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    These are the stories that helped define the Drarry (Draco/Harry pairing) genre. Authors like Samayel, C Dumbledore, Jackie Stevens, DK Stores (Dan Kirk), Beren and many more define the definition of Drarry Classics. If you a new to the Harry/Draco genre, or if you've a super fan, these are the stories you want to read. Some have been around for decades and some are more recent. Regardless, these are the best of the best.
    I have taken the liberty to put some of my all-time favorites on this list and have indicated so. So, sit back and enjoy some of the best Harry/Draco literature there is. Enjoy!

    Recommendations are presented in alphabetical order.


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A Thousand Beautiful Things Universe
A Five Part Series
by Duinn Fionn (aka Geoviki)

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users/geoviki on 28 August 2026
Duinn Fionn (gioviki) has over 15 Harry Potter works available on ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts and Drama

Rated M for Mature Audiences

Five Total Works (168,892 total words)
Series Begun 25 May 2004 and Series Completed 31 October 2012
Added 10 November 2008 (archived-pdf)
    Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.


A Thousand Beautiful Things
PART ONE - A Thousand Beautiful Things Universe
by Duinn Fionn (aka Geoviki)
Story link verified 28 August 2026

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts and Drama

Rated M for Mature Audiences

2 chapters (104,553 words)
Completed 25 May 2004
Added 10 November 2008 (archived-pdf)
    Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.
    This is a really well told story. A curse Lucius Malfoy puts on Harry Potter finally takes hold on Lucius' death. Draco takes a vow of silence to remove the curse.


Autumn Can Really Hang You Up the Most
PART TWO of A Thousand Beautiful Things
by Duinn Fionn (gioviki)
Story link verified 28 August 2026
Story Notes: Post Hogwarts, Drama

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (1,255 words)
Completed 31 October 2012
Added 25 March 2020 (archived/pdf)
    A familiar walk brings back Draco's memories of an old friend.


Harry Potter and the Slytherin-Coloured Lamborghini
PART THREE - A Postscript to A Thousand Beautiful Things
by Duinn Fionn (aka Geoviki)
Story link verified 28 August 2026
Story Notes: Post Hogwarts and Drama

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (869 words)
Completed 29 October 2005
Added 25 March 2020 (archived-pdf)
    Harry makes good on a promise. Short and sweet postscript to A Thousand Beautiful Things.


Delicate Sound of Thunder
PART FOUR - SEQUEL to A Thousand Beautiful Things
by Duinn Fionn (aka Geoviki)
Story link verified 28 August 2026
Story Notes: Post Hogwarts and Drama

CLASSIC/Post Hogwarts/Drama

Rated M for Mature Audiences

7 Chapters (61,192 words) now presented in 2 complied chapters
Completed 7 May 2005
Added 10 November 2012 (archived-pdf)
    Draco knows that happily ever after is for fairy tales. When someone threatens to expose his wartime past, he risks his life to protect his secrets, but learns he's not the only one with something to hide.


Epilogue to Delicate Sound of Thunder
PART FIVE - The Epilogue to the A Thousand Beautiful Things Universe<br> by Duinn Fionn (aka Geoviki)
Story link verified 28 August 2026
Story Notes: Post Hogwarts and Drama

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

One chapter (1,023 words)
Completed 7 May 2005
Added 25 March 2020 (archived-pdf)
    From the author - A shift of tone for the ending if you prefer lightness.


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Ace of Cups
by C Dumbledore
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CDumbledore on 28 August 2026
C Dumbledore has over 40 Harry Potter works available on ArchiveOfOurown.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Post Half Blood Prince and Action Adventure

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

42 Chapters with 5 Epilogues (155,855 words)
Completed 12 October 2006
Added 8 January 2012 (archived-pdf)
    This story picks up just after HBP. As you recall, Snape just killed Dumbledore and ran off into the night with Draco Malfoy. John (C Dumbledore) writes a real action/adventure story that eventually ends with Harry and Draco together. He really makes it believeable. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did, but be warned: John likes to write cliffhangers and it'll be hard to stop reading. LOL!


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All I Ever Wanted
by Samayel

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users/Samayel on 28 August 2026
Samayel has almost 25 Harry Potter works available on ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts and Drama

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

54 Chapters and an Epilogue (140,186 words)
Completed 26 August 2007
Added 31 March 2008 (archived-pdf)
A note from Samayel
    This is the actual first fanfic I ever wrote. In 55 chapters I pretty much blitzed my way to completion in a matter of a month or two. I was largely inspired by Jennavere, whose fics are still the stuff of H/D fluff legend. This single fic led to a lot of happy creativity...and I'm still very fond of it, even if it is a little cruder or less well thought out than some of the later works.
    Samayel
    Sometimes the best way to suggest a story is to give you little snippet ... so, here ya go!

