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- Content warnings: PTSD, Trauma, Grief, Alcoholism, War
Apple Pies and Other Amends
by ToEatAPeach
A slow, warm hug of a fic that uses baking as a bridge between two broken people. The Malfoy family redemption is earned, not handed out, and watching Draco learn to make pastry dough while learning to be vulnerable might be the most tender thing in the Dramione fandom.
goodreads 4.07/5 4,386 ratings
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Length201 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Sweet / tender
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Sweet / tender
- Comfort reread material
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- Redeemed villain
- Slow seduction
- Feel-good
- Secretly soft
- Redemption romance
- Tension / anticipation
- Found family feels
- Dark/tortured soul
- Hurt/comfort
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Redemption arc
- Intellectual connection
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- The swoon
- He falls first
- Playful banter
- Romantic fulfillment
- Touch starvation
- Longing glances
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Fanfiction
- Healing romance
- Manor house / estate
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
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- Opposites attract
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Cozy
- Warm
- Moderate
- Bookworm/scholar
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- Heartwarming
- Conversational
- Baker / innkeeper
- Healing
- Humorous
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Witty
- Earnest
- Hopeful
- Emotional
- PTSD pastry tour
- Warm kitchen energy
- Post-war reconciliation
- Malfoy Manor reinvented
- Baking as love language
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Book details
- Length
- 201 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book