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By : Meander

From ANON - Anyanka on January 03, 2007
OMG!! u made it to chapter 40, Congrats!! and the story is as good as it was at the beg'^^ so Harry accepted that he's gay, since he took a step forward is something horrible coming soon? I hope no!
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From ANON - thrnbrooke on January 03, 2007
Wow! Must have chapter 41!
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From ANON - snakevamp on January 03, 2007
all i can say is wow! *fans self*
now that was some serious smut and i loved it. the balence between their competative personalities while they had sex was perfect, and it was nice to see their relationship getting stronger.
though i have a suspicion that some difficult time are up ahead, after all the course of true love never runs smoothly.
glad you had a good holiday and please keep posting
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From ANON - jeanette russell on January 03, 2007
As I read this chapter I couldn't help but remember COS "Scarred Potter....You wish". Great chapter. You brought out the competitive spirit that has always surrounded Harry & Draco. Happy 2007! Nette:)
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From ANON - Kayo on January 03, 2007
YES! I like this chapter a lot too. But especially the last line. But the whole thing really. Great job as always.
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From GreenEyedCat on January 02, 2007
Oh Harry can be a real animal in bed ;-)
I hope Draco liked it as much as it looked like.
Maybe Harry will have fallen deep enough for Draco when he finds out about the Dursleys.
Then they can scream and rage and solve it like a normal couple.
That would save them and us the "but I trusted you"-fit.
;-)
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From ANON - fallangelsquill on January 02, 2007
*snicker* twenty bucks says that Draco pouts in the morning... if he isn't gloating for some perverse Malfoy-ish reason! great chapter, still loving it!
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From ANON - YamiBakura on January 02, 2007
Chapter 40:

Meander my darling, you never cease to amuse and amaze me with these updates.
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From ANON - licelli on January 02, 2007
Oh my, what a stunner of a story. I have read many, many fanfiction stories and a few thousand books (yes, really!) and this ranks way up with the best. I judge stories by the emotions they can provoke in me. Whatever those emotions are, it means that the story is powerful enough to not leave me indifferent. This one has given me a rollercoaster of them. Well done! The way Harry has distanced himself from any kind of feelings and burying himself in clinical unemotinal work, is so powerfully written, one can almost suspect that you know intimately that which you speak of. It is the mark of a good writer to wring a reader's heart so thoroughly that one forgets it is just a story. OK., I am going to put my box of tissues and my club away, it would be a hard choise to decide whom to use it on. They both deserve it (or three...or more). Carry one the good work...we love you for it!
licelli
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From ANON - PicturesqueNightmare on January 01, 2007
Holy crap! I'm falling in love with this story! Last three chapters, awesome! I liked the hanging from the ceiling bit. =) I liked the way Harry comforted Draco, it was cute. H/D action soon please? Update soon!
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From ANON - Rhiannon Uerch Llewelyn on January 01, 2007
Ch 39) Explosions are messy... This one looks like it's gonna be REALLY messy!!!

*flinch*

XD
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From ANON - Mumsi/Ablemouse on January 01, 2007
AH, Cool beans.

So I had just waxed of every chapter I could find on fanfiction.net, and was practically salivating for more when I went to your authors page and found that this was here! woohoo!
So after a very much resented sleep (t'was quite early...or late, in the morning), I was up and waxing of the rest here.

I reiterate (from the ff.net review you see)
You pimp. P.I.M.P Seriously, you've got me addicted. Hooked, pnwed and all those other unhealthy clingy things.
YOU OWN. as does the fic.

And while your toiling away stress with writing this, I'm doing the same thing by reading it. So ace! And thanks!

Also I'm entranced with how their relationship is growing.
Harry's speech to Draco, by-th-by, totally deserves a good solid fuck. Go you, Harry.

And you, author.

I'm worried over the issue with Harry's dealing with Draco lying to him, and that whole Draco
having gone and pulled a third-year prank on the Dursley's thing.

Hopefully he won't get too freaked, as he seems to accept that Draco does seem to know what he's doing.

I hate that Bones chick, also. You've written her in such a way that if I could, I would strangle her. That sick bitch, using Harry as such. Shame on her. Psh.

I was quite mad in that scene, if it isn't already apparent.

So, over-all, you've managed to dredge up all my emotions, fling them around. You've had me screaming and all other manner of ravings that are probably getting my neighbors more than a little bit annoyed. And, you've made me an addict.

Good job, I'm a veritable lunatic.

So thank you for a very worthwhile read.

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From ANON - thrnbrooke on January 01, 2007
Holy smoke! I need chapter 40!
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From ANON - Gloria on December 31, 2006
Oh, sorry for the, er, lengthy disappearance. Holidays, you know, and then I came down with a nasty bout of pnuemonia, and, well, today's the 1st day I've been able to...*do* anything. lol, but, YAY! 3 fantastic chapters waiting for me that completely made my day!

Firstly, I want to comment on the thoughts that raged through my head with chapter, um, 37? I think...yes, yes, I am sooooo worried about Draco and his little plan for revenge. I think I reviewed on it some time earlier, albeit briefly, but now I keep getting this awful knot in my stomach whenever I think about it. First, of course, is the "lie" issue which breaches the "trust" issue that's already extremely frail on Harry's side. Now, I'm really not one to fail prey to the "oh let's pity Harry" syndrome but I think "trust" as a basic principle is something that pretty much EVERYONE struggles with. Now, mix in a lifetime of people staring at you because you're some kind of unwanted celebrity, lies and deception, a dash of survivor's guilt, and a decade of self-inflicted islolation and depravation...oh, and of course, the Dursleys, and you have a person that regards trust like an almost deceptive, evil thing. And yet, Harry's willing to give it a shot. Yay for him, but Draco don't screw with it so soon, man! Idiot! No wonder Theresa was nervous after her session with him. (By the by, it is so strange for me to spell Theresa with an "h"--which I think is actually correct--because my sister's name is Teresa and my mum took great pains to make sure we didn't spell her name with an "h". Some kind of bloody vice on her part or something, lol).

