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Reviews by Anise

Mistakes by noeycat07    (Reviews - 5)

“Merlin, Draco. See this? What you’re doing right now? It’s messing with my head. I mean, honestly, you’re going to get married. Why’d you even come here tonight? To torture me? If you keep at it, being all—all oddly charming and disgustingly handsome, I’m either going to go get sick in the toilet or kiss that smirk off your face.”
Category: Completed Short Stories
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 4099 | Read count: 1263 | Published: Feb 03, 2018 | Updated: Feb 04, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Feb 04, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

LOVED this fic! It's like a perfect little Christmas chocolate mousse cake. :) Sweet but not fluffy, just a little dark (what if Draco actually had gone on to marry Astoria? it seemed to be a near thing), and a perfect portrait of a moment of choice. Draco did make the right choice (but I also pictured a much more bittersweet version where his choice went the other way, and he ran into Ginny in the same club a few years later.) Everything isn't neatly wrapped up-- we honestly don't know what will happen with the two of them now-- but they've both made choices that lead to every chance of a good future for both of them. Great job. :)

Author's Response: Ahh, thank you! Honestly, your review made me want to write another where Draco *did* marry Astoria. Dang plot bunnies!

Pan of the Forest by knownaslinda    (Reviews - 1)

Draco dreamed of himself to be the God of forest in the Ancient Greek stories,Pan,who looking for his lover through the forest without an end.Let us listen to his words.
Category: Poetry
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: None
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Mystery, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 106 | Read count: 659 | Published: Feb 08, 2018 | Updated: Feb 11, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Feb 14, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: below

Thanks for posting this! :) We haven't had much poetry at all on this site, and I haven't seen it for a while, so it's great to get a little variety. I would love to see more of your poems.

Seven by noeycat07    (Reviews - 3)

That familiar feeling he could only associate with Weasley came over him. Draco hated the feeling, hated that it was washing over him again, coming back to him as if it had never left. --Seven times over seven years Draco Malfoy stumbled upon Ginny Weasley. And it would change him.
Category: Completed Short Stories
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 11742 | Read count: 1164 | Published: Feb 15, 2018 | Updated: Feb 16, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Feb 27, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I will review this soon-- thanks so much for posting! This quarter is really crazy... that's what I get for going back to school. ;) But I'm catching up on fanfic over the break.

Author's Response: Yes! A break from school is the best time to catch up on stories. It's always my favorite thing to do :)

Ginny Weasley & the Heirs of Darkness by Rachel Pendragon    (Reviews - 9)

Armed with her wand, dreams of becoming an Auror and a pair of Bill's old black leather motorcycle boots, Ginny Weasley felt prepared for anything her 5th year at Hogwarts could send her way: Quidditch Quaffles, Potions exams, and her brand-new relationship with Harry Potter. What she wasn't expecting was interference from a handful of Slytherins; not just the romantic interest of Draco Malfoy, but a mysterious pair of redheaded twins from France, as well. Add in Cho Chang, dragon pox, Weasleys' Wheezes, a new DADA teacher and Lucius Malfoy's evil plotting, and you've got an adventure that will rival Ginny's first rollercoaster year at Hogwarts. Starts off H/G but will absolutely be D/G. Includes R/Hr and Cho/Charlie as well.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Arthur Weasley, Blaise Zabini (girl), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Other Characters, Ron Weasley
Compliant with: GoF and below
Era: Past AU
Genres: Action, Angst, Humor, Mystery, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 4280 | Read count: 162 | Published: Feb 20, 2018 | Updated: Feb 22, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Feb 27, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1: A Bevy of Redheads

I will review this soon-- thanks so much for posting! This quarter is really crazy... that's what I get for going back to school. ;) But I'm catching up on fanfic over the break.

