Team Epilogue Prompt 12: Keep your friends close, and your enemies stupefied

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Title: Sealed With A Kiss
Team: Epilogue
Author: silverdragon87
Prompt: 12. Keep your friends close, and your enemies stupefied.
Wordcount: 4,300
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Nearly four years after the war, Draco Malfoy has tried his best to move on, but when the Minister of Magic gives him an offer he can't refuse, Draco finds himself trying to get

Comments

[curia_regis]

I already mentioned how much I love this, but I thought I'd say it again. This fic is awesome. ♥ You have their characters down really well.

[silverdragon87]

I'm glad you enjoyed it again, along with the formatting changes that I made ;)

[thilia]

Well, since I already told you that I really like this, I'm going to keep my comment short. Especially the last line and the fact that it was sent so many years later was beautiful. A great, hopeful ending :D

[silverdragon87]

I like hopeful endings. Don't think I could actually be cruel enough to keep them apart forever, though I suppose the last letter doesn't mean they got back together, but it's hopeful... :D

[franalan]

That ending actually made me cry. It was just beautiful. And the fact that he replied so many years later. <3

[silverdragon87]

*hands tissue* I sowwy. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much.

re: Sealed with a Kiss

[vaysh]

What an intriguing story! You really used the letter format very well to tell a rather complex and engaging tale spanning so many years and touching on issues of friendship and love in a very original way. I love how subtly you've woven in the first part of the prompt - how Harry did not keep his friends close by leaving the wizarding world, and then Hermione and Ron bascially ended their friendship, as they could not understand what was going on with Harry. Quite a unique portrayal of Hermione and Ron as a couple, btw - I don't think I've ever seen them written quite so unsympathetically. I like it. Ironically, in your story, it's the former enemies who became friends by getting close, rather than stupefying each other ;-). I wonder who was behind the stupefying attacks on Draco - the Ministry? His former mates from school? And of course I love Harry's last letter, written on the day of the Epilogue, fifteen years after Draco's apology and declaration of his love. It's such a hopeful ending. Thanks for writing!

Re: Sealed with a Kiss

[silverdragon87]

I like a little irony in my life...okay, that's a lie. I like a lot of irony and sarcasm, sarcasm's good.

Thank you for your comment about Ron and Hermione, it's just, I kind of understand what they went through, and though it does seem rather cold just seeing what they wrote (more Hermione than Ron), the whole thing was just really hard to process.

O.o I like mystery too ;D

[silverdragon87]

Glad you liked the style, I actually wrote about 80% of the story in just normal prose before I decided to try this, but the letter format felt more true to what I was trying to accomplish.