Knowledge is power.

The boy who scored

Slytherin: Join the club.

Okay I’m so so so sorry this is maybe like a year late. I, uh, don’t have an excuse. I’ll rec some here, also will link to my list of favourites. I also just like to sort by kudos on ao3 and just go through the most popular fics when I start reading for a new fandom so I also just suggest reading those for “iconic” drarry fics. I am also relatively new to the fandom I’d say, I’ve only been here for a little over two years, so I’m sure I have followers that are more qualified to recommend some Drarry Squad staples (feel free to add to my list! Please actually add to my list lol) These are just well known Drarry fics that I happened to stumble upon and really really love.

Higher and Higher (Temptation) by birdsofshore

Only Harry Potter could manage to put on a magical collar on impulse and find himself unable to take it off again. Now following Draco’s direct orders gives him intense pleasure, and Draco has a whole heap of troubles to deal with, not least the way Potter looks when the collar has him gasping with bliss. The whole situation would test the morals of a saint... and Draco’s no saint.

Lumos by birdsofshore

Harry never expected to spend eighth year listening to Draco Malfoy wanking.

The Critiquer by dysonrules

When Harry submits his cock photo to a renowned Cock Critiquer and gets a terrible review, he decides to take a photography class to hopefully improve his skills.

Running on Air by eleventy7

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

Draco Malfoy, It's Your Lucky Day by Faith Wood (faithwood)

Even though he's unarmed, injured, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and facing a possible murder charge, Draco Malfoy gets lucky.

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound

Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on.

Because Potter Is Allergic to Poppies by Lomonaaeren

Auror Harry Potter is in hospital being treated for a curse when someone tries to kill him. Obviously it is up to bored, trapped Apprentice Healer Draco, who was only admitted to the Healer Program in the first place to do the menial work, to find out who did it. Because then they will promote him. No, it’s for no other reason, thanks.

Right Hand Red by lq_traintracks (lumosed_quill)

Harry felt Malfoy's breath on his lips as they came together over the bottle, hands firmly planted on the floor as though they each needed their familiar soil, refusing to cross into enemy territory.

Except that Malfoy no longer felt like his enemy.

Malfoy felt inevitable.

All Life is Yours to Miss by Saras_Girl

Professor Malfoy's world is contained, controlled, and as solitary as he can make it, but when an act of petty revenge goes horribly awry, he and his trusty six-legged friend are thrown into Hogwarts life at the deep end and must learn to live, love and let go.

Reparations by Saras_Girl

Harry is about to discover that the steepest learning curve comes after Healer training, and that second chances can be found in unexpected places

Part 1 of Foundations!verse

Turn by Saras_Girl

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

Part 1 of Turn!verse

The Printed Press by Soupy_George

Draco Malfoy was still slightly amazed that he was standing on the doorstep of Number Twelve Grimmauld Place. He never would have thought that Harry Potter's very public and very ... sweary, emotional explosion would have led to him offering Draco, of all people, a job.

Stately Homes of Wiltshire by waspabi

Malfoy Manor has mould, dry rot and an infestation of unusually historical poltergeists. Harry Potter is on the case.

Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Written on the Heart by who_la_hoop

Harry doesn’t mind that so many Slytherins from his year have returned to finish their NEWTs, really he doesn’t. It’s just – do they have to be so friendly? He’s not prejudiced, really he’s not. It’s just – they’ve got to be up to something, right? Unnerved by the attention he’s attracting from everyone – the Slytherins are the least of it, to be fair – and struggling with a raft of changes to Hogwarts itself, Harry wishes he could be happy that one constant remains: Draco Malfoy really fucking hates him.

When he’s hit by an illegal love-spell though, Harry finds he has more to worry about than whether or not Blaise Zabini actually wants to be his friend. For if everyone affected has been blessed – or cursed, by the look on Malfoy’s face – with a magical tattoo revealing the name of their soulmate, what does it mean that Harry’s skin remains completely bare.

Bonus:

I don’t know how iconic this one is, but I’ve recommended this so many times if only because it’s the fic that initiated me into the fandom. It’s the fic that made me start shipping drarry, It’s the fic that made me start to fall in love with these boys. So yeah in addition to being an amazing fic, it is also one that has a lot of personal value for me.

One Night at the Leaky by birdsofshore

(Previously titled: Near Wild Heaven)

Title: Ocean of Storms

Author: Bounding-Heart/Brief_and_Dreamy Wordcount: 113,174 Rating: NC-17 Pairing: Drarry Warnings: mild violence Summary: The war is over and Harry has returned to help rebuild Hogwarts. He longs to move forwards, but the past refuses to let him go. The castle is full of ghosts: haunting nightmares, the deaths he couldn’t prevent, and the age-old rivalry that Draco Malfoy seems determined to maintain.

This took me two years to write and it contains my heart and soul, as far as Drarry is concerned. 

