I was gifted this lovely fic at hd_erised hd_erised! I pinch-hit this year (again) - I love this fest a lot but couldn't commit to a proper sign-up at the time, so I signed up as a pinch-hitter again. And again, the mods managed to ensure I got a gift as well. 🥰

This doesn't look it on the surface but it's a fun romp of a fic, not as serious as it looks! with a snarky Draco, a wonderful friendship between him and Pansy and Astoria (and a wonderful relationship between Pansy and Astoria as well), UST between H/D, Draco using his wits and out of box thinking to solve a case and getting recognised for it, plus a number of things hinted at below the surface. I particularly appreciated that this Draco hasn't just been to therapy but is still using the tools he got from therapy to manage his trauma. All in all a wonderful, lovely read, smooth flowing and fun, and pretty much just perfect.

Benevolence and Redemption (18330 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Astoria Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson, Gawain Robards, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Minor Astoria Greengrass/Pansy Parkinson, Auror Harry Potter, Auror Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy in Lingerie, Kissing in the Office, lustful glances, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Post-War Trauma, Trauma, Mindfulness Exercises, Implied/Referenced Therapy, Flirting, Libraries, Witch Weekly (Harry Potter), Diagon Alley, Winter, Humor, Drinking, Harassment at Work, Shame Over Past Actions, Feelings of Objectification, Additional Warning in End Note, H/D Erised 2021, Frottage, Coming In Pants
Summary:

Draco's the most unlikely Auror recruited to the department in at least three centuries. Ostracised and unwanted, he's been on paperwork duties for the three years since he finished training.

Harry is the Saviour of the Wizarding World with nice forearms and too-large hands who suddenly starts turning up in the Ministry gym when Draco’s there, and sitting on Draco’s desk, and asking for Draco’s assistance on cases.

When Draco’s charm work and penchant for Muggle crosswords are helpful for a case, Potter co-opts him as a partner, and Draco's insulated, organised, hiding-in-plain-sight existence is stripped away.

this is a drive-by post as I'm busy - I keep saying that, and it doesn't feel true but like...I just have a lot of hobbies apparently, and I'm doing all of them at once.

anyway, the remix of my fic for hd_remix posted:

Of all the promises I broke (1691 words) by Anonymous
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley (past), Sirius Black/Remus Lupin (implied)
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter
Additional Tags: Growing Old Together, Divorce, Coparenting, Harry works through his trauma, Broken Promises, Tristan and Isolde, Draco has Daddy Issues, Draco is afraid of aging, H/D Remix 2021, Character Death, but in a feel good kind of way, Grief, not in a feel good kind of way
Summary: Harry wasn’t sure he knew how to keep promises.
Draco shows him he doesn’t have to be afraid to make new ones.
It takes decades but maybe Harry can be ok with breaking one more.

it's a remix of this ancient thing:

Rose Trees (2045 words) by nerakrose
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Additional Tags: needs kleenex, death!fic, also known as feel good!deathfic
Summary: Harry had promised Draco they’d die together. It was a silly promise, but Draco still hadn’t expected Harry to die before him.

originally posted to LJ, archived on ao3 (and correctly backdated) some time later to little fanfare. (the 'feel-good deathfic' tag comes directly from this hd_storyroom recpost. I didn't initially label the fic this way myself.) it's a bit of an odd fic - not an anomaly for me, as at the time I had a history of writing pretty dark fic at times but since none of my pre-HP fic is online anymore you wouldn't know it. but it is the last fic I expected anyone to choose to remix because MCD isn't really the kind of thing most people choose to read for fun. so I'm surprised! but also pleased. it's a good remix.

forwards, straight (1472 words) by nerakrose
Fandom: Shetland (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duncan Hunter/Jimmy Perez
Characters: Duncan Hunter, Jimmy Perez, Cassie Perez
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Yuletide Treat, no internalised homophobia, no homophobia at all actually, kind of slow burn
Summary: Duncan crashes at Jimmy's. Canon divergence from series 3, but also incorporates elements from series 5.



*lies down in a puddle of feelings*

Sirius Black fest 2017 ( sirius_blk | sirius_black ) is open for prompts !!! the fest runs simultaneously on LJ and DW.

hp_nextgen_fest is also open for prompts now !! I'm not seeing a lot of Hugo/Scorpius prompts, so I think I'll come up with a few ♥

Would you look at that? :D





come join hp_nextgen_fest!

Art by 8c, Banner by capitu




I have some ideas for what I'd like to do for this fest, though I'm struggling to decide between teddy/james and hugo/scorpius. i may just have to do both.

This lovely thing is today's offering from smoochfest:

Author: Anonymous
Songspiration: Somebody to Love - Queen
Title: Somebody to Love
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco; brief platonic Draco/Astoria
Summary: Draco's life after the war is quite different than it used to be. When he finds himself cursed, with little hope for lifting the spell, he sets out to make the most of the time he has left. Getting to know his Aunt Andromeda and his young cousin Teddy feels like a good thing to do, even if it can't help him in the long run...or can it?
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Angst. Definitely angst. Mentions of minor character death that have occurred before the start of the action. Small amount of violence. Musings on death and dying, as the prompt warrants.
Epilogue compliant? Nope, definitely not.
Word Count: ~31,400

Why you want to read this: a lovely throwback to H/D fics of old, where cursefics were plentiful (and often heartbreaking). it being smoochfest, the ending can of course only be happy, about which I'm very happy :D it's sweet, low-key (not on the angst) and had me smiling a lot.


also - yesterday i was looking at reclists, and stumbled over this old classic (which also happens to have been pretty formative for me - it was one of the first fics i read for this ship). my heart made a noise, i made a noise, and subsequently i spent most of my evening re-reading it, until i had to get some sleep, and then finished it today. i'm not sure that I can explain why i love this series so much, i just know that it has always done something to my heart that i can't quite explain. i just love it so, so much. it tugs at me and reduces me to this non-person who makes noises at the screen.
so, in case anybody else feels like being reminded that this fic exists, here's your reminder.

Lettered, Lush Life and Home Again, Home Again by pir8fancier.