Title: Because You Found Me
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Standard, no ownership of lyrics
Warnings: Profanity, mentions of abuse, gay pairings
POV: Draco Malfoy
Song/Artist: You Found Me – Kelly Clarkson
Pairings: Harry/Draco
My life, at first, could be best described as a total screw-up. My father use to beat me, and later my mother had, or rather wanted to, rub my open wounds with iodine, bandaging them tightly till I cried. Worse of all, they supported that snake wanna-be Voldemort. It was like being introduced to Hell's little brother. I hated them so much, but for all I said…there wasn't anything that I could have done. There was nothing that would make me grieve their deaths, after I killed them myself.
Is this a dream?
If it is,
Please don't wake me from this high,
I'd become comfortably numb
Until you opened up my eyes
To what it's like
When everything's right
I can't believe…
Hell only got worse after I met The-Bloody-Boy-Prat-Who-Fucking-Lived, named Harry Potter of course. God forsaken child that he was, I still fell in love with the prat. He hated me from day one and still rejected me the first year of school when I offered him my hand in friendship. I admit I was quite crestfallen at that, and that rejection still hurts till now. I knew, then, that we would never really become friends (or lovers, as I had hoped would happen later)…but seven years it quite a long time for changes to occur, a very long time indeed.
You found meWhen no one else was looking
How did you know
Just where I would be
Yeah, you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found meThe beginning of this, our seventh year with years of hatred (feigned on my part) between us, found him approaching me with determination. In the middle of the hall, where all passing students could see us, he finally asked me that dreaded question. "Do you like me, Malfoy?" That is what he asked. My face had remained blank, as I replied, "No." "Liar," he accused immediately. "I don't lie, Potter. I don't like you…I love you." He stared at me for a moment at that point. Looking back, I supposed he was shocked by my open honesty about both my sexuality and desire of him. He smiled at me after a minute or two and replied, "Well, that's good, I suppose." I questioned to him about why it was good. "Because I'm pretty sure you've just reawakened my dormant attraction and love for you, Draco." My given name never sounded so beautiful as it did when it camefrom him.
So here we are And that's pretty farWhen you think of where we've been
No going back
I'm faded out
All that had faded me within
You're by my sideNow everything's fine
I can believeFrom that day on, we dated each other in the view of the public eye. We didn't particularly mind considering we had purposely made it that way to show how open we were about it. Sadly, not long after my first night bedding Harry, the nightmarish visions started once more. Voldemort was angry and he wasn't going to get better till he took his rage out on my fragile mind and soul. Not wanting him to harm Harry also, I locked myself in my Slytherian rooms and decided that I would not leave them till Old Snake Face had finished. This, however, took far longer than had at first been expected.
You found meWhen no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found meFor three weeks, I had suffered. For three weeks, all Harry had done was pound on the door and sob out apologizes. Before finally, the visions of my loved ones dying and Voldemort himself taking control ended and the wards on the door fell silently; Harry rushed in, the door slamming against the wall heedlessly. I had collapsed on my bed sobbing in pain and without a word Harry began to comfort me with soft, meaningless words and light kisses. Despite my own sadness, my heart swelled with love for the man who had stayed with me that night.
I was hidingTill you came along
And showed me where I belonged
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know…
How did you know!
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found meWith permission from Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry and I were allowed a week's time together with the interruption of classes. In two days and five hour's time, I was back on my feet, finished with a vision mental block, and my physical healing. On the third and forth day, Harry and I made up for lost time and went back at it (I suppose it's obvious what it is by now). For the last three days I thanked what gods there were for giving me Harry's heart and then proceeded to snog said man senselessly.
You found me
When no one else was looking
(You found me) How did you know just where I would be?
You broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could seeMy life, at first, could be best described as a total screw-up. I was beaten and treated badly because I did not support Voldemort as my parents did. It was hell. My life, as of now, is what one would call heaven. One that decided to locate itself on Earth and let me in. I've married the man of my dreams and had a wonderful time of itand I've been free from Voldemort for six long years. "I've been living a joyful life, Harry, and it's all because you found me, the real me. I love you," I told me husband presently as he turned in my lap to face me, straddling my stomach. I shifted to make sure I sat properly enough not to cause him pain. He smiled and kissed me before he replied, "Of course, Drake. I love you too."
The good and the bad And the things (everything!) in betweenYou found me,
You found me.
Owari.