FIC: The Way Down - 4/9

Mar 16, 2011 13:25

Title: The Way Down
Rating: this chapter, pg
Length: this chapter, 6.5K, 70K overall
Warnings: later, there is sex, but not much violence.
Characters: Harry/Draco, past Harry/Ginny
Epilogue: not epilogue compliant
Summary: Malfoy’s all, “Come out of there,” the way you say to a cat who is badly behaved. And Harry’s all like, “No, what, I’m a ( Read more... )

fic, length: chaptered, character: draco, fic: the way down, character: harry, ship: harry/draco, fic: hpverse

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geneva2010 March 20 2011, 17:53:48 UTC
This was beautiful, worth the wait. So many things left unsaid, and sentences started not completed.

Draco understands Harry so well. This was an amazing snarky sum-up:
“Don’t I? Let me guess. You hied to your hermitage, and threw things around. Or unrooted tree stumps and held a little light show. Then your own penchant for drama wore you out; you cried a lot and put all the tree stumps back, and thought about how you were just too sad and savior-of-the-worldish too ever love anyone or touch anyone or need anyone or desire me. Something about how you’re special, and making a sacrifice, saving the world just by not screwing around, because heaven help you if you did screw around, there would be tree stumps everywhere. Am I warm?”

I loved this part, just lovely writing:
The slope rolled down like the shoulders of a giant, slumped and laid down like moving was too much effort. The grass across the giant’s back was very green, and stirred slightly in a light breeze. Other things were sleeping, but insects hummed in lazy heat. There ( ... )

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lettered March 23 2011, 20:25:33 UTC
Thanks! I'm so glad this still works for you.

I love how hard he is trying for Malfoy.

I really like it when characters have to *try* in order to make things work.

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jolly_ro April 26 2012, 13:02:33 UTC
it seems to me, that Draco understands Harry's actions from the very beginning of this story (I've also got a feeling that Draco maybe was (slightly) in love with Harry from before this story started, and maybe he'd given a lot of thoughts to why Harry acts the way he does, though Draco didn't really get the extent of Harry's issues until closer to the end of the story). but in this chapter, Harry begins to understand Draco, too! I love how this story is about getting each other and mutually helping each other to overcome one's issues, and expand upon oneself, and be a better man.

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lettered April 30 2012, 03:39:33 UTC
Thanks so much for all your lovely comments. I read each one of them with glee. I'm really glad Harry and Draco mutually helping each other works for you--it's what I really wanted to write :o)

When I was writing this, I didn't mean for Draco to be in love with Harry from the beginning--but I do think he always had a fascination with him. It made sense for me for Draco to think that the only way he can really rectify his past starts with Harry.

I'm really glad you liked this, thank you so much for reading, and for letting me know.

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tsuj April 30 2012, 02:00:01 UTC
For the first time since Malfoy came to Chimera Downs, the first time in a long time, it occurred to Harry that he could be the strong one.

Indeed.

Wonderful chapter!

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lettered April 30 2012, 03:39:38 UTC
Thanks!

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