    Draco woke up in a strange bed after a Slytherin party where he had consumed entirely too much firewhiskey. The telltale soreness around his arse and in his throat gave some clue as to what he had been up to the night before, but he couldn't remember a bit of it. He only knew that whoever the sleeping person in the bed next to him was, he certainly had talent in bed. After a quick shower, Draco returned to the bed to lavish praise on his latest bed paramour.
    "Potter!" Draco hissed, "You fucking pillock! I don't know what you did to me last night or what unholy charm you used but I swear to..."
    "WHAT THE ... " spluttered a deeply confused and now furiously blushing Harry, "...ME?! Charm you! You miserable little ponce! I can't believe the nerve you have! You must have drugged me or hexed me or ... or ... well ... done SOMETHING EVIL! I don't even know how I got here!"
    "Well I certainly didn't invite you! I think I'm going to be sick! You! YOU dared to touch me! I wasn't in that shower long enough! It's going to take a lifetime to get the stink of you off of me! You PIG!"

    I love to read good arguments between Harry and Draco and this story has its fair share. But, what follows this bedroom scene has a lot more depth than just sex, although there is quite a bit of it. This is a wonderfully told story that takes a new look at Harry's secret power, the potential for Slytherin house, and a love that grew from hate. You'll enjoy every single one of the 55 chapters of this well told tale.


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Bad Faith
by jad

Link verified to ArchieveOfOurOwn.org/jad on 28 August 2026
jad has almost 10 Harry Potter works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, FAVORITE, Action Adventure, AU, Drama, Humor, Romance, Draco's first airplane ride and Horse Aminagus Draco

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

14 Chapters (224,814 words)
Completed 17 September 2012
NOTE: 6 December 2017 - The link is to Part One of this story. Part Two is NOT finished and appears to sadly be abandoned with only an Interlude posted, but Part One can be read on its own.
Added 17 July 2013 (archived-pdf)
    Four years after Dumbledore's death, Draco Malfoy shows up on the doorstep of number twelve, Grimmauld Place looking for Harry Potter. Torn between his selfish cowardice and family's pride, Draco finds himself alone on a battlefield and has nowhere else to turn; and Harry has to learn that sometimes you don't put up walls to keep other people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
    I just love a hysterical Draco ...

    'You are insane,' Draco informed him. 'Dripping! Everywhere. Giving people keys and popping naked out of bathrooms--having Snorkacks over for breakfast--what the hell is a Snorkack anyway--she's insane! You're insane! Dobby is and always will be insane but at least he brings me chocolate! I am alone in my sanity,' he declared mournfully. 'You sopping, buggered hedgehog--bloody--the nerve--get out of my way!'

    It's a fantastic story! And picture this ... Draco's first ride on an airplane (Chapter 10: IX: Panacea Draconis). Absolutely hysterical! Just gotta give you a sample:"

    'Malfoy, what are you doing?'
    Draco stopped fiddling with the tray-table and gave Harry a look. 'I'm making sure it's attached, what's it look like I'm doing.'
    'Stop touching everything.'
    'Stop telling me what not to do.'
    Harry rolled his eyes and gave up, at least for the time being. Draco was impossible to argue with; he was as logically challenged as Luna and as stubborn as Hermione.
    'This is insane,' Draco complained, abandoning his search for loose bits of plane to fiddle with. 'Insane. Completely and utterly barking mad. I cannot believe I agreed to this. We're all going to die.'
    'Well, look on the bright side,' Harry said, deadpan; 'if the plane crashes, at least you can say you were right.'
    Draco hit him over the head with the laminated safety card. One of the passing flight attendants confiscated it.
    'I hate you, Potter,' Draco said again when he could not find anything else suitable to bludgeon Harry with. 'I think I may actually hate you more than cats after all.'
    Memories of Ron bad-mouthing Crookshanks came to mind, and Harry smiled. 'Nobody is going to die, Draco.'
    'Malfoy, Potter,' Draco snapped. 'And just because you have the unfair advantage of being lucky in the survival department doesn't mean we all have. Some of us are mortal, your Highness.'
    'Don't call me that,' Harry said automatically, smiling reassuringly at the flight attendant, who was watching Draco's inspection of his seat with some apprehension. 'Will you cut it out? They're going to chuck us off.'
    'Don't get my hopes up,' Draco muttered bitterly. He was peering about the cabin looking rather panicked. 'Oh, Gods, we're stuck on this thing for how long?'
    'About nine hours,' Harry said cheerfully.
    Draco let out a low moan. 'Merlin help me.'
    Harry nearly said something to Draco about how using so much wizarding jargon when surrounded by Muggles and trying to stay undercover was a bit counterproductive, but he was interrupted by a deep, internal rumble that signalled the plane's engines starting up.
    Draco, naturally, panicked.
    'What's it doing?' he demanded, looking for the source of the noise. 'We're going to die! We haven't even left the ground and we're going to die already!'
    'Quiet,' Harry hissed. 'Nobody is dying. It's just the engines—'
    'Oh, just the engines! The engines of Death, you mean—'

    OMG, you are so going to love this story! It's a CLASSIC!
    NOTE TO SELF - Chapter 6, Birds, Bees and Unicorns - Draco is an Aminagus - an Arabian horse - wonderful chapter.


