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If You Only Knew Summary: Draco muses on his husband’s inability to face his mother without nervousness. Word Count: 188 Rating: General Audiences Contains: Poetry, Fluff Notes:darkravenwrote – I was excited to read your prompts! I love competent!Harry and the image of him being scared of Narcissa, and I hope you’ll like what I made from it. Thanks to lately for the beta!

Krampusnacht Summary: Harry Potter, top investigator at the DMLE and husband to one Draco Malfoy, has negotiated his way out of impossible situations before. Even so, there is no avoiding the traditional Boxing Day Brunch his mother-in-law hosts at Malfoy Manor. Things take a sinister turn when an ancient Christmas demon appears, and once again, it's up to Harry to save the day... Word Count: 9074 Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Contains: Christmas Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Established Relationship, Auror Harry Potter, Competent Harry Potter, Wizarding Culture, Mythical Beings & Creatures, Yule, Wizarding Traditions, Black Family Feels, Baking, German Black Family, German-Speaking Characters, Malfoy Manor Notes: Dear darkravenwrote, what a lovely prompt! I cheered when I spotted 'magical lore', 'history' and 'languages' among your favorites (shout out to the mods for their superb matching job!), and I hope you like what I came up with. I had a lot of fun having Harry save the day like the hero he is! Please enjoy the gift, and have a lovely (and Krampus-free) Christmas! Huge thanks go out to my lovely beta flightinflame for her support, and to the Owlpost Masters for all their hard work! Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it!

Title: The Curse of the Little Mermaid Author: Darkravenwrote Rating: Explicit Exploding Snap Trope: Merpeople/Siren AU Word Count: 18527 Tags: Post-War, HP: EWE, Auror Harry, Merman Draco, Blow Jobs, Post-Canon, underwater kissing, Curses, Post-Hogwarts Summary: It starts with an itch, which rapidly devolves into Potter asking what 'in the name of McGonagall's pantaloons' he is doing in a pond. Things can only get better from there, right? Excerpt: 'It sparkles,' is the first thing Harry thinks, which is an absurd first thought to have when a man shows you his curse-tail. But it is, and Harry can't comprehend how he could have missed it. Now he is aware of its existence, he can see the glinting from the depths of the pond and the alien sheen of scales dotted across his stomach. Rec Notes: The Curse of the Little Mermaid by Darkravenwrote is delightful and funny, and it really made me invested in the characters’ wellbeings. Due to reasons, Draco turns into a merman after the war, and I found the opening scene with him experiencing the initial symptoms quite riveting. 

I also appreciated the tone of this. Loads of interesting and hilarious descriptions are peppered throughout the story, such as Harry thinking he would rather “wrestle Greyback wandless than go in [the Malfoy Manor] again.” Additionally, the way the author describes Draco as a merman is very captivating; I especially enjoyed this description: “the alien sheen of scales dotted across his stomach.” Oh my god, yes, alien sheen. I knew exactly what the author was describing, and the word choice was so interesting. 

The magical theory in this was also really good. The author included fascinating details about Ministry and Auror protocol, and it was satisfying to learn along with Harry why exactly Draco had turned into a merman. Finally, I loved the tension between Harry and Draco. We wait for a few scenes before we see them interact, and the banter and snark between them is so, so good. Harry is with Theo for most of the fic, and it just adds to all the tension.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley Additional Tags: Yuletide, Traditions, Christmas Tree, Secret Relationship Summary:

Harry doesn’t mean to lie to his friends about his relationship with Draco Malfoy. Well, not for thirteen months at least.

Sinking Under by @darkravenwrote

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Gift from: anon Review/Comment of: The Way Through The Woods

Read Comment on Livejournal: I love me some angsty fluff

Summary of Fic: "This is getting ridiculous, Harry. I could set my clocks by your breakups!" Hermione says the sixth time Harry appears in her living room with a freshly rebroken heart. "What are you going to do this time?" "Same thing I always do: get blindingly drunk over the holidays and wait for Spring." Literally. Written for hpdrizzle'16 - prompt in notes. Word Count of Fic: 2387 Rating of Fic: Mature

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Art Medium: Mood board and Book cover Rating: G Notes: Dear darkravenwrote, I was hooked to this lovely fic of your's from the get go and I do hope you like my humble offerings of a mood board and book cover. I tried to use your favourite colours too :) <3

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Read with Coffee on AO3: You mocha me crazy

Summary:

"Potter," he said over the sound of Harry laughing, "your coffee has gone bad." Harry chuckled, "It’s supposed to taste like that, Malfoy."

Or, The one where there's coffee, scrolls, more coffee and two men trying to sort their feelings. Word Count: ~3200 Rating: General Contains: Enemies to Lovers, EWE, fluff Notes: Dear DarkRaven, Happy Holidays! ♥ I had a completely different gift planned at first but then I went back to read through your post and your first prompt inspired this. It definitely strayed a little from "traditions" to something a little more vague but I hope it still somewhat hits the mark! ♥ Thank you Blue_Posey for fixing all the many grammar mistakes and making this fic readable. ♥ Thank you, mods for the extension and for running this lovely fest year after year!

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Gift from: anon Read on AO3: his hand (in mine) Summary: Draco makes an attempt at Secret Santa. He’s not quite clear on the details. Word Count: 1129 Rating: G Contains: humor, a hand massage, professor!Draco and professor!Harry (potions and flight, respectively), Draco not understanding Muggle traditions quite as well as he thinks he does Notes: darkravenwrote, I had so much fun stretching my writing muscles for this, after a long break! I tried to include as many of your likes as possible in this thing that was supposed to be a drabble but which clearly got away from me XD I hope you enjoy, and that you have a wonderful December, full of holiday cheer!!

Gift from: anon Enjoy on AO3: Bad Santa Summary: When Malfoy suggests everyone participates in Secret Santa over the holidays, Harry knows he's up to something. Can he figure out what Malfoy's plan is before the gifts are given? Word Count: 11842 Rating: Teen and up | PG-13 Notes: for darkravenwrote - thank you for the opportunity to create this, I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed bringing your wish list to life!

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Enjoy on AO3: Feels a lot like flying

Summary: McGonagall decides to organise a Secret Santa for the eighth years and Draco naturally gets Potter.   Word Count: 1280 Rating: General Audiences Notes: all the love to M for editing.

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Gift from: anon Read on AO3: (You're a) Revolution Summary:

“Will I—Will I see you around?” Malfoy snorts. “Careful, Potter,” he murmurs, almost to himself, as his fingers linger on the doorknob. “One might think you actually enjoy my presence.”

Eight years after the end of the war, Draco Malfoy stumbles into Harry’s shop in the middle of a storm—no wand, no backstory; no signs of having lived in the country since the Battle of Hogwarts. During their first encounter, Harry promises Malfoy—and the words sound like an old mantra—that he'll figure out Draco's secrets eventually. And then he does. He does, except… it doesn't quite feel like a victory. Word Count: 23k Rating: Explicit Gift from: anon Read on AO3: Molten Summary: While looking for a Christmas gift for his mother, Draco Malfoy comes across a glass shop that sells amazing living-glass creations. When he finds out that the owner of the shop, and creator of the beautiful glass pieces, is Harry Potter, a friendship forms-or perhaps it will be something more. Word Count: 8668 Rating: T Contains: Nothing but fluff