Apple Ling's List: Genre:Hurt/Comfort

*8th year. Angsty hurt/comfort with a fluffy ending. Featuring Jittery!Prone to panic attacks!Depressed!Apathetic!Draco... basically this has an emotionally damaged!Draco like whoa! And a Pining!Obsessively stalker-like!Harry who's lost and wanted desperately to belong. Brief Harry/Ginny and Draco/Astoria (past Draco/Pansy). Not-Evil!Slytherins who genuinely care for Draco. Contains severe depression and anxiety that manifested in some form of numb, apathetic behavior + suicidal thoughts. Eating disorder. Nightmares and severe panic attacks. At one point Draco nearly gets himself killed and Harry rescues him. Stressful exams and classes. Touching H/D bonding moments and Draco/Astoria moments.
#Sex scenes happen off-screen.

Summary: Shortly after the war, Draco Malfoy wakes up with a new understanding, and Harry Potter needs firmer ground to walk on. Unfortunately, life is never easy, especially with the burdens of N.E.W.T.s looming closer. As Draco struggles to maintain his sanity, Harry is back to his old routine-stalking Draco.

*Aching and angsty but such GOOD pain! ♥♥♥♥♥
Timeline spanning from middle of the war to directly post-war. Basically Harry and Ron got caught by Death Eaters and were thrown into a dingy dungeon cell in Malfoy Manor where they were tortured (sexual, physical and mental) for information. Draco is secretly on their side (sneaking healing potions and food to the prisoners). Featuring graphic descriptions of torture and rape, molestation, heavy usage of Dark curses, painful scarring and branding of the skin, Dark bondage spells meant to stretch, pull, hurt and burn the skin. Draco forced to sexually violate Harry (in case you find this part confusing --> *he fisted Harry*), unintentionally Harry did breached Draco's personal barriers and defenses too - in a way, violating Draco back, killing Voldie, hiding in a Safe House, helplessly smitten!pining!Draco who is deeply regretful of what he had done to Harry - part of Harry understands and wants to forgive but the other part of him can't get over the trauma (for Harry it wasn't about the pain or rape but he's traumatized over losing control to another), Draco trying to redeem himself after, unintentional Legilimency (the sharing of minds), wandless magic (Harry), H/D bonding moments, H/D hurt/comfort moments, adopting a stray kitty, sexy quietly assertive and dominant!Harry and a sub!Draco.
To note: Harry was sexually violated in a lot of ways but never with penile penetration, Ron's violation involve forced penile penetration. And while in the dungeon, Harry is made vulnerable to Draco but after, Draco is made very much vulnerable to Harry - both their enforced state of vulnerability deal with violation of their person but of different kinds. Strong!Harry and Ron, despite everything. Minor character death that is not Harry or Ron or Draco.
#Top!Harry/Bottom!Draco sexy sex scenes

Summary: A damaged-but-not-broken Harry in the clutches of Death Eaters and a caught-up-in-circumstances Draco who's not actually evil.

*Timeline spanning from an alternate Hogwarts 7th year (HBP and DH didn't happen) to directly post-war. Death Eater Spy for the Order!Draco. Featuring Brave!Self-sacrificing!Smitten!Draco and a Harry who finds himself slowly, but surely, falling in love with this other side of Draco. Harry's also several inches taller than Draco. References to (past) torture and the resulting aches/shakiness/concussion from it (Draco), the Bone Breaking Curse (and injuries resulting from that curse), Draco saving Harry, Harry's brief sexuality crisis (concerning Draco's crush on him), supportive Ron and Hermione, secret relationship, coming out, moving in together, cute H/D moments, cute hurt/comfort moments when one of them came down with the flu, happy fluffy ending
Alternate link:http://www.cosmicuniverse.net/nw/myfics/hp/spyseries1.html

A series of ficlets about Harry and Draco and their blossoming relationship.

Starting with the summary of the first part:
Summary: Harry is sent to collect the new spy after a Death Eater meeting. Pre-slash. This is the first installment of The Spy Series.

