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Summary: Madness is not a state of mind. Madness is a place. What happens when Harry stumbles into it and gets trapped there? A Harry Potter version of Alice in Wonderland but a thousand shades darker.
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"You sure about this?"
Sirius asked from the passenger seat of Remus's vehicle.
Harry leaned into the car window and nodded,
"Yeah. It's the right thing."
Sirius shook his head,
"I can't believe you're doing all this for this man. He's been doing his best to destroy us."
Remus snapped.
"You're just mad because he sniffed out your weakness and used it against you,"
Sirius didn't look at his friend. A muscle ticked in his jaw when he glared up at Harry.
"Shut up, Remus. You already got me to agree not to retaliate. You don't have to give up everything for this man, Harry."
Harry wasn't changing his mind. It wasn't that hard to do it, to give up control of the order to Sirius. There might not be anything left, not after the damage Voldemort did, but Harry had to try.
"I love him, Sirius."
He'd been repeating that phrase to his Godfather for days. Sirius didn't seem to get what that meant, loving someone the way Harry loved Voldemort.
"I have to do whatever I can to get him back."
Sirius scowled. His face was still swollen, but the bandages were gone. One of his front teeth remained chipped. Harry didn't know if Sirius would be getting it fixed. He couldn't bring himself to ask.
"What if he doesn't love you, doesn't take you back?"
Harry shrugged. The thought had crossed his mind all the time.
"Then I would have tried."
He flicked his gaze over to Remus. The guy was staring out the driver's side window, jaw tense, fingers white-knuckled around the steering wheel. Harry actually felt sorry for him. Harry spoke again,
"When you love someone you try and you keep trying until they give in."
His Godfather didn't speak, but he looked away. Harry said softly.
"Take the time to heal. The Lieutenants know what to do in your absence."
Sirius ran a tight and well-organized ship, so Harry didn't doubt that despite this setback, things would work out in the end.
"Feels like I'm running."
Sirius scrubbed a hand over his face.
"I can't believe this mess, Harry. Can't believe Cho set me up like that. That bitch drugged me."
Remus asked.
"Why can't you believe it? It's what I would have done. It's the only time you show weakness."
He turned his gaze to his hands where they gripped the steering wheel.
"It's the only time you let your guard down. With your women."
He spat out the last part and Sirius's face grew thunderous.
"What the hell?"
"Okay."
Harry slapped a hand on the side of the car,
"Go on. Keep in touch."
He softened his gaze when he looked at Remus,
"Try not to kill each other."
Without looking at Harry, Remus pulled off. Harry stared after them, groaning when their loud argument reached his head. Sirius didn't seem to see that his best friend was in love with him, and Remus didn't appear to know not to push Sirius. He shook his head and got into his car. He still had to figure out how he was going to get to Voldemort.
Voldemort had finally cut off all his phones. Harry was going out of his mind. He had no way to get in contact with him. There was so much he wanted to say, still. So much he wanted to share, but Voldemort wasn't having any of it. He'd washed his hands of Harry.
Harry couldn't accept that. He couldn't. He tried going to the candy shop twice. Both times he'd been intercepted before he'd even approached the area. Voldemort didn't want him close. Harry had gone out of his way to make sure Sirius wouldn't retaliate for all the damage Voldemort did. Compared to what Harry had done to him, Voldemort's damage was nothing. Harry would take the hit, he'd make it right. That way, whenever Sirius did come back, things wouldn't dissolve back into the chaotic violence they'd been living with for so long. With the Russian deal a no-go, Sirius had decided to stick with the way they'd been doing things for years. Harry backed him on that.
He'd be going back to doing the lawyer thing full time, giving his practice all of his time and energy. So, on the business front, things were improving. If only everything else could work out. He wanted Voldemort. He wanted the life they could've had if Harry hadn't messed up.
As it stood, his life now was hell. He couldn't sleep, could barely eat. Missing Voldemort, knowing what he'd done to them was eating at him. There was no peace, not without Voldemort. Harry wasn't giving up. Some way, somehow, he would get Voldemort back. He'd make up for the damage he'd done. No giving up. Never.
The call came at 1:12 in the morning. He was up as he always was nowadays, lying on his back, glaring at the ceiling. He snatched up the phone.
"Yeah?"
"Mr. Potter, it's Ginny."
Harry sat up,
"Ginny, what's wrong?"
He hadn't been in contact with her since that time with Voldemort in her house.
"I told Narcissa I would call you."
She paused.
"That guy is here. The one from the time at my house."
"V?"
"I think you should… I think he needs you, Sir."
That was really all he needed to hear. Harry was up and out the door, arriving at the club in less than fifteen minutes. He found Narcissa and Ginny in the basement, the room cleared of everyone else. Voldemort was there, a gun in his hand pointed at another man's head.
Damn. Harry's heart damn near stopped at the sight of him. He rushed forward then halted. Voldemort was talking in haunting tones, too low for Harry to understand, but he noticed his black belt was wrapped in Voldemort's fist.
"What's going on?"
Voldemort twitched at the sound of his voice. Narcissa came over to Harry.
"He came in earlier, but he didn't look good. I told him it was best he not come in. He got in somehow, I don't know how."
Harry didn't take his eyes off Voldemort. His lover was half naked, wearing only his black dress slacks and shoes. His back displayed fresh welts. That was a punch to the gut, seeing someone else's marks on Voldemort's skin. Voldemort was well and truly done with him, then. He knew how Harry felt about that.
"He went up to the Dom whipping Ginny and ordered him, at gun point, to whip him. With the belt you see in his hand."
"Damn."
Harry scrubbed a hand over his face,
"Damn, V."
Narcissa kept talking calmly,
"The gentleman didn't do it to his liking apparently. This is how it ended. He keeps repeating it wasn't the same. The whipping wasn't the same. None of us knows what he meant."
But Harry knew. He did. He walked over to Voldemort and stepped behind the man on his knees. For his part, the man didn't move or make a sound.
"V."
Voldemort jerked, but didn't respond.
"Let him go. I'm here. I can give you what you need."
Voldemort looked up at him, eyes bright and wide. Filled anguish. His cheeks were flushed.
"Who are you?"
Harry frowned,
"What?"
"Tell me who you are."
Voldemort's hand holding the gun didn't waver.
"The truth."
Harry licked his lips.
"I'm just a man who loves you. Who can't breathe for loving you. Who misses you. That's the only truth, the only one that matters."
"But they matter."
Voldemort stared into his eyes.
"All the lies. They matter."
Harry inhaled.
"Yes."
He gestured to the guy on his knees.
"Let him go and we'll talk. Please."
Voldemort didn't speak. He didn't break eye contact so Harry took a chance.
"Go,"
He told the guy.
"Now."
He looked around at Narcissa and Ginny, staring at them.
"Everyone out."
They left quickly, softly, pulling the door, but leaving it slightly ajar. When they were alone, Harry turned back to Voldemort.
"V."
How he'd missed this. The sight of his lover. The nearness of him.
"Put away the gun."
Voldemort cocked his head,
"Why?"
"Because I'm about to give you what you came searching for tonight."
Harry allowed a small smile to touch his mouth
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