Three's Family
by darkbluedark
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CHAPTERS
5
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19.3K
RATING
4.8
Summary
It’s May 1979 and the Order has just apprehended a pair of mysterious wizards who look remarkably like a Potter and a Malfoy. Naturally, James Potter and Sirius Black are called in to identify the strangely familiar strangers and determine their backgrounds and loyalties.(This would be a lot easier if their captives weren’t convinced everyone they talk to is dead. It would also be easier if they didn’t spend half their bloody time bickering.)**“Just ask them questions only they would know the answer to,” Malfoy suggests.“There’s not a single thing that I know about either of them from the first war that any old Death Eater couldn’t find out.”“How is that possible?” Malfoy huffs. “He’s your father!”“Am I or am I not famously an orphan?” Potter snarls.**Русский перевод: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49365862/chapters/124574398中文翻译: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49899721
Reader Reviews
Turtlephant
2 months agoI love ALL OF THIS!!!!
ReyaReychelle
2 months agoTop tier Harry/Draco banter. I couldn’t stop laughing at the bit where Draco’s laughing about Harry’s famous scar.
VannahBananah
2 months ago👀👀👀!!! SO invested in this!! Very interesting! Love the character dynamics you've got going on. I could read draco and harrys back and forth sniping all day.
MrLovable
2 months agoOnly thing I can think of that Harry would know about James that's not common knowledge would be Prongs. He could maybe get some common ground with Lily via shared knowledge of Petunia, but I doubt any of them would care to go that route.Bickering is top tier. I hope we get more, especially them knowing random facts about each other, because you pick things up when you've been feuding for most of a decade.Hyped to see where this goes.
LyraAndyMedea_black2804
2 months agoContinue please
Numbuh_7
2 months agoThis is great, please continue. Also, I absolutely love the line "The look on Malfoy's face suggests that Potter’s behaviour on the quidditch pitch does, indeed, support the diagnosis of insanity."
Yunney
2 months agoOMG!!I laugh a lot when Harry argue with Molfoy, it's really fun and vibrant XD Can't wait to read next chapter!
Starlafoxfire
2 months agoI love, this Hilarious! well done
Siriuss_Left_Kidney
2 months agoOKAY THIS IS AMAZING I NEED MORE
justprompts
2 months agoahhh this is BRILLIANT!!! very excited for this <3
mirrorofliterature
2 months agoI'm sitting here with the popcorn, one of my favourite tropes written by one of my favourite HP authors I cannot wait -[in all seriousness, take your time, I'm going to go and re-read it because I was that excited I skim-read it]
Finsterstaub
2 months agoThis is such an amazing beginning and I really hope I get to see more soon! My heart is beating fast from excitement!
Sugarthreat
2 months agoI shouldn't laughed as much as i did 😭 this was great
simplememories
2 months agoLMFAO their banter is hilarious
DEMH_works
2 months agoThis story is absolutely brilliant, might be new favourite fic ever
Shy_Observer
2 months ago❤
Chapter 1
2 months agobest fic ive ever read and a huge favorite i will be back to read it many more times
business_inator
2 months agoI'm not really into reading HP nowadays but "“Am I or am I not famously an orphan?” Potter snarls." grabbed me by the ears and didn't let me go. God, this is going to be hilarious
harrysblueshirt1
2 months agoaMAZING i’m already hooked!! immediate kudos, and i have to say- i love draco and harry bickering
BubbleHubble13
2 months agoI'm fucking dying while reading this, this is so fucking funny and beautiful and I adore it 😭
Nebbia_Rainey
2 months agolol. I am having fun reading this. the bickering between Harry and Draco is so amusing. XD
Spade_Z
2 months agoJust a Spade casually dropping by♠️💚
Sestrenka374
2 months agoAhahahaha I scream and roll on the floor with laughter, your dialogues Draco and Harry are real art. It's like watching a tennis match
Elrond_Peredhel
2 months agoThis is hilarious! Especially James not realizing, just Sirius ^^^The bickering of Harry and Draco was great. Especially how it allowed the Order and us to know what had happened, but only we got to understand it.
aadarshinah
2 months agoI can’t believe I just stumbled across this fic today. It is an utterly brilliant take on the time travel tripe and I’m dying to see what more you chose to do with this verse. Thank you so much for sharing.
