Wherever I Am, You're There
Disclaimer: Yep! I own them! I own them all! Ahem…well…no…I don't…I lied….ahem…runs away crying
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Other Warnings: Well...this is more along the lines of the relationship between Harry and Draco that is constantly all about trust and bonding. In other words, it'll take a lot of abuse and threats before Draco finally gets the point that Harry's only trying to help him!
Also: Well…I read the sixth book and it totally screwed up all chances of my epilogue! Now I'm gonna get comments from people who think my storyline's wrongs or whatever!

le sigh Oh be worse I guess…let's just see how the last ever chapter goes!

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Epilogue

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Draco

A breathy sigh, a long and lingering kiss, my own eyes fluttering open as I clasp the figure in my vision and his gentle smiling face appears, beaming down into my darkness. He smiles and then brushes my matted hair aside; bending down and kissing my soft lips gently.

"Welcome back to the world." He murmurs, wiping away the tears he must have been crying before, "How do you feel?"

I smile and his name is there in my mind, as well as my memories of him, before and after…no. I can't think about it. It will tear me apart should I do so. Instead, I've been assured that if I look towards my future with him, then maybe…just maybe…

"I feel better than you look, Harry." He smiles when I say this and then yawns gently. His small embarrassed laugh fills my heart with an emotion like heat melting ice. My heart encased in an eternal glacier of hatred and death, melted by the sun's warm rays of hope.

"I've not had much sleep. You keep going in and out of consciousness. I've been worried."

"Mnph. Just tired is all. Have you heard from him?" Some days, I couldn't even say his name – the anger against Ron Weasley burning up inside me.

"I…I got a phone call yesterday when I was at the apartment. He was crying, Draco." I turned away. I knew what was coming. More sympathy ploys.

"He told me he was sorry, and that all he ever wanted was me and no one else. He tried to get it in my head that I would die with you, and that I would waste my life because you would hold me back. I told him that didn't matter. He couldn't put me off, Draco. I need you. When I told him that…he broke down crying again. I…think he's going away for a while. I think he's going with Bill…to clear his head. He said he would be back. Draco…what do I do?"

"Do you still love me?"

"Pardon?"

"You heard me. Do you still love me?"

"Yes! How could I not!"

I smiled, and then laughed when he looked confused.
"Then I don't care what happens to him, and I don't care what he does with his life. All I need is you."

I could see the tears in his eyes, "Oh Draco…"

Then I smirked and turned over in the hospital bed, "Now let me sleep some more."

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Harry

It was only a few more days and then he was out and about again, his preening in the mirror and his sharp witty outbursts back in full swing. He looked healthy and, dare I say it, happy for once. He would turn to me with those piercing blue eyes and then smile gently, as though he were a kitten dressed in a tiger skin.

I didn't know what to say when a few weeks later he asked me to go on holiday with him…

And weeks after the holiday (which was in France I might add) he fully bought a house for us using inheritance from his father (sadly, whilst we were on holiday, Draco's father passed away in Azkaban…but Draco didn't cry or talk about it much) and I knew that our lives together would be a happy one.

Then on the Valentine's day just past, just after I'd finished writing out a few CV's for jobs I was planning for, he came to me with a soft cuddly lion and kissed me on the cheek once before announcing that he was leaving the house for a day, just so he could go and prepare another Valentine's day gift for me.

It wasn't until he left I saw the card around the lion's neck.

Wherever I Am…You're there.

How many tears will I cry when I hear those words?

The answer…as many as I can spare, as long as they're the tears of the happiness I feel in my heart…

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Ashford2ashford: and there I must finally end my tale of opposing forces and yadda yadda, and finally open my heart to requests from anyone who'd like another set of stories doing about a pairing of their choice.

I hope you all enjoyed it.

Sorry the chapter was short and not as well written, but Draco and Harry have led me on this journey so long, I couldn't think of how to end it! I hope to see you all soon anyhow!

Ciao!