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This Bitter End by @iamnoctisx

Let's start the year off right! The author assures us in the tags "DESPITE THE TITLE IT IS A HEA I SWEAR". Enjoy!!!

This Bitter End by @iamnoctisx (gorgeous cover art by @ectoheart) Pairing: Draco x Hermione Rating: E Length: 13 hours Summary:

When Draco Malfoy entered her life after the war he changed her. He knows her body, has learned every way to touch her, to break her apart until he is the only one capable of putting her back together. He’s ruined her and saved her, and Hermione knows in her bones that she will never be the same. And when Hermione Granger walked away she lingered like an echo. And now it's gone, but not entirely, and that almost makes it worse. His feelings for her are like a dying ember that refuses to smoulder; it clings to each breath of his oxygen as a last resort. A reminder that she is still here. She’s a char on his very soul, and Draco wants to hate her for that, but he can’t muster the energy. Five years later, Hermione works as a palliative healer for St. Mungo’s battling a new magical ailment that destroys one's magical core, while Draco Malfoy works as a researcher for the Department of Mysteries. When their paths cross once more will they be able to place their pride aside and rediscover the romance they once shared? Or will fate have other plans, and their burdens be too much to share?

My favorite Drarry fanfics that i read in 2025

It's rec time! I'm so glad my post from 2024 got so many notes cause it means everyone's reading amazing fics 🥹 here are my favorite ones from this year! Reading Drarry is my favorite activity of the day, thank you so much to all the writers for your incredible ideas ❤️ (my posts from 2022 and 2023 if you want to check them too)

More than one chapter:

Rookie Moves by peu_a_peu (75k)

The Bucket List by GallaPlacidia (32k)

Denouement by the_never_was (176k)

knickers in a twist by technicolourbeat (86k)

One-shots:

In The Hand by aideomai (28k)

you've got the antidote for me by Kandakicksass (20k)

Coq au Vin by @etl-echo-audiobooks, JocundaSykes, MWard01, @zeebee3 (7k)

Dec. 29 - A fic that made you cry

I think there's only been three of these that I can think of, in all my years, but boy, do they still sit with me.

Terminal Lucidity by @romaine2424 Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: G Word count: 3,169 Summary:

Harry leaves his Auror position when his dreams drive him to a new profession. One that brings peace to the soul before Death arrives.

This is more bittersweet than anything else. It's beautiful and a lovely new take on Master of Death.

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Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie (podfic by @beatificbean, @etl-echo-audiobooks) Pairing: Hermione x Sirius Rating: E Word count: 715,940 Length: so many hours Summary:

When Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the veil, her actions change the rest of the war. Little does she know her spell restoring him to life provokes magic she doesn't understand and sets her on a path that ends with a Time-Turner.

This is mostly crying due to canon events, but it fleshes out the Marauders characters so much that you almost forget and then everyone dies and it's heartbreaking.

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Hyacinth by @oknowkiss (podfic by me) Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: M Word count: 7,062 Length: 50 minutes Summary:

Draco receives a letter. Inside is a note from a lawyer and a single, purple petal, the same color as the hyacinths his mother used to grow. This is what happens after.

Holy shit, this fic. Another interesting twist on an old trope. I sobbed reading it. I sobbed thinking about it for weeks after, and when I finally recorded it, it took me ages to get through it and you might still here me sniffling a bit. It's so beautiful and so heart-wrenchingly sad, I don't think I will ever forget it.

Hi everyone! You may or may not know me but I’ve been around a while, as writer, reader, podficcer, listener, enjoyer!!

But I am also the creator and one of the admins/mods for a year-long challenge that’s now going into our 6th year, and going in strong: The Fanfic Reading Challenge! We seem to attract a lot of podficcers/listeners, and all the spreadsheet nerds you could ask for. :D (You don’t need to love podfic for this if you don’t want to, haha.)

We offer a variety of types of tasks, such as finding certain titles, authors, tags, and even a whole bunch of Alphabet tasks. We like to call it a scavenger hunt and it’s pretty accurate. But also, half the fun is being part of the community where we pool resources, answer all sorts of questions, and just generally have a good time.

The challenge offers badges for completing different levels of the challenge. Like participation, regular (80 tasks)… all the way up to the crazy (lovingly) people who complete the whole darn thing haha.

Anyway, I think that’s probably enough of an introduction. If you’re curious to find out more, check the server out, or just to see more of what we’re about, here’s a link to our Discord — https://discord.gg/tq5bPbbsF — or you can meander through our tumblr, which I’m sure you can find as the link is right there above us. ;D

Hope to see you around, and happy holidays!

Have a good one, everyone!

Admins and Mods, Juulna, Jandy, Noxy, Seatrisa, Emmie, and Taru.

