrations by iwao. Most are safe for work, though there are a couple of steamy one that you're just going to love, but every single one gorgeous and make this story even more beautiful.

Title: Cold
Author: sophie_french
Rating: R
Word Count: 2,800
Summary: Once the cold settles in, it's pretty hard to find warmth again.

This is a beautiful story, the settling of it, the atmosphere it has, it's pretty incredible.

This story is about Harry being sent to Malfoy Manor to revise the dark, ancient books and to look over Draco who is on house arrest, but beyond that, there's a vulnerable Draco hiding, and Harry starts to see him. It's quite lovely, a touch of sadness, but it's got a beautiful ending.

Title: Put a Price on My Soul
Author: lamerezouille
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 12,000
Summary: Harry has become used to being a whore in the crapsack wizarding world that’s now governed by Voldemort. Everything changes when Malfoy becomes his new pimp.
Warning(s): dub-con/non-con of the prostitution variety, sexual violence, Magical AU


I love a good Dark Fic, and this was is great. It's a Voldemort wins AU, in which Harry ends up as a whore in a brothel, and this story starts when Malfoy is the new pimp in charge.

And while Draco improves Harry's living's conditions, his clients only get more vicious, yet he gives Harry something he hasn't had since he landed there; a bit of happiness. And with old friends, it comes hope.

It's really heart-aching though, Harry's life in the brothel, the abuse from his clients, the bleakness of his days until Draco shows at the end day.

Title: And I Know the Spark
Author: firethesound
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 15,000 Approx.
Summary: All Draco cares about is keeping Potter alive, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.
Warning(s): 6th and 7th year AU, infidelity, dub-con/non-con, torture, character death of minor OCs (including children)


I love AUs, this a really great (and angsty!) Hogwarts Era Au, in which Harry and Draco got together in 6th year, until Draco decides to become a spy for the Order so he can protect Harry, only he does it without telling Harry because he knows Harry would stop him, and the only way Harry would leave him is hurt him badly. It happens though, and then when Harry is taken prisoner at Malfoy Manor is up to Draco to save him.

It's hurts, everything Draco goes through while he's trying to protect Harry, knowing Harry thinks the worst of him, it's painful, but it's got a great ending. Lovely story, full of pain, but there's hope, too.

Title: The colour of snow
Author: creepylicious
Rating: R
Word Count: 3,700 Approx.
Summary: I think I can call this a modern vampire story. In which Harry is severe injured and Draco an Ministry experiment/captive.
Warning(s): Creature Fic


Such an intriguing story. Harry is hurt while on an Auror mission, and transported to an undisclosed location where he discovers Draco, whom he thought dead, being a Ministry prisoner kept to help badly wounded Aurors from dying with his vampiric Healing powers.

The thing is, Harry promised to free Draco, even though they both know the Ministry will remove Harry's memories of ever meeting him, so he leaves signs on himself, scars on his body, but will he ultimately remember his time with Draco? Ah, that is the question! ^^

It's intense and a little angsty, but so very compelling, too.

Title: Better Than Nothing
Author: vampyrerayne
Rating: R
Word Count: 17,000
Summary: Harry loves Draco, more than anything. And Draco loves him, too. Really. He just doesn’t know it yet. But that’s okay, because Harry’s got a plan. And soon, Draco will understand that they’re meant to be together. And then, everything will be perfect.
Warning(s): Mpreg, Dubious-Consent, brief-but-graphic birth scene (C-section).


Oh god, this fic. This story is so intriguing, it's the sort of fic that leaves you shocked. Well, stunned might be a better word, and you have to read it to truly experience it because I really don't know how to describe it without completely spoiling it.

The prompt and the summary will give you an idea of what it's about, but trust me, it's going to surprise you no matter how much you're expecting to be surprised. It's amazingly well done, and will stay with you for long after you read it.

Title: 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.

Title: Remind You What You Did When You Wake
Author: arsenicjade
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 22,000 Approx.
Summary: A damaged-but-not-broken Harry in the clutches of Death Eaters and a caught-up-in-circumstances Draco who's not actually evil.
Warning(s): NonCon, Sex, Torture, Violence, Character Death (not Harry or Draco)


This is such a powerful story, one of those high-impact fics that stays with you for a long time.

Harry and Ron have been captured by Death Eaters, Lucius Malfoy chief among them. They torture and violate them, both mentally and physically, and Draco, he's there too, but he's a spy, yet, he is coerced into torturing Harry, but as he does this, he opens his mind to Harry, letting Harry know how much he hates doing this, how sorry he is.

Eventually though Harry and Ron escape and defeat Voldemort, and I know I'm rushing here, and you'll have to forgive me because this 'eventually' covers Draco and Snape playing a huge part of it, with Draco actively keeping them alive during their captivity. But even after all this happened, that connection of the mind that Draco opened for Harry didn't close, and so Harry and Draco are bonding in a way, Harry has complete access to Draco's every thought.

Now, that the war is over and won, you have to remember that Harry and Draco are both very damaged and traumatised by what they did and suffered, yet, they have this link, a kinship of sorts, and are living together, trying to live past what happened.

