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Amissa Inter Astra - Lost Among The Stars by Midnight_Crystal
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Oct 2026
Summary
It's the second week of their eighth Year at Hogwarts, and after falling asleep over an essay in the library, the next thing Harry knows is a storm raging outside, then he wakes up in a centuries-old hidden room of the Castle with none other than the only Slytherin student who came back for the year, Draco Malfoy.
The only way out seems to be going through 12 different, carefully constructed Trials where they can only rely on each other and nothing else, while solving various challenges, from meeting their past selves to fighting three-headed water serpents.
A long journey with crystals, Latin phrases and finding love where it wasn't supposed to be.
┃8th year / Slow burn (not THAT slow) / Angst&Fluff / Action / Top!Harry + Bottom!Draco vibes┃
With Chapter covers & a dedicated playlist on YT! ♥︎
[Similar to escape room vibes, but matches with the OG era & setting. As the Trials / rooms get progressively more dangerous, the boys learn to rely on each other while also getting to know the other.]
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 182,001
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- Completed
Summary
The no good, completely awful, distressingly unplanned trip down memory lane Draco didn’t ask for.
Anthology containing:
The Fractured Hourglass
Draco Malfoy thought his life after the war would be spent burying himself in Unspeakable studies while the world outside the Department of Mysteries forgets about his existence. Instead, he finds himself hurled back to his third year at Hogwarts.
As if puberty and Potter weren't enough to contend with, now he’s on a secret mission to catch a rat and clear his disgraced uncle’s name. Honestly, if this is what heroics look like, he’d rather leave it to the Gryffindors.Or: The no good, completely awful, distressingly unplanned trip down memory lane Draco didn’t ask for.
The Janus Head
Contrary to popular belief, self-reflection is the worst thing to happen to Draco Malfoy. The Dark Lord is a close second, but at least Voldemort had the decency to be someone else's problem.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 140,095
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- In-Progress
Summary
Eighth year, and Draco fully intends not to piss people off more than they already were. However, he’s not the best at this so of course, he fails barely three days in. And Potter, per usual, needs to be the solution to every problem.
"Draco choked out a hysterical laugh that got caught in his throat halfway through, and grabbed the homework he was supposed to be working on. He headed to his room holding back tears. Draco pushed open his door, and closed it behind him. He stood there for a moment, trying to catch his breath, even though it felt that each time he inhaled, air was moving farther and farther away. "
"“How would you know? You don’t know me.” His jaw clenched, and Draco blinked back any emotion.
“Yes, I do!” Potter insisted on shoving his wand up at Draco, as a demonstration of his pathetic lack of control.
Draco corrected him. “No. You know the worst of me.”
“That’s enough.” Potter remembered himself, and put his wand down, stepping back. He didn’t put it away, however. Why did this always happen? Not once did Draco take out his own wand. ""
I don’t like or support JK Rowling, however I am using her characters, so I apologize.
Please read I promise I'm trying.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
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- 32,857
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- Completed
Summary
Lucius Malfoy wanted his son refined.
Durmstrang gave him opinions, a spine and, Merlin help us, a personality.
After a very public Hippogriff mishap and a Lucius-grade meltdown, Draco Malfoy is promptly shipped off to Durmstrang. The idea is to toughen him up, straighten him out, and remind him who he’s meant to be.
Instead, Draco starts asking questions. Making unlikely friends. Catching feelings he can't quite name. Worst of all? He begins to change and not in the ways his father intended.
- Part 1 of Hearse or an Oracle
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 212,138
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- Completed
Your Evil Pet Butt Plug: A Guide to Proper Care and Handling by Anonymous
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Feb 2026
Summary
What Harry wanted: to spend a lazy Saturday morning in the garden, with his cup of coffee and nothing to do. What Harry got: a cursed butt plug, sent by a vicious owl and accompanied by a threatening note. A cursed, semi-animate pet butt plug that hovered at arse-level and veered wildly between ominous and adorable.
