Title: In The Dark
Chapter: Prologue
Pairings: Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Boy sex. Lots of boy sex. Oh, and angst.
Summary: Returning to the castle for 8th year brings a lot of changes for Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. They find their lives entangled in surprising and unexpected ways. Draco soon realises that Harry's keeping secrets... but what is he hiding, even from his best friends? Creature fic.
A/N: I will only occasionally update this until I finish one of my other stories. I have some of it written in notebooks, but need time to type it all out. This is just the prologue - I will be posting chapter one tomorrow!
In The Dark
Prologue
You have stolen all my senses
There's a fever in my heart
And you are taking my defenses
You are pulling me apart
Forever we're young and we are dying
And will spilling all our blood
So I will take away my feelings
I will be an animal, an animal..
We will run away from danger
We will run away
Animal – Ellie Goulding
Harry rose from his bed soundlessly. He padded softly across the floor, slipping out of the eighth year boy's dorm. He could have taken his invisibility cloak. He chose not to.
Despite his insomnia, he looked tired. Tired and worn. Used up. That was how he felt. He'd been a weapon in the war against Voldemort; now he'd served his purpose and was jut biding his time before he was scrapped.
He made his way to the Owlry, where he leaned against the ledge and closed his eyes, thinking of Hedwig. His chest ached dully.
He opened his eyes and stared at the moon. It was almost full. He thought of Remus and how his Bogart had been the full moon. He thought he might know how Remus had felt.
He wondered what his Bogart would be now, and shuddered. Probably all the faces of the dead; their eyes full of accusation.
He closed his eyes again and bowed his head, still leaning on the window ledge of the Owlry. The pale moonlight illuminated the silent tear-tracks that ran down his cheeks.