BubbleHubble13
2 months agoHere I ammmmRereading this magnificent masterpiece
Peilin
2 months agoOhhhh this is a hilarious beginning, very excited to read more
coldcomfortflowers (cactusboyband)
2 months agothis was so so funny!! And also tragic. A great balancing act
acehollyleaf
2 months agoLmao
SusanaR
2 months agoLove this! Great, believable dialogue, love the bit at the end about Harry's behavior on the quidditch pitch being indicative of insanity
BanjiyaBlues
2 months agoOh Lord!This opening chapter was entirely entertaining !!!Thank you very much !(๑>◡<๑)
Chapter 1
2 months agoThis is hilarious 😂
luxcurious
2 months agoIM CACKLING
Bogdon
2 months agoI like the way you portray James and Sirius. Good people, striving to become better (and it is clear that James will clearly become more responsible when he finds out that Lily is pregnant and he will become a father), but spoiled naive in the sense that Harry has never been (not dramatically).I like the bit that Sirius Black will notice that the accent is not as chic as expected not from a noble, but from a rich family.Shouldn't Harry have started working on the release right away? Do not scratch his tongue, knowing that they can be overheard? Doesn't look like him at the end of the last book. He's drmatic, but not dumb. And why talk to Draco so much? Again, he is very merciful and sympathetic (he offers Hitler remorse in the end), but he knows for sure that although Draco is not ready to kill by looking into his eyes, he can still convince himself to do it in the end. Convince yourself,for the sake of the family, that it's not important, and so on. He is very kind, but he does not deceive himself about people.Wait, is this Harry who decided to go on the warpath when he was digging Dobby's grave? Oh, he's pretty determined and cold-blooded, he has a very sharp intuition in book chronology, so I can definitely imagine that he will be angry, given how he was eager to finish the quest at all costs when he got into that room. I know he talks so much for plot and drama purposes, but it's a bit thick
scritchscratch
2 months agoBwahaha that is some top-notch banter and snark. They just can't help themselves 🤣 on this one with James - it was truly riveting. And t'was interesting to see Sirius pick up on Muggle-isms.
Jammy_JamJam
2 months agoMan, Lupin sounds like such a fuckboy according to Harry lmaoooo
tsukinofaerii
2 months agoCame for the "not drarry unless you consider bickering to be foreplay in which case you may consider this pre-slash" tags and I have to say, top-tier Drarry foreplay. Thank you!
MzMinola
2 months ago“I’m pretty sure if I just dislocate my shoulder a bit—”“What?!” Malfoy splutters. “Merlin, Potter, are you insane?”“You’ve seen me on the quidditch pitch.” 100% perfectly Harry, I love it.
Coco_cauldron_cakes
2 months agoThis is hilarious and wonderful
Rowan_Wood72
2 months agoThis is great
arggghhh
2 months agohow is this so good?? dude, i cannot stress this enough it's the best thong i've read on like, a century. it's been so long i've read drarry, and about as long for time-travel fics, and both goes back to my time on wattpad so my expectations were LOW. but THIS???? this is INSANE. they're insane, you're insane, and i'm the least sane of us all because i'm screaming about it at 1 am.in more proper words, this chapter tickeled a specific part of my brain called 'oh i'm gonna love tthis shit' so now i won't stop reading until the very end and think about it for days to come. thank you!! sincerely, i love it.<333
perqabeths
2 months agothis fic was SO GOOD. i love draco and harry's dynamic and i love the way harry reacted to this whole thing plus all the reveals, i was on the edge of my seat!!! love love love the fic you're an amazing writer 🫶🫶
BubbleHubble13
2 months agodont mind me rereading this thing AGAIN...i have issuesanyway this is still by far my favorite harry potter era x marauders era fanfic, even months later
Superherowholock
2 months agoThis is great!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
fantom_ftnoise
2 months agoHello, I am obsessed with this fic. My go-to daydreams about Harry Potter involve pretty much this scenario devolving into various endings, and this story perfectly scratches that itch!! I really appreciate the slow build-up of their trust in each other and the situation in which they find themselves, but most especially I adore the crescendo of Lily joining them and Harry just immediately surrendering himself to this as a very real possibility. This story is beautiful, and when/if you post the sequel, I will be there to devour that as well!
raginblastocyst
2 months agoThe utter chaos lol I love it
ZilEvaM
2 months agoOh, Harry, you deserve the very best💔 How did he feel to see the godfather whose death he blamed himself for? Now that the original Order is aware of the spy, they will change everything. I hope you continue the story and the looters will have a happy ending. The one they deserve
Leapyearbaby29
2 months agoI love their bickering. So they aren’t friends. They were in the middle of the Battle of Hogwarts when they got sent back in time. Hopefully the present day is paused or Voldemort will be pretty angry that he can’t find Harry. Love how James and Sirius and even Dumbledore are very confused. Lol. Great start. :)
StormyCat
over 1 year agoAbsolutely THRILLED by this oh my godI can't wait to see their next reactions
meaningfulchaos
over 1 year agoit is times like this that i am SO SO GLAD that i’m subscribed to the author, i am so excited to read all of this