Or: Harry avoids the embarrassment of going to his crush (one Draco Malfoy, a curse-breaker, who could certainly help him) by developing a new hobby as a sex toy investigator.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 64,218
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
The Dark Lord has won the War and Draco became his closest death eater, he creates potions and spells for him and doesn't feel any kind of empathy or pity to the people he tortures and kills.
It's 2005 now both of his parents are dead and Draco has one question for himself.
Would anything be different if he had made different choices? He remembers the time at Hogwarts, where his biggest worry was Harry Potter being better than him.
He stops thinking for a bit before he dozes off to sleep and when he woke up again, he found himself in the year 1995
the start of his 5th year at Hogwarts
and he couldn't be more confused than he is now.Is this a chance to change things?
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Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 111,152
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- Completed
No Saviour Complex, This is Purely Self-Preservation by RandomlyRei
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Dec 2025
Summary
(Disclaimer: Draco is NOT omnipotent, at least totally)
Draco Malfoy is in a conundrum and that is putting it lightly. He's very close to hurling himself off his Manor roof and the only thing holding him back is his mother. His poor, magic-stripped mother and his own sick fiancée who has a very slim prospect of ...essentially not kicking the cauldron.
Also, had he mentioned his father had been executed on the orders of the Ministry? No? Hard to keep track of how his life has been unraveling and everything has gone horribly wrong the last few years -his whole life, really. He would not like to get into that in a summary, thank you very much.
So Draco decides, quite selfishly if he does say so himself, to change it all.
After tinkering with the Vanishing Cabinet, he leaps back in time. Quite the leap of faith but he's desperate. This time, he'll save everyone around him and ensure those who suffered because of him or around him had to go through no such pain again. Of course, he'll look out for himself the whole time; being the sneaky, evil Slytherin he is. This is all nasty self-preservation, you hear me?
"O-oh am I going right now?"
"Would you prefer a farewell party before you do?"
- Part 1 of Talon: The Trip Through Time
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 86,735
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- Completed
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Harry Potter collapsed at the end of the war. He was living in a rundown house with no running water, surrounded by rubbish. That was, until Hermione came and dragged him out by the ear and reminded him he was still alive. That there was life after Voldemort. And he couldn’t live in a house without a working toilet. If he wasn’t going to hire someone, he’d have to sort it out himself. So he stepped into the world of magical plumbing and remembered a school trip to a water treatment plant when he was nine. He fell in love with the intricacies of pipes and water systems. And really, how much could go wrong sticking your wand in places it really ought not to be?
Or a story in which Kreacher eats crisps, Harry blows up toilets, Hermione takes an unplanned trip, and a whole lot of things become Draco’s problem.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 65,938
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
When an unknown curse strikes Harry Potter on his 23rd birthday, Draco Malfoy finds himself charged with his recovery.
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While this fic is based on the works of J.K. Rowling, this author does not accept her biases and the harm she has caused. My profile will always be a safe space for LGBTQIA+ readers.-
FICBINDING WARNING
I do not condone misconduct with any of my AO3 publications.Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 148,445
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- Completed
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When the Grim arrived at Malfoy Manor, Draco knew he didn’t have much time left.
It was really quite inconsiderate of it, to only appear after the war was over. Draco had thought he was free to trudge about the Manor in gloomy isolation, feeding the thestral herd and staring glumly at yet another cucumber-and-cheese sandwich. Even the portraits had fled.
Now, though, with a portent of doom skulking at his heels, Draco has found that perhaps a deadline was just the thing he needed to feel alive again.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 72,300
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Anthology containing:
Little Lamb Gone to Slaughter
Harry doesn’t think much about the Triwizard Tournament beyond being relieved that he won’t have anything to do with it at all. It seems like he might finally have a quiet, peaceful year.
So, of course, his name ends up coming out of the Goblet of Fire despite the fact that he would never in a million years enter this death tournament willingly.
The entire school turns their back on him once more, only this time, he truly feels alone. Is this how it’s always going to be? Year after year of being thrown into life-threatening danger at Hogwarts while surrounded by people who can’t decide whether they love or hate him only to be shunted off to the Dursleys, who certainly aren’t shy about how much they hate him, every summer?
