#ladderofyears microfic

[ladderofyears]

Dishevel.

It’s a pleasure, Harry thinks, watching Draco while he sleeps.

Draco lies, scrunched under the sheets, curled up in the foetal position, hands fisting the quilt like he’s worried they’ll be snatched away. His hair, usually elegant, is dishevelled.

Draco’s lips are parted, begging to be woken with a kiss.

~

Fifty words.

For @microficmay

#drarry #harry x draco #boys in love #fifty words #draco malfoy #harry potter #microficmay2023 #ladderofyears microfic #drarry fic #early morning

[lumosatnight]

Fic Stats Tag Game

Rules: Give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words.

Thanks for the tag @mirrorofliterature (x)!

💙 Most hits 💙

What is this, fucking Jeopardy? [Drarry, E, 20.5k]: No surprise here. My Drarry fics are always the most popular and this one has fluff, mutual pining, curse-breaking, and idiots in love.

💙 Second most kudos 💙

White, the colour of flowers [Drarry, M, 3.2k]: Hanahaki Drarry with lots of angst and multiple endings! This is actually one of my favorite fics formatting wise, so I'm happy to see it in the #2 spot. Also, there's a podfic now, how cool is that?!!!!?

💙 Third most comments 💙

Microfic May 2023 [Multiple Ships, Multiple Ratings, 1.6k]: It's my microfic series from this year, and I know exactly why it's so high up in my comment count. It's because @ladderofyears (who is absolutely lovely) commented on every single chapter 😅

💙 Fourth most bookmarks 💙

Staring into Open Flame [Drarry, E, 25.1k]: Another Drarry but this time with arson, hate sex, and morally ambiguous characters. Soooo I guess I get why lol.

💙 Fifth most words 💙

Scalene [Luna/Pansy/Ginny, M, 11.8k]: My triad fest fic from last year! I mostly write short fic, but for some reason post-war Linny needed a whole 11k to describe all the shenanigans happening when Pansy moves into Grimmauld place with them.

💙 The least words 💙

Double Drabbles Series [Multiple Ships, Multiple Ratings, 200 words each]: I write a lot of double drabbles which are 200 words exactly, so it's a 30-way tie (wow, that's a lot lol) for the fic with the least amount of words. I love double drabbles so much! They're challenging but just the right amount of substance to get a nice juicy bite.

Tagging (no pressure): @danpuff-ao3, @girl-with-goats, @venom0usbarbie, @caitiewantstobeavadakedavrad, @picklesonjupiter, @nanneramma

#tag game #asked and answered

[otpcutie]

Fic stats game

I was tagged by @endlesstwanted tysm pal🧚🏻💗

Rules: Give us the links to your fics with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

(One of my fics is the top in majority of these categories so some I’ve included second ones, ect :3)

Most hits: Make Me Yours (hits: 92,625) aka the first fic in my polyam Mafia AU with Steve/Bucky/Tony/Peter. It’s also my longest story so far, each chapter includes a fill for the first Bingo I ever participated in. I had so much fun exploring their different relationships and D/s dynamics.

Most kudos: This is Make Me Yours (kudos: 1,796) again, so I’ll include the runner up as well. That is Our Pretty Prize (kudos: 910), the first fic in my Boxers AU with Bucky/Tony/Peter. It was the first time I explored writing Bucky/Tony and I grew so attached I’m ngl. I adore this Peter, I think this is where my love for writing him as an angel and a schemey little shit began <3

Most comments: Make Me Yours (comments: 293). The next is my WIP Steve’s Night Off (comments: 32), where Steve—while unhappily married to Peggy—meets Bucky in a bar and… well, you’d have to find the rest out yourself >:) I’m loving this AU. I’ve managed to include so many tropes/themes that are my jam, including the main one (cheating AU) which I’ve wanted to write for ages.

Most bookmarks: Make Me Yours (bookmarks: 422) and then Smooth Like Whiskey (bookmarks: 105). This is one of my filthier Bucky/Tony fics, with an emphasis on ‘kink with feelings’ aka my fave. Bucky is Tony’s bodyguard and Daddy in it, their relationship being kept under wraps. If I remember correctly, it was my first time writing feminization kink.

