Apple Ling's List: Social Standing Problems

*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.

*8th year. Basically Harry finds himself glued to Draco (literally) and is forced to get used to being in close proximity with Draco - plus go about his daily routine one handed. Draco's an intriguing mixture of (well hidden) vulnerability, false bravado, stubbornness, withdrawn wariness and cute snark. Harry, on the other hand is soooo Harry that he is UBER CUTENESS!! Awesome!Hermione. Harry's naughty t-shirt (to sleep in) and Draco's nightgown :p Sleeping and eating together. Nightmares and Draco crying and comforting. And lots of UST-ing. Also, teenagers can be real mean and thoughtless (especially to Draco, considering post-war circumstances) #No penetrative sex

Summary: The first thing Harry knew about it was when he woke up lying on a bed in the hospital wing, with his arm firmly stuck to the scrawny, milk-white arm of Draco bloody Malfoy.

*Established relationship (married, then divorced). Lots of tropical island induced UST-ing, a little bit of angst and drama, and lots of fluff!

Summary: Most people would think that seven days on a tropical island would be a week in paradise, unless they were stranded on the island with their ex-husband.

*8th year. Lonely!Bitter!Regretful-yet-still-prickly-and-defensive!Draco (and a little bit resentful for the way everything turned out for his family post-war), and a Harry who stalks/follows Draco all over the castle trying to help. "Vulnerable!Draco" tag is to make up for "Emotionally Damaged!Draco". Told mostly from Draco's pov. Sad!Pansy and Sad!Goyle. Featuring Draco being mean to others on purpose to make up for his "relapse" in showing vulnerability (which happens more often than not), Draco being bullied (a little bit) and shunned by other Slytherins, Draco crying or feeling on the verge of tears a lot, nightmares + insomnia + stealing potion ingredients to brew Dreamless Sleep, Harry trying to befriend a prickly!Draco, Draco writing letters to Ollivander but pretending to be someone else, H/D and some tricky bit of wandlore/magical wand bonding that has one of them experiencing the other's magic/dreams and H/D secret relationship, suicidal thoughts.
#Sex scenes all happen behind the screen so there's no way to tell who Tops/ Bottoms

Summary: There are things that Malfoys simply don't do. They don't cry, or show any emotion unless entirely unavoidable. They don't back down. And they certainly don't admit that maybe, just maybe, they might be wrong about a few things.

Draco's back for his eighth year, and with everything that's changed, these basic rules will soon be called into question.

Summary: Fifteen years after the war, Draco is still struggling to survive. Living in squalor and under heavy Ministry restrictions, Draco takes Pansy's advice on an option he had never thought to consider before. A means to regain everything he lost and more, courtesy of the wizarding hero --Harry Potter.

*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'.

*Utterly adorable ♥♥♥♥♥ :p
Very cute fic told from clueless!canon!Ron's (Auror!Ron) pov. Field Auror!Harry. Draco is an adorably quirky (and snarky) researcher in the (very messy) Analytical Lab in the DMLE. Featuring a newly married!Ron/Hermione, the magically cluttered and messy environment of the Analytical Lab, Draco using a brightly multi-coloured filing system with a an assortment of cutesy clips/hairpins as paper clips, Draco being a bit of a pariah in the Ministry before Ron took to befriending him, cute Ron/Draco friendship (thought it look distinctly endearing as a big brother+little brother relationship with Ron as the big brother and Draco the petulant and whiny little brother - Ron flicks Draco on the forehead :p), Ron unintentionally matchmaking Harry and Draco together, cute Harry/Draco moments with Ron being oblivious to the nature of their relationship, being kidnapped and then escaping from their captors, awesome magical theories/details, being handcuffed together #No sex scenes
Smooch Fest link: http://hd-smoochfest.livejournal.com/111217.html

Summary: When Hermione rushes off to the Amazon, Ron is left to handle their brooding third wheel but he's never been especially good with emotional problems. Somehow, he drags Malfoy into the mix and the stupid Ferret steals the show.

*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.

*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.

*~~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.

