drarry keep your secrets fest

WELCOME TO THE DRARRY KEEP YOUR SECRETS FEST! [CLOSED]

The theme of this fic fest are secrets; dirty little secrets, white lies and all the alternatives you can think of.

We only have two major rules:

The main pairing must exclusively be Drarry – poly relationships including Drarry are not allowed. Side pairings/relationships are still allowed, but Drarry must be the central focus and endgame pairing of your fic/art.

Secrets of any kind must be the key point of the plot; Harry or/and Draco can have a secret, or investigate a secret together, etc.

Aside from these, you can go wild with your imagination.

Keep reading for more information, the RULES and the FAQs for 2026.

Finally, after such a long wait, we are officially presenting the works created by the participants of the Drarry Keep Your Secrets Fest 2026!

It’s been a long and winding journey, but we’re thrilled that so many of you took part! We hope you had fun and are happy with your work! We hope these past few months haven't been too hard on you <3

Thank you to all the participants and also to those who simply shared a prompt for the fest!

Here's the Masterlist, you can read all the works in this collection!

in a place that can make you change written by cryme_anocean

summary:

"It's not my fault you were a cowardly piece of shite, Malfoy." "Wow," he murmurs, shocked. "That was harsh." Harry's expression falters but Malfoy smirks again. "You're the one panting over a kiss with me. I wonder what that says about you." "We can't—aren't doing this," Harry reiterates firmly. "A kiss is one thing, but I won't ruin my life for you."

Each Time I See You, I Die a Little More by Devious_Muffin

summary:

No matter how hard he tries, Draco cannot escape others' opinions of him. Harry Potter is the worst of all, stuck in the past and regularly feeding the vitriol between them. One confrontation after another leads them both down a path they'd never considered, forcing them to confront deep-seated emotions and unexpected truths. Their unconventional relationship comes to a grinding halt when Draco finally realizes how emotionally invested he has become, spurring a string of meaningless interactions and public stunts and fanning the flames of jealousy on both sides. Refusing to be ignored, fate forces them back toward each other, and they will have to make a decision: finally address the growing pain and longing they both feel at the hands of the other or continue to suffer in silence while dragging down those around them.

Hisses get Kisses by Ira_Dunfort

summary:

Hogwarts reopens for an improved Eighth Year, inviting its oldest students back with a few notable changes: NEWTs can be chosen anew, no questions asked, and house segregation has been abolished—only to be replaced with a feline-inspired socialisation project. This is a story about teenagers falling in love while digging deeper into the magical history of their families.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by nixeia

summary:

A rigged Secret Santa game, a yearly dinner, a little obsession and snippets of a life. Or, the one where they're oblivious and very much in love.

A Little Prayer by nsasquith

summary:

Draco Malfoy, nom de scène Draco Black, is very good at surviving. He’s had to be. Homeless at eighteen, he has built himself a fragile kind of stability on strict boundaries, a fake last name, and sex traded for money. Splitting his time between late nights and a community centre that’s falling apart. It works. That is, until the famous Oscar-winning Harry Potter hires him. Lines start to blur, family secrets begin to surface, and Draco is forced to decide what survival is worth.

Nacre by kuchi_sabishii

summary:

Harry only meant to buy Christmas presents. Instead, he found Draco Malfoy again, more than a decade after the war: owner of Wizarding London's best luxury apothecary, and had somehow become much, much fitter than Harry remembered. Harry has questions, most of them inappropriate, and the only sensible thing to do with questions is investigate. Draco was definitely hiding something. Unfortunately, Harry's investigative instincts keep getting distracted by what Draco’s got going on under all those kaftans. Featuring: food as a love language, the art of technicalities, ancient magic, Harry’s overactive imagination, and Draco’s spectacular commitment to making everything more complicated than it needs to be.

A Thirst Kept Quiet by ThatSlytherinAuthor

summary:

When Harry Potter investigates a suspicious potion-smuggling operation tied to the Malfoy, he uncovers an old pure-blood secret buried beneath generations of quietness: The Malfoys are vampires. And Draco Malfoy is running out of the potion, keeping his hunger at bay.

make the yuletide gay by glasghosts

summary:

It's December 1998, and Pansy Parkinson has somehow convinced her group of friends to partake in a Secret Solstice gift exchange in anticipation of the Yule holidays. Harry Potter is very quickly regretting his decision to participate.

Slowly, Then All At Once by IAmStillWriting

summary:

The war is over and Draco is struggling to rebuild his life. He's an overworked editor at The Daily Prophet and he is sick of his boss and his lousy windowless closet of an office. But the latest project he's been assigned to edit is fascinating-- Dear Charlie, an advice column written by a psychologist no one has ever heard of mostly for those with post-war trauma. The more Draco edits the work of this anonymous columnist, the more he finds himself appreciating the help. So much that he find himself sending in his own letter and starting a correspondence with the writer, off the record. But who is this mystery writer? And why does he know the key to making Draco's heart flutter?

Mate You Mine by Pbquill

summary:

hello anon, you can find all the schedule and most of the information in our pinned post.

The fest has already started and it is closed right now, but here below I copied the schedule for you:

SCHEDULE:

Writer/artist volunteer sign up: Nov 29, 2025 – Dec 20, 2025

Discord server invitation: from Dec 21, 2025 

Claiming: Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 11, 2026 (Confirmation from Dec 27)

First Mandatory Writer Check-In:  Feb 9, 2026

Second Mandatory Writer Check-In: Mar 10, 2026

Final Mandatory Writer Check-In: Apr 11, 2026

Final Mandatory Artist Check-In: Apr 26, 2026

Posting: May 2, 2026

as we wrote (i think) in the FAQ, we allow extension and we would consider extending all together if we see more people need the time :)

i want to remind all the participants that from midnight (timezone: CET) you can start claiming your prompt (for the people who haven't gotten a self-claimed prompt already) through the ticket system in our discord server! be quick as the claiming is first come first serve basis ;)

thank you for participating and if you haven't yet received any invitation from us, please contact us ASAP!

hello everyone! nia and I are sad to announce that the prompting for the Drarry Keep Your Secret Fest 2026 have been closed!

for whoever wrote a prompt, thank you for your engagement and for whoever would like to prompt, we'll see each other next year maybe :D!

hello everyone! nia and I are sad to announce that the sign up for the Drarry Keep Your Secret Fest 2026 have been closed! for whoever is participating, thank you for your engagement and for whoever would like to participate, we'll see each other next year maybe :D!

the claiming will start on the 27th Dec and who among the participants hasn't been contacted yet with the invitation for the Discord Server, please contact us as soon as possible thank you :)

thank you so much for participating! we are excited to see the final products of your prompts :)

see you next update

(11th Dec 2025)

we are trying to contact the user who sign up to the fest with the name Mal (asininemind on ao3). you gave us the wrong discord name so we are unable to contact you. if you see this post pls reach us as soon as possible. thank u!

yeah of course! the sign up is open until the 20th December :) we are very happy to have you. just sign up using the form you will find in the guidelines post pinned to our account or in the sign up form post you will find somewhere in our account and you are in :D

if you mean the Discord Server invitation then it is because we will invite everyone after the signing up is closed as written also in the schedule, so you're good ahhaha no worries you will be invited :)

hi anon! nia and I talked about the prompt list and decided to make it viewable before the closing of the prompt submission at the end of the month.

You can find the prompt list (that we will update every week with the approved prompts) in the guidelines post pinned in our account under "claiming" or here.

To repeat, every prompt (except for self-claimed prompts) can be claimed by two (2) different participants.

The list will be updated to show what prompts are still available to claim after the official claiming.

we hope this will help you decide to participate :D