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i remember it being pretty long, it was set during hogwarts and harry and draco began meeting in a secret room and started becoming friends and then snape discovered their friendship and deleted their memory. I never finished it so I don't remember more details than that. any help would be amazing! thanks:)

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I’ve decided to create a rather self-indulgent series of rec lists (with fic, art, podfic, fanmixes etc.) related to various facets of the art world.  We’ll start with the more typical take on it - Artist!Harry and Artist!Draco - and spin out to antiques & houses & galleries & fashion & wandmaking & music and more. I welcome chat in my inbox! Rec me something I missed, exclaim about your favs... I’d love to hear your thoughts.

ART + DRARRY RECS: ARTIST!HARRY

Many of these gorgeous pieces use Harry’s art as a way for him to heal or to find a path outside of the Aurors. Making (in whatever form) is also often a way for Harry to reconnect with Draco (or to connect in the first place).  Enjoy!

[Fic + Podfic] Turn fic by Saras_girl, podfic by @mab-speaks / Queenie_Mab 2013 | E | 307k

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently. 

★ A classic Drarry fic by the classic Saras_girl featuring a romantic, emotional, and powerful story about finding oneself (again & again) in the world of his own making.  Plus, Mab brings new life to the gorgeous prose in the podfic with a lovely storyteller’s tone. ★

[Fic + Art + Fanmix] The Boy and the Sleeping Prince fic by @writcraft, art by @phoenixacid 2015 | E | 27k/Illustration

Harry is miserable and tired of being an Auror, coasting through life until he’s forced to make some changes. Spurred on by his passion for drawing and working with best-selling author Draco Malfoy, Harry develops a charm which gives children a magical, interactive reading experience. But when it’s time to test the spell, the two men find themselves trapped in a nightmarish fairy tale world. Can they escape unscathed, or is Draco right in his assertions that there is no such thing as a happily ever after?

★ This fic is so unusual! Featuring illustrator!Harry and writer!Draco tumbling into a surrealistic and dramatic world, a fairytale of their own making. The worldbuilding in this fic is incredibly immersive in terrifying and beautiful ways, made visible and audible in the art and fanmix. PhoenixAcid’s illustrations are just stunning with incredible shading and depth. ★

[Fic] Solder by Oakstone730 2015 | E | 35k

Seven years ago, Harry disappeared out of Draco and Scorpius's life without a trace after Harry's addictions destroyed his and Draco's marriage. Now, Harry’s back, and Draco wants to believe he’s changed. But Harry isn’t the only one haunted by the past.

★ Though this fic deals with the challenging weight of Harry’s potions addiction, it is set years into his recovery and is all about rebuilding,  reconnecting and regaining trust (all of which take work and care, which this fic shows with love). The descriptions of the art in this fic makes my heart yearn for more stained glass in my life! ★

[Art] Second Chances by @celilasart / LLAP115 2017 | G | Comic

The painter Irah Raindrop has conquered the Wizarding art world by storm, but no one knows who is hiding behind this pseudonym. Draco Malfoy is one of Irah's biggest fans and a serious art collector who doesn't miss a single exhibition of Irah's art. This time, he dragged Pansy to the grand opening of Irah's latest exhibition in Paris. 

★ A gorgeous comic with a striking collector!Draco, Pansy in a red dress, a little cafe, and a mysterious reunion in the city of love. The expressions in this are gorgeously dynamic. ★

[Fic] Tourist: A Love Song by xErised 2019 | T | 30k (cw for a potions overdose, untagged)

Harry is in New York City looking for inspiration for his next collection of paintings. He’s not expecting inspiration to appear in the form of a black-haired Draco Malfoy playing the guitar and singing with such a beautiful voice.

★ xErised uses Harry’s art as a way for him to see Draco with new eyes. Harry draws him from across the room, and in doing so, finds that he’s an entirely new person, and how gorgeous and powerful is this kind of sight? I loved exploring all my favorite parts of NYC with its doting resident, Draco. ★

[Fic] The Delicate Balance of Light and Shade by Nympha_Alba 2020 | E | 13k

With the war finally over, Harry tries to find his own path in a world where he is free to make his own choice. On a holiday in France, he unexpectedly falls in love with art and painting. Returning to Hogwarts to help rebuild it, he is paired up with Draco Malfoy to restore the Room of Requirement - and unexpectedly falls in love with Draco.  When the rebuilding efforts are done, Harry disappears. Years later, Draco goes to Muggle London at Pansy's suggestion to visit an art gallery. The name of the Muggle artist is unknown to Draco, but the subject of the erotic paintings is shockingly familiar: it's Draco himself.  It's time to confront the past and make some long-due confessions.

