Title: Suitable Options
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Categories: First time, romance, misunderstandings, under-the-influence, pining, fluff, angst
Length: Medium (11,500 words)
Warnings: None

Author on LJ: lovely_slyth
Author Website: olivia_lupin

Summary:
A Valentine ficlet, featuring slightly!jaded!Harry and vulnerable!prickly!Draco. And lots of schmaltz. But hey, it’s Valentine’s Day. Happy Hearts and Flowers. *grin*

Review:
As with all of Olivia's fics, this has the perfect balance of angst and fluff. Harry is disillusioned with ever being able to find someone who loves him, who can look beyond the "Boy Who Lived." Rumours abound, of course, and soon Harry's reputation is wilder than it ever was in reality. Which is where Olivia drops us, with a Hermione who wants the best for Harry, and a Harry, who finds himself Portkeyed into the private room of one of his suitable options -- a drunk, vulnerable Draco Malfoy.

I love how Olivia writes Draco Malfoy, just wonderfully prickly despite his obviously intoxicated state, and her Harry makes me melt and laugh when he realises what he's gotten himself into. Olivia's writing is gentle, warm and at times humorous, and this fic will just make you sigh with pleasure at the end of it, and want to read it again.

Suitable Options