Apple Ling's List: Unrequited Love

*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.

*Cuteness!! Like WHOA!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Non-magical AU. Super assistant/secretary!Draco. Cute Draco + Weasley bromance/friendship/hilarious boss+assistant (PR agency run by Augusta Longbottom) relationship. Draco's impeccable fashion taste (and the way he chooses his Weasley boss' clothes for him, because Weasley does not have a single fashion conscious bone in his body. That, and he kept staining his clothes with food stuff) Cute Draco + Pansy friendship (and gossip sessions) and the League of Snarky Secretaries. Cute toddler Teddy and big bro!Draco relationship. Andromeda dotes on Draco. Harry's love of all things coffee. Mean!Harry at first (but he has a very good reason for his asshole-ish behaviour, you'll see).

Summary: Draco is Weasley’s assistant. Except for the week he’s not. Whose brilliant idea was that again? Featuring offices in Edinburgh, an epic Measley Bromance (that no one will admit exists), several unrequited crushes, fantastical revenge scenarios, coffee snobbery, the dreaded – yet adorable – toddler terror, promises of organ swapping, a play about Scottish history (no one cares), sequins, and the League of Snarky Secretaries!

*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.

*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.

*Cute! ♥♥♥♥♥
Tee hee! 8th year. Harry crushes on Draco and uses the Giant Squid to get Draco's attention! OMG! This is beyond cute! A teensy little bit of dub-con-ish moments when Draco got fondled by the Squid. Also, swimming lessons at Hogwarts and the boys in skimpy bathing trunks! Also featuring Blaise and Pansy as Draco's protective best friends :p

Summary: Draco has a stalker, or is it a secret admirer? What does Potter have to do with it?

*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.

*Sequel = Don't Miss the Train
Auror partners!Harry and Draco (in Budapest). Redeemed!Draco who's chirpy and adorably flirtatious at the beginning but gets seriously upset when Harry refuses to see past their childhood rivalry (Stubborn!Judgmental!Harry), to see that Draco has changed for the better. Harry might be a little bit mean at times but... oh well, he has his reasons.

Summary: Harry and Draco are forced to work together on an assignment. Draco's been pursuing Harry for a while, but Harry has too little respect for Draco to take him seriously. Could anything in the world change that?

*Deliciously angsty but with a happy, fluffy ending! *loves* ♥♥♥♥♥
Very unique and original plot when it comes to the clashing/merging of different Universes or Alternate Universes kind of plot. A nice blend of Potter-verse Epilogue compliant and a new Alternate Universe without Harry's existence (in which no one remembers Harry except for Draco). Basically, Draco realizes one morning that his entire universe has changed and that his best friend and the love of his life, Harry Potter no longer exists in his world and he wants some answers. Most of the Harry/Draco parts were told from Draco's flashbacks prior to the sudden plunge into an Alternate Universe. Contains Harry+Draco friendship in the Epilogue compliant world even though they both loved each other in secret (because they're both married with wives and children). Cute Scorpius. A teensy bit of Astoria bashing. Harry being blessed with the power of Old Magick. James and Lily Potter's (Harry's parents) sad, so very sad fate (Okay, I'll admit I find parts with James and Lily very painful to read *sniffles*). Warning for suicide but there's a happy ending for everybody, especially Harry and Draco. #No sex scenes

Summary: One day, Draco woke up in a world where Harry Potter didn't exist.

*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.

*Canon-compliant for the most part. Basically, Draco writes (love) letters to Harry throughout his Hogwarts days - secretly pining for Harry while pretending to be the school bully for the most part - Harry gets these letters after the war :)
#Pre-slash for the most part so no, sexytimes :)

Summary: After the events of HPB, Harry begins receiving curious letters from Draco Malfoy.

*Draco has to relive Valentine's Day over and over until he gets it right... and stop being such a bastard to everybody, especially Harry. Total prat!Draco....until he finally stop being so prat-ish. Some Draco/OFCs (including Draco/slutty!Pansy). A major character death scene (murder by AK) but because the day keeps repeating on an endless loop over and over, the person didn't die at the end. Happy Harry/Draco ending :)

Summary: It's not a happy Valentine's Day for Draco. Then again, he might get a chance to do it over…

*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.

