The Female Gaze

A second chance sends Draco back to 1991 as the Malfoy daughter. An ongoing time-travel story; the opening includes suicide and parental death.

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spectral416’s alternate Hogwarts story follows a postwar Draco who returns to childhood in a female body. The author’s summary and tags introduce a canon rewrite, Slytherin Harry and a developing relationship. The opening chapter includes suicide and parental death. The latest visible header lists an ongoing English work; read the original warnings before beginning.

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The Female Gaze

35 chapters collected. By spectral416, shared with the creator’s permission.

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