courtship

Eighth Year at Hogwarts was supposed to be Hermione’s. And it is, just not in the way she expects. Omegaverse fic.

Derek is being pressured by his family to pick a mate, and somehow stumbles into a choice that they didn't expect and aren't sure they approve of....

A seduction through physical objects. It starts with a scarf loaned to Will on a cold day, but Hannibal, as usual, isn't satisfied with anything small.

Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

Draco found the nest down in the Manor’s cellars, while he was clearing them out.

All of the dwarves survive the Battle of the Five Armies, but Bilbo must return to the Shire to sort out his old life and make way for a new one in Erebor. Over one year later, Bilbo comes back to the Lonely Mountain with a recently orphaned Frodo. King Thorin isn't quite sure what to make of this new, tiny addition to his Company.

Jungkook should never have agreed to accompany his best friend to a vampire exclusive masquerade ball. And Jungkook definitely should not have accepted the dances from the six powerful vampires who don’t seem fond of humans.

Derek thinks he's doing alright in life, with his family at his side and a job he loves. Despite his family's concerns he remains adamant that he doesn't need a mate, afraid to take the risk of letting anyone close enough to try to hurt his family again. That is until he realizes that his true mate has been right under his nose for years, and that now through his inaction he may lose him.

Stiles never expects to present as an omega -- that's something that happens to people like Greenberg, not him. He is so wrong. His life only gets stranger when Derek Hale mistakenly bursts through the door of his exam room during a doctor’s appointment. What happens next is a complicated series of events, including freshly baked cookies, book-carrying and surprise heats.

Assorted prompted ficlets of varying lengths. All Dramione.Ratings and any relevant warnings are listed in the chapter summary of the particular ficlet.

Her godfather is dead. So is Tom Riddle, which appears to be the only thing anyone else cares about. Oh, and getting ahold of her, her money, and her titles. Fuck that noise. Ianthe learned how to Maraud from the best, and she doesn't intend to take this lying down. She intends to change a single moment in time - and change the life of her godfather, herself, and the whole of Magical Britain. That the price for that change is all that she is, including her life? There's always a price. Merlin showing up and telling her that the price of her actions isn't her death? Not part of her calculations. Changing the past is surprisingly easy. Living it might just be harder. Especially when the lives she changed to save the future collide with the one she now lives, thirty years in the past.

Hermione Granger does not make mistakes, at least not often. After making the biggest, dumbest, most horrible mistake of her life, Hermione must deal with the repercussions while keeping her relationship with her Auror partner, Draco Malfoy, strictly professional. He, of course, has other plans. Amidst a resurgence in Death Eater activity, the likes of which Britain hasn’t seen since the First Wizarding War, Hermione will come to realize that the mistake she’s made with Draco might not be so bad at all. It just might be the best mistake.

Highborn omega Jungkook is arranged to marry an eccentric scholar who lives deep in the mountains, separated from the high society of the capital. Soon, Jungkook comes to learn that the advantageous marriage with Alpha Kim Namjoon comes bundled with five other packmates who can teach him what it means to love and to be loved.

Three months into his relationship with the White Wolf, Warlord of the North and terror of the continent, Jaskier goes back to Redania as part of the Warlord's negotiating team. They return with a treaty...but there are unexpected consequences to revealing his place at the White Wolf's side.

When Jiang Yanli joins Jiang Cheng in visiting Wei Wuxian at the Burial Grounds, the two brothers are on the verge of cutting ties forever — until Jiang Yanli has a better idea. Wei Wuxian doesn't need to leave the sect. He needs to get married, and she has the perfect Sect Leader in mind. When Lan Wangji is invited to come along on Wei Wuxian's visit to the Unclean Realm to spend time with his new betrothed, Nie Mingjue, he agrees — even though his heart is breaking. How else is he ever going to see Wei Wuxian again? When Nie Mingjue welcomes Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji into his home, he realizes two things very quickly: 1.) They clearly want each other so badly they can barely stand it, and 2.) Nie Mingjue is Into That. (In which arranged marriage to Nie Mingjue solves just about everyone's problems)

With that the sorting began. Tom only listened with half an ear as his focus was on the Potter Heir. Like the others from Nightingale his magic was wound tightly around him. McGonagall called out suddenly, "Potter, Harrison!" With that the Potter Heir made his way up to the stool. The hat was dropped on his head and they waited. For only a moment before the hat called out, "Slytherin!" With that the Great Hall erupted in anger.

