The youngest doctor on staff is tasked with patching up a driver of a motorbike, after a head on collision. To his surprise, he knew the driver from school.

Draco Malfoy has lost everything. His father is gone, his mother in exile and he was stripped of his wand, his vaults and rights as a wizard. After a year of living on the street, he works at a late-night pub for cash. He closes for the night, but as he leaves, a wizard corners him in the alley as he had recognized him. Draco, wandless and defenseless, couldn't defend himself against a wizard, who wants to do more than hurt him. Who comes to save Draco, but the Savior, himself. Auror Harry Potter and his partner Ron deal with the attacker, but Harry is determined to take Draco home. Little does he know that Draco doesn't have one.

The Second Wizard War is over. Voldemort is dead, but the public wants revenge on his followers. Draco Malfoy is sentenced to life in Azkaban. After enduring months of torture, will Draco ever get out? The dementors are slowly eating him away. Will Harry Potter save him? And worse, will Draco ever recover? After being used and abused by Voldemort and thrown in jail, his mind and soul are broken. Crippled by his memories and conditioned not to fight back, Draco can't survive on his own. Will Harry save him again and help heal him? Hear his side of the story and find out whether he's a villain or a victim. Trigger warnings for panic attacks, attempted suicide, sexual abuse and self-harm. There are times when these are mentioned throughout the story, unlabeled. Other issues are substance abuse, eating disorders, PTSD flashbacks, bullying and general depravity. **This is for entertainment purposes only. All rights go to JK or whoever has them.

After the war, Harry Potter becomes a talented Senior Auror with a penchant for injury in defense of his colleagues. Draco Malfoy leaves the country for five years and becomes an accomplished Specialty Healer. He comes back after he accepts a job at St. Mungo's Hospital. When they meet again, it's clear that Draco has changed significantly in the years since they attended Hogwarts together, and Harry finds himself strangely attracted to his former rival. But things never come easy for the Boy-Who-Lived, and that's not about to change now. *I do not own Harry Potter. All rights belong to J.K. Rowling. This is a piece of fanfiction. Trigger Warnings: Miscarriage (female, no mpreg) Violence Reference to Previous Non-Consensual Sex. Not Drarry, and not explicit or violent. Please note: No smut. Sex is implied, but not explicit.

After quitting the Auror department at the ripe old age of twenty two, Harry Potter finds a nice, uneventful job in an apothecary. At least, it's uneventful until his old rival Draco Malfoy comes into the shop. They strike up an unlikely friendship, which evolves into an increasingly convoluted scheme, which then snowballs spectacularly out of control into a tangle of lies and blurred lines. They'd agreed to a fake relationship ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ̶ in Harry's case, to get the wizarding world to take him off his 'perfect saviour' pedestal, and in Draco's case, just to be given a chance in wizarding society at all ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ̶ but neither of them expected just how difficult that might really turn out to be. Especially when the stakes grow ever higher, and they both start falling for each other. Just a little bit. ______________________________________________ •Written March 2017 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ̶ May 2020• [Complete, 52k words] The first 5 chapters were beta'd back in early 2018 by @ItsATwix, @SimonTheVampir, & @drarryislifeforme; the first 7 in autumn 2019 by my friend @CoraWritesThings. Thank you all for the feedback! ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Title & original inspiration from '18' by Anarbor. (Photo featured on cover by Vasilisa A./Hoang Thien Nga [user: @lisaeeva] via Instagram; 'Le Pain Quotidien'. Link to original post in first chapter. All edits Mine.)