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• Seal That Deal by Anedell

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
  • Harry Potter
  • Draco Malfoy
  • Hermione Granger
  • Ron Weasley
  • Ginny Weasley
  • Weasley Family (Harry Potter)
  • Pansy Parkinson
  • Blaise Zabini
  • Theodore Nott
  • Neville Longbottom
  • Luna Lovegood
  • Narcissa Black Malfoy
  • Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
  • Hogwarts Eighth Year
  • Forced Marriage
  • Mutual Pining
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Healing
  • Hogwarts Inter-House Unity
  • Friendship
  • Trauma
  • Soul Bond (kind of)
  • mutual care
  • Harry Potter Needs a Hug (and Gets One)
  • Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug
  • Harry Potter Learns About Self-Care
  • Draco Malfoy: Housewife in Denial
  • Eventual Smut
  • POV Alternating
  • English Is Not The Author's First Language

  Summary

  After the war, Harry Potter is learning that peace can be louder than battle.
  The Ministry wants heroes. The public wants closure.
  Harry just wants to sleep through a night without seeing the dead.

  When the Malfoys' trials begin, Harry tells himself he needs to do something.
  He plans to speak in Draco’s defense.
  However he certainly doesn’t expect to walk out of the courtroom legally bound to him.

  Now Grimmauld Place has two occupants, one very opinionated house-elf, and far too many ghosts.
  Healing isn’t simple. Neither is marriage.
  And somewhere between nightmares, house rules, and quiet cups of tea, Harry starts to realise that maybe he isn’t the only one learning how to live again.

  It’s not love. It’s not even friendship.
  At least, not yet.

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  English

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