This is a vignette collection of stories set in my Pureblood Culture 'verse. In which magic is sentient, vows are never meant to be broken, love isn’t a frivolous pursuit, and alliances can shelter or destroy. Being a pureblood is a matter of honor and responsibility.

“I hate you, just so you know.” You huffed out dramatically. “Oh, darling, you break my heart!” He put a hand to his head as if he were swooning. If there had been someone who was more dramatic than you had just been, it was him. He always tried to one-up you. “You don’t have a heart to break.” ___Please refer to the discord or tumblr regarding the discontinuation.

When Jimin's family is killed, Yoongi's pack takes him in, and they fall in love over the years.

As the youngest and only daughter of the King, it was unsurprising that Lily was doted on by her father. And it was apparent that she was just as attached to him. Then puberty hit, and as close as they were it was inevitable that things would change between them. Never how she could've foreseen, and so much more than he dared hope for. But the real question was: how would this affect her impending debut into the marriage market?

Stiles is an unbonded spark, so he's been dealing with courting alphas since he was ten. It's gotten a lot worse since he turned sixteen. Some are assholes, some are nice, but Stiles hasn't wanted to spend the rest of his life bound to any of them. When Derek Hale shows up at his school, Stiles expects him to be just another asshole alpha attempting to buy him with expensive gifts. But Derek Hale puts no effort whatsoever into his courtship gifts. Stiles ought to be offended but instead he finds it refreshing.

Viridian wings flapped a few times in preparation, silently praying that he was faster than whatever was about to chase him through the perilous forest. The haunting red eyes edged closer, swaying in the foliage as they shifted towards him. That was the cue to flee. Eren spread his wings wide, poised to jump, but his body froze when an eerie whisper came from among the leaves. “Aren’t you just the prettiest thing…"

Bilbo Baggins isn't sure about this. Not one bit. Frodo is definitely too young to enter into an arranged marriage with a dwarven king called Thorin Oakenshield. It's a good thing that Bilbo is there to chaperone him through their courtship. After all, there's no chance that a fussy hobbit bachelor would ever catch the eye of a king.

After the war, Harry just wants to live his life peacefully for once. Of course, fate throws him back in the path of Tom Riddle, who takes a liking to the gorgeous Chef Harry and basically kidnaps him. Translation in Russian by Starry_Princess <3https://ficbook.net/readfic/018ed6e2-a70a-7373-ba95-5889a75d91d3 Translation in Spanish by Anyeless01 <3https://www.wattpad.com/story/373630516-eat-your-heart-out***********************************************************"I'm afraid I may monopolize your Chef's time tonight, actually. You wouldn't mind, would you?" The owner hastened to reassure his VIP that he could have Harry for the rest of the night (thanks boss, I'm not actually a prostitute) while Amadeus scowled. All he could think was that his luck had finally run out, as the beautiful man reached a hand towards him and said,"It's a pleasure to meet you, Harry. My name is Tom Riddle." Harry extended his hand, which the man turned and brought to his plush lips, kissing his knuckles. He swallowed thickly, hoping his voice would not waver."The pleasure is mine, Mr. Riddle."

Three years after the war, Harry is lost, drifting, and feeling left behind. In an effort to get control of his life, he commits to cleaning out Grimmauld Place top-to-bottom and forcing it to be a home, whether it likes it or not. The rotten old house is stuffed full of antiques, and Harry is shocked to discover none other than Draco Malfoy running the local antique shop. Malfoy is polite -- too polite, and Harry soon finds himself with a mission: to annoy and bother Malfoy with the most hideous, absurd antiques he can find. But along the way, Harry comes to appreciate Draco, his work, and the power of connecting to the people who came before him. It's a hard lesson, but Harry learns that if he wants to build a future, he has to reconnect to his past, and Draco might just be the one to help him do it.

