Lillian Lockhart

Since the year is ending, I thought I would make a little list of all the fics I bookmarked this year. I absolutely adored all of them. Please read them if you haven't and thank you to our wonderful authors!

Never Mind the Bollocks by @the-sinking-ship [E 188k]

If someone told Harry six months ago that by autumn he would be single, living on whisky and toast, and dancing the night away with Draco Malfoy, he would have told them to get their head checked. And yet, here he was.

Foreplay by @lqtraintracks [E 6k]

Getting a raging hard-on on the duelling room floor, pinned under Harry Potter’s sweaty body, is not how Draco saw his day going, but… Well, here he is.

Brief Encounter by @maraudersaffair [E 45k]

Harry was happy, goddammit; he’d gotten everything he wanted in life. Why then could he not stop thinking about Draco Malfoy?

The Usual by @aibidil [T 9k]

Harry finally tries the new magical coffee shop on Diagon Alley. A story in which Draco is Up To Something™ and Harry is going to get to the bottom of it, and to the bottom of that sixteen ounce to-go cup.

This fic is simply hilarious. Best laugh I had in years.

Of easy wind and downy flake by @starquestingfordrarry [E 14k]

It’s snowing in July, and it’s Malfoy’s fault. Or, the one where the house wants the boys to kiss.

Probationary Action by @toomuchplor [E 63k]

As part of the terms of the probationary contract, DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY shall submit for inspection his WAND on the last day of every month, such inspection to be carried out by a duly registered and fully qualified AUROR in the employ of the MINISTRY OF MAGIC, and such inspection to include a PRIORI INCANTATEM spell to ensure that no PROHIBITED MAGICS as heretofore described have been practised by the aforementioned probationer.

Rookie Moves by peu_a_peu [E 75k]

Aurors Potter and Malfoy crack the case.

The Way You Say My Name by InnerLilith [E 5k]

In which Malfoy calls Harry pet names to get him flustered and riled up, and Harry gets flustered and riled up because he secretly likes it. The problem is that Malfoy is only teasing…or is he?

The Boy from the Piano Shop by @soliblomst [M 89k]

After going blind in a reckless attempt to avenge Ginny's death, Harry battles with severe depression. One day, he stumbles upon a quaint piano restoration shop in the heart of London and meets the owner, a kindly old man, and his introverted young apprentice, whose voice sounds strangely familiar. As Harry and Draco slowly reconnect through private piano lessons, the small workshop becomes Harry's refuge, offering him a glimmer of hope in a world without eyes. /Set five years after the Battle of Hogwarts/

HIGHLY recommend

Aletheia by @lazywonderlvnd [E 8k]

Draco finds out Daphne's been shagging Potter and it turns out it's really not that difficult to get a piece of her hair.

Too Good At Raising Hell by @the-sinking-ship [E 87k]

When Harry Potter walks into Draco’s nightclub looking like trouble, Draco can’t stop staring. He really ought to train his dick not to react so enthusiastically to red flags, but where would be the fun in that?

Say When by @lqtraintracks [E 24k]

When Auror Harry Potter is sent in undercover to determine if Draco Malfoy is laundering money through his BDSM club, will he be able to keep up the ruse and close the case? Or, more to the point, will he keep from falling in love?

Now I Know In Part by @dodgerkedavra [E 39k]

Harry Potter is the savior of the wizarding world. Draco Malfoy is a reformed Death Eater turned Ministry Curse-Breaker. Five years after the war, they're brought together by another mysterious curse.

Got Me Started by @itsphantasmagoria @kamaela [E 8k]

Malfoy said in a rush, “I don’t care about you.” “Uh, same?” was the only response Harry could come up with. Or: An unexpected partnership leads Harry and Draco to a sex club in Berlin. Harry doesn't quite know what to do with himself.