P.S. yes, I know the 2026 sheet isn’t officially out yet but everyone on discord and the admod team love it and the work put into it, so I cannot say anything negative (even if there was anything PFT)

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"Harry, however, had never been less interested in quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy" - HP and the Half-Blood Prince

Dec. 26 - A fic with a simmering slow-burn

Mmmm slow burn

The Meaning of Mistletoe and the rest of the Secret Language of Plants series by @llendrinall (podfic versions by sephonered and SamGabrielVO) Pairing: Remus x Severus Rating: M (up to E later in the series) Word count: 370k Length: over 30 hours total Summary:

“Just… tell me. Tell me what is going on, Snape.” What was going on was that Severus Snape had no trouble tracking down one Petunia Evans, now Dursley, to a little town in Surrey where he saw how exactly she was treating her nephew. Which somehow led to last night and Severus knocking on Lupin’s door with a toddler half-asleep in his arms.

So I lied yesterday when I said "we'll keep the king" was my first Snupin. This was, but it's so in it's on league and has so much more going on than just Snupin that I forgot. It gets buckwild by the 4th part of the series and I'm here for it.

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Remain Nameless by @heyjude19-writing (podfic by @beatificbean, @etl-echo-audiobooks) Pairing: Draco x Hermione Rating: E Word count: 312,286 Length: 28 hours Summary:

How did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger. The monotony of Draco’s daily routine had become both a lifeline and a noose. But this new habit of grabbing coffee with Hermione Granger is quickly becoming a reason to get out of bed and is unfortunately forcing him to re-evaluate his inconsequential existence. Hermione is living her life in fragments, separate pieces scattered about, and she can’t find a way to step back and let the full picture form. Why are morning meetings with Draco Malfoy the only thing that make sense anymore?

The SLOWEST of burns. Also a small, quiet story that unfolds at an exruciating (in a good way) pace. Post-war healing and blueberry scones, Jude knows what she's doing. This is my absolute favorite post-war, no crazy shenanigans Dramione get-together story, and it's become a comfort listen. And of course, Trish does an incredible job narrating.

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Understanding by @kohakhearts (podfic by me) Pairing: Harry x Ron Rating: T Word count: 6,363 Length: 43 minutes Summary:

Of course Hermione knows boys are idiots, and her best friends are no exception. But over the years, watching them dance around each other again and again, she really wishes she weren't the only one who understood what all of it means.

Recorded for @ronarryfest, an outsider POV canon-retelling where Ron and Harry don't know how in love with each other they are. So sweet, so deep in its feelings, as @kohakhearts does so well.

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Stellaglas Mountain by @soliblomst (podfic by me) Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: M Word count: 9,738 Length: 1 hour Summary:

In the summer of 2004, Auror Harry Potter and Magizoologist Draco Malfoy are sent to the Stellaglas Mountains of Scotland to ensure the safety of two Qilins newly gifted by China. The problem: they haven't spoken since the end of the war and have no intention of doing so.

Just like Brokeback Mountain, on which it is based, this is full of longing looks and suppressed feelings. Unlike Brokeback, it has a fully happy ending. Soli is a lyrical, poetic writer, probably from being French or something 😆

Mr Freckles and Mr Freckles Lover here

Yes I'm on my way to be delulu giggling whiner because of them

TV show: HEATED RIVALRY

Пожалуйста не обижайте Илюшу золотце такое 💔

Hanukkah story #8! This is the long one, so I saved it for last!

This particular story came from an amazing genetics paper that I saw linked on Tumblr many many years ago, where a fangirl came up with a plausible explanation for the mechanisms of wizarding inheritance, and my brain immediately grabbed onto this and ran with it, only it stopped running a short way from the end and got stuck until Lim helped me work it out of the mire!

Research (36337 words) by astolat Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Characters: Hermione Granger, Hermione Granger's Mother, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Narcissa Black Malfoy Additional Tags: For Science!, Oxford, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Genetics Series: Part 13 of Harry Potter works Summary: Ever since she’d been small, Hermione’s reward for good marks had been a rampage through a bookshop, so the day she tore open her O.W.L.s results and triumphantly brandished the eleven Outstandings, her beaming mother said, “We’ll go to Foyles tomorrow,” without any discussion required.

Dec. 24 - A fic that gives you the warm fuzzies

I love fluff! I could read fluff all day every day. So many good fics to choose from here ...

Garden War by cibee (podfic by JocundaSykes) Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: T Word count: 4,884 Length: 32 minutes Summary:

Harry and Draco are quarantined in their houses, a lake across from one another. What better ways to spend this time than to annoy each other with letters and attempts to prove that their garden is better ?

An adorable quarantine-era epistolary fic that Joc reads perfectly.

