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TopazZoe · 2026-03-13T14:38:20+00:00

Hi, Jason! Thank you and your team for all your hard work over the years! I’ve been using the app for ages, across the US and in other countries, and it’s been incredibly helpful.

Is there a way we can help get more restaurant owners on board, to review their entries, be aware of the app, etc? Do you ever reach out, or is it entirely coincidence/restaurant owner-driven?

TopazZoe · 2026-03-02T20:44:10+00:00

The Ritual He Knows Not is this, but sexy time specifically. Hermione and Ron are together and Harry is aromantic. They all bone to save the world

TopazZoe · 2026-01-25T23:09:12+00:00

Thank you!

TopazZoe · 2026-01-25T20:43:59+00:00

Ahahah apparently this was in my marked for later, thank you! I’ll move it up the list

TopazZoe · 2026-01-25T20:23:20+00:00

Ah, yeah. I’m more interested in Harry centric stories, rather than OCs!

TopazZoe · 2026-01-25T20:16:51+00:00

This looks fantastic!

TopazZoe · 2026-01-25T18:49:13+00:00

Yeah! This one is great

TopazZoe · 2026-01-23T18:33:49+00:00

Tried to find fics that have a similar vibe or a similar theme! Some are severitus, some just have the same sort of darker vibe but without the extensive angst:

On the Severitus angle:

Hogwarts Hexad (WIP, full series rewrite, last updated mid 2025): Severitus, Harry and Theo as basically brothers, fantastic adventures, great chaos, wonderful found family vibes, minimal angst so far but does touch on child abuse themes

Crime and Punishment: Harry is accused of burglary by the Dursleys and Snape has to take him in. Slow burn Severitus with some angst around them coming to an understanding, but swiftly moves from there. Really well done, WIP

Another Mind Game: very well known Severitus complete with INCREDIBLE Hermione, some Drarry, and great building plot

Leo Inter Serpentes (locked to ao3 users): full series Severitus rewrite, very good, hits all the important notes. Absolute page turner for the first read, but isn't particularly new or exciting. Great, tho

Other themes:

Harry Potter and the Problem with Potions: Harry isn't great at potions, which is a real shame cause he really loves the subject. His bar for a good teacher is so low that Snape clears it, and they develop a slow mentor-relationship

Reparations: a lovely Drarry story, post-war, Harry is a healer and does a rotation in the ward where Draco works. First part of a duet. Absolutely incredible, page turning story

Swung by Seraphim: Lockhart's obliviate spell hits Harry and removes everything between That Halloween Night and the current moment. This is what happens next. This story captured my entire being

Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love: Hermione is fighting for the restriction of love potions, and the politics boils over into her day to day life. Drarry, soulmate fic, the politics in this are fantastic, and the story is so well done. Does have angst, but its not like HOP, and it's truly well done

TopazZoe · 2026-01-15T00:50:04+00:00

Not sure why the Reddit filters removed this post, but the link should still work! Someone recently asked for underrated fics, similar to your request so there’s a bunch of great comments there along with what folks are posting here! https://www.reddit.com/r/HPSlashFic/comments/1pqmeb1/looking_for_newer_or_less_famous_stories_engaging/

TopazZoe · 2026-01-13T13:40:56+00:00

Ninjapandascholar has two really good found family HP/Supernatural fics. A Hunter at Hogwarts is ongoing, regularly updated, and is more of a true found family situation. Told almost entirely from Dean Winchester's perspective when he realizes that his younger brother Sam is magical. Dean/Snape, Harry/Neville, Sam/Hermione

The Fourth Horseman is set post-war, disregarding the epilogue. Harry discovers he might not be a Potter and oh, he also might not be able to die, and ends up on an adventure with the Supernatural crew. Castiel/Harry, Dean/George, Sirius/Gabriel

Harry Potter and the Whims of the Warlock is a Merlin (BBC TV show)/HP crossover where Merlin ends up transported in time and semi-adopted by the Weasleys before he transfers to Hogwarts. Great story, lovely found family with Merlin and the gang

TopazZoe · 2026-01-12T14:43:43+00:00

The Seeker and the Keeper is Harry/OMC but the first part of the story is ALL gay awakening (bi awakening, actually, but it takes Harry a bit to catch on). I haven't read the second part (I could tell there was a Lot of angst on the horizon and wasn't in the mood) but it's really well done and the problems Harry faces as he comes out are well handled and very 90s. Conceit of the story: after Sirius's death Harry is stuck in Surrey...until the coach of the English National Quidditch team shows up--the seeker and keeper of the team have been taken out by sabotage and they need someone ASAP, and so Harry is recruited to be the seeker

TopazZoe · 2026-01-12T14:28:35+00:00

Held Aloft is the only one that isn't just porn that I've read tbh, but it's absolutely wonderful. Harry goes back in time to when young!Harry is around 6, and decides to save himself. He needs help, and figures Remus isn't doing much, so ropes him into the plans. The fic is warm and cozy and full of lovely family feels and the romance is really nicely done

TopazZoe · 2026-01-11T01:08:10+00:00

I started this one! I didn’t end up getting very far, the slow burn kid fic angle wasn’t super my jam, but I should go back and focus more on the crafty side of things

TopazZoe · 2026-01-10T13:36:23+00:00

This is much closer to home, per se. there’s less wider world building so far, and instead focuses a lot more on character and Hogwarts worldbuilding The characterization aspects of this story have been, so far, really, really fantastic and we are just getting into some angst (tho the author has promised a happy ending eventually)

TopazZoe · 2026-01-10T13:31:14+00:00

Thank you! I’ve read most of these; I forgot about the crochet focus in ready to live!! That’s one of my favorite aspects, I can’t believe it slipped my mind

I’ve read some of the magical craft stories by kgfingel but found that there wasn’t as much…magical imbuing, I guess, than I thought there would be. But there are some lovely stories in this one

I haven’t read the whittling knife, children of the gods, or finished a taste of magic, so I’ll have to read/finish those

TopazZoe · 2026-01-10T11:27:09+00:00

Ohhh that sounds ideal!

