Tattooed: The Golden Trio

• Harry:

Harry’s first tattoo was drunkenly done on the first anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. Everyone was grieving, the Weasley’s hearts were breaking once again for Fred and Harry couldn’t handle the guilt of the situation so he left to the Leaky Cauldron and got drunk of fire whiskey. He woke up the next day with a small, snowy white owl on the underneath his ear. To everyone else, Hedwig’s death seemed inconsequential compared to their own, but to Harry, it was the death of his first true friend. The owl moved around Harry’s body, enjoying swooping over the back of his neck and pecking at his ear. He didn’t even realize how much he needed the tattoo until he saw it and rejected Hermione’s attempts to remove it. A month later he got a collection of tattoos for his lost loved ones: a miniature stag galloping across his ribs, joined by a shaggy black wolf, the name ‘Lily’ in his Mother’s handwriting with a beautiful inked flower beside it, and a moon on the inside of his wrist reminding him to always do good despite the difficulties he faced. For Ron and Hermione he’d gotten the coordinates of Hogwarts, because his friends had become family and the train station was the first time he’d met that family he’d always wanted. His last tattoo was of a constellation, patterned across his left collarbone, dipping towards his heat. The Draco constellation. Always lovingly traced over. Always guiding him home.

• Hermione:

She surprisingly loved tattoos. It surprised Ron, who didn’t expect his straight-laced wife to be intrigued by Harry’s owl tattoo. He’d seen the glimmer in her eyes and subconsciously he expected ink to appear on her skin. She hadn’t gone off and done it without him knowing but instead she’d shown him a notebook with a drawing on the page. It was a rose. At first he was confused, understanding the meaning was obvious, it was a name they both loved and over soft nights wrapped up in one another they’d discussed how they’d name their first child, ‘Rose’. It was when she’d pressed his hand against her stomach, did he realize the meaning. The rose was inked on her wrist, and at first it was a bud, and as the nine months passed, the flower bloomed into a scarlet red rose. Ron would often trace over the lines, marvelling at the life he now had. The only other tattoo Hermione ever got was for Ron, a long feather that laid across her ribcage which when touched rose slightly making Hermione thrum with giggles and tremble when ‘wingardium leviosa’ was whispered over it.

• Ron:

He loved all the tattoos on his wife, he enjoyed tracing them and enjoyed the process of them being inked on her. But he hated the thought of a needle poking him. The only tattoo he ever got was because Luna had said that it would be nice for him to get something to match both Hermione and Harry. He’d wracked his mind thinking about it, wondering if he should do a homage to Fred or to get something relating to his two best friends. But in the end, he’d gotten the handprint of his son tattoed over his heart. It had fit nicely, with Hermione having a Rose and him having Hugo, it was complete. A complete family was always something Ron wanted.

*part 2: will have the ‘Silver Trio’ aka, Draco, Blaise and Pansy tattoed edition*

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so i just finished Growing Deep Like Roots

by hibye and let me tell you that it has been one of the greatest fics i’ve read in a while so if any of you want to try out a good family fic this evening. Here it is

I Feel You

I Feel You by thusspakekate

Harry and Draco take a potion that is supposed to link their hearts together, but end up connecting a different type of organ entirely.

So eighth year and McGonagalls put everyone that came back to finish up their last year in the third floor corridor or in the tower under the owlery.

But that part of the castle’s been abandoned for years so the heating charms are completely naff and it’s always too cold.

One night both Draco and Harry are in the common room after insomnia, for Draco, and nightmares, for Harry, kept them from their beds. They’ve pushed a couch up next to the main fireplace but it’s still fucking freezing.

Draco cannot stop shivering and is sitting right on the edge of the couch and holding his hands out to the fire. Harry’s leaning back, just wearing an old jumper and jeans he threw on, looking completely at ease.

Draco gives him a nasty look and Harry chuckles and jokingly opens his arms, “Want me to warm you up, Malfoy?”

What passes for rational thought in Draco’s head at this point is something like, You pompous fucking arsehole, fine see how you like it and he shifts over and lays on Harry’s chest thinking he’ll just do it for a minute to make Harry uncomfortable and then mock him mercilessly for it. But the boy is a furnace and Draco just relaxes into him like a fucking cat because he’s finally warm.

Harry is super uncomfortable for a bit until Draco just melts into him and wraps his hands around Harry’s back and they’re so cold. SO he just stays there and maybe dozes off.

This happens over and over again. When they meet in the common room and when they snuggle up together they both sleep better than they have for months and it’s just too good to give up. Eventually, they start to lose barriers between one another, start talking about the past and the war. Harry absently brushing Draco’s hair back leads to him touching it all the time and Draco likes to lay his head on Harry’s chest and listen to his heartbeat.

No one knows they’re doing this.

Then, one winter day, it’s cold enough to snow outside and the wind is blowing, chilling the castle and the eighth year’s rooms especially. Everyone’s gathered in the common room to pool their warming charms. Harry’s reading, laying on a large couch back against the wall that only he wants because boy is a furnace and doesn’t mind the chill from the stones.

Draco tromps down from his rooms wrapped up in a sweater, robes, his winter cloak and a blanket over his shoulders and still looks miserably cold. He spots Harry, immediately goes over to him, pushes his book up and snuggles up on top of him, pulling his blanket over his head as Harry sets his book down, propped up on Draco’s back.

And everyone’s staring like, what the actual bloody fuck?

Finally, Hermione asks Harry, “Are… you dating Malfoy?”

Harry brow furrows and he tugs up the edge of the blanket, “Are we dating?”

Draco thinks about it for a second, he leans up, kisses Harry and says, “I guess so,” then pulls the blanket over his head again.