It feels like the fighting never ends. And Harry is so, so tired…
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 102,805
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
In the middle of their second year, Draco and Harry discover they're soulmates and do their best to keep it a secret from everyone.
Their best isn't perfect.
~
“Are you trying to get killed, Potter?” Malfoy drawls, stalking forward. Quick as a serpent himself, he reaches out and grabs the snake just below the head. It thrashes in his grip, but is no longer able to bite anyone. “This is a poisonous snake, and I doubt anyone brought a bezor with them.”
Harry glares. He opens his mouth, and feels the beginning the snake’s language pass his lips, and this isn’t what he wants, what’s the point of insulting Malfoy if he can’t understand him –
Malfoy’s eyes widen. He slaps his hand over Harry’s mouth, “Potter, what the hell–”
~
(Now with a TV Tropes page!)
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 533,816
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
There was no need to tell the Dark Lord, or anyone for that matter, about his motivation behind this, apart from survival instinct. There was no need to think about them in the first place, so he shoved them all away. If he wanted to pull this off, he needed to be exactly as ruthless and cunning and despicable as people thought him to be.
Maybe, one day, in a far away, unattainable future, he would be allowed to explain himself.
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Harry knows something is wrong with Malfoy and he intends to find out what. He expects it to be a Dark Mark on his arm, and a horrible task. What he doesn't expect is finding a Draco Malfoy that is almost impossible to stay away from. What he doesn't expect to find his for his school rival to show him all the truths no one else dares to say out loud. What he doesn't expect to find ... is everything.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 44,283
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- Completed
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Draco Malfoy is hit with an ultimatum, he has to marry into a well respected family to save face for his family. Harry Potter wants to pursue his passion but needs to get married before he can take off.
Maybe the two of can figure out a compromise before Christmas.
- Part 5 of Christmas fanfics
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 21,408
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- Completed
Summary
Harry Potter has had a headache for seven and a half years.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 64,674
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- Completed
Seagulls Cause Storms, or the Essence of Chaos by Writ_and_romance
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 Nov 2023
Summary
Alternate universes never seem as real as our own. Draco felt no differently. He never questioned whether, in a far-off knot of space, he started hating Harry Potter at eleven and never stopped. All he knew was that here and now, it was unthinkable not to love him.
This is Draco’s story from eleven to seventeen, should the flap of a butterfly’s wing change fate just enough to coax him down a different path.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 314,142
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
An overgrown cottage in an unassuming seaside village is the perfect place for Harry Potter’s fresh start.
Harry gets two weeks of peace before he hears rumors of a mysterious hermit wizard who lives in a stone tower in the woods.
He’s dismayed to discover it’s none other than Draco Malfoy.
He’s even more dismayed to find that his life is once again in danger, and only Malfoy can save him.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 40,974
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
During the year of 1996, Voldemort makes a fatal mistake, murdering Draco Malfoy's mother in an attempt to speed the boy along. However that one murder proves to have astonishing ripple effects that no one could have seen coming as Draco Malfoy vows that he will do everything and anything in his power to avenge his mother.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 178,759
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- Completed
Summary
An offer to test out a new invention for Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes turns into a whole lot more when Harry discovers who has the other part of the paired set.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 35,594
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Harry doesn’t think much about the Triwizard Tournament beyond being relieved that he won’t have anything to do with it at all. It seems like he might finally have a quiet, peaceful year.
So, of course, his name ends up coming out of the Goblet of Fire despite the fact that he would never in a million years enter this death tournament willingly.
The entire school turns their back on him once more, only this time, he truly feels alone. Is this how it’s always going to be? Year after year of being thrown into life-threatening danger at Hogwarts while surrounded by people who can’t decide whether they love or hate him only to be shunted off to the Dursleys –who certainly aren’t shy about how much they hate him– every summer?
It feels like the fighting never ends. Harry is so, so tired…
- Part 1 of Little Lamb
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 91,006
- Status:
- Completed