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Starter’s Fanfic Rec
•Classic and amazingly written fanfics without any crazy plot
~Isolation by Bexchan ~Mature ~Summary: Post HBP. Ron and Harry are Horcrux hunting and Hermione has been left at Hogwarts to help the Order make it safe for the other students. Draco is forced by Snape to stay in Hogwarts for his own protection, but he can’t leave the room he is given; Granger’s room. Hermione is the only student trusted with this information, so her and Malfoy share the small space, and Draco tries to avoid insanity as he becomes increasingly isolated with only the Mudblood for company. Something’s going to give… ~Site and words: Fanfiction.net, Ao3, 49 Chapters, 248k words ~Note/tw: A must read, smutty, gore and angst
~Little, Fragile Toys by Bexchan ~Mature ~Summary: "That incident, their first kiss, always reminded her of a car crash; people often described how they could recall every moment before and every moment after, but the impact itself was lost or hazy, like when you find a new bruise and can’t remember where it came from. And Hermione could genuinely remember every detail that followed the impact. Every detail.“ ~Site and words: Fanfiction.net, Ao3, 1 chapter, 12k words ~Note/tw: Smut, ptsd
~Bathwater by xXBeckyFoo ~Teenage ~Summary: It’s their 7th year,the Dark Lord’s dead and the Death Eaters are all rounded up. Nothing could go wrong, right? There’s a sense of peace in the air, but how long can it possibly last when the Ministry’s throwing people together for all eternity? Curse the new Marriage Law. ~Site and words: Fanfiction.net, 31 chapters, 132k words
~Remain Nameless by HeyJude19 ~Mature ~Summary: How did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger. ~Site and Words: AO3, Fanfiction.net, 32 Chapters, and 200,969 words ~Note/tw: WIP, regular updates, PTSD, smut.
~Traditions by raven_maiden ~Mature ~Summary: She straddled him slowly, still biting her lip, her hands on his shoulders. He held her hips tightly as he stared up at her. “So beautiful,” he whispered, and she flushed prettily, like she always did from his compliments. “You never need to hide from me.” Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy fell in love during the war. One year later, they’re heading home for the holidays so he can finally meet her parents. There’s just one teeny little problem: her parents think they’re both Muggles. ~Site and Words: AO3/ 14 Chapters, and 68,721 words. ~Note/tw: flashback mid-war, Complete, Light angst, Minor character death, perfectly written.
~The Wedding Rings by Masha19 ~Mature ~Summary: He was the sweetest drug and she refused to give it up even at the expense of losing herself. ~Site and Words: Fanfictionnet/ 10 Chapters, and 31,661 ~Note/tw: Post-Hogwarts, Complete, angst, infidelity.
Multi Chapter Fanfics
•Ranging topics for the novel length fanfic readers
~Breath Mints and Battle Scars by Onyx and Elm ~Mature ~Summary: For a moment, she’s almost giddy. Because Draco Malfoy’s been ruined by this war and he’s as out of place as she is and — yes, he has scars too. He’s got an even bigger one. She wonders whether one day they’ll compare sizes. ~Site and words: Fanfictionnet, Ao3 48 Chapters, and 141,675 words ~Note/tw: PTSD, emotional and psychological abuse, trauma, self-harm, post-war, WIP, beautifully written.
~Ordinary People by inadaze22 ~Mature ~Summary: “Let me be clear about something tonight, Granger. You’re the only woman I’ve ever wanted. It’s always been you.” Draco steps in the fireplace, drops the Floo powder, and disappears in a burst of green flames. ~Site and Words: Fanfictionnet/ 18 Chapters, and 133,759 Words ~Note/tw: Post-war, Pro-Pansy, Pregnant Hermione, fluff, angst, Complete.
~99 days by Ruthy4vrSmoaked ~Mature ~Summary: Hermione needed some time away from loving couples and her lonely reality. Draco was stuck with a non-refundable pre-honeymoon cruise and decided not to let it go to waste. 99 days on board of the ship Arcadia. Peace, sun, and sea. That was the plan. ~Site and Words: Fanfictionnet, AO3/ 55 Chapter, and 180,811 Words ~Note/tw: post-war, complete, adventure, romance, fluff, angst, smut.
