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First line tag game

Thanks @lemonlimelea for the tag (read their great first lines here). Here’s the first lines from my last 10 fics. A mix of all sorts of ships!

If Charlie were any other Weasley, the first thing he would’ve done when Draco Malfoy stepped foot in Romania would’ve been to punch him right in the pointy face.

Draco is serving behind the bar, pint of the week’s featured ale half-poured, when Harry Potter appears in the flesh for the first time in three years.

Pansy is quiet when they meet again, six years after a war that tore them all apart.

Pansy’s day started badly from the moment she woke up, bleary-eyed and late for work.

There were a multitude of ways that Draco Malfoy was responsible for fraying Hermione Granger’s last nerve.

The final time it happens, Gryffindor have just been announced as the winners of the Quidditch Cup, and the air is reverberating with the sound of three quarters of the student population cheering and stamping their feet.

The first time Harry Potter notices Theodore Nott it is Christmas Eve.

On Monday, it’s Draco’s silver ring that snags Harry’s attention.

Hermione Granger is working in her office late one summer evening when the earth shifts tentatively on its axis and everything changes.

Oliver Wood was someone whose life had been diligently planned out from the age of seven, when his Grandpa David strung a violet and gold scarf around his neck, took his mittened hand in his weathered palm, and apparated him to his first quidditch match.

Not sure who has done it yet but tagging anyone else who wants to do this! Rules are post the first line from the last 10 of your fics (or all your fics if you’ve written less) @thetacowrites @zeebee3 @youhavemyswordandmybow @sweet-s0rr0w @faiell @mourningliliesmorningglories @chiquita-3

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Fic: Shout It Out

Drarry | E | 4354 words

Summary:

Harry knows exactly what Draco would be like in bed; in a word: loud

With thanks to @citrusses and lately, and with blame given to the Drarry Pit.

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First line tag game!

thank you to @twnkwlf-writes @lemonlimelea @erin-orolin and @smehur for the tags! find their version here, here, here, and here!

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don't be shy and share anyway!

Sirius knew that the full was approaching and fast. 
Harry James Potter lived his life by three rules.
Regulus isn't stupid.
Did you mean it?
James felt the absence before he saw it.
“Leaving, brother? Without even so much as a goodbye?”
Remus never thought he’d be sitting on this train once more.
"You're ashamed of me."
Harry cradles Draco’s face in his hands. 
Regulus welcomed September.

so fun to look back at things i wrote ages ago!

tagging: @chocolando @bewarethesmirk @tripably @kamaela @tackytigerfic and whoever else would love to join in!

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First line tag game

Many thanks to @s0lifuge and @starquestingfordrarry for tagging me! 💕 See their first lines here and here!

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don't be shy and share anyway!

  1. The hands of the grandfather clock on the other end of the deserted common room hadn’t moved since the last time Draco checked, though he could swear it had been minutes. - from Any time, Potter
  2. Draco drew the barbs of his crow-feather quill back and forth over his lips. - from The Bubo
  3. Draco hesitates in front of Potter’s door. - from Just a little liquid luck
  4. They don’t know how to act around one another, now that their old lives hang in tatters. But they know they have to be around one another. - from The good ones are the worst
  5. “Mmh,” says Harry, hugging the large pillow tighter. Muscles dance under the dark skin of his back like moonlit ripples over calm water. - from Spicetober 2024
  6. “Professor Moody!” In the sudden silence, all eyes turned to Professor McGonagall. She pushed past the crowd. “Is that… a student?” - from A Ferret's Sensibility
  7. Harry sensed trouble the moment the telephone rang. - from Telephone and Post
  8. "You slimy bastard." Startled from a deep reverie, Draco almost drops his book. - from more than i can say
  9. One hallway, two spiral staircases, three turns, and they were lost. - from Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Erised
  10. By the time they reached Madam Malkin’s, Draco was exhausted. - from Bruised

#so many great first lines

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First Line (Literally)

It feels kind of dumb to make this post because all of you beautiful people have such big and bangin’ lists… but you know what??? Fuck it, I’ll be that dumb bitch. 😂

Thank you so much for the tag @erin-orolin, and for the warm open invites I saw from @lemonlimelea, @tackytigerfic, and @garagepaperback (the fist was very effective 👀).

Here is my ONE published first line SO FAR:

The Mediterranean breeze hits Ron’s face with cool and biting clarity, and he desperately wishes his thoughts would do the same.

