Title: The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop
Fandom: Dresden Files (book 'verse)
Pairing: Harry Dresden/John Marcone (with background Sigrun Gard/Nathan "Cujo" Hendricks, Anastasia Luccio/Karrin Murphy, Justine/Thomas Raith)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, romance, humor
Length: Epic (42,865 words)
Warnings: per author: "Trigger Warnings: Past child abuse, oblique reference to self-harm, serious portrayal of a character dealing with past trauma, realistic depiction of a panic attack, and abandonment issues. A few albeist remarks, because this is Harry Dresden we're talking about."

Author on LJ: lucia_tanaka / luciazephyr
Author Website: LuciaZephyr

Summary:
In which Harry is the best baker in Chicago, but still ends up starting a few fires along the way.

Review:
I adore this story. I've always liked restaurant/bakery AUs, and this story substitutes Harry's talent with magic to a talent with baking. All the series regulars are there, with their roles slightly tweaked to fit the new setting. The trauma Harry suffered as a child in canon has been amplified, and the ramifications still reverberate through his life. The "bane of his existence" is John Marcone a corporate lawyer and regular customer with his adorable daughter, Ivy. Harry and John's interactions are mostly snark, until Harry's long Thomas comes to visit. There follow some romantic-comedy style miscommunications, fabulous baked good and cooking, Harry dealing with some intense PTSD, romantic and personal resolutions for Harry.

The Stars and Scones Bakery and Coffee Shop (revised final version on AO3)
Earlier version available on DW or LJ