The war is over and Harry is looking forward to a normal 8th year. Yet the year takes a startling turn when Draco Malfoy returns to Hogwarts in chains, led by the Head Unspeakable, who seems to have a strange interest in Draco's life. Asked by Dumbledore to protect the Slytherin from vengeful students and harm, Harry and his friends set out to do so. Yet danger lurks in the Shadows

NC13. Explicit content. AU. COMPLETE. Draco gets disowned and lives as a homeless person in Surrey near where Harry lives, though neither boy knows. Harry works as an employee at a supermarket with no idea about magic. When he finds a blonde living rough he gradually helps him and later decides to befriend him. WARNING: Scenes of rape, and abuse that readers may find distressing.