Beautiful Shards (A Drarry Fanfic)

The war is over, and it's time to return to school to make up the seventh year that so many missed. But there are those who won't be returning.
Draco Malfoy does not want to go back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That is among the few things of which he is absolutely certain. He knows the empty seats at meals and in classes will remind everyone- and himself, too- of what he has done.
Draco is broken, maybe beyond repair. Guilt weighs down on him always, and nightmares chase him in his sleep. Images of the war, and of all of those who died because of what he's done, rise up in his mind, and every night he wakes up screaming and sometimes crying. If there is a way to put the pieces of his heart, soul, and mind together again, it won't be easy, and no matter what, he will never be quite the same again.

But Draco's not the only one who was damaged by the war. Harry Potter is now the Boy-Who-Lived-Twice, but he's not the same anymore. He spends most of his time alone. In many ways he and Draco are the same. He is constantly feeling that he is the reason everyone died, and he has nightmares too. Memories of those he lost, who lost their lives for him at the Battle of Hogwarts, haunt him during the day. At night they scream at him that it's all his fault. Everyone worships him as the savior of the Wizarding World, but he doesn't feel like a hero.

When these two broken boys come together, they will find understanding, comfort, and friendship in the most unlikely places, and maybe just a bit more.

Disclaimer: The characters, places, ideas, etc. are not my own. All characters, places, etc. belong to J.K Rowling.

TW: Depression, self-harm, EDs, suicide attempt(s), etc.