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*blows the dust of this journal* Work has been kicking my ass, but I'm going to try to get this back on a weekly schedule and make more time to read fic.

Harry/Draco
~ frayach wrote All You Ever Dreamed Of. [R] ♥
Short, beautifully written piece. Harry dreams of Draco and what might have been.

~ tweeney wrote Summer Storm. [NC-17]
Fans of H/D fluff will like this one. A sleepless night leads to a conversation about their relationship and their future.

Albus/Scorpius
~ blamebramption wrote Sins of the Fathers. [PG] WIP Chapters 2/3 have been posted. ♥
I've been quietly resisting the allure of epilogue generation. This fic and scoradh's The Road Less Travelled is changing my mind. Based on sansa1970 20 Random Facts about Scorpius Malfoy. (Read that one first).

Art
~ elspethelf drew Draco and Bellatrix. [G]
Ooh, I loved this piece. I've been fascinated by Draco and Bellatrix's relationship since HBP. I especially love the worried look on Draco's face.
~ elspethelf drew Ron/Draco. [R]
Gorgeous and hot. Guh!

I haven't had much time to read lately. Sorry, guys.

Harry/Draco
~ The Years That Walk Between by femmequixotic . [Snape/Draco, Harry/Draco, NC-17] Spoilers. ♥
Beautiful and moving. Just go read and remember why you love reading about these characters to much.

~ A Frayed and Threadbare Wish by sansa1970 [R] ♥
Harry and Draco travel into the future to find the last Horcrux. They also find future!Draco living in a Muggle mental institution. This wins not just for the clever writing, but as a love story that manages to be both unsentimental yet exquisitely romantic at the same time.

~ Watching You by snegurochka_lee [Snape/Lupin and Harry/Draco, plus hints of Snape/Harry and Remus/Draco, NC-17]
Snegurochka writes H/D. That's worthy of a rec in and of its self. Also hot.

Re-reads:
~ Playing House by sansa1970 [Harry/Draco, NC-17]
Author's summary: "Harry is supposed to be safe with Snape. Things don't always go according to plan." Another clever story by Sansa. Excellent characterizations.

(Someone asked for my favorite Remus/Sirius fics, so I'm reposting them here.)
~ Coffee and Cigarettes by musesfool ♥
Author's Summary:"Sirius hopes he's doing the right thing." Marauders-era. Sad.

~ Inhabited by Winter by yahtzee63 ♥
Author's summary: "Remus wishes to be anywhere else; he wishes to be home, wherever that is. Number 12 Grimmauld Place isn't it. It could be, if he were free to choose. But he is not." Set during OotP.

Works in progress
~ The Road Less Travelled by scoradh. [Albus/Scorpius. PG-13] ♥
I love this fic so much. I rarely read WiPs. That this fic has so swept me into its world is a testament to scoradh's writing. Chapter nine updated.

~ Not in the Hands by fourth_rose
Author's summary: "In the long run, living takes a lot more courage than dying." A promising new Harry/Draco wip.

Original poster: mizbean

Fic: (posted before the publication of DH)

furiosity  wrote Phantasmagoria. [Harry/Draco, NC-17]
Long, meaty story where Harry and Draco find themselves in a parallel universe ("sister world") and must find their way back. Porny.

weatherby  wrote Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys. [Harry/Draco Gen]
In many ways the quintessential post-HBP fic. By chance Harry runs into Draco and Narcissa hiding in the Hogshead and becomes their secret keeper. No slash, but I'd still label it a Harry/Draco fic on its tone alone. Nice characterization of Abelforth that hits pretty close to the Abelforth we eventually see in DH.

miggy  wrote Ouroboros. [Harry/Draco, PG-13] ♥
Probably one of the best Harry gets sorted into Slytherin fics I've read. You'll first feel sympathy and then dread for Harry as Lucius takes a parental interest in him now that he has Draco for a best friend. The tone only gets darker from there. Thoroughly engrossing tale of what if.

