#hprecfest

But I still plan on posting a rec a day just for my own enjoyment! If you'd like to join me, below is the list of themes I came up with. I'll be using the tags #DecemberDrarryRecs and #DecemberHPRecs

This isn't me taking over Rec Fest! I did speak with one of the organizers and got their blessing to go ahead with this. I may do some sort of round-up post(s) on @drarryrecroom since it kind of fits the general idea of what that blog is about ❤️

Dec. 1 - A fic where they're just bad at feelings

Dec. 2 - A fic with a super spicy scene

Dec. 3 - A fic that made you laugh

Dec. 4 - A fic with time-travel shenanigans

Dec. 5 - A fic under 5,000 words

Dec. 6 - A fic about Quidditch/sports

Dec. 7 - An AU fic

Dec. 8 - A fanart/comic

Dec. 9 - A fic posted this year

Dec. 10 - A fic that was recced to you

Dec. 11 - A fic that happens at Hogwarts

Dec. 12 - An underrated fic

Dec. 13 - An angsty fic

Dec. 14 - A fic all about dating

Dec. 15 - A fic rated M or E

Dec. 16 - A fic about family

Dec. 17 - An established relationship fic

Dec. 18 - A fic over 50,000 words

Dec. 19 - A creature fic

Dec. 20 - A fic you recently read

Dec. 21 - A fic rated G or T

Dec. 22 - A fic with gorgeous prose.

Dec. 23 - A podfic

Dec. 24 - A fic that gives you the warm fuzzies

Dec. 25 - A holiday fic

Dec. 26 - A fic with a simmering slow-burn

Dec. 27 - A PWP fic

Dec. 28 - A fic created for a fest/event

Dec. 29 - A fic that made you cry

Dec. 30 - An epistolary fic

DAY 11- a fic that happens at Hogworts

Equally Cursed and Blessed by @moonflower-rose

(18k, E, 2024)

I have stolen this AO3 comment by @nv-md because YES.....

"THIS HARRY IS EVERYTHING TO ME. I love him more than I could ever express. When he doesn't know if he's ever have a coherent thought again?! And when he's OBSESSING over the porn mag and masturbating ALL THE TIME?! When he's counting how many times he and Draco have civil interactions?! He is a goddamn disaster and we love him for it. AND THIS DRACO HAS MY WHOLE HEART. He's so CRANKY and also clearly in love and an asshole but a sweet one and he is perfect."

It is goddamn 8th year perfection 👌 as illustrated by this lovely titbit....

“Have you done this before?” Harry’s voice was weird. Low, cracking.

Malfoy tore his eyes away from Harry’s cock, which was sticky at the tip and ruddy with blood. “Why? Have you got standards?”

“None,” Harry said truthfully.

😂😂😂

Day 16: a podfic

FINALLY THE DAY HAS ARRIVED

I have been SO EXCITED ever since I saw this prompt that I will finally be able to rec some of the best podfics out there <3

The podfics I have chosen to include are in one way or another special to me in a way only audio media can be. Like that song you have heard on your first date and it’s now your song. Well, by this pattern I have „my podfic” of first commute to new workplace, this one autumn sunny walk with my dog, finding an absolute joy in a new hobby and finally being able to clean the dishes AFTER the meal rather than before it xd

There will be a few, so strap in and enjoy! All of them are Drarry of course 😁 Please make sure to check out other works by those creators, as they are literally all GOLDEN 🤍

Dad says

📚 by GallaPlacidia, 39k, not rated

🎧 by GallaPlacidia via the GallaPod, 3:50 h + bonus episode

Summary:

Eleven-year-old Scorpius starts writing to Harry. Harry starts to fall in love with Draco through his portrayal in his son's letters. Featuring an extremely remorseful Draco living with muggles and working at a secondhand book shop, an isolated Harry, and a Scorpius who's dreading going to Hogwarts because he knows he'll be bullied there.

The Man Who Lived

📚 by sebastianL (felix_atticus), 254 k, E

🎧 by RattleandHum (@thirdeye1234), 24h (!)

Summary:

Draco breaks a cup, and one thing leads to another. A story of redemption, tattoos, dreams, mistakes, green eyes, long conversations, and copious amounts of coffee. Set in New York twelve years after the war.