Most words: Make Me Words (word count: 76k) has my longest word count. The next is Daddy’s Little Honey Bear (word count: 12k), which is also my longest fic with a Cg/l dynamic—this one being Daddy Steve/little Tony. It’s definitely one of my softest works too, it has a polyam V relationship (Steve/Tony in a QPR and their Cg/l dynamic & Steve/Bucky are married — making Steve the hinge) that is so wholesome. It was really nice writing an aroace character (Tony) too. I even drew art of little Tony to go with the fic.

Least words: I have works that are ‘0’ on AO3 (fanart without accompanying fics), so I’ll exclude those first. That makes my fic with the least words Lost In Green (words: 40), which was a Drarry Drabble/Drawble Challenge entry. I’m not sure it counts because the words are the text I included in the fanart, but it was fun trying something more angsty. Otherwise it’s Helpless (words: 50) which was another Drarry one, this time a Drarry Microfic prompt with a completely different (fluffy) vibe hehe.

Tagging: @katia-anyway @thebisexualmandalorian @buckyismybicycle @beyondtheclose @basicallyahedgehog @ladderofyears @elskanellis @stargazing-enby @andrea1717 & anyone I’ve forgotten! Please tag me in your posts if you play, I’d love to see💚

#the Make Me Yours stats are wild it’s deffs an outlier of mine🫣 #I wonder if there’s a game for ‘least x’ ones #& ppl could check out those works/give them some attention :3 #otpcutie talks #tag game #pals #otpcutie fics

[crazybutgood]

My @microficmay collection for this year:

cbg's microfic may collection on ao3

Thanks to fellow mods @sugareey-makes-stuff and @lumosatnight for another great run 👏🎉❤️❤️ Special shout-out and thanks to @getawayfox , @ladderofyears, and P ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks to everyone who took part in our fest! Hope you had a wonderful May, and wishing you a happy June and Pride month 🌈

#q #microficmay2023 #masterlist #crazybutgood #cbg folds #cbg writes #mine

[xanthippe74]

Spreading fandom love for the holidays! 12 personal favorites from 2023 in 12 days, inspired by this post. As always, please check the tags and author's notes before reading. Enjoy!

Day Eight: A Year In The Life by @ladderofyears (Drarry, HD Career Fair, rated M, 19K)

Summary: Draco Malfoy's life mightn't be the one he imagined growing up, but that doesn't matter, because Draco enjoys it nevertheless. He works at Flourish and Blotts, enjoys playing for the Islington Imps, his part-time Quidditch team, and spends his Sundays at St Neots, the home of his Mum, 'Dromeda, and Teddy.

Best of all is Harry Potter, his beloved boyfriend, with whom Draco enjoys dancing, shagging, and watching Eastenders on Harry's big Muggle television.

Life couldn't get any better.

Life, however, has a tendency to change whenever you least expect it to.

I swear, the author conjured a little bit of magic to write this story. It’s told entirely with 50-word microfics, one journal entry for each day of 2006 (an impressive feat, by itself!), and yet it reads just as smoothly as any traditional fic. Draco’s voice is perfect here, full of wit and subtle emotion, as his and Harry’s developing romance takes a sharp turn with an unexpected pregnancy. Draco’s anticipation, worry, and joy are mixed with deftly-chosen details of his daily life, all captured with Emma’s trademark tenderness and warmth. This fic is a perfect comfort read for family feels and gentle romance.

#12 days of fandom #drarry fic #fic rec #2023 favorites

[microficmay]

Microfic May 2022: Final Roudup

We are sad to come to the end of an era. Thank you everyone for a FANTASTIC month of Microfic May! We've had over 1,100 microfics submitted by a total of 60 creators!! The AO3 Collection will remain open until June 10 to allow any last-minute submissions to be included.

🚢 - Our top ships have been: #Drarry, #Wolfstar, #Dramione, #Snarry, #Harrymort, #Snamione, #Flintwood, #Romione, #Ginsy, and #Blackcest

📚 - Some other A+ tags: #gen, #hp femslash, and #hp rare pair

🎨 - See the art tag here: #hp fanart

🔠 - Works in other languages: #Hindi, #Chinese

📜 - Even more works: Collection on AO3

#MEGA CHALLENGE: Our winner is @mkaugust with their impressive 50-word story where they used 24 prompts in one microfic! Congratulations!