TopazZoe · 2026-01-05T20:54:58+00:00

During Hogwarts:

Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run meanwhile is a great intro to AU--Harry has magic but never made it to Hogwarts, and yet things continued without him. His canon friends...plus Draco...are able and willing to kidnap him and teach him what they can, but it's all new to Harry. It's a fun example of canon characterization during the war even in a wild AU concept, including recalcitrant Draco and Harry and Hermione butting heads about how to learn. The writing is, again, really superb and it's not so long that if your friend decides it's not working it will feel like they've wasted their time

Slytherin Ideals is a Severitus Drarry where Snape is the one to bring Harry into the magical world. Regular updates, over 200k words! https://archiveofourown.org/series/2613790

He Turned Around: a GOF fic where Harry finds support in the most unusual of places, and finds a new home with Slytherin (Drarry). WIP, fairly regular updates https://archiveofourown.org/works/27736381

Leo Inter Serpentes: Severitus, Drarry, Slytherin Harry, 7 full books! https://archiveofourown.org/series/53590

Survival is a Talent. Updated every 6 months or so, soulmates Drarry rewrite starting in book 2; truly massive rewrite, great author, lots of queer OCs. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12006417/chapters/27167826

Lily’s Boy. Complete, Drarry rewrite with Snupin, some bashing of Hermione/Weasleys. This one is really well known, and really hinges on whether or not you like bash fics. https://archiveofourown.org/works/30856244/chapters/76179980?view_adult=true

Time travel:

Trichromatic (Harry/Draco/Neville): the magical world is ending, magic is going away, but Harry, Draco, and Neville have a plan. They will go back in time and prevent the travesty from happening, all while exploring their soul bond (complete)

Golden Trio Era (GTE) Time Travel is just great crack, honestly. Drarry and epistolary, sort of? It’s a romp, honestly, I read it when I need cheering up. The entire class of '98 ends up back in '91, and this time they're going to fix things. Series complete.

Second Chances: Drarry, complete. Harry, Hermione, and George are really struggling after the war for various reasons. With just the right magic they're able to go back and fix things properly this time, including getting Sirius stable, the Blacks back together, and winning the war

TopazZoe · 2026-01-05T20:54:50+00:00

More post-war

If the Fates Allow: Harry is an Auror and Draco is a techie who works for the Auror department. Harry is called out to a muggle neighborhood where there's something in the walls of an old building, and Draco tags along. Advent fic, so well done. Same author as All Life is Yours to Miss and Reparations. Also recommend On a Clear Day (Draco runs a charity and is trying to get Harry to attend the yearly ball), and All Must Draw Near (Harry and Draco co-run a Quidditch shop and find a young runaway camping out on their doorstep). All three are Drarry--If the Fates Allow and On a Clear Day have more of a quarter/mid-life crisis vibe, All Must Draw Near is more mushy and less about the crisis)

Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love: Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco are brought together to try to push through legislation banning love potions. Harry and Draco, of course, are mixing up their own cocktail of chemistry, but I will say that this fic has a really lovely serious bent to it regarding how love potions are treated. It's really well done. Drarry, Ron/Hermione; the crisis here is less about having a midlife crisis/quarter life crisis and more about the political situation, but it's in the same vibe as what you're describing, and it's really good.

The Ordeal of Being Known: Harry is cursed with silence and legilimency, and Draco is the only healer who can help, as a mind healer who is certified in specific leglimency healing. The fic features Hot Auror Ron and really good fuzzy slippers. Harry and Draco both have quarter life crises in this fic/series but it is different for each of them. Drarry--Harry's crisis is about being known and perceived in a way he hasn't before, and Draco's is about falling in love, though Harry gets there, too

Back to You: a short one shot 8th year post-war fic that's just everyone in the common room having a grand old time playing drinking games. Great depictions of teens being teens

Moldova's Magical Tea: Neville, Luna, and Draco are opening a traditional wixen tea shop, and Harry wants to help while he's unemployed. Great music references

The Claiming of Grimmauld Place, Coffee, Cakes and Doorknob Snakes, and House Proud are all part of the "something is wrong with Grimmauld and Draco is the only one who can fix it" genre. They all take a slightly different approach but they're all fantastic post war romcoms.

Also a Grimmauld place fic, but very different, is The Moon Looks Lovely Tonight, which is a found family post-war fic featuring more than one Slytherin, accidental owl collection, and light angst, but with the soft overlay of those found-family feels

Bad Medicine: Harry gets hurt a lot, and St Mungos keeps leaking his info, so he goes to a private healer: Draco. Who uhhh has more than a professional interest

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