Apple Ling's List: Post-War

*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.

*Absolutely beautiful!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Basically Harry's stuck in a cursed sleep and Draco is the one tasked to take care of him. Along the way, Draco falls in love with Harry and angst over the impossibility of being with Harry. Happy ending! *Absolutely love ending scene* #No penetrative sex scenes

Summary: Harry's cursed with the Sleeping Beauty curse. And in order to protect him, he's put into protected hiding until a cure can be found. And Draco's got to pay for the war somehow.

*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.

*So good! *moans* Canon compliant (minus the Epilogue). Basically Draco goes on trial after the war for the nasty things he did as a D.E. He's scared stiff, paranoid, bitterly regretful of his past actions but stubbornly prideful and defensive all the same... and is also very reluctant to let Harry help him. Lucky for him, Harry still has an unhealthy obsession with all things Draco Malfoy and wants to save him... and give Draco back his wand (which Draco refuses to accept - the wand, I mean). Featuring a bit of wandlore and duelling, lots of H/D bickering and UST-ing and angry make-out sessions, portrait of Walburga Black screaming at Harry and cooing over Draco, Draco refusing his hawthorn wand.... etc etc
#No penetrative sex scenes

Summary: Harry hadn't initially meant to speak at Malfoy's trial. But then, he hadn't initially meant for a lot of things to happen.

*Auror!Harry (with Auror partner!Zach Smith), Daily Prophet's star reporter and youngest millionaire/publisher/owner of the Daily Prophet and its other subsidiaries!Draco. Basically Harry has the hots for Draco but is deeply in denial (and in the closet) and so Harry pines (and surfs the internet for porn. Lots and lots of gay porn). Draco wants Harry too but is too stubborn and prideful to admit it (so he's all bitchy). Zach has issues with his sexuality (so he passes off as a foul-mouthed homophobe most of the time). In the mean time, someone is out to kill all (ex) Death Eaters (while Harry and Draco are cooped up in a safe house and are slowly dying of sexual frustration). Zach and Draco are pretty vulgar sometimes, but Zach's vulgarity usually involves homophobic slurs while Draco's vulgarity is.... well, he fancies himself a sexual deviant... a sex god. Also, I don't know why... but I find Draco's passion for his work and his bragging about being a top-notch writer/reporter is TEH CUTE!! And erm, at one point Draco offers Harry sexual favours in exchange for a story :p #Implied switching but graphic sex scenes are all deliciously top!draco

Summary: Harry/Draco. When former Death Eater informants start turning up dead, Auror Harry Potter must take star Daily Prophet reporter (and owner) Draco Malfoy into protective custody.

*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?

*Rather OOC-ish but sweet and cute :D
Exactly what the summary says. Draco isn't happy that his mother and Arthur Weasley are together and have plans to marry soon so he does his best to make things difficult for them.... and stubbornly resisting Harry's advances (It's cute how stubborn Harry is in his determination to court Draco and how equally stubborn Draco is at resisting Harry). #No sex scenes

Summary: Two years have passed since Molly Weasley and Lucius Malfoy died in the final battle. Arthur and Narcissa, due to the strength of the support group they joined shortly after their spouses died, have moved on, and have found love in each other. Their wedding is scheduled for next summer when Ginny, Draco and Ron graduate but they both realise that between now and then, some things will have to change. To help ease the two family's transition from friends to family they are spending the holiday together. Now Draco's forced to spend his Christmas with a bunch of redheads and an annoying flirt of a saviour who just won't let Draco out of his sight.

*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.

*ROMANTIC, SEXY AND UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL *loves*
Harry and Draco work for a cozy little (muggle) workshop in Amsterdam that makes musical instruments. And at one point Harry tends a bar. Basically Harry took to traveling and touring aimlessly in an attempt to cope with the aftermath of the War, he bumps into Draco, they have super hot, sexy, delicious sex and then Draco leaves. Harry obsesses (and pines) over their one night stand and decides to chase after Draco.... and he ends up in Amsterdam where he gets a job in a quaint little workshop, the same place Draco works. Meanwhile, Draco pines hopelessly after his gorgeous ex while half-torn between wanting Harry and wanting to strangle Harry. Smoking, drinking, touring, partying, pining (Draco pining after his ex and Harry pines after Draco) and delicious sex!