Making Amends by nikki13088    (Reviews - 33)

When Ginny tries to befriend Draco in an attempt to help her Father get promoted, she soon learns the life of the Malfoys has changed a great deal since the fall of Voldemort. When her curiosity leads her to find some unanswered questions, she ends up uncovering more than she ever expected.
Category: Long and Completed
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Arthur Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy
Compliant with: None
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Action, Angst, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Warnings: Blood, Graphic Violence, Non-consensual sex, Sexual Violence
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 37 | Word count: 246446 | Read count: 26751 | Published: Feb 23, 2018 | Updated: Sep 14, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Feb 27, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I will review this soon-- thanks so much for posting! This quarter is really crazy... that's what I get for going back to school. ;) But I'm catching up on fanfic over the break.

Author's Response: Oh gosh please, its no problem at all!! Just focus on that school work!!

Unhinged by nikki13088    (Reviews - 11)

This story takes place a few months after the final battle, the trio returns to Hogwarts to finish school and Lucius is becoming more powerful and with an army of Death Eaters a new threat washes not only over the wizarding world but the Muggle world also. Differences will have to be put aside for any chance of them surviving.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Arthur Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Lucius Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Molly Weasley, Narcissa Malfoy, Other Characters, Ron Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Action, Angst, Drama, Romance, Smut
Warnings: Blood, Character Death, Graphic Violence, Non-consensual sex, Sexual Violence
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 21 | Word count: 121185 | Read count: 11742 | Published: Jul 08, 2018 | Updated: Mar 21, 2019
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Mar 10, 2019 Title: Chapter 20: Chapter 20

I wish I could spend more time on reviews. But i want to make sure you know that posting your fics is much appreciated! :)

Author's Response: Thank you so much!!

Wilfully by Anayashe New!   (Reviews - 148)

For the life of her, Ginny Weasley did not know how this had happened. She could have blamed the two glasses of expensive champagne, or considered the possibility of being put under the Imperius Curse, but she knew deep down that that was not the case. Somehow, she had knowingly and wilfully ended up here. Shit.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 31 | Word count: 252986 | Read count: 22905 | Published: Jul 30, 2018 | Updated: Jan 08, 2024
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Aug 08, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I will leave a real review soon!! :) I've just been working outside in the family landscaping business all day long, it was 96 degrees, under the hot sun... smallest violin in the world... ;) anyway, I definitely will post an actual review soon.

Author's Response: Oh no worries at all. Take your time. And enjoy the hot weather and the small violin! :)

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jan 02, 2024 Title: Chapter 30: Chapter 30

Hey, I'll leave a real review later, but for now-- thank you so much for updating!! Believe me, I know what it's like when life gets in the way. But somehow, I always end up coming back to D/G. I'm so glad that you are too.

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jul 21, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I'll leave some real reviews this weekend, but for now, just know that your fic is very muchly appreciated. :)

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jun 12, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

So I'm going to leave a review before my laptop decides it doesn't want to connect to the site! :) I'm up to around Chapter 10, listening to the fic on @Voice at work (there's a voice on this app that sounds EXACTLY like Draco, so it's perfect.) Basically... this is great, great stuff. Draco and Ginny are absolutely spot on, Draco especially. This is completely the way he'd actually be at this point-- a little snotty, more than a little entitled, very sure of himself in the most obvious ways, and yet so utterly haunted by his past. At one moment, he's self-confident as could be; at the next, he's suicidal. This really is one of the most complex Dracos I can remember reading at all recently.

I think that years of reading D/G fic can make us forget just how difficult it would be for this pair if they really got together, and the number of obstacles they'd need to overcome. This fic is so grounded that it forces the reader to face all of the problems standing in Draco and Ginny's way, the thorniest parts of their own personalities not the least of them. It's fascinating, because in one way, they got close very quickly, but in all the other ways besides the purely physical, it's taking a lot of time (which is exactly how it would need to happen. You know, in the alternate universe where D/G is real.) They've already gotten it past the point that I was ever able to get to with those relationships that start off with an amazing physical connection. It's really hard for those to go further-- they usually last a couple of months and that's it-- but Draco and Ginny are really managing to pull it off. But it makes sense that their own issues and even the disapproval of family and friends wouldn't be all they need to handle. Draco's past was always going to come back to intrude into the present. I'm headed onwards to listen to more chapters tomorrow... really looking forward to finding out more about how the plot develops!! So, more reviews soon...

