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longdaytogo · 9 months
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the boy in the portrait
@hotchnaur wrote a fic for this!
This is based off a little snippet I wrote which honestly isn't much (since I have absolutely no writing skills) but was more of a "I need to write this down before it disappears forever from my brain" kind of rush.
This takes place in an AU where Draco didn't make it out of the Fiendfyre, but the war is won and done. The Ministry has ordered a cleanup and seizes pureblood residences, namely Malfoy Manor, and Harry volunteers to inspect the property. He doesn't know why he did, but still apparates to the front gate, in a sort of trance since the Room of Requirement incident, not fully understanding why he's feeling so.
As he walks up the spiraled stairs and down the long corridors, it hits him that he's in the Malfoy ancestral home, the very place where Draco grew up. The eerie quiet is interrupted by the sound of a child crying and murmured shushes from a further corridor up the path. When he follows the sound, he's greeted by a long line of portraits, all old and dead, glaring at Harry before sharply turning and disappearing into their paintings.
He continues down the path until he gets to the very last portrait—a young boy crying, fisted hands covering his face. The other portraits tell him to "pipe down that noise" before vanishing, leaving only Harry and the young boy. When Harry approaches the smaller boy in the portrait to ask if he's alright, he stops dead in his tracks. It's Draco. A much younger Draco who looks to be around 6 or 7, much smaller than his first year at Hogwarts with his signature white blond hair and not-so-pointy chin.
Young Draco sniffles, wipes away his tears, and looks up at Harry, confused about who he is. He asks where his mother and father are and how lonely he is here. He explains how he "woke up" one day in this portrait and feels scared. How all the other portraits (namely Great Great Aunt Belvina and Grandfather Cygnus) won't answer his questions and only tell him to be quiet.
Harry stares at the younger Malfoy absentmindedly. He tells Draco he's here to stay for a while and asks if he has any messages for Lucius and Narcissa. "They're out right now but they'll be back shortly," he says, and young Draco's eyes light up. Draco finds a willing listener in Harry and tells him about how sad he is here, how delightfully boring it is, about his new toy dragon from Diagon Alley and about that one time Pansy and Theo fell face first in a puddle of mud as he and Blaise had watched, giggling while saying so.
Harry quietly listens, noticing he still points his nose up tauntingly while teasing and the way his haughty air or confidence seems to permeate the conversation. Harry tries to absorb all that he can, overlapping this young Draco with his Draco—noticing their similarities and difference where one is all childlike innocence and laughter, while the other only a mere husk of a boy towards his final days.
Young Draco tells Harry about his first flying lesson and his new broomstick when he suddenly asks if Harry knows "Harry Potter." Shocked, Harry asks how he knows the name when Draco, going a bit red in the ears, replies back how he's going to be Harry's best friend at Hogwarts ("once my letter arrives in a few years!") he says proudly. He tells Harry how he's made father buy out all the books on "Harry Potter" and how mother reads them to him nightly.
Draco makes Harry promise not to tell anyone, sharing that he only revealed it to so because he had shared so much already. Harry promises and, feeling a bit disheartened, says he needs to go, but he'll come back soon. Young Draco pouts and whines but understands, reminding Harry to pass along the message to Lucius and Narcissa. He waves goodbye, on the promises of "I'll see you later," and disappears into his portrait. Harry watches the boy vanish, then turns to leave down the corridor he came.
Walking down the stone path back to the gate, he recalls a boy with teary eyes surrounded by scorching flames and another boy dreaming of befriending the Boy Who Lived. He leaves Malfoy Manor feeling choked and a little worse than when he arrived.
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daddiesdrarryy · 4 months
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Draco: I want you to get me in the Slytherin Quidditch team, Father!
Lucius: That’s impossible, Draco, you’re in First Year
Draco: Then I want you to get Potter to be my boyfriend
Lucius: Slytherin Quidditch team it is then!
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hazelnut1 · 2 months
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Tom being a sneaky little shit
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bicholsdrarrysideblog · 8 months
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ACTUALLY I CHANGED MY MIND IN THIS HOUSE WE SUPPORT TALLER HARRY AND IF YOU SPECIFY IN YOUR FIC THAT DRACO IS TALLER REST ASSURED MY MIND IS EDITING!!!!!!
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sacrificialter · 8 months
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"Come here."
I reread 'find a new place to be from' again and although every scene in that fic is a master piece I think this moment between Harry and Draco is my favorite. Harry going after what he wants always makes me weak.
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iamnmbr3 · 25 days
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Remember that time in book 5 when Harry saw Theodore Nott, didn't know who he was (probably bc he doesn't hang out with Draco that much) and didn't care but then saw him in the library talking to Draco and immediately found out his name from Hermione?
His Draco obsession is so real. No wonder no one took him seriously in book 6.