Raising Hell! by @wolfpants [E 21k]

Harry and Draco are sent undercover as a married couple to investigate a dodgy Muggle love cult. Something evil is lurking in Glastonbury… but to get to it, the reluctant partners must be initiated first. And this is, after all, a love cult…

The Superfluous Man by peu_a_peu [E 24k]

A child for Harry Potter is a miracle of magic. And it's the second act of Draco Malfoy's sorry little life.

your braids like a pattern by @hoko-onchi-writes [E 31k]

Harry soldiers on with the get-to-know you activity, noting each counsellor's interests and repeating their names. Harry’s eyes land on Malfoy. He’s the last counsellor in the circle. One blond eyebrow is arched, his smirky mouth turned up at the corners. That can’t be good. Harry clutches his clipboard; lets the edge of it dig into his skin. When did Malfoy’s hair get so long? It had only reached his chin the last time Harry saw him. “Counsellor Malfoy.” “Potter. Fancy seeing you here.” Malfoy has the same drawl, but it’s deeper. Richer. Like he has in fact grown in the intervening years. Harry taps his pencil against his clipboard. “Care to share your name and an interesting tidbit?” “So many of my tidbits are interesting.” Malfoy’s hair falls in loose, golden waves over his shoulders. Harry regrets the use of the word ‘tidbit’ with every fibre of his being, but he nods gamely at Malfoy. Whatever he says can’t be that bad. “I’m Draco Malfoy, and I was a teenage Death Eater.” ~~ Or: Harry runs a camp. Malfoy is the new counsellor, and he's driving Harry to the brink of insanity.

I live and breathe for this fic.

Nobody Pinch Me by @dracoladon @lazywonderlvnd [E 17k]

A mysteriously locked door keeps Harry and Draco trapped in the room where they're serving detention.

i knew you when i knew nothing by fiella [G 74k WIP]

The plan was simple. Absurd, but simple. He’d wait until Draco left for his usual late-night library run. When the coast was clear, Harry would sneak over to Draco’s side of the dorm. He wasn’t going to do anything. He wasn’t a complete lunatic. But Draco’s pillow? His blanket? That was fair game, wasn’t it? Just for a moment, just long enough to feel… Harry groaned, dragging his hands down his face. This is insane, he thought. I’m insane. But even as he berated himself, the plan solidified in his mind. Steal Draco Malfoy’s pillow. Or: In which Harry Potter loses a portion of his memories during the Battle of Hogwarts. When he returns for Eighth Year, he finds himself roomed with Draco Malfoy—a boy he doesn’t remember is supposed to be his enemy. And Draco Malfoy doesn’t know how to handle a Harry Potter who has forgotten to hate him.

Little Prince, Kneel by @coffeedrgn87 [E 478k]

Almost immediately after the war, Harry Potter took his godson and Andromeda and left England behind. He returned some five years later, changed, healed, and a completely different man altogether --- in every sense of the word, and then some. Now an extremely handsome bachelor in his late(ish) twenties, and with a promising career at the Ministry, he suddenly finds his life turned upside down after unexpectedly bumping into his former school nemesis, Draco Malfoy, Prosecutor Extraordinaire. Is Harry going to be able to stay away from Draco? Does he even want to? And exactly how will Draco react once he discovers how the Saviour prefers to spend his free time?

One word for this fic : YES!!!!

So I know that in the Drarry fandom, it’s mostly canon that Harry is brown as opposed to the white character that JKR made him out to be. But for some reason my brain refuses to accept that.

And that is absolutely not because I’m racist since I’m an Indian residing in India right now, and I’m very happy with my skin colour. (And trust me I’m not saying this to prove the fact that I’m not racist, I promise I am an Indian and am brown myself)

I’m not quite sure how to explain it but it’s basically something related to me reading Harry Potter when I was a kid and NEVER once being able to relate to anything. Because as weird as it is, having someone of your own ethnicity in a major book series as an important character (not ones with very exaggerated names like Parvathi and Padma or Cho Chang who were so obviously just put in for diversity; and before I offend anyone, I know that these names do exist but also if a white woman in that time were to look up Indian or Asian names with minimal effort, these would be the ones she found first. However all the Parvathis and Padmas I know in India are at least 60+ years old which doesn’t fit in well the HPs time frame.)