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Beautiful World
by Lissadiane (formally Cinnamon)

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Lissadiane on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Angst, MAJOR Character Death, He stays dead

Rated M for Mature Audiences

1 Chapter (70,311 words)
Completed 21 August 2004
Added 7 January 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Harry finds out he's going to die on his 16th birthday. He embarks on a journey of self-destructive behaviour and drags Draco along for the ride.
    Draco is afraid of living and Harry is afraid of dying, but sometimes the choice isn't offered. Draco's got to learn what it is to really live, while showing Harry how beautiful the world really is when you're not too scared to see it.


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Beneath You
by Lissadiane (formally Cinnamon)

Art by huandual
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Lissadiane on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Multiple Eras

Rated M for Mature Audiences

2 Chapters (112,829 words)
Completed 30 May 2004
Added 8 January 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Draco had no idea that the repercussions of stealing Potter's journal and shoving it down the back of his trousers would be so extreme. Featuring nefarious plots, the mating rituals of Slytherins, double-crossing spells, Ron/Pansy, and Draco/Harry.


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Black Sheep
by Jackie Stevens

Link verified to ArchiveOfOurOwn.org/JStevens on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

29 Chapters (139,188 words)
Completed 26 January 2009
Added 8 January 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Five years have passed since Harry dispatched Voldemort. Living in his home in Godric's Hollow, Harry Potter has isolated himself from the wizarding world. After a car crash involving a motorcycle, Harry is gobsmacked to learn the driver of the motorcycle is none other than his old old school boy rival, Draco Malfoy. Things get stranger and stranger for Harry as he and Draco strike up a friendship.
From the author:
    And this story comes with a great big WARNING! The ending can be divisive. Some of this is surely the fault of my own failings as a writer, and I feel obliged to raise a little alarm. Many people seem to love the ending and see the same hope in it that I did when I wrote it, but a handful of people seem to find it too bitter a pill to gladly swallow. At the risk of spoiling things, all I will say is that if you want a story in which every wrong is righted and just desserts are clearly served on the page, then this might not be the one for you.
    NOTE: 24 March 2020 - Just finished reading this story again. It really is a classic.


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  The Bodyguard
by Luuuurve
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Link verified to ArchieveOfOutOwn.org//Luuuurve on 18 December 2024

Note from SeparatriX, the archivist: this story was originally archived at The Hex Files, which was closed for financial and health reasons. To preserve the archive, I began manually importing its works to the AO3 as an Open Doors-approved project in August 2016. I e-mailed all creators about the move and posted announcements, but may not have reached everyone.

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post HBP, Romance, Angst

Rated M for Mature Audiences

47 Chapters and an Epilogue (161,044 words)
Completed 19 July 2007
Added 2 November 2014 (archived/pdf)
    Award winning fic! When Death Eaters murder Draco's mother, Draco jumps at the chance to avenge her. But he doesn't expect the Ministry to bind him, heart, body and soul, to Harry Potter.
    NOTE: You must be logged in to read this work on AO3.


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Change My World
by charlotteschaos

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charlotteschaos on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Pre-HBP, Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Angst, Drama, Humor

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

19 Chapters (72,718 words)
Completed 26 March 2007
Added 15 December 2011 (archived/pdf)
    "What, no goodnight kiss?" mocked Draco. Harry mimicked the patented Malfoy swagger toward the Slytherin and planted his lips on Draco's. Rampaging hormones lead to an adventure between Harry and Draco that changes everything.
    It always starts with a kiss, but the plot thickens. There's a whole lot more to this story than just blowjobs.


Poses
SEQUEL to Change My World
by charlotteschaos

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charlotteschaos on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Post Order of the Phoenix, Pre Half Blood Prince, Romance

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

12 Chapters (59,780 words)
Completed 27 March 2007
Added 15 December 2011 (archived/pdf)
    After a week apart where Harry is stuck with the Dursleys and Draco has been cooped up with the Order, the boys reunite and try to deal with their new lives.
    I think you'll really like it. Charlottechaos is quite the prolific writer!


