FIC: Things That Change, 23/?

[eutychides]

Title: Things That Change [23/?]
Rating: NC17
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Comments

[leialiai]

Fantastic chapter. I have very few coherent words at the moment, apart from, this bit I loved, "“I’m sorry,” he mutters. “I’m sorry. Everything’s all fucked up and I- I don’t know how to fix it,” he says. “I’m so sorry.”

“You can’t fix it,” Malfoy mumbles, but his words are lost in Harry’s shirt, dampened down with the first prickling of tears." ♥ So heartbreakingly amazing!! :D

[eutychides]

Thank you so much, leialiai! :)

[elanna9]

Oh my GOD. Now that is killer angst. It's amazing though ... Hermione is totally right. Neither Harry nor Malfoy seems to have ever learned to just talk to the other, when that could help so much, could probably fix everything or damn near close. I dunno how you learn that late in life, but I hope one of them figures it out. I don't see how else they can make it through. I mean, they have each other and that's so very much, or at least they could so easily have each other.

*wibbles* :( :( :(

Harry is a fascinating study in inarticulate frustration and anger and Malfoy a study in inarticulate despair. Lucius is a fucker, who shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

[eutychides]

Lucius isn't so awful, he's just...how shall one say, disappointed with what he found happened to Draco.

I hope at least either Draco or Harry figures things out too.

Thank you, elanna9! ;)

[elanna9]

I hope at least either Draco or Harry figures things out too.

Yeah ... um ... *offers a large bribe* ??? :)

I'll admit my opinion of Lucius is likely colored by the way he's behaved in a couple other fics I've read recently, but ... damn it all! Don't parents realize the damage they do to their children?! Makes me nervous as hell now that I have my own. Especially when you know it's bound to happen no matter what you do, but Lucius doesn't even seem to care about Draco.

I mean, I can understand that he's disappointed that Draco has shacked up with Harry, for one thing, and I'm sure he probably did expect Draco to wind up doing something else with his life, but ...

No, I'm sorry. I think he's a fucker. There's no call for a parent to ever treat their own child like that. *shakes fist* and *pets Draco*

(just my reaction)

[eutychides]

I've always been rather partial to Lucius, I must admit. :D

[rosacurry]

oh, this is heartbreaking and just as excellent as every single chapter so far. god, I love this story. but I still want to slap draco around, when harry's trying so so hard, and draco is just... well, draco I guess :/

[eutychides]

Thank you so much, rosacurry! :)

[painless_j]

OMG, it's so sad and painful! Poor, poor Harry, his past choices came to smack him in the worst moment. The Ministry, fuckers, won't be any help.

Poor Draco, he's completely crushed. And what is in Viola's room?

They will be allright again, won't they? Won't they?

[eutychides]

Oh, Viola will be dealt with in time, I'm just not sure exactly how soon.

I certainly hope things work out. Thank you, painless_j! :)

[indigo_kitti]

This chapter was so, so good, and I loved it, but at the same time... I hated it. I just want everything to be all right again!

...

It is going to be all right again, right? Right?!

And what is Viola up to? Does she have a beau of some kind sneaking in? Or maybe it is the thing in the box...

[eutychides]

I couldn't say what Viola is up to- not just yet. But it's there if you squint. Somewhat. ;)

Thank you, indigo_kitti! I certainly hope things will be all right again, but then, it's called Things That Change for a reason, so...