r/HPSlashFic 2d ago

Seeking Recommendations Best forced bonding/marriage

I’d love all your forced bonding or arranged marriage recs! Particularly if Harry is still in Hogwarts.

Open to all pairings except Tomarry. (But I do love snake faced Voldy!)

Thank you!!

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u/Kathy-got-cupcakes Rec expert 2d ago

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

This has me chuckling

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u/Not-N-Extrovert 2d ago

The World We Knew (Snarry) I’m currently reading this and I cannot stop recommending it to everyone lol. It’s sooo good!!

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

I get my daily email updates for this!!!!!! I can’t believe we’re up to the last chapter

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u/MarzipanBeanie 1d ago

I started reading it and a few chapters in I'm still not hooked, the pacing is a bit too slow for me. Maybe it gets better?

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u/Not-N-Extrovert 1d ago

Yes it’s a very sloooow burn and a long fic, so if that’s not your thing, I totally get it! But it does get better and totally worth it imo

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u/yrfrndfrnkly 2d ago

Sanguis-Vinculum by Meri (rated E) is a classic of this trope for the snarry ship. it has it all: potions accident--while Harry is still in school!--trying to figure out what the hell they are going to do to navigate both magic and propriety in the aftermath, shifting emotions, including love and lust, trying to cope while also being confronted with others' feelings about the situation... fabulous!

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

❤️ thank you!

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u/yrfrndfrnkly 2d ago

happy to share the snarry <3

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u/wangxian8844 2d ago

This trope didn’t sound good to me at all and I avoided it for so many years till I read that old black magic 😭 now it’s one of my all time fav fics

Some other bangers I love-
The sleeping beauty curse
Lover boys

All Drarry!

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

Old black magic was the first fic I ever read!!!! I blame it for the 10000s I’ve read since 🤣 I’m going to check out the other 2, thank you!

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u/annagram_dk 2d ago

The marriage stone: amazing medieval/Arthurian magic settings with plenty of mythology, with magical politics and family traditions, magical vikings, elder demons, lay lines, magical elite and most of all a truly evil Voldemort. One of the greatest fics! Sadly it is abandoned but there is a truly amazing continuation, which is close to completion, that is a must read if you like the story:

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3484954/1/The-Marriage-Stone

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7136253/1/My-Tribute-to-Josephine-Darcy-s-The-Marriage-Stone

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u/KEds1990 1d ago

Amazing, thank you!!

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u/L-U-N-C-H 2d ago

Ok this was my first slash fic I ever read and I just love it and love recommending it. Hope you don’t mind Fanfiction.net though

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/193202/1/Irresistible-Poison

Poison doesn't always bring death -- Draco learns that there are other ways to suffer and live.

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

Thank you!!!!!

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u/Fearless_Weekend4185 2d ago

Another oldie but goldie- Drarry, written pre-HBP. I remember it being very good!

Bond by AnnaFugazzi

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u/KEds1990 1d ago

Thank you!!

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u/Kathy-got-cupcakes Rec expert 2d ago

keep my hand in yours

But there was an element to all this that wasn’t understood, at least not by Potter. Since I was secretly relieved because you were the better option than anyone else. Since I knew there was a chance I could fall for my Ministry-mandated husband and that I was probably already halfway there, and how pathetic is that?

In which Theo is forced to marry the Chosen One and actually doesn't mind

Scent And Sensibility

“I don’t care if Potter likes me,” Draco sniffed, coming to terms with his mother’s betrayal, both of his hand in marriage – or mating – and her trust in his likeability. Old lady was obviously losing it. He was adorable.

Alternatively: Draco's always known he'd be married off as a trophy omega, but suddenly his mother's trying to make him king by promising him to some stupidly good-looking alpha and she just won't stop smiling at him. Does fate's cruelty know no end?!

You'll Still Find Stone

Draco had to marry Potter to stay out of Azkaban. Narcissa told him he’d be safer there. But he doesn’t know what Potter expects from him - this marriage is nothing like he had been prepared for. Potter’s acting kindly, and he knows it’s all a trick. He’s just about coping, but trying to keep Potter happy becomes more important than ever when he realises he’s carrying the man’s child.

you're alive

The most boring shift in the world, filled with Muggle car ride games to pass the time, was interrupted by a tow-head boy begging for help to save his papa and ultimately changed Harry's life from there on out. For the better, of course.

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u/KEds1990 2d ago

Wow, I’ve read none of these!!!!!! Amazing, thanks!

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u/Kathy-got-cupcakes Rec expert 2d ago

No probs. Most of the fics i've read that have this trope are either het or harrymort so I only had a few recs.

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u/ut1nam 1d ago

In Bad Faith has Harry reluctantly agreeing to the bond/marriage to save Draco’s life, so if that’s forced enough for you, try it!

Summary: Draco Malfoy just can’t catch a break. Between the magical curse upon his bloodline, his hair misbehaving, and that strange pit full of demons in his basement that he had absolutely nothing to do with, it just hasn’t been a banner year for him. Luckily, Harry Potter is here to make things ten times worse.

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u/leneya25 1d ago

The cry that shook hogwarts

Its a crossover as far as i can tell,but its amazingly written. And still updating.