*One of the hurt/comfort classics in the H/D part of fandom. Featuring a vulnerable!needy!Draco (he also cries a lot) with symptoms of Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder (with references to past abuse and torture - sexual,magical, physical and mental abuse - which resulted in breaking his mind), and Harry as his caregiver/guardian + eventual lover. Other memorable things to take note: Evil!Slytherins (and Lucius and the Death Eaters), Narcissa committing suicide, one of Draco's "other" personalities include a 6-year-old child, Draco has a penchant for climbing into Harry's lap for comfort or tucking his face in the crook of Harry's shoulder, Harry helping Draco get dressed/bathe... even lulling him to sleep, Ron getting angry at Harry, an old Black protection curse - the Ancestral Rite, getting kidnapped by baddies, having nightmares, teenage angst, teenage lusty hormones :p Happy ending
#Mostly bottom!Draco. 1 bottom!Harry scene in between flashbacks of bottom!Draco in the last chapter. *fans self* Sexy!

Summary: When Draco Malfoy's mental health mysteriously declines, he is placed under the care of the only person he responds to: Harry Potter. Includes mental disorders (paranoid schizophrenia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, post-traumatic stress).

*Adaptation of "Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. Harry has a "time-traveling" condition and as he time-travels, he meets Draco in various stages of their life. Uber sweet and romantic with a happy fluffy ending. Timeline spanning from when Harry first met tiny kidlet!Draco to when they're both old and grey (and still very much in love and together ♥). When Harry travels through time, he suffers a bit of disorientation and temporary amnesia. The Draco in this universe is endearingly sweet on Harry, probably because he remembers Harry's time-travel moments through various (significant) parts of his life more than Harry himself. Uber romantic H/D first time ♥♥
Smooch Fest link: http://hd-smoochfest.livejournal.com/117813.html

Summary: Harry was twenty-one the first time it happened, he was twenty-one and falling in love for the first time. It seems he'll go back, travel through time, until he finds the anchor that keeps him here.

*Non-magic AU. Prostitute!Draco, evil!Lucius, smitten!rich!Harry. Attempted non-con (Draco/OMC) and injuries from that attack.
Alternate link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9045111/1/Green-Satin-Sheets

Summary: When Lucius found out that his son was gay, he sold him to Voldemort and cut off the family fortune. Harry finds him on the streets seven months after Draco is able to break free. Can he save the blond dragon?

*Absolutely beautiful! ♥♥♥♥♥
Auror!Harry who is also a dog animagus nicknamed Fluffy :p Blind!Draco (who is also a writer - He writes gay romance novels) and Harry is his bodyguard.
Basically Draco finds himself blind after an attack in Diagon Alley. Auror!Harry offers to pose as Draco's guide dog (in animagus form). Harry makes an adorable dog and is sweet and protective and PERFECT! Draco is terribly insecure, very self-punishing and has basically lost of faith in the Wizarding World he has left behind to live in the Muggle world, but doggy!Harry and Harry himself, gives him back his happiness and confidence. Draco collects old, discarded books because he couldn't bear to throw them away (aww!). Cute H/D bonding and hurt/comfort moments. Also, cute flustered!Harry moments when he finds himself attracted to Draco. And cute Draco+doggy!Harry moments. Plus, the cutest, fluffiest ending ever *loves*
Smooch Fest link: http://hd-smoochfest.livejournal.com/110188.html

Summary: Don't think of it as losing your sight. Think of it as gaining an Animagus who never quite learned the meaning of the word 'boundaries'.

*Story set directly post-war. Spy for the Light!Draco (Redeemed!Draco). This has a rather chatty and expressive!Draco that is just endearing to read and a Harry that started off as all moody and full of teenage angst.... but eventually he warms up to Draco.
Featuring Draco's love for coffee and Harry liking tea better than coffee, Harry's sexy morning workouts, Draco bonding with the TV, Draco learning how to cook, lots of H/D bickering and attempts at friendship, H/D having nightmares, cute H/D bonding moments (cleaning the house together, sharing secrets and other personal details, getting drunk together sharing a bed, etc) #No sex scenes

Summary: Harry and Draco are sent to a safe house immediately after the battle of Hogwarts, where they're supposed to be spend three weeks together, much to their anger. Television serves as both therapy and a bonding opportunity, coffee and tea get drunk in large quantities, and they try to reconcile themselves with life after the war.

