“‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.”
Snape made a small, disparaging noise. James turned on him. “Got a problem with that?”
“No,” said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. “If you’d rather be brawny than brainy – ”
“Where’re you hoping to go, seeing as you’re neither?” interjected Sirius.
Sirius, James and Severus in The Deathly Hallows.
“Think my name’s funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford.”
He turned back to Harry. “You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.”
He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it.
“I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.
Harry, Ron and Draco in The Philosopher's Stone.
The parallels between Harry and Sirius are both beautiful and heartbreaking. As are the differences.
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Hii Liv ❤️ I love your recs and commentary so much! Could you recomend me some fics with strong brotp feels with Ron? It could be with either Harry or Draco or both☺️☺️
Thanks anon! Oh yes, love me some Ron appreciation 🙌 I hope you enjoy these. Will also link my Dron/Dronarry reclist here, to celebrate the announcement of DronarryFest 2023!
Champion by @shealwaysreads (2021, T, 7k)
Harry thought his Eighth Year would be simple and easy. And it sort of is, though not in the ways he expected.
Come as You Are by @peachpety (2021, E, 8k). his school AU
If asked, Harry Potter would categorize his high school senior year as normal: football, friends, and one devastating crush on his tutor, Draco Malfoy. When presented with an opportunity to help Draco, Harry rises to the occasion. Unfortunately, so does his dick. Sparks fly and alarms blare… and the Hogwarts Owlz Gossip twitter feed blows up.
And a Malfoy in a Pear Tree by lauren3210 (2015, E, 8k)
Draco works in a coffee shop. Harry drops by every day to get his fix. Of coffee, Ron.
What I thought by @bafflinghaze (2014, E, 8k)
Draco thought they were in a relationship. Harry thought it was just sex.
Party of Two by fireflavored (2012, E, 13k)
Drinking, sex, and a total misreading of the concept of fuck buddies.
Give Me a Quiet Mind by @wellhalesbells (2013, T, 16k)
Draco is Weasley’s assistant. Except for the week he’s not. Whose brilliant idea was that again? Featuring offices in Edinburgh, an epic Measley Bromance (that no one will admit exists), several unrequited crushes, fantastical revenge scenarios, coffee snobbery, the dreaded – yet adorable – toddler terror, promises of organ swapping, a play about Scottish history (no one cares), sequins, and the League of Snarky Secretaries!
you've got the antidote for me by Kandakicksass (2018, M, 20k)
When Harry Potter unintentionally severs their soulbond before it can fully form, Draco Malfoy resigns himself to a slow death and decides not to burden Harry with a soulmate he's made it very clear he doesn't want. He's never been selfless before, but for Harry, he can try.
We Might Be Too Old for a Bildungsroman by @wellhalesbells (2015, T, 21k)
Harry finds something he’s been looking for since the war’s end. Admittedly, the packaging’s a bit odder than he expected.
Peeking behind the Curtain by @wellhalesbells (2013, M, 23k)
Draco sees things he really, really wishes he didn't. If only to get out of all the homework that comes with it.
Weapon of Choice by @lou-isfake (2021, T, 25k) - Medieval AU
Sir Malfoy is in need of a sword. The blacksmith isn’t supposed to ask why.
Expecto Patronum by @writcraft (E, 35k)
Harry Potter is the most sought after celebrity in wizarding Britain. His every movement is scrutinised, his relationships questioned and his photographs plastered over every paper. Harry's used to everyone thinking he’s a hero and has had plenty of time to learn how to keep his biggest secrets hidden from the press. As Draco Malfoy negotiates his feelings for the wizarding world's brightest star, he becomes increasingly attached to Harry and unravels the secrets he keeps hidden from the rest of the world.
Clouds That Veil the Midnight Moon by @drarrytrash (2020, E, 36k)
According to Harry’s personal narrative regarding the incident, he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy for purely self-destructive reasons, or out of convenience, or by some unlucky accident. Looking at him, sprawled in the moonlight, Harry is devastated to recall that he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy because he’s hot.
Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love by @aibidil (2017, E, 80k)
In which a group of wizards' rights activists goes on the offensive after a prohibition against love potions, forcing the magical world to confront the horror of magic's role in sexual assault and the murky legal nature of consent. Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Draco are swept together to solve the case, and in the process they're made to confront their own love and lust—with and without potions.
A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (2018, 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.
By the Grace by lettered (2020, T, 140k)
Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.
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Conditions of Need and Valor
<a mildly canon-divergent Thing>
It has come to my attention that I don't really engage very well with one Ron Weasley in my fics. I've read a few excellent Ron POV pieces and some good meta stuff, and I wanted to take a stab at doing more right by his character.
Also, the thing about Snape needing to put the sword of Gryffindor in the icy lake so the boy who always has to almost die every book could almost die MORE times in order to get the sword and maybe NOT almost die before actually whoops dying...struck me as dumb when I read it many years ago, and now I am aware that I get to write it DIFFERENTLY.
Find it on Ao3 here.
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