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Sailing the Seas of UST

@the-sinking-ship / the-sinking-ship.tumblr.com

I'm Sly. AO3: the_sinking_ship   Cover art by @fictional

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Pairing: Draco/Harry

Rating: E

Wordcount: 87K

Collection: H/D Wireless 2024, @hd-wireless

Tags: nightclub owner Draco, crime families, action, underground duelling ring, motorcycle chases, powerful Harry, confident Draco, smut, fast pace/high stakes, BAMF everyone

Summary: When Harry Potter walks into Draco’s nightclub looking like trouble, Draco can’t stop staring. He really ought to train his dick not to react so enthusiastically to red flags, but where would be the fun in that?

Notes: big hugs and thank-yous to my betas, @nv-md and @themiddleofwonderland as well as the ever-patient fest mods!! The real mvps!

i’ve finally gone down the rabbit hole of TSS. the pining, banter, and delicious angst in this fic 🤌🏻 absolutely speechless.

artwork is by cuckcoo. i love her character face studies and knew it’d be perfect for this fic.

This is GORGEOUS. The art is a perfect fit and the binding is sooo CRISP. I could stare at this all day.

Beautiful work, @dogearedbindery ! I'm so honored you wanted to bind my fic 🥰

Too Good at Raising Hell by @the-sinking-ship

Typeset and bound by me, and gifted for free to an exchange partner.

I tried to tap into the “ghost rider” vibe for this Halloween bind since Harry’s the less than straight and narrow, bad boy on a bike.

The homemade bookcloth (fabric from rockerbyedestash) gave me a run for my money when trying to place my chosen cover design, so instead I went all in on the dust jacket, end pages, and toner foiled title page and chapter headers.

This is SO BADASS. It's no secret that I'm a sucker for bad boys on bikes but this?!?! Probably one of the sexiest binds I've seen. Im so obsessed with the foiling. The cover image. The bookcloth. Just... everything.

Well done, @printedgardencreative !! I'm shook!

"why do I want to be a writer" I say, as though I am not compelled by otherworldly forces at all hours of the day to put together the messiest sentences known to mankind just to feel alive

One of my favourite things when reading fanfiction is when you click with an author's style so much that you adore the fanfiction you're reading, and once it's over you need more. So you go to their page and hope that there's more for any fandom you might know- only there isn't any. They've written for other fandoms you aren't familiar with and never would've thought about before.

But you're down so bad for their style and talent that they got you wading in like:

asjkdfbgn adding @toast-the-unknowing’s tags:

Chasing Dragons by @the-sinking-ship and art by @fictional 🐉

i recently made this for an exchange and now that it’s finally on its way to its home i thought i’d share! this was my first bind i got to use soft touch laminate on and let me tell you. it feels so nice i’m obsessed. i will be laminating everything with it. i tried doing a toi/chinoiserie vibe for the whole thing so everything is very blue and white 💙🤍

the author and artist were so kind to let me use their works to make this come to life and i couldn’t be happier with the end results!!

This is amazing!!! The dust jacket is perfection. Lynn's art looks fab and I love all the little details (the dragons, the jeep!).

The typesetting looks sooooo profesh. And ahhh that cover? Those endpages???

Sorry, I'm gushing but I'll never get over the way fic binders translate so much of the story into the physical form of the book. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing!

i bet you've seen this one plenty of times before, but:

can you rec some drarry fics where jealousy is an important motif? it can be infidelity if they're an established couple, or just getting with someone else while the two of them are dancing around one another. would be great to see recs both where harry is jealous and where draco is jealous. i prefer a happy ending, but i'll be grateful either way.

since i'm here let me also say i admire what you do, your incredible ability to recall and sort through so many stories. this fandom is lucky to have you! <3

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Hello friend! Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it ❤️ here are some fics centered on jealousy. I did a few other lists for this trope over the years, you can find them here, here and here.

Jealous Harry:

It only happened once — depending on how Harry counted.
Draco gets back at Harry for his late nights as an Auror by flirting with the new Arithmancy professor. Harry's not usually the jealous type, but he has his moments.
Speaking to Draco is like poking a beehive - and Harry is a glutton for punishment. In which Harry makes some serious blunders and then tries to fix it. Somehow.

Around You Moves by ignatiustrout (E, 29k)

Harry knew Draco was gay when he invited him to move in. He’s never had a problem with this. So why does he feel so weird about Draco bringing men home all of a sudden?
It’s weird when Hermione announces that she and Ron have broken up. It’s weirder when this is followed by the revelation that she’s already moved on—and the new object of her affections is Draco Malfoy.

Grounds for Divorce by Tepre (E, 122k)

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter.

Jealous Draco:

Packing the Flat by marguerite_26 (E, 6k)

Months after their explosive break-up, Draco insists Harry return to their flat to remove his belongings.

Don't Stop It Before It Begins by mischieviolet (E, 19k)

“I don’t understand how this is of any concern to you, Malfoy,” Harry said, crossing his arms over his chest. Draco blinked at the use of his last name, something that Harry only used with him in jest these days. “I’m merely spending time with my Auror partner, who is from another country, and has no one here. I would do the same if it were you.” “It’s not me though, is it?” Draco all but shouted, unable to stop himself.
When Harry and Nott are paired up to go undercover as fake boyfriends, Draco is disappointed not to get the assignment. It's just professional jealousy that's making him feel so upset. Obviously. He's engaged to be married to Astoria, after all.
Draco and Harry have been flatmates and best friends for years, and Draco thinks life is just perfect that way. But when something comes along and threatens to take all that away, Draco has to decide what it is he really wants, and just how hard he's going to work to get it.
Draco never expected to see Harry doing that again. Especially with someone else, in a grainy photograph that's landed on his desk one Monday morning.
Draco is mortified when moments prior to departing for the most anticipated destination wedding of the year, he is cruelly dumped. But when he learns that Harry Potter has, at long last, split with his horrible boyfriend, Draco is certain his luck has changed.
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