FIC: Beautiful Boy (H/D, NC-17, LONG)

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Title: Beautiful Boy
Author: Debra Fran Baker
Archive:Ask first, please.
Summary:A photograph Harry takes from Dudley leads him to a discovery about himself and someone else.
Warnings:Mild D/s. And it's 240K.

Notes: Much thanks to my betas wolfshark, reginagiraffe and Legion,and my britpickers K and Isobel.

Beautiful Boy

Comments

[zedmeister.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was wonderful. I loved the D/s dynamic between Harry and Draco, and although sub!Snape kind of came out of nowhere, it was gorgeous.

I have to say that the story feels unfinished, however. The ending was way too abrupt. It doesn't feel like I can let go of these characters quite yet, you know? There's no closure, no "story over" vibe. It seems like there's something *missing* before the "happily ever after" can come.

Would you consider adding on another scene at the end, if not an actual sequel? Give us a hint of what shape Harry and Draco's "wonderful" will take? I mean, I'd love to get a glimpse of where they end up in the future, both together and individually. For example, Harry's last conversation with Dudley left me wondering, *does* he ever encounter him again?

As the H/D relationship matures, what will they discover about themselves?

And how will the wizarding world overcome the problems with inbreeding? (That was brilliant, BTW. So well thought-out and integrated into the plot, not to mention original. People tend to mention inbreeding in their fics, but very few actually incorporate its consequences as realistically as you.)

Anyway, there's so many more questions I could ask, but I don't want to be too annoying. I've been told there's nothing more irritating for an author than to be asked to write more right after they've just finished a fic, so I'll shut up :D

It was a rare treat, really, such a long and well-written bottom!draco story. Thank you.