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machiavellli · 5 months
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If the slytherins had socials…part VI
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<- Part V
-> Part VII
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nina-scribbles · 1 year
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Drarry x Atlantis Au; featuring Harry’s gay panic 🧜‍♀️💙
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tinyq · 10 months
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After an evening out. (Voldy-Wins AU?)
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rewritingcanon · 2 months
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considering how attached scorp was to astoria, i feel like their relationship is HEINOUSLY under-explored by fandom. if anything astoria’s impact on scorp is just used as a minor plot device to give scorp some temporary angst in fics. which makes sense bcuz the cursed child play wasnt much better at making astoria seem like a fully fleshed out presence. but shes still there. yes, scorpius followed albus through time for him, but what was his first hope when coming back to his own timeline? was it about cedric? no, it was about her.
its not a leap at all to say that she was the person he loved most in his life at that stage, not albus or draco. she was his whole world the way only a mother can be, her kindness shines through him, her influence makes scorpius the character that he is and the personality that we love. and i feeeeel like fandom should be aware of that when writing scorpius’ character.
mmmm something something “when your mother is your first love you can search to the ends of the earth and never find any love comparable”
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stazvlt · 1 year
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Casual Clothes
Drawing this while listening to this playlist. It was nice :D
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thepilotanon · 11 months
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I have seen you write prompts about kisses for characters so can you do one for Draco? I really like your other post about him
BIG OOF, please let me know what you guys think!
First Kiss. You bit him. Let me explain. You and Draco have always been butting heads a lot in your relationship - even before you two were exclusive - to the point that you've pretty much outdone him and Potter's rounds. He doesn't quite remember what you two were arguing about (either it was him picking on a younger student, he got detention, he ate one of your candies that you were saving), but you were letting him verbally have it...and he just suddenly had the urge to kiss you. He would grab you by the shoulders and give you a kiss - which startles you enough to react by going CHOMP on his mouth. He totally thinks the bleeding lip was worth it, though, and brings it up constantly.
Sleepy Kiss. Draco eventually joins you with studying for his exams, considering his dad sent him a Howler about his grades not being perfect. You have a special nook at a not-so-popular tea shoppe in Hogsmeade that you go to study and bring him with, telling him it's your favorite place to study and relax. It takes hours and a few cups of tea to see you nod off while asking him prep exam questions. Until he answers every question correctly, yawning and nagging, you reach other and kiss his cheek as a reward.
Hand Kiss. He does it when he wants to feel "fancy and eloquent" around you, or when he's teaching you how to dance. Whenever you have a stressful day and see him with his back to you, you go over and slump against him and he takes your hand to give it a supporting kiss to your knuckles. A few times, whenever he has a meeting with his father and the other members of his "social circle", he comes to you and just takes your hand in his. You don't say anything to him, but give him a small smile that has him relaxing his sore shoulders and give your hand a kiss. Hand kisses for Draco says a lot more than actual words, in my opinion.
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daddiesdrarryy · 3 months
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Harry: You can’t believe this, Draco, I saw someone today and he looks so much like you!
Draco: Oh, really? Is he beautiful?
Harry: Of course not
Draco: But he looks like me, so does that mean I’m not beautiful?
Harry: What? No! You are!
Draco: So he’s beautiful?
Harry: No, no, no! I mean, I—okay, let me do this again
Harry: You can’t believe this, Draco, I saw someone today and he looks so not like you, you’re beautiful and I love you!
Draco: Good
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rooksrambles · 13 days
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if other share in the tags if you'd like, we're very curious :}
(when we say other queer ships, that is, of course, within the harry potter fandom, and is used to encompass anything that isn't drarry or in the marauders era time period/fandom, there's only so many options we can put and thought these were some of the most popular queer hp ship spheres)
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xx-thedarklord-xx · 2 months
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Harry growled, turning his back on Malfoy and storming towards the file cabinets that let out startled squeaks at the sight of him, one even slammed their drawers closed in fright. The folders and papers froze in midair before the papers wadded themselves into balls and the folders began pelting Harry with the blasted things. “Ow!”
Murder in St Mungo's
For Draw Drarry Badly 2024
Thought I'd draw a scene from one of my fics that always makes me laugh when I think of it. First time doing Draw Drarry Badly and it was a lot of fun!
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delulu4marauders · 6 months
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draco without hair gel
note: hey guys, i just woke up and got 73 new messages from tumblr?? tysm for liking and reblogging my posts <33 this is my first headcanon abt the golden era from hp <333
*draco in the morning doing his hair*
*combing*
draco pov: now where's my gel?
draco pov: crap. i gave it to blaise yesterday.
draco pov: people are going to think i'm idiotic. how could i be so stupid?
draco pov: this is going to be so embarrasing
*the whole day people fangirling about draco's hair as he walks past*
*hermione lecturing to ron and harry in the hallways and draco walking past*
*harry blushing*
hermione: harry, are you okay??
harry: (dreamily) i'm finee...
*hermione notices draco*
hermione: oh my god i can't do this today-
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