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The Depths of Winter
by BananaCosmicGirl

Link verified to CosmicUniverse.net on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Drama

Rated M for Mature Audiences

25 Chapters and an Epilogue (104,000 words)
Completed 5 August 2004
Added 1 April 2007 (archived/pdf)
    Four years after getting out of Hogwarts, Harry lives alone in the Muggle world. He has turned his back on the magical world – until one day, when Draco Malfoy gets into a car crash before Harry’s eyes and ends up paralyzed and in a wheelchair.


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Double Edged Sword
by romaine

Link verified to ArchiveOfOurOwn.org/Romaine on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Action, Adventure, Angst, Drama, Humour, Romance, Smut, Tragedy

Rated M for Mature Audiences

101 Chapters and an Epilogue (552,669 words)
Completed 16 September 2008
Added 9 October 2009 (archived/pdf)
    Step into the Magical life story, ah, love story, of Harry and Draco. This epic-journey begins where book six leaves us readers, stranded at the monument of Albus Dumbledore. At that moment, Harry thinks his life is planned out; if it's short he dies, if it's long he gets the girl. However, visitors come to see him the night he 'Comes of Age' and he has a decision to make. His choice changes the course of his life and those around him forever. The story adheres to canon as much as possible. The beginning has a lot of het H/G. It will change, for this is Harry and Draco's story.


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Draco Malfoy and his Unknown Fate
by Jitterbug1

Link verified to FanFiction.net/Jitterbug on 28 August 2026
Jitterbug1 has almost 5 Harry Potter works available at FanFiction.net

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts Era, Drama and Romance

Rated M for Mature Audiences

59 Chapters (109,827 words)
Completed 29 June 2006
Added 25 August 2014 (archived-pdf)
    Due to a difference of opinion, Draco is disinherited by his father. He now has to make his own way in life.
    A note from Jitterbug
    This story is going to be somewhat of an epic, so if you don't like long reads you may not want to read this story. It will have romance in later chapters (H/D), but it mainly explores Draco's life as a Slytherin and how he deals with being his own person.
    Jitterbug


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Draco Malfoy and the Tome of Entrapment
by Saber ShadowKitten

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Saber-ShadowKitten on 28 August 2026
Saber ShadowKitten has almost 30 Harry Potter works available at FanFiction.net
Story Notes: Hogwarts, Action Adventure, Romance and Drama
All Time Favorite

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

11 Chapters (64,675 words)
Completed 8 December 2004
Added 6 April 2010 (archived-pdf)
    Draco has been obsessed with Harry Potter since the beginning, but how did his hatred turn into his protecting Harry above even his own safety? One thing's for sure: being trapped in a book with the person you secretly loved wasn't a picnic.
    I must have read this story a long time ago and forgot to add it because from the very first chapter it all seemed familiar to me. But, I went ahead and read the whole thing and I'm glad that I did. Wonderfully told story. You'll enjoy it!
    One of my all-time favorites!


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Eclipse
by Mijan

Link verified to ArchieveOfOurOwn.org/Mijan on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts 6th Year, Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Angst, Suspense, Slow Build

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

20 Chapters (309,149 words)
Completed 18 January 2006
Added 10 February 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Draco swore his revenge on Harry for Lucius's imprisonment, and Harry all but laughed at him. But Draco is planning more than schoolyard pranks this time. The old rivalry turns deadly when Draco abducts Harry for Voldemort. It's the perfect plan, guaranteeing revenge, power, and prestige, all in one blow. But when Draco's world turns upside down, the fight to save himself and Harry begins, and the battle will take them both through hell and back. If they come back.
    This is a well written story with an excellent plot and wonderful visionaries. I highly recommend it.
    UPDATE: 23 January 2016 - I just read this story again and WOW! Awesome, awesome story!


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Faith
by Dragongirl16

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Link verified to FanFiction.net/Dragongirl16 on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts Pre Order of the Phoenix, Drama, Angst

Rated M for Mature Audiences

47 Chapters with an Epilogue (375,540 words)
Completed 2 December 2005
Added 6 March 2006 (archived/html)
    Here's a story that caught my attention and the plot is really good. What would happen if the whole wizarding world turned its back on Harry Potter? And that includes Ron and Hermione. What happens when the only real family you have turns it back on you? Who will Harry turn to?

To Walk a Narrow Path
SEQUEL to Faith
by Dragongirl16
Story Notes: Hogwarts, Post Goblet of Fire (Book 4), Blood and Gore, Supernatural, Drama and Angst

Rated M for Mature Audiences

54 Chapters with an Epilogue (220,755 words)
Completed 16 April 2009
Added 24 October 2009 (archived-html)
    Every action has a reaction and not all of them are good. The sequel to "Faith" is not for the faint at heart. There is a lot of blood and gore in this supernatural story. The gods have been awakened and not all of them are good. In fact, there are some really nasty ones. Follow along as Harry deals with the Otherworld and ancient gods.


