Fest Rules and Calendar H/D Hurt!Fest is a Drarry fest dedicated to Hurt! Each fanwork will have significant angst and hurt/comfort, with either hurt!Harry or hurt!Draco (or both).
This fest was born from the idea that with darkness comes light, and that with hurt comes comfort. We believe that to every yin there is a yang, that every Jekyll has a Hyde. And through this fest we hope to achieve contentment with that balance.
To that end, we have curated paired postings of sweet fluff, devistating angst, and delicious hurt/comfort created by our talented fest participants. Each paired work will have a stand-alone posting, but will include a link to its contrasting creation.Â
Given the potentially triggering content of some fest creations, we ask that should you choose to consume content for this fest, please be mindful of tags and know your limitations.
And of course, please shower our brilliant creators with kudos, love and positivity.
We've got quite a glorious four weeks scheduled ahead.
Enjoy!
Your HD/HC Mods,
@orangepellets, @peachpety, @vukovich
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HD Hurt/Comfort is an 18+ anonymous prompt-based fest that welcomes creations from both the angsty and fluffy ends of the trope spectrum.
This fest was born from the idea that with darkness comes light, and that with hurt comes comfort. We believe that to every yin there is a yang, that every Jekyll has a Hyde. And through this fest we hope to achieve contentment with that balance. To that end, we will encourage and accept the following submissions:
100% angst
100% fluff
A hurt/comfort combinationÂ
The main pairing for all submissions is Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter. Participants may include any side-pairings, threesomes and/or original characters, as long as the final submission is still a Drarry-centric piece.
Follow us for fest information! Rules and detailed guidelines coming soon!
Important dates to add to your calendar:
Prompting: Apr 2 - 30
Claiming: May 4 - July 1
Submissions due: Aug 2
Posting begins: Aug 23
Reveals: September
Your HD/HC Mods,
@orangepellets, @peachpety, @vukovich
banner art by @basiatlu
Hello there! Hope you're well and safe! I was wondering if there will be a hurt fest 2021. Hihi, sorry to bother you guys about it, but it's my fave fest, and I loved last year's experience, so I was looking forward to more. Sending my love! đ
Hey Tai,
Missed this message sorry! @alpha-exodus and I talked about running it for 2021 but unfortunately we both have a lot of IRL commitments that are taking up huge amounts of time at the moment and we (a lot me) came to the conclusion we couldn't fit fest organising into our lives.
Feeling a bit gutted about it because it was an incredible experience to be a part of and the work that came out of it was some of the best I read last year, but we can only do what we can do.
Hi mods! Thank you for all your effort in hosting such a great event.đ Reveals have finally arrived and made it even more so exciting to find out the creators. But there's just a little thing I wanted to point out: quite a few links to the creators' tumblr or AO3 pages aren't working đ
Hello! Thank you for pointing that out and yes, Tumblr is being it's usual spoopy, annoying self to us. It just won't tag the links. I'm really sorry (we tried a few times) and feel free to add some into the notes if you can make it work!
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The time is finally upon us! Thank you to all of our creators for gifting us with so many exquisite pieces of pain and thank you to all the readers who have been kudosing, commenting and sharing the parts that have spoken to you. We are floored by both the amount of participation and reception of this fest, and we hope that you all enjoyed the hurt as much as we did <3
Under the cut you will find all of our wonderful creators named in the order they posted during the fest. Please check out their work and give them some love if you havenât had a chance yet. As always with these roundups, keep in mind that we are only including major archive warnings, so please check the tags carefully!
Thank you for taking this wild ride with us!
Your Hurt!Fest Mods @alpha-exodus and @quicksilvermaid
Reveal Masterlist
the light that the fire would bring | @slytherco
art/8k | M | major character death | Â After escaping a war-torn wizarding world, Harry and Draco find some relative safety among the Muggles. Very soon, it turns out the reality theyâve found themselves in isnât that much different. In which Harry learns that the world can end in more than one way.
Proof of Life |Â @aedwritesfic / adavision
20k | M | Back at Hogwarts for their eighth year, Draco notices that something is very wrong with Harry.
Wake Up In The Night |Â @p1013
10k | E | In the days after the War ended, there were a great many things that were changed or changing, a great many things that somehow slipped beneath the notice of Ministry officials and healers from St. Mungo's and Aurors that were tasked with capturing fleeing Death Eaters. It was, after all, the end of the War, and much like war itself, the clean up was heartbreaking. Lives had been lost. The world as they knew it had been changed irrevocably. In the grand scheme of things, there were more important things to worry about than Draco Malfoy's sudden, inexplicable inability to feel love.
Their Shining Star |Â @clemandben / Ladderofyears
8.5k | E | Draco tries to negotiate life after late-stage pregnancy loss. Based on the prompt: Losing their baby is something that Draco hadn't prepared for enough, at least now he knows he hadn't and it's all he can do not to let himself vanish after that - Harry's presence helps but he can't help but think he's failed him.
Texting You | @ununquadius
6k | T | major character death | Â After Draco's death, Harry can't let go so he keeps texting their private chat, updating him on his life and rambling about everything and anything until it almost feels like there's a possibility that, one day, a reply will come.
Lubido Mendax | @malenkayacherepakha
18k | E | Â When Harry is hit by an old and alarming sex curse while on a job with Malfoy, heâs faced with an agonising decision. But it turns out that curing the curse was easy compared to everything that came next.
There was still hope |Â @gnarfâ
3k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Draco winced as pain shot through his leg with every step. This secret, back-alley laboratory had been his last chance, last hope, to find the potion. But nobody had it in stock, and there was no time left to brew it himself. Panic was slowly overtaking his entire mind as he crept out of the store and back to the nearest alley to Apparate back home. He already felt off, and it was still early in the day. Of course this thestral-shit had to happen to him, of all people. As if life wasn't bad enough for him already.
