Warnings: SLASH. You don't know what it is? Then I seriously doubt that you want to be here.

A/N: I am using a Japanese version of word to write this, so I've been having issues with boxes. However, I *think* that they have now been fixed. :crosses fingers:

Couplings: H/D, D/Blaise, potentially R/Hr. No, sorry people, this is not a fic where the entire wizarding population is queer.

Spoilers: Potentially everything. Just cause I don't have the supplement books yet means nothing.

Disclaimer: Nothing here is mine except for the story. Nothing. The story- is fully conceived and waiting to be written. The characters- I borrow.

Chapter Four: A Truce of Sorts

Or, The Hanged Man

Harry hated the way that Malfoy said his name. Potter. Malfoy spat it out like a blasphemy, like the sounds forming his name were disgusting, hateful. Maybe to Malfoy, they were. Harry didn't know.

Truthfully, Harry wasn