Anyhoo, secondly, I must confess I was also a little worried about Draco's overall character until chapter 39. Don't freak, let me explain. What I mean to say is, I didn't trust Draco. At. All.

The way you write him is so parallel to the canon--not say that there isn't a dash of OOC here and there--but it all kind of works. He's still the crafty, self-serving, snobby little rich boy that Rowling created and even a little mean spirited in certain angles in some scenes that you write him. Also, you throw in this obsession "thing" that I can only imagine spurned from boredom and now you have a Draco Malfoy that is half-mad with lust and is actually spending his time trying to heal the bloody Boy-Who-Lived (kinda makes you wonder what would happen if 'ol Voldy was still alive; if Draco woulda tried turning You-Know-Who into a sex kitten or something...you know, just 'cause). Made me raise an eyebrow and scratch my head. That being said, my POV was basically that of Theresa's. The "oh, no" sigh that tries to hide the endearing smile because, let's face it, Harry and Draco do make an awesome item, right?

Now, that being said, because you're so gifted a writer, you have given your readers three options. Or four, depending on whether or not the reader decides to hold any value whatsover to what Narcissa thinks or feels, lol. One, cheer on Draco and wait gleefully for what else he has up his sleeve. Two, bite your lip and hope for the best, urging Harry to take a chance. Or three, asess and analyze like Theresa, being slightly mistrustful of Draco's motives and worry constantly about Harry without actually feeling sorry for him. Chapter by chapter, I feel myself being bounced around with these POV's. It's a wonderful experience as a reader to be so sucked into a story that every chapter has you becoming more and more a part of each characters thoughts and feelings.

*shakes head* Amazing, really.

And thirdly, all of my inhibitions kinda melted with chapter 39. No, really. It warmed my heart. I kinda teared up. Seriously. My favorite line: "You matter." Beautiful.

I think what won me over was Draco's complete honesty when telling Harry about what happened during the war. He didn't sugar-coat anything, didn't try to put on any false bravado. And he was completely honest about not being a killer and what a complete failure that made him feel like. I don't know if I trust Draco now, but I certainly know without a shadow of a doubt that...there's something real about Draco that touches every person. A shadow of self-doubt and pride all mixed into one that everyone can relate to. And if everyone is allowed a shot at love, why not Draco? There are two quotes that are very dear to me and I think of them all the time--though I've no clue who they're by or anything. First: "Good people make bad mistakes all the time. It is, in fact, human kind's inherent nobility. It is what makes forgivness so powerful a tool. And forgiving one's self, the most powerful of all." Second: "Nobility isn't about being better than others; it's about being better than you used to be." The latter, I think, holds more truth for Draco. He's learned that, in his own way.

And then you completely wowed me with Harry and his golden Gryffindor nature, bless his soul. Off and on, I kept wondering to myself what could possibly keep Draco interested in Harry once his obsession wore off. I completely understand why Harry would fall for Draco. Draco's practically nursed him back to life. But what's in it for Draco? Really? And this chapter sealed it. There is something *good* inside of Draco, that I imagine is inside of all of us, that wasn't nutured and coaxed to life during childhood. Draco was bred. Plain and simple. And he was bred to be another Lucius Malfoy. There are two main things about Draco that I beleive make him a personality. One, he's brilliant. He knows how to read people. He knows how to hurt people, manipulate, use words to his advantage, and he knows how to make people *feel*. And not just physically. We see this time and again in the books and in your story. Two, like you touched on in Ch. 39, he's very good with potions. I kinda liken Potions to something like Chemistry just to give myself an idea on what the difficulty to understand the craft must be like. That being said, we know that not only is Draco socially intelligent, he's book smart as well. Now, being Slytherin, these traits were tools for which Draco to acheive and maintain a social heirachy at Hogwarts and making Harry's life a living hell. Which we all know, right? So, all of a sudden, Mr. Crafty-Son-of-a-Death-Eater-Brat finds himself face to face with his own moral code in his sixth year. A moral code I imagine he never knew existed. He couldn't kill Dumbledore. He's not a killer. What does that mean? Draco thought it meant he was a weakling, a disgrace, and a failure. Harry, being suddenly at the grace of Draco's carefully hidden compassionate side, sees this and realizes he needs to nurture that *good* part of Draco. To draw it out and constantly make Draco aware that being a *good* man isn't a *bad* thing. That it doesn't make him weak or a disgrace.

How beautiful is that! You're amazing. Truly.

Oh, dear, I've written...alot. Hopefully it made up for my absent reviews, lol. I understand how much they mean to a writer. In any case, thank you for the updates and have a wonderful, safe, and rockin' New Years!

Joie,
Gloria

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From ANON - LJ on December 30, 2006
I've never broken my elbow, but I have fractured my right wrist once, broken it five times, broken my left wrist once, and broken two of my fingers, one three times, and one two times. I've also broken my thumbs quite a few times.

Last year I faked a broken wrist up in New York, when I was visiting with family. I insisted to be treated at home, which is why they aren't still holding me captive. =D

They belived every word, and I believe that Harry would have believed Draco. No one would expect for someone to fake such a horrid injury, and I believe that Draco did a fair job of faking. =D
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