#acari recs

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Fics I enjoyed recently in October/November last year, left in my drafts and never posted oops: 3xDrarry, 1xJegulus

🥵🕶 Bang the Bodyguard!!! by @milomoonsies (Jegulus, 7k, E)

Dear god this Reg. Their dynamic is fire elmo emoji. I'm obsessed.

Aren’t you just the littlest bit proud of me?” Regulus asked. “Made it all the way back home without you knowing.”

“Six security officers watched you climb and then fall off a fence. We have it on camera. You could’ve just told me you wanted to leave. I would’ve taken you out the back, you muppet.”

Regulus stifled a laugh. Maybe he wasn’t as sober as he thought.

x x x

Regulus is the unwilling son of the foreign secretary. James is his six-foot, sex-on-legs, Krav-Maga-wielding, Margaritaville-loving "Specialist Protection Officer".

Regulus has no choice but to fuck him.

🐲📻 Ten Visits to Fire and Flight: The World of Dragons by SanderVanSunshine (Drarry, 17k, E)

@hd-fan-fair fic, delightful banter and delicious pining, the Weasley children + Teddy are chaos incarnate. How do I subscribe to the Lee & Harry radio show?

A decade after the war, Draco Malfoy has made a new name for himself, running the dragonology department at the British Museum of Magic. And in spite of his cranky assistant (and her rude drawings), the other department heads (jog on, Janet), and three untamed children (menaces), it’s brilliant.

Or it would be, if Harry Potter didn’t have so much bloody free time after his morning show (which Draco does not and will not listen to).

🎠👻 if the bees know by @oflights (Drarry, 20k, T)

@hd-fan-fair fic, dad!Draco is my weakness, Scorpius and his ghost friend are adorable

Scorpius' playground is haunted, Harry specializes in helping ghosts pass on, and Draco just wants his son to be safe.

🖌❄️ All the Earnest Young Men by @tepre (Drarry, 29k, E)

This Draco is such an annoying chatterbox. I love him.

All over London portraits are disappearing from their canvases.

Auror Harry! Expert-in-Magical-Art-Theory Draco! There's running, dancing, falling through ice, what’s this paper giraffe doing here? A great time was had by all.

#drarry recs #jegulus recs #drarry #jegulus #acari recs #starchaser #regulus black #james potter

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Writers on tumblr rec pt. #1

Hot weather, short attention span, haven’t really been able to read much on AO3, but did you know that tumblr is actually full of really really really cool people who make really really really cool things? Like:

1. @m0srael​​ who’s completely stolen my heart with this fic, and then have you seen the unbelievable marvel that is The Pleasure of a Fleeting Year yet???

2. @ghaniblue​​’s style makes me cry laughing and also cry with ache and also did I mention NHHGGGG

3. @bunnimew has such beautiful microfics, each seeped in atmosphere and story with briiliant interactions! I beg you to see for yourself. You can start here or here or here or

4. @saintgarbanzo​​ ​has the most brilliant mind and puts it to use in the most brilliant ways and writes the most brilliant things

5. @makeitp1nk​​ nails it every single time. Like how do you even cope with this one and with this brilliance and erm excuse me this one??

6. @curlyy-hair-dont-care​​ writes the absolute sweetest stuff you’ve ever read and they WILL steal your heart and make you smile and want more more more

7. @geesenoises​​ has such an enchanting, captivating style, I can read each microfic five times in a row and still go for more: see one example and yes there is more I kid you not and also this is just too awesome

#I accidentally deleted instead of pressing 'update' #anyway here is a new version with the RIGHT links thank you acari!!! #Robin recs #rec list #short and sweet #'slight changes in the title will help people know what version they're reading' okay robin shut up

[sitp-recs]

15 fics with Harry pursuing unusual careers

I love the adrenaline and potential angst within the Auror partners trope as much as the next guy, but we can all agree that our mental health improves 10 times when we see Harry leaving the Ministry, embracing other possibilities and making his own destiny. This rec list hopes to celebrate those creative, disruptive, feel-good fics that are not afraid to come up with the most absurd positions and original job titles. They can be fun, smutty, depressing, hopeful or cathartic; there’s a little bit of everything in here and I’m hoping to bring some hidden gems into everyone’s radar, too. Happy readings!

