His Favorite Words

Most times when you think of hope, you think of the future. And usually it's not really THE future as much as YOUR future; what you can do for yourself and how you can change your mindset and how you want to do all these things for you. You believe in tomorrow and optimism. You believe everything they tell you –– about yourself and the world –– and any sense of realism you've ever clung to is gone as you make up your ridiculous dreams. That's what society can do to you; It'll lie about things and sugarcoat things and put ridiculous things into your head. And they'll make you believe it, too. I learned that the hard way, starting in the early October of my nineteenth year.

This is the story of how I survived depression, broke some bones, met
someone who changed my life and redefined that same vexed meaning of hope.

(HARRY FANFIC)