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ghost (might as well be gone)

Summary:

Draco Malfoy retired from the Auror force and left England a decade ago, but he still receives the Daily Prophet. Today’s issue provides closure on the one case he was never able to officially solve.

Notes:

Inspired by Might as Well Be Gone by Pixies.

I was not planning on signing up for Wireless when I sent in a select few of my car singalong songs as prompts, but I saw this prompt tackytiger and couldn't help myself. Thank you to the mods for your patience!

See the A/N at the end for ramble-y, spoiler-y context if you'd like some before or after seeing the art.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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You're the chosen one...

...but I could use a change

Even golden suns find the end of their reign

We could meet tonight...

But you're only a ghost

You might as well be gone

That's my speech... that's my song. 

Notes:

I did not have the time to do as much as I would have liked with this work. As I don't trust my visual storytelling as it currently is, here's a little context if you'd like:
Draco may have lost (mishandled) some evidence while he was the Auror investigating Harry’s sudden disappearance, then went on the run with said evidence. It's now ten years later and a lack of leads results in the DMLE closing the investigation and presuming death. Yay! They're free to continue being that older gay couple in a tiny New England coastal town who everyone suspects are international superspies but all they do is take genteel walks and feed stray cats around the block! (I'd like to imagine that that last part is obvious despite zero context clues).

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