Twisted Wizards by Enchanted_Jae (T, 3k)

Draco is just putting his life back together when Potter comes along and mucks it all up again. Job: storm chaser

The R. Correspondence by noeon (T, 7.5k)

While working on the Bagshot papers, Draco makes an important discovery for British Wizarding History. Now if only Harry can keep him alive long enough to enjoy it. Job: private security consultant

Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it) by @fluxweeed and @lastontheboat (T, 10k)

Or: the one where Harry has writer’s block and Malfoy isn’t helping. Job: writer

Home County, orphaned (G, 10k)

Harry is an architect and the reluctant part-owner of his own firm. Malfoy works at The Ministry but doesn’t actually have a proper job title even though what he does sounds as though it’s pretty important. Job: architect

A Working Title by mindabbles (E, 12k)

Another in the long line of absurd biographies finally drives Harry to a desperate act. How desperate he doesn't know until his ghost writer shows up at his door. Job: Daily Prophet columnist

An Improbable Bout of Summer Madness by acari (E, 16k)

Draco had planned a quiet, peaceful summer holiday with his son. The last thing he expected was to find Potter here, in Draco's little Cornish retreat. Making fudge in a shop? The idea was too ludicrous for words. Job: fudge shop owner

The Strongest Affinity by @eidheann (T, 17k)

Trouble finding a wand for Scorpius leads Harry and Draco to something they never imagined. Job: wandmaker

Phoenix Repair Services by carpemermaid (E, 20k)

Draco hires a suspiciously private wizarding handyman to fix his kitchen when he returns home to find it destroyed. He expects a middle-aged wizard with greying hair and a pudgy gut to show up. Instead, he gets Harry Potter—with a utility belt and a charming smile—who is more attractive than he has any right to be. Job: Handyman

The Snitch-Maker by Omi_Ohmy (T, 21k)

Draco is content with his Snitches, with the tap tap tap of his hammer, and the tiny gears and sharp scent of metal in his workshop - until one day Harry Potter appears, asking for help to solve a rash of Snitch-tampering in the Quidditch world. Job: QUABBLE official (Quidditch representative)

Silhouettes in Sunsets by Pie (T, 22k)

Draco Malfoy was a Gringotts accountant by day and a luthier by night, making musical instruments that sang the language of the player’s heart, language audible only to the ears of his soul mate. Harry Potter was a struggling quill pal to the children of war and the owner of Hedwig’s Owl Emporium on Diagon—haven for future pets, owls retired from services and orphaned chicks. Job: Owl Emporium owner

Better To Burn Than To Fade Away by Ren (E, 23k)

Harry Potter is a legend in the world of broomstick racing. He's won almost every cup, trophy, and bowl – except for the historical London-Nome which has been on hiatus for the past several years. Now the London-Nome is starting again, and Harry will do anything to pull off one last big win. Job: broomstick racer

Doing the Lambeth Walk by @blamebrampton (T, 26k)

There are only three traditional choices for the cashed-up hero after victory. Harry Potter is too young to settle down and provide the wizarding world with a happy ending, and has too acute a sense of humour to spiral downwards into a spectacular flame-out. That leaves a life of good works. Job: Owner of a Social Housing and Care Centre

All Roads by @korlaena (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. Job: Magizoologist

Whimsical by strawberryrose (T, 42k)

In which Draco is completely out of his depth (until he isn’t), Harry builds something improbable with the help of his friends, and everyone bonds over food. Job: amusement park owner

What Shall Not Be Unearthed by @iero0 (E, 49k)

At the northernmost point of Shetland, surrounded by pointed cliffs, towers the Ootsta Lighthouse on a small isle in the middle of the open sea. Little does Harry know that he's not the only new lighthouse keeper. Draco Malfoy is as obnoxious as he always was, with his posh tone of voice and his luxury yacht jumpers. Job: lighthouse keeper

#Sitp recs #Drarry reclist #HBD Harry week #odd jobs

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Hi! Just wondering if you have any Sterydia (Stiles/Derek/Lydia) fic recs? Thank you

We do, @niralvixen! - Anastasia

The Gift by acari

(1/1 I 1,038 I Explicit)

This is Derek. He’s for you.