Books that were super popular in India, such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, Divergent, TMI among many others barely ever had any Indian characters of significance and I assure you, every time someone of the same ethnicity as me was even mentioned, I’d be over the moon.

But Harry Potter was white as JKR made him to be. I loved him all the same but that personal touch that an Indian ethnicity would give the character was missing for me. I mean his name too, Harry Potter, is one of the lesser used names in India. I’ve never heard of a Harry that isn’t Harrypreet , Harbajan, Harshit etc. So in my pea sized brain Harry was always (and not to focus so much on the skin colour or race but here we are) white. And accepting anything except for that fact is very hard for me because if Harry was originally brown, the connection I’d have had with the character would be something else. Now though when it’s almost widely accept that Harry is some shade of brown, I’m so torn because it just doesn’t coincide with the view I have of him.

And the thing is, it’s not just me. A lot of my friends here who I’ve spoken to about this agree that it’s very hard for them to accept Harry as Indian specifically. Black, hell yes. Latino, sign me up. Asian even, go for it. But Indian, I’m not sure about that.

Just as an additional note, I’ve literally died with happiness just seeing Indian representation in books. Like when I read first about Parvathi Patil, I screamed to my friend who introduced me to the books about how amazing it was that Harry took her to the Yule ball (basically Indians getting some kind of privilege in a predominantly white setting). And as stupid and juvenile as this is (not even sure how many people know about this) but in the series Geronimo Stilton, Thea Stilton and the Ice Treasure, there was a mouse named Ashvin referenced who was crushed on by a lot of people and just seeing that an Indian was the source of everyone’s attraction was enough to make me land on the seventh heaven.

So my point I think is, I’m not sure exactly why but I’m not able to accept Harry as Indian specifically (I realised this when I read The Devils White Knight which btw is an incredible book) and I don’t know what to do about it.

Hi anon, I’m so sorry you’ve been feeling like this. I can see how this sense of disconnection affects the way you interact with both canon and fic, and as a white (Latin, but still white) woman I’m not sure I can provide the advice and guidance you’re looking for.

My two cents about this would be the gentle reminder that “representation matters” and “I appreciate that this headcanon exists but it doesn’t really work for me” are two ideas that can coexist. You’re not (or shouldn’t be) obligated to adopt headcanons any more than I, a white woman, am. Anyone who requires that based on your origin or skin color is being cruel and completely missing the point imho.

Now, I do think that those who are interested in exploring these headcanons could put in the effort to make it realistic, respectful and truly representative, but I will never expect creators to write/draw Harry the exact same way, just as I’ll never force myself to read something I’m not personally into as a way to convince myself that I’m doing the ~right~ thing. This is not how I see fandom at all, I’m not here to perform but to have fun during my free time. Again, I LOVE that fandom has become so much more representative and is spreading awareness over topics that canon never really cared about, but not everything will work out for everyone and that’s okay as long as we all remain kind and supportive among ourselves. This is why I’m here, but that’s me.

Hi there,

I just wanted to say something to the Drarry fandom.

I started reading Drarry in french when I was 13, it was my sexual awakening of some sorts in a way and back then as soon as I discovered Harry and Draco's dynamic I was immediately sucked in. I read for a couple of years and then life happened and I moved on.

However, 4 years ago, I discovered tumblr and was curious if Drarry still existed. To my surprise, there were this new plateform, ao3, and dozens, hundreds of authors on the english side that had been writing for years. I had suddenly thousands of fics to read and I couldn't believe it. So I got sucked back in and read, read, read. Until I had no air in my lungs anymore. I was overjoyed and I laughed, cried, hyperventilated reading those fics. It felt like coming home again.

And the fandom was so great, kind, welcoming, talented! It soon became my comfort, my own little private joy I didn't really shared with anyone else but it was mine and I looked at it with tenderness and love.