I’d add the first line from my next fic too but don’t want @bewarethesmirk to yell at me about spoilers… 😜

I am mentally tagging anyone else who hasn’t gone yet, especially if you have less than 10 works on your list. Show me the first line(s) babyyy, I am so proud of you! Love you all. 💖

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First Line Tag Game

Thank you @erin-orolin for the tag! Read Erin's here 😍

Rules are: post the first line(s) from the last 10 fics you've updated or posted (or however many fics you have, if less than 10).

Here are mine!

You Do It For Me (Draco/Hermione, 260k WIP)

It wasn’t working. She was doing everything right but it wasn’t working.

Curved-Mouthed Bastards (Ron/Draco, 9k)

Perhaps the most peculiar thing about being forced to return to Hogwarts past the normal age of matriculation was that the school Draco returned to felt entirely new.

Unqualified & Untested (Draco/Hermione, 66k)

Hermione was running late. Which, on a typical Monday, was perfectly acceptable as she was beholden to no timetable but her own. But on the day she was finally getting her research assistant, being ten minutes late was less than the professional impression she wanted to make.

Pretty Little Aunt (Teddy/Hermione, 4k)

The door to Harry’s house opens often and easily, constant streams of friends-as-good-as-family arriving on a whim at nearly all hours of the day, whether Harry is home or not. It’s what he’s always wanted: to be surrounded by people comfortable enough in their intimacy and affection to show it, with casual action and thoughtful intention.

Something Else Entirely (Draco/Hermione, 17k)

In the past year, Hermione has made exactly two reckless choices. The first had been discontinuing her contraception. The second is putting in for a week of leave and taking herself to Spain midway through the resulting pregnancy.

In Pursuit of a Marshmallow (Draco/Hermione, 5k)

There are few things that threaten Hermione’s self-assuredness nowadays. Few things, but not zero. It’s just her luck that after she shucks her coat in Ginny’s entry way and leans in to greet her friend, she catches sight of two things that test her steel resolve.

A Joyous Conspirator (Draco/Hermione, 14k)

Tradition, it seemed, would never fully leave Hogwarts. It didn’t matter how many years the castle bore, some things were more lasting than those who matriculated.

The Quiet Comfort (Draco/Hermione, 6k)

It was midnight, and Draco was wandering. It was the best time for it, when even the ghosts had vacated the halls, enough memory of life in them to hold to an instinctive circadian rhythm.

In Actuality, Only Treats (Draco/Hermione, 7k)

It had been Theo’s idea. Draco went along with it, because it seemed interesting and he was tired of his usual weekend entertainment.

Will It Away (Draco/Hermione, 8k)

Draco was mid-grind when sleep slipped fully away from him. The jolt into wakefulness made the second half of the motion confusing and doubly-arousing, the friction of his pajama bottoms against the firm mattress pulling a sleep-rough groan from his chest. Shit.

This was fun to see! TIL that I like to start my stories with a statement of fact (and apparently the word 'it').

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First line game ✍️

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics

Thanks to @wolfpadx for the tag and @microdamage for asking why I hadn't done this yet 🩵 Mix of posted and unposted fics below!

Much Ado About Draco [Drarry]

“Everyone, there’s been an error.” Those words were the equivalent to hearing a chorus of angels singing. Someone had fucked up. Someone that wasn’t Draco. And he was getting to hear about it.
It’s been driving Harry nuts, is the thing. He doesn’t know when it started, when it became something more than a vague bit of noticing, a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, a stray moment of appreciation for the fellow male form. He doesn’t know when it properly turned into something. But it has. And now he’s fucked.

Oh, that boy's a slag (the best you've ever had) [Drarry]

Draco’s office is all brown leather and green velvet and endless spines of books crammed onto overflowing shelves. There’s a deep blue rug on the floor that muffles Harry’s steps as he’s welcomed in by Draco’s assistant. She introduces him as Harry Potter from the QWF and Harry knows that he’s not imagining the redness that colours Draco’s ears when Harry’s name is spoken.
“I’ll come find you,” he’d said, “when you’re out. When it’s over.” Harry’s eyes had been wild, boring into Draco’s like they were the only people in the room, like no one else mattered. Maybe they didn’t.

Divinity Says [Damen/Laurent]

Damen had been fourteen the first time he killed a wolf with his bare hands.

Goldrush [Dronarry]

Harry’s first thought upon being briefed on the Unspeakables’ crackpot, ridiculous, high-risk time travel mission was: fuck off. His second, after thinking for just a moment about how fit Clint Eastwood looked wearing a cowboy hat was: actually

By Proxy [Damen/Auguste/Laurent]

The feast is finally beginning to die down when Laurent leans close and whispers in his ear, “I’m going to fuck the barbarian.”

