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nlghtshade · 3 days
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"I know I will be long dead before you read this..."
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nlghtshade · 3 days
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Draco slows at the perfect moment, gliding up the gentle slope behind the cottage, and then Ron’s running toward them, whooping, and the bike is safely out from under their feet. Harry gets his arms around Draco’s waist and gives him a sloppy kiss on the cheek, Ron’s arm brushing against him where it’s slung around Draco’s shoulders, and he knows just from how they move that Ron’s kissing his temple.
commission from @dodgerkedavra for their fic Bike Dream for @dronarryfest 2024 💕✨ This was a joy to work on (look at their happy faces!!!) and the fic is a real treat 🥹💕 y’all gotta go read and lay in bed to giggle and kick your feet ok
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nlghtshade · 3 days
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Man, it always sucks when I’m listening to a fic and the screen reader goes “doubleyou ach ay tee eye ess why oh you are eff ay vee oh are eye tee ee see oh ell oh are doubleyou ach ee are ee dee-”
And I pause it like what the fuck, then find my phone to look at the screen and I see “whatisyourfavoritecolorwhered-”
Like, bro, please, why would you do this?
Or when it starts going “EXEXEXEXEXEXEEEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEXEX!!” Because somebody didn’t use the code for a line break. At least just make it one dash, please.
Like, it’s your fic and your writing it for free and that’s cool, so if you see this and you’re like, “mmmm, nah, still gonna do it my way” then that’s chill.
Just know that it’s really difficult for people with screen readers to read some of these fics. Me personally, when I find a fic that does this, I don’t give it a chance no matter how good it is.
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nlghtshade · 11 days
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them after a whole day of bickering who can sign the biggest amount of documents
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nlghtshade · 11 days
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dude omegaverse AUs are lowkey insanely sex positive because 90% of everything revolves around sex and everyone is completely fine with it like imagine taking a week off work to get railed to hell and back and your coworkers being 100% okay with it there's no gossip or drama or anything just mark from HR getting his guts rearranged nonstop tuesday through saturday and coming back to work on monday with a fresh bitemark on his neck and meeting his colleagues for lunch like nothing happened what a LIFE
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nlghtshade · 12 days
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I've been obsessed with the idea of Harry having a crush on Draco since the first year🥺🥺 (But of course, Harry doesn't know about this yet. For now, the little gentleman is just trying to impress Draco into becoming his friend💐✨)
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nlghtshade · 12 days
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Lazy sundays
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nlghtshade · 12 days
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wet dreams about your rival putting you in place? more likely than you think...
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nlghtshade · 13 days
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i love how hermione has such a rule following aura that everyone ignores that she is the real rule breaker of the trio. harry sneaks out at night sometimes. hermione straight up kidnapped a whole woman and held her prisoner in an enchanted jar. even tom riddle didn't do that.
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nlghtshade · 13 days
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"This will be our secret"
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(Uploading old artwork 4/10)
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nlghtshade · 13 days
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Draco’s hair is a hot mess when he’s sleep deprived
(Art from ch3 of Follies!)
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nlghtshade · 14 days
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Heyy, do you have any drarry fic recs wherein Harry is living his quiet life in a cottage? Thank youu :D
Hi anon, yes absolutely! I love this trope, you’ll find most of my recs on this recluse!Harry list and this cottagecore list. I’m adding a few more fics below, all of them with Harry as the cottage owner. Envoy!
Glowing by @cavendishbutterfly (T, 10k)
Harry's lived alone and vampiric in his cottage for ages, until a long-lived Draco Malfoy suddenly shows up to answer an advertisement Harry had practically forgotten he'd put in the Prophet. Cue soft blood drinking, quiet nights of reading and crocheting, and Harry thinking that maybe--just maybe--he might not be so alone anymore.
Twelve Moons by @corvuscrowned (T, 27k)
Harry Potter lives a quiet life, running an inn with his two best friends. Once a month, Draco Malfoy comes to stay. A real-time fic that takes place over the course of a year; updates every full moon.
Simulation Theory by @starquestingfordrarry (E, 35k)
An offer to test out a new invention for Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes turns into a whole lot more when Harry discovers who has the other part of the paired set.
All Roads by korlaena, Saulaie (M, 36k)
Draco hates his job at the Prophet. He hates it even more when he’s assigned to write an article on Harry Potter, who left the country three years ago after their falling out. Draco doesn’t want to face the truth about himself, but he’s stuck between Harry and his duty, and he’s out of options.
Starlight in the Void by @dodgerkedavra (E, 40k)
An overgrown cottage in an unassuming seaside village is the perfect place for Harry Potter’s fresh start. Harry gets two weeks of peace before he hears rumors of a mysterious hermit wizard who lives in a stone tower in the woods.
Through the May Air, Over the Ocean by tsauergrass (T, 45k)
Draco Malfoy never expected to find himself in Scotland or being stuck in a cottage with Potter—but wonders never cease. A story about warmth, a story about falling back in love. A story about a flock of sheep in the distant fells of Scotland.
