Team EWE: 8. Episkey heals all wounds.

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Title: Scars That Never Felt A Wound
Team: EWE
Author: ebilgatoloco
Prompt: 8. Episkey heals all wounds.
Wordcount: 5282
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Strong obscenities, some violence, sort of dark!Harry
Summary: "As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades." - Frank Moore Colby
Author's Note:

Comments

[jamie2109]

Excellent use of the prompt and the fic shows some potential. I really liked that Draco worked with children and found himself while helping them.

[ebilgatoloco]

Thanks. =]

I liked the idea of Draco working with children too so I went with it. I'm glad the prompt was met. I didn't think I did a good enough job.

[arobynsung]

Oh but this was beautiful.
Poignant and heartbreaking.
A gorgeous piece.

[ebilgatoloco]

Thank you for your lovely comment. =]

[leochi]

Oh, I really, really liked this one! The progression of the story was so credible and Draco's grudging acceptance of Potter, his awakening interest and finally his compassion were so well described.

Wonderful read! (And I especially liked that there was no kiss out of the blue, no wall-slamming and no awkward love-story.)

Well done! :D

[ebilgatoloco]

Thanks for your comment. =]

I'm glad Draco's healing is credible, and the progression of his change was decent. I wanted to write a love story but I think the prompt called for angst and I can't write angsty!love stories.

This was the first time I've written a slightly dark Harry, and so I hope he was okay too.

[smirking_muse]

This was interesting- the style seemed very internally oriented (if that makes sense) which is different from a lot of things I normally read. I thought it was an interesting progression as well through the story and I liked the idea of mandatory community service. I wasn't quite sure why Harry didn't testify for both Narcissa and Draco, but I agree that if it was one of them, it would have been Draco (at Narcissa's request). I like the idea of Draco as a healer and the use of that as his community service was lovely. I like how he grudgingly began and later began to enjoy it- it was very realistic. I also enjoyed that Harry and Draco weren't just immediately friends or anything- that they had to work at getting along. It would be difficult to make a history such as theirs insignificant anymore, and I think you have very realistically accomplished this transition. I really liked how you finished the piece too. Well done!

[nicevenn]

I really enjoyed this. Nice characterizations.

Sorry for not leaving a more meaningful comment, but I have a mirgraine right now...