Warmth of Other Suns [Damen/Auguste]

Laurent says that there is immaturity in entering into a competition unless you are positive that you will win. Auguste does not disagree with him, though as a prince – and Crown Prince of Vere, at that – it is hard to find another who will agree to actually try to best him.

Admissions to a Lover [Damen/Laurent]

There’s a breeze coming through the wide windows of the Summer Palace when Laurent first does it.
There are exactly one thousand four hundred and twenty-two books in Draco’s library. Well, his shared library. But can you really claim an equal share if you only brought eighteen of those books into the house with you?

No idea who has already done this, so consider this an open tag! If you want an excuse @the-invisibility-bloke @moonflower-rose @bewarethesmirk @hogwartsfirebolt @citrusses @erin-orolin @soliblomst @arminaa8 @galaxostars @shoopsthereitis 🩵

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first lines!

thank you so much to @citrusses (here), @garagepaperback (here), @tackytigerfic (here), @erin-orolin (here), @lemonlimelea (here), @getawayfox (here) for thinking of me; I loved reading all of yours! actually dreading this though, always feel so basic :D

“Well, that’s great,” Draco says resentfully, hitting End Call for the tenth and final time, “I still can’t get through to the dean’s office.” Only the Good (24k dronarry where ron dies at the end)

“Malfoy! Oi, Malfoy!” In the Greek Tradition (1k drarry silly microfic)

It’s a surprisingly easy fix, in the end. After the Time Loop (5k drarry weird timeloop)

Sailing down from London had been Neville’s idea, and it was his stag party, so there’d been no objections. Closing Time (18k drarry wanking)

He’s waiting by the front door, just as they’d agreed, bent over a well-worn paperback, that Weasley hair bright as a buoy in the sea of identical blue wheelchairs. Nightswimming (5k dron... arry ish dirty talk)

November was a quiet month on the reserve, and the early shifts the quietest of all. Mornings After (2k dron dragon sequel, with @tackytigerfic but i did write the start)

The first time it happens almost ends in disaster. Proves the Rule (5k drarry multiverse)

Another night shift at the Ministry security desk. I Must Be Lonely (2k drarry nightshift micro)

The shop’s halfway up the gorge, a fair old walk from the B&B, but Harry doesn’t mind. Waking Up Slow (22k drarry christmas shop softness)

“You know, Draco, the twins arrived early too.” Among the Elements (8k drarry mpreg)

Not actually as bad as I thought! I'd expected more dialogue because that's usually my go-to when things get tricky. Anyway, haven't been on Tumblr in a week so no idea who's done this... i'll try @sleepstxtic, @epitomereally, @graymatters, @kamaela, @peachydreamxx, @maesterchill, @lqtraintracks, @galaxostars, @boxboxlewis and @phoenixortheflame <3

wip wednesday

Marcu grins devilishly, that annoying knowing look on his face, as he nudges Charlie with an elbow when Draco has walked off to get another drink. “Micuțul,” he laughs. “You didn’t?”
“No,” Charlie hisses, voice low. He doesn’t need any of the other nosy lot getting an earful of Marcu’s insinuations. “I did not.”
Marcu shrugs. “I wouldn’t blame you if you did. Bit young for me, but I see how he looks at you.”
“Fuck off,” Charlie says, but it only encourages Marcu’s grin.
“But it’s his last night, hm? You could—”
Marcu is cut off by Draco’s arrival back with two fresh bottles of beer in hand. He slides on to the bench seat. “What are you two grinning about?”
“Nothing,” Charlie says, accepting the drink. “Marcu’s just being a wanker, as usual.”
Marcu chuckles, patting Draco’s knee. “Have you enjoyed working with Charlie? He’s been good to you, yes?”
Draco’s eyes flick between them both, like he’s realising he’s just walked in the middle of something. “Yes,” he replies slowly. “Charlie’s been great.”
Marcu nods. “Good, good. He’s looked after you?”
“Marcu.” Charlie’s voice is a warning.
“Just a little appraisal of your work, micuțul, no need to worry. Sounds like Draco has been quite happy with your management.” Marcu is smiling so widely that Charlie really wants to punch him straight in the face.
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Because when everyone in the Drarry Pit gets put into Azkaban, you mine the "Prisoner Draco Malfoy" tag for gold. Obviously. ⛏️🖤⛏️

Stars Shine Without by @p1013: Angsty Azkaban Draco realness somehow masterfully combined with domestic fluff, smut, and hope. E, 2k.

any day now by @oknowkiss: Not Azkaban but a fully realized rehabilitation center with a delicious power imbalance and heart-aching ambiguity. E, 17k.

