#pining!draco

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Rating: Explicit

Length: 199,548 words

I had to kick off my new fic rec blog with my absolute FAVORITE Dramione fic of all time. Seriously. I've read some incredible fics but I'm still waiting for one to beat how amazing this one was.

Hermione is a Healer doing dangerous but important research. Draco is the Auror assigned to protect her. Shenanigans ensue.

No, he whispered. Until the answer became yes. by J_Amethyst | M | 7,211

When it's the end we'll meet again. In another time and another place, the clock will reset, and we shall retrace. But for now, if you'd allow, let me make one more wrong turn. Then we can say our goodbyes and take our final bow.

This is a beginning and an end, though, not in that order. But don't worry dear reader, this is not a sad story. No, not at all, because here, the hope lies on the other side of the curtain call.

Or: A lonely, broken Draco finds solace in a reflection of green eyes and messy black hair. Set over the course of seventh year and beyond.

A fic I wrote for the r/fanfiction Monthly Prompt Challenge. Featuring: A pining, lonely, and slightly cynical!draco. Did I mention pining? Poor guy goes through it a bit in this.

If you like to listen to music while you read, you can check out the Spotify playlist I made here.

trying my hand at a different narrative style, 2nd person kind of??? Hope you like it!

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Autumn.

The autumn of fear and waiting, of bone-deep regret and messy apology letters, of ugly-crying and hating the person who stares back at you in the mirror. The autumn of redemption and help, of stepping in his office with your head held high and spilling every single thing you could remember, anything that could get any of them behind bars. The autumn of opportunity, and saying yes.

Winter.

The winter of sparking anxiety and shared spaces. Of looking over your shoulder and meeting watchful green eyes. Of arched eyebrows and scowls, of stepping outside for a smoke and bumping into him. The winter of awkward conversation and uncomfortable silences. The winter of furtive looks, slow smiles and sharing a cig during break.

Spring.

The spring of late night shifts, and pub nights. Of waking up in the middle of the night and falling back asleep to the thought green eyes. The spring of loud laughter and silent longing, of lengthy conversations over a bottle of wine, and the stain of merlot in his lips very nearly makes you ignite. The spring of his messy handwriting on little colorful notes glued to your desk and lunch. The spring of wishing and a single stolen kiss.

Summer.

Hi darling, I hope you’re doing well! I’m sorry this took a hot minute. What a delicious heart-wrenching trope! I personally adore the fics below and will try to think of more. I wouldn’t say that Draco’s feelings are confirmed (or that Harry feels nothing for him) in those because POVs usually give us unreliable narrators (and I love it!) but I hope these will work for you:

I'll never be your chosen one by @andithiel (2019, Explicit, 15k)

Draco doesn't know what exactly he’s doing with Potter, he doesn't know how their unspoken agreement even started, and doesn't know where it will end. The only thing he knows is: he's not in love.

In His Nature by create_serenity (2015, Mature, 20.5k) - Veela!Draco

Harry agreed to have sex with Draco once a month in order to keep him alive, what he didn’t agree to was Draco popping up all over the place and disrupting his life in more ways than one.

Tuxedo Angel by tryslora (2013, Explicit, 25k)

Harry and Neville are looking for the infamous Dragon Lily, a Dark witch active throughout Europe and Asia. Instead, they find the Tuxedo Angel, a beautiful witch performing in Rome. Harry quickly discovers that the Angel is not what she seems, and fights his attraction to her, while both he and the Angel are drawn into a web created by ancient magic that pulls them together, whether they are ready for it or not.

Your Place or Mine? by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (2016, Explicit, 27k)

“This person is so much harder to hate. And I’m supposed to hate Malfoy. How the fuck else am I supposed to limit this to just sex?"

Stain of Silence by brummell (2013, Explicit, 28k)

After the war, Draco serves out his sentence in Harry Potter's house.

The Wand Slipped by @unmistakablyoatmeal (2019, Explicit, 35k)

After a messy, public divorce and a disgraceful exit from the Auror Department, Harry is trying to rebuild his life as a private investigator. But when his ex-wife ends up in St. Mungo's, and Harry's tasked with finding her attacker, he'll have to confront the mistakes of his past, and rely on an old enemy, in order to get closure and move on, and incidentally, solve the case.

Harry Potter Gives a Shit by talithan (2013, Explicit, 58k)

“Where are you headed?” “No place special,” Draco fumbled, and flushed further. But then: “I can change that,” said Harry Potter.

We Are Young (I'll Carry You Home Tonight) by @femmequixotic (2012, Explicit, 69k)

Harry and Draco have been falling into bed on and off again since the last election five years ago, much to the amusement--and financial gain--of their circle of friends. But when Harry agrees to work with Draco to put Kingsley Shacklebolt into the Minister's office, they can't work side-by-side again every day and sleep together; that would be courting disaster. Wouldn't it?

Lost In Your Arms by @femmequixotic (2017, Explicit, 257k)

Three months after their brief encounter, Draco has almost forgotten about Potter--or so he tells himself. Then a Dark wizard shows up on the Auror radar and all hell breaks loose. Draco will have to choose between everything he holds dear--everything he's worked so hard for--and a few stolen moments of passion with a certain green-eyed Inspector, once his sworn enemy and now something rather different entirely. He'll make the right choice, won't he?

Who is he kidding? He'll ruin everything, as per usual. Bad choices and the name Malfoy go hand in hand. This fic starts after Can't Get You Out of My Head.

Infidelity is not my jam but Femme has a quite angsty PWP that could be of interest:

Cigarettes Will Kill You by @femmequixotic (2010, Explicit, 3.8k)

He lights a cigarette across the pub, his hand cupped to his mouth as the tip sparks to life in a faint orange flare, and my breath catches.

I feel like these two amnesia fics might be a good fit too:

Ship of Theseus by GallaPlacidia (2020, Teen and Up, 18k)

When Harry gets amnesia and forgets he and Draco were ever married, he refuses treatment to remember. Inspired by an EXCELLENT fic by hupsoonheng called Remember Me. You don't need to have read it to understand this, but tbh you should just do yourself a favour and read it anyway.

Of Fates Entwined: A Story of Love Lost and Found by taradiane (2014, Explicit, 51k)

I only have revisions left on and my waves meet your shore so I have started drafting my new WIP featuring that old reliable "I think I might be bad in bed can you help me improve" trope. So without further ado I present a snippet from my still untitled Sex Lessons Dramione WIP:

Granger twisted her fingers together. “I have a proposition.”

“I’m not letting you tackle the entrance yourself. It’s too dangerous,” Draco said, returning to his book.

“It’s not about work.”

He sighed and let the book close, finger marking his page. “Then what is it?”

She chewed her lower lip and a thought occurred to him— Granger was nervous. Granger. Was nervous. That alone made him sit up straight. “I need...help with something.”

“Anything,” he said before he could stop himself. “Within reason,” he added as haughtily as possible, hoping she didn’t catch his mistake.

“It might not be within reason,” she admitted. She looked down at her knees, hands still wringing. “You can tell me I’m out of bounds, to fuck off, to never speak of it again—”

“Out with it, Granger.”

They say that everybody who gets out of Azkaban comes out a little mad. After the war, Draco Malfoy spends three months in Azkaban. He just wants to go insane in peace, but Harry Potter finds that he, inexplicably, still can't leave Draco alone.

Hi, nonnie! I can’t think of anything off the top of my head with pining!Draco, but I found some pretty good lists that I think might suit your request :)

from @drarryspecificrecs list: Pining!Draco  and Slow Burn

But I’m asking my followers too: there’s any Pining!Draco fic you’d like to personally rec? 😊