*Hollywood actor!Draco, Bodyguard!Harry. Past Harry/OMC (and that OMC is a total ass). Featuring Draco as a famous actor in the muggle world, a brooding!lonely!Harry, Draco's phobia of fire, Harry's love for all things cheesy (Taylor Swift songs and romance novels)... and is also a closet romantic, Draco's nightmares, lots of bickering and snark and happy, sexy ending :p
Smooch Fest link: http://hd-smoochfest.livejournal.com/111217.html

Summary: Harry Potter has spent the last seven years doing everything the Wizarding World's saviour and Golden Boy shouldn't - breaking it off with his childhood sweetheart, quitting Auror training, and living in isolation in Muggle London. Having just gotten out of an emotionally and financially abusive relationship, Harry hasn't been out of his house in weeks. Meanwhile, after disappearing from the Wizarding World and moving to America for seven years, Draco Malfoy has become a famous Hollywood actor and is back in England to film his latest movie. When Draco begins to receive serious threats, he asks for a Wizard bodyguard to be assigned to him, and who should be more fit for the job than the fallen-from-grace Man Who Lived Twice himself? But can Harry and Draco set aside their differences and work together, or is this just a disaster in the making?

*Gentle, quiet and romantic ~~happy sigh~~ ♥♥♥♥♥
Ex-Professional Quidditch player!Harry (for the Canons) turned owner of a lovely pub in Hogsmeade!Harry (The pub's name is "The Stag and Flower"). Private potions (and potion ingredients) supplier turned Potions Professor at Hogwarts!Draco. Past Draco/Astoria (and she's quite a cunning bitch in this) and Harry/OMC (and that OMC is a total bastard!). Featuring Ron/Hermione and Ginny as Harry's close friends, Harry's knee injury, Draco being lonely and depressed, Drunk!Draco, Draco with lovely, long hair, Sympathetic (to Draco's plight)!Harry, Harry walking Draco home, a little bit of a love triangle between Harry/Draco/Harry's ex (with Harry in the middle) sweet fluff. #No sex scenes. Just a sweet, slow and convincing buildup to H/D getting together :p

Summary: When Harry's life is turned upside down, he decides to start over. In so doing, he learns that he and Draco Malfoy might have more in common than he ever could have imagined.

*Ex Head Auror!Harry turned host of a homely lodging/bed and breakfast sort of thing (a Cumbrian manor which also happens to be H/D's home), Potions Master!Draco. Established H/D (civil partnership). Ginny + Astoria friendship. Epilogue compliant with teenage Next Gen (everybody being friends with everybody with the minor exception of James Sirius... because he hates Draco's presence in his father's life)
#Basically someone dies, everybody suspects Draco did it, Harry does his best to protect Draco, Ron and the Aurors investigate, Draco angsts (and War-related fears start bubbling close to the surface again, leaving him tensed, worried and scared most of the time), Arabella Figg plays detective. Oh, and a scary but minor hostage scene and a (near fatal) injury scene.

Summary: "There's a dead Ministry official sprawled across the sitting room floor," I announce before collapsing into a chair at the kitchen table. "This can't be good for bookings."

*Awesomeness!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Auror!Harry. "Mental illness" tag for Narcissa. A series of petty theft involving fake jewelries have been popping up all over, Auror!Harry's been sent to investigate and Draco, as usual, is as uncooperative as ever. Draco is AWESOME in this! He's a survivor, a fighter and a protector; at times he seems so broken (physically) but in mind and inner strength, he's as strong as ever - a survivor. Lots of fighting and UST because both boys are on a very short fuse with their tempers.... but that just makes the eventual sexytimes all the more HOT!

Summary: If not for the Minister being attacked in a raid, it might have made front page that Narcissa Malfoy had gone round the bend.

*Harry works at the Department for the Prevention of Magical Mischief... and Draco is an unrepentant troublemaker :p
Lonely!Frustrated!Harry (who can be quite mean and petty) has anger issues.... and other issues. And he's also mopey and depressed. All the petty (but funny) mischief Draco gets up to on a daily basis (and gets dragged to and/or arrested by Harry's department) doesn't at all help Harry's frustration either. Harry wants Draco punished but Draco on the other hand, wants to help Harry find his happiness again. H/D hugs and quidditch matches and bets and running around naked and sexytimes :p

Summary: Everyone always told Harry to grow up. Now that he has, when is the promised happiness going to arrive?

*Sexy and angsty and despite the infidelity, a beautiful love story nonetheless *loves*
Auror, then Head Auror!Harry, Potions Master!Draco. Unapologetic infidelity because H/D cheats on their wives with each other for years (starting even before Harry marries Ginny). Side Harry/Ginny and Draco/Astoria. Harry and Draco progressing from friends to friends-with-benefits to secret lovers. Cute Draco and baby Teddy moments at the beginning of the story. And then, cute Draco and baby Scorpius (plus Harry) moment. Harry/Ginny wedding (with a pining!Draco in attendance). Angsty moment with Astoria in the hospital and Draco close to breaking down.

