Standing Offer by sweething10 (NC-17)

[dracomods]

Title: Standing Offer
Author/Penname: sweething10
Primary Pairing/Characters: Draco/Harry
Summary: Half-Blood Prince through the eyes of Draco Malfoy.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 32,221
Warnings: None
Genre: [Angst, Drama, Smut]
Canon: Through HBP
Other characters: Pansy, Blaise, Theo Nott, Crabbe, Goyle, Dumbledore, Snape, Fenrir, The Carrows.
Author's Notes

Comments

[eevilalice]

STORY

[sweething10]

YAY, I'm so glad you liked it! Draco is such a bastard on the outside, but I always felt that underneath it all he was still just a kid caught up in something he didn't fully appreciate the depths of until it was too late.

I really enjoyed writing the scenes with Draco and Dumbledore, and not just because I got to cheat a little with the dialogue. LOL The more I wrote from Draco's POV the more I realized how betrayed he would feel, thinking that once again Dumbledore was willing to do whatever it took to help Harry, and yet do nothing for him. And then to get hit with an offer to help would've just sent him reeling.

Thanks so much for reviewing! You made me day. =)

[mijeli]

Wow, thank you muchly for this wonderful comment! I'm ridiculously flattered.
I'm very glad you noticed the red-green juxtaposition I picked for one of the pieces - as cliché as it is, I wanted you to :D
And I believe "mixed media" works just fine- it's not like I'm big on art theory, I just patch stuff together!
So happy you like the last one, it was my favourite to draw as well.
Thank you very much for this extended feedback! Glad you enjoyed the read and thought the art worked for it.

[sweething10]

SQUEEEE! You have no idea how happy I am that you liked it. For some reason I was most nervous about you reading this. LOL!

It was hard sometimes to try to look at things the way Draco would see them instead of how we know them to be. And as much as Draco wanted to portray himself as a big bad Death Eater, I really don't think he, as a spoiled rich kid, would truly understand what that was all about until it was too late. I think he would want to save his own ass as well as his family, and if that meant helping Harry then he would do it. And a lot more, obviously. *snicker*

Thank you a billion times over for reading and reviewing.

[mijeli]

I'm so glad the art supported the story for you, this is just what I (naturally) hoped for! Thanks a bunch for this great feedback.

Quite well handled.

[wemyss]

And the artist matched it.

Re: Quite well handled.

[sweething10]

Thanks!

Re: Quite well handled.

[mijeli]

Success! \0/ Glad this worked for you. Thank you!

[conacha]

I really liked this story, quite an interesting twist you gave to it.
I could feel Draco's internat battle, it was so palpable! And your Harry was adorable... maybe too comprehensive to be the Harry we know, but he was absolutely perfect on this story.