4 years have past since then and I still read every day, all the new, the old, all the words you write with your body and soul, I read and marvel at all this joy it brings me. And each day I am grateful for all of you, who writes, who reads, who makes this fandom alive and thriving and a pretty amazing place to be in. This place is a treasure in my heart.

I am a lurker, I read, comment, leave kudos, read your blogs and most of all, what I am trying to say, is thank you. Thank you. To each of you.

You make my life better, you bring me all happiness, and I love Harry and Draco, I love what you've all built, and foremost I love you.

You are all amazing human beings. You are a gift.

And I thank all the authors, the readers, artists, for making this Drarry experience the best I would have ever wanted.

I hope it'll continue for a very long time.

I never watched Hey Arnold growing up, (I don’t think they showed in the UK?) But my goodness let me tell you– when I discovered this character I was screaming!!!! My drarry-filled brain exploded!

So yes. This is headcanon now. Thank you.

Unspeakable Draco Malfoy, youngest head of the department of mysteries.

Auror Harry Potter, youngest head of the department of magical law enforcement. 

I recently received an ask requesting recs from new Drarry writers. Due to circumstances, the ask was deleted 😂😂, but I was left feeling inspired! So I’ve compiled a list of a bunch of fics I’ve read and loved (or have had highly recced to me) from a few of the insanely talented writers that made their debut in 2021! 

Enjoy and give the writers some love 💕

(also feel free to add on any others you know!)

🎀 Bonds, Besties and Boners: Draco Malfoy’s Guide to Getting a Boyfriend by @nv-md​ 4K. E Rated.

Draco and Harry are accidentally bonded while at work. Harry’s thrilled, Draco’s annoyed, and Pansy’s doing everything she can to cause trouble. Can these two idiots figure their messy relationship out?

🎀 A Grey Shrike Alighted Upon My Wishbone by @opalesqueopioid  7K. E Rated.

Cursed to forget everything about Harry Potter, Draco has to kill if he wants a cure.

🎀 Bridges by @cavendishbutterfly​ 16K. E Rated.

Harry and Draco are on a trip to Budapest to help with Kingsley’s re-election, but that’s the boring bit.

More interesting: Harry Potter is changing his Tinder preferences to include men.

Also interesting: Harry’s spending more time with Draco Malfoy than he ever has, wandering around the city. And Harry doesn’t hate it. The city’s pretty gorgeous too.

🎀 Can’t Put This Feeling Into Words by @floydig​ 2K. M Rated.

Harry visits Malfoy in Azkaban.

“The fuck are you here for, Potter?”

“Wanted to see if you still had your soul and all,” Harry mutters. “I thought one of the Dementors here might try and kiss you.”

Malfoy huffs out a laugh and starts coughing and hacking up shit, sounding real awful.

Awful in that way that makes you want to laugh, too. Then you feel guilty about laughing later.

🎀 A Delicious Descent Into Delirium by @itsjamethyst​ 40K. M Rated.

Harry makes a few piss-poor decisions. Malfoy’s still a rich prick.The lesson to be learned here: Don’t engage in a disastrous game of chicken. Unless, of course, you enjoy the idea of a naked photoshoot, and the entire Wizarding World believing you get off on Malfoy.

The following is a recount of the course of events that unfolded.

🎀 Postcards from Italy by @sorrybutblog​ 6K. E Rated.

A pool party, a nightclub, a bathtub. Draco Malfoy is the last person Harry expected to run into the summer before his third year of university, but he’s not complaining (at least not anymore). 

🎀 Mise en Place by @corvuscrowned​ 5K. T Rated.

Draco needs to learn how to cook, and luckily, Harry knows his way around a kitchen.The fact that Draco is using his newfound cooking skills to impress another man… Well, Harry just tries not to think about that too much.But somewhere, among all of the spicing and savoring, Harry realizes that Draco is coming by for more than just a good meal.