*SOOTHING, QUIET, GENTLE, WARM AND SOOOOO TOUCHING!! ♥♥♥♥♥ *so much love*
8th year. Lonely!Quiet!Introspective!Draco with an equally lonely!regretful!Harry who's trying to befriend Draco. An anonymous person (Harry) gave Draco a brand new wand and Draco is determined to find out who. So every Sunday morning since their return to Hogwarts (post-war), Draco sends little notes (by owl) to Harry (Draco didn't know it was Harry) asking him to reveal himself. In the mean time, Harry (in person) kept showing up all over the castle where Draco happened to be at and apologising to Draco out of the blue. Harry tries to befriend/woo Draco in person while Draco finds himself falling for his anonymous friend whom he kept sending notes to every Sunday morning (again, Draco didn't know he was Harry). Also, Harry (in person) kept asking Draco to call him by his first name instead of "Potter". Lovely and very touching Harry/Draco bonding moments (both in person and through the exchange of written notes)... that is until Draco realizes Harry (in person... not the Anonymous!Harry-of-Sunday-morning-notes) has feelings for him and things become awkward because Draco has someone else he likes: the Anonymous!Harry-of-Sunday-morning-notes. Harry pines away but at last... Happy Harry/Draco ending! #No sex

Summary: Draco Malfoy wants to find out who sent him an anonymous gift. All Harry Potter wants to do is apologise.

*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.

*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.

*SWEET LOVELY FLANGST!! *loves*
Auror!Harry who has a talent for purposefully controlling/constructing the fabric of his dreams. Draco is a natural dream-walker/wanderer (He wanders between dreams). Lonely!Hurt-and-betrayed!Stuck-in-a-cursed-sleep!Draco. Harry saves the day. A bit of Draco/OMC (which makes Harry terribly jealous). Draco lives among muggles in a small, peaceful village. Amortentia as a medical cure. Harry and Draco in a domestic setting with fluffy sexytimes. #Only 2 sex scenes (too bad!), one of each: Bottom!Draco and Top!Draco. Both equally hot and delicious!!! :D

Summary: Dying, wet autumn bracken covered Malfoy. A few stray rusted orange and phlegm-yellow leaves with browning holes that looked like blood-stained bullet wounds lay scattered on and around him where the September winds had blown them.

*Clock maker!Harry, bookkeeper!Draco (in disguise as a mysterious man named Ben Mercier). Past Harry/Luna relationship (het!). Major character death that is not (Harry or Draco). Harry+Pansy friendship. Dennis Creevey as Harry's apprentice. Harry+Ben (Draco under Glamour) friendship. Harry crushing on Draco (as Ben) and vice versa... and delicious UST. Ben-slash-Draco staying in the room above Harry's shop. Ben-slash-Draco's mysterious briefcase with news clippings and a vial of swirly memory. Protective!Pansy of Harry and Draco. Loneliness, angst, depression, pining, betrayal, forgiveness and eventual happy lovey ending. #No sex

Summary: "Happiness is temporary, but joy is not. After everything that your father took from him, we owe it to him to try and give some of it back. The debts that we owe the Potter boy cannot be numbered, and what we took from him cannot be measured, but you will find a way, and maybe then, you can find a little joy of your own."

*I HAVE NO WORDS FOR HOW AWESOME THIS IS!! TROUBLE FORMING REMOTELY COHERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EVEN! TOO BUSY FLAILING! ♥♥♥♥♥
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, featuring brief Draco/OC and brief Harry/Ginny at the start, Ron/Hermione, Ginny/Neville, & Dean/Luna

*Draco works in a muggle coffee shop, Harry's still clueless about what he wants to do in life. A bit of Harry/Ginny at the beginning (this means het sex scenes). Brief Draco/OMC scene because Draco has a boyfriend (and other flings) before Harry. Harry kept accidentally bumping into Draco in public places, mostly pubs and the coffee shop where Draco worked. Harry/Draco getting drunk together (Draco is a talkative drunk and has the tendency to overshare his life story when he's drunk. Harry just gets very loud :D). Harry and his brief sexuality crisis... not really a crisis just, he was rather oblivious for so long and then suddenly it's like a light bulb's been lit in his head. Draco and his muggle friends and obsession with muggle things and just generally a very quirky (cute and mad and so cute!) person. Draco's pretty much full of insecurities and guilt complexes... and a myriad of other issues while Harry's so aimless and insecure about being loved. Cute Harry/Draco bonding moments: getting drunk together, meeting up at the coffee shop, Draco snuggling into Harry's jacket while Harry's still wearing it! Harry pining and pining for Draco. Supportive Ron. Happy ending!

Summary: Harry thinks "Why is Malfoy working in a coffee shop in muggle London?" is a much simpler question than, "Are you going to accept that auror offer and, if you don't, what will you do?"