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    Draco’s voice shook. “You don’t know what it’s like to have you. No one knows what it’s like to lose you.” A sob fled from him. “Please don’t make me be the first.”
    Harry’s face crumpled, looking away, and Draco knew then it was over.
    “It’s my past, it must be. I asked before and you said –”
    “I have forgiven you –”
    “I am a person!” Then quieter, “A person; not just something to be forgiven.”

    ~

    With his family’s name and misdeeds laying heavily upon him, Draco Malfoy returns to Hogwarts for a torturous eighth year. He finds himself unrequitedly in love with Harry Potter and at odds with everyone around him, even the bricks. While navigating the post-war world, he is forced to decide both who he is and what he wants.

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