snatched || drarry

epilogue

tw: mentions of eating disorders, self-harm, PTSD, anxiety, flashbacks/nightmares, abuse, rape

one year later

It had been nearly a year since they had found Harry and the past year had been extremely difficult for both Harry and Draco. All the progress that Harry had made over the past four years had been completely shattered and Harry's mental health had never been worse.

Harry was still recovering but he was slowly getting better. He had spent one week in a muggle hospital before Draco transferred him to St. Mungo's where he stayed for another week. He had to attend therapy twice a week and he had been prescribed a lot of new medicine.

The first six months after everything had been horrible. Draco had never seen Harry like he was then and it scared him. Harry had nightmares nearly every night that left him sobbing and shaking and Draco struggled to console him. Along with his nightmares, Harry's flashbacks and panic attacks became worse and were more frequent. Draco tried his best to comfort Harry and try to make him feel safe but sometimes Harry pushed him away, he was too scared to let Draco close to him.

There were also times when Harry wouldn't eat, or rather couldn't. He sometimes refused to eat because he felt like he wasn't good enough to eat and sometimes he just couldn't eat because the memories affected too much. It broke Draco's heart to see Harry push away countless plates of food but Draco made sure Harry at least ate something, even if it just be half a slice of bread. It was better than nothing.

Harry's self-harm got a lot worse too. All of his old scars were covered with fresh cuts and burns. Draco had all the lighters, matches and razors in the house to try and help Harry stop but he couldn't prevent Harry from going out and buying his own. There was several times when Draco found Harry in the bathroom, blood dripping down his arms and waist and tears dripping down his face. Draco carefully tended to every cut, cleaning them and bandaging them so they wouldn't get infected and he always made sure Harry felt love and cared for afterwards.

Draco couldn't count the amount of times him and Harry had fallen asleep, holding each other, both of them crying. Even though it was so painful for the both of them, they were both so happy they finally had each other again and Draco swore that he would never let anything happen to his Harry again.

Things started to get better when Seamus was caught. He had been apparating around the world and it had been extremely tricky to catch him, but they eventually did. Seamus got sent to Azkaban for kidnap, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, rape and use of an unforgivable curse, and there he would stay for the rest of his life.

Draco remembered the look of pure relief that flooded onto Harry's face when he found out Seamus had been caught. Finally, they didn't have to live in fear that Seamus would come back and hurt them even more than he already had.

A few weeks after Seamus had been caught, Harry had come to Draco and told him he wanted to report the Dursley's for what they did to him. He told Draco that the only way he could make a full recovery is if the Dursley's were punished for what they did. Harry and Draco reported them together and they were all sent to prison, Vernon for child abuse, sexual assault and rape, Petunia and Dudley for child abuse.

Draco couldn't be happier that all of Harry's abusers, the people who made his life hell, were all in prison. He saw a change in Harry too, he seemed less on edge and more at ease. He was so proud of the progress Harry had made. Sometimes, he just watched Harry go about his day because he couldn't help but admire him. Harry was so much stronger than Draco could ever put into words. Harry was so much more than he ever could be, he was so much more than anyone could ever be.