🎀 When Harry Met Sally by @drarrymybeloved​ 18K. G Rated.

He’s looking into slate grey eyes obscured by a few wind-tousled strands of platinum blond hair, at cheekbones that could cut glass, a sharp nose, and pointed chin. Harry’s looking at Draco sodding Malfoy.

“Malfoy?” Harry blurts out before rational thought can surface.

Malfoy raises his chin ever so slightly, an echo of the arrogance he used to carry like a second skin when he was younger.

“Potter,” he acknowledges stiffly.

🎀 Playing Dirty by @sweet-s0rr0w​ 9K. E Rated.

As punishment for screwing up yet another mission, and with their magic going haywire, new partners Potter and Malfoy are sent to clean the Auror locker room, the Muggle way. Will they make it out alive? Does Malfoy ever work out how to use a sponge? Do they actually even hate each other, or is it all just misconstrued sexual tension? How long until they accidentally end up naked?

For answers to all these questions and more, read on….

🎀 The Call of Sweet Things - @softlystarstruck​ 88K. E Rated.

Draco’s happy with his quiet, lonely life in Woolbury, spending his days working at Pen Pals and keeping his already tidy flat spotless. But when Harry Potter shows up with pink hair and secrets about his magic, Draco’s carefully upheld balance falls apart. He doesn’t quite know how he ends up decorating Harry’s cottage, drinking unreasonable amounts of cocoa, and laughing more than he’s laughed in years, but it’s Christmas, after all– and he finally has a chance to set things right.

🎀 Like The Son Holds the Moon by @lou-isfake​ 50K. M Rated.

Narcissa Malfoy is missing. Harry has no idea why the Unspeakables want him tagging along on the investigation, but he’s not complaining. His job has never been this interesting.

His job has never before involved observing a fit, long-haired Draco Malfoy around the clock, or noticing how good he smells, or burning his breakfasts. They’re not paying him to ask questions, or notice when something is terribly wrong, or take matters into his own hands.

Unfortunately, these are the things Harry Potter does best.

🎀 Everything You Want (Is Right In Front of You) by @avenueofesc​ 67K. E Rated.

When Harry realizes that Malfoy has been spending time with his godson, he knows that the Slytherin is up to something. He’s determined to prove it—even if it means spending more time with the prat.And no matter what Hermione thinks, there is absolutely no reason why Teddy is suddenly morphing into a miniature version of his cousin when Harry is around.Or is there?

🎀 Stitched and Sewn by @wheezykat​ 8K. E Rated.

Harry shudders, fingertips pulsing against Draco’s thighs. Draco can feel the sharp, metal edge of Harry’s wedding band digging into his flesh, knows he’ll have a bruise there in the morning, a small imperfection that only he’d be able to see. It’s one of the only marks he’ll vanish, not wanting to think about its implications; the rest he’ll keep for himself.Slowly, Harry relaxes, shoulders sinking, breaths changing their cadence to a new tempo. Resigned, surrendered to this dance they do.

🎀 What Have You Been Hiding Under Those Robes by @thebooktopus​ 15K. E Rated.

After an accidental explosion in the Potions classroom, professors Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have to utilize the emergency showers at the back of the classroom. Harry is surprised to find that prim & proper Draco is positively covered in tattoos. And… are those nipple piercings?You can probably tell where this goes.

  🎀 He Was A Skater Boy by @m0srael 19K. E Rated.

Wicked Game by @pennygalleon 22k. E rated.

Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy crossed a line during one of their late-night Astronomy Tower Bonding Sessions and neither are sure what that means. Not that they got particularly far, considering they were caught and assigned detention for their antics. And, now, they’ve been sucked into a boardgame. That’s just fantastic…

When in Rome (do as the Romans do) by @isamijoo 5k. E Rated.

