Ten Drarry Fics That Made Me Smile Like an Idiot in 2017
I was supposed to write this post a lot earlier, Iād planned to do it on NYE but the last couple weeks have been kinda crazy, so I couldnāt find the time to do it then, to make up for it, this will be an annotated rec list, meaning that Iāll also put in everything that I absolutely love love love about that fic. So here you are, more than 3 weeks later than planned, my fluff recs for 2017.
As the title suggests this list is SUPER subjective. These fics are just such nice, light reads with little to no angst and sometimes you just need something this cute and just good.
Edit: Upon finishing the list I realized that my āreviewsā are basically just me gushing about the fic in question. So if youāre expecting to find actual intelligent, technical reviews, you are not going to find those here.Ā
Operation: S.M.W.L.N.T.E.T.H.S.P by XxTheDarkLordxX
Typically, notes from admirers would bring smiles to oneās face or even lift their mood. It might make their day or even their week. It was a sign of a romantic at heart and even considered sweet.
However, Draco Malfoy doesnāt do sweet. If he got one more note saying he looked radiant or beautiful, he was going to kill someone. Literally. His secret admirer better stay a secret before he cursed them into oblivionā¦ right after he figured out how to stop blushing.
This thing right here is so pure and funny The secret admirer notes that Harry sends are so cute and Dracoās reactions to the notes and how they went from āI wanna kill this person.ā to āI canāt stop blushing.ā is also great. Also they (everyone except Harry, Harry hates it) call it āOperation: Seduce Malfoy With Love Letters To Ensure That Harry Stops Piningā which is kind of hilarious. It was a very fun, light read. 10/10 would recommend.
Imagine Draco, sometime after the war, sitting alone in his flat and not knowing what to do with himself. He feels so empty, but on the other hand, thereās so much he wants to say. But who should he talk to? Thereās nobody there. So he just begins writing his thoughts down. Little does he know his owl is delivering these to the person she thinks Draco needs most in his life
Ahhh this one is just so sweet. I love the idea that Dracoās owl delivers his discarded letters to (SPOILER) Harry. You get to see Harry help Draco so much and I know that I use the word pure a lot (and there is definitely more to come) BUT ITāS JUST SO PURE AND NICE. I just love it a lot.
Surviving the Horde by FleetofShippyShips
Draco has managed to avoid Christmas at the Burrow for ten years, but not this year.
Domestic Drarry, DOMESTIC DRARRY, DOMESTIC DRARRY. All the bickering and the domestic fluff is so heartwarming. I can definitely see Draco refusing to join Harry at the Burrow for Christmas until one day Harry stops taking no for an answer and drags Draco along anyway. Dracoās interactions with the Weasleyās, his friendships with Ron and Ginny are just SO good and I want more of it all. Ā
Magic Tricks by cant_we_just_be_happy
Dracoās wasted. Harryās annoyed. Draco wants to be entertained. Harry shows Draco a bit of muggle-culture.
So, Drunk Draco is a clingy blessing. How fascinated Draco is by a simple card trick is just so adorable. The way he demands to know which spell Harry used is just so adorable. How he has basically no filter when drunk is just so adorable. Draco is just so adorable. Oh, and itās an eighth year roommates AU, which is such a good trope.
I Canāt Take It! by XxTheDarkLordxX
After the war, Draco Malfoy became an author. A best selling author whose books move the hearts of those who read them. Which wouldnāt be a problem for Ron if all of them werenāt about Harry! It was obvious to him that Malfoy was in love with his best friend but why was it that no one else seemed to think so? He was going to get to the bottom of this and get Harry to stop mooning over the blonde idiot at the same time. Perhaps, they just needed someone to come along and get them to fess up. For the safety of his own sanity, Ron was going to help Malfoy ensnare Harry. That is, if they can get along long enough not to kill each other.