Here Without You |Â @gracerene09â
27k | E | major character death | It's been seven years since the end of the Second Wizarding War with Voldemort, and a new Dark Lady has taken over in nearby Ireland. Harry feels compelled to volunteer to fight on the front lines, but war is never safe, and Harry has a lotâincluding his blissfully happy relationship with Dracoâto lose.
Coated in Rust and Blood | crazyparakiss
2.5k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Â No one escapes the nightmares. Thatâs what his headshrinker tells Harry every time he tries to unpack the baggage he was handed from infancy.
slipping through the cracks (of your cold embrace) |Â @swisstaeâ
15k E | Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. Archenemies at school, on opposite sides of the war that tore the Wizarding world in half -- and yet, lovers who overcame all odds to be together. That's where it all starts. And maybe, that's where it all ends.
Exposure | Galla Placidia
27k | M | When Seamus uncovers Draco Malfoy's camboy profile, he, Harry and Ron decide to anonymously book a private show so as to humiliate him later. Fascinated by Draco's confidence, Harry keeps booking private shows under the disguise... Self prompt: Draco is a camboy. Harry betrays him.
Sweet Nothings | @penguinanimagus / vivi1138
2k | M | major character death |Â What do you do when you lose the one you love? After a raid goes wrong, Draco navigates the waters of his grief and may very well lose himself in the process.
A Cold Spot in Hell |Â @drarrytrashâ / FeelsForBreakfast
8k | E | When thereâs nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.
No More Desperate a Creature |Â @pixiedustatsundownâ
30k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Harry Potter thought he had finally left the war behind (with the exception of a few particularly stubborn nightmares that still wake him up, every now and then). He loves Draco Malfoy (and who saw that coming, back in Hogwarts?), loves the life they built and the future they are looking at. He doesnât yet know that everything he holds, everything he fought so hard for, could be gone very soon. He doesnât know that the war isnât as neatly tied up and won as he thinks. Harry thought he was done with dark times and suffering. Harry thought wrong.
Not That Kind of Lovers |Â @alpha-exodusâ
5.5k | M | major character death | The only thing Draco knows is that at the end of this, one of them will be dead.
Iâm Not in Your Dreams |Â @ununquadiusâ
9k | T | Draco has dreamt with Harryâs voice since he was fourteen, so thereâs no doubt for him about who his soulmate is. Now, in their Eighth Year, Harry has finally dreamt with his soulmateâs voice too. The problem is that Draco was born mute.
If You Love Somebody (Then Let Them Go) |Â @clemandben / Ladderofyears
17k | T | When Harry confesses to Draco that he wants leave London and travel the world, Draco is left devastated. He adores the other wizard more than life itself and their relationship means the whole world to him, but he knows that asking Harry to stay would be unfair. It would poison the very heart of their relationship. Draco gives his beloved his dream and so he does the unthinkable. Draco tells Harry to leave.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Winterwolke
8k | E | rape/non-con & graphic depictions of violence | âGrey eyes snap up to him, but theyâre not as sharp and calculating as Harry remembers. Thereâs pain there, making them dull and glazed over. It makes him ache in return, somewhere in a corner of his heart that he wants to rip out immediately after he registers it. It feels wrong to have this reaction to Draco Malfoy, but Harry canât help it. The house is seriously messing with his mind.â Trapped inside a strange house with no memories of his life past eighth year, Harry struggles with what he doesnât remember and the only person he can find: Draco Malfoy.
Orion in the Sky | space_wingding
31k | E | major character death | Draco Malfoy owns a bookshop in the Lake District. Heâs also cursed. Enter: Harry Potter.
Fight or Flight? |Â @big-draco-energy / Zzzara
4.5k | M |  Somethingâs gotten into you You donât really look at me the way you used to And Iâm hoping it ainât true Every single rumour that Iâve heard of you say You were off with someone that I donât know Calling other people on your telephone Kinda wish I didnât knowâŚ
written on the box, under the skull and bones |Â @p1013
3.5k | M | major character death | When Draco Malfoy died, the entire Wizarding World noted it like the passing of some ancient thing. The funeral was widely attended in the same way that one would attend a museum exhibit opening, a grand spectacle of days long past. Men wanted to see the fallen Caesar, and women wanted to see his possessions, the memory of both glittering and golden in the dying sunlight. Most, of course, were interested in the Manor.
Intertwined |Â @thesleepiesthufflepuff / bluefay
25k | E | On May 3rd, 1998, Draco Malfoy wakes up with no memory of Voldemort, the war, or Harry Potter, his supposed boyfriend.
Blood is the Taste of Love | crazyparakiss
art/2.5k | E | rape/non-con & graphic depictions of violence | Mother, if I do not live to see the dawnâŚknow that I died in the arms of my love. Most likely suffocating beneath the grip of his soft hands. A willing sacrificeâŚ
A breath worth of life |Â @tedahfromtayla / Tedah
40k | E | ââŚthat moment when everything clicks into place, when the circumstances are right, your magic aligns, and you touch your soulmate. Youâll know then, Draco, my darling.â His mother used to look at his father with such devotion then. âIt will feel like breathing fresh air for the first time, youâll know youâd been living on borrowed time until then but no more. There is an entire lifetime in that one breath.â Finding your soulmate is the one way a wix can hope to live past thirty, but if he canât have that with Astoria, Draco is ready to check out, let his magic eat him up and be done. Harry, on the other hand, isnât about to leave any stone unturned or path unbeaten until he finds the one person meant for him before that fated birthday rolls around. After every failed attempt he grows more and more convinced that whatever Voldemort did to him might have made him unlovable, but he will go down fighting if he has to. Hermione still thinks the whole thing is cancer but what does she know?
