It started with just seven steps to try and win Potter's affection, but life and relationships are rarely as easy as a checklist on a piece of parchment.
In a hunger for house unity, the administration for Hogwarts decide on alphabetically ordering all returning "eighth" years into dorms - despite their original houses. There's odd arrangements, of course, but somehow Theodore Nott got stuck with Draco Malfoy, and Harry Potter. A tale of friendship, humour, acceptance...
The survivors of the Second Wizarding War return to Hogwarts after a summer of rebuilding and healing. Harry had been offered a position for Auror Training, which he quickly declined in favor of one final year with his friends at Hogwarts. He hoped that the year would bring nothing but normalcy and quiet as he begins...