Dracoism
By: ShinigamiForever

[explaining 12-22]

To Ola: No, I was never obessesed with someone the way Draco is with Harry. But I guess I am drawing on experience of my friends and other authors, and on my natural poetic sense of writing to carry this one through.

[kissing shadows]

There is a chinese saying which I think is "as unseparable as shadows". That was the inspiration for this, as well as Hermia's dream in A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare.

[conversation fear]

The title is a tribute to REM's song 9-9, I think. I just wanted to play with the idea that Draco is really an obsessive fan of Harry's, except he is so far gone that he can't show it in the normal way.

[sweat]

Ha! More Quidditch practice aftermath junk. You know, there is so much on what if Harry was sorted into Slytherin, but I don't believe I have read any into what if Draco was sorted into Gryffindor. I mean, it would never happen, but it's an interesting idea.

[letters home]

I think the person I was referring to, the one with the blue eyes, is James. Therefore, the rose (that would smell just as sweet and has a different name but is not quite a rose) would be Harry. It's a vague idea. I liked it. *shrugs*

[amnesia]

The puppy is a weak tribute to Trinity's little snippets in her livejournal. The one snippet on Draco owning a puppy named Harry when he was young was sublime. Aunt Callia and the ribbon come to you by my strange strange subconsciousness, in which I had a dream where Draco tied up his hair in silver ribbons. Many of the other things, such as baking cakes and petting dresses, all have their roots in other people's works, but I don't know exactly where they spring from.

[photograph of you]

Because everyone must have a photograph of Harry.

[obsession: sight]

The following obsessions all sprang from bondagechic's fic on exploring Draco through the senses. So of course, someone had to pay homage to Harry. The part about eyes not being shimmering pools comes from Elysian's live journal. I think. My memory sucks.

[obsession: sound]

It's just the way I imagine Harry's voice, not particulary memorable. A lot of the time, you only remember a person's voice when it's gone. Some of the phrase (seducer's charm, especially) belong to Orson Scott Card's Shadow of the Hegemon. Some of the images are drawn from various Robert Comier books. Sound is my favorite, of all these five senses ficlets.

[obsession: scent]

I just like the part about being very very straight. *starts cracking up for no reason*

[obsession: taste]

Hm. Not very imaginative, because at this point, Draco has really tasted Harry's skin, so he can only imagine.

[obsession: touch]

Sorry this one took so long! There is indeed a martial arts practice that says something about killing people with one touch.