Choose by 1ittleblackdress 

Big Bad Wolf by 1ittleblackdress

(1/1 I 1,580 I General)

“We want like 500k and u can have ur pack back lol” Lydia scoffed, reading the sticky note that was left next to Stiles and Scott’s lacrosse shirts, Allison’s bow, and Isaac’s scarf. Lydia and Derek rolled their eyes in sync. “Amateurs.”

Heading for a fall by Nival_Vixen

(3/3 I 8,059 I Explicit)

An old threat is heading towards Beacon Hills, and as the only three survivors of the pack, Stiles, Lydia, and Derek will do whatever it takes to keep each other safe.

Feels Better Biting Down by callunavulgari

(1/1 I 9,739 I Explicit)

“We should have him over for dinner,” Lydia says. She’s inspecting a pair of stilettos, weighing them carefully in one hand. They would look lovely on her and the price tag is nowhere near enough to dissuade her. Beside her, Stiles snorts, shuffling sideways so that a mother and her squalling child can pass by. “That would be sending entirely the wrong message, Lyds.”

She rolls her eyes and passes him the shoe box. “Nonsense. It’s what you do when you wish to court someone.”

“Pretty sure all the rules are different when he knows what we are and may think we’re planning on having him for dinner.”

Filthy Perfect by theaeblackthorn

(1/1 I 13,757 I Explicit)

Powerless. That’s how Lydia feels when the dust finally settles.

Hale Of A Shield by LLN3dseestheLight

(!5/15 I 27,039 I Mature)

Rumor from another Pack led Derek to believe that his father, who disappeared on a business trip a few months before the fire, is in New York City, working at Stark Tower. So Derek makes plans to go to New York. Stiles and Lydia go with because they know Derek will get himself killed without a pack member to watch over him.

Plus Stiles and Lydia were bored. Derek really didn’t care, he was just glad he wasn’t going to have to face this alone. And will have some one to stop him from punching his father in the face…repeatedly.

Meanwhile in New York…

Phil Coulson has found out from sources that Fury had been keeping the fact some of his family had survived the house fire that had taken most of them. Phil is understandably pissed at Fury for keeping this information from him. He retreats to Stark Tower, where Tony is planning a coup, against the lying lair that lies a lot…Because that hadn’t been the only secret Fury had been keeping.

When father and son meet again? Chaos is a given!

It’s all part of the master plan by Littleredridinghunter

(1/1 I 57,188 I Not Rated)

When Gerard kidnaps Stiles at the lacrosse game, nobody knows he was taken, nodoby knows how bad it was. Stiles swears Erica and Boyd to secrecy.

When the pack finally find out about it they do everything they can to help him heal and protect him from future threats.

Too bad that they don’t manage to do that.

#teen wolf #stiles stilinski #derek hale #lydia martin #derek/stiles/lydia

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acari hq is super fun so far! really inclusive plus it?? genuinely feels like a poc rp and not a k face only group. representation is good so far and everyones acccepting def a rec from me

won’t lie this is hella cute but i don’t really like twitter rps. thanks for the rec bub !

#rpt #rph #rpc #Anonymous

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HP Recs Fest: Days 8 + 9

@hprecfest prompt: canon-divergent + rare pair

I struggled a lot with canon-divergent because I almost always read EWE, but I avoid canon-rewrites, resorting or what-if fics.

A Soft Spot for Lost Causes (13099 words) by Helenish (Draco/Ron, Explicit)

"Remember at school? Weasel? You’re so poor and dirty?" Ron said encouragingly "You hated me." "I did," Draco said.

I first read this fic in 2004 when canon was still open so it differs wildly from the last books. This is not a pairing I normally go for, but Helenish is so good at writing messy, uncomfortable sexual situations. (The warning on this fic is not for Draco/Ron.)

empire builders (25213 words) by shecrows (James/Sirius, Explicit)

Say, James, he rehearses in his head. Remember that time we were both roaring drunk at the end of term, and you put your cock in my mouth, and I came so hard I still get tingly thinking about it? Was that just a one off, d’you think, or did you want to do it again sometime? He blows out a cloud of smoke, releasing a thready little peal of laughter. “Fuck me,” Sirius mutters, and swallows. “Fuck. Shitting Christ.”   James, Sirius, and a summer in the south of Devon.

