#drarry advent

Drarry | 19.4k words | draco pov, soft-glow life, it’s snowing and we’re happy about it, getting back together, all the Christmas tropes, read when you need a warm landing

Love All Lovely

Summary: Draco comes home for Christmas, and discovers that sharing is the best way of celebrating old traditions, and new ones too.

Excerpt: Hogwarts was ten years behind him now, and with it the war, and his childhood, too. It had been long enough that Draco could now allow himself to take pleasure in the traditions of his childhood again, to remember with a fondness untarnished by the rosy-tint of self-denial. He could navigate deftly around the knowledge of his parent’s failures—and his own—and was well practiced at heaving himself out of the quicksand of regret.

But this was the first time he had been at the Manor for the first day of December in years. He had started flitting south for the winter when Blaise studied at the Academy of Ancient Arts in Egypt when they were twenty, and then kept the habit. But Pansy had wheedled and cajoled for the entirety of their summer turn on the Côte d’Azur, and he had agreed to come home for the entirety of December—”New Year’s too, darling”—so now he stood at the wide mullioned windows in the blue parlour like he had as a little boy, and watched as a pair of Fȳr finches busied themselves on the snowberry bush in the wide herbaceous border just outside.

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This was written as part of the brilliant 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2020 run by @slythindor100 ❄️ thank you for running this fest and providing such inspiring prompts!

Harry's Technicolor Dream Tree.

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“Did you get the tree?” Draco shouted as he heard the Floo chime. He had been busily levitating their Christmas ornaments from the attic and getting everything ready to decorate Grimmauld Place.

His jaw fell to the floor when Harry entered the room. The tree that he’d bought was tall, sparkly and rainbow-hued.

“Merlin’s arse!” Draco huffed, half-appalled and half-tickled at the sight. “Whatever possessed you, Potter? That isn’t quite the traditional pine that the Malfoys are famed for!”

Harry grinned at Draco’s reaction. “Isn’t it brilliant?” he replied. “I can’t wait to see your Dad’s face on Christmas Day.”

Advent 2019

- Disclaimer - This is a little project for myself, I know events happen all over the internet and throughout the year, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to participate, because of time; so I decided to plan myself to write what I wanna write and contribute with the fandom in my own way.

Fandom | Love | Ship | Dates

Supernatural | boys love | destiel | Sep.26 to Oct.10

Naruto | boys love | sasunaru | Feb.01 to Feb.15

Harry Potter | boys love | drarry | Nov.07 to Nov.21

BBC Sherlock | boys love | johnlock | Jul.04 to Jul.18

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Twilight | girls love | leangela | Jun.06 to Jun.20

Once Upon A Time | girls love | snowqueen | May 02 to May 16

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December is for Christmas themed fanfics;

January, March, April and August is for the other ships free writing.

Hi folks! I decided to post an advent fic this year!

I’ll post the new chapter here and on AO3 every day =)

I was quite sick yesterday, so here are the first two chapters!

day 3 / day 4 / day 5 / day 6 / day 7 / day 8 / day 9 / day 10 / day 11 / day 12 / day 13 / day 14 / day 15 / day 16 / day 17 & 18 / day 19 / day 20 / day 21 / day 22 / day 23 / day 24 / day 25 / day 26

Potter,

Hermione told me where you are. Please don’t be mad at her, I’ve been bothering her about it for months now.

I know you needed to get away from everything and I’m probably the last person you want to have contact with. But I just had to write.

I just want to apologize, ok? I never got the chance to do it, everything was a mess right after the battle and then you left. I didn’t even get the change to thank you for testifying for mother and I.

Thank you. Also for the other things. For coming back for me in the fire, for killing him, for not dying. I think believing you can defeat him was the only thing that kept many people sane during the war.

I knew you could beat him when you used that curse on me in the girls bathroom. I knew you could do what was necessary. I’m sorry you had to do it, I’m sorry what it did to you, but I’m still grateful.

As for apologizing: I actually made a list with all the things I want to apologize for. I started it after the trials and I went and talked to all the people I hurt. I apologized for every bad thing I did. It was hard, but also good. Some people forgave me, like Hermione. Some just accepted it. I started all over with some people like Ginny. Some can’t forgive me and I accept that. I understand that. It still helped. I started to forgive myself. I started to process what happened.

Harry introducing Draco to ice-skating and at first he’s like “why are we putting knives under our shoes? What is this muggle thing? Wait, they’re to slide Easier on the ice?? Why would anyone want that! To make it even easier to slip!?” and Harry just laughs and asks “Scared, Malfoy?” and so ofc Draco has to reply with “You wish, potter” (also because, tho he won’t admit it, Draco trusts Harry by now) and so he puts on the skates, gets up, pushes away - and falls. And Harry’s just laughing harder as he tries to help a grumbling Draco to his feet and he manages after almost falling a few more times while trying to catch his balance on the ice again. 

Imagine Harry guiding and teaching and showing him how to skate and Draco learning and eventually claiming he’s better than harry

Imagine them playing ice-hockey against each other and Draco finds it so fun and freeing because it seems so strange and wild at first but that’s just what he loves

Imagine Draco watching professional figure skaters and exclaiming “How are they able to do that Without Magic!? That shouldn’t be possible” and just being in such awe at the balance and grace and moves the figure skaters pull off, and him wanting to try it himself but when he doesn’t manage as well as them the first tries, he quickly gives up (tho he doesn’t say that he just says he doesn’t want to ruin the admiration he has for figure skating by learning all the moves)

Imagine him and Harry trying the speed skating both for the first time together and managing to go so fast they just glide with wind in their hair and huge grins on their faces and the speed they go on makes them feel as tho they can just forget everything else 

And them skating while holding hands

Hello lovely @tackytigerfic. You are a lovely friend and I'm glad that we know one another. Have a great day. You wanted an exhausted parent's kiss.

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“Scorpius is bathed, fed and in his bed,” Draco said, walking into Harry’s office. “Took him a while to finally close his eyes. That little wizard is more stubborn than you are.”

Harry pushed away his case notes and stood. He placed his hand on the nape of Draco’s neck and pulled him close, kissing his husband’s forehead.

“I don’t know how you do it,” Harry answered. “I've no clue how one baby can harder work than being Head Auror. What can I do to help you relax?”

“A cup of tea,” Draco answered. “And a whole night of sleep.”

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“The lights are up!” Harry shouted, wanting Draco to come and give his approval.

“They look beautiful,” Draco shouted back.

Harry ambled through to the kitchen. Draco was putting the finishing touches on their Christmas cake. He had a smudge of flour on his cheek and his blond hair was fluffy.

“How can you tell they’re beautiful,” Harry queried, “if you haven’t actually seen them?”

Draco laughed. “You’re hanging the blasted things. I am not. Ergo, they’re beautiful.”

Harry had to smile. Draco’s innate perfectionism made fairy lights quite the challenge. He gave Draco a kiss. “You’re beautiful,” Harry answered.