Harry looked up from washing the last of his and Teddy's dishes to see his new house guest standing in the doorway of the kitchen looking even more strange clean and dressed in Harry's worn old muggle clothing than he had in torn dirty robes. The jeans were too short and probably the sleeves too as Draco had rolled the sleeves of his flannel shirt to his elbows and left it unbuttoned showing the grey shirt underneath was much too baggy.

"Would you like me to fix those?" Harry asked. And Draco nodded. Harry pulled out his wand and magically lengthened the pants and tightened the shirt until Draco didn't look like a child in his father's shirt.

"Thanks."

"Would you like dinner?"

"Yes please I'll eat anything you have."

Uncomfortable silence filled to room as Harry started to warm some more of the left overs they had in the fridge and placed them in front of Draco. "You can't have more than what's on that plate, speaking from experience eating more than that will cause you to vomit it all back up if you have been eating as little as it looks like you have been."

"I'm going to go put Teddy to bed. Feel free to make yourself at home, but really don't vomit in my house." He pulled the fussing child from his high chair and carried him up the stairs talking to the boy the whole time.

"Oh Draco eat slow." Harry called over his shoulder.

Draco tried to eat slowly, making sure he was chewing and he washed it all down with water, but he couldn't he was so hungry.

After he was done eating he sat there and just took in the feeling of being full, a feeling he hadn't had in a very long time.


By the time Harry came back down to the kitchen Draco was asleep with his head on the table snoring softly. Harry walked up and pulled the plate away from Draco and went to wash the dishes. He was putting them away when he realized that the Slytherine had awoken and was watching him.

"Harry why did you bring me here?" Draco asked. "Is it your hero complex? Do you feel sorry for me? Are you going to kill me in my sleep?"

"You know I have no idea, but something told me you needed to be here, and I listened."

"I do really appreciate it, but I hate charity and feeling like I owe someone so I am paying you back for helping me tonight."

"Are you leaving so soon? Where will you go?"

"I hadn't thought…"

"That I would be kind longer than a day?"

"Well I'm sure you can understand why I struggle to trust people."

"Fair enough. You have a week."

"A whole week to find somewhere to go and somewhere to work? Thank you."

"No you have a week until I expect you to start seriously looking for a job. No one will hire you right now Malfoy." Harry stated running his eyes over the emancipated boy's face. "Draco you look dead."

"You're too kind you know that right?"

"Yes, it's almost gotten me killed many times."

"Do you mind if I ask where the kid came from?"

"He's my Godson. His parents were both killed in the battle. You knew his father Professor Lupin, he was one of my father's best friends. His mother was an auror, oh and Teddy is a Metamorphmagus just like her, so don't be alarmed when his hair turns bright pink, it's his favorite color to turn lately."

"Does he have any problems with being part werewolf? I could help you brew him the wolfsbane potion if you want, as I know you're shit at potions."

"No he's been fine so far, but he's only thirteen months old. I really hope he is never affected."

"So you adopted him?"

"Not legally quite yet, but I'll probably get a trial for it once the war cases are through. I can't wait to get back in that room and hear yet another legal proceeding." Harry's voice was dripping with sarcasm.

"Is that what you've been doing this whole time?"

"Pretty much. I slept for the first three days or so and then apparently woke yelling about how I needed to find Teddy. He was safe and sound at his grandparents but his grandfather is sick, and they had just lost their daughter and caring for Teddy was too much for them. I've had him ever since then, and the two of us stayed with the Weasley's for the first three weeks or so as we went from one funeral to the next. It was horrible. Then that lot helped me clear out this place again and we had the help of professionals, and we got a lot of it cleaned a few years back. I've had to seal off the top coupl of floors until I have to time to clean them. I've been going to week after week of death eater trials I've been requested to show at all of them even if I didn't know most of them. Teddy's grandparents, and the Weasley's watch Teddy during the day, well when they are not in trials too. The trials have taken over all of our lives." He paused and ran a hand through his hair.

"It's been pretty miserable especially going to the ones I don't even know, people I've never heard of. And the lists of the horrible things they have done, oh and that curse that was put on your marks is the worst thing I've ever seen."

"What curse?"

"They don't completely understand but if any of you speak of each other's crimes in trial with the intent to get yourself free your mark makes you burn alive. It seems to be fine if you are answering honestly but if it is the intent to sell others out you die, and we can't stop it."

"That would have been helpful to know."

"I'm sure it would have but it's not like you were begging for your freedom like a lot of the others."

"Is that why the guard told me to keep my mouth shut if I wanted to live? He said to only answer in 'yes sir' and 'no sirs."

"I would think so."

"Is it only during trials?" Malfoy hand unconsciously slid over his mark.

"Yes, we think it's when you believe you are incriminating others with the mark, but they cannot remove the curse. This is why they haven't had any Death Eaters testifying at the other Death Eater's trials. Anyways you should go to bed soon, but it's probably been long enough that you can eat a little more without getting sick. I'll make you some toast." Harry stood and reached for the bread. Malfoy sat there staring at his Dark Mark.

"Here eat this and then you should go sleep. You still look dead."

"Thanks." Draco murmured as he took the cup of tea and the plate.