Trope: Memory Loss

Ironically, this list has more fics I remembered well enough to comment on without refreshing my memory than any of the others.

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Teens and Up

Title: The Dimming Divide

By: disapparater
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4039480
Rating: Teens and Up
Author Summary: After a night out drinking, you'd expect to wake up with a headache, but this is taking it a bit far.

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Split POV, body swap, drinking, 5k

Commentary: Harry and Draco have swapped bodies! How did it happen? Who knows. What happens next? Who cares, it's gonna be fun!
Also, there's an unusual POV near the end, so that's fun.

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Title: A Few Brief Moments

By: disapparater
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1200523
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Draco remembers his life with Harry, until he forgets.

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Present tense/Past tense, drinking, getting together, magical tattoos, Healer Harry, Potions Master Draco, 8k

Commentary: Draco is pining, Harry is oblivious, the Slytherins and Gryffindors are friends—what more do you need? Oh, yeah, and there are lots of time skips, as most of the fic is just filling you in on all the memories that Draco so desperately wants to keep. Fun fact: This fic is inspired by one I rec later down the list, Sleeping Dragon. This one occurs first chronologically speaking but does take away the mystery aspect of the second fic, so read in whichever order you choose. Warning: this one is just profoundly beautiful right up until the last section, which will leave you feeling all kinds of empty.

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𐂂 Title: Pretty Fond of Not Very Good Ideas

͛ By: lq_traintracks
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9671951
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Harry Peterson, Orderer Extraordinaire, and his trusty sidekick, Ray. Or: Harry's been hit with a memory charm, but it's okay because he realises he's bent for Draco Malfoy (pretend the for Draco Malfoy part is crossed out).

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, humor, coming out, Auror Harry Potter, Unspeakable Draco Malfoy, 4k

Commentary: okay, this one is just so funny. It would be the number one rec on this list if the actual winner wasn't so damn good.
There's no angst, there's no pining, there's nothing but a really good fic with a really good hook-up scene to make it worth your while. Harry cannot remember himself, magic, Ron, or Hermione, but if there's one thing he knows for sure, it's that that guy at the bar is hot as hell.
Warnings: like all memory loss fics, a dub-con warning is necessary since the characters don't technically have all the information about each other. This one in particular gets an actual warning because Harry has forgotten basically everything about who he is and who Draco is. But he's very insistent that, once he remembers, he'll be fine with what he wants to happen. He's right.
Harry also accidentally outs himself here to his friends, and it's not clear if that's something he would've done any time soon without the memory loss or not.

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Title: His Secret to Hold

By: TommyLane
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5688880
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: In the end it was easy to make up his mind when Draco was presented with Dumbledore's plan, he would do it when the time came, he could become what they wanted of him, he would be the hidden snake that they all assumed he was anyway. But now it's his last week before his departure, leaving him with only five more days to spend with Harry as he prepares and remembers all their firsts, wondering if he'll have the courage to follow through with the plan or if he'll crumble under the pressure.

Tag List: Hogwarts-Era, EWE, non-canon-compliant, established relationship, Angst, Secret Relationship, the war, Draco teaming up with the good side, 9k

Commentary: (Recced in a previous chapter). It's just a really good read. Draco really wants to do right by Harry and so he's willing to put himself at risk, but first he wants just a little more time with the boy he loves.

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Explicit

Title: Like Clockwork

By: agentmoppet
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12627042/chapters/28770501
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Draco has never been very good at trusting others, and Potter is no exception. But if they're going to survive this, they need to accept that they're holding each other's lives in their hands, and--worst of all--they're going to have to work together.

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Unspeakable Harry Potter, Curse Breaker Draco Malfoy, dream spells. Case fic, Banter, bickering, Drinking, unhealthy coping mechanisms, UST, Pining, Angst, miscommunication, Magical Theory, 39k

Commentary: I love this one. Draco is hired to help solve the mystery of the hellfire curse that attacked Ron because Harry and George trust no one, but they know it couldn't have been Draco who sent it. And, besides, he's the best curse breaker in the business.
Here's an excerpt from the opening, and, trust me, it just gets better from there: When Draco found out that Harry Potter had become an Unspeakable, he hurled three bottles of Chateau Mouton at the wall and set his curtains on fire.
"Are you telling me," he breathed, trying to regain hold of his sanity, "that Harry fucking Potter, Boy Idiot, Imbecile Who Lived, had the audacity to actually grow a brain? Are you telling me that not only did he crawl his way out of that team of over-glorified scrappers, but he also managed to secure a position that is widely regarded as the most prestigious and intriguing title one can hold?"
"Draco," Pansy drawled, summoning a new bottle and uncorking it with a faint pop. "Don't you think you're too old for these childish tantrums?"
No, he was not too old. Not when the catalyst in question had the ability to regress him right back to the age of eleven without even being present. How dare Potter even suggest that he was more than just a brute with an overabundance of luck? How dare he prove he was capable of more than blindly pointing his wand at targets and exploding things at will?
This was not fair. This was unjust. This was... This was... bloody sexy, if Draco was honest with himself, and that just made him madder.

