diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/settled.ts b/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/settled.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fe321b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/settled.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function settled<T>(res: PromiseSettledResult<unknown> | undefined): T | null {
+	if (res?.status !== 'fulfilled') return null;
+	const v = res.value as { response: Response; data: unknown };
+	return v.response.ok ? ((v.data as T) ?? null) : null;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/+page.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/+page.server.ts
index f1aea7d8..efcbeb18 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/+page.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { createApiClient } from '$lib/shared/api.server';
 import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
+import { settled } from '$lib/shared/server/settled';
 
 type StatsDTO = components['schemas']['StatsDTO'];
 type TranscriptionQueueItemDTO = components['schemas']['TranscriptionQueueItemDTO'];
@@ -14,12 +15,6 @@ type DocumentListItem = components['schemas']['DocumentListItem'];
 type GeschichteSummary = components['schemas']['GeschichteSummary'];
 type TagTreeNodeDTO = components['schemas']['TagTreeNodeDTO'];
 
-function settled<T>(res: PromiseSettledResult<unknown> | undefined): T | null {
-	if (res?.status !== 'fulfilled') return null;
-	const v = res.value as { response: Response; data: unknown };
-	return v.response.ok ? ((v.data as T) ?? null) : null;
-}
-
 export async function load({ fetch, parent }) {
 	const { canWrite, canAnnotate, canBlogWrite } = await parent();
 	// READ_ALL without WRITE_ALL or ANNOTATE_ALL — see ADR-007.
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.server.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.server.test.ts
index c9ce8b94..fd532424 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.server.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.server.test.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ function makeUrl(params: Record<string, string | string[]> = {}) {
 	return url;
 }
 
-function callLoad(url: URL) {
+function callLoad(url: URL, parentData: { canBlogWrite?: boolean } = {}) {
 	return load({
 		url,
 		request: new Request('http://localhost/geschichten'),
-		fetch: vi.fn() as unknown as typeof fetch
+		fetch: vi.fn() as unknown as typeof fetch,
+		parent: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+			canBlogWrite: false,
+			canWrite: false,
+			canAnnotate: false,
+			user: null,
+			...parentData
+		})
 	});
 }
 
@@ -191,3 +198,60 @@ describe('geschichten page load — documentFilter title resolution', () => {
 		);
 	});
 });
+
+// ─── draft fetch ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('geschichten page load — draft fetch', () => {
+	it('makes a second API call for DRAFT stories when canBlogWrite is true', async () => {
+		const mockGet = mockApi();
+
+		await callLoad(makeUrl(), { canBlogWrite: true });
+
+		const draftCall = mockGet.mock.calls.find(
+			([, opts]: [string, { params?: { query?: { status?: string } } }]) =>
+				opts?.params?.query?.status === 'DRAFT'
+		);
+		expect(draftCall).toBeDefined();
+	});
+
+	it('does NOT make a DRAFT API call when canBlogWrite is false', async () => {
+		const mockGet = mockApi();
+
+		await callLoad(makeUrl(), { canBlogWrite: false });
+
+		const draftCall = mockGet.mock.calls.find(
+			([, opts]: [string, { params?: { query?: { status?: string } } }]) =>
+				opts?.params?.query?.status === 'DRAFT'
+		);
+		expect(draftCall).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it('returns empty drafts array when the DRAFT fetch rejects', async () => {
+		const mockGet = vi
+			.fn()
+			.mockResolvedValueOnce({ response: { ok: true, status: 200 }, data: [] })
+			.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('network error'));
+		vi.mocked(createApiClient).mockReturnValue({ GET: mockGet } as ReturnType<
+			typeof createApiClient
+		>);
+
+		const result = await callLoad(makeUrl(), { canBlogWrite: true });
+
+		expect(result.drafts).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
+	it('returns drafts in page data when canBlogWrite is true', async () => {
+		const draft = { id: 'draft-1', title: 'My Draft', status: 'DRAFT' };
+		const mockGet = vi
+			.fn()
+			.mockResolvedValueOnce({ response: { ok: true, status: 200 }, data: [] })
+			.mockResolvedValueOnce({ response: { ok: true, status: 200 }, data: [draft] });
+		vi.mocked(createApiClient).mockReturnValue({ GET: mockGet } as ReturnType<
+			typeof createApiClient
+		>);
+
+		const result = await callLoad(makeUrl(), { canBlogWrite: true });
+
+		expect(result.drafts).toEqual([draft]);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.spec.ts
index 410b1678..a5caab98 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/page.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function person(id: string, displayName: string) {
 function makeData(overrides: Partial<PageData> = {}): PageData {
 	return {
 		geschichten: [],
+		drafts: [],
 		personFilters: [],
 		documentFilter: null,
 		canBlogWrite: false,