It's not easy, it's not easy with Draco's growing feelings for Harry, which he practically shouts at Harry constantly without even meaning to, his desire, his want, and Harry's reactions to them, because part of him, a huge part of him can't forget what happened while he was a prisoner of the Death Eaters, but an even bigger part of him wants to forgive Draco, too.

It's a great story, intense and powerful, and I know it comes with some pretty strong warnings, but if you only give this story a chance, you're not going to regret it. It's pretty amazing, this fic is.

Title: Angels and Devils
Author: aj_socks
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 28,000 Approx.
Summary: Draco is captured by the Order and during his time as a prisoner, he realizes that both light and darkness can blind you to the truth.
Warning(s): minor character death, violence, dub-con (not between Harry and Draco)


This is a very intense story, in which Draco is prisoner of the Order, Harry's to be specific.

Written from Draco's POV, it's gorgeous, because he get learn about Draco, the most significant moments that made him who he is, that marked him, we get to see Lucius as a father, beyond the Death Eater, and about the Pure Blood ideals behind their involvement with Voldemort.

We get to see Draco change, not drastically, he's kept IC through all the story, but he changes, too, not his views, he doesn't suddenly convert, but for Harry, because he saw Harry, too, the way Harry saw him. The quotes that go along the story fit it perfectly. It's a very intense read, a bit dark at the beginning, but if you give it a chance it'll amaze you, and the ending is lovely.

Title: A Defeat More Triumphant Than Victory
Author: mk_malfoy
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 23,000
Summary: Whilst Harry is en route to right a wrong, memories of the past five years and, more specifically, the past week assail him and remind him how this tragedy-in-the-making began. If only he had listened to Snape at the end of sixth year when he’d told Harry to keep his mouth shut and his mind closed.
Warning(s): language; attempted non-con; violence; dark; character deaths, but not Harry or Draco, and suicide


The summary, the author's note and the warnings make this story looks a lot more aggressive and dark than it is. I'm not saying that by any means it's a fluffy read. It's angsty, emotional and poignant, but it's not a story you should be afraid to get your hands into.

Someone has stolen the Elder Wand, putting Harry and his loved ones in danger. The events this unleash bring Harry back memories of two encounters he had with Draco, that in all honesty, he could never forget, and maybe it's time to face them.

It is a story about loss, but it's also about new beginnings too.

Title: In Misery
Author: marianna_merlo
Rating: NC 17
Summary: Harry has been captured by the Death Eaters. Has all been lost to Voldemort, or is there still hope?
Word Count: 13,100
Warning(s): dub-con, non-con/rape, light slave training, and a bit of Stockholm syndrome


The first Dark fic at hd_holidays, and it's magnificent.

The moment I saw the warnings and saw it listed Stockholm syndrome I knew I was going to love it, and I did.

The thing is, Harry somewhere along the way Draco became Harry's ray of home, he actually believe Draco doesn't mean to hurt him, even though he's keeping Harry prisoner and training him to become Voldemort's slave. He, Draco, is obviously struggling with this, with what he has to do to Harry, but he's still doing it, which is a contradiction in itself.

Their encounters are intense and even tender, yet stained with the situation that at times Harry seems to forget.

I think it ends in the perfect place, too. It's a powerful story, do mind the warnings though, but it's so very worth it.

Title: The Perfect Wife
Author: all_not_well
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 8,000 Approx.
Summary: He can't remember what he was like before he lost his memory...but the person in the mirror doesn't really feel like him.
Warning(s): Mindfuck, dub con, identity confusion, boys with breasts, daddy kink, come play, drugs, forced feminisation, daddy!kink (actually, see full list at author's page).


I thought I had recced this story ages ago.

This fic, as you can see, it's loaded with warnings and kinks. There's Daddy!kink, mindfuck, dubious content, feminisation, comeplay, name-calling. It's got it all. And if you're wondering how did the author do to fit it all and make it work you're going to have to read the story, because she does, she really does.

This fic is very kinky and very twisted in a very good day.

Draco wakes up, and he has no idea where he is, or who he is, but there's Harry, and Harry is going to tell him everything he needs to know.

Mind the warnings, though. This is not a fluffy fic, not for the faint of heart. It's rather on the Dark Side of the spectrum, but totally worth it. Perfectly disturbing and I loved it in all its twistedness.

Title: The Haunting of Draco Malfoy
Author: omi_ohmy
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 27,400
Summary: After the War, there are many new ghosts, lost and uncertain, and Draco Malfoy has become a Peacebringer, working hard to help these and any other troubled ghosts move on. Draco finds himself stuck in a gothic mystery of his own when a recently missing Potter appears, spectral and silent, at Malfoy Manor.


Harry has gone missing, Draco is a Peacebringer who shortly after Harry's disappearance sees him, not as a ghost or spirit, but more as an apparition. Harry looks alive and colourful, but always silent, and Draco soon becomes obsessed with Harry, wanting to know what happened to him, and how he can help him to come back from wherever he's trapped.

It's so very touching, there's a scene that I loved, where Draco is talking to Harry but thinking Harry left, and it's so beautiful, this lonely confession of everything he's felt towards Harry. Very powerful. I loved this story.