Silent Tears |Â @alindakb / LindyA1985
34k | T | Draco and Harry are married, co-parents for Teddy together with Andromeda and expecting a child of their own. Until Draco loses the baby and his world starts to fall apart. Slowly he falls into a depression that threatens to destroy his relationships with everyone he loves.
The meaning behind words |Â @tomoewantsdolls
4.5k | T | Draco is hurt and Harry is his irritating self (Or sometimes we say things we donât mean, sometimes we mean things we donât say).
Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have |Â @moonlitmarauder
21k | E | Â Harry and Draco were starting their lives together until a turn of event changes everything and forces them apart.
Time After Time |Â @goldenzingy46
1k | G | major character death | Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Draco die. Time changes. Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Ron die. Time changes. Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Hermione die. Time changes. Harryâ Wait.
All we know |Â @legendrarry / whileatwiltshire
art | T | graphic depictions of violence | When love is put to the test against morals and survival, sometimes there is no winner at the end of the line. Love, just like war, is a ruthless game.
hear me (with your whole body) | @teacup-tai / tainara_black
9k | E | It was a sexy idea, exploring other bodies with Draco, engaging in sex with other people to spice things up. Something inside of him was excited about the prospect, but the nagging fear, the feeling of abandonment that follows each image that pops in his head is throwing him off. He would give it a go. See what it was like. He could always say no, right?
I will always know where to find you |Â @foularcadebanana / Yesiamawriter
15k | T | Â Dracoâs entire world shatters when he finds out that Harry was hit by a curse that made him lose his memories of Draco post-trials. He remembers nothing about their relationship or the fact that they are engaged, but Draco is determined to make Harry remember. Will he become successful and manage to make Harry fall in love with him again or is he fighting a losing battle against an unknown enemy? Only time will tell, and Draco can only hope to catch whoever cast the curse on Harry before they find a way to destroy Dracoâs relationship with Harry forever.
Wilted |Â @thewakeless
39k | E | graphic depictions of violence & major character death | Â After Harry dies in the Battle of Hogwarts Draco is determined to bring him back to life, by any means necessary.
This House Is On Fire, WOO! |Â @big-draco-energyâ / Zzzara
2k | E | This house is on fire, WOO! What the hell did we do?
Coming Home |Â @nerdherderette / Palendrome
10k | M | major character death | Three years after his world was shattered, Harry tries to pick up the pieces at the place he once called home.
UnKnown |Â @dorthyanndrarry / DorthyAnn
22k | M | Draco just wanted a second chance, he was willing to work hard, he was willing to do whatever it took, but no one would let him live down his past. But when he recklessly casts a spell promising a new life, heâs not prepared for the consequencesâŚ
If Wishes were Peacocks |Â @sliceosunshine
11k | M | major character death | From the moment he met him, Harry knew that Draco Malfoy had terminally caught pretension from an early age. As it stood, judging by the ghost sitting at his kitchen table with the ankle of one leg resting on the knee of the other, arms crossed against his chest, and two ghostly baby peacocks fluttering around him, death had not managed to disinfect him of this affliction.
Absolution | @sunnyeclipses
63k | E | graphic depictions of violence | At the mercy of his failing marriage, Harry only meant to use the potion once â to get Draco to listen. Itâs not his fault that it works so well and that Dracoâs just so easy to control.
When Itâs All Over | @erebeus-roxy / Erebeus
9k | M | rape/non-con | If killing you makes Harry happy, you really donât mind.
Disjointed heart | @lovestillaround
21k | M | Draco tries to take control over his life whenever he can. He does whatever is best for him. He protects himself in ways his parents didnât protect him. He tries to minimise the discomfort he feels by avoiding most people, by covering himself up, creating barriers and putting up walls. Maybe he has lost himself in it all. Maybe he never really knew who he was in the first place.
Call Me by Your Name (And Iâll Call You by Mine) | @acupforslytherin
35k | M | major character death | âMy dearest Harry, because no matter how far we are, even two different worlds apart, I can never tell where you end and I start.â Draco never expected Potter to find his way back to his life, especially after seven years of no contact, but here he was. With Potterâs will in his hands, his own name written in that untidy scribble he recognized anywhere, Draco had to accept this was his time to reopen an old wound, revisit painful memories, and relearn everything he thought he knew about his past.
Taro Milk Tea with a side of Depression | @veelawings
1k | M | Draco sat through twenty grievous minutes of Ministry-mandated group therapy for Newly Registered Magical Beings & Creatures â then promptly stormed out.
A Nightmare Waiting to Happen | @triggerlil
22k | E | graphic depictions of violence | âDraco sat beside Harryâs bed as the man breathed deeply; his eyes were moving rapidly beneath his eyelids, and every so often, he would twitch or part his lips. Draco couldnât imagine what was going on in Harryâs mind, but he clutched his husbandâs hand, wishing he could take his place, do anything to help.â Harry Potter is cursed into a nightmare-verseâescaping one nightmare only causes him to fall deeper through the layers of his subconsciousâwill he be able to free himself, or will his deepest fears swallow him whole?
Nothingâs as it seems | @eva-eleanore
18k | E | Harry Potterâs world had been turned upside down more than once in his life, but with Draco Malfoy, he knew he had found a love that was rare and true. Harry had found his happy ending. It wasnât to be. All it took to ruin his life was a few lines in The Daily Prophet.
