Been thinking about an AU where things go different at the Battle of Hogwarts, the trio is missing some key info and Harry doesn’t realize that he’s a horcrux. The trio and all the others agree to live to fight another day, and retreat with a much larger group, but back to the tenting and frantically traveling around. After the fiendfyre, Draco begs the trio to take him with them, if they’ll make it look like he’s been captured to keep his parents alive. Harry agrees, and angst and exhaustion ensue while they struggle to keep everyone alive, and Harry realizes and keeps secret that he needs to die to get rid of the last horcrux.
#pat draws#drarry#harry potter#draco malfoy#hp#and everyone has acne because they’re stressed teenagers damnit#also mcgonnagal and pomfrey and sprout are with them#along with most of the griffindor crew#draco learns to care and be vulnerable because he feels like he won’t have another chance#Harry realizes that he is going to die and just basically becomes a really impulsive mess for a bit#everything is a bit dysfunctional#but also incredibly honest#they do win in the end and everything turns out okay