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Harry Potter doesn’t grow up starved in a cupboard—he grows up in Hawthorn House, a loud, imperfect group home where survival comes from routines, sharp eyes, and the kind of stubborn love that refuses to let you be forgotten. Serenity “Seri” Jones claims him when he’s still a toddler, and over the years she teaches him how to breathe through panic, name what he feels, and hold steady when his accidental magic surges. Their bond becomes something older than paperwork—an adoption-like magic that doesn’t read minds, but knows when the other is spiraling and draws a fierce line in the world: mine / safe.
So when Hogwarts letters arrive with stalking precision, Harry doesn’t run toward wonder—he and Seri treat it like a threat. McGonagall shows up expecting a neglected child and finds a kid with backbone and a teenage guardian who asks the questions adults avoid. The real turning point comes at Gringotts: Harry has no vault key, so goblin bureaucracy demands identity verification and a new one—along with a warning that someone has been managing his life from a distance. With sharp tongues, raw suspicion, and one unshakable boundary: Harry is not a chess piece.
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Can I just call in sick or something?”
Hermione chuckled into her tea. “Call in sick from a binding magical contract? I don’t think so, Harry.”
He wheezed. “A what?”
“Ohh dear.” She said awkwardly. “Well, you’ve agreed to, erm, a magical ceremony. Of sorts. It, it reads your magical signature and determines a list of eligible witches that are best matched to you.”
His stomach sank with every word she said. “And then I, what, have to marry them?”
“Oh no no, don’t worry, not that. But you do have to, erm, date them. The one you choose, from the list.”
"The list. Right."
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19 Feb 2026
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Lucky Number Seven by DawnOfTomorrow
Such great depth and emotion
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The Space Between Failing and Falling by JocundaSykes
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Jul 2020
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A very long time ago, Severus resigned himself to the reality that he doesn’t have a soulmate after all. He’s finally a real Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and his life is perfectly tolerable, thank you very much.
However, at the age of thirty-nine, it seems his soulmate has come of age. He will ignore this new development and carry on as he always has.
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Dumbledore doesn't make it in time for Harry's trial, and the outcome is very different. Harry is expelled, his wand snapped.
But he refuses to give up. And he is done waiting around for Albus Dumbledore to give him information.
Deciding to take his life into his own hands, Harry asks for training from several Order members, preparing himself to fight Voldemort while the whole wizarding world believes he's helpless and back in the muggle world.
Meanwhile, his friends are at Hogwarts, tackling their own problems in the form of Dolores Umbridge. Harry hadn't expected the separation to be so difficult - or for a certain mischievous redhead to make the waiting game they'd entered into so very excruciating.
He might have lost his home in Hogwarts, but with Sirius and Remus around, Harry begins to learn that rebuilding a family isn't as hard as he'd anticipated.
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Independent Study by SomewheresSword
Excellent combo of romance, angst, and action. Loved the pacing and character interactions in particular. Highly recommend.
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AU. Harry finds out during his first year that, for some reason, his parents set up a betrothal contract for him with Theo Nott. Theo doesn’t seem to have any objections to it, which puzzles Harry, given that he’s a Slytherin and all. But as the years pass, Harry begins to understand some of what he might gain from this.
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- Part 2 of From Litha to Lammas 2025