Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Author on LJ:
onechocfrogadayAuthor Website: Penguin at FF.netWhy this must be read: Sometimes you just want a story with good old-fashioned, pure, unadulterated, unabashed romance. This is a fic for those times. No murky shade of grey, 'I love you but I hate you' state of affairs. No sir. This is just a story about love, and everyone reading it, and in the story knows it. Summary - Harry and Draco's first kiss is interrupted by the start of war.
A few stylistic quirks that personally niggle - it's written in first person, alternating between Draco and Harry and the storyline jumps forward in time, which doesn't sit too well with the present tense - but the language is lush and poetic. This story has a beautiful beginning, with amazing descriptions that are easy to lose yourself in. And the plot, although simple, engages. Harry's character feels a bit weak, but not enough to put me off. See above. Romance.
Quote -
"About two months after the meeting (and our kisses) in the Hall, Draco Malfoy leaves. He has no words of goodbye for me, either spoken or scribbled down on a piece of parchment, no handshake, not even a look. One morning he is simply not there."Dragonweed Sequel to Dragonweed,
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