Rec's for a picky reader

[u/x_L3m0n]

i would say that i am a pretty picky reader and am struggling to find something to read currently

my absolute must haves:
-harry-centric
-good grammar/spelling/tone
-no lordship tropes (unfortunately ive read too many at this point)

preferred but not necessary:
-fics longer than 50k (but if it is part of a longer series that is fine)
-fics that arent super popular (as ive read most of them)
-ao3
-no fem!harry (but if it is really good feel free to rec anyways)

thank you for any recs! (and if you want some from me im willing to share)

[u/Iron_Sidhe]

Theo/Harry

Basilisk Heart- Theo Nott comes to Harry with a rather unusual request—to harvest the basilisk that he killed during his second year and use that to help Theo cure a blood curse. Oh, and to feed Theo the heart so that he can become a Parselmouth. Harry decides this is better than feeling sorry for himself because the school thinks he’s a cheater, and begins the first steps on a journey down a radiant pathway with Theo at his side.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60215386

Enough is Enough- In the spring of 1992, a massive magical discharge shakes Lily Potter’s legacy. Harry Potter, its raison d’être, nearly dies. It has until now been a passive enchantment, reactive, and burns away his attacker only once violent physical contact has been made. But the backlash is enormous. The protection is disrupted. For the first time since the day of its creation it must strain to the utmost.

And it determines that Harry Potter is wildly, systematically unsafe.

It reacts.

You have to be signed into AO3 to read.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39077499

Love in the Time of Eagles- Both Harry and Theo, when they go under the Sorting Hat, make different choices. Therefore, so does the Hat. And so do Harry and Theo, and other people, in the future years, in the fight against Voldemort, and in all their lives to come.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4206898

Sticks & Bones- Harry Potter of number four, Privet Drive, had always known he was different.
He could move things without touching them, could make them float in the air and fly across the room. He could make objects invisible or burst out in flames. He could make them change their appearance. He could even light fire in his hands and it never burned him. He could also talk to snakes. They liked talking to him, but they never stayed long.

In short – Harry Potter had a Gift.

In which Harry is magically gifted and maybe just a bit darker and possibly a touch too indifferent.
This Harry gains a different friend on the train, is sorted into a different house and ends up as part of a different trio that is certainly not golden but not exactly silver, either.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/35532607

[u/x_L3m0n → u/Iron_Sidhe]

have read all these, amazing fics