The Bolthole by aideomai, Tepre (E, 54k)
Harry is a hoarder, Draco is grief-stricken, and both are capable human adults who can definitely spend a month in a cottage in the Cotswolds together without ever talking about the time they slept together in eighth year. Yeah, no, totally.
When It Alteration Finds by momatu (E, 55k)
After the war, Harry left most of the Wizarding world behind and built a new life for himself in the Channel Islands. He opened a bakery and is happy with his life. Draco is a fiction author who writes under a penname, and he's currently suffering from writer's block. His agent suggests he try writing in a new environment and rents a cottage in the Channel Islands for him.
A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (E, 128k)
When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter. Hiding out with a taciturn Harry Potter, who has been missing from the Wizarding World for almost two decades after a shocking fall from grace, is nothing like Draco thought it would be.
Bonus: a dark!Harry fic 😈
Now I Wake Up In The Night and Watch You Breathe by @hoko-onchi-writes (E, 24k)
Or: Harry has been pining for years. It's time he finally makes his dreams come true.
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nlghtshade · 14 days
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'i'm going to be late,' says harry.
‘You’re not going to be anything,’ Draco says, a little petulant. ‘I didn't ask—’
‘Except,’ says Harry, and he’s still so amused. Only the whetted edge of his words, the hint of something darker, sharper, gives him away. ‘I’m going to be late.’
Oh. Well, then.
Harry rises from the bed and Draco misses his closeness immediately. He wonders when this will fade— the need to keep Harry near, the comfort of his presence. It's been seven years, and Draco wants him closer than ever— wants, always, to touch him. To be touched.
Harry is across the room, rummaging in the sock drawer for— oh holy Salazar.
He snaps on the gloves once he finds them, the wrist straps smooth and buttery. Draco wants to put his mouth to the juncture of his hand and forearm, that soft, supple place where leather meets skin. He wants to taste Harry’s fluttering pulse, lick it, drag it down to where he’s hard and aching and ready.
‘Robards,’ Harry says, advancing, ‘will have me doing paperwork for months.’
‘You really could leave,’ Draco says. Harry’s almost upon him again.
‘Tell me how I’m supposed to leave when you look like that.' Harry puts one crisply trousered knee up on the bed. It presses into the rumpled duvet, hard and unrelenting. Draco’s breath hitches. ‘Seriously, Draco, tell me how I can leave when— Merlin. All I want to do is push you back, hold you down against those damn pillows, and— Jesus. God, fuck. Draco, I need to have you.’
a little sliver from my uniform kink wip i wanted to share in hopes that it will get me to fucking PROGRESS from this point, i'm pleading with the drarry gods to please let me progress from this point. anyway. if you're here, i hope you enjoy these horny monsters.
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nlghtshade · 14 days
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This year, I'll be posting quarterly rec lists in an attempt to 1) share my love for the fics I read and enjoy and 2) do so at a pace that doesn't turn writing rec lists into an additional deadline. Every quarter, I’ll sort my recs in the following categories: favorite fic, favorite author, other favorites, and 'super popular fics’ I just got around to reading (the popularity criteria arbitrarily set at 10k+ kudos). Most of the fics I read this quarter were shorter ones (below 50k) due to my inability to commit to anything longer, but I have a few long fics queued up for April!
Feel free to come scream at me about any of the fics below 🤩
👫 Favorite fic 👬
Three’s A Crowd (But Four Is A Party) by @kbrick (Drarry, Dransy, and more, E, 7k)
When Kbrick dropped a Pansy/Draco fic (that is also Pansy/Blaise, Pansy/Harry, Draco/Harry, Draco/Harry/Pansy/Blaise) two weeks after I posted my own scratch-that-itch Dransy ficlet, I clicked the link faster than one can say ‘foursome.’ I read the whole 7k in one breathless sitting. Told in Pansy’s alternatively loving and sarcastic POV, there’s literally not a sentence in that fic that I didn’t love. Laugh-out-loud funny, brain-meltingly sexy, and heart-wrenchingly sweet, I adored this tale of co-dependent friendship, finding one’s soulmate in unexpected places (i.e. Pansy’s bed), and turning over a new leaf after loving someone for so long.
💚 Favorite author 💚
@porcelainheart3
Do you ever come across an author’s writing and immediately fall in love with their brain? porcelainheart3's confident, witty, sensitive voice completely blew me away from the first paragraphs. Every fic of theirs is a gem: their characterizations are perfect, their banter a delight, and I’m absolutely weak for their attention to detail and running motifs (the rainbow pocket square… iykyk <3). Their creative use of magical details reminded me of my favorite Tepre fics. I could read their shopping list and love every minute of it.
Malfoy Knows Best (Drarry, E, 4k): Humor, creative use of magic, bath shenanigans, and pining (SO MUCH PINING), told in spot-on 1st person POV.