Letters he never sent | @hypallepse
6k | M | Harry thinks too much about Draco and whenever the feelings get too strong, he writes him a letter where he puts inside everything he feels and canât say out loud. Of course, none of those letters are sent, ever⌠but one.
On the last day | @thusspoketrish / trishjames
53k | E | graphic depictions of violence | Draco is still mourning the recent loss of his mother when the Wizarding World is struck with the tragic news of Harry Potterâs untimely death. Itâs just his luck that Potter not only comes back as a ghost, but seems intent on haunting Draco as heâs the only one that can see him. Itâs a race against time to retrace the last few days of Potterâs life in order to find his body before heâs lost to the living or spiritual realm forever. On their journey, theyâll uncover secrets, betrayals, and a horrific truth that will disrupt both the living and the dead.
Closure is a state of mind | @quicksilvermaid
12k | E | After Harryâs husband Charlie is killed, his Mind Healer recommends a Polyjuice therapy company, so Harry can see âCharlieâ again and find closure over his death. Draco, whose life over the last ten years has gone from bad to worse, gets assigned Potterâs case.
Melancholic Moonlight | Monotremata
art | T | Prompt: Draco has been bitten by a werewolf. He keeps it a secret, thinking if he just locks himself in his home nothing bad will happen. He hadnât thought Harry would come over that nightâŚ
If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted | @shealwaysreads
44k | E | graphic depictions of violence | âIf an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.â Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain. Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fightâthe infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die. A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.
Thatâs a wrap folks! Four incredibly fraught, action packed weeks full of betrayal, MCD, angst, loss, emotional manipulation, horror, unhealthy coping mechanisms and so, so much more.
Please take a moment to read, enjoy and show our incredible creators some love. As always, weâve only included Major Archive Warnings for brevityâs sake, so please remember to check the additional tags on the AO3 page for each work with care.
We will be back on October 15 with reveals!
Masterlist under cut!
the light that the fire would bring | art/8k | M | major character death | Â After escaping a war-torn wizarding world, Harry and Draco find some relative safety among the Muggles. Very soon, it turns out the reality theyâve found themselves in isnât that much different. In which Harry learns that the world can end in more than one way.
Proof of Life | 20k | M | Back at Hogwarts for their eighth year, Draco notices that something is very wrong with Harry.
Wake Up In The Night | 10k | E | In the days after the War ended, there were a great many things that were changed or changing, a great many things that somehow slipped beneath the notice of Ministry officials and healers from St. Mungo's and Aurors that were tasked with capturing fleeing Death Eaters. It was, after all, the end of the War, and much like war itself, the clean up was heartbreaking. Lives had been lost. The world as they knew it had been changed irrevocably. In the grand scheme of things, there were more important things to worry about than Draco Malfoy's sudden, inexplicable inability to feel love.
Their Shining Star | 8.5k | E | Draco tries to negotiate life after late-stage pregnancy loss. Based on the prompt: Losing their baby is something that Draco hadn't prepared for enough, at least now he knows he hadn't and it's all he can do not to let himself vanish after that - Harry's presence helps but he can't help but think he's failed him.
Texting You | 6k | T | major character death | Â After Draco's death, Harry can't let go so he keeps texting their private chat, updating him on his life and rambling about everything and anything until it almost feels like there's a possibility that, one day, a reply will come.
Lubido Mendax | 18k | E | Â When Harry is hit by an old and alarming sex curse while on a job with Malfoy, heâs faced with an agonising decision. But it turns out that curing the curse was easy compared to everything that came next.
There was still hope | 3k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Draco winced as pain shot through his leg with every step. This secret, back-alley laboratory had been his last chance, last hope, to find the potion. But nobody had it in stock, and there was no time left to brew it himself. Panic was slowly overtaking his entire mind as he crept out of the store and back to the nearest alley to Apparate back home. He already felt off, and it was still early in the day. Of course this thestral-shit had to happen to him, of all people. As if life wasn't bad enough for him already.
Here Without You | 27k | E | major character death | It's been seven years since the end of the Second Wizarding War with Voldemort, and a new Dark Lady has taken over in nearby Ireland. Harry feels compelled to volunteer to fight on the front lines, but war is never safe, and Harry has a lotâincluding his blissfully happy relationship with Dracoâto lose.
Coated in Rust and Blood | 2.5k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Â No one escapes the nightmares. Thatâs what his headshrinker tells Harry every time he tries to unpack the baggage he was handed from infancy.
slipping through the cracks (of your cold embrace) | 15k E | Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. Archenemies at school, on opposite sides of the war that tore the Wizarding world in half -- and yet, lovers who overcame all odds to be together. That's where it all starts. And maybe, that's where it all ends.
Exposure | 27k | M | When Seamus uncovers Draco Malfoy's camboy profile, he, Harry and Ron decide to anonymously book a private show so as to humiliate him later. Fascinated by Draco's confidence, Harry keeps booking private shows under the disguise... Self prompt: Draco is a camboy. Harry betrays him.
Sweet Nothings | 2k | M | major character death | Â What do you do when you lose the one you love? After a raid goes wrong, Draco navigates the waters of his grief and may very well lose himself in the process.
A Cold Spot in Hell | 8k | E | When thereâs nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.
No More Desperate a Creature | 30k | M | graphic depictions of violence | Harry Potter thought he had finally left the war behind (with the exception of a few particularly stubborn nightmares that still wake him up, every now and then). He loves Draco Malfoy (and who saw that coming, back in Hogwarts?), loves the life they built and the future they are looking at.
He doesnât yet know that everything he holds, everything he fought so hard for, could be gone very soon. He doesnât know that the war isnât as neatly tied up and won as he thinks.
Harry thought he was done with dark times and suffering.
