HD fic recs : raising children - part 3
Here are a few drarry fic recs that involve raising children. This is part three of three and focuses on longer fics (more than 50k words). Listed in alphabetical order, as always.
All I Want For Christmas (Is For You To Stop Talking) by @femmequixotic and @noeeon [162k]
The Nifflerâs Garden is the most prestigious wizarding nursery school in England and has been for the last century or more. Harry Potterâs boys are both enrolled as pupils at the Garden. When he volunteers to assist with the Yule pageant, he has no idea that heâll be working closely with another parent, Draco Malfoy. Although they havenât seen each other much since their own school days, Harry faults Malfoy for not being a hands-on dad to little Scorpius. Will the intense weeks of preparation fan the fires of enmity or something else entirely?
Warnings: Background discussion of divorce, coming out, parenting, very brief mention of difficult pregnancy.
Arms Wide Open: Hogwarts by @sitaz [28k]
Harry did not expect his Eighth Year to involve any more investigations of abandoned bathrooms. Nor did he expect to come across Draco Malfoy there, alone, bleeding and in late-stage labor.
Arms Wide Open: Grimmauld Place by @sitaz [36k]
After leaving Hogwarts, Harry and Draco face an uncertain future, raising Scorpius and dealing with the wizarding worldâs reaction to their situation. Sequel to Arms Wide Open: Hogwarts.
The Copper Cauldron by Newshound [150k+]
Draco thought his life had ended after being imprisoned in Azkaban. It  will take the love of the man he regards as his greatest enemy, the faith of his most trusted confidante, and the hope imparted by a beloved  child to convince him that his life has truly just begun.
Eight Days A Week by @romaine2424Â [121k] Â
This is foremost a love story and second itâs about those growing up years. Becoming adults with adult lives and adult decisions.
Yes, Harryâs a Trainee-Auror and Dracoâs a Healer-in-Training after the war. Yes, Harry eventually moves into 12 Grimmauld Place. And, yes, attraction happens between Harry and Draco and they fall in love, but then thereâs more. Draco is now free from Voldemort, free from fear of going to Azkaban, free from his Fatherâs beliefs, and free to be the person, the witch, the woman she always felt she should be. And for Harry, itâs time to lose the shackles of his childhood and discover who he really is and whatâs truly important in life. This story begins one year or so after the Battle at Hogwarts and follows their relationship faithfully for two years. The final chapter will take place later in their lives.
This is a positive transition story without body dysphoria, but will contain moments where prejudice and slights arise. This story is categorized as M/F.
25 Holiday Scenes for Eight Days a Week by @romaine2424Â [16k] Â
Eight Days a Week continues with 25 Holiday Scenes. As of now, they are all family oriented. If that changes, Iâll update the ratings! We begin where we left off in the Main Story (before the epilogue), which is a few weeks after Libbyâs surgery. They were married in the summer, and Prim, their daughter was born in September.
Exiled by @acanadianmuggle [55k]
THEN
Harry doesnât understand why Draco left him the way he did. Without so much as a âgoodbye.â Heartbroken, he started a family with Ginny, though it didnât last.
NOW
Harry has returned to Hogwarts as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and teach as his sons and daughter walk the same halls he used to walk with Draco.
SCORPIUS
Scorpius Malfoy has arrived at Hogwarts as part of the Beauxbatons student exchange program. His father has steadfastly refused to talk about his own time in England, and Scorpius is determined to ferret out his history. As Scorpiusâ health takes a mysterious turn for the worse, Draco and Harry are set on a collision course that will change everything.
Falling In Love and Other Adventures by @ladderofyears [69k]
Scorpius Malfoy - eleven and a half, and recently started at Hogwarts - tells the reader the story of how he came to be.
A Ferret, a ScarHead, a Weasel, and a Baby by trishjames [91k]
They say becoming a parent is an unparalleled, priceless joy. Draco Malfoy finds himself putting that theory to the test when the star witness in his dangerous illegal potions case entrusts him with a powerful wish: protect her newborn baby at all costs. Now, itâs up to Draco to fulfill that wish despite the looming threat of criminals hunting for the child. To think, just the day before, he was fretting over his inappropriate feelings for his annoying, bespectacled git of a housemateânot the mechanics of changing nappies!
Thank Merlin it takes a village to raise a sack of flour, ah, child.
Freedom to be by @quicksilvermaid [169k]
Harry Potter is the Boy Who Lived.
12 years after the war, heâs become the Boy Who Lived For Everyone Else. He has the perfect wife. The perfect house. The perfect job. The perfect friends.
Only nothing feels perfect.
Until one day he stumbles across a club called Release and begins a journey of self-discovery that takes him to a very different place.