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jun 19, 2021 Title: Chapter 23: Chapter 23

So Draco read the fic to me through this chapter... oh, okay, it's @Voice, but I really think they sampled Draco's voice and then used that. Such a cool experience. ;) Anyway, it's amazing, as you know! The way this narrative is put together in all its details just works so, so well. Draco's characterization in particular is just incredible. The reader understands why he hasn't told Ginny the details about his meetings with Dolohov, but it's clear that it will come back to bite him, and I've been predicting for a while now that it will come in the form of an attack on Ginny (and look what happened, and I'm psychic, and it's too bad this ability can't be used to win Powerball. ;) I also have to give you points because, well, you placed the date when Harry and Ginny began a physical relationship exactly where I've always thought it would be-- a few weeks or months after the end of the battle. There are some great authors and fics that place it earlier (if it has to exist at all, ugh,) but it never seemed believable that Harry and Ginny would have started to really get intimate until after the crisis was over (again, if they have to do it at all! But in this story, I agree that it was a necessary part of the setup.) If Draco was going to have that type of relationship with anyone at Hogwarts, I also totally agree that it would have been Pansy. (Anisecanon gives him a very different scenario, but every one of these separate alternate universes where each D/G fic is reality has different rules. Yes, they DO exist... ) Anyway, moving on to Chap 24! :)

Of Faeries, Fate, and Draco Malfoy by dykeadellic    (Reviews - 32)

There was a loud shriek as one of the daycare workers escorted Mrs. Malfoy back to her son, only to see him locked hand in hand with Ginny, a bright chord of light tying their hands together.

“Draco! What have you done?” Narcissa yelled, sounding for all the world like a banshee.

Draco smiled widely and said, “I vowed to marry my best friend, Ginny.”

And with that, Narcissa Malfoy promptly fainted.

Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood
Compliant with: None
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 14 | Word count: 23074 | Read count: 12845 | Published: Sep 08, 2018 | Updated: Apr 28, 2021
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jul 21, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I'll leave some real reviews this weekend, but for now, just know that your fic is very muchly appreciated. :)

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Apr 28, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue

OMG! So happy to see this! How are you hon?? :) I'm going to listen to this fic on @Voice, so it might take a while to review the whole thing, but there WILL be a real review.

Author's Response: Hey! I sent you an email today actually! I miss you!!!!

Nothing Better by noeycat07    (Reviews - 3)

Draco Malfoy is less than thrilled when his horrible best friend brings a fleabag kitten to his job and leaves him with it. His day only gets worse when Ginny Weasley, impolite and far too annoying, shows up and complicates the situation further.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Other Characters, Pansy Parkinson
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 4181 | Read count: 655 | Published: Nov 15, 2018 | Updated: Nov 15, 2018
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Nov 29, 2018 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One

I really loved this fic during the summer exchange, and I'm so glad to see it here! :)

The Lonely Road by haniqua    (Reviews - 4)

Draco Malfoy takes an unexpected detour on his path to self-destruction. Ginny Weasley just wants to escape - her world, her life, and most of all herself. Two unlikely drinking partners grow together - and apart.
Written for the DG Forum's 2018 Fic Exchange
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Hogwarts-era, Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 1 | Word count: 6547 | Read count: 317 | Published: Feb 06, 2019 | Updated: Feb 10, 2019
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Mar 24, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Part One: Detour

I WILL r and r this one again! So happy to see it here. :)

Becoming Ginny by Rhianna    (Reviews - 4)

Jane is a mystery. With a memory forgotten, and a family trying to stake claim, will she ever manage to once again become, Ginny Weasley.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
Compliant with: None
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 3 | Word count: 6643 | Read count: 1884 | Published: Jul 18, 2019 | Updated: Apr 24, 2020
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jul 24, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Owls Acting Oddly

Thanks so much for posting this! :) Really good start to an amnesia story.