foreword  wrote The Absinthe Drinkers. Art by cork. [Harry/Ginny/Draco/Luna, NC-17] ♥
Underrated smut. Loads of fun.

~~~Deathly Hallows spoilers below~~~

ishafel wrote Into the West. [Lucius/Narcissa, Snape]
The Malfoys give Severus Snape a proper send-off.

scoradh wrote The Road Less Traveled. Epilogue generation, PG-13] WIP ♥
Absolutely fabulous. Primarily populated by OCs and characters only hinted at in canon, this WIP highly recommended.

Art:
ponderosa121 drew Draco. ♥
Gorgeous, stunning. Gah

Original poster: mizbean

Last set of hd_holidays  recs before the reveal this afternoon! There are still three fics I wanted to read before the reveal, but time was not on my side.

~ anonymous wrote A Room with a View. [NC-17] ♥
One of Grimmauld Place's ancient portraits bears witness to Harry and Draco's growing relationship. Original and thoroughly engrossing.

~ anonymous wrote The Logic of Dreams. [NC-17]
'The Minority Report' set in Potterverse. Engrossing story. Wonderful flashback scene of a young Harry and Draco fumbling around in the bedroom. Excellent Ron, too.

~ anonymous wrote Poems from the Underground. [R] ♥
*sigh* Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Less of a story than a snapshot of Harry and Draco's relationship. Bittersweet and romantic. The writing is excellent. There are photos mixed in with the text.

~ anonymous wrote The Business of Saving Souls [NC-17]
This author (who is obvious if you read a lot of h/d) has a great talent for wrenching intense emotion out of her characters, and this fic is no exception. This Draco is more emotionally fragile than I would interpret him. Still, a moving story, and I thought Harry's characterization as a stoic loner who likes to drink was spot on. Devastating middle scene where Draco nearly falls apart except Harry is there to save him.

~ anonymous wrote Real Person Slash. [NC-17]
Wonderful crack. Moaning Myrtle is a fanfic writer. Who knew?

Original poster: mizbean

hd_holidays recs:

[ fic]
~ anonymous wrote The World of the Living [R] ♥
A 'broken' Harry shows up on Luna's front steps one day. Draco arrives several days later. I think I've talked enough about this fic already. Go read if you haven't.

~ anonymous wrote The Pursuit of Happiness [R]
Draco is a private investigator and Harry is a wandmaker. Together they try to solve the disappearance of a young witch. A mystery! Well-plotted and a joy to read.

- anonymous wrote Leave Your Field to Flower [R] ♥
Original. Thoroughly engrossing. I absolutely did not want it to end. One of the best post-war fics I've read.

[ art ]
- anonymous drew Later... [PG-13]
A more subdued palette than what this artist normally uses. Still, passionate and sexy all the same . There's also a ficlet to go with the art.

reversathon recs:

[ fic]
~ anonymous wrote Twelve Steps to Truth. [PG-13, Ron/Draco] ♥
Minimalist snapshots of Ron and Draco's post-war lives, both together and apart. Lovely and heartfelt.

[ art ]
~ anonymous drew The Fall. [Harry/Draco, R] ♥
Stunning. Gah. Simply one of the best pieces of Harry/Draco art I've even seen.

~ anonymous drew The Colour and the Shape (What's Between Us) Hermione/Theodore Nott, G]
Retro and psychedelic. Go click just to see how artist rendered Hermione's hair.

Other

[fic]
~ thetreacletart wrote And Things that Go Bump in the Night [Draco/Luna, PG-13]
Draco/Luna is one of my guilty pleasures and thetreacletart always delivers good fic. Lovely and sweet.

[art]
~ elaboration drew Weasley Family Portraits [G] ♥
The Weasley family as the Brady Bunch! Check out her Harry/Draco and Black Family Portraits too.

Original poster: mizbean

I'm trying my best to keep up with the new stories while going back and reading the ones I missed. Expect a longer update after the weekend:-)

hd_holidays recs:
~ anonymous wrote In/Sight [NC-17]
Endearing story of a blind Harry trying to woo Draco. Sometimes disability fics hit your over the head with the angst and self-pity. This one doesn't. The focus here is really on the romance as it should be.

~ anonymous wrote Set Me Free [NC-17]
Funny, sweet story of an overworked Harry getting lessons on living again from Draco Malfoy.