I could be wrong, I could be ready by @harryromper [57k]
At first Harry wonders if theyâve managed to destroy his vaults and are trying to tell him in the most oblique way possible. But when he turns the page he realises theyâve found a vault. A vault in the name of Lily and James Potter.
The parchment trembles a little in Harryâs hand. He takes another gulp of wine.
Harry Potter left Britain after the war and didnât look back. Ten years later, when Gringotts discovers a vault containing his parentsâ belongingsâincluding their badly spell-damaged wedding ringsâheâs forced to face up to friends and family whoâve grown in ways he could never imagine, a wizarding London rebuilt beyond his expectations, and the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. And if that wasnât enough, thereâs the entirely unforeseen problem of Draco Malfoy.
Featuring pureblood wizarding traditions, ancestral magic, open mic nights, marriage equality, a diner in Brooklyn, and the return of Fleamont Potter.
In a Yearâs Turning by @hoko-onchi-writes [89k]
Thereâs an undeniable crackle in the air. Draco knows it down to his marrow. Can never unknow it.
He doesnât have to turn to know that Harry is standing at the library entrance. The hair on the back of Dracoâs neck prickles. Theyâve avoided one another for nine years. Managed not to run into one another during the week of Andyâs funerary rites. Theyâve glimpsed one another several times. But they never came close enough to speak.
Dracoâs kept to their rules for most of a decade. Letters only. Plans for Teddy. Updates on Pansyâs gardens. No references to the Christmas of 2001.
Draco spares a moment to grieve that he couldnât have put this off another nine years. Then, he turns.
âHi,â Harry says.
Dracoâs throat aches. âHello. Itâs been a while.â
Harry quirks a smile. âI wondered where that top went.â
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Or: Harry is struggling to raise Teddy by himself. Enter Draco.
The Lesson of You by @thecouchsofa [65k]
Harry likes kids. That doesnât mean heâs ready for a small boy to turn  up on the doorstep of Grimmauld Place insisting that Harry is his father. That was weird enough, but the child identifying Draco Malfoy as  his other parent was something Harry had no bloody idea how to handle.
Now My Neck Is Open Wide (begging for a fist around it) by LadySlytherin [75k]
Six months post-war, Harry meets Grayson Wenke, a famous Quidditch player. Harry believes heâs found the love of his life, and a Happily Ever After ending suitable for the storybooks. When Grayson slowly goes from Prince Charming to a monster behind closed doors, Harry finds himself trapped, and alone, and fearing for his life. When Harry realizes heâs pregnant, the opportunity for escape - and a real Happily Ever After - presents itself as none other than Draco Malfoy. The only question is if Harry is brave enough to take a chance, and strong enough to heal.
The Past is Just a Goodbye by oldenuf2nb / @dianacopland [55k]
New Auror Scorpius Malfoy has mysteriously disappeared after asking a particularly inconvenient favour from his best friendâs father.
Recipe for Life by @drarrelie and @janieohio [66k]
Draco has the perfect life. Heâs a star chef at one of Manhattanâs most highly acclaimed wizarding restaurants, he has a lovely apartment in Brooklyn facing the park, and in just a few days, his best friend and her daughter are coming up from Virginia for their yearly summer visit. Life couldnât be better.
True, he wouldâve preferred it if his dependable sous chef hadnât been counting down for her maternity leave. He could have lived without the hassle of finding her replacement.
But life isnât always made to order.
*
A love story in thirteen courses. Bon appĂŠtit!
Squib by Kestrel_Sparhawk [52k]
Harry has a respectable life: devoted to his family, teacher to the least-talented of the Wizarding community, retired hero. The Prophet hasnât caught on to a few things, such as the fact that Harry is gay. He and Ginny want to keep it that way. Itâs not a great life, but itâs his â until one day, an old school rival comes by to investigate his class. Suddenly, Harryâs life is no longer predictable.
The Star Splitter by @oflights [219k]
On a routine time travel assignment to the past, Draco stumbles upon 7-year-old Harry Potter and witnesses his neglect and mistreatment by the Dursleys. In the moment, there is only one solution, even if it goes against all his training as a Time Agent: he has to bring Harry back to the future with him.
In which Draco burns his life down for the sake of his former school rival.
Teach Me, Life; Guide Me, Love by Kira OHara [79k]
Revelations both painful and joyous set the markers in the path of every life. Thankfully, Draco has spectacular company for the journey.
Things That Change by eutichydes [84k]
After Hogwarts, everything changes.
The Ties That Bind by phoenix_writing [61k]
Upon Andromedaâs death, Harry and Draco are given custody of Teddy. Their lives will never be the same again.
Turn by Saras_Girl [306k]
One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.
I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!