And that's it, everyone. Thank you to our wonderful creators (complete list below)! We hope to see you all again next year. Peace and love from the Microfic May 2022 mod squad ✌

@lumosatnight, @crazybutgood, @sugareey-makes-stuff, @rei382

🖋️ Creators 🖋️

@acnelli, ADDButterfly, @badwolfblues, @behold-the-infinitum, @cheyla-v, @curlyy-hair-dont-care, @diangelofan, deliciousblizzardshark, @ellionne, @fantasyborn, @flavorofmelodrama, @fleetingdesires, @fluxweeed, @girl-with-goats, @givereadersahug, GlitternGlow, @hermioneclone, @herochicklyrrie007, Indigo_Scarf, @insert-keyboard-spam-here, @itsaperiwinkleworldv2, @ladderofyears, @ladyofboneandivory, @ln4747, @makeitp1nk, @malfoylestrange, @maziktheli, @mcxi1, migrating_coconut, @mileanne-malfoy-potter, @mkaugust, @moonwalker94, nemaidpyre, @northstar-ofdraco, @ohmygodshesinsane, @oknowkiss, @ordinarylittleme, @paulamcg, @pekeleke, @phoebe-delia, @professordrarry, RavenclawGreen28, @regretful-prince, @rosevalleynb, @screamingfae, @shupadoop, Slytherinbabe40, @tenthousandyearsx, @the-francakes, @theselittleponders, @the-starryknight, @the-toughestest-hufflepuff, @tontonguetonks, @ultimateundesirable, @vdoshu, @waterfalls-moon

🖋️ Works Sorted by Prompt 🖋️

#Day 1: Ignite

#Day 2: Villainous

#Day 3: Heartbeat

#Day 4: Solitude

#Day 5: Lost & Found

#Day 6: Survive

#Day 7: Irresistible

#Day 8: Expectations

#Day 9: Ferocity

#Day 10: Black & White

#Day 11: Balance

#Day 12: Radiant

#Day 13: Symphony

#Day 14: Inquietude

#Day 15: Fire & Ice

#Day 16: Remember

#Day 17: Decadent

#Day 18: Secrets

#Day 19: Humbug

#Day 20: Sand & Sea

#Day 21: Promise

#Day 22: Invincible

#Day 23: Progress

#Day 24: Serenity

#Day 25: Pain & Pleasure

#Day 26: Wander

#Day 27: Hopeful

#Day 28: Epilogue

#Day 29: Saturninity

#Day 30: Wax & Wane

#Day 31: Why?

#Alt 1: Hesitate

#Alt 2: Crisp

#Alt 3: Train Tracks

#Alt 4: Open the Door

#Alt 5: Young & Old

← Previous: Mega Challenge

#microficmay2022 #microficmay #roundup #mod post

[drarrymicrofic]

Happy International Artists Day 🎨🎭

@ladderofyears sent us today’s prompt: Guilty!

😬 😬 😬 😬, Your Microfic Mods 📜✨

#drarry #drarrymicrofic #drarry microfic #drarry fic #Draco Malfoy #Harry Potter #drarry fanfic #drarry fanfiction #drarry squad #hpdm #Draco and Harry #Harry and Draco #Draco x Harry #Harry x Draco #Draco/Harry #Harry/Draco #October 2022 Prompts #Prompts

[iero0]

shock

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt of "shock". thanks to my dear @ladderofyears for the beta!

CW: description of a burned body

* * *

Auror Potter stands with his hands braced on his knees. He takes a deep breath, another, before he unbends and wipes away the sweat from his brows. Purposefully, his eyes don’t drift down where whatever remains of Amaethon Hughes lies, a mere lackey of the chairman of the corrupt gambling industry, backers of extremist neo-pagan politics on the rise and the actual centre of their investigation. 

