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1. It Doesn't Matter If Tomorrow Never Comes by dreamerbean (Eirik_someday)

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Dudley Dursley/Draco Malfoy
   • Dudley Dursley & Harry Potter & Draco Malfoy
   • Dudley Dursley
   • Dudley Dursley's Children
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Albus Severus Potter
   • James Sirius Potter
   • Lily Luna Potter
   • Teddy Lupin
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Scorpius Malfoy
   • Eating Disorders
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Dudley Dursley Has a Magical Child
   • Good Dudley Dursley
   • Dudley Dursley-centric
   • Good Draco Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter Friendship
   • Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug
   • Gay Draco Malfoy
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Not Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Compliant
   • Profanity
   • Past Draco Malfoy/Astoria Greengrass - Freeform
   • past Dudley Dursley/original female character(s)
   • Self-Harm (Implied/Referenced)
   • Low Self-Esteem
   • Severe Depression
   • Dudley Dursley Needs a Hug
   • Dudley Dursley Redemption Arc
   • Bisexual Dudley Dursley
   • Therapy
   • Sexual Harassment
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Slow Burn
   • canon-typical trauma
   • Found Family
   • Parenting Through Trauma
   • Financial Struggles
   • Magic and Mundanity
   • Single Father Dudley Dursley
   • Honestly This Was Supposed to Be a One-Shot
   • I Apologize for My Life Choices
   • It Took 68 Chapters to Kiss Sorry
   • Minor Polyamory
   • Minor Asexual
   • Minor Non-Binary
   • Everyone is Queer
   • Emotional Labor as Love Language
   • queer healing
   • longfic
   • Everyone Needs Therapy
   • quietly devastating
   • Grief and Growth
   • This Fic Will Break You Then Offer Tea
   • Author Cried Writing the Outline
   • No Beta We Die Like Dudley Dursley’s Self-Esteem
   • Divorce
   • Quidditch
   • Eventual Happy Ending

   Summary

   Thirteen years after the Second Wizarding War, Dudley Dursley’s eldest daughter receives her Hogwarts letter.
   Now a single father working three jobs to keep his daughters fed, Dudley is dragged back into a world he barely understands and never wanted to be part of. How is he supposed to afford wands and tuition when he can’t even promise them takeaway? How is he meant to be a father in a world that makes him feel like an intruder? And can he and Harry ever be more than a memory of shared silence?
   Mostly: will he ever believe he’s worthy of love?
   Over more than a decade, Dudley parents through guilt, survives through dissociation, and loves through shame. This is a story about fractured families, impossible choices, and the long, aching road to healing. About showing up even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.
   It gets worse before it gets better.

   Language:

   English

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