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Gay Aurors
by charlotteschaos

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charlotteschaos on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, CrackFic, Graphic Descriptions of Violence

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

16 Chapters (129,147 words)
Completed 15 May 2007
Added 10 January 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Harry and Ron are Aurors, but having not completed their training, they are not yet full field operatives. Draco, on the other hand, is a new fully certified field operative. Kingsley Shackelbolt, Head Auror, only sends out Aurors in teams. As part of Harry and Ron's training, they are sent out with only certified field operatives. Draco Malfoy mysteriously returns to London a badass and is partnered up with a very grumpy and very gay Harry Potter. When Harry and Draco are paired as partners, they find themselves having to do some very intimate things to close the case. Awesome story!


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Gold Tinted Spectacles
The 2015/2016 edit
by Beren (aka Didi)
Check out the Beren Page on Tarheel Writer

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users/beren on 28 August 2026
Beren has almost 70 Harry Potter works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Fantasy, Soul Bond and Drama

Rated M for Mature Audiences

40 Chapters (162,712 words)
Completed 4 April 2006
Added 14 October 2008 (archived-pdf)
    Harry is about to enter his seventh year, and things are not quite what he expected. He is no longer the angry boy who watched his world fall apart at the end of his fifth year, but neither has he completely found his place yet. He is looking for something, and to his confusion it seems to involve Draco Malfoy. Set for revelations that will shake his whole world view, Harry must deal with unstable magic, far too many secrets, love, kidnapping, his dead godfather, and of course Voldemort and his lackeys. It's going to be a busy year.
     Absolutely great story, but I'll warn you, Beren loves a good cliffhanger, so be prepared to have to force yourself to take a break from reading. This is an all time classic.


Defence, Pretence, Offence
SEQUEL to Gold Tinted Specticals
by Beren (aka Didi)
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Link verified to ArchiveOfOurOwn/beren on 18 December 2024
Story Notes: Hogwarts, Written Pre Half Blood Prince, Drama, Angst, AU

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

81 Chapters (197,497 words)
Completed 3 August 2018
Added 1 December 2018 (archived-pdf)
    The threat of open war in on the horizon. The Order and the Ministry are of one accord and both know that where Harry Potter is, Voldemort will eventually be. Preparations are being made and this time the side of the light will not be caught unawares. Summer classes, sabotage, revelations about Draco's father, teaching and the final showdown with Voldemort all await Harry and Draco in this exciting sequel to Gold Tinted Spectacles.
    A note from Beren
    This story is canon compliant until the end of Order of the Phoenix and then goes AU. None of the HBP or Deathly Hallows plot will be used, or the Horcruxes for that matter since this story was planned before we knew the details about those things, and hence has it's own fanon. This includes birthdays and other information that have since been revealed on Pottermore (which shut down and is now WizardingWorld.com) and in further productions. It's only taken me 12 years to finish it! ;-)



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Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor
by dkstories

Link verified to GayAuthors.org/dkstories on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts 6th Year, Adventure

Rated M for Mature Audiences

22 Chapters (133,106 words)
Completed 7 January 2013
Added 31 July 2015 (archived/html)
    Harry Potter's sixth year started with Draco attacking him in revenge for his father's capture at the Ministry of Magic. The first book in the Hary Potter Destiny Series.
    I have been reading and following dkstories (Dan Kirk) for years and years. He is an awesome author and this is one of his best series!


"Harry Potter and the Destiny of Prophecies"
SEQUEL to Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor
by dkstories

Link verified to GayAuthors.org/dkstories on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts 7th Year, Adventure

Rated M for Mature Audiences

17 Chapters (109,024 words)
Completed 20 January 2007
Added 31 July 2015 (archived/html)
    The exciting conclusion of the Harry Potter Destiny stories. This is an alternative 7th year story.


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The Incredible Race
by Cheryl Dyson

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dysonrules on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: FAVORITE, CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Aurors, Adventure

Rated M for Mature Audiences

11 Chapters (52,325 words)
Completed 7 November 2010
Added 2 February 2014 (archived/pdf)
    Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Aurors, are forced to join a televised global race in order to provide some free positive publicity for the Ministry. Throw in the fact the Draco and Harry don't exactly get along (at all) and you've got a great story. Of course, they learn to get along toward the end, but any further explaination would give the story away. I really enjoyed this one and I think you will too. Cheryl says it's her favorite too!
    15 March 2020 - Just re-read this story. It was as much fun to read this time as the last. Fantastic fun! One of my all time favorites!
    18 May 2023 - Just enjoyed this story again. Just awesome!


