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Summer is here, the heat is on, and ... THE OWLS ARE BACK!!!! We are announcing the @hdowlpost Winter Fest 2025!

♥ Did not make it into @hd-erised? ♥ Looking for a low-key and fun Harry/Draco winter holiday fest? ♥ Not a writer and not an artist but still would love to give and receive holiday gifts? ♥ Can't wait to meet Erol, Romeo, Hedwig and Snapey again? ♥

Sign-ups for @hdowlpost open next Friday, August 15!

Timeline: Choose Your Owl + Post Your Wish List = Sign-ups: Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 31, 2025 Gift Assignments sent out: by September 13 Assignment Reminders sent out: October 12 Submission Date of Gifts to the Owlery: November 16, 2025 Owlpost Gift Delivery | Fest Posting: December 1 until 31; or until we run out of gifts Call for Pinch-hitters: December 1 Late gifts are accepted until: December 22 (all gifts which arrive at the Owlery after this date will be gifted to the pinch-hitters) Reveal of Gift Makers: January 9, 2026

Fic Claim: The Golden Bough [Drarry | 21k | T]

Written for @hdowlpost 2022 as a gift for Darkravenwrote Summary: Harry Potter knows better than most how tightly Love and Death are entwined, but when he is tempted by death for a third time, Unspeakable Draco Malfoy will have to remind him.

Notes:

This story is inspired by the tale of Aeneas in the Underworld, from the Aeneid by Virgil.

(A Drarry memefic)

Number 12, Grimmauld Place demands a blood heir, and Harry and Draco have no choice but to comply. But as the house continues to wreak havoc after Draco moves in, they begin to wonder if a blood heir is truly what it wants...

Drarry | 120+ memes | Teen and Up | Sentient Grimmauld Place, Forced Cohabitation, Mutual Pining, Huddling for Warmth, Getting Together | Read on AO3

Excerpt (beginning):

🏡 Read the rest on AO3 🏡

This story was created for the wonderful @veelawings for @hdowlpost. I'd like to thank @april-thelightfury115 for all the beta help and cheerleading, as well as the Owlpost mods for organising this amazing fest ❤️

An H/D reunion story told in four panels: 

Draco busies himself with returning his precious books to their rightful places on the groaning wooden shelves of the library when he spots a sole patron sitting in a corner reading. He starts to tell the man that the library will be closing shortly only to realise that this man is no stranger but an old acquaintance he hasn't seen in over ten years.

Title: Dream by the Fire

Author: GallifreyisBurning (me!)

Rating: M

Word Count: 11,431

Warnings: None

Summary: When Draco Malfoy resurfaces in England after eight years abroad—tattooed, pierced, and wanting to take over a corner of Harry's coffee shop to work on a writing project—Harry can't help but be intrigued. Where has he been? What is he working on? Why here? And why does he have to look so stupidly hot with all those tattoos?

A/N: That’s right, I wrote, not one, but TWO extremely fluffy Christmas fics this year! I’m so glad to finally be able to claim this one. Writing for @atgranger was an absolute delight. Thanks to the @hdowlpost mods for putting everything together!

Title: The Perfect Match

Author: @nerdherderette for @hdowlpost

Word Count: 16.5k

Pairing: Harry/Draco

Content/Enticements: Game shows, dating, mutual pining, Auror partners, Romance, kissing, mild sexual content.

Summary: After a disastrous blind date lands him an unflattering headline in the Prophet, Harry's friends convince him that being a contestant on a wizarding dating show couldn't be any worse.

My thoughts: Omg omg omfuckingg!!!!

Okay. Okay. I can keep my chill. (I cannot.) This fic, you guys-- THIS FIC!!! I participated in this year's @hdowlpost fest, a lowkey holiday gift exchange, and when I threw out the prompt of "magical dating game" I genuinely didn't have any clue what extraordinary things my anon gifter would be able to do with it.

Now, to be fair, it's tailored to a lot of my fic likes: humor and banter, pining, Auror partners drarry, fun magical theory, UST. (The list goes on. Lol) But even if it hadn't been, even if it had been something that didn't have any of my fallback drive-me-happy/crazy things in it, god -- the writing itself would have been enough. It was funny and sharp and fantastically characterized, and I want to stitch it on a quilt and wrap myself up in it, istg. (Well. I'd hire someone else to, because I don't have a shred of crafting talent. But still.)

This fic was to die for, and I'm giddy right now, legit giddy that it was written for me. It has got to be admired and loved by everyone else too, so oh please, go read the thing! 😍😍

Title: Let Love Keep Us Warm

Artist: Lunas_lore

Medium: Colored Pencil

Thank you to the mods @hdowlpost for all your hard work!

For the lovely @digthewriter. Thank you so much for your wonderful prompts and being a part of this fest!

The banner for @hdowlpost 2026 has been created by the marvelous @digtheshipper.

A huge thank you to all of you, especially our pinch-hitters☺️ and Dig, for their banner art🥳. You hear next from us in a couple months when it's August and Sign-ups start for H/D Owlpost 2026. 🥰

Your mods, @kittymiaomeow and @vaysh11 and the Owls