FIC: Chasing Draco (Harry/Draco)

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Title: Chasing Draco
Author: dracogotgame
Prompt: PROMPT 60
Adapted from: Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Pairing: Harry/Draco, also featuring Blaise/Ginny, mild Lucius/Andromeda
Word Count/Art Medium: 45, 308
Rating: R
Contains (Highlight to view) : *Nothing major I can think of. Fluff avalanche? Slight angst, perhaps. Slash suggestions *
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: I did it. I actually did it! Before I go about thanking everyone who made this possible, I would like to mention that this epic tale has survived twelve rewrites, a complete mental breakdown, a home move and a city wide internet blackout on the very last day. Against all odds, it happened and I can’t tell you what it means to me to see it up here.

First and foremost, my thanks goes to appleling . She outdid herself with this brilliant, fantastic and utterly delicious prompt. As a mod, she has been a goddess- supportive, kind and wonderful. She survived my first breakdown and made sure I made it through and this is all her. As a friend, there are no words. Thank you, darling for being just so wonderful. This is for you- my longest story till date. And I hope you enjoy it, should you ever get through it.

Hugs and unicorns also go out to to blossomdreams for her overall loveliness, brilliant beta-ing and amazing reliability. If it weren’t for her, this fic would not have seen the light of day.

Lastly, my cousin who is sadly not on LJ, and wishes to remain anonymous. This angel sent from heaven underwent a gruelling weekend of spell checks, corrections and last minute freak outs. She made it, as did I. And here is the result before you. I love you, M! Stay golden. And to everyone who reads this, thanks again. You’ve been wonderful to me so far, and I love every one of you. Please treat my little story kindly, I know you will. Cheers!

Summary: Draco Malfoy is every suitor's nightmare. His brazen temper and absolute disregard for the personal safety of others has his father in despair. Enter Harry Potter.


Chasing Draco

Comments

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oooh, this was absolutely delicious! Positively riveting and sooooo cute! You've nailed the rom-com feel perfectly! From the very beginning to the end, it was pure delight devouring this, precisely because it was such beautifully executed rom-com! I love how you've adapted the core plot of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, but tweaked it to give the story a refreshing and utterly adorable rom-com feel! I love the cheeky way you have with words! The adorable snark! The witty banter! The way there's something utterly charming about the way you weave details and scenes together to make the story flow and develop into something bright and lively and cute! I'm sorry you had to go through 12 re-writes and a breakdown in order to give birth to this uber cutetastic story - but if it's any consolation, all the trouble you had to go through was absolutely worth it because THIS IS BRILLIANT!

Most of all I love the way you develop the characters! Draco was the perfect "shrew" - and an absolutely lovable one at that! He was just the right mixture of a petulant brat, a feisty little spitfire, a drama queen and a caring son/friend/lover. He was both an absolute nightmare and a charming darling! And I love he wasn't all temper and snark and gutsy bravado either... that he was also insecure and frightened and lonely. And lovely Harry was his perfect half! Don't even get me started on Lucius and all the other side characters! Omg they're AWESOME! I love that Lucius, for all his faults (and there were many!) was a caring father and he truly loved his only son!

A very delightful adaptation of the original and perfectly executed! I love it!

P.S. Thank you for your little note. Reading it made my eyes go all watery and I just.... *hugs you tight* I'm pretty sure, I'm not all that great but thank you for thinking of me in that way. I should be the one to thank you - for being such a darling and for sharing this lovely fic with all of us! ILU!

[dracogotgame.livejournal.com]

There she is! My lovely, little prompt bunny! *glomps*

Honey, I am just so happy I could do this for you. You, of all people know exactly what went in to making this fic. *winces at the crazy*

But you made it all possible with your patience and support. This gorgeous comment makes its all worth it. I LOVE your take on Draco- he was quite the little nightmare, wasn't he? *snickers*

Thank you for liking Lucius too. He's usually a meanie in my books- but I am quite happy with his gruff but caring father kinda character here. I am so glad you are too.

I love you soooo much and I am so glad you enjoyed this not so little tale ;)

Thank you for just being you - sunshine and sweetness and fluff- and everything else that the world needs a LOT more of. And of course, for your breathtaking comment- I must have read it a thousand times by now :D

Cheers and love always

Moi

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Aww! This was such a lovely comment to come home (from the hospital) to. Thank you! *hugs* You should know, this totally made my day! After the long and depressing stay in the hospital - I needed this. Thank you!

.... and I meant what I've said in my comment above! I genuinely adore your brand of cute com-rom! See, you totally CAN write long fics! And long rom coms at that! You should write more rom coms!

[dracogotgame.livejournal.com]

You were in the hospital? ONOZ :@

Are you okay, hon?

Get well soon!

*hugs*

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the late reply. This comment got buried under piles of other comments-to-be-answered in my email and lj inbox. Thanks for the concern *hugs you tight* That was very sweet of you! The hospitalization was a bit of a scare but I'm okay now :)