Secrets and Masks
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Secrets and Masks |
| Author(s): | Emerald_Slytherin |
| Date(s): | 2021-2022 |
| Length: | 454,500 words |
| Genre(s): | Het |
| Fandom(s): | Harry Potter |
| Relationship(s): | Draco/Hermione |
| External Links: | AO3 |
 Cover art by ivmaruva (2023) | |
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Secrets and Masks is a Harry Potter Draco/Hermione fanfiction by Emerald Slytherin.
Summary
9 years after the battle of Hogwarts, the war still rages on and everyone is much changed since their days at Hogwarts.Hermione is the most lethal soldier in The Order, spending her days on rescue missions to free captured Muggleborn slaves and fight on the front line. For years, she's been meeting in secret with a spy within Voldemort's ranks to exchange information. But when she's captured and made prisoner at Malfoy Manor, of all the dark and evil ways she'd envisioned Malfoy would torture her, she never quite imagined anything this horrific.
I just wanted to make it abundantly clear that I was originally inspired to write this fic after I read the masterpiece that is Manacled, so I would like to thank SenLinYu for her amazing work! The memory searching aspect of Manacled is what inspired me, and although I have adapted that, (and also made Draco head Death Eater, because... ya know... we all love it when he's Voldemort's right hand man 😅😉), Secrets and Masks will be a very very different fic all together.
This story was one of several Harry Potter stories in the fanbinding for profit controversy, see 2024 Harry Potter Fanbinding Controversy for more information.
Reactions and Reviews
Madxstar review: 1000/10
This has become my all time favorite fic. I finished it near seconds ago and I am still sobbing, my nose is clogged with tears and I’m losing my gd mind. This story is not for people who want a light fic or a HE. It’s brutal, heart wrenchingly sad, and dangerously upsetting. Theo’s characterization is absolutely terrifyingly haunted. The best Theo I’ve ever read. This fic built the love story so beautifully. Draco and Hermione fall in love slowly and then all at once, quickly and completely. If I could ever have someone feel for me a fraction of the way Draco loves Hermione, I’ll die happy and complete. I recommend this fic whole heartedly, but only if you have the time and stable mental health to do so. This was beyond amazing- and I’ve read a lot of dramione. I’ve been putting this one off for a while because I heard it was heavy, but I don’t regret it- even if I want to die right now.[1]
I just finished reading secrets and masks and I dont think im ever going to recover. Sure, I could read another dramione fanfic to ease the hole in my heart, but nothing will ever do theo justice quite like emerald_slytherin.[2]
i just finished reading the fic secrets and masks by emerald_slytherin for the first time and WOW. i don't even have the words. my face is still sopping wet with tears i honest to god had my hand clapped over my open mouth during the majority of the time i was reading. the physical, visceral reactions this fic brought out... i looked like a madwoman. i am so unwell i can't wait to make this everyone's problem[3]
Secrets and Masks tore out my heart and burnt it to a crisp. I haven't cried like this over something I've read in months, maybe years. I was holding on to hope so much for the last few chapters...[4]
I started reading Secrets & Masks this week and it has consumed my every waking hour. I’ve not been able to work, eat, sleep because I keep thinking about Secrets & Masks. My screen time is like 8 hours a day and it’s just my Book app because I am. Constantly. Reading. Secrets & Mask[5]
Inspired Fanworks
Fanart
- fanfiction Secrets and masks 🎭, Archived version by evalness
- Demon Mask Draco, Archived version and Demon Hex Hermione, Archived version by omniluci-estumbra
References
- ^ "Secrets and Masks-". Archived from the original on 2024-06-09.
- ^ "June 27, 2023 Tumblr post by innocentlyyouthful". Archived from the original on 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Sept 11, 2023 Tumblr post by castielsbees". Archived from the original on 2024-06-09.
- ^ "August 17, 2023 Tumblr post by springfae". Archived from the original on 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Feb 29, 2024 Tumblr post by anxious-m3ss". Archived from the original on 2024-06-09.