AN HONEST DAY'S WORK (PG) BY IAMSHADOW

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Title: An Honest Day's Work
Author: iamshadow
Ship: Gen
Word Count: 1,225
Rating: PG
Warnings: Malfoy! I think that's it.
Summary: Draco's new job is changing him in ways he'd rather not think about.
A/N: Happy Birthday Draco Malfoy!This is the sequel to The Opposite of War, and it follows on directly from it. A History of Violence fits in after this, as a

Comments

[layabonifacio]

Still. I love Draco on this 'series'. I love who he has become, and the way he faces those who scoff at him (although scoffing really is expected).

I love it when Neville told him that he practiced basic Healing Charms during the last year.

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I love it when Neville told him that he practiced basic Healing Charms during the last year.

It wasn't a sledge at Draco, if that's the way you took it. It was a reference to the Carrows, and the DA's fight against their reign. I'd say that most of the older members of the DA would have taken it upon themselves to learn some basic Healing Charms, to heal themselves and their classmates, and the younger children who couldn't Heal themselves.

Draco was more or less safe from the Carrows, as were others who chose to follow their orders. Also, it isn't clear how much Draco was in school at all during that last year. He might not have been there at all, until the Battle.

[layabonifacio]

Yeah, I thought so, he was talking about the DA. Maybe it hit me in the sense that Draco was made aware of what happened in the past that necessitated the learning of the charm.

Eh, whatev. I don't know what I want to say. *sheepish grin* I thought, when I read that, that Neville was just being conversational, but I was happy that it had an effect on Draco. ...Nyargh. Does that make sense?

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It was kind of Neville pointing out that he learnt something because he needed to. At the time, an imperfect charm would have been better than nothing at all, especially if there was a risk of infection or permanent damage. You'd help out as best you could. And though Neville, in his own words 'wasn't the best' at them, he still would have tried to do the little he could when no one better than him was available, or in an emergency when speed rather than skill is more important.

Don't mistake Draco's choice to be silent as guilt for what he said. He knows that they're not at a point where the war can be discussed without a serious confrontation, and he doesn't want to risk losing his job. It's in his own best interests to keep his mouth shut and not stir things up beyond low-level bickering over relatively important things.

[hpuckle]

Wondeful.

I love how Draco is so, so canon here, but with slight believable changes to his attitude (or at least to the way he would act on them) because of the situation he'd inevitably be in after the war.

He's still a sarcy basstard, and I probably shouldn't like him as much as I do, but I do!

*has no Draco icon*

xxx

[shadowfiction]

I really did try to make him a canon, not fanon, Draco. So he's unpleasant, and prickly and distrusting of people about him.

He's not becoming a nicer person, either. At least, not willingly, and not yet. He's still thinking all the nasty things he usually does, when Neville's Gran talks to him, and when Neville talks about the Healing Charms - he's just not saying them, because he knows that a complete lack of restraint on his part won't win him any points, and would most likely get him fired