I got this story off @ashesandhackles fest recs and devoured it this morning. I am now a Prongsfoot shipper. This fic altered my brain chemistry. James and Sirius in this are both too much and so deeply emotionally entangled. The intensity of feeling is off the charts. It felt like I was getting a second hand high reading this fic.

>> rec fest masterlist <<

#prongsfoot #dron #james x sirius #draco x ron #hp rare pair #hprecfest2023 #acari recs

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HP Rec Fest: Day 3

@hprecfest prompt: a podfic

Podfics, my beloved. I tried to narrow it down to one, but alas. So I went with:

two old Drarry favourites that I imprinted on years ago and still return to time and again;

a Drarry podfic by an all-time favourite podficcer across several fandoms, written by the narrator;

and a new favourite rare pair podfic, and an incredible debut recording at that.

Tissue of Silver read by Fayjay & written by Fearlessdiva (Drarry, Explicit, 8h)

A love story concerning possessed furniture, black silk pyjamas, courtroom drama, premonitions of doom, assassination attempts, Death Eater yoga, absinthe, bare feet and a sensible werewolf. Beware: coarse language, brief drug use, some sexual content, and consideration of issues of sexual consent.

After failing in his task of killing Dumbledore, life doesn’t go as Draco expected. Sometimes just surviving takes everything you’ve got. And sometimes healing is something you can’t do alone. Story goes AU/AR from the end of Half-Blood Prince.

A Fruit Tree in Winter by Bryoneybrynn read by Takola & written by Bryoneybrynn (Drarry, Mature, 3-3,5h

Podfic: Like Diamonds We Are Cut With Our Own Dust written & read by @raitala (Drarry, Teen, 1h)

Draco has borne the mark of the Dark Lord for over ten years. It is familiar to him, but he pays the price for it every day, and Harry has noticed.

For Sale by Owner: Rose Weasley-Granger's Virginity by @schmem14 & written by @vukovich (Draco/Rose, minor Rose/Scorpius, background Scorbus, Explicit, 3-3,5h)

Problem: I'm a twenty-four year-old academic prodigy, but I'd trade my diplomas for a good, hard fuck. Since that's not a real thing I can do, I guess I'll pack up my dildo collection and go to the States for this doctoral program. If I can raise the money for tuition. Solution: Virginity: the original NFT. Non-Fuckable Token. Assuming someone will pay for it. Spoiler: Someone does. Handsomely. And repeatedly. And then I stole his cat.

>> rec fest masterlist <<

#hprecfest2023 #drarry podfic #hp podfic #drarry podfic recs #drarry #rose/draco #hp rare pair #acari recs

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HP Rec Fest: Day 1

@hprecfest prompt: A favorite fic under 5k words

I couldn't decide between a Drarry and a non-Drarry rec so I went with both. One is heart-warming and soft, and the other is a bit of a mindfuck.

Seasick (3771 words) by @academicdisasterfic (Drarry, background Wolfstar, Teen)

A boy came down from the cliff. Draco watched him as he stood by the waves, all scraggly limbs and messy hair and bright green eyes behind wire frames. Draco recognised something in him; perhaps the glint in his eye, or the hunching of his shoulders. The way he seemed to fold in on himself, the way his clothes billowed around him. Draco recognised hunger, visceral and sharp. This was a boy who knew what it was like to want something so desperately it eclipsed all else. Or: Draco is a mermaid who sees a beautiful, hungry boy on the shore.

A Bone to Pick (With Myself) (4865 words) by Quietlemonhush (Sirius/Sirius, background Wolfstar, Explicit)

That stupid fucking veil. Sirius would be kicking himself the rest of eternity, standing close enough to that thing to fall through, and at Bellatrix’s hands, no less. The rage at leaving Remus–at leaving Harry–was unbearable. He fought it as he fell, clawing up towards the rippling veil above him, and he would’ve gone on like that, flailing and fighting and mourning and breaking, if he didn’t get distracted by the sight of himself. --- Sirius Black falls through the Veil, finds something he didn't expect, and saves the world with his dick.