While You Were Crazy by HalfBloodDragon    (Reviews - 13)

It's been ten years since the War, ten years since Ginny died. Draco knows differently, but trying to fix her insanity is breaking his heart. Completed!
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Not Naughty
Characters: Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Narcissa Malfoy
Compliant with: OotP and below
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Series: None
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Chapters: 11 | Word count: 13310 | Read count: 4821 | Published: Aug 25, 2019 | Updated: Jun 24, 2022
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Sep 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

SO glad to see this fic! I'll leave a real review later, but I just wanted to let you know. :)

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Sep 03, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

YAY for the new fic!! So glad to see you back. :) I'll leave an actual review very soon!!

Author's Response: Haha thanks! It's always fun to hear from you and I'm super happy to be back! Love this site :)

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: May 05, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Thanks so much for posting another chapter! :)

Author's Response: My pleasure! I remembered you'd given me a gentle nudge awhile back and finally got my butt into gear. :)

Back to You by PixieDust86, CharmedLife19    (Reviews - 3)

Ginny Weasley is a sweet, innocent, sixteen-year-old Gryffindor who never made rash decisions and had always strived to follow her parents’ advice. Or, so everyone thought.
Draco Malfoy is an evil, conniving, cold-hearted, seventeen-year-old Slytherin who cared only about doing his father’s dirty work and joining the ranks of Death Eaters. Or, so everyone thought.
However, after one strange night, both are about to learn that things aren’t always as they appear and sometimes, the person it all comes back to, is the one you want most to forget.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Lucius Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Pansy Parkinson, Ron Weasley
Compliant with: OotP and below
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 4 | Word count: 5451 | Read count: 2321 | Published: May 26, 2020 | Updated: Jun 02, 2020
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jun 05, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue: Dying on the Inside (Part 1)

I'm so glad to see this fic being worked on again! :) I'll leave a real review later, but for now, thanks so much for posting.

Perhaps Love by ginevramalfoy0811    (Reviews - 19)

The Second Wizarding War did not have to happen. The Dark Lord has long been defeated since Harry Potter was saved by his mother's love from Voldemort's killing curse. The orphaned Boy-Who-Lived attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he met his bestfriends Hermione and Ron, the Weasleys, and of course his nemesis, Draco Malfoy. To finally end generations-old feud between the Malfoys and Weasleys, Draco and Ginny's grandfathers had a magical agreement that entails Draco and Ginny to marry each other or else lead Lucius and Arthur to their deaths. Will hate persist or perhaps love will bloom?
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Characters: Arthur Weasley, Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Lucius Malfoy, Other Characters
Compliant with: None
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 9 | Word count: 27614 | Read count: 4857 | Published: Jun 13, 2020 | Updated: Nov 26, 2020
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jul 21, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I'll leave some real reviews this weekend, but for now, just know that your fic is very muchly appreciated. :)

Author's Response: Thank you. I am grateful for this website and all that you do.

Ashen by Ludi New!   (Reviews - 149)


Malfoy was curious. Curious and angry. “So, what do you want from me, Weasley?”

It was the admission of his defeat. Ginny felt the taste of victory - and it was bitter.

“I want influence. I want protection. I want safety.” She stopped, giving him time to assimilate her words, before she played her final card. "I want your name. " When saying the last sentence, however, she could not help the blush that spread across her face.

Malfoy's countenance changed several times in a very short time. Annoyance turned into wariness, then into confusion, and finally, when he really understood what Ginny had implied, his face showed only a profound horror.

I want your name.

I want a marriage.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Blaise Zabini (boy), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger
Compliant with: HBP and below
Era: Future AU
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Blood, Graphic Violence
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 32 | Word count: 229136 | Read count: 8661 | Published: Jul 09, 2020 | Updated: Apr 13, 2024
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jul 21, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Life Goes On

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I'll leave some real reviews this weekend, but for now, just know that your fic is very muchly appreciated. :)

Author's Response: I'm the one who should be thanking you for the comment and encouragement. It's very sweet! See ya!

