[FIC] Potential Gravity, by Zeitgeistic
Title: Potential Gravity
Author: zeitgeistic (from hd_tropes fest)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~32K
Warnings: a tiny bit of het sex, Harry has some kind of a death wish.
Summary: Draco is not good at Cards Against Humanity, but Harry's not good at being human, so it all works out. Except for the explosions. And Harry's inability to live when Draco's not around.
Why I loved it: Oh my God. What is not to love in this story? Just one thing: if you ever, ever start reading the first line of it, you're done. No more life for a couple of hours. And even more after that. This story is all kinds of perfect: perfect plot, perfect use of the Trope (pining), perfect characterization, perfectly written. It's just perfect. Yes, I'm at a loss for words, because honestly? I'm not sure I'll get over this story any time soon. Just read it. Read it because it's simply amazing. Read it, flail, squee, and read it all over again. In this story, you will fall in love with Harry. With his love for Draco. You will fall in love with Draco too. You will fall in love with video games. And with Lebanon. And exotic cuisine. In this story, you will fall in love. Just with about everything.
Excerpt:
He looks up at Luna. “But,” he says, hesitating, “he’s my partner.”
Has been since Day One...since before that, really. Harry’s never had a partner that wasn’t Malfoy. He’s never even considered what it would be like to have a different partner, but now that he’s forced to, he hates it. He hates it.
Her face softens, looking somehow both more and less aware. “I know, Harry,” she says. “But things change. And not all of it’s bad.”
“This is,” Harry insists, staring down at his lap.
If there’s one thing he’s certain about, it’s that he cannot survive without Malfoy with him. He doesn’t even know how he made it through the first six years of Hogwarts without accidentally killing himself. Malfoy’s been a staple in his life since eighth year Potions class and that day Harry would’ve blown his head off without Malfoy’s quick interception of a fatally incorrect ingredient.
Maybe he’s just got lazy having Malfoy around.
But Harry doesn’t think so, not really. What he thinks is that Malfoy’s his good luck charm. And his healer. And, sometimes, when no one else is paying too close attention, his friend, too.
“I don’t want him to go,” Harry says. “I need him.”
Author: zeitgeistic (from hd_tropes fest)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~32K
Warnings: a tiny bit of het sex, Harry has some kind of a death wish.
Summary: Draco is not good at Cards Against Humanity, but Harry's not good at being human, so it all works out. Except for the explosions. And Harry's inability to live when Draco's not around.
Why I loved it: Oh my God. What is not to love in this story? Just one thing: if you ever, ever start reading the first line of it, you're done. No more life for a couple of hours. And even more after that. This story is all kinds of perfect: perfect plot, perfect use of the Trope (pining), perfect characterization, perfectly written. It's just perfect. Yes, I'm at a loss for words, because honestly? I'm not sure I'll get over this story any time soon. Just read it. Read it because it's simply amazing. Read it, flail, squee, and read it all over again. In this story, you will fall in love with Harry. With his love for Draco. You will fall in love with Draco too. You will fall in love with video games. And with Lebanon. And exotic cuisine. In this story, you will fall in love. Just with about everything.
Excerpt:
He looks up at Luna. “But,” he says, hesitating, “he’s my partner.”
Has been since Day One...since before that, really. Harry’s never had a partner that wasn’t Malfoy. He’s never even considered what it would be like to have a different partner, but now that he’s forced to, he hates it. He hates it.
Her face softens, looking somehow both more and less aware. “I know, Harry,” she says. “But things change. And not all of it’s bad.”
“This is,” Harry insists, staring down at his lap.
If there’s one thing he’s certain about, it’s that he cannot survive without Malfoy with him. He doesn’t even know how he made it through the first six years of Hogwarts without accidentally killing himself. Malfoy’s been a staple in his life since eighth year Potions class and that day Harry would’ve blown his head off without Malfoy’s quick interception of a fatally incorrect ingredient.
Maybe he’s just got lazy having Malfoy around.
But Harry doesn’t think so, not really. What he thinks is that Malfoy’s his good luck charm. And his healer. And, sometimes, when no one else is paying too close attention, his friend, too.
“I don’t want him to go,” Harry says. “I need him.”