Fearful Trill by @vukovich: Middle-aged (ahem silver fox) Harry and still-incarcerated Draco reunite in the Ministry. Sexy dark comedy ensues. E, 30k.

Former Things Come to Mind by @dodgerkedavra: A beautifully crafted post-Azkaban Draco and post-war Harry hurt/comfort fic where they tenderly heal together. E, 64k.

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Dronarry Fest 2025 | MASTERLIST

What an incredible fest! Thanks to everyone who has read, left kudos and comments, please keep them coming! And thank you to all our lovely creators for bringing in such a variety of works and making this fest so fantastic. See you next year! ⚡️👑🐍

ART

Draco knows that no matter how awful his day was, he can rely on the comforts of Harry and Ron, no matter how late in the night it was.

PODFIC

Draco’s going to learn to ride a bike if it’s the last thing he does.

FIC + ART

Draco gets turned into a girl. Ron is attracted. When Draco comes out as genderfluid but still "looks" like a boy… Ron is even more confused. Harry is just there for the sex.

FIC

After the war Draco Malfoy, Charms Professor, has a calm life as a Hogwarts teacher. But there have been some changes at school this year, and now he’s caught between two equally handsome Gryffindor Professors - Potter, the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor who sets schoolgirls giggling, and Weasley, all rugged charm and sun-kissed skin from his Care of Magical Creatures work. Choosing between them? It’s driving him mad. Resisting them? Impossible.

Harry visits Draco and Ron, to start the year off right. Traditions and desires coalesce in a cottage by the water.

“So, how far back are we going?” Ron asked, tapping his hands on his knees. “Five years? Ten?”

There was a twinkle in Michi’s eye as she said, “The mid-1800s was the last time we can credibly say that the cave entrance was exposed. Think cowboys, gambling that you won’t be allowed to participate in, and the wild fucking west.”

Guns, chaps that might or might not be assless, and the wide-open sky. And Malfoy. And Ron.

And, well, that could pose quite a large problem for Harry, if he was being completely honest with himself.

Harry owns a broomshop. Ron runs a broomshop. Draco fixes at a broomshop.

A western romance featuring: a magical rodeo, sunsets in Utah, a dragon named Pill-bug, stolen beer and paper plate dinners, pining, Ron Weasley as a barebacking cowboy, a constantly shoe-less Draco Malfoy, and a too-much, two-palms-full sort of love.

Draco last saw Potter three years ago, when he disappeared off to New York with Draco’s crushed heart in hand. Potter’s back—but things in London are different now. Draco and Ron quit the Aurors, opened a pub together, and basically became each other’s new best friend. Draco’s determined to keep his head this time. No falling for Potter’s friendliness, or his tactile nature, and definitely no flirting. Absolutely no sex… honestly.

🖋️ Reach Out And Touch Faith | M | @the_prettiest_w0lf_star

Where did this book come from? Did my mother send this to me? She said before returning to Hogwarts that I should start writing a journal and that it might help me. I don't know how this works exactly and I'm pretty sure I like to do this, but if I don't get it out soon, I'll scream. So here goes nothing.

🧖‍♂️ Uncovering the myth | E | @galaxostars

Draco has heard the rumours: Ron is packing one down there. He's obsessed with finding out the truth, Harry never hears the end of it. But will Draco succeed in his investigations? And how?

Ron catches Harry fucking Malfoy in the Quidditch sauna. Then Malfoy fucking Harry in their flat. Multiple times. Ron’s been having weird reactions to it, like angry boners and weird sex fantasies. Even though he’s most definitely heterosexual. It's fine. None of Harry's boyfriends actually stick around. Ron is sure it's fine. He's heterosexual. And he's definitely not in love with his best mate.

Draco's parents go to Azkaban. Draco goes to the Weasleys. -- You’re wrong, obviously. It’s a terrible story.

Harry is mortally injured on an Auror mission with Ron. Before he dies, he makes Ron promise not to let his husband Draco find out the truth because it will devastate him. Ron is so wracked with guilt that he agrees to take Harry's place in the world of the living, and everyone he knows thinks he's the one who died.

Ron’s husbands are curse-breakers—getting cursed every so often is the cost of doing business. He just didn’t expect them to come home as children.

The house knows. She knows they were boys together.

He wants to freeze this moment; capture the way Ron’s messy hair glows like summer in the morning light, the way Draco’s cheeks are flushed from the cold against his wintry, snow-kissed complexion. He wants to remember the way it feels to sit here, in the cold, with the two people he loves most in the world. ~ In the Summer of '98, Harry falls for Ron. In the Autumn that follows, he falls for Draco, too.

