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“he’s researhg hanahaki disease he’s dohe basi readg but now he’s expandg his searh, lookg to other ases of physial deterioratioo a wizard’s own agi turng on hi, ao know if i’d read anythg worth his ti i suggested a few titles”
herio but her eyes wath harry shrewdly
“is he lookg for a ure?” he asks he takes his ti ruagg through his bag, pullg out so parhnt and a quill and his books aandg there fiddlg with the straps like a it
≈ say so, but i thi be,” she says well, that’s sothihe git’s not jt gog to roll over and die
“right anyway,” harry says, “i fot sothg wath y thgs, will you?”
≈ entirely know what he’s dog as he leaves heriog there he lears the library’s doors and fds hiself breakg to a run as soo the halls, rag dowo the dungeons, skiddg around a orner—
≈ ollides with drao, who leans agaih his bak to harry, a spray of lily petals at his feet and his hand squeezg his throat as he raggedly pants for breath
“er,” harry says “alright there, alfoy?”
≈er,” drao says tonelessly, wipg pile off his lips retentio onograd haryg to keep his fae turned away fro harry’s
“why, er, why are you bleedihey jt flowers—” harry starts drao snorts and shoots hi that disdaful look harry knows all too well, ahe failiar hatred rearg up i
“potter,” he says, s harry’s owo a on without even havg thten up “there are lilies bloog side y s ed arou alg side y ribage aes lg y throat and seeds y bloodstrea i aals every ti i swallow the sent follows to y dreas pared to that, is a little bit of ternal bleedg really so shokg?”
harry tears his gaze away fro drao’s lips, whih are dry and raked, and looks at his eyes, whih are worse, haunted aotal betrayal of histone
“the only shokg thg about this is that you’re apable of lovg anythihan yourself,” harry says, ore stt than anger
drao fli he reovers fast he puffs up, ready with a retort harry an alost predit word-for-word; they lok eyes, grg, feediher’s fury it flows bak and forth beeen the like a livg thg one of harry’s hands lenhes on hisurls i sends a riff of triuph through harry drao will say sothg awful, and harry will shout at hi, and all will be right the world
≈ sothg ss drao he sags bak agast the wall before the tension an boileye ontat a helpless little ough esapes his lips, followed by a strea of the harry gets to see up lose how drao’s hest heaves, aruggles to draw breath as his he lilies—sotis oals, like shreds of white silk, aire flower heads, the soft fiers ftterg
drao gags arou he an’t s oughiher, and harry sees his silver- grey eyes well up with paiears before he shuts the and turns aani hits harry, suddenly; for all he knows, drao ould drop dead any serabs on to hi, supp hi with a hand on his shoulder and another one fir on the nape of his nek, and draasps after far too long, the flowers s og; he oughs a few ore tis, rayg drops of blood
as soon as he’s able, he shakes harry hly
“if you’ll exe ,” he snaps, “i’d like to spend y fal days doihi thag anhandled by a spey gryffdor brute”
“prat,” harry says, autoatially, and then he fishes proessg the words “days?”
“aybe i don’t know but i haven’t got long,” drao says “what’s wro got sik of pyg savi that ty bra of yours for a way to be the hero oi?”
“far fro it this is the best thg that’s happe hogwarts years,” harry says, whih of ourse is absurd, he flew through fieo save this boy, of ourse he doesn’t want hi dead—and sohow he’s still gog “if i k was, i’d shake their hand”
drao siles, then, but it’s an awful sile; it looks like it hurts ore than the oughg did harry opens his outh to apologize, to take it bak—he’s fioo far, has drao says, “not even you ahg you want,” and ithout a bakward gne
harry stares at his bak as he disappears around a orner and wonders hoens with dra went out of his ontrol so fast
drao skips di eveng
harry’s eyes saher table over andfor hi, but halfway through dner he has o onde drao’s not og it’s o of pansy, spoong sad oe and seeg no ore unhappy than ual, that sets hi at ease
herione nudges hi “lookg for soone?” she asks, brows raised
he shakes his head and drops his eyes to his pte he aell her that, after seeg drao hak his i while harry stood there elessly, the sight of dra would have been a relief
“well,” says herione, “if y for soone, i’d advise you to hek the hospital g”
harry looks around at her, aazed, but she’s engrossed a book she’s propped ope where her pte should be; the pte is her p ron’s t with sea ai