FIC: in the ocean we'll be born anew (PG-13)

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Title: in the ocean we'll be born anew
Author: awickedmemory
Prompt: #84 submitted by digthewriter
Summary: AU where Draco works at a shop and has no life. Everyone around him notices how lonely he is, except for Draco. And then Harry breezes in and everything changes.Ten years after the war, Draco is running a shop in Muggle Venice. He has his routine. He likes routine.

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[digthewriter]

In Draco’s opinion, that was exactly the reason to be up. There was something almost spiritual in waking up to a silent world.

Perfect description is perfect.

...but Draco had no idea what he was looking for. Threats? Death Eaters to jump out at him from behind a display rack?

HAHA!!! BEST THOUGHT EVER.

…and Draco wondered if the mystery of his presence in Venice had kept him up last night.
If so, the man clearly had no life.

I love internal!snark! Draco is always entertaining himself, isn't he?

7:30 P.M., and Harry would lose his mind over the homemade meals and make inappropriate noises. Draco would silently note each new hue that made its way into Harry’s skin as he quickly prospered with good food, good activity, and hopefully, good sleep.

9:45 P.M., and Harry would take his leave.
Draco told himself he wasn’t disappointed.
(He almost even believed it.)

I did love the subtlety to this. I feel like I'm using this word a lot in my comments about this story b/c that's what it is. This story is simple but in the most

[awickedmemory]

Yay, I can reply now! \o/

I love your comment. <3 Perfect comment is perfect. I'm so glad I was able to make your shitty day better! I'm so sorry I ran so late getting this submitted with all of the craziness going on in my real life, but I'm glad you liked it! ♥ I'm glad that the story wasn't too simple - a lack of plot is always a major weakness in my writing, but I always like those slow, quiet tales of internal development. (From reading too many Japanese light novels growing up, maybe?)

This was my favourite scene in the whole story because it came by such a huge surprise! We often read about Harry having all this awesome, powerful magic, so it was nice to read this from Draco, being such a peaceful badass and all.
--- I kept trying to make the fight scene less abrupt, but I never landed on quite the right way to do it that didn't drag the scene out! Action is soooo not my forte, lololol. And I'm such a sucker for Draco being a "peaceful badass." ;)

<3 Thank you for helping to run this fest and being such a big part of the

[articcat621]

Ahhh really loved this! <3 wonderful AU :)

[awickedmemory]

Thank you!