Summary: 5 things Draco gave freely for Harry
1: Pride
It was the first and last time that Draco let himself be vulnerable. Now he blames it on young naivety, but deep down he knows it was so much more. The day he reached out his hand and asked for Harry Potter's friendship was the day he gave up his pride. He was not accustomed to the humiliation of being turned down or even mocked and yet Harry changed all of that. Harry changed him that day; he showed him he was not superior and that someone could actually look past his facade.
2: Love
Draco realised he had lost the ability to love when he began to compare everyone he was with to Harry.
He could not even look at his 'enemy' without longing to touch him, to be with him.
He could no longer use spiteful words full of hate and keep his facade up. He could not be near him without wanting him and so he did the only reasonable thing, he separated himself from him. He buried every emotion which even remotely represented love and only allowed himself to pretend he was in love.
Yet every time he would meet a woman or man he could imagine loving Harry would waltz back into his life and remind him that love was simply something he could not possess. Love was out of his reach because he was already too in lost in Harry. So long as he breathed air, and probably long after his heart had stopped beating, he couldn't love another.
3. Family & Friends
What Draco chose had never been done before within his bloodline. He chose to betray his family and forsake his friends in order to spy for the Order of Phoenix. When asked why he would only look at Severus sadly and smile saying "you should understand better than most". The decision was that simply for Draco. It was either Harry or his family and friends. When it came down to it Draco didn't even need a moment to think, he knew where his heart lied and what he was willing to do. It was then that Draco gave up his family and friends; he gave up everything he had ever known.
4. Innocence
With his decision to give up his family and friends Draco also in turn gave up his innocence. He allowed himself to be branded with the dark mark, all for the one he loved. He dragged himself into a battle which was not his own, onto a side which he did not support all in the name of love. Draco tortured people and was tortured. He saw things no human should ever see and yet when he went to bed at night he knew it was the right decision. Harry needed him to spy and so the decision was that much easier.
5: Future
Draco gave his life for Harry. The thing that surprised him the most was how easy the decision truly was. Yes he was scared, but when it came right down it, it felt just right. He would give Harry his all, everything.
So as Draco pushed Harry out of the way of that blinding green light and felt the spell warm his body he thought, "I have already given every other part of myself up for Harry, why not this as well?"
Just as his eyes slid shut and death overcame him, however, he realised it was never truly his to give it had always and would always belong to Harry.
His future was Harry.
