FIC: Late Bloomers (NC-17)

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Sincere apologies for the very late posting of this story. The mods could not get on-line. :/

Title: Late Bloomers
Author: thistle_verse
Prompt: #44
Summary: Harry always thought he had a pretty satisfying array of sexual fantasies, until he stumbles upon the Mirror of Erised again and sees himself getting banged senseless by Draco Malfoy. Now he can't stop

Comments

[dicta_contrion]

Beautiful, MA!! Beautiful, tense, emotional, well-drawn, and full of lovely moments. Harry's reaction to the garden, his beekeeping, his interactions with Narcissa, the spell like running into a warm towel and its recurrence, the moment where Harry tried to remember what Draco's hands felt like (feels!!), and Blaise! Blaise was great, as were their conversations and how much they showed about how both of them had changed and, with that, how much other people/the world had likely changed with the world. And Draco, his guardedness that felt real and realistic, and how he was willing and able to give Harry the chance to explain, and how he'd had his own reasons for and role in their time apart. It gave their relationship a feeling of evenness and unfolding in parallel, which fuelled their reunion beautifully and it made it feel like a natural, almost inevitable evolution. And the way you built up the idea of time here was fab - Blaise's comments on it, Hermione's reaction to Harry making changes, the moving of houses, and most of all the non-linear storytelling, which was really well done here...it all contributed to a really great feeling of cohesiveness and unity. And with the bees and the garden, a feeling of growth, too. And how telling - but not surprising! - that the more I think about this story, the more I see in it!! I love stories like that, MA, with such a complex world and such careful storytelling that there's more to see when you go back or when you let it sit with you a while. This story is definitely doing that, on top of the initial emotional punch, and I'm so glad I read it and got to dwell in this world for a bit. Moving, lovely work. Thank you!!

[thistle_verse]

Thank you SO MUCH for this really lovely comment. I read it again the other day for a pick-me-up. :) I really appreciate the thought you gave my story, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Also particularly glad to hear the non-linear storytelling worked for you. I think I was most worried about that.

Seriously, thank you!!

<3