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The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha

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mad_martha on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: FAVORITE, CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

    Years after Voldemort's death and the end of the war, a lonely and alienated Harry Potter decides to take in a lodger.


  Caught Unprepared
PART ONE of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: War Period, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (7,460 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Harry deals with the way things are, not the way he wants them to be.
    This story is a prequel to the main story "The Lodger." It is a story from 'the war' period, and deals with an incident briefly mentioned in The Lodger. So we are setting the stage.


  Moments in a Time of War
PART TWO of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: War Period, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (2,703 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    These are brief snippets, mostly character sketches I suppose. They're set around the time Harry destroys Voldemort, so it's probably a year or two after Part One "Caught Unprepared," but prior to the main story "The Lodger" by a wide margin.


  The Lodger - The Main Story
PART THREE of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: FAVORITE, Classic, Post War, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

4 Chapters (44,449 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Harry lives in a flat by himself. Half the wizarding world avoids him like the plague, not wanting to 'disturb' its greatest hero. The other half has a prurient curiosity about him that drives him crazy. Harry wasn't sure which attitude annoyed and depressed him more. Ron and Hermonie are worried about him. Hermione suggest he take in a lodger so someone will be around him all the time and perhaps bring him out of his depression. His first applicant ... Draco Malfoy. Features a place called Neverland. Read and enjoy.


  One Moment For All Time
PART FOUR of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: Post War, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (4,120 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    When change comes, sometimes it takes a little help to keep going. Takes place a few weeks after the end of "The Lodger."


  Things That Go Bump ...
PART FIVE of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Notes: Post War, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (5,458 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Something goes bump in the night at the Neverland Shelter.


  Rising Damp
PART SIX of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: Post War, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (2,035 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Draco learns something new about Phoenix Lodge.
    Note from Mad Martha - This ficlet dates back to July 2007, a summer of great flooding in parts of the UK, so I suppose a flood-fic of some kind was inevitable, but for some reason I never managed a full-scale story out of this. It also harks back to a couple of ideas I had in a long-abandoned Lodger sequel (which long-term readers of my fic will recall). If I had any idea of a plot when I was writing it I've long since forgotten what that was, and all I have is a vague recollection of Harry and Draco being trapped on the upper storey of the house, telling each other stories from the war to pass the time. That would explain the original classification in my files, which was 'drama', but since I'm posting this as an undramatic cookie I've changed it to 'domestic' instead.


  Chipped Off The Old Block
PART SEVEN of The Lodger Series
by Mad Martha
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Story Link verified on 29 August 2026
Story Notes: Post War, Post Hogwarts, Non-Epilogue Compliant

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

1 Chapter (2,035 words)
Completed 3 July 2011
Added 23 September 2012 (archived/pdf)
    Eleven years post "The Lodger" and a new generation faces the Sorting Hat.


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Mental
by Sara Holmes

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sara_holmes on 28 August 2026
Sara Holmes has over 10 Harry Potter works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts 8th Year, Mis-Cast Spell, Legilimency, Angst and Humor

Rated M for Mature Audiences

32 Chapters (186,678 words)
Completed 23 December 2010
Added 23 December 2010 (archived-pdf)
    A miscast Legilimency spell by Neville Longbottom links Harry and Draco mentally. This is one of the best stories I've read in a long time. Simply Awesome! She is a master storyteller and, and, her characters are true to their originals. Read and you will enjoy!
    Update 23 November 2020 - It has been almost 10 years since I first recommended this story. I just finshed reading it again and it is still the classic it has always been. This is a must read.


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Redeem Me
by Samayel

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users/Samayel on 28 August 2026
Samayel has almost 25 Harry Potters works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Horror, Romance, Drama, Profanity, Post War and Award Winning Fic

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

68 Chapters with an Epilogue (245,464 words)
Completed 21 August 2007
Added 23 Sept 2012 (archived-pdf)
    The war is over and Harry has defeated Voldemort, but now he's a bitter revengeful man. Draco Malfoy is so desperate for help that he shows up at the Burrow where Harry lives with Molly and Arthur. Will Draco get the help he needs or will a bitter Harry Potter just put him out of his misery?
    This is a very well written story that introduces a new twist on Voldemort and Horcruxes. It also deals with some pretty sensitive issues including rape and suicide. Samayel incorporates the issues into the story seemlessly and I highly recommend it. This story is a classic.
UPDATE: 13 March 2016 - Just read this story again and it is still among the best of the classics!


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Reparations
by Saras_Girl

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Saras_Girl on 28 August 2026
Saras_Girl has over 70 Harry Potter works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Healer Harry

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

10 Chapters (87,376 words)
Completed 21 May 2009
Added 28 November 2013 (archived-pdf)
    Harry is about to discover that the steepest learning curve comes after Healer training, and that second chances can be found in unexpected places.
    Harry is a Healer Trainee and Draco is in charge of the Chemical Dependence Department. When part of Harry's training includes a month long stint in Chem Dep, things get interesting.