Harry thought wrong.
Not That Kind of Lovers | 5.5k | M | major character death | The only thing Draco knows is that at the end of this, one of them will be dead.
Iâm Not in Your Dreams | 9k | T | Draco has dreamt with Harryâs voice since he was fourteen, so thereâs no doubt for him about who his soulmate is. Now, in their Eighth Year, Harry has finally dreamt with his soulmateâs voice too. The problem is that Draco was born mute.
If You Love Somebody (Then Let Them Go)Â | 17k | T |Â When Harry confesses to Draco that he wants leave London and travel the world, Draco is left devastated. He adores the other wizard more than life itself and their relationship means the whole world to him, but he knows that asking Harry to stay would be unfair. It would poison the very heart of their relationship.
Draco gives his beloved his dream and so he does the unthinkable.
Draco tells Harry to leave.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind | 8k | E | rape/non-con & graphic depictions of violence | âGrey eyes snap up to him, but theyâre not as sharp and calculating as Harry remembers. Thereâs pain there, making them dull and glazed over. It makes him ache in return, somewhere in a corner of his heart that he wants to rip out immediately after he registers it. It feels wrong to have this reaction to Draco Malfoy, but Harry canât help it. The house is seriously messing with his mind.â
Trapped inside a strange house with no memories of his life past eighth year, Harry struggles with what he doesnât remember and the only person he can find: Draco Malfoy.
Orion in the Sky | 31k | E | major character death | Draco Malfoy owns a bookshop in the Lake District. Heâs also cursed. Enter: Harry Potter.
Fight or Flight? | 4.5k | M |  Somethingâs gotten into you
You donât really look at me the way you used to
And Iâm hoping it ainât true
Every single rumour that Iâve heard of you say
You were off with someone that I donât know
Calling other people on your telephone
Kinda wish I didnât knowâŚ
written on the box, under the skull and bones | 3.5k | M | major character death | When Draco Malfoy died, the entire Wizarding World noted it like the passing of some ancient thing. The funeral was widely attended in the same way that one would attend a museum exhibit opening, a grand spectacle of days long past. Men wanted to see the fallen Caesar, and women wanted to see his possessions, the memory of both glittering and golden in the dying sunlight.
Most, of course, were interested in the Manor.
Intertwined | 25k | E | On May 3rd, 1998, Draco Malfoy wakes up with no memory of Voldemort, the war, or Harry Potter, his supposed boyfriend.
Blood is the Taste of Love | art/2.5k | E | rape/non-con & graphic depictions of violence | Mother, if I do not live to see the dawnâŚknow that I died in the arms of my love. Most likely suffocating beneath the grip of his soft hands.
A willing sacrificeâŚ
A breath worth of life | 40k | E | ââŚthat moment when everything clicks into place, when the circumstances are right, your magic aligns, and you touch your soulmate. Youâll know then, Draco, my darling.â His mother used to look at his father with such devotion then. âIt will feel like breathing fresh air for the first time, youâll know youâd been living on borrowed time until then but no more. There is an entire lifetime in that one breath.â
Finding your soulmate is the one way a wix can hope to live past thirty, but if he canât have that with Astoria, Draco is ready to check out, let his magic eat him up and be done.
Harry, on the other hand, isnât about to leave any stone unturned or path unbeaten until he finds the one person meant for him before that fated birthday rolls around. After every failed attempt he grows more and more convinced that whatever Voldemort did to him might have made him unlovable, but he will go down fighting if he has to.
Hermione still thinks the whole thing is cancer but what does she know?
Silent Tears | 34k | T | Draco and Harry are married, co-parents for Teddy together with Andromeda and expecting a child of their own. Until Draco loses the baby and his world starts to fall apart. Slowly he falls into a depression that threatens to destroy his relationships with everyone he loves.
The meaning behind words | 4.5k | T | Draco is hurt and Harry is his irritating self (Or sometimes we say things we donât mean, sometimes we mean things we donât say).
Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have | 21k | E |  Harry and Draco were starting their lives together until a turn of event changes everything and forces them apart.
Time After Time | 1k | G | major character death | Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Draco die.
Time changes.
Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Ron die.
Time changes.
Harry makes a mistake, and he sees Hermione die.
Time changes.
Harryâ
Wait.
All we know | art | T | graphic depictions of violence | When love is put to the test against morals and survival, sometimes there is no winner at the end of the line.
Love, just like war, is a ruthless game.
hear me (with your whole body)Â | 9k | E |Â It was a sexy idea, exploring other bodies with Draco, engaging in sex with other people to spice things up. Something inside of him was excited about the prospect, but the nagging fear, the feeling of abandonment that follows each image that pops in his head is throwing him off.
He would give it a go. See what it was like. He could always say no, right?
I will always know where to find you | 15k | T |  Dracoâs entire world shatters when he finds out that Harry was hit by a curse that made him lose his memories of Draco post-trials. He remembers nothing about their relationship or the fact that they are engaged, but Draco is determined to make Harry remember. Will he become successful and manage to make Harry fall in love with him again or is he fighting a losing battle against an unknown enemy? Only time will tell, and Draco can only hope to catch whoever cast the curse on Harry before they find a way to destroy Dracoâs relationship with Harry forever.
Wilted | 39k | E | graphic depictions of violence & major character death |  After Harry dies in the Battle of Hogwarts Draco is determined to bring him back to life, by any means necessary.
This House Is On Fire, WOO! | 2k | E | This house is on fire, WOO!
What the hell did we do?
Coming Home | 10k | M | major character death | Three years after his world was shattered, Harry tries to pick up the pieces at the place he once called home.