Instead, they watch Auror Malfoy. He doesn’t even flinch when he takes a step towards where the wizard stood only seconds ago. He even squats down to inspect the damage closely, like he would with just any other body they’ve encountered in the line of duty. It encourages Auror Potter to peek.

Hughes’s legs and torso have melted into a strangely shaped pile on rugged cobbles, charred beyond recognition. Only an oval shape above two oblong ones suggest a human skull and two arms. They look as though reaching for something, anything, while the rest of the body has been sucked away underneath him.

“We could Vanish some of that,” Auror Malfoy says, calm and collected. “Maybe clean up the rest by hand, should something remain. This though,” he points, and Auror Potter looks up into a pale spot of sky, surrounded by the angular rooftops of industrial buildings, “this will stay for a few days. Not much we can do about it.” It takes a few beats before Auror Potter understands that his partner didn’t point at the sky. The air is still crackling with magic. It’s a sound but it might as well be a corporeal sensation, static and pinching as it is. “Or we can follow protocol. Report what happened.”

And what are you gonna do? Hughes’s voice, his last words, ring in Auror Potter’s ears. The tone is smug, teasing, at best.

“Harry?” Auror Potter’s eyes snap to Auror Malfoy, still crouching close to the coal-blackened  thing. His sharp, imploring eyes, though, are now trimmed on Auror Potter’s own. “Would you prefer to follow protocol?”

Auror Potter shakes his head. He must have done so more forcefully than he’d meant to, for his wand, the Elder Wand, after its first strike drops with a hollow sound from his hands onto the concrete.

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thanks for reading! you can find my other microfics here.

<3

#drarry #drarry microfic #iero0 microfics #auror harry #auror draco

[givereadersahug]

WIP Game

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Thank you tagging me @yletylyf!

I am boring and I name my files after the event I'm participating in. I don't have anything other than those -- no long fics or non-fest one-shots I'm working on. I also use Scrivener, and I like to group multiple things into one file (e.g. Dreamwidth doc), so idk how I'm going to share that one. lol

2023 Snarry a Thon (OG fic idea and not the one I submitted)

2023 Snape Bang

2023 Microfic May

Dreamwidth (For all the prompt communities I'm in on Dreamwidth)

Matchablossom Reverse Bang

2022 AUctoberfest (the OG prompt I claimed that I'm hoping to finish before this year fest)

Tagging - @ladderofyears@liladiurne@somnwritessometimes@maraudersaffair@anti-bright-places@danpuff-ao3

#tag game #wip #writing #fandom #fanfic

[ladderofyears]

Better and worse.

Ron lost the rings. It rained. Their robes were the wrong shade of blue. The Prophet forgot their announcement. Luna forgot the venue. Lucius sent a Howler. The flowers made Draco sneeze.

“You know what they say,” Harry smiled, kissing his husband. “The worse the wedding, the better the marriage.”

~

Fifty words.

For @microficmay

#drarry #harry x draco #boys in love #fifty words #weddings #so married #married #draco malfoy #harry potter #microficmay2023 #ladderofyears microfic

[lumosatnight]

WIP Snip

Thanks for the tag @crazybutgood (x)! I've been working on a lot of microfics recently, and I don't want to post anything too early, but I finally decided on a summary for my Narlily series!! Here it is.

Narcissa is drawn to Lily Evans, to the red of her hair, the fire in her eyes.

"Just be careful," Lucius says.

Tagging @ladderofyears @peachpety @mkaugust if you'd like to share!

#narlily #tag game #asked and answered #wip snip

[getawayfox]

50 words for an old @drarrymicrofic prompt: Aftermath. CW: minor illness, but it's all fluff!

Thank you @ladderofyears for the reassurance 🤍

Your cheeks are flushed, your forehead sweaty. I heat up the soup I've brought you, mother's recipe, I told you so held behind my teeth.

On Tuesday you kissed me for the first time, despite my cold, despite my warning.

You mumble into your pillow, raspy yet smug: "No regrets".

