Give me your most underrated fic with a GLACIAL slow burn and tons of tensions please! Characterizations close to canon also teehee. 😔
Here are some random recs because I cannot read incredible slow burn fics without going crazy:
The Sacred 48 by thescribeofdamocles - E, 48 chapters, Words: 523,157 - When Hermione is left behind at Malfoy Manor and thrown in the dungeon to await Voldemort's arrival, Draco sets her free and saves her cursed wound from infection, invoking a life debt she pays with two vows. One being to speak on behalf of the Malfoys at any post war trial. And the other? She belongs to him for forty-eight hours a month for the rest of her life.
A Game of High Stakes by In_Dreams - E, 51 chapters, Words: 263,110 - In theory, the task is simple: kill Draco Malfoy. In practice, putting a curse through the Dark Lord's favoured lieutenant will take everything Hermione has―especially since he's trying to kill her, too. Even more so when the lines between them start to blur. Sometimes, the only way out is through.
Of Dragons and Deceit by EJMTor - M, 108 chapters, Words: 347,465 - Six years after the Battle of Hogwarts, the war is far from over. As Voldemort’s most feared lieutenant, Draco Malfoy has become a name synonymous with terror. Beneath the mask of the Dark Lord’s ruthless commander lies a dangerous secret. He has been feeding vital intelligence to the Order of the Phoenix from within the enemy’s ranks. Forced to trust the man she has every reason to hate, Hermione Granger finds herself drawn into a web of deception where loyalty is uncertain, survival demands impossible choices, and the line between hero and villain begins to blur. As the war reaches its breaking point, she must decide whether Draco is a monster seeking redemption or the greatest threat the Order has ever welcomed into its midst.
Love and Arithmancy by Cheechpounce - M, 61 chapters, Words: 248,747 - They didn’t choose each other. They were assigned. When an unwelcome partnership program forces Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger together, resentment is inevitable. What isn’t expected is the slow unraveling of certainty — rivalry giving way to trust, trust giving way to stolen moments, and stolen moments becoming something dangerous and deeply wanted. Beginning at fifteen and following them into adulthood, this is a story about hope found in secret, love chosen in defiance of fear, and the quiet courage it takes to follow the heart instead of the mind in a world determined to teach you otherwise. This is their love story.
Tattered and Tethered To You by TMaria95 - E, 84 chapters, Words: 275,627 - Draco’s mission was simple: travel two thousand years into the past and kill Hermione Granger. He did not, however, anticipate complications. Namely, a side quest involving Granger’s friends, who have also time-travelled courtesy of substandard Time-Turners. Becoming entangled in ancient politics while wearing a toga and facing a severe shortage of hair gel was not on his bingo card. Neither was becoming a Roman soldier. Nor befriending a perpetually ill-tempered ginger cat. And certainly not falling for the very woman he was sent to kill.