★ This fic feels like it has a heartbeat in the way that Nympha_Alba has constructed short, poignant scenes. Nympha’s descriptions of Harry’s work are stunning and so revealing about both Harry and Draco.  ★

[Fic] The Way We Wind by @thesleepiesthufflepuff / BlueFay 2020 | E | 47k

After the war, Harry’s life falls to shambles. Each day revolves around an intense battle with his mental health, and there’s nothing that Ron or Hermione can do to help him. That is, until Hermione teaches Harry how to knit. Fast forward five years, and Harry is the proud owner of a renowned knitting shop in Diagon Alley, The Whomping Willow Woolery. Christmas season is upon him, and the shop is busier than ever. So, is it really a surprise that Draco Malfoy wanders in looking for a gift for his mother? Cue awkward meetings, fluffy knitting lessons, a truly horrible scarf, a cat named Stockinette who is readily obsessed with Draco, and falling in love with one’s worst enemy.

I started writing Twist ten years ago, it was the third or so story I’d ever written and basically I didnt know what I was doing. Twist started as a one-shot, me pondering what Harry would’ve felt if realized he was gay after 4th year and not sure how to come to terms with that fact along with everything else that wasgoing on in his life. I wanted Harry to have a friend to talk to and Cedric, one of the great undeveloped characters in the series, seemed a natural person to help Harry. After I posted the one-shot I started wondering if I could write a hp/dm and still follow canon. And Twist was born.

However! I still didnt know what the heck I was doing and had no beta. So I just wrote and posted it, and gradually got a little better at writing as I went along (with 300k there is a lot of opportunity to improve). About halfway through I read Faithwood’s wonderful Fic writing 101 and learned that epithets were a no-no. Oops.

Tl/dr: in honor of Twist’s tenth anniversary I am working with Omi_ohmy and editing the entire thing. We just finished the first five chapters (well, prologue + chapters 1-4) and I’ve posted the updated chapters on AO3, the version on ff will remain the original.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Scorpius Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley Additional Tags: potion/alcohol addiction, Recovery, Nipple Play, Rimming, Dirty Talk, Angst, Pining, UST, Reconciliation, Love, Forgiveness, Cursebreaker!Draco, Artist!Harry

Summary:

Seven years ago, Harry disappeared out of Draco and Scorpius’s life without a trace after Harry’s addictions destroyed his and Draco’s marriage. Now, Harry’s back, and Draco wants to believe he’s changed. But Harry isn’t the only one haunted by the past.

Excerpt:

“Draco…” Harry was twisting his ring on his finger.

“Let me see your hand,” Draco said, reaching for it.

“What? Why?” Harry held his hand behind his back.

“Scorpius wrote to Mother, told her something about your ring,” Draco said, challenging him to reveal it. “She wouldn’t say what it was, but something tells me I should find out.”

Harry sighed and brought his left hand forward, holding it up for Draco to see. “Figures a Ravenclaw would figure it out.”

Draco took Harry’s hand, pulling it forward to see the ring better. It was wider and thicker than their wedding rings had been, and of hammered silver with an asymmetrical pattern of small black stones worked around the band. Draco squinted and looked at the band again. Harry’s fingers tightened around Draco’s. A shock went through Draco as he recognized the pattern.

“That’s the Scorpius constellation.” He swallowed hard and turned Harry’s hand over to see the other side of the ring. The Draco constellation was on the other side. “You…”

“I couldn’t bear to have my finger bare…but knew I’d lost the right to wear our ring. I had this made to remember what I was working for.”

“But…” Draco shook his head at Harry. “Why did you stay away? All this time. You’ve been back for five years.”

They were still holding hands but Harry reached up with his right hand and touched Draco’s face and lifted his chin so Draco had to look into Harry’s face.

“It wasn’t because I didn’t care. I wanted to prove myself to you. I’d broken so many promises to you when I was on the potions. I couldn’t show up on your doorstep…our doorstep and make more empty promises. I wanted you to see that I was different, that you wouldn’t have to worry about me falling off the broom again.”

Harry’s thumb was stroking Draco’s jaw, making it impossible for him to think. He caught Harry’s hand and pulled it away.

“Five years?” He wanted to believe what Harry was saying but couldn’t trust it.

Harry quirked a small smile. “Maybe there’s a little more than fear. I was really afraid that you would want nothing to do with me. As long as I was still working toward the goal I could set aside my fears that you and Scorpius were lost to me forever. What I told you before about not wanting to go to Diagon Alley and be back in the wizarding world, it wasn’t only because I didn’t want all the attention. It was because I couldn’t bear the thought of bumping into you and knowing I could never have you again.”

“Harry.” Draco was at a loss as to what to say. He stared down at their joined hands

“I know.” Harry stepped away, breaking their connection. “It’s a lot. And I don’t expect you to know what to make of this…but if this my only chance to say it, I never stopped loving you.”

Draco stared at Harry incredulously. Harry had disappeared without a word and it had nearly destroyed Draco. To hear him saying that he still loved Draco was a punch to the stomach.