Previous microfic

All microfics on AO3

#drarry #drarry microfic #harry x draco #drarrymicrofic #fluff is my spirit animal

[sweet-s0rr0w]

Accidental Magic

Written for Emma (@ladderofyears) as part of the microfic server Wheel of Drarry Mini-Exchange. I really hope you enjoy it Emma, your writing is always so soft and lovely. I really tried to write you a gentle family fic but this silly thing was the best I could do! ❤️❤️

Thanks to Peony (@orange-peony) for beta-reading ❤️

***

“You’re honestly telling me you’re not the least bit concerned?”

“Hadn’t even crossed my mind,” Harry replied, distractedly, wand trained on their son as he zipped joyfully in and out of the trees.

Draco pushed himself up on his elbows with a huff. “Well, it’s crossed mine. He’s six, nearly six-and-a-half now, and still nothing. By his age I’d blown up at least three house-elves, thrown Pansy in the lake and destroyed Granny Druella’s best tea set. Mother always said that my tantrums were the stuff of legend.”

“Still are,” muttered Harry with a glint in his eye. Draco elbowed him. Harry squinted into the lazy morning sun, sighing at the crease which had appeared between Draco’s eyebrows; clearly, he wasn’t going to let this one go.

“I’m serious! There are people we could take him to – ways to be sure …”

“Dad, watch this!” They both turned to wave as Scorpius sailed past. Dark curls streamed out behind him, pointy chin tucked in tight as he leant flat across his broom in a racing stance. Harry grinned at the concentration on his face, nudging Draco’s bare feet where they lay atop the dewy grass. Draco’s expression didn’t change, and Harry lowered his wand, rolling over on the picnic blanket to face his husband. A light breeze ruffled Draco’s hair, and Harry pressed a kiss to his forehead.

“I just don’t understand why it matters to you. Wouldn’t you love him just the same with or without magic?”

Draco rolled his eyes. “What a ridiculously Gryffindor thing to ask. Of course I’d still love our son, Harry, but there’s no sense denying that it would change things.” He gestured at Scorpius, giggling on his broom, feet skimming the dandelions as he whizzed back and forth. “Quidditch, for example. I know how much you love going up to Hogwarts to watch Teddy play, after all.”

“There’s more to life than Quidditch , Draco! Besides, he might not be into sports at all. He could play football, or –” They both ducked as Scorpius sped overhead with a whoosh , a dark blur against the piercing blue sky.

“Dad! Daddy! Look, no hands!”

“That’s great, Scorp!” called Draco cheerfully, before turning back to Harry. “It’s obviously not just Quidditch, though. Imagine if he couldn’t go to Hogwarts at all! Watching all his friends, including Rose – who, according to Hermione, might as well be halfway through first year already with all her accidental magic – go off on the adventures he’s dreamed about. And for us too: no waving from the platform at Kings Cross, no owls bringing the good news when he’s sorted into Slytherin…”

“Dad!”

“Looking good, Scorpius!” Harry scowled at his husband. “That’s if he’s sorted into Slytherin.”

Draco grinned lazily. “Harry, no Malfoy has been sorted outside of Slytherin in over six centuries. And besides, you know Scorp. He might look like a Potter, but if my son isn’t a Slytherin through-and-through, I’ll eat the Sorting Hat myself.”

“Daddy! Look at me!”

“Anyway, just think of the adaptations we’d have to make! We’d have to learn the Muggle way to do everything. He’d go to one of those schools down the road and study all those peculiar subjects, like Computation and – and Fizzlicks!”

“Physics?”

“Whatever, Harry.” A dragonfly hovered overhead, wings shimmering in the sunlight. Irritated, Draco swatted it away.

“Dad! Daddy!”

Harry laid a reassuring hand on Draco’s arm. “Well when you put it like that, I suppose things would have to change.” A mischievous smile spread across his face. “Wow, just imagine if he invited Muggles over here. You might have to wear jeans .”

“Dad! You’re not LOOKING!”

Draco paled. “Oh Merlin, we’d have to install eleck-izity. You know how awful Muggle lighting is for my complexion, Harry!”

“God, you’re both so ANNOYING!” Scorpius roared, enraged. “LOOK AT ME!”