Foundations
SEQUEL to Reparations
by Saras_Girl
Story Notes: Hogwarts

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

12 chapters (236,075 words)
Completed 2 August 2009
Added 15 December 2013 (archived-pdf)
    When one door closes, another one opens – with a bit of a push. Life, love and complications - Harry/Draco style!


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Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
by knightmare

Sadly this story is no longer on line but I have a sharable copy.

Story Notes: CLASSIC, All Time Favorite, Post Howarts, Alternate Universe, Violence and MPREG

Rated M for Mature Audiences

10 Chapters (49,305 words)
Completed 7 July 2008
Added 6 September 2015 (archived-pdf)
    Harry is comfortable in his job, secure that he is safe from the wizarding world, until a certain blond shows up and turns his world upside down.


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Second Hand Robes
by Samayel

Link verified to FanFiction.net/Samayel on 28 August 2026
Samayel has 20 Harry Potter works available at FanFiction.net

Story Notes: CLASSIC set at Hogwarts

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

11 Chapters (24,399 words)
Completed 10 August 2007
Added 21 July 2006 (archived-pdf)
    Draco Malfoy's parents are in Azakaban and the Malfoy assets have been frozen by the Ministry leaving Draco almost penniless. An anonymous benefactor has set up accounts in all the shops in Diagon Alley allowing Draco to buy all his school supplies for the upcoming year. Using his Slytherin cunning, he soon discovers his mysterious benefactor.
    "WHY? POTTER WHY? What was all that for? The secrecy, all the effort, no credit for you, no brownie points, so why?" Draco's face was red. He knew his cheeks must be burning, but he was past caring now. His entire focus was on Potter, who had frozen stiff at the edge of the door.
    "I did it, because, because" Potter faltered for a minute, choking on either laughter or tears, looking at Draco with a crazy kind of desperation and helplessness. "Draco-Malfoy-doesn't-wear-second-hand-robes." Potter's eyes were shining. Then he turned away, and left without another word, leaving Draco sitting in gob-smacked confusion.
    Wow! What a great story. You will definately enjoy reading this one.


Second Hand Robes: Epilogue
by Samayel (Samaelthekind on AFF)

Link verified to members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?id=1296789319 on 28 August 2026
Samayel has over 40 Harry Potter works available at AdultFanFiction.org
Story Notes: The "naughty" follow up to Second Hand Robes

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

7 Chapters (21,703 words)
Completed 16 October 2006
Added 21 July 2006 (archived-pdf)
    Because the main story was published as a "Pre-Slash" Drarry fic (focusing on the build-up and the mystery), the author chose to write the explicit, mature epilogue separately. In the epilogue, the timeline jumps slightly ahead into the near future as Draco and Harry's relationship progresses.



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Transfigurations
by Resonant

Art work by Sally Ridout
Link verified to Trickster.org/res on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Teacher, Hidden "mine" Curses

Rated M for Mature Audiences

16 Chapters and an Epilogue (323,502 words)
Completed 9 March 2012
Added 11 November 2013 (archived/html)
    Harry Potter, after disposing of Voldemort, flees Britain for sunny Florida, where he spends five years soaking up the sun. An owl from Minerva McGonagal changes everything as she asks him to come back home to Hogwarts. The school is poised to reopen, but it is soon found out that the school is mined with all kinds of hidden curses. Draco Malfoy and Hermonie Granger have become best friends, much to Harry's dismay. It becomes Harry and Draco's responsibility to "unmine" the school. Well, things get interesting from there. What a great told story! You will enjoy watching the relationship between Draco and Harry evolve, and the plot with the mines is irrestible.


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Turn
by Saras_Girl

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users/Saras_Girl on 28 August 2026
Saras_Girl has over 70 Harry Potter works available at ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Post Hogwarts, Alternative Universe, Next Gen and Daddy Harry

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

14 Chapters (306,708 words)
Completed 9 March 2012
Added 23 Sept 2012 (archived-pdf)
    A note from Saras Girl
    This story contains some het, a lot of slash, some epilogue-friendly stuff and a lot of AU. It is vaguely inspired by the film ‘The Family Man’ but in reality, is a variation on a concept that is, quite frankly, well old. I implore you to just trust me and enjoy the story.
    Saras Girl
    That's the author's summary, but there is a whole lot more to it than that. Family man Harry Potter enjoys a life with his wife Ginny and their children, Al, James and Lily. After a late night of drinking gin with an old codger who Harry laments to about wondering what would have happened if he'd done things differently, Harry wakes up in an alternate universe where he has been married to Draco Malfoy for 17 years. Harry is gobsmacked, but he remembers the old man's last words. "Rule number one, tell no one. Rule number two, tell no one. Rule number three, send up red sparks if you need me." You gotta read this one!