UnKnown | 22k | M | Draco just wanted a second chance, he was willing to work hard, he was willing to do whatever it took, but no one would let him live down his past. But when he recklessly casts a spell promising a new life, heâs not prepared for the consequencesâŚ
If Wishes were Peacocks | 11k | M | major character death | From the moment he met him, Harry knew that Draco Malfoy had terminally caught pretension from an early age. As it stood, judging by the ghost sitting at his kitchen table with the ankle of one leg resting on the knee of the other, arms crossed against his chest, and two ghostly baby peacocks fluttering around him, death had not managed to disinfect him of this affliction.
Absolution | 63k | E | graphic depictions of violence | At the mercy of his failing marriage, Harry only meant to use the potion once â to get Draco to listen. Itâs not his fault that it works so well and that Dracoâs just so easy to control.
When Itâs All Over | 9k | M | rape/non-con | If killing you makes Harry happy, you really donât mind.
Disjointed heart | 21k | M | Draco tries to take control over his life whenever he can. He does whatever is best for him. He protects himself in ways his parents didnât protect him. He tries to minimise the discomfort he feels by avoiding most people, by covering himself up, creating barriers and putting up walls.
Maybe he has lost himself in it all.
Maybe he never really knew who he was in the first place.
Call Me by Your Name (And Iâll Call You by Mine)Â | 35k | M | major character death |Â âMy dearest Harry, because no matter how far we are, even two different worlds apart, I can never tell where you end and I start.â
Draco never expected Potter to find his way back to his life, especially after seven years of no contact, but here he was. With Potterâs will in his hands, his own name written in that untidy scribble he recognized anywhere, Draco had to accept this was his time to reopen an old wound, revisit painful memories, and relearn everything he thought he knew about his past.
Taro Milk Tea with a side of Depression | 1k | M | Draco sat through twenty grievous minutes of Ministry-mandated group therapy for Newly Registered Magical Beings & Creatures â then promptly stormed out.
A Nightmare Waiting to Happen | 22k | E | graphic depictions of violence | âDraco sat beside Harryâs bed as the man breathed deeply; his eyes were moving rapidly beneath his eyelids, and every so often, he would twitch or part his lips. Draco couldnât imagine what was going on in Harryâs mind, but he clutched his husbandâs hand, wishing he could take his place, do anything to help.â
Harry Potter is cursed into a nightmare-verseâescaping one nightmare only causes him to fall deeper through the layers of his subconsciousâwill he be able to free himself, or will his deepest fears swallow him whole?
Nothingâs as it seems | 18k | E | Harry Potterâs world had been turned upside down more than once in his life, but with Draco Malfoy, he knew he had found a love that was rare and true. Harry had found his happy ending.
It wasnât to be.
All it took to ruin his life was a few lines in The Daily Prophet.
Letters he never sent | 6k | M | Harry thinks too much about Draco and whenever the feelings get too strong, he writes him a letter where he puts inside everything he feels and canât say out loud. Of course, none of those letters are sent, ever⌠but one.
On the last day | 53k | E | graphic depictions of violence | Draco is still mourning the recent loss of his mother when the Wizarding World is struck with the tragic news of Harry Potterâs untimely death. Itâs just his luck that Potter not only comes back as a ghost, but seems intent on haunting Draco as heâs the only one that can see him. Itâs a race against time to retrace the last few days of Potterâs life in order to find his body before heâs lost to the living or spiritual realm forever. On their journey, theyâll uncover secrets, betrayals, and a horrific truth that will disrupt both the living and the dead.
Closure is a state of mind | 12k | E | After Harryâs husband Charlie is killed, his Mind Healer recommends a Polyjuice therapy company, so Harry can see âCharlieâ again and find closure over his death.
Draco, whose life over the last ten years has gone from bad to worse, gets assigned Potterâs case.
Melancholic Moonlight | art | T | Prompt: Draco has been bitten by a werewolf. He keeps it a secret, thinking if he just locks himself in his home nothing bad will happen. He hadnât thought Harry would come over that nightâŚ
If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted | 44k | E | graphic depictions of violence | âIf an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.â
Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain.
Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fightâthe infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die.
A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.
Andddd itâs time for our final Hurt!Fest weekly roundup! Weâll post a full fest roundup tomorrow, then reveals on October 15th. Just a reminder that weâll only be including Major Archive Warnings for brevityâs sake, so please remember to check the additional tags on the AO3 page for each work with care. Happy hurting!
Week Four Roundup
When It's All Over | 9k | M | rape/non-con | If killing you makes Harry happy, you really don't mind.
Disjointed heart | 21k | M |Â Draco tries to take control over his life whenever he can. He does whatever is best for him. He protects himself in ways his parents didnât protect him. He tries to minimise the discomfort he feels by avoiding most people, by covering himself up, creating barriers and putting up walls.
Maybe he has lost himself in it all.
Maybe he never really knew who he was in the first place.
Call Me by Your Name (And I'll Call You by Mine) | 35k | M | major character death |Â âMy dearest Harry, because no matter how far we are, even two different worlds apart, I can never tell where you end and I start.â
Draco never expected Potter to find his way back to his life, especially after seven years of no contact, but here he was. With Potter's will in his hands, his own name written in that untidy scribble he recognized anywhere, Draco had to accept this was his time to reopen an old wound, revisit painful memories, and relearn everything he thought he knew about his past.
Taro Milk Tea with a side of Depression | 1k | M |Â Draco sat through twenty grievous minutes of Ministry-mandated group therapy for Newly Registered Magical Beings & Creatures â then promptly stormed out.