I only want the ones I envy (I envy) (Drarry, E, 13.5k): How can a fic be so funny and so devastating at the same time? Featuring fuckbuddies to lovers, denial, pining, acceptance, coming out, and impeccable wizarding fashion. 100/10 recommend.
The Realm of Possibility (Drarry, M, 6k): a wonderful, unique and whimsical take on the multiverse trope!
Hugo Granger-Weasley, Junior Investigator (Drarry, T, 1.5k): I can barely stand the adorableness of this fic, told from four-year-old Hugo’s POV. Lighthearted and laugh-out-loud funny.
🌷 Other favorites 🌷
Our Objective Remains Unchanged by @citrusses (Drarry, E, 46k): The rowing AU I didn’t know I needed!
The Greatest Game by @sleepstxtic (Drarry, E, 45k): a tennis AU with so much heart.
Mad Blood Stirring by provocative_envy (Drarry, E, 3k): another sports AU (hockey this time), I don’t even like sports and y’all are changing my mind one fic at a time. Extremely funny with excellent rivals-with-benefits smut
Crossed Wires by @skeptiquewrites (Drarry, E, 11k): Harry is a politician and Draco is assigned as his PR. What’s not to love?
Sugarplum by @mallstars (Drarry, E, 27k): the queerest fic I read this quarter, and I mean it in the best way.
Jasmine in Bloom by @lqtraintracks (Drarry, E, 41k): lqt’s werewolf himbo Harry has my entire heart in this fic.
Heart to Hearth by @jtimu (Drarry, E, 7k): a warm, funny fic about Floo repairman Draco and quietly pining Harry
Call if you ever get desperate by @maesterchill (Drarry, E, 1k): Harry cheats on Ginny with sex worker Draco. Dark and delicious, a classic Maesterchilll.
Melt by provocative_envy (Dransy, T, 2.5k): a very unique take on the soul bond trope. If you love Draco and Pansy’s friendship, you’ll adore this little fic.
Burned Silk, Buckled Leather by RuinsPlume (Draco/Sirius, E, 12.5k): this fic blew me away. It’s sad, it’s dark, and yet Draco and Sirius find solace in each other in a way that makes so much sense. Big rec.
🚀 Super popular fics (10K+ kudos) 🚀
Embers by @shiftylinguini (Drarry, E, 41k): how can a fic so smutty can be so… wholesome? Self-loathing Draco learning to accept himself was so touching. I loved every minute of it.
Higher and Higher by birdsofshore (Drarry, E, 28k): I said it before and I’ll say it again: there's something about the Draco Tops Harry fest that produces such delightful, top-quality smut. Then again, I expected nothing less from the brilliant Birds.
The Politician’s Wife by pir8fancier (Dramione, M, 66k): not being a Dramione shipper, I probably wouldn’t have read this one if not for a buddy read with the lovely aibidil. While this fic didn’t turn me into a Dramione shipper, pir8fancier’s writing made this a fast, engaging read, and it sparked a lot of conversations about money, power, and the realities of being a woman in a predominantly male workplace.
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nlghtshade · 15 days
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I’ve been in a moooooood. Can’t afford therapy? Work through your trauma by sexualizing things from your childhood. Feels good man.
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nlghtshade · 15 days
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Just a thought on HP fests
The HP fandom is huge. By my count there are over 50 different HP fests happening concurrently at any given time of the year.
It's not unusual to run into two different HP fests featuring the same theme. Sometimes they are hosted on different platforms; sometimes one of them is no longer running, and a new generation of mods take it upon themselves to revive it; other times it's pure coincidence, and it just so happens that the same theme resonates with two different groups of fans.
Once in a blue moon I'd run into two HP fests with the same fest name, same theme and overlapping timeline run by two different groups of mods. Last year there were two HP Soulmates Fest, one on Tumblr and one on Twitter:
HP Soulmates Fest (Tumblr): hp-soulmates | AO3
HP Soulmates Fest (Twitter): hpsoulmatesfest | AO3
It seems this year there will be two Jegulus Big Bang happening on Tumblr around the same time. I'll be differentiating them by their Tumblr handles on Potterfests like this:
J/R Big Bang 2025: jr-bigbang (info to be released)
Jeg Big Bang 2024: jegbigbang (posted their info just now)
On a side note, it's kind of amazing that the norms and rules established by older fests from years ago are being practiced by newer fests to this day. It's as if the older generation is passing the torch to the new generation. Maybe I'm just feeling sentimental because several decade-old fests have recently announced they will no longer be running or are looking for new mods interested in taking over.
(Draco Tops Harry Fest is looking for new mods by the way. If you are interested, you can find their email here.)
For more HP fest news, check out Potterfests on Dreamwidth or Livejournal.
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nlghtshade · 15 days
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FINAL ROUND UP / DTH 2024
Thank you for participating in the DRACO TOPS HARRY FEST 2024. This will be my last year modding the fest but we have interest in new mods. If you are interested, please feel free to reach out via email.
Thank you for everything! @digthewriter for DTH.
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