and along the side of his head, the one with the missing ear. He’d been careful to keep it facing away from Draco, but Draco had still seen it, the twisted skin and red scar tissueing to a circular bump at the side of his head, so small you never would have guessed it used to be an ear. “But what I’m trying to get at, is that it helps, forcing yourself to do normal things.”

Normally, Draco would have gotten angry when someone tries to give him advice. But this wasing from Ge, who was asking for calming droughts from Draco once a week because his hands shake too badly to handle a knife, and who clearly had done his fair share of hiding. Maybe it was time for Draco toe out into the open again.

“My normal sort of got smashed to pieces. Wouldn’t know where to start.”

“Start here. With me, hiding in the back.” It was a large leap to make in one afternoon, but Ge seemed serious. “It’ll do us both some good.”

“I’ll think about it,” Draco said, but they both knew the answer was probably going to be no.

He leaves the shop before Harry shows up. Draco’s got his wand held out in front of him, just in case, but the only figure is one that he recognizes, all the way down at the end of the street.

It’s Harry, standing in front of the pet store and looking at all the owls. “You used to have an owl, didn’t you?” It had never made sense to Draco for a boy who had no knowledge of their world toe to school with one of the best kind of owls. “That white one.”

“Hedwig.”

“What happened to it?”

“She died.” Harry rocked back on his heels like the words had knocked him off balance. “Tried to take her with me when I was going from my aunt and uncles to a safe house. Got hit with a killing curse. Should have just let her loose.”

Draco doesn’t know what to say about that, so he doesn’t address it. “Why don’t you buy another one?”

They don’t have an owl at the house, which for a wizard is like having their hands tied behind their back as far asmunication goes. “Don’t know. Probably should.” And then he walked away, hands shoved deep into his pockets, leaving Draco to run after him.

(Draco sneaks out the next day to buy another owl, this one tiny and jet black, and has it sitting on the kitchen counter when Harryes home. He’d never seen him get so happy so fast.)

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