A Nightmare Waiting to Happen | 22k | E | graphic depictions of violence |Â âDraco sat beside Harry's bed as the man breathed deeply; his eyes were moving rapidly beneath his eyelids, and every so often, he would twitch or part his lips. Draco couldnât imagine what was going on in Harryâs mind, but he clutched his husbandâs hand, wishing he could take his place, do anything to help.â
Harry Potter is cursed into a nightmare-verseâescaping one nightmare only causes him to fall deeper through the layers of his subconsciousâwill he be able to free himself, or will his deepest fears swallow him whole?
Nothing's as it seems | 18k | E |Â Harry Potter's world had been turned upside down more than once in his life, but with Draco Malfoy, he knew he had found a love that was rare and true. Harry had found his happy ending.
It wasn't to be.
All it took to ruin his life was a few lines in The Daily Prophet.
Letters he never sent | 6k | M | Harry thinks too much about Draco and whenever the feelings get too strong, he writes him a letter where he puts inside everything he feels and canât say out loud. Of course, none of those letters are sent, ever⌠but one.
On the last day | 53k | E | graphic depictions of violence | Draco is still mourning the recent loss of his mother when the Wizarding World is struck with the tragic news of Harry Potterâs untimely death. Itâs just his luck that Potter not only comes back as a ghost, but seems intent on haunting Draco as heâs the only one that can see him. Itâs a race against time to retrace the last few days of Potterâs life in order to find his body before heâs lost to the living or spiritual realm forever. On their journey, theyâll uncover secrets, betrayals, and a horrific truth that will disrupt both the living and the dead.
Closure is a state of mind | 12k | E |Â After Harry's husband Charlie is killed, his Mind Healer recommends a Polyjuice therapy company, so Harry can see 'Charlie' again and find closure over his death.
Draco, whose life over the last ten years has gone from bad to worse, gets assigned Potter's case.
Melancholic Moonlight | art | T |Â Prompt: Draco has been bitten by a werewolf. He keeps it a secret, thinking if he just locks himself in his home nothing bad will happen. He hadn't thought Harry would come over that night...
If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted | 44k | E | graphic depictions of violence |Â âIf an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.â
Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain.
Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fightâthe infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die.
A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.
Title: If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: Explicit
Pairings: Draco/Harry
Word count: 44427
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Police Brutality, Government Conspiracy, Murder, Fights to the Death, Murder, Non-Consensual Drug Use
Content/Enticements: EWE, Post-War, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Sentient Magical House, Wizarding Politics (Harry Potter), Intrigue, Consensual Sex, Rough Sex, Rimming, Anal Sex, Love Bites
Summary: If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain.
Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fightâthe infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die.
A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.
Authorâs Notes: This story was written for the wonderful HD Hurt Fest for prompt 23.
Heaps of love, and general adoration are in order for my alpha-beta-cheerleader collective without which this fic (and me) would be far poorer â¤ď¸
Please note the tags before reading, I have endeavoured to be thorough and honest in my warnings: although there is no MCD in this fic, there are several scenes of graphic violence and murder.
The Dog Fights are gladiatorial style fights to the death, and I donât let my characters escape from the rules of the arena.
Title: Melancholic Moonlight
Artist: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: Teen and up audiences
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Medium: ink/digital comic
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: self-hatred, ambiguous ending
Content/Enticements: wolf draco...
Summary: Draco has been bitten by a werewolf. He keeps it a secret, thinking if he just locks himself in his home nothing bad will happen. He hadn't thought Harry would come over that night...
Artistâs Notes: Thanks for reading! Next time I want to try and up the level of angst... he he
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Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Charlie Weasley
Word count: 12,230
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Morally Grey Draco Malfoy, Inappropriate medical/therapist relationships, Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues, Self-Esteem Issues, Guilt, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Bittersweet ending
Content/Enticements: Sex While Using Polyjuice Potion, pensieve sex, Voyeurism, wanking, Concealed Identity
Summary: After Harry's husband Charlie is killed, his Mind Healer recommends a Polyjuice therapy company, so Harry can see 'Charlie' again and find closure over his death.
Draco, whose life over the last ten years has gone from bad to worse, gets assigned Potter's case.
Authorâs Notes: Elle, your prompts are, as always, divine. My responses are, as usual, written more for me than you, but I hope you like it anyway <3
Thank you so much to T, E and especially N, who helped me figure this bloody thing out after I gave up on it.
I finally found my Draco, and I like how he came out in the end.
Thank you to the mods for making space for stories like these <3
Title: On the Last Day
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: E
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Word count: 53328
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Ghost!Harry. Grief/Mourning. Memory Loss. Non-Linear Flashbacks. Flashbacks. Horror Elements. Suicidal Ideation. Occlumency as a Coping Mechanism. Panic Attacks. Amortentia. Death Potion. The Veil. Dead Dove: Do Not Eat. Spoilery Warning in End
Content/Enticements: Mystery. Enemies to Lovers. Somewhat Bond!Fic. Slow Burn. Strong Friendships. Strong Women. Unspeakable/Scientist!Draco. True Love Conquers All.
Summary: Draco is still mourning the recent loss of his mother when the Wizarding World is struck with the tragic news of Harry Potterâs untimely death. Itâs just his luck that Potter not only comes back as a ghost, but seems intent on haunting Draco as heâs the only one that can see him. Itâs a race against time to retrace the last few days of Potterâs life in order to find his body before heâs lost to the living or spiritual realm forever. On their journey, theyâll uncover secrets, betrayals, and a horrific truth that will disrupt both the living and the dead.
