Frozen Bridges; Gift for une_jeune_fille!

[hp_emomod]

Recipient: une_jeune_fille
Title: Frozen Bridges
Author: whisperings
Beta: latex_muffins
Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): EWE, adult language, sexual content, potentially disturbing themes. Highlight to read: [cross-dressing, talk of suicide/suicide attempts]
Word Count: 2,328
Summary: He was sick, and was, undeniably, getting sicker. Neither could turn

Comments

[thilia]

This was really interesting, well-written and absolutely heartbreaking. Usually, I don't like second person POV fics but this was so well-done that I didn't even notice it after a while :)

“Harry, why can't you stay,” he whispers, and it almost makes you scream in agony. “Why can't you just stay with me, Harry?”

[...]

“I could never love you,” you whisper, your voice shaking horribly.

This killed me because the shaking in Harry's voice suggests that he does love him and... I always expect H/D fics to have a happy ending, somehow LOL :) But it's perfectly emo and I love it ♥

re: Frozen Bridges

[vaysh]

Stunningly haunting. I'm not a fan of pov experiments, but your second person narrator Harry works perfectly for this. As for all that Harry is trying to make us (and himself) believe that he can never love this Draco, the pov allows us to question Harry's words. For he does love Draco, in a twisted and decidedly mental way, but nevertheless. What I admire most about this is how you turn common H/D "cliches" on their head - that Draco is the only one who doesn't want to be saved by Harry; that what unites Harry and Draco is their shared understanding of the dark places they had to go during the war - and still this is perfect H/D, with all the need for them to be together and all the many reasons why they shouldn't be, Draco's disturbed state of mind powerfully among them. The Yeats quote is so very, very well chosen, especially if contrasted (or rather: read in light of) lillithium's illuminating statement that Harry and Draco rather be together than happy. And I simply adore the meta image of the frozen bridge, which to me is what H/D are in

[vaysh]

Here's my rec for your amazing story. Thank you again. ♥

[unlikeothers]

I just love this. I've never read a cross-dressing fic because it always seemed weird to me and yet here it seems like a perfectly normal thing due to the brilliance of the writing.

I loved the second person narration, it worked so very well. This was full of emotion as well as describing the emptiness of Draco. I really loved reading it :)

[phys_nut]

this is just AMAZINGLY beautiful and well written. seriously, i'm still reeling from it. the imagry and emotions conveyed are totally haunting and heartbreaking. well done mystery author, i'm in LOVE with this!!

[mijeli]

This was different, and while I knew what to expect (vaysh recommended this to me), I am shook. I came here to be shook, and you, mystery author, did with such magnificent skill. The way you are almost honoring pain and abuse and the unsettling faces of love is enthralling..something like the horror in front of your eyes you can't look away from.
I have never read a suicidal Draco before, but it's beautiful. This paragraph - not sad tears, angry tears, and his handwriting becomes increasingly erratic. He wants to die, he wants to live, he doesn't know what the fuck he wants -particularly touched me, as it contains both the vulnerability and aggression of this wish; and I get this distinct feel of pride out of his will to surrender, still. To me, in your story it's natural for Harry to love this; it's shades of strength and weakness that he doesn't understand.

You portrayed their antagonism in a (for me) unknown way, and your story intrigued me for that reason among others. Remarkably done.