I need a story that has no big bad. No villain, no evil ministry, angst or prolonged negative emotions. Turns out I'm emotionally fragile right now.
It keeps starting stories but then I can't get past them if there's a villain. Which is really silly because you need some kind of antagonist to make a good story, but my anxiety is such where I just can't handle that. Anyone who can be construed as evil or just getting in the way of the relationship in any way is something I can't handle. I'm looking for something along the lines of 30k to 1,800k
No evil violence but asshole violence is okay. So no torture or rape or anything distressing, abuse or betrayal of friendships, I want light and fluffy supportive friends. No bad guys! Or gals! No evil ministry, No Injustice.
But like Malfoy just being an asshole because thanks Hermione is cute when she's mad is fine. No super powerful negative emotions.
It's going to be a hard ask I think.
I normally read really dark stuff, but there's some personal things happening in my life right now that have made me negative resilient to darkness and stories. It seems. I just got triggered for the very first time ever by an evil ministry bitch and I sure hope it's temporary but that character was written so well in the story that I'm reading that I just want to scream and have her die a horrible death. I keep wondering why the fuck isn't someone murdering her? Why isn't she being cornered and tortured? To stop? Why isn't she being killed? (And like if the person she was talking to in the scene that I was triggered were to have instantly killed her. For whatever reason I would not have been triggered? ) and I can't have that negative emotion right now.
So I guess some violence is okay. So long as it's to stop violence against the main characters. Like a Swift and brutal punishment for being a bad person. No plots, just instant murder. Maybe a little torture first. I don't care. Care. I usually like I said I usually read dark stuff.
Super bonus points if Draco is actually described as growling at someone for looking at Hermione the wrong way or speaking to her the wrong way or touching her. Or being some other kind of highly possessive protective territorial guy
Posted Mar 10, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC