FIC: The Pure-blood Enigma (Harry/Draco)

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Title: The Pure-blood Enigma
Author: phoenixstrike1
Prompt: PROMPT #196
Adapted from: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Word Count: 19,500
Rating: NC-17
Contains (Highlight to view): * No warnings that you wouldn’t expect to find in an NC-17-rated slash fic . *
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you to Brittany and the wonderful Sara Holmes for reading this over for me. Dear icicle33, I really hope you like this story! I tried to include everything you asked for in the fic, including the slipper scene. I’ve also used lines from the play at various points in the fic too. I hope you like the pairing; I really can’t ship Draco with anyone other than Harry so this had to be a Drarry fic!
Summary: A drunken bet with Blaise means Draco now has a very difficult task ahead of him. To train Harry Potter and pass him off as a pure-blood, all within the space of two weeks. But things become somewhat complicated when he finds himself falling for the git. And does Harry return his feelings? Canon-compliant for all seven books, but ignores the Epilogue of Doom.


The Pure-blood Enigma

Comments

[shameful-desire.livejournal.com]

Lovely!! I really enjoyed this.

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[evening12]

I really enjoyed this story! I've always been a fan of those stories where Harry needs to learn about pureblood culture and this one hit the spot. Thank you for sharing your work :D

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[capitu]

Oh, but Harry came a long way! I'm glad they kept the bickering to the very end. <3 This was lovely. I love it when Harry sees Draco's side of things as much as Draco does Harry's.

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[eidheann_writes]

Aw. Lovely! The bickering and ust were hot!

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

[fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com]

I have such a stupid smile on my face from this. I loved Draco's lessons in pure-blood culture and explanations of how they think and why. It's nice to get to hear their defence on occasion and for Harry to broaden his horizons. The UST was very hot, especially with the kissing at the ball. *fans self* The very end was adorable and so very cute. Loved this!

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the story xx

[ylime-94.livejournal.com]

Holy fuck! That was hot!
Just discovered this fest, and this was an amazing start.
Here's hoping that the others are this good (;

Also, I loved your characterisation of Draco and the way you explained why pure-blood culture is so important to them. It makes a lot of sense, and I never really thought about it much until now.
Also, the slow build of emotions and UST was rediciously hot.
Great fic!

[appleling.livejournal.com]

*bounces* I'm glad that you find the start of the fest amazing! The rest are just as good! Stick around for more! We'll be posting until the end of March :D :D :D

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment! REally glad you liked it, particularly the sex ;)

[appleling.livejournal.com]

This was awesome! Positively delightful! I love what you did with the prompt! It's very refreshing and fun and at the same time, sexy and sweet! I love the snark, the witty banter, Draco's grouchiness, the details of Pureblood etiquette... most of all, I love the dynamics between all the characters. Especially between Harry and Draco (ALL the UST-ing!! Omgsqueeeeee!!!). Their interactions with each other and gradual buildup to more-than-friends was absolutely entertaining to read and so very sweet.

And oh, don't get even get me started on the hotness of the sex scenes! Omgsqueeeee!! Sex against see-through glass windows of a high-raised building!! *fans self* They were sinfully delicious and such a delight to devour! You had me positively glued to my computer screen because I just had to devour every word that made up that sexy, so very sexy scene! Love it! A wonderful adaptation of the original :D

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thank you, appleling, for all the help you gave me during my first fest. I'm delighted you enjoyed the story. I love UST in a stroy and can quite happily read thousands of words of it. You were incredibly helpful and made my first fest a pleasure.

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Yay! You should participate in more fests! In fact, you should come back in participate in the next Bottom_Draco fest (for 2014), next time! We would be honored to have you :D

[thania-hinata.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this story <3
Good work with the prompt ~~

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thank you xx

[icicle33]

My prompt! *dances* I didn't even realize that someone had claimed this prompt, so thank you so much for writing this! I'm a little behind in my reading for the fest because I plan on reading ALL the pieces, but I promise to get to this soon. I'm so excited to see Harry and his pureblood etiquette training.
I will report back with a longer comment.

♥

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoyed the story x

[jan-rea.livejournal.com]

I adore this fic! <3

Love how Draco and Harry interact with one another, along with all the pureblood etiquette~ And the sex scene is just scorching hot. Thanks for this lovely read~

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. Thank you for reading and commenting!

[peachdancer82.livejournal.com]

Omg, so HOT! I really enjoyed this story and the dynamic between our 2 favorite boys:-) Also i thought their characterizations was very fluid, which I really enjoyed as well!

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Very pleased you enjoyed the story xx

[nattish.livejournal.com]

I'm happy I took the time to read this. I'm often hesitant to get invested in a slightly longer fic, but your writing was so quality that I was happy to!

I found the scene at the ball, when Draco whispered Harry's name finally, to be most captivating.

Goyle was super sweet, telling Blaise to lay off Draco, and that he was pleased to see Draco happy.

Also, the idea of filtering Harry into a "body-guard" type of work is novel and fun. It suited him. Well done, well done!

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! I'm very flattered you read my fic despite it being outside your normal 'comfort zone' , and am extremely happy you enjoyed it.

[harrymalfoys.livejournal.com]

this was perfectttttttt.

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thank you <3

[olimakiella.livejournal.com]

Oh I loved this. Simply loved it. It's great that they kept to their characters and were bickering still, but lovingly.

wonderful MA, wonderful.

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it. I don't like majorly OOCness in fics, so am pleased you found them to both still be in character.

[susanne vendela mehldau (from livejournal.com)]

delicious..

[phoenixstrike1.livejournal.com]

Thank you xx

[coolblue67.livejournal.com]

Thoroughly enjoyed. Well done and thanks :)