Author: Dragonsbane
Rated: R – angst, suicide
Summary: The last of a trilogy of ficlets, H/D slash, two of them are 1st person view point. 1st one is a suicide note.
Thanks: dedicated to Talfozer, who gave me the minutes and seconds… thanks!
Thanks for all the reviews, a Thank you page is included at the end.
Blue Roses are not as beautiful without the Green Vines they grow upon.
One day, twenty-four measly little hours, 1440 minutes and 86400 seconds. To Harry this seemed an eternity. He watched as Draco lay on the hospital bed struggling to breathe. Watched as the metronome like mechanism mapped out his beloveds irregular heart beat.
24 hours ago the doctors told him they doubted he would last the night.
Hermione had been and seen Harry, and he told her what had happened between Draco and himself. She was shocked and upset, shocked at it being Draco and upset at Harry not being able to trust her with this information.
She left him alone with Draco and she told Ron to stay away at the moment and she told Sirius and Remus to keep away also. She told them this was one battle Harry had to sort out on his own.
So, 24 hours he stayed awake and there was no change in Draco. The doctors didn't know if it was a good sign or what. On the one hand he hadn't died however on the other hand he was still gravely ill.
The day had seemed to last forever.
Harry had sat silently at the side of Draco's bed. He decided that he needed to speak.
"Draco… Draco, I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you. I never realised you were so far away from the pleasures of life. I am yours now. If you wake up Draco, I , I will never leave you… I'm your angel."
Harry had a death grip on Draco's hand and there was a distinct squeeze on his hand.
"Draco? Draco, are you awake?"
Another squeeze and Draco opened his eyes blearily.
An Emerald Gaze locked onto Burning Ice.
They each understood.
"Draco!"
Harry placed a kiss on the blonde mans head. Draco looked round and saw the piece of parchment on the bedside table.
"You read it?" he asked through a whisper.
"Yes, I read it. I'm sorry Draco… I should have came and seen you before then…"
"My angel…"
Tears welled up in Draco's eyes as he realised the significance of Harry finding him at the exact moment he did. All his pain had been laid on that piece of parchment, with the blood that oozed out of him he had bled out the poison of his past pain and he sighed.
"My Guardian Angel."
He weakly reached his hand up and stroked a tear away from Harry's eyes. "I love you…" He said as he brushed the tear away from Harry's face.
"I love you Draco… You saved my life, I cant, I owe you so much…"
Draco raised an elegant finger to Harry's lips. "Shhhh, love, you owe me nothing. Just stay with me…"
Harry nodded and pushed the switch that called for the doctors who were stunned that firstly, Draco had woken up and secondly he had his arms around Harry's neck looking at him with more love than anyone could imagine.
After checking the blonde man over they proclaimed it a miracle and they told him he was to stay in for a further day at least to make sure he was indeed all right. The doctors left the two men together and they sat in silence for a few moments.
"I'm surprised I woke up." Draco said quietly, gaze held on the window of the room. Harry lifted his head and looked at him intently. "Are you glad you did?" he asked. Draco sighed. "You read the note…you know what I felt… but… faith… I lost it years ago Harry before school even started. I knew no love except the love to get my own way. I knew no divine intent or plan until I stated that I was dying and that I saw no guardian angel. I never saw it before now, but you were the guardian…"
Harry looked at Draco and sighed. "You saved my life, I returned the favour…"
As the hours in the ward of St Mungo's passed people around the world went to sleep. As the hours passed Draco and Harry talked of things they never had before. Their childhood, their newfound hope. As the hours passed Harry mused how quickly they did when with someone you love and the person is all right.
An hour was a second instead of sixty minutes.
As dawn broke all of their pasts had been laid bare to each other, in all its pain and glory. As dawn broke one person witnessed the moment their hearts joined never to be separated again.
One kiss more, one kiss to add, one kiss that joined them.
Their auras joined and Hermione watched, as she finally understood what a soul mate bond was and why they were so rare to come about.
Draco and Harry were both so different, appearance, one fair one dark. Family, one from an old wizarding line one had a muggle family and a muggleborn mother. Their personalities would clash, Draco, was quiet reserved and calm, Harry, more adventurous and outgoing.
But she saw and realized it was these differences that made them so compatible. A blue rose is nothing without its contrasting stalk that holds it up.
Draco was the rose, Harry held him up.
It was obvious now that she saw them together.
She entered and smiled as Draco looked at her shocked. She had tears in her eyes and she looked at Harry and kissed him on the forehead. She then did the same to Draco and whispered in his ear.
"You saved him…as he saved you, remember that always."
She smiled once more and left Draco and Harry together in the ward and she went to tell the waiting reporters the news of Draco being alive and most certainly not a Death Eater…
The End
Thank You's
senshi no meian13: Thank you for your review. I hope you liked the conclusion.
Rowenna: I definitely did NOT receive it, probably my aol account as u and I know AOL is the DEVIL
Abbey Road: Yes damn that Ginny Weasley! *shakes fist* Anyway, hope you liked the final part.
JJLL: Well, **blushes furiously** I hardly think godly… thank you thank you *bows humbly* I do not deserve that praise…**red still** and as if I would kill Draco… At this point my friend Li is looking at me weird as I have killed Draco in a fic before… yeah she was mad…
Princess of Mirrors: Yes I can see your point that they would go well together as one chapter. I see this as I contemplated it myself however. Leaving it at that point on the 1st chapter plainly makes people go "hmmm how can she continue? Draco is dead" and so it makes them come back for more. Also, I like trilogies and I knew I was going to do this in three parts. I liked having them separate also as it gives the reader time to think properly about the different points of view, rather than me just thrusting these two points of view on them. Good observation and I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. XOX: *grins* I am sorry I had to do that to you, I felt very very guilty doing so. The reason I did is I get fed up getting people who read the 1st chapter and review and then don't review again, I don't do that! If I read something I review its like automatic. So I had to threaten and I got 10 reviews *looks happy * lol. So sorry! And this was the quickest I have ever updated so be thankful I threatened :-)Anna Kay: Thank you I am not awesome, but thanks for the compliment anyway *blush* And I hope you liked it.
angeL_1215: Thanks for the review, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Ysabell: Thank you for the review and I have never heard anyone say 'yum' but thanks!!
Crazy Bitch: *smiles* glad it didn't seem stilted, I was worried it'd be stale so thanks! Hope you like the end.
Queen Li: **BLUSHES** one of the best!?! WHIT!? Are you mad? Insane crazy?…have you taken one of my pills again Li? Did Likala review instead to hurt me!? red still the amount of fics you read… I dun think so!
RathIlluser: Thank you for saying I was a good writer, *blushy* he he. Well everyone that's a rap! Hope you all liked it and I thank you in advance for your reviews ! (*smile*) Please? Don't stop reviewing now please. LoL, I have many fics here, I have at the moment 13. So, please if you liked this have a look thru you never know you may find something that appeals to you.*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Dragonsbane~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
