The Road to Recovery
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Last published Sun, Oct 30, 2016
when Draco Malfoy returns to Hogwarts for his last year, he didn't imagine that he would find friends, family and love along the way.
this year turns into something that defines the rest of his life, or maybe the road to recovery.
Draco woke up in the middle of the night after having another terrifying nightmare. He was having many of those these days. He was lucky if he got more than 1 hour of sleep. That was part of why he was so tired. This time it was a nightmare of what would have happened if Harry hadn't decided to save him. the scenario of him dying a painful and slow death scared him. he was a coward, he would admit. He was scared of death. Being so close to it once, he never wanted to go through the same pain again.
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