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Title: The Universe is a Great and Beautiful Thing | FFN
Author: basicaquatics
Length: 17,938
Rating: R
Warnings: character death
Summary: “One of the greatest surprises in life is finding out how you’re going to die, and the fact that nobody can ever spoil it for you.”

Editor’s Thoughts: Some stories are universal; they transcend pairing, genre and fandom. This is such a story. Draco is dying, and he wishes he were dead. Fully paralyzed, he spends day in and day out locked in his own body, drowning in thoughts and fears and regrets for which he has no outlet. What a depressing premise, you might be thinking. But it's not. Attica drags you into Draco's skull so that you live every excruciating second with him and when he finally lets you go, you aren't sad. You're hopeful, hurting, wistful, glad. I don't have the words to describe the feeling, but I was moved. Utterly.

You owe it to yourself to read this fic. Some people find love and self-love early, some late, and some just in the nick of time.

Fic Spotlight

Title: Ceiling Tiles
Author: inadaze22
Length: 1,055 words
Rating: T
Warnings: Mild Profanity
Summary: Seventy-seven tiles comprise the ceiling; perfect squares that stretch from all four walls.

elektra30's Thoughts: It is an art to express complex emotions and intricate characterisation within just a thousand words. It is even more difficult to do it in second-person POV and pull it off well. This fic is a carefully crafted snapshot of how sometimes we are so caught up in our own perception of a person, that we never realise who they really are and what they truly mean to us all this while. Despite being together physically for such a long time, it is only till this moment that both Hermione and Draco see each other in a raw and emotionally vulnerable light.

Fic Spotlight

Title: The Symmetrical Transit
Author: everythursday
Length: 81,221
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: sex, language, mild violence
Summary: He believed the world was screwed up because a lack of balance. Everything in the world had it's equal parts -- love, hate; right, left; sun, moon; drive, laziness -- but no one ever grew up with these parts in the same proportion, which made them off. People were either forced to live discordant, or they were lucky enough to find that balance through someone else.

Editor’s Thoughts: Draco and Hermione are on the run from Death Eaters and Hermione finds herself at his mercy when she emerges wandless from a botched mission. They've got one wand between them, no money, no contacts, no magical means to get home, and one tiny slip of paper that hints at a Horcrux. To put it simply, this is one of my favorite Dramiones of all time. For me, this is one of the créme de la créme as far as characterization goes.

The plot may be an excuse to throw Draco and Hermione together, but it's fast-paced and furious nonetheless. This story will make you laugh, tear up, want to hurl things at the screen, jaw drop at the sheer UST, and then fall off your chair at how blazing hot the sex is. This is how falling in love should be: complicated, beautiful, and heartbreaking. After finishing, I believed that neither of them would ever want to give their heart to anyone else. And isn't that the definition of romance?

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Fic Spotlight

Title: Lights Out
Author: Phoebe
Length: 10,627
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: profanity, explicit sexual content
Summary: And that’s why they’re there this first Tuesday night, he and Granger. They walk through the dark places of Hogwarts, after all the dormitory lights go out, and Hogwarts’ students resign themselves to whatever waits in their dreams.

Editor’s Thoughts: Every ship has its classics, those forerunners that blazed the way for the rest of us. This one-shot is one such classic. Taking place at Hogwarts in sixth year, Draco is assigned to patrol with Hermione and he's pissed at the idea. What's unusual about this fic is that Draco doesn't just spontaneously "get over" his prejudice and his fascination with Hermione isn't really physical, as in so many Dramiones. He wants to dominate her, her true self, not the skin and bones. Hermione's character is atypical in her poise and unwillingness to give Draco the time of day. The prose is lovingly crafted to hit you in the gut with every word.

Read it. And then read its sequel.

Fic Spotlight

Title: Beautiful Disaster
Author: ashleyfanfic
Length: 48,389+
Rating: MA
Warnings: explicit sexual situations
Summary: Veela!Draco! discovers that his mate is the least likely person on the planet, and the discovery leads him and his father in new directions...

amethyst18's Thoughts: When I first read this story, I was immediately blown away by the creativity and depth conveyed in the writing. I've always been intrigued by veela! fics, and after the first couple of chapters, I realized that was something very special about this one.  The dynamic between the characters is truly captivating to read,  the details concerning veelas and their rituals are both detailed and realistic, and the chracterisations are well-developed and right on target!  I have a hard time swallowing fics that are completely bogus, but the world created in this story is both believable and brilliant. This fic will completely suck you in and will demand your attention, and in my opinion, that is the best kind! 

ashleyfanfic has done an incredible job of creating a story that not only captivates the reader, but also explores the world of the veela and the measures a man will explore to achieve his destiny. This story is truly a diamond in the rough and well worth the read! :)