March 9th by Honterjun    (Reviews - 5)

March 9th was the day that Voldemort took away Ginny's freedom during her first year at Hogwarts. Now a sixth year, she finds herself using that day as her own instead of running from it. When she sneaks into the Prefect bathroom for a quick night time bath, she does not expect to be caught by Hogwarts' Head Boy, Draco Malfoy. This begins their story of secret meetings and lustful encounters.
Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Extremely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Hogwarts-era
Genres: Romance, Smut
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 5 | Word count: 11322 | Read count: 1609 | Published: Aug 28, 2020 | Updated: Sep 25, 2020
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Aug 29, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - Prefect's Bathroom

Thanks so much for posting! I will leave a real review later. :)

Holidating by idreamofdraco New!   (Reviews - 38)

Ginny is tired of being the only single Weasley at family gatherings and all the pity that comes with that status. Draco could do without opportunistic women taking advantage of his desire to connect. The solution? Team up to become platonic dates during the holidays.

If only their hearts could stick to the plan....

CHAPTER ELEVEN SNIPPET:

When Ginny finally came downstairs, her eyes were bright and red-rimmed with happy tears. Her teammates and friends swarmed her again, congratulating her on becoming an auntie once more. She thanked everyone profusely, but her attention was clearly divided. Her eyes kept drifting toward Draco as if to make sure he stayed put until she could reach him.

And when she was finally free from the well-wishers and standing in front of him once more, it took all of Draco’s control not to pull her toward him and kiss her. That look on her face, the relief and elation—he never wanted to see it leave. He realized then that there was little Draco wouldn’t do to spare her from misery, like the kind she’d experienced over the summer when she’d been bashed in the press.

The realization frightened him enough to flee, but he couldn’t. She was here. As much as he wished to escape his feelings, he also couldn’t deny himself the opportunity to be around her.

Holidating 6

Category: Works in Progress
Rating: Definitely Naughty
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Other Characters, Pansy Parkinson, Ron Weasley
Compliant with: All but epilogue
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No
Series: None
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Chapters: 11 | Word count: 77750 | Read count: 3665 | Published: Jan 30, 2021 | Updated: Feb 18, 2024
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Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: Jun 17, 2021 Title: Chapter 7: Remembrance Day 2006

I was finally able to listen to this chapter, and it's great! Ginny's unsureness and self-doubt come through so clearly in this chapter, but also her readiness to start again, to find someone who really cares for her (okay, she's not really aware that she's ready for this yet... ;) But Draco's reaction is understandable too. BTW, I'm completely picturing Harry proposing to Cho during the yearly Memorial Day event at Wilhelm Memorial Mausoleum. He's down in the spookiest part of the basement. There are so many hallways and corridors and nooks there that it would be really easy to overhear someone.... and the romance involved! (Or not.)

Author's Response: Yay! Yes, both Draco and Ginny are so oblivious to their own feelings. They're like, "I know I have these feelings, but also I'd rather not think about them!" And as soon as they admit it to themselves and accept it, they'll be one step closer to true happiness!! Get your acts together, guys!! Haha, the Harry/Cho proposal is kind of morbid, but it works for them! Thank you for reading (or listening, rather)!

Reviewer: Anise Signed
Date: May 16, 2021 Title: Chapter 6: Easter Sunday 2006

I'm FINALLY reviewing this fic! :) I listened to it on @Voice (which has a great snooty British voice; sounds exactly like Draco. ;) So much fun, so many great scenarios and interactions, but it's not just fluff. I really feel for Ginny-- I know what that's like, to get together with someone really young and to think that the relationship will always last. (Of course she had it even worse, considering that she was sure she was going to be with Harry from the age of 10...) I honestly don't know what the best way in RL would be to handle the impossible situation of Harry having dumped Ginny, and yet he was already part of the Weasley family, and he's going to continue to show up at all the family functions. But it's certainly believable that Ginny would have real self-image problems, and so that it would be very hard for her to believe that Draco could be romantically or even just sexually interested in her. They really have something to work through; it isn't just an artificial barrier. Anyway... looking forward to more! If you want to stay with wizarding world holidays, Beltane would be ideal for May, btw. ;)

Author's Response: Thank you for reading (or listening)! Ginny definitely has a lot to work through in herself AND with Harry in this story. I hope I manage to handle her feelings and growth in a believable and satisfying way as the story continues!!