Smutty Monday #1
Feb. 3rd, 2014 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firethesoundHooray! Welcome to my very first Smutty Monday post! This is also my first rec, so bear with me through any awkwardness, please. :D
Title: A Princely Scent
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birdsofshore
Wordcount: 5k
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 - mild voyeurism, light bondage, frottage, wanking, and a blow job
Whenever I think of Smut Done Right, this fic is always at the top of my list because in just 5,000 words I went from thinking "Armpits? Who the fuck cares about armpits?" to "Yes please, all the armpit sex!!"
I thought this story was very well-crafted from start to finish. Because I was able to see how Draco was back at Hogwarts when his attraction with Harry started, so by the time we get to the smutty part, it feels less like a kink and more of just a part of how he is. And this Draco is just how I like him, with his desperation to get at Harry completely at odds with his eloquent narration. And that little bit of manipulation where he circles around Harry, carefully leading him to bed such that Harry decides the whole thing was his idea, urgh. Yes, please.
The sex in this is wonderfully described as well, with that same balance of desperate intensity and self-restraint, Draco taking things at his own pace, and the descriptions are just perfect. The whole scene feels eager and familiar at the same time and even though we don't see any more of their relationship than this one interaction, I really felt it come through.
One thing I thought was especially interesting was before the armpit sex happens, Harry grumbles "Draco... You're so freaky about my armpits," and afterwards he says "That... armpit thing. I kind of like it. It's, erm... weird, in a good way. Like you." And that absolutely mirrored the change I went through when I read this. Pre-armpit sex I wasn't sold on it, but afterward I definitely think it's weird-in-a-good-way. Much like Draco is. :D
Title: A Princely Scent
Author:
birdsofshoreWordcount: 5k
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 - mild voyeurism, light bondage, frottage, wanking, and a blow job
Whenever I think of Smut Done Right, this fic is always at the top of my list because in just 5,000 words I went from thinking "Armpits? Who the fuck cares about armpits?" to "Yes please, all the armpit sex!!"
I thought this story was very well-crafted from start to finish. Because I was able to see how Draco was back at Hogwarts when his attraction with Harry started, so by the time we get to the smutty part, it feels less like a kink and more of just a part of how he is. And this Draco is just how I like him, with his desperation to get at Harry completely at odds with his eloquent narration. And that little bit of manipulation where he circles around Harry, carefully leading him to bed such that Harry decides the whole thing was his idea, urgh. Yes, please.
The sex in this is wonderfully described as well, with that same balance of desperate intensity and self-restraint, Draco taking things at his own pace, and the descriptions are just perfect. The whole scene feels eager and familiar at the same time and even though we don't see any more of their relationship than this one interaction, I really felt it come through.
One thing I thought was especially interesting was before the armpit sex happens, Harry grumbles "Draco... You're so freaky about my armpits," and afterwards he says "That... armpit thing. I kind of like it. It's, erm... weird, in a good way. Like you." And that absolutely mirrored the change I went through when I read this. Pre-armpit sex I wasn't sold on it, but afterward I definitely think it's weird-in-a-good-way. Much like Draco is. :D
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Date: 2014-02-03 10:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-04 12:52 am (UTC)This fic is one of my faves. :D