Harry looks back at Hermione, “Looks that way.” and just goes back to reading.

So cute!!! *_*

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Part 3 of 3 is here!! Long fics that, in keeping with the theme, have awesome imagery and prose. And if you get through all of these and need some more, I recommend checking out a few authors who are exceptionally, consistently good at these sorts of things: AbbyCadabra, birdsofshore, curiouslyfic, femmequixotic, frayach, icmezzo, kedavranox, khalulu, lumosed_quill, noeon, pasdexcuses, snegurochka, vaysh, and writcraft - among others, to be sure. Anyone on any of these lists is a good bet! Enjoy these fics, and check back on part 1 (under 5k) and part 2 (5-20k) for much more. And please remember to show your appreciation to all of the incredible authors who build these worlds for us!

Drarry Recs: Poetic Writing (20k+)

As Souls From Bodies Steal by @femmequixotic - NC-17, 41k - Hope may be found in the oddest of places, even in the bleakness of winter.

The Boy and the Sleeping Prince by @writcraft - NC-17, 26.5k - Harry is miserable and tired of being an Auror, coasting through life until he’s forced to make some changes.  Spurred on by his passion for drawing and working with best-selling author Draco Malfoy, Harry develops a charm which gives children a magical, interactive reading experience.  But when it’s time to test the spell, the two men find themselves trapped in a nightmarish fairy tale world.  Can they escape unscathed, or is Draco right in his assertions that there is no such thing as a happily ever after?

Breaking the Line by @kedavranox - NC-17, 20k - Draco was a Dom for hire. Harry was his best client. But Harry disappeared and now Draco’s retired. Draco’s doing fine (he’s even attending parties!) but who should show up to the latest BDSM shindig, but Harry Potter himself? Can Draco play with his ex-client without breaking the line?

Breathe Me by @kedavranox - NC-17, 70k - Since the singular incident of being a Horcrux for many years has left Harry with a sensitivity to Dark magic, Harry begins training with Jacob, a Wizard who lives in New York, using this sensitivity to his advantage to cleanse magical spaces of Dark magic. After a year of training, Draco Malfoy shows up, wanting to learn from Jacob as well, and unexpectedly the two men grow a bond, both magical and physical. But Jacob’s sudden death leaves Harry floundering and growing increasingly dependent on drugs and sex to avoid his problems. After his brief and tumultuous affair with Draco ends, Harry begins a life of travel, avoiding returning home permanently and continuing his drug habit. He flits from job to job, from place to place, never settling down for a moment, until, years later, Harry is called back to England by his friends to help Draco find his way out of a cursed Manor.

Danse Russe by Frayach - NC-17, 140k - True Love. Soul Mates. They’re just words until put to the test. Harry and Draco have a bond that was forged in the hell of the post-war years and pulled them both back from an abyss of nihilism and self-destruction. Nothing can break it, or so they believed. But True Love can demand sacrifices too great to bear and deeds too terrible to justify.

Fear and Loathing at the Phoenix by curiouslyfic - R, 20k - Harry’s Hunter S. Thompson. Draco’s his attorney. It’s the Tenth annual Victory Day and there’s Journalism afoot.

The Garland Gay by @vaysh11 - NC-17, 35k - Draco Malfoy has it all – – sex, money, power. But a family secret threatens to become the undoing of the successful head of Malfoy Bank. His troubles bring him to private investigator Harry Potter, who lost it all  – girlfriend, Galleons, Auror career – – over a tenacious obsession with a certain blond. Both become entangled in the vengeful schemes of a stranger from the past. As much as Draco tries to resist, in the end, he must make a fateful choice for the man he is destined to love.

I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor by @birdsofshore​ - NC-17, 28k - Harry felt lit up from inside as soon as he entered the bar. There were blokes dancing together, their bodies close to one another, not keeping a wary distance as Harry was always careful to do when he was near another man. God, he wanted this – wanted it so much he could taste it, a metallic tang of heat and desire. He suspected nothing would ever be the same again – especially when he saw who else was in the room.

A Multitude of Sins by cryptonym/barefacedbandit - NC-17, 41k - Peter 4:8 - Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

On the Last Day of Our World by Sansa - R, 86k - During a detention, Harry and Draco get locked in a strange room together overnight. When they escape the next morning, they discover they are alone. Love, angst and adventure abound as they struggle to survive in an empty world.

Sæglópur by @femmequixotic - NC-17, 34.5k - After a difficult breakup, Draco finds himself dragged to the land of magic, law, and natural wonders where, of course, nothing goes as planned.

Stop All the Clocks (This is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You by @firethesound - NC-17, 44.5k - Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on livin

A Thousand Beautiful Things by Duinn Fionn - R, 108k - 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.

Under the Cold, Wan Moon by slytherincess - NC-17, 38.5k - He does not seek war, but when attacked he knows better how to die than surrender.

Wildfire by abbycadabra - NC-17, 20.5k - “I’ll make you scream,” Potter whispers, and Draco can think of a thousand other things Potter could make him do, but he doesn’t think any of them will feel this good.

Wish Upon a Star (As Dreamers Do) by @icmezzo - M, 27k - There’s plant magic and celestial magic and dark magic and the normal magic that allows Harry to use a spell to clean his socks when Myrtle’s taken up in his laundry room again. Then there are wishes, and dreams, and love, and those are even more magical still.

With a Candle to Guide Me by daftfear - M, 29k - Draco wakes up in a nightmare, caught in the horror that’s haunted him since childhood. Desperate and trying to make sense of all that’s happened, Draco finds the only person who seems to want to give him answers is Potter. But being near Potter holds questions too—ones Draco isn’t sure he wants to ask. Even if it means turning down a way back to solid ground.

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