Hi y'all,

You won't believe how tired I am so I'm just going to post this and go to bed now.

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Sweet torture

Chapter 5

The moment Severus entered his private rooms he was accosted by an irate blond.

"Severus, you're back", the blond exclaimed. "What happened, I thought…" here Draco stops dead in his tracks having finally catching sight of the precious cargo in the older man's arms.

"Is- is that Harry?"

Severus only nodded as he swept past to lay the pale boy – no, young man on down.

"Merlin, what happened Sev", Draco demanded as he followed the man into the bedroom. Severus carefully laid Harry on the bed before answering, never taking his eyes off that pale face, even in sleep Harry looked haunted. "It seems that certain events are finally catching up to him," he murmured. No more was said as Draco moved to the edge of the bed, taking one of the other boy's hands into his own. Meanwhile, a calloused hand gently tucked a lose strand of raven hair behind the sleeping brunet's ear, stroking a soft cheek before regretfully trying to pull away. Trying being the operative word, because the moment Severus tried to move his hand away, Harry unconsciously moved to keep his face in contact to the touch. Carefully replacing his hand, the potions master gently caressed the corner of rosy lips. Said lips twitch into a small content smile.

"He'll be alright, won't he Sev", the blond asked softly "We'll help him and he'll be alright and then the three of us can be together right?"

"We can only hope Draco. Be there for him and hope that eventually he will no longer feel the need to torture himself for what happened in the past and finally start to live for the future. Whether that future lies with us or elsewhere only time can tell."


So this would have been the official last chapter, but since y'all want slash there will be one more chapter after this, probably on Monday though because I'm gonna be out of the city this weekend.

Also I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to review. Karisaren: I'm sorry about that but maybe this will help a little. The way I see it, is that with every chapter a few more days/weeks/months have gone by, Harry is suffering just that bit more from a case of survivors guilt and PTSD, and Draco and Severus are getting just that bit more worried about our saviour until finally it all just comes to a head. If it doesn't make sense, well that's life right, still I'm glad you like my story despite its shortcomings (pun intended) and I promise the next story won't be half as disjointed as this one and more than twice as long and who knows I might come back to this again at some point after its finished and flesh it out a little and give it an actual plot or maybe just clump it all together and make it a one-shot or something.

Ciao,

Ebony