~The Sapphire Princess by starkidsftw ~Mature ~Summary: He was marked when he was sixteen. She was marked when she was twenty. His is a snake, hers is a willow. One was a choice, one is an obligation. Neither is truly understood, and both will change everything. “You shall collect the Princess, Draco Malfoy, and you will bring her back where she belongs.” Hermione Pureblood story, Dramione War AU, Blood Magic ~Site and words: Fanfiction.net, 36 chapters, 122k+ words ~Note/tw: WIP, angst, romance, plot twists
~The Dragon’s Bride by Rizzle ~Mature ~Summary: 7th year. Draco & Hermione awaken in a Muggle hotel room, naked, hung-over and tattooed. They also happen to be married. Thus begin a desperate search for a solution to their sticky situation. ~Site and words: fanfiction.net, 61 Chapters, 225k words ~Note/tw: inebriated, angst, sweet ending tho, NON CON SCENES
~Eros & Psyche by RZZMG ~Mature ~Summary: Draco challenges Harry and friends to play EROS & PSYCHE, a scandalous card game with a dark, mysterious history. It’s Slyth vs. Gryff, male vs. female, pride vs. desire in the ultimate game of hearts and amour! Pairings: Draco/Hermione,Blaise/Ginny,Ron/Pansy,Seamus/Lavender,Theo/Daphne,Harry/Tracey. AU 7th yr. Secrets, romance, angst, and sex await the turning of the first card… ~Site and words: Fanfiction.net, 67 Chapters, 433k+ words ~Note/tw: Not that long. Each round has 6 chapters for each pairing. Simply skip the rest of the 5 chaps to only read dramione.
The next two categories are going to be posted real soon.
Summary: An alliance is formed when Hermione begins seeing things, as a dangerous magic threatens to overtake Hogwarts.
➺Status: Complete
➺Genre: Adventure, Angst, Humor, Mystery, Romance
➺Length: 18 chapters
➺Rating: MA
➺Score: ❤❤❤❤
➺Review: Spoiler Alert!
Finders follows Draco, Hermione, Justin Finch-Fletchy and Padma Patil on a terrifying and life-threatening journey inside Hogwarts. The story is from Hermione’s POV. Everything starts out more or less okay in their 8th year, but Hermione soon starts seeing unexplainable things inside the walls of Hogwarts. The ‘visions’ start out innocent enough - like a bunny hopping about and disappearing into thin air after a moment. However, the visions start taking a sinister turn a while into the story, when she starts seeing corpses, Bellatrix, Voldemort and so on. She’s not the only one seeing these visions - she finds out that Draco is seeing them too. They can’t be going crazy if they’re seeing the same things; someone must’ve hexed them, or slipped them a potion and they have to find out the counter-spell/antidote. As the story progresses, they start researching what may have caused this and what the possible solutions are. Soon Justin and Padma are added to the mix, and they find out that it’s something to do with the magic inside Hogwarts’ foundation. It is a problem they must solve themselves, with blood magic, in order to save Hogwarts.
First of all, this fic was very heavy on the plot. The romance was a secondary focus, but important nonetheless. The progress between Draco and Hermione was super slow and almost non-existent until perhaps chapter 8 (if I recall correctly). But once it started, it was great. I loved the tension between these two. And once Draco was comfortable around her, they bickered like an old couple. I love how Sage always manages to put in witty dialogue that makes conversations between these two - from tearing apart each other’s theories on the visions to their thoughts on relationships, life, or anything at all. I loved the almost-footsie in the library with Padma and Justin right beside them, I loved how Hermione would just start babbling in order to hide her embarrassment in front of Draco, I loved their secret meetings behind tapestries where Draco would stick quill-feathers out for Hermione, I loved how Hermione cast the Cooling Charm on herself during Herbology because Draco was looking all sweaty and delectable and it was so loud that half the class turned her way… there were countless moments I loved between these two. At times, during chapters that had a bit too much inactivity, it was hard not to skip paragraphs to get to the good parts. But. The slow-burn quality of their story was worth it! Also, Justin deserves an award of his for being so damn funny. His scenes were gold. Especially how he just blurted out “WE’RE STUDYING FISH” to Ginny when she found Draco and Hermione in a compromising position in the library. Justin had me laughing out loud most of the time while reading this fic.
I would definitely recommend reading this if you’re into slow but rewarding relationship progress. Also, if you’re into plot-heavy fanfics.
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PS: I recently found a lot of Sage’s fics saved in a Facebook group and started going through them. I’d only read The Fallout when H&V was still live (sobs). Just finished Finders and it was great! I was looking for a review or insight or anything at all online but I couldn’t find ANYTHING. So here are my thoughts on Finders, for any future readers looking for that little push to start reading it.
He felt it all sliding off his chest a bit. Relieving that pressure more with every word, until he was talking so quickly that the words were almost blending together. Just tripping over themselves to getoutgetout. Finally, shifting off of him and onto her. To weigh her down like he was with it.