Summary: After years of running away, Harry crosses paths with an all-too familiar face and follows him to Amsterdam.

*OMG!! CUTEST, FLUFFIEST ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP!FIC EVER!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Basically Harry contemplates the two very different personalities that made up the enigma that is Draco Malfoy. On one hand there is Malfoy, the Ice Prince. On the other, there's Draco (whom Harry secretly thought looks cute in Harry's jumpers, among other things). A cute fic with an equally cute and enlightening list of all of Draco Malfoy's quirks and unique personality traits :p #Implied switching, although there's nothing graphic about the sex scenes (too bad!)

Summary: After the war, Harry often felt as though he were dating two people.

*~~SQUEEEEEE!!! CUTENESS!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Snarky Knight Bus conductor!Draco is LOVE!! Auror!Harry (who takes the Knight Bus). Supportive best friend!Blaise. Trying to make the best out of their rather unfortunate circumstances!Narcissa. Smitten puppy!Harry (so adorably smitten with Draco that it's such a delight to picture him all soft and smiley and half in love with Draco). Oh, and Draco saves (heals!) Harry at one point and there's some sexy hot boy smex on board the MOVING Knight Bus. #No penetrative sex (too bad!)

Summary: After the war, the Malfoy fortune begins dwindling. Draco swallows his pride and gets a job the only place he can find one: the Knight Bus.

*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!

*Drama, drama, DRAMAAAAA!!
Harry/Draco and Lucius/Narcissa as the main pairings. Past Ron/Hermione and George/Hermione as a side pairing. Major character death (that happened before the story timeline - not Harry or Draco, not Lucius or Narcissa either). Cute baby Teddy Lupin. Grieving!Andromeda. Healer!Hermione. Alcoholics!Harry and Draco. Basically, Narcissa is sick and dying. The Malfoys are desperate to save her but the only person who can save her, refuses to do. Plus, St Mungos refuse to treat anyone affiliated with Death Eaters. Harry and Draco struggles with living and the guilt of surviving through the war while others died. They drown their problems with alcohol but in the end, their friendship (and love) saved each other from self destruction. Draco needs to tell his parents the truth about his sexuality and his relationship with Harry but isn't sure if Lucius will still love him after that. I have a bit of a problem how fast everyone (except Lucius and Narcissa because they've been married for years after all) jump from comfort friends-with-benefits sex to "I love you so much, I'd die without you", but other than that it's ok :) Warning for one scene in which one of the main protagonist tried to slash their arm open out of grief (and because they're too drunk to think straight) - near fatal but they didn't die.

Summary: A year after the war, wounds remain fresh. Survivors struggle just to keep surviving. They're plagued with guilt, illness, and new prejudices. Harry always thought his life would get easier after the demise of Voldemort, but he was wrong.

*Post-war, Hogwarts 8th year. Cliche Drarry plot but it's super fluffy and cute (and I was craving fluff when I stumbled across this :D). SPaG mistakes here and there, and OOCness but with lots of fluff. Shy!Blushing virgin!Meek!Draco, Powerful!Over protective!Ready-to-kill-for-Draco!Harry. Heavy Lucius bashing (I'm uncomfortable with the "Let's-Kill-Lucius-In-Cold-Blood" scene but I understand that it's an important part of the plot). A teensy tiny bit of Ron bashing. Super supportive!Ginny. Loving!Narcissa. Harry/Draco 'trial' relationship plot - basically Harry made a deal with Draco to try dating for a month as a trial thing, and then see how it goes :D

Summary: Harry doesn't want to end up with Ginny, she knows that and understands but no one else knows that Harry's little secret is that he's gay and completely besotted with Draco Malfoy. Harry knows it's unlikely but thats where the deal comes in.