A blinding flash of light heralded a loud rushing noise and a familiar squeezing sensation. Harry shivered, a gust of wind sweeping his hair off his face, the ground suddenly rough and cold beneath him. As his vision cleared, he realised, to his horror, that he’d been deposited atop the chimney stack. Heart racing, he wrapped his arms tightly around the pot in front of him, praying that no-one chose that moment to come through on the Floo.

He heard a loud scrabbling noise to his right, followed by an indignant squawk and the flapping of wings. Harry laughed heartily as he spotted Draco, bare feet scraping over tiles, scrambling to pull himself up onto the ridge of the roof.

“You were saying?” Harry called over, more than a little smug despite his precarious position. “We should take him to see someone?”

“Fine,” came Draco’s distant reply, sulky and a little nervous. “You were right, okay?”

Cackling laughter drifted up from the ground below, and they both looked down. Scorpius had landed his broom by the pond and was wheezing hysterically, shielding his eyes and pointing up to where the two of them were perched, silhouetted against the bright blue sky.

“Actually, I take it back,” Harry shouted. “You were right. That kid’s definitely a Slytherin.”

***

AO3

#wheel of drarry mini exchange #drarry #ss writes

[crazybutgood]

International Tea Day!

(Drarry tea blend by Ela Spearlot)

International Tea Day is celebrated on 15th Dec in many tea-producing countries since 2005. Apparently, the UN changed the date to 21 May this year and I didn’t know until recently :( Oh well, I’m still going to celebrate it today, and I thought I’d use this opportunity to do something using two of my absolute favourite things: tea and Drarry. Here are some lovely fics involving tea that will warm you up like a good, steaming cuppa <3 (special thanks to @curlyy-hair-dont-care for her great feedback and for helping me put this together, and to @sitp-recs for your helpful tips and kind words)

Bite-sized:

Tea at three by @dorthyanndrarry​ (T, ~8.9k)

Draco Malfoy is the head potion brewer for the Ministry's onsite supply. Every day at three he goes to the nearest break room which coincidentally happens to be the auror break room, where he always seems to run into Harry Potter, who might also be waiting just for him. It's most certainly not the highlight of his day and he certainly doesn't hold anything other than friendly feelings towards Potter. It's just tea. Nothing more than tea at three.

A sweet fic where these two dorks finally get together with some help from their friends. Warnings for blood and injury in one scene.

A special blend of you and me by germankitty (T, 4.5k)

Draco finds a bunch of letters in Professor Snape's effects that were written by Lily Evans to her best friend at school, Marlene McKinnon. He passes them on to Harry, who consequently starts his own correspondence with Draco. (inspired by Tea and Lost Letters: Lily to Marlene by Kikimay)

A charming epistolary fic, featuring a great selection of teas, snarky and amusing letters that become progressively less formal and more intimate, and a delightful surprise by Draco at the end.

Portkey for Tea by @lettersbyelise (T, ~1.8k)

Draco is doing a two months residency at a Wizarding hospital in San Diego. Harry misses him too much to wait for him to come back to England.

How far would you travel for a special someone a cup of tea? Lovely established relationship fic with the two missing each other and Harry doing something about it.

Red Roses and Rousing Rumours by @dracogotgame (T, ~1.4k)

Draco's taste for rose water tea puts him in hot water.

A super cute one-shot where a misunderstanding on Harry’s part leads to Draco snagging a date with him (after being asked out in the sweetest way!)

Prompts: I love you - Over a Cup of Tea by @cibeewastaken (G, 362)

(this was my ask lol) Short one-shot of soft moments and tea flowers.

Prompts: I love you - On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, the late sunlight glowing in your hair by @cibeewastaken (G, 745)

Another lovely one-shot with sun tea and little Teddy trying to cheer Draco up. Featuring Teddy’s sweet innocence, shy boys in love and a confession that will warm your heart.

Why Is Our Teapot Wearing a Hat? by @ladderofyears (G, microfic, 50)

Adorable microfic based on the prompt ‘cosy’.

Rotten work by @prolix- (T, 792)

You start to cry after the war.

You tell Ron and Hermione that it's nothing, that it'll pass. You're just exhausted. It’s more than that, of course it is, but they don't question it. And you learn to hide the fact that you can still be found hunched over your kitchen sink after a party, fat tears rolling down your face, years after the war has passed.

