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she shoves his sh hi take aep bak fro the doors behd hi, sooeaher, he guesses, aybe prall, ansy about puttg hands os ron and heri their way round the gryffihe slytherihg the warily
all harry an thk is that drao is gettg farther and farther away fro hi
“i a sure,” he tells her
“you are about sevee for that,” she says, but bise looks at hi ly harry’s throat is tight and there is a weight i ahg ed spurts, a bise, bise’s fae haely he ithes aside so asually there’s no way of tellg if it ose, and harry takes it as his ue to hrough the gap betansy, ign her ed ries as he speeds through the doors arao the risp sunshe
the ool, dap air soothes his throat, whih is srathy and ahg as if he’s og down with a old his eyes are drawo the distant gates; he half expets te trundlg away down the road, and he’s ready, he’ll suon his broostik a if he has to—but then he realizes draht there
drao sta the foot of the steps to the astle, his hteng his olr and soothg bak his hair they both tur of hi and drao’s eyes et harry’s
≈hihg is, nothg has hanged drao looks at harry the way he’s always looked at hi: with his full, uionharry has thought drao did or didn’t feel for hi over the years,happehe, he has o onfront drao’s differene
drao ight die today, a die, drao ight o bak a harry like this aga it ss to hi all at o aze sweepg over harry without pai that harry ight et drao’s eyes ahi all, red—the thought of drao not lovg hi bak…is aboable, aoless pai i
but the only words he has for this feeli go”
narissa alfoy’s lips draw bak what ight atually be a snarl drao phes her hands away, gently, and wathes as harry takes the steps o at a ti ahe grass a few feet fro drao
“this aga, potter?” he asks tiredly
harry wishes drao would’ve shouted at hi this exasperatio disissiveness, is very uh worse, and harry a now
he should be akg so graion of his feelgs, he’s sure stead, he does what he does best: he piks a fight
“y this to yourself,” harry tells hi
“exe ?” drao says, his voie geroly low the spark of anger his eyes goads harry on
“you don’t want to believe,” harry says, fists lenhed a “you’re sared of what that would an you dohgs you an’t ontrol you’d—you’d rather die of pride than adit y about sothg!”
harry’s voie libs; he is distantly aeople gatherg at the open doors to the entrane hall and narissa’s hand tighteng on her wand, but o are
“i’ not gog to die!” drao’s voie rises to ath harry’s, ag “i’ not goi i’ll be free of this burden at st that’s all this is—that’s all you are to a burden”
that’s a lie, harry thks ’s a lie of ourse he kals trailg doweps a drao’s feet are proof enough of that but sothg i uand it’s a lie sothg hi howls with pa and fury his eyes stg, huiliatgly; he opens his outh to retort, but thegg for a differeogether as he starts to ough
these are deep, wrakg oughs fro a seizihe sk over his ribs is too tight, ahg rtles his ngs s for breath, ao his k of surprise than anythg else he overs his outh ih his elbow u subsides
no one akes a sound, not drao nor anesses harry does right now stead, he looks dow the dark spots on the grass, whih—when his visiourn out to be petals rose petals so red they’re nearly bk there’s a hot, oppery taste his outh ahg sharp pokg the bak of his teeth; he spits out blood ahorns
horrorhis spis his fae up at st, his gaze drawn agially to drao
drao’s features are sk with shok; his eyes are rehendg and fixed on harry
“you prat,” harry tells hi, libg to his feet with the best attept he a oposure “should’ve told yio”
“i’ not,” drao says fatly
“i know”
harry’s throat is losg up aga aher oughg fit og on as drao keeps wathg hi bnkly
theof the steps are reahg a resendo narissa pulls at drao’s elbow, guidg hi away tates harry’s eyes lg to hi, but there’s no roo his throat for his voie, no roo to for words and all hi bak; he tastes roses the bak of his outh it’s not until narissa sueeds turng drao bodily around, and they lose eye ontat, that he sees to wake fro his stupor he rips rasp
harry is already reahg for hi when draes bak up the path he throws hiself to harry’s ars, a whirl of sensation: his bast harry’s bohe sll of lilies fillg harry’s nose, his hands strong agast harry’s bak, his sk