Kiss the Joy (Until the Sun Rise)

ICMezzo  @icmezzo​

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Room of Requirement, Hurt/Comfort, Post-War

Summary:

The Room of Requirement was severely damaged in the war, but not so much that it could not provide for one lost student and another young hero—especially when they needed each other most of all.

Excerpt:

“I think I’m broken,” Harry confessed. 

“Don’t say that,” Draco said, because he wasn’t good at fixing things—he’d been taught broken possessions were tossed in the rubbish or Banished into the space between, which was probably why he was no good now at putting his own life back together, much less able to help Potter. 

Picking at a frayed thread on his blanket, Potter bit his lip. “I am, though. I died, Draco. On purpose. Had to. Alone except for the company of people I’d already lost. Ghosts. I had to go to the Forest…to die.” Harry’s voice shook. “I was so tired; I almost wanted it all to end.” He closed his eyes for a moment before continuing. “I had to come back because it wasn’t over. My job wasn’t done. But now it is and I’m still so tired and I don’t know why I’m here.”

 “I do,” Draco breathed, as the realization dawned on him. “We’re in the Room of Requirement. I think you’re here because I need you.”

 Harry stared at him. “You don’t need me. You might have needed that letter for your mother, but there’s no guarantee that will work.”

“I don’t think that’s the only reason.”

 “Why would you need me? You don’t even like me,” Harry said.

 “I’m not sure it matters. Do you need me?”

 Harry frowned. “I needed help with the bandage where I was cursed.”

 Draco nodded.

“I don’t think that’s all, though.” Harry added softly.

 “Someone to fight with,” Draco said, damning the darkness and its tongue-loosening magic.

 “Cry with,” Harry added.

 “To heal with.”

 They sat in silence, lost in their thoughts, until Draco saw Harry cringe. “Someone to wake me when I have nightmares.”

 Draco gave him a sad smile. “Someone to forgive—”

“And ask for forgiveness from,” Harry finished.

“Someone who understands.”

“Someone to remind me that I’m human.” Harry’s lips were parted, the moonlight on his face.

He wasn’t beautiful; he was just Harry.

Draco didn’t know why he did it, but he leaned in and gently kissed Harry’s lips.

Pulling back, he took in Harry’s face. The lost look was gone from his eyes, but Draco wasn’t able to interpret what he saw in its place.

“Why…?” Harry asked, tilting his head. 

“I don’t know.” Draco bit his lip. It was the truth. He didn’t know. Certainly he hadn’t ever thought of kissing Potter before, but here they were, scarred flesh and blood, and Harry was making him feel emotions other than fear and grief for once, and he just wanted to get lost in them. He’d acted on instinct more than anything.

 “Do it again,” Harry said softly.

Looking for a fic where H and D both end up in the room of requirement immediately after the battle of Hogwarts without realizing the other is there at first. Both refuse to leave and gradually they get closer. Narcissa’s house elf brings food everyday and Harry sees ghosts in the bathroom mirror and when they’re finally ready to leave, the room starts to fade away.

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Hello TBC! Thanks for the ask :)

But oh dear, I feel bad for usually avoiding dark!fic 💕 That means on the grading scale it would generally be a D for me.

But to be honest, I'm not entirely sure if I'm defining dark!fic the same way you are (or anybody else for that matter!)

99% of the time when I read fanfic I want there to be an eventual unambiguous happy ending. I enjoy it when there's plenty of angst along the way, but that HEA is important to me.

But I feel like it's probably the case that there can be dark!fic with a happy ending? Or a happy-ish ending? I'm not sure I'm the best person to suss out what dark!fic *is* 😂

(Like I'm pretty sure you like dark!fic but I know you don't like MCD, so I realize that dark =/= sad)

That being said, I did comb through my notes to find the closest fics I can that are what I think might constitute dark!fic that I would rec. (I've been in fandom for long enough now that I've read pretty widely, even tropes I normally avoid, so I do find dark things I like from time to time.)

Don't know if these will be your cuppa, but here goes:

Briar Path by Ladycat

I think this one is legitimately dark, and yet I still really like it. It's a snapshot of a Harry/Draco relationship where Harry has been using Palovian techniques (and a bit of mind control) to manipulate Draco into being his submissive. Harry is Not Nice at all in this, and it's kinda twisted, but it manages to push my buttons.

The Rogue by @dracogotgame

Not an author I usually associate with dark!fic, but this one has a dark vampire!Harry taking advantage of Auror Malfoy to keep the ministry from finding him. DGG has range :)

And So Death Took by @icmezzo

A dark retelling of the Tale of the Three Brothers, with some time-travel twisty-ness. Really well done.

What Love Is by @novembersnowflake

Not very dark for the most part, but there's a small twist at the end which changes your perspective of the conversation they've just been having, and makes things a tiny bit dark-ish. And it's a good fic, so.

And two more dark!fic recs that are HP, but not Drarry:

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Got it So Good by blissed_bess (Harry/Bill/Draco)

This is seriously twisted. Draco is the purchased sex slave of Harry & Bill (who are werewolves in a relationship in a dystopian future). Harry thinks they're treating Draco so well, but Draco very much does not feel the same. The writing here is amazing.

You Change My Mind by @akashathekitty (Draco/Hermione)

Hermione has to make an agonizing choice whether or not to trust Draco in a dystopian future, and well, Draco is not very trustworthy here.

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Rated: E

Relationship(s): Patrick Brewer/David Rose

Additional Tags: Alexis Rose, Theodore "Ted" Mullens, Moira Rose, Johnny Rose, Wingfic, Wings, Established Relationship, Background Ted Mullens, background Moira Rose, background Johnny Rose, background Alexis Rose, Light Angst, Anxiety, Mild Self-Loathing, Trust Issues, Family Issues, Teasing, Explicit Sexual Content, Frottage, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Hand Jobs, Past mention of business women wearing sneakers, Pizza

Summary: Wings on a human? Incorrect.

David Rose had them anyway, at least sometimes. But given that he loathed them all the time, with every luxuriously moisturized cell in his body, he did whatever it took to keep them hidden away. It hadn’t even been particularly difficult—at least, not until Patrick Brewer started looking.

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Recommendation by: Anonymous

Wingfic is a staple of fanfiction, but the Moira's boots scene in this fic is so pitch-perfect I felt like I could see it in the show. Extremely in character and well written fandom tropes? Sign me up!

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SC Trick or Treat Creator Reveals:

I hang on every gourd you say by @icmezzo

[David/Patrick - G - 0]

Crystal Clear by ICMezzo

Shouldn’t you be working?

Um, Malfoy Manor was torn down.  No, idk, I feel like it belongs to the Wizarding government now, so hopefully they make a park or something.

I feel like Draco did know exactly how much Harry liked it?  Like, Harry asked Draco to take it down and then Harry said he wanted to touch it; I guess he could be more obvious, but I don’t think he needs to be.  I think Harry asks Draco if he’ll ever grow it out again, and Draco knows why Harry is asking, and even tries to grow it out for a while, but Draco keeps, like, wearing hats and Harry eventually says he should just get a haircut.  Like, the point was that Draco didn’t know who he was and had to try a bunch of different things, and finally settled on something that isn’t as out and free as he would have been had he not had such a fucked up childhood, but it’s who he is.

However I do think Harry would admit at some point that he just thought it would be really, really hot if Draco fucked him when his hair looked like that and Draco would be totally fine with magicking it long for gratification of sexual fantasies.  He just doesn’t want to keep it that way.