to hurt and heal
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suary:
≈hat everybody who gets out of azkaba a little ad after the war, drao alfoy spehs azkaba wants to go sa harry potter fds that he, expliably, still an≈ap;ldquo;t leave drao alone
chapter 1
“don’t look as if you’ll iss , potter,” is alfoy’s aed quip fifteen utes before he is due to be trao azkaban
there is a wry, alost hallengg sile on his lips, o looks so out of pe on his thi harry his frtration alost unh
≈ even sure anyore if he is ahe old wizards i hado hi (aga) or beae drao alfoy i has this talent of akio punh hi, eve to jup iors’ ars
≈ is obvioly only false bravado and ego enablg hi to stand straight then
his stiff shoulders and red-rid, sunken eyes fool he roo, though harry spets that drao isryg to deeive anyone
the o to send hi off are narissa alfoy and harry hiself after all
i alfoy had already beeo azkabale of hogwarts, and it was quik and iable, and no ued the verdit of a life se his faily, not even hiself
but narissa and drao alfoy—oh, harry had fought tooth and nail for that
but the ehihat bleish of k, that onstrosity of a skull a
drao alfoy is arked narissa alfoy is not
≈hs, the wizengaot had said three onths azkaban and a agi baed oh of augt
and it is a sentene obvioly ade light by the petitioyle hadn’t been so ky—but three onths is still three onths ahs is ore thao be loked a age, surrouors
“alfoy,” is the only thg harry is able to say then, frtration akg his tongue heavy, beae drao alfoy, 17 years old and the s sliy git that he is, saved hi—
≈ry an’t be gog around leavih eaters unpunished,” alfoy says reply, his fae now fashioo a areful ask of i siply wouldn’t be appropriate”
harry shakes his head “you told the it wasn’t you…you saved ,” he trails off, helpless, uo ohat he feels for not beio prevent this
a wistful sile slowly slides its way on alfoy’s lips “i did, didn’t i?” and there is a distant look to his eyes, as if he is ullihought that he has long se pondered he sighs and fixes his robes, if only to avaze
“i an’t believe i’ sayg this, but i’ gd i did”
harry an’t help his legs fro ovg forward at that adission, but a hand on his shoulder steadies hi before he aupid like grab alfoy’s shoulders and shake hi a he be angry
one gne over his shoulder has hi lookg to narissa alfoy’s bnk expression she shakes her head, a io the side, bef her gaze to her son
“i’ll be waitg, drao”
alfoy nods to her, and harry is sure that they have already had their ont before he had burst io personally apologize or at least try to, but the words didn’t wa
“take are of y other,” alfoy says, the sile n his eyes a sees she’s taken a likg to you see you ter, potter”
aurns around and walks through the doors—beae if he is gog to hell, he ertaly isn’t gog ted there—, harry thks thatanyone says, drao alfoy is undoubtedly a very brave an
the aiful ih its pristie walls and arble flht filters through the halls and the air is fresh and risp harry defihat there is so agi the works here, but is heless grateful for all efforts to reove the renants of voldeort’s stay
drao’s roo is ion, and it’s like his whole roo is bathed sprg it is rge and spaio, with green walls a his bed, with its green aer, is situated ohere is a rge aount of floor before oher side ahe balony
the gss doors aas are phed aside, revealiwo hairs, and a garden
the sky is be, the air is refreshgly old, and the iddle of it all is soft, bl with the d
harry swallows hard at the sight he doesn’t know if the heavy feelg his gut is beae of seeg alfoy aga or beae of seeihat alfoy is
alfoy has his bak to the, a show any sighe ehe roo harry thks that aybe he’s asleep, but narissa strides towards the balony and harry follows utely, and then he sees—
drao alfoy th cheeks hollowed ghostly pale and eyes open
“alfoy,” harry roaks , but there is no response
alfoy doesn’t raise his head or even turn to look at hi he’s starg at the floor, eyes vaant, with only the rise and fall of his hest the diatioill alive
the revulsion takes harry by surprise aep bak before he an s hiself
≈hat narissa gives hi is sad