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Twenty Years Later
by Reba Williams

Link verified to RebaWilliams.LiveJournal.com on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Drama/Angst, Humor/Parody, Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST), Violence

Rated Explicit: only suitable for adults

22 Chapters with an Epilogue (151,387 words)
Completed 27 September 2005
Added 23 Sept 2012 (archived/word)
    It’s been almost twenty years since Harry Potter graduated Hogwarts as the "Hero of the Wizarding World." It was near the end of his seventh year when he finally defeated Voldemort. The details of that battle can be found in any number of history books or in one of the hundreds of biographies about Harry’s Life, well at least the first twenty-five years of his life, nobody knows what happened to Harry the morning after his twenty-fifth birthday. But after reading this story, you will know.
    NOTE: Twenty Years Later is also available at AO3 due to it be archived by thequidditchpitch_archivist.


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Unthinkable Thoughts
by Aidan Lynch

Link verified to FanFiction.net/Aidan-Lynch on 18 December 2024

Story Notes: CLASSIC, Hogwarts, Romance, Humor

Rated M for Mature Audiences

18 Chapters (148,567 words)
Completed 22 August 2002
Added 23 Sept 2012 (archived/html)
    Before the later books in the Harry Potter series reshaped the fandom landscape, early authors had to navigate a dark, uncertain future using only the clues left behind in Goblet of Fire. Aidan Lynch’s classic Drarry masterpiece, Unthinkable Thoughts, expertly explores this volatile post-Goblet era. It trades standard romance tropes for a psychological tale of forbidden alliances, teenage vulnerability, and real-world friendship strains. In a reflection that beautifully captures the mindset of early 2000s fandom speculation, Aidan Lynch shared the core philosophy that drove the creation of this story.
    Author's notes - Surely, surely the constantly emphasized enmity between Harry and Draco implies that if ever Voldemort is to be completely vanquished, Harry is going to have to call on the resources not just of his own inner strength but on that of the widest possible circle of allies, and that alliance must surely have to include Draco, the son of a death-eater. How would Harry ever overcome the natural disgust he feels for Draco? And even if he could, how would he ever convince Ron and Hermione to think the same? I got to thinking, like loads of you - there is surely only one way that Harry and Draco can be reconciled, and that is if they are both prey to emotions that go beyond common sense and reason. Reason dictates that they can never be friends, but love of course is no respecter of such boundaries. As to how Harry keeps his friendship with Ron (somehow I don’t see Hermione being as much of a problem, despite Malfoy’s disgusting ‘Mudblood’ taunts), I have no idea: in the real world it is not often the case that inseparable boyhood friends can survive the coming out of one of them. I don’t know if Ron is strong enough. Time will tell. This story is sort of loosely set in the academic year after the conclusion of Goblet of Fire and the Triwiz debacle, when the characters are in the 15/16 age group.


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White Horses
by Jackie Stevens

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JStevens on 18 December 2024
Story Notes: Classic, Hogwarts

Rated for Teen and Up Audiences

49 Chapters (296,415 words)
Originally Completed 26 June 2006 (repost complete on 19 May 2021)
Added 21 October 2006 (archived/pdf)
    They say there are no white horses—those that we think of as white are really just a faded deceitful gray. And if there are no white horses, certainly there are no true heroes who will come riding in on one to save us from all our pain.
    After learning of the prophecy that will change his future, Harry returns to Hogwarts School for sixth year and finds that not everyone is who he thought they were. It seems that he is not. Definitely Draco Malfoy is not. As he tries to find a path to the end of his time at Hogwarts, he will have to grapple with questions of who to trust and who to love while navigating a world full of threats. This is a story of how we sometimes deceive ourselves and others, but hopefully find something true in the end.
    All those years ago, I'd wanted to write a story about how defeating the Dark Lord wasn't really the end of the story. It had already seemed pretty obvious at the time that the seventh book would surely culminate in an epic battle between Harry and Voldemort, but as I waited for HBP to be released, I entertained myself (and some readers on Fiction Alley) with a different take on years 6 and 7, in which defeating Voldemort isn't the end of the story—it's just one small part. The whole thing is ridiculously off base now, since it was written before we knew anything about Horcruxes or the rest of it that came out post-OotP, and I clearly knew nothing about pacing or plotting. But when I googled the story out of nostalgic curiosity one night and found people still searching for a copy of it in 2020, I decided I might as well migrate it over and clean it up a bit. So here we go. A trip down memory lane, to the world of 1996 as imagined back in something like 2004, with a little sprinkling of 2021 dusted on top.


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