>> rec fest masterlist <<

#hprecfest2023 #sirius black #wolfstar #drarry #acari recs #sirius/sirius #marauders fic #mwpp

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Hand in unlovable hand by thickenmyhand (Damen/Laurent, Nicaise, E, 430k)

Damen and Laurent break up. Nicaise brings them back together.

Featuring: getting back together, Damen & Laurent parenting Nicaise, past CSA, toxic masculinity, therapy, pining, modern AU, ensemble cast

I accidentally started reading a 400k+ Captive Prince fic. I'm on chapter 7 and need someone to scream with about this fic. This Damen is... idk, I can't decide between a sadly disappointed headshake and trying to wring his obtuse neck. But I'm so invested in his (slow omg sooo painfully slow) emotional growth and his relationship with his not-son Nicaise and his painful not-divorce from Laurent.

I did not plan to spend my Easter weekend reading Lamen fic, but here I am. I cannot stop.

#lamen #capri fanfic #capri recs #lamen recs #captive prince #laurent of vere #damen of akielos #nicaise #damen x laurent #laurent x damen #lamen fanfic #acari recs

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A few Drarry fics and fanart I enjoyed recently.

🛶🏆 Our Objective Remains Unchanged by @citrusses (WIP 6/9, 28k, E)

Harry Potter, returning member of the Oxford University Boat Club, has two goals for the spring of 2005: beat Cambridge, and beat Draco Malfoy. Perhaps not in that order.

@unleashed-fest entries:

🐦🏖 Birds Behaving Badly by @peachpety (fic, 10k, E)

For eight years, Draco has been content living a quiet life of anonymity in Brighton, dodging pesky seagulls and enjoying the ephemeral boys of summer. And if these summer blokes just happen to resemble Harry Potter, it’s a mere coincidence—despite what his friends say.

But when a repeat one-night stand challenges him to face his desires, Draco thinks he’s finally over his years-long crush.

A seagull named Kevin thinks otherwise.

🏚🐾 With Love in Her Luminous Eyes by @starquestingfordrarry (fic, 30k, T)

The Demiguise lived in Grimmauld Place, and she lived all alone.

@hd-fan-fair entries:

🎨🖼 "H. J. Potter", (2019) oil on canvas, Draco Malfoy by @creeeee (digital comic, G)

After building quite an illustrious career as a magical portrait artist, Draco Malfoy is commissioned to paint the official portrait for retired Head Auror and current pastry shop owner, Harry Potter, who must come to Draco's studio to sit for his portrait.

🦋🦆 Close Observation by @pato-roldnart (digital art, G)

Draco has received news of a rare magical creature sighting and has been called in to illustrate the animal and it’s natural habitat/den. Only problem is: he can’t find anyone to pet sit his beloved animals and seeks outsider help by hiring a pet sitter through a wizarding company.

Enter: Harry James Potter, pet sitter extraordinaire and living his best life hanging out with animals all over Britain, enjoying the vast and interesting towns and houses he finds himself in.

Draco, loves his animals so much and asks to have regular contact through letters.

🇮🇳🚯 Connecting Lines, Connecting Crimes by @sleepstxtic (fic, 15k, M)

Magic is going haywire after ley lines all over the world are mysteriously failing. A cross-border Task Force is set up by the League of Wixen Nations with Expert Cartologist Draco Malfoy and Ley Line Specialist Pansy Parkinson being called in from Britain to work with Magi-Geographers Harry Potter and Parvati Patil in India. But can they get to the root of the issue before it's too late?

Featuring: an excessive use of holograms, numerous references to food, and lots and lots (and lots!) of travel.

#drarry #drarry recs #acari recs #drarry fanart #drarry fic #unleashed! fest 2023 #hd career fair #hd fanfair

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Wireless 2023 recs: week 1

My desire to read Drarry fic is returning so I'm making my way through this year's @hd-wireless offerings week by week. Here is a list of things I enjoyed from the week 1 round up. My favourites are marked with a ❤️. If you find yourself wondering why my list is 3/4 of the week 1 round up, yes I know, this bloody fandom honestly, so much good stuff.

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❤️ Why don’t you like me? by @caroll-in (T, digital comic)

Failing to ask Harry out, Draco deals with his feelings in a very dramatic fashion.

