"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." - Sirius Black (OotP)
When Harry comes into the knowledge that Voldemort's Horcrux inside him gifts him with a small measure of immortality, he chooses to use it to rid the world of evil. However, as time goes by, the influence of Voldemort becomes too great, and Harry soon becomes the thing he so hates and seeks to destroy.
In a dystopian AU where Harry never sacrificed himself to destroy Voldemort's soul, is it possible for the fallen Chosen One, seduced by Voldemort's dark influence, to find love again after the tragic loss of his fiancée? And is it equally possible for the one to save him to be none other than one of the very same Death Eaters he so desperately fights against, and his old school rival, Draco Malfoy?
In a tale of redemption for two broken boys, the lines between light and dark, good and evil, are smudged into shades of grey, shades full of hope, full of loss, and full of love. This is their story.
Warning and Content: Talk of suicide, Major Character Death, dark!Harry, self-harm, graphic content, sexual content, dubious non-con/talk of rape.
Y/N, a simple woman, joins the deadly games to pay off debts after her mother's death. Young-Il, a heartless soul, controls the games, watching everything from afar while sipping on his glass of whisky.
But this year is different. When he spots Y/N, number 160, during the game of "Red Light, Green Light," he can't help but grow more obsessed with her.
The first game ends, and Young-Il decides it's time to join the games himself, meet her, and make her his forever. Not that he will allow anyone else to even look at her
But will Y/N really trust him?