Draco Malfoy has always had a stone, cold look on his face. He always looked as if he had no emotions whatsoever. Ever since I first met him, he was like that. He's always been a sarcastic, arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic, manipulative, annoying little shit, but on the other hand, I can tell that he's misunderstood, lost, and in need of help.
I've seen a side of him that no one else has. He doesn't know that I've seen the good side of him. He didn't mean for me to see his vulnerable side, but I did. I know he can be a good guy. He's just misunderstood and... misguided. He has a horrible father, who's a horrible role model.
He grew up in a broken household, and he became what he knew.... a bully....
I'm not gonna lie... I feel really bad. I can tell he wants to be different, but... he needs help to figure out how. He knows nothing else. He doesn't know how to be different, and I really wanna help him, but... sadly, he won't let me in. He won't let me help. He doesn't wanna admit that he needs help...
However... when I catch him with a different expression, besides stone and cold, everything changes.... especially him...
His expression is almost....
soft...
"It's one of the commandments after all Harry, love thy enemy."
"I'm pretty sure that's not one of the commandments Ginny."
"Oh whatever, he knows what I mean."
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One final year at Hogwarts.
That's all that stands in the way between Harry Potter and the rest of his life. Except, he's not even sure what he wants to do with the rest of his life. Hell, he hadn't even expected to live this long if he was being honest. But here he was, alive and well and completely unsure of himself.
Everyone keeps telling him that he can relax now, have a normal life, but normal flew out the window the day he learned he was a wizard. Voldemort is gone, (for good this time) and Harry is struggling with his purpose, his fate, his future. The one thing that Harry thought he could count on, the one thing Harry actually considered a part of his normal life, was the constant arguments, high tensions, and general teasing that Draco Malfoy would inflict upon him. But even that's changed.
Draco Malfoy is different. He's quiet, reserved. Harry's not sure what to make of the new Draco and when they're paired up as partners in potions, Harry is anything but excited. But as the two enemies talk, as they get to know one another, their relationship takes a turn. A turn that neither of them could have expected.
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