He knows better.

Heart-achingly beautiful fic with lovely tea metaphors. Featuring sad yet tender moments between the boys, healing and hope. Warnings for implied/referenced PTSD, angst, crying and hurt/comfort)

Curl up with a cuppa to enjoy these longer fics:

Where There is Tea by @bafflinghaze (T, ~12.6k)

Somewhere in London, overlooking a garden, sits a little tea room. There, Harry finds tea, distraction, books, conversation, inspiration, himself, and Draco Malfoy.

Featuring Tea Master!Draco and Writer!Harry, this is a heartwarming story of supportive friends, coming out, self-discovery and a lovely buildup of friendship between Harry and Draco that blossoms into something more. Lots of amazing and familiar teas to look out for that you wish you were tasting along with the patrons at Draco’s tea shop.

Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop (E, ~70k)

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Draco’s stuck in a time loop until he figures out what he has to do to get out of it — learning, growing and becoming a better person with much help from his mother, Hagrid, and Harry, and conversations over tea.

Headlights in the Snow by Saras_Girl (M, ~71.6k)

What’s big and purple and smells like tea? Harry is about to find out. 

Advent fic 2016.

Harry has bizarre adventures with Knight Bus conductor Draco and the lovely passengers. A cosy Christmas advent getting-together fic featuring fun bus rides and on-board tea.

Special mention of fics that I associate with tea also kind of in order to remember them:

For the greater good by @jadepresley (E, ~62k)

When Harry and Draco discover they’ve been bonded to one another, neither one of them is prepared for the secrets they slowly begin to uncover.

Together, they learn that they can’t escape their past, or the things that have been left hidden there, and that sometimes the only way to move forward is to look back.

An accidental bonding fic that I absolutely adore

Malfoy rolls his eyes. “I’m not a monster, Potter, you arsehole. Though I do think you’re delusional if you think the whole wizarding world doesn’t love you.”

Harry shakes his head. “No. They love the idea of me. They love the stories. But they don’t… they don’t know how I take my tea in the morning, do they?”

“Excuse me?”

Harry flushes. He hadn’t meant to say that. Bloody Firewhisky. “It’s just this thing I believe. And Emmet — my ex — never knew. It’s… nevermind, you’ll think it's stupid.”

“That’s definitely possible,” Malfoy agrees seriously. “But you should tell me anyway.”

“You’re a prat, you know,” Harry tells him. Malfoy just smirks, making Harry sigh. “Fine,” he concedes. “It’s just... The way you take your tea is one of those small details about yourself that no one else would really know unless they asked. But... someone who really gives a shit about you would know — they’d ask or they’d notice — because they’d care enough to want to know. And Emmet... well, he just never cared enough about me to learn how I take my tea.”

I love that this fic uses this idea, partly also because this is something I’ve thought of too, not just for romantic relationships but relationships in general, and I was so happy to see it used in this fic.

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by @firethesound (E, ~149.5k)

Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on.

Discovering this fic was one of the best things ever. It’s an emotional roller coaster. Harry and Draco eventually go from polite coworkers, to tentative friends, to lovers — of course with a lot of drama and angst in between. These two bicker about so many things. One of them is how Harry never makes the tea hot enough, and it’s used throughout the fic in many important and special moments of their relationship.

Happy reading!

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@drarrymicrofic Forbidden

April 23, 2021

"You can't!" Draco's voice is high and nervous.

"I'm not scared," Harry replies. "I've done worse."

"It's illegal!"

"Who's going to stop me?"

Harry smirks, pulls out a deck of cards and poker chips, and looks around the Hogwarts Library.

"Opening bid is five knuts," he says, starting to deal.

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Welcome to my first, independent microfic! This silly one goes out to my darling friend @ladderofyears for being so kind to let me share the last prompt and because she's just the literal embodiment of kind and generous.

But, me being me, I knew I wanted something ridiculous and one of the weird laws in the UK is that it's illegal to gamble in a library. So... Ya know, fifty words later and I decided to make a graphic and we shall see how long I keep up with a fixed routine.

Ta!

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