“Alarm woke me up, and then, there it was. Blood on me. All over me, and I saw this man – I don’t know this man, Granger. Never seen him before. Didn’t even know I was seeing him when I was seeing him, but I saw him. Had to. Because I remember, right? Of all the things I forget, I remember. Just a few seconds. Six seconds exactly. Just my wand moving, and the blood, and then he fell. With his eyes open.” She was against the wall now, and he closed the space, her eyes as open as the man’s had been. As wide as hers had been that night with the blanket. He could just fall into them. “Just staring up. Looking at me, with his blood pouring out into the alley and my clothes a mess. Then it’s over. So what does that say?”
“Get–” she whispered, her voice trembling like her hands were.
“I killed him.” He trapped her between his arms for just a second, pushing his palms into the wall with his breath on her ear, taking in the fear she showed that matched the one boiling inside him. Then she shoved him back. Slammed her hands into him and threw her body forward. Stepped forward, shoved him back, stepped forward, shoved him back. “I. Killed. Him. Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted to know? Was it worth–”
“Stay away from me, Malfoy. You’re so…you’re so fucked up,” she yelled, her voice thick like she was close to tears, and then she took off down the stairs. Left him there with his words, his admittance, the mess he had made.
During a dual gone wrong, Draco is hit with a curse that begins to erase his memories. Stuck with Granger in a lopsided house beside the sea, Draco’s life and mind begin to unravel as he struggles to hold on to who he is while losing who he had been.
“I’m not going to try and make excuses,” she said, doing her best to keep her voice level. “I know what you must think. But he’s not the person you think he is. He felt like he had to do as he was told to protect his family. I… I know him.”
Ginny’s eyes suddenly grew large and round. “Wait, wait…”
Hermione did, her heart sinking, ready to be thrown under the bus.
“… did you two have sex?”
Whatever she had been steeling herself for, that particular question was not it. At once she felt her cheeks flooding with heat. She scrambled to speak, failed, closed her mouth tightly. Ginny’s face dropped.
“Oh my god… is he good?”
“Ginny!”
Revert bySUPRNTRAL LVR Six months post-war, Malfoy is in serious trouble. He’s on the run from the Ministry, Death Eaters, and a deadly curse which is eating him alive. When he hits rock bottom, a change in fortune lands him in 12 Grimmauld Place under the Ministry’s custody - and forces Hermione to remember the secrets they’ve both kept for years.
From: Draco Malfoy Careful now. If I didn’t know any better, I’d fool myself into thinking you actually are Hermione Granger.
From: Hermione Granger What if I am?
From: Draco Malfoy I would first ask why you swiped right on me.
From: Hermione Granger And I would say that I swiped right because I was curious … in a few different ways.
Fire and WhiskeybyCraft Rose Draco finds himself living a Muggle lifestyle, up to and including purchasing a smartphone and using a dating app made for Muggle-borns and Half-bloods. There, he stumbles upon the profile of the last witch he had ever expected to find.
“I’m not going anywhere, Granger.” He gave her a smile that crept up his pointed features. “I am living in my court-ordered exile in my court-ordered flat. You’re the one choosing to live here.”
“I’m not leaving, Malfoy.” She planted her hands on her hips and her feet on the floor.
He tilted his wine glass back, his long throat swallowing every last drop as he glared at her. Smacking his lips, he stood from the table and strutted down the hall with a “We’ll see,” tossed over his shoulder.
It seemed this intimacy with Hermione had removed some of his protective shell and now he was raw. And vulnerable. Would he have done it if he’d known this would happen? Not sure he’d been able to stop himself.
Marriage Law fic. Normalcy was an unrealistic ambition when everyone must return to Hogwarts for their final year after the war. The pretence impossible to continue as all are called on to save the wizarding world - yet again, by law, this time.
Out of her 129 fanfics, 6 of them are Dramione one-shots, and all of them are fantastic.
The first time it happens they have both had a lot of alcohol.
She swore she wasn’t going to get drunk. Last time she got drunk she suffered from a three day hangover and her throat burnt whenever she smelled Firewhiskey anywhere from that day on.
It is a messy but nonetheless satisfying encounter that is a bleary and vague recollection the following morning. When she wakes with the worst headache ever recorded on a human being, she assumes she is laying next to Ron.
It is only when she notices the lashings of blonde hair on the pillow next to her that she realises that it’s not Ron.
He seems just as disgusted with her as she is with him, and they agree to say no more on the subject.