Alive by @itsphantasmagoria (E, Digital comic)

Harry is lost after the final battle, but he finds comfort from an unexpected source

❤️ Before the Cold Sets In by @vukovich & @crazybutgood (T, 9k, fic + origami art)

But if I measure the sugar To satisfy your expectant tongue Then that is love Sitting untouched and growing cold - Cold Tea Blues, by Cowboy Junkies Sometimes, the person you should be planning your life with is already in it. Or, how Harry realised that true love is at the bottom of a tea cup.

Everybody Hates a Tourist by @wolfpants (E, 51k)

On a stag do in sunny Brighton with the Gryffindor lads, the last person Harry expects to run into is Draco Malfoy. After a glimpse of Malfoy’s Muggle life in Britain’s gay capital, Harry’s curiosity gets the better of him and he finds himself returning to the seaside again and again, drawn to the city, drawn to this new version of Malfoy that Harry barely recognises from school. Meanwhile, Draco’s just trying to live his big and best queer life: working for the weekend, chasing hot men, getting lost in Brighton’s nightlife, and making friends with the neighbourhood cats. Why does his former school rival and crush have to show up and spoil everything?

Don’t hate him when he gets up to leave by @deliciousblizzardshark (M, 2k)

The linens are white and empty, sunlight slanting through the window illuminating a bed that has been deserted. Draco knew Potter would leave; he’s always gone by morning. Draco doesn’t even remember what he looks like in daylight.

Take You Home by @lqtraintracks (E, 26k)

Everybody’s a little fucked up after the war, Draco especially. What starts as hate sex after a night out, eventually turns into something else, something more like comfort. And even though his friends all tell Harry he’s just being used, all Harry’s doing is making sure Draco gets home in one piece. He’s not falling helplessly in love.

If You Took the Time to Try by enoby_w (T, 18k)

Last summer, Draco’s impulsive decision to sleep with Harry Potter resulted in a bruised ego and a broken heart. Now he’s looking for a fresh start- something that was absolutely not just an excuse for him to run away from his problems. Only it totally was, and while leaving London might have been easy, leaving Potter in the past was not.

Title & Possession by @kbrick (E, 49,063)

Harry Potter’s life is going well in the aftermath of the war. Sure, his house is dark and run-down and might hate him (while his house elf definitely hates him). But other than that, things are good. Except, yeah, okay, Hermione and Ron are no longer on speaking terms. Worse, they keep trying to get Harry to pick sides. But otherwise, Harry couldn’t be happier. Well. Except for the fact that Ginny is being super weird about their relationship and never wants to have sex or talk about the future. But other than that, Harry is perfectly fine, thankyouverymuch. At least, he is until Draco Malfoy threatens to sue him for ownership of Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, and winds up moving in until the issue is settled. Then Harry really isn’t fine at all.

❤️ Moldova’s Magical Tea by aibidil - a Podfic by cailynwrites (E, 2h 46min)

Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and—to everyone’s surprise—Draco Malfoy are opening a magical tea shop to revive wizarding tea culture and, hopefully, to bring the community together after the war. Harry, who is unemployed and trying to find his way in post-war society, wants to help his friends with their new business—but that means spending a lot of time around Malfoy. Featuring Muggle music from summer 2001, trips to the Muggle cinema, herbology and magical herbal infusions, and Draco trying to convince Harry that, while he’s still a snarky git, he’s no longer a bigot.

>> week 2 recs <<

#hd wireless 2023 #drarry recs #hp podfic #drarry podfic #podfic recs #acari recs

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HP Rec Fest: Day 2

@hprecfest prompt: A comfort fic

I'm cheating a little because the actual comfort is the podfic of the fic. I never actually read the words. This story lives in my head as narrated by RattleandHum. It never fails to make me smile.

This Summer written by saras_girl and narrated by @thirdeye1234 (Drarry, Teen, 3,5-4h)

This is a summery romantic comedy featuring my favourite ensemble cast, in which Harry is confused, Draco is Draco, and Hermione attempts to eat all the things.

