Drarry Recs

Era: Hogwarts 8th Year

I have too many fics that I loved in this category (102!), so I'm sticking with the only twelve I left notes on when I first bookmarked them. Thus, this is the crème de la crème, y'all. But everything on this list is explicit (with the exception of two ranked merely "mature"), so buyers beware.

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Explicit

𐂂 Title: Instruction For A Misplaced Slytherin

⚯͛ By: bixgirl1

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9592106?view_adult=true
Rating: PWP
Author Summary: Potter stared at him with an intense, indecipherable expression. He cleared his throat. "You know what? It would be easier to learn if you just showed me," he said abruptly.
In which Draco has a crush but fancies himself kind, Harry is oblivious but overly ambitious (and the teensiest bit sneaky), and things get dirty really fast.

Tag List: Hogwarts 8th year, EWE, Loss of virginity, humor, 8k

Commentary: If you have any particular fondness for instructional sex (i.e. let me teach you how to do it) then you'll love this. That's all I'm gonna say, actually. It's a PWP. What more do you need? But no, Harry, this is not how you flirt, you crafty misplaced Slytherin, you.

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𐂂 Title: The Tail of Knee(zle) the Bard

By: chibaken
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12741531
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Being the master of a kneazle was absolutely horrible.
(Or, Harry loves his kneazle to death even if he won't admit it, and he's extremely pissed that she keeps running off to Malfoy.)

Tag List: Hogwarts 8th year, EWE, Oblivious Harry, Jealous Harry, Soulmates, UST, background Luna/Ginny

Commentary: It's just great, okay? Feat: Harry and Draco arguing over the name of their pet, a nice dash of random!girl tries to prove she's Harry's soulmate and it backfires, and McGonagall enjoying being an animagus.

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10k-49k

Mature

𐂂 Title: The Name on Your Forehead

By: Kiarawolf
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4039174/chapters/9084484
Rating: Mature
Author Summary: The Weasley twin's latest invention, a glitter-bomb that causes the name of your crush to appear across your forehead, wrecks havoc among the students of Hogwarts. As usual, Harry's the one who bears the brunt of it.
Excerpt: Malfoy's eyes narrow and he comes to a stop, only a few paces from Harry. 'I wouldn't expect you to understand,' he spits. 'After all, your whole face is one big spell-gone-wrong, isn't it, scarhead?'
Harry ignores the insult, opting to change the topic instead. 'So, whose name is it then, Malfoy?' He asks, and as soon as the question is out Malfoy's eyes slide from his and a glorious red blush creeps up his neck. 'Someone embarrassing, I bet. McGonagall? Madam Pomfrey? Your Father?' That last one might have been going a little too far, Harry thinks, but really, he just couldn't resist.
He's never been able to resist when it comes to Malfoy.

Tag List: Hogwarts 8th year, EWE, Weasley pranks, Ron/Hermione, 10k

Commentary: I almost forgot to rec this because it isn't tagged by the author as 8th Year! It is so good that it might make my top twenty favourites of all time. The premise is, that once the name of your crush has appeared on your forehead, you have to do something to get it off. Kissing them, for instance.... but the spell casters just keep upping the ante every time a bomb goes off. So, of course, we have: increasingly creative ways to hide the name, fun admission scenes, attempts to seduce crushes, and lots and lots of side relationships. Considering the plot, I wasn't expecting it to be well-written, but it is. It really, really is.