Love to @abradystrix, @magpiefngrl, @the-winger & randombeandontmindme for their betaing skills <3

OCEAN OF STORMS

Hi, I’m recovering from a super-fun visit to death’s door, so please don’t let the brevity of this rec deter you, but: FIC REC.

Dear holy fuck, fic rec!

This has so many things that I (and the majority of us, I think) love: 8th year, magical theory, canon noble Harry, canon Draco learning to be better, hot sex, angst, falling in love (and boy, do they!)… And all of them are executed so beautifully. I really can’t compliment this fic, or @bounding-heart , enough. Seriously, you guys. For a good time – go read the thing!

Has C-PTSD from his childhood abuse

His Hands are MAD calloused

Had to learn what lotion is

Will absolutely floo to Malfoy Manor is the middle of the night for rare potion ingredients and late night luscius booty calls

A Bicon!!!

Has fucked up teeth

Has a slight permanent limp from a "prank" done by the Marauders

Thinks Bioluminescence is the coolest thing in the world

Scared but Intrigued by what lies undiscovered by man in the ocean

Wears male sock garters

Of slavic/irish descent

Thinks muggle vodka is better than any shitty wizard's shirley temple

He used to and still does practice arching his eyebrows in the bathroom mirror

Hugs pillows in his sleep

Touch S T A R V E D

Switch with a hard sub lean

Draws potion ingredients, architecture and very rarely people

Actively projects James onto Harry so that he doesn't get too attached to him for everything's safety

Enjoys savory foods and is a pretzel fiend

Snape FUCKS, but in a demisexual way

Writes letters to Eileen in order to feel like she's still around

He often does free potion and healing work in Spinner's End for sick kids when he's able to

Will tease the shit out of any close partner/friend

Tried to grow a mustache in 5th year. It did not go well

Has a love/hate relationship with the Adam's Family and Munster's tv shows

Is a star trek fan

Can't do simple math problems to save his life

Thinks Luna Lovegood is the only decent human still alive

Huh.

I mean.

Huh…

Harry is watching Draco intently for signs of evil-doing. 

“I’m watching Draco for signs of evil-doing,” he announces to the table at large. 

Next to him, Hermione looks up from buttering her toast. “Is he?” She says in tones of faint surprise.

“Huh?” Harry says. 

“Up to evil-doing. This early in the morning?” They both look over to the Slytherin table where Draco’s grumpily pouring himself a cup of coffee, scowling down at some first-years laughing at the end of the table. They stop immediately, cowering under the force of his glare.

“Evil never sleeps,” Harry says, distracted. Draco’s long fingers are curled around his cup, his head tilted back as he drains the coffee, his slender throat exposed. Harry swallows hard, his gaze tracing the curve of Draco’s neck.

Then Draco sets his cup down and meets Harry’s eyes straight on. Startled, Harry quickly looks away, then down at his plate of untouched food, and hastily picks up his fork. He shovels in a few mouthfuls of food, chewing mechanically and tasting nothing. When he looks up a few moments later, Draco’s turned away, imperiously beckoning to Blaise for the coffee pot.

“Honestly Draco,” Blaise says, his sharp voice cutting through the chatter filling the Great Hall, “you’re an addict. No one below the age of twenty needs three cups of coffee to start their day. That’s just wrong.”

“Quiet, Zabini,” Draco says, and holds his cup out for a refill. “No nagging till I get my coffee. You know the rules.”

Blaise rolls his eyes. “I never agreed to those rules,” he says, but fills Draco’s cup anyway. Harry watches as Draco eyes the coffee greedily, a small smile tucked into the corner of his mouth. Draco’s always had an expressive mouth, a mouth made for sneering, for smirking, for snarling. Harry doesn’t think he’s ever noticed Draco smile before, not until now. It softens his face; makes him look gentler than he actually is. Harry can’t stop staring.

-

I’ve never drawn harry in a weasley sweater! I had to fix that (he’s borrowing a friend’s)

“Can you be any more obvious? Robards is already looking over!”

Pulling the Malfoy brow suggestively up, he adds under his breath: “Just wait till we’re back at the Ministry, Harry, I’ll show you ‘supply cupboard’.”

Harry turns around. The field seems empty, the canola plants swaying gently in the night air. He frowns, his brow creasing, and drops his hands to his side, his fingers slowly uncurling. The silent night gives nothing away; not the slightest footstep nor the faintest draw of breath. Harry takes a step backwards.

Someone grabs him; he shouts out and nearly jumps out of his skin. Behind him, Draco starts laughing, his arms still around Harry.

“You shrieked,” Draco manages between fits of laughter, his voice unnervingly close to Harry’s ear. Harry reddens.

Running on Air by Eleventy7 on ao3

Number 12, Grimmauld Place - 1994

“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open”- Albus Dumbledore

Derek: Stiles, take your hand off my ass so I can put the damn ring on!

Ron: Mate, I really don’t want to hear your feelings about your boyfriend

Harry: No, really, I like him so much I kissed him in the library and he hit me with a book, it actually hurts

drarry x good omens!AU <3