HAPPY H/D HOLIDAYS, SAVAGESNAKES!

[hd_hols]

Author: novembersnow
Recipient: savagesnakes
Title: 'Twixt the Sun and Sward
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Summary: A potions mishap has Harry and Draco meeting on entirely new-or is it old?-ground.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Brief

Comments

[shakka1]

Oh, I enjoyed this soooooo much! Kid!Harry was just so adorable, no wonder he made Draco´s heart melt. And mine along with it. Thank you!!!

[novembersnow]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. :)

[savagesnakes]

OH MY GOD IT'S PERFECT AND AMAZING AND PERFECT AND IT'S ALLLLL FOOOOOORRRR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

-FLAILS-Oh my god it's amazing. fjdlsjgakjlak! I LOVE your characters - especially DRACO! ZOMG! He reminded me so much of Snape, but...not. Like, he was getting to be Snape - trapping himself in the dungeons of Hogwarts as the resident potions master and ex-death eater, mostly feared and loathed by students and angry and lonely because he didn't have anyone, but still too proud to really show it. Too stubborn and ambitious to prove himself - that he wouldn't run away after the end of the war and would do something with his life. And I loved that he sees the similarities between him and Snape and doesn't mind, but also doesn't want to take it to the level that Snape had (I love Snape, btw, because he's amazing and tragic and amazing imo, so jfkdlsajgdkljlkg). Also, I loved the (unintentional?) way he implied that his ambition - the thirst to prove himself - came after Harry rejected his hand in friendship on the train.

[taradiane]

LOL tell us how you really feel, though. :)))))

[novembersnow]

*beams*

I am SO GLAD you enjoyed the fic! You have no idea what size grin your comment left on my face all day after I saw it. :D :D

I LOVE your characters - especially DRACO!

Thank you! Over the years, Draco's pretty much become my favorite POV character to write, so it was really, really fun exploring him in this situation--how he'd fit into wizarding society after the war and into the Hogwarts faculty, and especially how he'd react when thrust suddenly into a father-figure role against his will. :D (I confess, I have a huge weakness for daddy!Draco, and though that isn't exactly what I was writing here, this Draco definitely contains shades of that.)

And I'm so glad you enjoyed Snape as well! I don't write a lot of him, sadly, but, yeah, I consider him a pretty amazing character, too, and I didn't think it would make sense for him not to have some kind of prickly mentor relationship with Draco once Draco was on the faculty. :) (And I'm not sure, exactly, where the running-through-the-portraits idea came from, but it sure was

[wooly_bear]

I lost myself in this wonderful story and am sad that it is now over. Harry, Draco, Minerva - everyone was perfectly written. Beautifully done.

[novembersnow]

Thank you so much! I so glad you enjoyed it.

[winterstorrm]

I've been glued to this all evening. What a fantastic read. It was heartbreaking when Draco slowly realised that all of the stories about Harry's childhood were true and then when Harry went and Draco missed him...

Thank you for the ride.

[novembersnow]

Thank you! I'm so pleased you liked it!

[ellecc]

Little Harry!! He was so earnest and cute and heartbreaking and FUN to see!! And Draco... I really loved this Draco. Tough exterior, kinda sweet interior. And the way he really got to know Harry in such a different way after all those years. So enjoyable!! I tore through it so fast.

Thanks so much for writing and gifting!!

[novembersnow]

Thank you so much for your comment! I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the story. :)