~ anonymous wrote Bells and Whistles [NC-17, warnings]
Surprisingly romantic BDSM fic. Excellent pacing, solid writing and hot sex. Mmmm.

~ anonymous wrote Without Reflection [NC-17]
Yummy vampire fic.

[ art ]
~ anonymous drew Forgive [PG-13]
Soft, sensuous painterly depiction of Harry and Draco.

Original poster: mizbean

hd_holidays recs:
- anonymous wrote Bad Company. [NC-17] ♥
No fluff for these two. Raw and intense and probably closer to how a real 'relationship' between Harry and Draco would play out. Loved the wartime setting too.

- anonymous wrote Spinner's End. [NC-17]
Sweet first time fic.

- anonymous wrote Counting the Stars. [R, warnings] ♥
Loved the writing. Loved the structure. Poetic and sparse, yet still affecting. Masterful use of 2nd person pov.

-anonymous wrote Pret-a-Partenaire [NC-17] ♥
I gladly gave up an afternoon reading this. Funny and hot. Color-coded spreadsheets have never been so sexy, and neither has Percy.

[art]
-anonymous drew Caught Out. [PG-13]
Sneaky Draco catches the Snitch.

riddle_gifts recs:
- fleshdress wrote The First Mark. [Lord Voldemort/Sirius, NC-17, warnings]
Dark and sensual. A spell backfires and Voldemort becomes obsessed with young Sirius (Sirius is 15).

- greenspine wrote The Changling. [R, warnings]
Dark wartime gen-fic. Beautifully written and chilling. Characters: Voldemort, Ginny, Draco, Harry.

[art]
- mneomosyne drew The Annuciation [Voldemort/Bellatrix, G]
The art history geek in me loves how this is framed as a diptych, and the Death Eater's mask looking like a death mask.

-ponderosa121 drew Know Your Place [Tom/Snape, PG]
Gorgeous coloring.

Others:
- kennahijja wrote Trust. [Ron/Lucius, Ron/Draco, NC-17, warnings]
So hot. *gah*

[art]
caladan_dd drew MiB (and others). [various characters, G]
Dumbledore, Remus, Harry, Draco, Snape and others as the Men in Black.

- pearljamz drew Draco in Wonderland. [Harry/Draco, G]
Draco is Alice while Harry is the White Rabbit. Hee!

Original poster: mizbean

Harry/Draco

- furiosity wrote Before Peace. [NC-17] Complete. ♥
Addictive Seventh Year/post-war multi-chapter fic. Highly recommended.

- graylor wrote The Gryffindor Way. [PG-13]
Angsty fic about sacrifice and pure-blood family politics. Beautifully written.

hd_holiday Recs:
* I am not reading the hd_holidays fics in any particular order, nor have I read them all.

- anonymous wrote Healthy Sportsmanship. [NC-17] ♥
Just a fun fic to read. Harry is a Quidditch star. Draco is the team medic. Cute scene where Harry has to strip during a physio session for a mortified Draco. There's also art to go along with the story.

- anonymous wrote Something to keep it interesting. [NC-17]
Harry and Draco are Aurors that end up trapped in a closet together. UST, banter and sex ensues. Fun, if not terribly deep.

- anonymous wrote Office Supplies. [PG-13]
Some beta problems and the resolution is too rushed to be satisfying. Still, the light tone and humor made it fun anyway. Draco working as a secretary (and liking it) is an adorable notion all on its own.

- anonymous wrote Chasing Ghosts. [PG] ♥
Beautifully written story about grief, past regrets and hope. Nice relationship piece. Flangst.

-anonymous wrote a mix of snow and petals. [PG-13] ♥
A relentlessly upbeat Draco barges into Harry's life, and it's just what Harry needs. Genuinely funny and heartfelt, if a little absurd.

- anonymous wrote Two Blokes, A Bike and A Biro. [PG-13] ♥
Who knew office supplies could be so sexy? A thoroughly charming story. My favorite of the fest so far.

- anonymous wrote Burning Day. [NC-17, warnings]
Dark-ish Harry is usually not my thing, yet I got sucked into this one. There's an extended BDSM scene toward the end that's very hot.

[ Art: ]
- anonymous drew Exploration [PG]
Hardy Boys! Harry/Draco. How awesome is that?

Rare Pairs
- fourth_rose wrote From the Ashes. WIP, Chapter four updated. [Harry/Pansy] ♥
Angst with a sliver of hope. Harry is forced to deal with the pitfalls of wizarding politics when he marries Pansy, who is pregnant with Draco's son, while also mourning Draco's death.