Summary: Draco knew what his life was going to be like, there was never any doubt. He never expected to fall in love especially with someone who wasn't his wife. But, he did, and somehow, Harry Potter became the thing that kept him breathing.

*SO MUCH LOVE ~~squeeeee! ♥♥♥♥♥
Auror trainee!Harry, Unspeakable!Draco (Redeemed!Draco), Auror!Ron. There's just one more obstacle in Harry's way before becoming a fully fledged Auror: the Maze of Lost Thoughts; a magical maze that tests a person's psyche. In Harry's case, it's a test to help him confront and move on from his past regrets/mistakes. He bumps into Draco while inside the Maze and things took a very interesting UST-y feel :D Featuring a redeemed!endearingly mature!Draco, a angry!frustrated!Harry (the poor darling has lots of unresolved issues), a supportive!Ron, some emotional insecurities/trauma on Harry's part, Draco's memories and pensieves, the Unbreakable Vow, Draco's scars and a happy ending. Plus some kissy, huggy sexytimes.
#No penetrative sex scenes.

Summary: The Maze of Lost Thoughts is the most feared trial for the Auror trainees.

*Healer!Draco, Injured Auror!Harry with contaminated blood (Veela blood precisely)... and wings! Harry has wings! *loves*
Basically Healer!Draco heals a near fatal slash wound on Harry, but during the process of blood transfusion, a careless assistant healer accidentally gave Harry Veela blood instead of human blood causing Harry to temporarily exhibit Veela traits. Bits of dub-con and Draco saves Harry! Yay! #No penetrative sex

Summary: Watching Harry Potter die was a lot less dramatic than he'd imagined.

*Healer!Draco specializing in Memory Magic (one of the foremost experts in the field). Professional Quidditch Player!Harry in a cursed-induced coma. Contains a very charming, slightly vulnerable and rather lonely Harry (as he pines after Draco). Also, Harry has his memories addled by an assailant which lands him in Healer!Draco's care. Weasley bashing - minus Ron, his wife Hermione and George. Supportive Ron/Hermione and George who knew about Harry's "secret love" (aka Draco). Harry's crazy stalker fans. Draco has nightmares. #No penetrative sex.

Summary: Because Potter could give him prestige and power again if he cured him of this coma. That was all. Or so Healer Draco thought before he started looking into Harry Potter's memories.

*ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY & AN INTERESTING TAKE ON LUCID DREAMING! ♥♥♥♥♥
Healer!Harry, coma patient!Draco. Exactly what the summary says. Draco's subconscious and soul is trapped in a otherworldly place. Harry is determined to save him, but convincing Draco to allow himself to be saved is a whole new battle. Side pairing Ron/Hermione. Contain a slightly neurotic!Draco but not insane... or at the very least, not Bellatrix-insane, and Lucius and Narcissa who aren't evil bastards, who truly love their only son. #No sex

Summary: 5 years after the war and Harry finds a bedridden Malfoy trapped in a rose garden within his own mind. It's Harry's job to get him out by going in and visiting him there. It won't be easy though, especially considering the fact that Malfoy may have already gone mad.

*Bottom!Draco. Am gonna just link straight to Dracogotgame's Livejournal because EVERYTHING and ANYTHING Harry/Draco by Dracogotgame is the EPITOME OF CUTENESS! ♥♥♥♥♥

And I physically and mentally incapable of just picking a couple of fics out of the TON LOADS OF GOODNESS that can be found in her lj. Absolutely fluff-tastic!

*Cute established relationship fluff!! Undergrad students!Harry and Draco (different universities - Harry attends the University College Hospital, and works cafe. Draco attends the London School of Business & Finance, who is also a part time model). Harry and Draco have been together for years, and they've also been engaged for 2 years but their relationship was kept a total secret from friends and family. The secret comes out when Draco got into a horrific car accident. Harry worries over the possibility that his friends might not except his sexuality or his relationship with Draco. Happy fluffy ending :D #No sex scenes

Summary: Harry and Draco are living a fairly normal life with a fairly normal relationship, except for the part where it's, well, secret.