[Harry Potter: Draco] What Do I Do After Swapping Bodies with My Nemesis?!

After an utterly ordinary schoolyard fight, I woke up to find that I'd switched bodies with my nemesis, the school bully Malfoy.

Miss Lin, the victim, felt like this was the worst kind of bad luck imaginable. She was doomed!

He'd kept the paper crane she'd made to mock him in their first year in his desk drawer. Well, probably so he wouldn't forget the humiliation!

He'd imitated her handwriting in his Potions textbook, writing "Lin Xing" over and over again. Well, that was probably some new kind of curse, like writing it on a Dark Magic object to kill her or something!

If they hadn't switched bodies, Lin Xing would probably have always thought that the obnoxious Malfoy hated her as much as she hated him. But why did her heart burn when the boy looked at her with his gray-blue eyes and said, "I'm a star made just for you"?

Could a brave lion and a timid snake ever have a happy ending?

Another ongoing story: "(HP Draco) Professor, Stop Hitting Me!"

Lin Xing had been voted Hogwarts' most popular professor for two years running. Those were also the only years she'd held court in the Hogwarts staff room.

She was young and beautiful, assigned little homework, and taught lively, entertaining classes. Besides, she had the credentials of a "war hero" and the "youngest Auror." Who wouldn't want a teacher like that? (She was also the most lenient about granting leave slips and permission notes.)

But after Draco Malfoy became her colleague, her honors were suddenly in jeopardy. He was just as young and handsome, taught lively classes, and, damn it, sometimes even coached Quidditch!

That wasn't so bad. Life always liked to hit you with its best shot: your nemesis becomes your colleague, then your next-door neighbor, then your partner... Wait, did we skip a few steps?

Whatever. Lin Xing could no longer stand that blond jerk bringing up her embarrassing school days in Potions class, or breaking into her home day after day to mooch food and water.

Just like when they were students, she got into a huge fight with him. But the bastard didn't fight back at all. Instead, he went straight to the headmaster and filed a complaint, forcing her to attend weekly counseling for a whole week.

Ha! Just you wait, Malfoy. Hogwarts' youngest Charms professor is not someone you want to mess with!

"May I kiss you, Professor Lin?"

"How do you know it's not the alcohol talking?"

"I'm sure it isn't, because I often feel this way when I'm sober too. Ah, don't hit me, you clumsy..."

"If you want me to kiss you, I'll have to kiss everyone at the staff table, so they'll think I'm completely drunk."

"Oh, please don't. You know Longbottom's wife is not someone to mess with, right?"

"Look what you've done, Professor Malfoy."

"Mm-hmm. I think you'll get used to it, Professor Lin."

"Get used to it? I thought we were just a one-night stand."

"Oh? Don't think you can sleep with me and then dump me."

Lin Xing thought she would have to bear the burden of her sins alone forever. Then that obnoxious blond boy showed up again, needling her just like before, and damn it, making her feel young, lively, and happy again.

The war changed a lot of things, but some things are worth remembering forever.

This is a story about two war-traumatized lunatics falling in love. It has three main plotlines, both overt and hidden, and the story is outlined.

Possible trigger: They are not each other's first love.

P.S. This is a different timeline from the body-swap story. Think of it as a parallel universe. The two of them never switched bodies here.

Content warnings: I'm terrible at writing blurbs. First-person female POV. Original character details, some OOC, elementary-school-level writing. First posted on Lofter.

Theme: Choose your friends carefully.