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Tea and No Sympathy (70045 words) by who_la_hoop
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Characters: Narcissa Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Aberforth Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Buckbeak, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Ernie Macmillan, Terence Higgs, Minerva McGonagall, Giant Squid (Harry Potter)
Additional Tags: Slow Build, Draco-centric, Tea Drinking, Swearing, Muggle London, Houses of Parliament, Malfoy Manor, flangst, Family Feels, Muggle/Wizard Relations, Coming Out, Heartfelt Conversations, Sarcastic Conversations, Owls, Competitive Card Games, Falling In Love, getting drunk, Enthusiastic Snogging, Hogwarts Castle, Sex In The Slytherin Dormitory, Frottage, Time Travel, Time Loop, HP: EWE

Summary:

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Starts over politics, but quickly branches out into a well-crafted take on the time loop trope, offering a nice balance between devil-may-care shenanigans and some pretty amazing character development.

Speaking of which, Draco's POV is an utter delight to read: snarky, dramatic and indignant, but also endearingly eager for the opportunities the situation allows him -- and eventually desperate to break the loop.

Also featuring a crucial supporting character: the most adorable and fiendishly clever little owl ever to hoot and flutter on the page ♥ ♥ ♥

And as for the shippy part of plot... the chemistry is just crackling -- explosive, but in a good way -- and with a tendency to go sweet at unexpected moments.

Will made you laugh and smile and curse -- or cackle -- over accidents of timing and diction. Happy ending with warm fuzzies guaranteed.