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1. now and again we rise to the surface by CopperCatbird

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Swimming
   • Pool Sex
   • Tattooed Draco Malfoy
   • Enemies to Strangers to Lovers
   • Chance Meetings
   • Neurodivergent Harry Potter
   • Depressed Harry Potter
   • Anxious Draco Malfoy
   • Smart Draco Malfoy
   • Crying During Sex
   • Tender Sex
   • Kind Draco Malfoy
   • Room of Wrecks HP Kinkmeme
   • Flash Fic
   • Anxious Harry Potter

   Summary

   Harry’s body slides through the water confidently, muscles flexing with each stroke. His mind quiets on the rooftop, in a way that it never has from anything but flying. He’s the only one up here at night. He can enjoy the sensuousness of it. He feels exposed, but safe. The rooftop is all contradictions: silent, with the bustling City below. Solitary, with millions of people teeming around him. The water hugs him close. The weight of it is a comfort, even when his muscles burn after hours of laps.

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