The Man Who Forgot

📚 by @slightweasel, 250 k, E

🎧 by @sweatersinthesummer, 21 h (!)

Summary:

After ten years of marriage, Harry forgets. The more things change, the more Draco Malfoy is still up to something.

Way Down We Go

📚 by @xiaq, 109 k, T

🎧 by @cailynwrites, @etl-echo-audiobooks, 13h

Summary:

The war was over. Or at least that’s what the papers said. They’d been saying it, for months, as if people needed reminding. Maybe they did. *** In which Harry and Draco both run away from their pasts and conveniently choose to hide in the same tiny American town. It's super.

We're blessed with a truly insane number of fests in this fandom. Mindboggling. Insert the 'Draco Fucks Harry On A Rainy Thursday Outside A Coffee Shop And A Pigeon Watches Fest' textpost here. It was absurdly hard to narrow down a rec for this one, so I'm doing two: A Pulled Down Shade by @fastbrother and The Boys of Summer by @saxamophone. There are dual threads of melancholy and hope running through both of these stories and they will both stick with you long after you've finished reading 🤍🩵

A Pulled Down Shade: Draco/Harry | Rated M | 43k words

Summary:

Harry does not like Draco Malfoy, not even one bit. Never did and never will. That is, until he finds himself married to him.

Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Emotionally Repressed Harry, Harry fights for Draco, Glimpse Fic, HP Soulmates Fest 2023

🍃🍀🍂🍁

The Boys of Summer: Draco/Harry | Rated E | 19k words

Summary:

It's summer, and they're spending it at a lake, far away from everything. There’s swimming and a floating dock, cracked and warm in the sun. Fizzy drinks and fireflies. Sticky strawberry ice lollies and beach towels tangled under them. Harry’s golden skin and love for The Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac. Draco Malfoy is doomed, but what else is new?

Tags: Summer Romance, Pining, Nonlinear Narrative, Lakeside Cabin, International/Overseas Location (USA), H/D Wireless 2023

Day 1: First fic you remember reading @hprecfest

Nearly exactly two years ago I remembered fan fiction exists and opened up a new tab in my browser and went straight to ff.net. When I immediately went to popular HP ships and clicked on Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy I had not even the TINIEST CLUE how much that act would legitimately change my life.

The first fic I read was The Lip-Lock Jinx by cassisluna 20k, T. (linked to the fic on Ao3- I just didn’t know Ao3 existed yet when I originally read it!)

This fic had me overwhelmed and I’ve been completely addicted to Drarry ever since. I’ve gone back and reread this one, and a few other cassisluna fics which were my second, third, etc fics, several times and I highly recommend them.

So excited to do this again this year, cheers to the folks at @hprecfest for creating yet another fantastic prompt list. This time, I'm hoping to introduce folks to new ships, fics in my OTPs that could use more love, and to rec completely new ones from 2023. Let's go!

Day 1: First fic you read/first fic you remember reading

their room by aleximoon on ffnet (2001)

december is @hprecfest month! each day has a theme and i'm going to try and do most of them! this will not be limited to one ship, but a compilation of my absolute favorite fics across all pairings.

day 1: the first fic you read/remember reading

the very first hp fic i read was on livejournal in 2003, and i don't have that good of a memory, so i'll go with the fic that got me back into hp in 2020.

Wait and Hope by @mightbewriting Draco/Hermione, Canon Divergent, Amnesia AU

i read this fic in a covid induced fever dream over a three day period in November 2020 and I was so captivated by the characters, the relationship dynamics, the MYSTERY. it was so clever, so joyful, so romantic, and so so devastating. it was a bit like crawling into a really warm, soft blanket of familiarity while at the same time giving us such a fresh perspective on a world we all know. One of my other favorite things was how well all the side characters were written, and how they weaved themselves in and out of the story in such effortless ways. ESPECIALLY HARRY/GINNY, which we all know is a soft spot for me. I was absolutely frothing at the mouth for more by the time I finished it, and I devoured everything by amanda after that.

@hprecfest - Day 1: first fic you read/remember reading

quite like us by alarainai

Probably not the first I really read, but the first I remember reading back before I had an AO3 acount and saved things...