*Pretend philanthropist!Draco (and then, later he took over management of a small little muggle animal shelter but this was because he genuinely cares, unlike his past donations to other charities and organisations). Basically, Draco wants his old hawthorn wand back (Harry is still keeping it) because his new one doesn't work for him. Harry refuses to return the wand because he believes Draco doesn't deserve to have it back. So Draco sets out to prove he has changed by donating to charities and claiming to have seen the error of his ways and wanted to turn over a new leaf - mostly, he tries to manipulate Harry into giving back the hawthorn wand to him. Draco adopts a bad tempered little Jack Russell terrier named Pyxis. There's a little bit of Harry/Ginny at the beginning. Happy ending!

Summary: "You haven't done one brave or noble thing in your life, Malfoy. Then you come into my house and ask me why I won't do the right thing for you? What have you ever done for anyone?"

*LOVELY FLANGSTY FAIRYTALE-LIKE CHRISTMAS FIC!! AN ABSOLUTE GEM AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED ♥♥♥♥♥
Shoemaker!Draco, Customer!Harry. A post-war downtrodden!Draco but still, he's marvelous and noble and humble and.. and... oh, this Draco tugs at my heartstrings so hard ♥ Draco owns a little shoe shop and he makes shoes... handmade shoes out of high quality dragon leather. He's poor (almost always hungry because he doesn't have enough money to buy food) and people were horribly unkind to him, but he never gives up. Mysteriously appearing shoes in Draco's workshop after a night's sleep (Elves!). Harry and gang buys shoes from Draco (Harry always pay too much, which Draco is grateful for). Draco is always throwing spells at Harry's feet to clean them, dry them, mend holes in his socks, fluff the socks... :D Lots of feet molesting scenes. Harry and Draco getting drunk together (cute yet awkward conversation while indulging in big gulps of firewhisky LOL). A very lovely, happy ending that made my eyes water with all the emotion... and Tilly, Draco's kind and loyal elf. #No sex

Summary: Draco makes shoes. Or, well, at least he would have done, except they started making themselves, and really, that was quite odd, if he thought about it.

*BRAVE!DRACO IS ♥♥♥♥♥ SO MANY FEELS FOR THIS FIC, SO LITTLE WORDS *flails*
Directly post-war. Order of the Phoenix member!Draco (under magical Glamour as 'Malcolm' to protect his real identity and also so that the Order can use Draco as a spy). Narcissa as a loving, protective mother. Draco wanting to redeem himself/atone for his mistakes by working for the Order. Harry and Draco staying at Grimmauld Place together and eventually getting to know each other as Harry and 'Malcolm'. Harry and Draco playing chess and learning to apparate through wards while at Grimmauld Place. Charlie Weasley being appointed as Draco's... supervisor slash babysitter of sorts in the Order. A little bit of violence, torture under the Cruciatus curse, a baddie thrush animagus and a fire. #No sex. Just sweet, fluffy kissing.

Summary: To save himself and his family, Draco must disappear in plain sight-of Harry Potter, that is.

*GAAHH! KITTY!DRACO IS JUST TOO CUTE FOR WORDS! ♥♥♥♥♥
White kitty!Draco appeared on Harry's doorstep and Harry takes him in ~~squeeeee! Incredibly fluffy and cute!

Summary: Banished from his home during the holiday season with only his wand and the clothes he's wearing, Draco has no choice but to take on his Animagus form and hope someone will take him in.

*The Malfoys were stripped of their magic as punishment for their war crimes. Quirky!Draco who bravely accepts his magic-less fate rather candidly. Cute mixture of both muggle (because Draco's magic-less and has a sudden interest in muggles) and magical details. Some exchange of letters between Harry and Draco that started everything. Sexy semi-public wanking *drools* and an in-denial!Harry (but finds himself irresistibly drawn to Draco anyway) What I love most of this fic is that there is nothing special about Draco - not super gorgeous or super smart or a sad misunderstood boy - he's as average as any other boy and Harry still finds himself obsessed and attracted to Draco :D
#No penetrative sex but there's some super sexy wanking ~squeeeeee!

Summary: Draco has lost his magic, and Harry has never been truly convinced of his own, which is just two more reasons in a long list of why they belong together.