A year after the war, Draco was banished from the wizarding world and forced to live in Malaysia as a Muggle with a new name, a fabricated backstory and no wand. He made an Unbreakable Vow not to leave the country or initiate contact with anyone from his old life. Now six years into his banishment, he was still a foreigner, hiding his true self from everyone. Until one day in December, when everything was red-and-green in preparation for Christmas, he heard someone call his name. His real name. A short journey of acceptance, of staying true to yourself and making a life of your own wherever you are.

at the end of this tether by @helle-bored 4.2k, M rated.

There’s a worn page folded in an inner pocket of Harry’s robes with a single underlined paragraph. Discrete magical signatures have been observed after the destruction of a Dementor. Some scholars believe this implies that the souls of its victims persist as captives within its form, as opposed to undergoing immediate obliteration, and therefore serve the purpose of providing the creature with sustenance over a prolonged period of time. Harry has carried it for nearly two years.

Art: Taste Yourself nsfw and Skater Draco G rated by @kryptidfox

Tinder, Flicker, Flash by @americanmoths 80k, M Rated.

Molly Weasley takes Draco in after Narcissa, wanted for many murders and schemes, abandons him in the forbidden forest. This is a Drarry story, so obvs your fav schoolyard enemies fall in love, but first Draco has to learn to love his adopted family. ft. magical Zoom calls, gay solidarity, a prank war, a real war and George Weasley’s unsubstantiated belief in his own psychic abilities. a story where nobody makes any good decisions, yet everything turns out ok.

thank you @teacup-tai and @the-sinking-ship for the tags and ur snips which i am perpetually grabby hands over (is it tomorrow yet sly? 👀 ) im working on a ginsy-flavored-drarry multichap, and the lads are going to be in the enemies stage for a hot minute before they get anywhere close to lovers ♥

“Why do I have to play nice if he doesn’t?” Harry grumbled.

Malfoy smirked. “This is me playing nice.”

“As far as I’m concerned, neither of you have to play nice,” Pansy said pleasantly. “Why should I be deprived of my entertainment?”

Ginny shot her a glare. “Pansy.”

“Fine, fine,” Pansy sighed. “Then let’s skip over all of this.” She rounded on Malfoy and extended a chastising finger, adopting a low voice which Harry could only guess was meant to sound like him. “‘Malfoy, what the hell are you doing back in London?’” she said in a half-growl. “‘Don’t you know everyone in this entire city wants you dead, myself included? Maybe you should have stayed in France or wherever the hell you fucked off to and make all of our lives a little easier.’”

Then she turned to Harry, adopting an exaggerated posh tone that was an uncanny imitation of Malfoy. “‘Why, Potter, I hear you’re coaching for the Harpies,’” she said. “‘I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised they didn’t actually want you to play for them given your -’ I don’t know, insert some lazy insult about eyesight here.” She cleared her throat, and switched back to her Malfoy Voice. “‘It’s so lovely to see that you’ve found a way to make yourself useful despite your utter lack of intellect without having to mature past the age of seventeen.’” She paused contemplatively. “Okay, then, blah blah blah, you’re a rat bastard, your mother’s a crup, an exchange of a few angry and very charged glares, and then a reluctant agreement to push aside your differences in the interest of your two beautiful and much beloved friends.”

She sucked in a breath, and then glanced around the three of them, who gawked back at her. “There. Did I miss anything?”

Malfoy broke into laughter. “I think Potter would have worked in something about a ferret. Maybe some half-baked quip about daddy’s money.” He turned to Harry, his eyes devoid of their usual sneer. “Anything else?”

“One or two uses of the word scarhead,” Harry offered. “A cheap shot from the orphan angle if his knickers are really in a twist.”

“Right, right,” Malfoy said, his eyes lingering on Harry’s for a moment before he turned to Pansy. “Perhaps a mention of the fact that it’s been seven years and still no one’s notified him about the invention of the hairbrush, and then I think we’re brought up to speed.”

Harry ran a hand through his hair reflexively. Malfoy glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and then the smirk was back on his face.

“See?” Pansy said to Ginny. “I told you they’d get along fine. Should we order?”

(part 2 is coming soon)