🎡to dust we burn | E | bright_rain

Harry Potter is pathetic. He watches the playa dust cling to Draco’s skin and wishes he could run his tongue through it to create patterns across the strong, pale surfaces of him. He wants to inhale a lungful of the dust and choke on it, just to stop from suffocating on the feelings pressing down on his chest, because every time Draco touches him, Harry nearly combusts.

Until one day, an American boy with flame red hair pulls them both in and lights a match. How beautifully agonizing, to endure the sizzle and snap of a fire as it licks up to consume anything worth catching.

Or, Harry and Draco meet Ron at Burning Man.

The end of Ron’s seven year agreement with the goblins is on the horizon, and what does he have to show for it other than paying off his debt? No savings, no property, no legacy. The only career progression available will keep him trapped behind a desk and under his brother’s thumb. But how much longer can he bear the isolation of living abroad, away from the people that matter most?

The ancient parchment he unearthed yesterday provides the key to an undiscovered tomb that’s too big, too important to ignore, much like the life-altering decision looming in front of him.

It's time to call Harry.

Any way you sliced it, Potter and Weasley's behaviour really took the cake.

Five years after a whirlwind romance and a one-way Portkey to Florida, Draco's life is perfect. He’s got the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband. That is, until an international owl shows up on their porch bearing devastating news: Ron Weasley is dying.

Now Harry’s heading to the Burrow, determined to make things right. Another one-way Portkey for Draco then, back to miserable old England. Trust Weasley to go and fuck everything up...

Draco just wanted to play some quidditch. And he was going to drag the entire Ministry along with him if he had to.

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Dronarry Fest Fic: Seasons Change

Title: Seasons Change Creator: @peachydreamxx Type: Fic Wordcount/length: 14k Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings Tags: Hogwarts eighth year, post-war, secret relationship, UST, URT, porn with feelings, denial of feelings, past Ronarry, vanishing cabinets, POV Harry, teen angst, coming of age, rimming, blow jobs, threesome, anal sex, shower sex, mutual pining, horny teenagers, grief, light angst Pairing: Draco/Harry/Ron, Draco/Harry, Harry/Ron

He wants to freeze this moment; capture the way Ron’s messy hair glows like summer in the morning light, the way Draco’s cheeks are flushed from the cold against his wintry, snow-kissed complexion. He wants to remember the way it feels to sit here, in the cold, with the two people he loves most in the world.

~

In the Summer of '98, Harry falls for Ron. In the Autumn that follows, he falls for Draco, too.

Read Seasons Change on AO3!

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Just posted: Follow-up to Come As You Are

Image header designed by @phoenixortheflame

When I was writing my epistolary fic Come As You Are I debated a lot about whether to finish with an epilogue or leave the ending a bit open so I could write other stories within the same universe. I opted for the second, and I'm super excited to announce that I have posted my first follow-up one-shot in the brand-new series Songs that remind me of you - a mixtape!

Explicit | 3.5k words

Summary: The story of "Come As You Are" continues.

Chapter nine: The morning after.

Tags: New Relationship, Established Harry/Draco, Explicit Sexual Content, Smoking Draco Malfoy, Pierced Draco Malfoy, Tattooed Draco Malfoy, Hung Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter might be developing a size kink, Porn with Feelings

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Draco/Harry | Rated E | 75k words when complete | thecouchsofa 🧡

Summary:

Draco is sentenced to five years in Azkaban. Upon his release, life does not go on as expected.

Tags: POV Draco, Draco-centric, Non-Linear Narrative, Unreliable Narrator, Mutual Pining, Angst, Azkaban, Down and Out Draco, Heartbreak, Mental Health Issues, Emotional Repression, Undefined Relationships, Miscommunication, Draco managing to be simultaneously both egotistical and insecure, Harry/OCs, brief Draco/OMCs, Love Confessions, Erectile Dysfunction, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Referenced Switching, Bottom Harry, Angst with a Happy Ending

🧡I first started this story a little over a year ago and it's finally here! So many people have helped to make this one possible, from cheering, to betaing, to asking me when the hell I was going to get back to working on this, and I can't thank you all enough!

This is not a WIP - updates will be posted on Fridays for the next two months. Please note that the tags are representative of the entire fic; see the A/N for more details on the 'mental health issues' tag.

Vibe check: this is like the start of Brightest Constellations but I get to put Draco through the ringer this time! Click here for the accompanying Spotify playlist. I hope you like reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it 🧡

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