“I can't…” Draco said, blinking to keep his eyes clear. “You can’t just come back into my life—our lives—I have to think of Scorpius, too. Harry…I don’t want him hurt again.” Draco couldn’t bear the thought of opening his own heart to Harry and having it shattered again, and he definitely wouldn’t let Harry do it to Scorpius.

here’s the link btw: https://archiveofourown.org/works/473335/chapters/819506

This list came about after a discussion with @lower-east-side and @korlaena about fics we loved that involved “universe hopping” / “alternate realities” / “what if” scenarios.

Some of these fics involve time-travel, while others involve multiple parallel universes. But in all cases, Harry and Draco get a chance to explore the consequences of different decisions and choices they might make, and wipe the slate clean and start over again.

Glimpses of Alternate Realities:

Progressive Displacement by @gatewaygirl |  20K | NC-17

Harry didn't mean the wish that way. From his point of view, it hadn't even worked.

The If Sieve by @blindmouse | 36K | PG-13

An If Sieve lets you see how things would have unfolded if somebody had made a different decision at a particular time.

Abandoned Destinies by @ladygagalion | 2.5K | R

Harry finds a stone that can show him how his life would have played out if only he'd done things a little differently, and it reveals something he'd never considered before. Is it too late to fulfill an abandoned destiny?

A New Path by @i-didnt-wanna-do-it | 3.5K | PG

The Stone of Abandoned Destinies had been given to Draco in hopes that it would show him a path out of the darkness. It had saved him, and now he hoped that it would work one more time and guide him on a new path. (A remix of Abandoned Destinies above)

Déjà Vu by VivacissimoVoce | 19K | NC-17

Draco is experiencing something strange. Everything is weird and repeating. Everything is repeating and weird. Draco is experiencing something strange.

Time Travel:

Tea and No Sympathy by @who-la-hoop | 70K | NC-17

It’s Potter’s fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It’s been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco’s getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he’s falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Brevem Conspectum by @heaven-is-my-hell | 12K | NC-17

During a routine clearing of an old Death Eater house, Harry stumbles over an ancient spell that sends him somewhere completely different. He has to work out where he is and how to get back. Or if he even wants to.

Life is a Twice Written Scroll by @heaven-is-my-hell | 22.5K | NC-17

The new world order hasn't been kind to Draco and his family, and he wishes it could all be different. So does Harry, although not for the same reasons. But as Draco works to fix the mistakes he made in the past, he finds his reasons for doing so changing in a way he never expected.

A New Life by @dracogotgame | 9K | PG

A lonely Harry wishes on a star on the Eve of Christmas: all he wants is a family to celebrate with. He wakes up on Christmas morning with Draco in his bed and a band of adorable, rambunctious toddlers running amok in his house. Harry figures something went wrong and he should probably try to fix it. But does he really want to?

Eternally Consistent by kitsunealyc | 44.5K | NC-17

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter assumed they would never be anything but civil enemies, until Potter lands on Malfoy's doorstep, bleeding, covered in curses, and acting very strangely indeed.

And So Death Took by @icmezzo | 25K | T

Fairy tales may soothe small children into slumber, but some stories themselves refuse to sleep. The Tale of Three Brothers, retold.

Ones I haven’t yet read:

(These fics were recced by @korlaena or @lower-east-side - I’m probably the only person in the fandom who has yet to read Turn!)

Turn by Saras_girl | 300K | NC-17

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

The Satellite Heart by Ellerina | 20K | R?

It is probably the most functional relationship Harry has ever had. So of course it’s all happening in his head. A story about the importance of reality and how to hold onto the things that really matter...

Oscillate Wildly by marksykins | 55K | NC-17

After a particularly gruelling Occlumency session, Harry practically comes apart at the seams and finds himself living partway between two lives. One is his life at Hogwarts. In the other, he's been in a mental institution for the better part of six years. What happens when Harry realises his whole life may be one elaborate fantasy?

Song of the Dark Between by @tessacrowley | 100K | NC-17

Draco Malfoy jumps off a bridge, hoping for death but getting something very different. Harry Potter languishes in a loveless marriage and colorless world, until quite abruptly he does not. From the dark places of the universe, there is a song that echoes everywhere and nowhere. It sings of power and it sings of hunger. It will devour all things before the end. Multiple crossovers. 

REMIX for OAKSTONE730: Bite Your Tongue

Author: @snowgall

Remix of: Bite by @i-didnt-wanna-do-it (oakstone730) (T | 314)

Pairing: Harry/Draco

Rating: R / Mature

Warnings: N/A

Summary: How hard can it be to cast a silencing charm?

Word Count: 405 words

Disclaimer: Characters and setting belong to J.K. Rowling. The story was inspired by a fic written by oakstone730 and no copyright infringement is intended.

Author’s Notes: Dear oakstone730, I'm a huge fan and was delighted to be able to write a remix for you ♥ Please excuse the short word count as this was a last minute pinch-hit :) Thanks to vaysh for the quick beta!