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   The Devil Works Hard by blessdtoaster

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Theodore Nott
   • Pansy Parkinson
   • Blaise Zabini
   • Harry Potter
   • Ron Weasley
   • Post-Hogwarts
   • Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE
   • Alternate Universe - Dark
   • Some Humor
   • POV Draco Malfoy
   • Some POV Hermione Granger
   • MildlyToxic!Draco
   • Like Windex - wouldn't put it in my coffee but it probably won't kill me
   • manipulative!draco
   • jealous!Draco
   • He's young and emotionally stunted okay?
   • fussy!draco
   • sad!Draco
   • ReallySad!Draco
   • BAMF!Hermione
   • FuckingMad!Hermione
   • Depression
   • Mental Illness
   • Mania
   • obsessive behaviors
   • Violence
   • Aggression
   • Bigotry & Prejudice
   • Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Whinging Abounds
   • Fussiness Ahoy
   • Am I attracted to this bitchy man?
   • Typical - always King Kong and never Queen Quong
   • the Bespectacled Bummer and his rag tag team
   • Yes but I wanted to do Pureblood stuff with my friends
   • REAL SLOW on the burn
   • Various bits of violence - gore - extensive and incredible loss including pregnancy/infant - horrifying psychological fuckery - tagged in chapters
   • Why can’t we be friends?
   • everyone sucks (they get better) except Harry and Ron who are in fine form

   Summary

   Draco Malfoy is not, necessarily, a good guy. Maybe he could have been, once, but he chose differently. Some (everyone) might say he chose wrong.

   After years in Azkaban and an extended house arrest sentence, he is released unto a world that somehow has only gotten worse while he was away… and rather than fix it, he falls right into step.

   Or does he?

    

   The Devil Works Hard

   or: How Draco Malfoy Finally Did The Right Thing (And Really Shouldn’t He Be Called The Chosen One?) You’re Welcome, World

   or: Who Needs Love Letters When Instead You Can Write Hate Notes - Draco Malfoy’s Guide to True Love

   Series

   • Part 2 of It's Hard Out Here for a (Pureblood) Prick

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   330,719

   Chapters:

   34/34

   Collections:

   4

   Comments:

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   Bookmarked by KittyPinkBox

   07 Apr 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Loved this so so much. Toasty is a gift to fandom and will always have my deepest esteem and affection ❤️