*~~SQUEEEEEEE!!! LOVELIEST PRE-SLASH DRARRY EVER ♥♥♥♥♥
8th year!fic. Brooding!Lost!Harry. Quiet!Lonely!Draco. Basically, Harry finds himself aimless and rather moody after the war because he doesn't quite know what he wants or what he wants to do with his life. In the midst of all the brooding he has been occupying himself with, he starts obsessing over Draco again. Ron/Hermione + everyone else worries. #No sex (duh! It's pre-slash)

Summary: A large portion of Harry's life had been spent leading up to one thing, and now that that thing was done, he had no idea how to move on to the next thing. What even was the next thing? Probably something to do with Malfoy.

*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.

*Cute, sexy fluff! Aurors!Harry and Draco. Draco is also a Spy for the Ministry (to keep an eye on the stupid!Death Eaters that are in hiding). Basically, there is a new Death Eater on the block and he's charismatic and smart... and he wants Harry dead. Draco tries his best to keep Harry alive, while Harry refuse to stop flirting with Draco. Harry's excessive flirting and Gilderoy Lockhart-like obnoxious behavior makes Draco think Harry isn't serious about liking Draco so Draco shies away from Harry's numerous attempts at wooing Draco. Draco ended up saving Harry several (Draco is Harry's sort-of-bodyguard) times and becoming a hero! CUTE HARRY-COURTS-DRACO!FIC #No sex scenes (yet)

Summary: Draco just wants to do his job and keep the newly competent Death Eaters from assassinating Potter. Potter just wants to flirt with him. It is not much fun to be Draco Malfoy right now.

*Aurors!Harry and Draco (co-workers and both stuck with night shift duty at the DMLE). Also, Vampire!Harry. Draco-centric fic. Murder mystery case with corpses drained of blood. Draco has a habit of annoying his boss (night shift boss of the Auror dept) by submitting ridiculous expense reports to demand compensation for the silliest things ever. Plus, Draco refuses to wear his Auror uniform. Harry and Draco work together to solve the murder case in secret. At one point, Draco gets caught by the baddie and Harry comes to the rescue :D

Summary: Draco is stuck in career purgatory on the night shift in the Auror Department. The powers that be won't let him near any important cases, but he knows he can prove himself and get promoted if he can just crack a big case. When Harry Potter shows up after getting himself banished to the night shift as well, how will he affect Draco's plans?

*OMG CUTENESS!! SWEET FLANGSTY STORY ♥♥♥♥♥
Basically, Harry wants to return Draco's wand to him. So he tracked Draco down and found out Draco has left the Wizarding world behind to live with muggles. Draco has his reasons for choosing to go muggle and Harry wants to help. Cute, sweet flangst happens! Draco + Goyle best friends. Thin yet feisty and prickly!Draco with a thing for oversized jumpers and muggle boy bands. Cute Harry and Draco bonding moments (Harry finds almost everything Draco does is endearing - wanting to wrap Draco in a blanket and other fluffy stuff). Draco lashes out something awful whenever he feels vulnerable. Harry seeing an apparition of sorts of Draco in one of his Auror training sessions and it finally made him realize how deeply his feelings are for Draco. Lost of magic, but with happy ending. Oh, and supportive!Weasleys (and Hermione).

Summary: Malfoy has disappeared, and Harry tracks him down because . . . he's Harry Potter. Expecting to save Malfoy from worldly evils, he is surprised to find him living as a Muggle and listening to ponce boy bands.

*GAAHHH!! SO BRILLIANT AND SWOON-WORTHY! DEFINITELY ONE OF MY TOP FAVES EVER ~~SQUEEEEEE ♥♥♥♥♥
Auror!Harry. Draco is the Junior Undersecretary for the Department of Domestic Magical Cooperation. Basically it's about Percy Weasley (head of the department of Magical Law Enforcement), tries to unfairly punish anyone who's even remotely connected to the death eaters, whether by acquaintance or by blood, and Harry and friends try to stop him and protect Draco and his friends from Percy. Draco has always been a little bit in love with Theo Nott and Pansy Parkinson is such a darling. Theo is 100% straight and is oblivious to Draco's feelings... so Harry comforts Draco and they bond as friends.... but eventually it becomes more :D Hermione and her parents babysits Pansy while Theo and Blaise are sent into hiding elsewhere. Draco has a nice gentlemanly boss who adores him and a sweet assistant called Broderick Wellingham who's very loyal and protective of Draco :D Various other interesting OCs whom Draco befriends - Periwinkle Brown, Auror Armitage, Auror Savage, Auror Williamson, Daily Prophet journalist: Tobias Leamington, among other people. The revival of the Order of the Phoenix by Harry and gang for the express purpose of helping to protect the Slytherins and stop Percy. Harry running for Ministry of Magic in an election with his usual gang of friends (plus Draco - He runs the media for Harry's campaign). Percy eventually tries to hurt Harry by targeting Draco and everyone rushes to try save Draco. Protective!Dangerous!Narcissa and Harry promises her he'd always protect Draco. Blaise Zabini and the "ferret fugitive" LOL!