IšfuckingšlovešauthoršDracoš Well that and THE RON AND DRACO FRIENDSHIPĀ GivešmešmorešRonšandšDracošfriendshipšĀ Okay, for real though, Draco writes novels, fucking novels, inspired by Harry and Harryās a huuuge fan of his work. Itās basically mutual pining but more complicated and better and just great.Ā
Stealing Sweaters by DorthyAnn (JenniferMarie)
Itās their eighth and final year and over the course of several months, Harry and Draco have managed to become close friends. Their friends are entirely certain that they ought to be much, much more. So they just decide toā¦ help things along.
I love this so so so much itās just so god damn relatable and funny but not without a little bit of angst. Having meddling friends that mean well but almost ruin everything for you is a concept that Iām VERY familiar with and it was nice to see that reflected in this. How Dracoās and Harryās friends worked together to get Drarry to happen was great, although they made it worse than it was before they meddled. Other than their getting together arc, Harry and Dracoās friendship is also very lovely. Read this, do it, itās great.
Weāre Already Married by XxTheDarkLordxX
āOur whole lives we have always told people that we were married. I knew that it wasnāt exactly normal but it was always something that filled me with so much affection for you. I have loved you for so long. Longer than I ever realized.ā Harry took a deep breath as he looked into shining silver eyes.
Three-year-old Harry asks little Draco to marry him and they insist to anyone who will listen that they are indeed already married.
Okay so, cute baby Drarry ā
Jealous friends Drarry ā
I love you so much that I canāt be friends with you anymore Drarry ā
Oh jeez, this thing right here is just the purest tooth-rotting fluff that Iāve read in the last year. Just imagine tiny Harry telling tiny Draco that he has pretty eyes and that theyāre best friends and asking Draco to marry him because theyāre best friends and Harry really likes Draco. Doesnāt it just make you want to squeal?! Itās just so pure and sweet and nice and *sigh* I just have a lot of feeling for this fic.
Falling In Like by SereneFreakGeekFandoms:
Returning for his eighth year, Harry finds himself followed by girls catcalling him, surrounded by paired up friends that would rather snog in his presence, and unexpected thoughts that begin to fill his head to the point of confusion. With some gay novels thrown in.
āFalling In Likeā features a very sexually confused Harry and itās about him understanding and coming to terms with his sexuality. And Draco reads muggle gay novels and him and Harry lowkey start a book club between the two of them and itās great.Ā
Kiss Me Not by DorthyAnn (JenniferMarie)
Sometimes a witch or wizards magical signature is so completely incompatible with another that they repel one another like magnets. On the other hand, if two magical signatures mesh well together, well there are no stronger relationships in all the world. In a sample of a thousand people, the average witch or wizard will be slightly repelled by four or five people and strongly repelled by only one, at the most. The opposite is true for attraction.
But Harry Potter canāt kiss anyone at all.
God, I love this so, so much. One thing about me is that Iām a sucker for soulmate AUās and while āKiss Me Notā is not technically a soulmate AU, it certainly has a lot of the elements of a soulmate AU. Guys, itās just so cute and so well written and just really well thought out. Itās amazing, I love it, itās amazing.
A Hyperactive Fruit, a Nasty Neighbour and a Love Story by synonym4life
Potterās pet Niffler is wreaking havoc in Godricās Hollow and Draco, the Assistant Head to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, is the one who has to deal with it. Repeatedly. The fact that Potter keeps coming to Dracoās office in grey jogging bottoms - repeatedly - does in no way help the matter.
And last but definitely not least, we have this guy here, the only R rated fic in the list. So Harry has the most adorable pet Niffler, who has a weird obsession with oranges as well as garden gnomes. Draco is weak for Harry with joggers. This is hilarious and adorable and also, itās really, really good smut. *fans self* ((Fun fact, I am sitting at a coffee shop in our student union building and I wanted to skim through the fic to remember details and I couldnāt stop reading it and then suddenly I was reading smut on a laptop screen in a crowded coffee shop.))