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A Dress with Pockets by @pacific-rimbaud (podfic by @beatificbean, @etl-echo-audiobooks) Pairing: Neville x Pansy Rating: E Word count: 24,927 Length: 2 hours Summary:

Pansy Parkinson needed a drink. And a shag. She didn't care in which order. Enter: Neville fucking Longbottom and his rolled up sleeves.

All the fluff and smut with PacificRimbaud's gorgeous writing, and of course Trish's beautiful narration.

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From Sunset to Star Rise by @schmem14 (podfic by DontStopHerNow) Pairing: Harry x Ron Rating: M Word count: 7,618 Length: 50 minutes Summary:

Ron stops in his tracks, trembling from head to toe as he points his nose to the clear blue sky, feeling the autumn chill bite his fevered skin. He’s in love with Harry, and he only just realizes it. I have to conquer this is his first thought. I have to tell him is his second. But I’m afraid… lingers longest of all. ***** Ron and Harry move to New England to get away from the aftermath of war, buy a cozy cabin in the woods, and fall in love under the stars of an autumn sky.

Cottagecore Ronarry in New England! What more needs to be said? (Maybe New England is fluffier for me because it's where I'm from? Nah, it's just fluffy.)

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Apple Pies and Other Amends by @thudsonwrites (podfic version 1 by @beatificbean, @etl-echo-audiobooks, podfic version 2 by @ellamcsmellbella) Pairing: Draco x Hermione Rating: M Word count: 76,720 Length: 7 hours Summary:

It’s not until she’s brought a basil and strawberry sponge cake to Neville Longbottom and his new girlfriend, Hannah Abbott, a dozen rhubarb hand-pies to Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood, and another basket of ganache-covered muffins to Dean and Seamus, that Hermione admits to herself what she’s actually doing: she’s making a thing of this. It’s a veritable PTSD tour. With pastries. And hand-skimmed clotted cream. And she has no idea why she’s doing it, but it’s becoming very apparent that she is. Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you need dessert. And sometimes, it's a little of both.

Baking as recovery. A small, quiet, sweet fic about post-war healing.

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Draco Malfoy and the Crupnapper by Oakstone730 (podfic by me) Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: E Word count: 35,095 Length: 3.5 hours Summary:

Life as a night shift creature keeper is scarcely the life Draco once imagined for himself, but ten years after the death of Voldemort he’s accepted his fate. Until the day Harry Potter forces his way back into Draco’s world and everything turns upside down.

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Because Cats by @icmezzo (podfic by me) Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: T Word count: 14,589 Length: 1.5 hours Summary:

Harry has a cat, and Draco doesn’t. Then Draco has a cat, and Harry doesn’t. Then Harry has a cat again, but Draco doesn’t. Then Draco has a cat, but Harry—OMG HOW WILL IT END.

These last two were both recorded for @unleashed-fest, and what could be more warm and fuzzy than dog and cat fics, respectively.

And the final work in our White Elephant series ...

written by @malfoyesque art by @saintmlfy narrated by LucyHyde

Pairing: Draco x Hermione Rating: E Word count: 10,021 Length: 1.5 hours Summary:

Hermione’s ex is getting married. Everyone thinks she’s not over him. There’s only one way to make it clear that she is: take a date to his wedding. The problem? The only person available is the last person she wants to fake it with. —---------------------------------------------------- She stared at him. “Why would you do that?” Malfoy shrugged. “I’m single. I’m available in December—” “—That’s an interesting way of saying ‘my family’s all in Azkaban and everyone else hates me’—” “—Or maybe,” he interjected again. “I just really want a front row seat to this blowing up in your face.”

Work number 6 of the White Elephant series ...

written by charingfae art by LuckyOrNot narrated by g0lden_g1rl

Pairing: Draco x Hermione Rating: E Word count: 9,978 Length: 1 hour Summary:

Hermione wouldn’t trade her best friend for the world. Draco’s thoughtful, competent, and makes a mean chicken piccata. Why ruin a perfectly good friendship with romance? But when she gets trapped in his wardrobe while hunting for Christmas gift inspiration, she sees something she definitely isn’t supposed to. Something that makes her rethink their entire relationship. --- He squeezes it. Groans. Casts a lubrication charm under his breath. Help, help, help, this can’t be happening. She shouldn’t be here. This is so wrong.

Work number 5 of the White Elephant series ...

written by ninepiecesofcrait art by MinaLoganArt narrated by iggygiraffe

Pairing: Draco x Harry Rating: E Word count: 10,188 Length: 1.25 hours Summary:

After finally giving up on his attempts to ask out Draco Malfoy, Harry goes on an auror mission with Ron that requires linked notebooks. Problem Number One: Harry’s notebook is charmed to connect to a different notebook. Problem Number Two: The notebook in question is Draco Malfoy’s journal.

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