Summary: Memories of the war are still fresh, which is all the excuse Decent People need to do appalling things. In this quietly waged conflict, Draco Malfoy is happy to be on the right side of things for once, and even happier to find he's not alone.

*YAY!! DELICIOUSLY FLANGSTY RENTBOY!FIC ♥♥♥♥♥
Undercover Auror as a rentboy!Harry, Rentboy!Draco. Murder mystery cum undercover investigation cum prostitution plot. Tattoo-ed and/or scarred rentboy corpses. Skinny!Pretty!Rentboy!Draco who is best friends with Lavender Brown and Pansy Parkinson. Harry Glamour-ing himself to look like someone else and tries to pass off as a new rentboy in the whorehouse Draco works for. Interesting OCs - the prostitutes who are Draco's colleagues (Portia, Carl, etc etc) and a creepy client (Daft Davey). Draco is very protective over Lavender and Pansy. Draco got injured at one point and Harry helds his injured arm until Draco falls asleep (aww!) Snarky!Prideful!Draco who didn't want to be saved, least of all by Harry. Brilliant Auror!Harry with a soft spot for Draco (especially Draco) and his friends. Happy Drarry ending! #No Drarry sex

Summary: Someone's killing rentboys in Lower Knockturn, and the case is getting attention from the top. No one at the Ministry wants another Ripper, stalking Knockturn Alley or moving into Muggle London. Harry Potter agrees to go undercover, but can he keep his identity a secret when Draco Malfoy is the rentboy assigned to show him the ropes?

*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.

*ABSOLUTELY SQUEE-WORTHY!! ALL THE HEARTS!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Best Trainee Healer!Draco, Trainee Healer!Harry. Classmates!Harry and Draco in trainee healer classes (because Draco's Healer license got suspended and he had to go back into training). Draco in casual, sometimes oversized clothes. Draco tutoring Harry. Lonely!Quiet!Draco who is always by himself. Completely smitten!Pining!Harry while Draco remains oblivious. Devoted father!Draco to a sick little Scorpius. New ministry law that strips past D.E sympathizers of most of their rights - Draco losing his job, Scorpius banned from getting medical treatment. Harry marrying Draco so that Scorpius would receive better medical care instead of being shunned for Draco's past D.E status. Portrait!Snape who helps Draco.

Summary: A series of attacks by a group of neo-Death Eaters causes the Ministry to implement a new set of restrictions on former Death Eaters and their children. When Scorpius falls ill, Draco decides that he will do anything to save his son, even if it means marrying Harry Potter.

*AWESOME LIKE WHOA!! EPIC!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Auror!Harry with PTSD, Trainee Healer!Draco. Established Harry/Gin but with Harry/Draco too (infidelity on Harry's part). Sort of like a Draco/Harry/Ginny love triangle (Harry cares for Draco but refuses to leave Ginny). Harry has a problem controlling his magic and tends to have sudden wild magic explosive incidents - only Draco is capable of calming him down (usually through sex - bottom!Draco). Draco's group of friends: Lavender Brown (she's AWESOME!!!), Neville, Theo Nott and Seamus Finnigan - hanging out at The Brewery (testing muffins :D). Harry/Draco secret relationship. People being not nice to Draco because of his name and D.E ties. Angst. Pining!Insecure!Draco. Confused!Harry. Hot sex scenes (OMG the office hidden-below-the-desk blowjob!). Loads of UST. Harry being an insensitive meanie for half the fic but he has his issues and I feel sorry for him at times. Happy H/D ending.
#Bottom!Draco for the most part and only 1 Top!Draco scene towards the end and omg they're all so sexy!! *drools*

Summary: Potter needs control; Draco needs forgiveness. They shag; Lavender gives advice; they yell; Seamus makes muffins; they fight; and everyone else drinks far too much coffee for their own wellbeing.