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𐂂🥇Title: The Shape of the World

By: bixgirl
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9352796/chapters/21184742
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Draco's life is finally getting back in order. Until, that is, he sees a familiar face that has been missing since that last awful morning of the war.
When has knowing Potter done anything other than complicate his life?
Although, for two people such as Potter and Malfoy, how can they fall in love except to put aside their preconceived notions about one another?

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Oblivious Harry, Falling in love, domesticity, UST, fluff, angst, animal companions, 48k

Commentary: Harry owns a surfing shop and has a pet snake named Monty. Yep, actually, that's all you need to know.
But I'm gonna tell you more anyway because I can't help myself. The tension is immaculate. Draco isn't entirely sure the person in front of him even is Harry and, if he is, what happened to him? Where's his scar? Why is he flirting with Draco like they've never met before. So, of course, Draco has to find out.
And then, once he finds out, you have five more chapters of the aftermath.
Let me just say, reccing this fic was a mistake. It smothered my productivity for the day because, naturally, I got stuck re-reading the whole thing by accident when I meant to just refresh my memory. Y'all, it's so good. It makes me want to read a hundred other fics with this exact premise. It makes me want to find 30 books where the love interest is an amnesiac and tries to hide their lack of a past from the main character at first. This fic obliterated my progress (which was moving so quickly and smoothly, by the way!) and I can't even bring myself to regret it because everyone deserves to read this fic.
It also has a short companion that serves as a sequel (7k).

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𐂂 Title: An Issue of Consequence

By: Faith Wood (faithwood)
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1439476/chapters/3027658?view_adult=true
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Draco has woken up in an alternate universe. Or he has woken up utterly insane. Nothing else can possibly explain why Harry Potter suddenly seems to think he's Draco's boyfriend.

Tag List: Hogwarts 8th year, EWE, mystery, potions, humor, 20k

Commentary: putting this fic on this list kind of ruins the premise for you, taking away any mystery, but it's still just a really good fic. Draco doesn't understand why Harry thinks they have all these memories together and seems to want to kiss him all the time... but he's not gonna stop him from doing it either.
Warnings: Draco is not immediately honest about the fact that he doesn't remember being with Harry and so anything intimate they do is with Harry believing Draco is fully himself. So consent is dubious.

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Title: Sleeping Dragon

By: Omi_Ohmy
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/484380
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: When Draco loses his memory, Harry struggles to recognise the man he loves. As they get to know each other again, can Harry overcome his sense of loss? And will Draco ever remember that he loves Harry?

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Established Relationship, 20k

Commentary: the first fic on my mind when you say memory loss. This is the one that inspired A Few Brief Moments, which is recced up above. It contains all the stuff after Draco has lost his memory, including the desperate question of how exactly it happened. It's angsty, it's emotional, it's full of loss and confusion—it's everything the other fic is not, including finally giving us Harry's side of things. But if you're worried that it's all tough and emotional to get through, it's not. In fact, the first scene where Harry's explaining to Draco that they're together lacks the tears and anxiety of most fics in this genre. It's funny, it's heartfelt, and Harry really tries to be understanding of what Draco's going through, to not push him or overload him with information. The pain only comes out afterward. And though there are struggles, a lot of it is really beautiful. It's about falling in love all over again, accepting things you can't change, and finding little ways to make everything seem more okay. There's enough joy sprinkled throughout it that you don't feel totally overwhelmed by grief the whole time, like you do with some fics. So, I really love it, and I think you will too.

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Title: The Rest is Unwritten

By: sassy_cissa
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1501709?view_adult=true
Rating: Explicit
Author Summary: Draco has lost his memory and lives as a Muggle. No one seems to care and the Ministry has declined Narcissa's request for help.

Tag List: Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Living as a Muggle Draco, 11k

Commentary: Narcissa doesn't have a lot of options with the Ministry not believing that Draco's missing. Maybe he's on vacation he left with no warning and took nothing with him. Maybe he ran away he hasn't extracted money from his Gringotts account. So she has to find Draco herself, and once she does, she needs Harry's help getting him back.
Featuring: Working in a chippy!Draco, Narcissa speaking like she's Captain Raymond Holt, and Harry being far too attracted to "Drew Martin" for his own good.

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