Disclaimer: Not J.K.R…:sigh: tragically.

Warning: SLASH…yummy

A/N: Thank so, so, so, so, much to my beta, truthfulchaos, you rock, love ya doll.

Summary: It's like every story you've ever read…but totally different…


Twisted: Drowning


It was the middle of October at Hogwarts, Halloween was drawing near, and Draco found himself feeling even more alone.

It was bad when Severus had died, but he still had his friends. Now though, they were a couple, Hermione and Ron, and the last thing on their minds was spending time with Draco, no matter if they'd been friends for six years.

"Malfoy" Potions Master Sirius Black spat. "Shouldn't you be in class"

Draco turned around to face the man who, aside from Harry Potter, made his school years increasingly worse.

"Well"

"I'm going" Draco hissed.

"Ten points from Gryffindor for skipping class and having a smart mouth" Black called after him.


Harry was sitting by the lake during classes on the coldest day in October.

He'd thought about suicide before, never had he attempted it, nor did he ever plan to, especially not at school. But there he was, the water looking so inviting.

When he fell, and the water surrounded him, it was as he had imagined it: Peaceful.

Harry knew it was near impossible to drown yourself, so he was counting on at least one of the horrors in the lake to grab him and pull him under for good.

But what happened next was quite the opposite.

As Harry felt himself falling further under water, he felt happier than he had in a long time, knowing he would never have to face the hell of his life again.

Then a definite disturbance filled the lake, and he felt himself being pulled towards the surface, lungs empty, body weak, he couldn't fight it.

When Harry was dragged onto dry land, it was almost as if he had died and was watching his life from beyond.

The person who had saved him laid him out on the grass checked his pulse, and proceeded to give him mouth to mouth.

Harry began coughing up water, and found that he was back to his proper place, in his body.

His rescuer pulled off Harry's wet shirt and wrapped a dry jacket around him, which Harry figured he'd taken off before jumping in.

"Harry… Harry can you hear me"

Harry's eyes fluttered open. He knew that voice.

Draco fucking Malfoy.

"You just have to be the hero, huh, Malfoy" Harry spat weakly, trying to sit up.

"Stay down, you almost"

"Drowned? Yeah, way to go, Scar head, I wanted it that way."

"You wanted to die" Draco asked.

Harry started coughing again and Draco tried to get him to stay lying down, but the raven-haired Slytherin just slapped his hands away. "You don't know the half of it" he panted when the coughing fit was over.

"Then explain it to me" Draco said, sitting down next to Harry.

"Merlin, Malfoy, you just want to be everyone's friend, don't you? Well you're not going to be mine" Harry spat.

"I just thought you and I had something in common, that's all." He got up and started walking away.

"Wait." Draco stopped. "What could you and I possibly have in common"

The Gryffindor turned around and shrugged. "It's just… we're both skipping classes, we came to the lake, and obviously we're both having problems."

Neither of them said anything for a minute. Draco stood uncomfortably, trying to decide if he should stay or go, not to mention he could feel a cold coming on standing in his wet robes. Harry appeared to be weighing things in his mind.

"My parents disowned me" the Slytherin blurted out. For a brief second Draco could hear the pain in Harry's voice, but it soon turned back to venom. "But you wouldn't know anything about that." He looked up at Draco. "Your parents died for you, mine would rather watch me die."

Draco sat down again. "I don't know why I thought you would be different. You're just like the rest of them. You think my life is perfect, don't you"

"Isn't it"

"Anything but." Draco looked out across the lake towards the castle. "After my parents died, I was sent to live with my Aunt and Uncle who hate magic, as well as me. I lived in the cupboard under the stairs until I was eleven. Then I came here and everything changed.

"In third year, I met my godfather. He offered to take me in, but there were some…complications and I couldn't live with him. I did get to stay with him for awhile last summer, and over Christmas holiday… but then he died."

"So why were you out here today" Harry asked, wrapping up tighter in Draco's coat.

"Loneliness, I suppose. Ron and Hermione got together recently and I've been sort of… forgotten. I came out here after Black caught me in the hall. I was going to sit under that tree over there." He pointed to the right of them.

"Why"

Draco shrugged. "It's what I do. But then I saw you fall…or jump, I guess."

There was another period of silence as Harry took in what Draco had told him.

"So I spilled my soul to you" Draco finally said. "Now it's your turn."

Harry looked Draco up and down. "You look cold" he said.

"Tell me, Potter, why were you trying to kill yourself"

"Come on, Malfoy, I don't want to talk about it here." He got up.

"Where then" Draco asked.

"My room."


"…So after sixteen years of abuse, both mental and physical, James finally kicked me out because I refused the Dark Mark."

"Where'd you go" Draco was laid out on Harry's bed, clad in the Slytherin's jeans and a tank top.

"Sirius's place. It was the day before school started again so it wasn't too bad." Harry sat down next to Draco on the bed, unaware that he was still wearing the blonde's jacket. "All of that and fights with various Slytherins led me to the lake today… and I don't know why I told you all of that."

Draco smiled and rolled over on his back so he could look up at Harry.

"We're not friends, you know" Harry assured Draco.

"Of course not."

"Because I hate you."

Draco nodded. "And I hate you."

"So this is just…"

"Two people who hate each other confiding in the other person because there was no where else to turn, and it felt right."

"…And so they know they're not incredibly alone in the way they feel."

"…And maybe they can talk again sometime."

Harry smirked. "You can drown next time."

Draco smiled and got up. "See you, Potter."

"Later, Malfoy."


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