Office Christmas parties are often better best forgotten.
— Alcohol, T/2k+
Her writing quality is ridiculously good.
She calls him by his first name, and it is the first time in a long time that the name has been said without a patronising tone attached to it, or with a sneer. It is being said with something which seems unfamiliar. And it makes him shiver.
—Shiver, T/1k+
Some of her fics are heart wrenching and tragic.
They were silent for a few minutes.
“Would you come with me if I did?”
“No.”
“Right.”
—Drawing Crazy Pattern, K+/ 1K+
While others are just cuteness overload
They turned to look at each other, both thinking the same thing.
“I won’t tell if you don’t,” Hermione said in a hurried whisper.
Malfoy held out his hand, and Hermione shook it. He waved his wand and suddenly, the white side was completely white, and the green side was completely green.
As they were finishing the patrol, taking turns to look at the finished cube, Hermione spoke. “I feel wrong,” she said. “Dirty. Because we cheated.”
“And that conscience is exactly the reason you weren’t sorted into Slytherin.”
— Colourful Plastic, K+/1K+
But what they have in common is that
She voiced this opinion to him, and he rolled onto his side so he could look her directly in the eye.
“I imagine you buying a new bed would be a waste of money.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Well, you won’t be spending many nights in it at all after you move in with me.”
Hermione frowned. “And when exactly am I moving in with you?”
“Tomorrow?”
— Déjà vu, K+, 3k+
They’re all fucking amazing.
“M-Master Draco,” the elf stammers.
“Dobby?”
“I - I - ”
“Have you come for them?”
“Who, sir?” the elf is playing dumb. Of course he is, he doesn’t trust Draco.
“Potter, Weasley, Granger.”
“I…”
“They’re in the basement,” he hisses. “You need to be quick, Granger won’t last much longer, Bella’s torturing her.”
The elf nods, his wide, green eyes fixed in a state of shock. He disappears with another crack, and Draco breathes a sigh of relief.
She is lying face-down, topless and half-asleep on a large, emerald-green towel spread out across the sand. Her hair is twisted into a loose, somewhat messy knot on top of her head, and her skin is slick and soft from the tanning oil her mother had packed. The strings of her bikini bottom—a vivid, vampy red and far too skimpy, really—are tickling the sides of her hips.
Her eyes are closed. She’s relaxed for what very well may be the first time in months, and she doesn’t notice the tall, slender shadow hovering above her until—
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Malfoy groans, plopping down on the end of her towel and roughly nudging her feet.
She shrieks and gasps, flipping over onto her back and holding her hands up to her breasts.
“You—what are you—you’re early!” she says in a too-loud whisper, glancing furtively at the skinny dirt path that winds through the rocks and up to the villa.
“You said you’d be here Tuesday!”
He brushes sand off the front of his white linen shorts and drapes her legs over his lap so he can sit more comfortably on the towel; he’s wearing an expensive-looking, pastel pink v-neck t-shirt, silver-rimmed aviator sunglasses, and brown leather flip-flops. She isn’t certain she would have recognized him if he hadn’t announced himself the way he had.
“I was bored,” he shrugs.
She sits up gingerly, careful to keep one arm covering her chest.
“That’s not really an explanation,” she points out.
He rubs at his chin, and she can see a trace of dark blond stubble glinting in the sunlight.
“So,” he says, ostensibly changing the subject, “can I just—let me get this straight, Granger. You won’t so much as kiss me on the bloody mouth when my cock is inside you, but you’re perfectly willing to lie about topless on a public beach. Really.”
She rolls her eyes.
“It’s a private beach, actually.”
He flashes his teeth in a sharp smile.
“That’s not really an explanation,” he mimics, fingertips grazing the arch of her ankle.
She shivers, which is inexcusable considering the heat, and fights the urge to move away.
“You’re not my boyfriend,” she says bluntly, wishing he would take his sunglasses off; his lips are pressed together in a thin line, and she can’t determine what expression is on his face. “We aren’t in a relationship. It’s easy, when we're—having sex, for the lines to get a bit blurry, especially when the Veela…is in control. But you and I—we don’t like each other. My rules are there so we don’t forget that.”
He taps the heel of his palm against her calf and hums thoughtfully before removing her legs and getting to his feet. He appraises her for a long moment, and she has to squint into the sun to see him when he speaks again.
“You look good with a tan,” he says, tilting his head to the side. “Pretty.”
She stares after him, wordlessly, as he scoops up a medium-sized canvas overnight bag and begins the trek up the path to the villa.
