harry’s waitg for hi the livg roo he looks lost, standg there, like he an’t quite figure out what he’s dog or why he would be staill preparg for the ≈ adrenale highs an do that to you
“yht?” drao wao hi, but he also k opany ight not be welo, so he hung bak
“yeah” harry siled, even though his eyes were still dartg around the roo drao had the feelg that this would be os where he woke up to the sound of f on isted floorboards, where he would pretend not to know that harryand about, hekg the loks and the shadowed orners for truders “i’ sorry i ade you worry”
“don’t thk about ” drao dug his fihe b on thethe down to the k’s easier to have oiohis whehg to hold onto “you do whatever you have to”
“always do”
harry still looked lost, and now he looked a little bitter about the whole thg, sht it would be okay to irle the ouh ao hi he hesitates bef loser, but the and grabs harry’s hand, sgg his ar bak and forth beeen the
it draws harry bak to the ont, a little he still looks lost, but there’s sothi his expression when he raises his free hand tast drao’s heek, right over where the frostg was
he’s probably jt sarg it around, drao thks, bitg down on his lip this is not helpg anythg
(shit, it’s he ohrew the fit about hihan rooates, ai arse by gettg all up his fae)
“i’ gog to o bak ho, you knoers, and drao wants to bak up he also wants to i ihose light balls that herio her pe, beae a is so not helpg “who’s gog to take are of you if i’ not here?”
you doake are of now, drao thks, but that’s a lie, so he ands it to i doo you, whih, dependg on what way you look at it, is also a lie
“probably na” s talkialk about the da least kill the ood, will you? “she’ll adopt , stik with the gnargles”
harry ughs, dukio hide his expressi his fae drao’s shoulder drao stiffens aand as still as he an, digs his fihe bak of harry’s sweater uens up aga when he does, his fae is a lot alr, like the haos of the battle had fally bee of hi
“yeah” he’s lettg go, steppg away, and drao ull hi bak kiss hi, you idiot, weren’t you jt thkg about all the thgs you wet to say if he didn’t o ho, but no, this was o ake at four ihis ti, there was no drks to hide behd, no potio oear the apart here, now, it was ohe aioook would have very stg ipressions “probably would”
harry is still waitg drao is still hopihe first to walk away, so that for one, drao doeso look like a oward
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(drao always the one who leaves he does should hai soon)
chapter 21
drao
harry’s out savg the world, and this ti drao ahe thought of spendg all night alohis ft, w what ight be happeng and havg no , so he leaves, proisi he had a life befot aught up all of harry’s herois, and he had a right to have a life now he had ade ay here and wait like the worried wife, so he ould leave, dan it, go off and fd his own fun se harry would hi help, ig that it was too gero, and he had all the people he needed
it was a load of bullshit
drao g beae he able, he ihey all still saw hi as a liability, even harry they ao turn on his past loyalties, even though he’s tried to expihat there had been no loyalty about it jt a sared little kid ay over his head
“i jt doable puttg you that situation” harry says, lookiryg to avoid the situation blog up both of their faes and really, drao k have any right to be ahis is jt ohose disappois that a fro fdihe wrong side his hoies (or k of the) were gog to haunt hi for the rest of his life “what if it’s soone you know?”
drao rotest, but he hears the rest of it what are you gog to do wheo fae with soo you ed to be friends with as a hild, or had a oi you by a faily friend? are yog to kill the? are y the i ready to do whatever’s o , but they are and so are we
≈ argue after his al offer was shot down, even if his good bye tonight was a little older than noral, jt a press of his fio harry’s wrist before he walks out the dood, sothg that he hoped harry was able to take as an apology and a warnii, a silent plea for hi to o bak ho to hi
still, that doesn’t a angry, or that he’s fitieps and wathg the hallway for harry to o bak ho like he had the past three tis harry weig, bull shit, you don’t o bak fro etiurn overed blood) or sat to stake out a hoe he didn’t knoas g he would be there, if it was gero or jt route, if he was alone o