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"The Reader" by Aja (PG-13)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Author's homepage: Armchair Slash
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Why this must be read:
Taking a slight turn for the darker in the recs, Aja's story is a sketch of Hogwarts in wartime. She very skillfully evokes a constant atmosphere of fear and dread, an oppressive claustrophobia as the students can only wait and watch for news from the outside. The story is very much about coping, about how you get through the day when you know the next one might be worse; here, Draco inadvertently becomes one of those mechanisms, an inscrutable comfort to the other students.
Aja's Harry is spot-on, the direct heir of Harry from Order of the Phoenix. Another strength of the story is that its Harry/Draco is delicate - it doesn't beat you about the head with Their One True Love, but really treats them as individuals.
One small caveat lector - Aja's Draco does depart somewhat from canon Draco, in that he is more than just a sneering bully. I tend to prefer my Draco with facets over Draco without, but YMMV.
The Reader
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Author's homepage: Armchair Slash
bookshopWhy this must be read:
Taking a slight turn for the darker in the recs, Aja's story is a sketch of Hogwarts in wartime. She very skillfully evokes a constant atmosphere of fear and dread, an oppressive claustrophobia as the students can only wait and watch for news from the outside. The story is very much about coping, about how you get through the day when you know the next one might be worse; here, Draco inadvertently becomes one of those mechanisms, an inscrutable comfort to the other students.
Aja's Harry is spot-on, the direct heir of Harry from Order of the Phoenix. Another strength of the story is that its Harry/Draco is delicate - it doesn't beat you about the head with Their One True Love, but really treats them as individuals.
One small caveat lector - Aja's Draco does depart somewhat from canon Draco, in that he is more than just a sneering bully. I tend to prefer my Draco with facets over Draco without, but YMMV.
The Reader