Authorâs Note: I would like to thank the mods for their patience. I appreciate it so much. And I'd like to thank my amazing group of betas/alphas, my friends! You all are BRILLIANT and this story would not be here without you! P&P, thank you for your meticulous betaing skills and brainstorming sessions. D, for your never-ending support, encouragement, and cheerleading. R, for providing me a wealth of scientific information and knowledge to flesh out my Scientist!Draco. To those deciding to read this fic: thank you, please mind the tags, and I hope you enjoy this story xx
Title: Letters he never sent
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: M
Pairings: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy
Word count: 6k
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Incarceration, Infidelity, Open Ending
Content/Enticements: Itâs Harry being awkward, dramatic and desperate in letter format.
Summary: Harry thinks too much about Draco and whenever the feelings get too strong, the Saviour writes him a letter when he puts inside everything he feels and canât stay. Of course, none of those letters are sent, ever⌠but one.
Authorâs Notes: Very loosely adapted from Prompt#1 by quicksilvermaid "Harry's going to leave his wife. He tells Draco that every time they fuck. But then Ginny gets pregnant and Draco knows there's only one way he gets what he wants from this. "
It is unfortunately a lot shorter that anticipated, I couldn't finish the whole story in time so here is something like a prelude of it. I quite like what I ended up writing and I'm very happy I succeeded in finishing in time for the fest. I hope you like it, it's my first time participating in a drarry fest and writing in Harry's POV...
I couldn't have done it without the amazing work and support of my very good friend G. Thank you once again, I wouldn't have done half of it without you. And, of course, thank you so much to the mods for their kindness, and especially Quicksilvermaid for their prompt. I know I'm far from it but I hope you'll enjoy it.
Title: Nothing's as It Seems
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: Explicit
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Word count: 17807
Medium: Digital Art
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Beating
Content/Enticements: Established Relationship, Forced Break-up, Pureblood Ideology, Passage of Time
Summary: Harry Potter's world had been turned upside down more than once in his life, but with Draco Malfoy, he knew he had found a love that was rare and true. Harry had found his happy ending.
It wasn't to be.
All it took to ruin his life was a few lines in The Daily Prophet.
Author's Notes: Written for the prompt 53: They are in love, everything felt perfect. It was only them, and he was so happy. At least he thought that. Until he read the other's marriage announcement in the newspaper.
Thank you gnarf for this amazing prompt. I had the idea in my head the minute I read your prompt, and I hope I did it justice.
To the lovely artist, thank you so much. I really didn't expect it.
My amazing team of alphas, beta, and cheerers: Once this fic is revealed, Iâm gonna thank you all properly. Without all of you, this fic would gather dust on my computer.
Last but not least, special thanks to the mods. Youâre incredible! Thank you for modding this fest. Youâre absolute heroes.
The fic title and the title of every chapter are taken from songs by Our Last Night. They're gonna be listed at the end of the fic.
Title: A Nightmare Waiting to Happen
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: Explicit
Pairings: Draco/Harry
Word count: 21908
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Cannibalism, Zombies, Attempted Suicide, Eye Horror, Body Horror, Referenced Child Abuse, Nightmares, in Dream Character Death
Content/Enticements: Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Husbands, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Protective Draco Malfoy, Legilimency
Summary:Â Draco sat beside Harry's bed as the man breathed deeply; his eyes were moving rapidly beneath his eyelids, and every so often, he would twitch or part his lips. Draco couldnât imagine what was going on in Harryâs mind, but he clutched his husbandâs hand, wishing he could take his place, do anything to help.
Harry Potter is cursed into a nightmare-verseâescaping one nightmare only causes him to fall deeper through the layers of his subconsciousâwill he be able to free himself, or will his deepest fears swallow him whole?
Author's Notes: This is my first time really writing horror, and it was a super interesting and fun experience. Thank you so much to the hurt fest team for running this fest, and for allowing people to explore the darker, hurtier side of fanfic!
To L and R: I don't know what I would do without you. Thank you for being with me through every step of this fic.
Thank you to A, T, and S for the thorough and helpful betas, any remaining mistakes are entirely my own.
And of course, M and B, you two are the best.
All of the violence, gore, and horror tags happen within dreams. Â
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Title: Taro Milk Tea with a side of Depression
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Draco/Harry
Word count: 1,071
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: Therapy, Depression, Self-Hatred, Referenced Alcohol Abuse
Content/Enticements: Screenplay Format, Veela Draco
Summary: [Written for Prompt # 8.]
Draco sat through twenty grievous minutes of Ministry-mandated group therapy for âNewly Registered Magical Beings & Creaturesâ â then promptly stormed out.
Authorâs Notes: I'd like to thank my wonderful beta XY and my emotional support buddy Z.
FIC:Â Call Me by Your Name (And I'll Call You by Mine)
Title: Call Me by Your Name (And I'll Call You by Mine)
Author: to be revealed Oct 15th!
Rating: M
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, platonic Draco Malfoy & Astoria Greengrass
Word count: 35,275
Warnings - please check the AO3 tags for more!: major character death, self-esteem issues, secret relationship
Content/Enticements: non-linear narrative, magical theory and foreign magical community, bittersweet ending
Summary: My dearest Harry, because no matter how far we are, even two different worlds apart, I can never tell where you end and I start.
Draco never expected Potter to find his way back to his life, especially after seven years of no contact, but here he was. With Potter's will in his hands, his own name written in that untidy scribble he recognized anywhere, Draco had to accept this was his time to reopen an old wound, revisit painful memories, and relearn everything he thought he knew about his past.
Authorâs Notes: Inspired by prompt #72
For the lovely prompter, prolix. I'm sorry I went a little too wild with your idea, I swear the story grew without my permission. I hope you'd like it nonetheless!
Thanks to K, my dear friend and faithful cheerleader; S, my extraordinary beta; and the superb mods of this amazing fest <3