>> rec fest masterlist <<

#hprecfest2023 #drarry podfic #drarry #acari recs #drarry recs #drarry podfic recs #hp podfic

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HP Rec Fest: Day 4

@hprecfest prompt: A fic with art

I give you my favourite creation for the 2021 Harry/Draco Big Bang. The fic has a wonderfully distinct ensemble cast. Harry in this fic is to die for and the Drarry slow-burn romance is so very well done. You want them to get together.

The three art pieces created for the fic are a perfect illustration of the mood and feel of the story. I love the use of colour and the distinct, memorable style of the art.

Make Yourself (103266 words) written by AnyaElizabeth with art by @zigster-ao3 (Drarry, Explicit)

Harry just wants to be safe within the freshly painted walls of Grimmauld Place, with his friends around him. But when he hears Draco Malfoy has been spotted at the local soup kitchen, he can't help but encourage a different type of stray to come under his roof.

>> rec fest masterlist <<

#hprecfest2023 #drarry #drarry fanart #drarry recs #acari recs

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HP Marauders Era Recs

Nothing Fades Like the Light by @rollercoasterwords | 40k, Mature, Jegulus, Sirius

You run, Reggie. You run, and you keep on running. It's the last thing Sirius said to him, before he disappeared. And Regulus is trying—he's trying so, so hard. But he can only run for so long before he collapses, half-dead and delirious with exhaustion, in the middle of god-knows-where. He wakes up in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar house, staring at an unfamiliar man—a man who, inexplicably, and for the first time in years, makes Regulus feel as though he might finally be safe.

1890s cowboy AU with zombies and gorgeous prose.

she dreamt of him by @unspeakable3​ | 5k, Teen, Walburga, Black family

Orion Black died a fortnight ago. Between dreams, memories, her son and a Grim, Walburga persists.

Walburga character study trying to look with compassion at a pretty terrible person.

Wicked Wizards by imparfait  | 4k, Explicit, Wolfstar, James

I’ve been imagining a rimjob for so long I’ve forgotten what one looks like, it read. Help me fix this before I explode.

Everybody thinks James and Sirius are together. James' head is about to explode. This is hilarious and James & Sirius are such little shits in this. I love them.

Maybe This Time (alternatively: once more, with feeling!) by @wanderingdonut​  | 4,5k, General, Regulus, Inferi

Regulus has the time, resources, and the pure lack of fucks to indulge in a hitherto uncultivated passion

Inferi overlord Regulus living his best Elsa afterlife. Crack at its finest.

A Life Like This by @impishtubist​ | 14,5k, Mature, Jegulus, Wolfstar

James, Sirius, and Remus left the war and the magical world behind them at the age of seventeen. Twenty-three years later, the brother Sirius never knew he had tracks them down.

Married Wolfstar, domestic dad James, and age gap Jegulus. I am so soft for this universe.

DW link: https://acari.dreamwidth.org/817035.html

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More Red, White & Royal Blue recs because I can't stop.

RWRB recs part 1

(did my love aid and abet you?) by @alasse9 (12k, teen)

future fic, break-up make-up,

love Alex's journey, achingly beautiful

favourite

That night in Kensington Palace, Henry told Alex to leave. Eleven years later, Alex watches on the news as Henry comes out, and abdicates. A story of what came before, and what comes after.

you are my mountain (you are my sea) by @alasse9 (6k, unrated)

post-canon, *happy sigh*

so many poignant moments and lovely lines

Five times Alex and Henry have important conversations in houses, and one time they have a very important conversation in a castle.

Omakase by @orchidscript (80k, explicit)

AU, getting together

Incredible world-building, don't read while hungry

favourite

Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor has been laboring under the thumb of legacy and tradition for years, as sous-chef to his brother at Maison Windsor, the restaurant his grandmother made world famous. When a less-than-perfect review of the establishment leaves his creativity not just stymied but totally cut off, he finds fresh inspiration (and something more) in the London's newest and most passionate chef-restaurateur, Alex Claremont-Diaz. After a rough start, their relationship deepens and their reputations intertwine, Henry's confidence in his own abilities renews along with it. When asked to choose between family and creative realization, he finds himself caught.

#rwrb #rwrb fic recs #rwrb fanfic #firstprince #firstprince fanfic #firstprince fic #acari recs