Eren, a young mermaid, meets his dark and intriguing mate, Levi, for the first time by the edge of a large lake in the middle of the wetland forests. Hanji and her team of biologists hide nearby to document the elusive merfolk and their interactions. Or that one merfolk au where Levi (merman/male/dominant) and Eren (mermaid/arguably still male but in the submissive role here) are a pair of mates living in the wild, meeting for the first time by the lake that Levi inhabits.

Tony is nonplussed at first when he starts to receive gifts from Loki that Thor informs him are courtship gifts, but he soon starts to return the interest. How could he not when nobody has ever gone to such effort to show their interest in him before, especially someone as fascinating as Loki?

Alphas and Omegas are a rare thing in Wizarding Britain, particularly after the casualties of war. Hermione suffers from heats, a quarterly occurrence in an Omega's life if she isn't already pregnant. With slim options of Alphas, who aren't married or horrible men, Hermione all but begs Draco Malfoy, of all people, to get her through this heat. What happens when years of animosity and misunderstanding crash around them mixed with urges and uncovered desires. HUGE Shoutout of Love to: gidgetmalfoy & lucefray27 for their amazing beta work To connect with me, and get extra information about this and other stories as well as chapter previews, please join my facebook group::: facebook(dot)com/groups/mrsaturtlesreaders

At 30 years old, divorced, and headmaster of Hogwarts, Harry Potter doesn't have the life he'd always dreamed would come after defeating Voldemort. A chance discovery in the Chamber of Secrets allows him an opportunity to go back in time and change some things. Wherein Harry—now Hadrian—raises his younger self, dances the political dance with Death Eaters and a resurrected Tom Marvolo Riddle, and searches for a way to stop the destruction of the magical world. This story is now officially abandoned. Thank you to everyone who supported it and I apologize for leaving it unfinished.

Another teacher's interest in Harry Potter forces a reluctant Snape to compete for the young man affections.

Captain America wakes up from the ice in 2013. The Winter Soldier wakes up in 2009, or rather defects from HYDRA, for a value of defect that’s closer to decimate. He ends up working for SHIELD. In April 2014, he’s assigned to Captain America’s mission as a sniper.Steve’s just trying to get some kind of life together. Bucky is too, or at least he was until tall, blond and Captain shows up and starts just - being there, all the time. It’s terrible. It’s the worst. He has to do something about it.

Atsumu has been parading around as an alpha for the last ten years of his life, and that has suited him just fine. There was no need for him to find treatment for his pseuodoalphaism or whatever this condition is. However, when a grown up Sakusa Kiyoomi re-enters his life as a rookie on the Black Jackals, something in his deeply buried omegan instincts emerges. With fear of not being able to meet typical omegan customs and beauty standards, Atsumu wonders if he even stands a chance of being accepted as he is. Translations Vietnamese

After a disastrous second year, Harry decides that he no longer wishes to attend Hogwarts. He's been vilified for being a parselmouth, and Dumbledore doesn't seem particularly concerned about the students' safety - and that's not to mention Harry almost dying at the hands (or teeth!) of a basilisk. With neither Hogwarts nor Privet Drive as a safe haven, Harry takes off and disappears. What happens when the Golden Boy is finally found - and he's no longer a naïve, impressionable twelve-year-old seeking love and approval from others? (currently being edited - chapter 1 07/10/23)

Nineteen years ago, the Potters betrothed their firstborn child to the firstborn Malfoy child. Eighteen years ago, Voldemort was defeated for good. Seventeen years ago, the Potters changed the contract so that their secondborn child was substituted for their firstborn. Now, Draco Malfoy is trying to work out what happened.

When Draco unexpectedly shows up at Harry’s doorstep, injured and in his pre-heat, Harry finds no reason not to help him. It wouldn’t mean anything to him after all. Or so he believes.