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It’s so clear, you see, that if we’re to begin living in the present, we must first redeem our past and then be done with it forever. And the only way we can redeem our past is by suffering and by giving ourselves over to extraordinary labor, to steadfast and endless labor.
Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
Set long after the Battle of Hogwarts.
Draco Malfoy is abruptly and unwillingly called home after spending the last twenty years living and studying abroad. It seems that there are things at Malfoy Manor which need to be put to rest, and the Ministry of Magic has determined that as the sole remaining Malfoy by blood, Draco is the only one who can do it.
But curse breaking is not Draco’s area of expertise, and so the Ministry has found someone willing to help.
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- Part 1 of Living in the Present
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12 Jan 2026
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As a young child, Harry Potter had always wanted swim lessons. He never got them. As an adult, he runs into Draco—an excellent swimmer and disconcertingly fit to boot—at a muggle pool. Naturally, he calls in his life debt for swim lessons (a totally normal thing to do, thank you very much). He gets more than he bargained for.
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06 Jan 2026
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Haughtily, he lifted his hand from his eyes and glared. “Oh. You.”
“Um,” said Potter.
“You’re in no place to judge,” Draco informed him. “Did you know half the frames they offer are modelled after yours? You’re lucky we managed to find ones that looked nicer, or it would be worse.” Potter evidently found him too horrible to look at, because he was staring steadfastly out the window, flushed over his ears and down his throat. Draco elected to ignore the cruelty of it in favour of asking: “Good god, why are you so red?”
“What?” Potter asked, his eyes darting to Draco’s before he turned redder, then, “I’m. Well.”
Draco gets glasses. Harry’s very normal about it.
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04 Jan 2026
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These are the things Draco has recently learned:
1: Don’t apparate while drunk or you’ll end up in Potter’s living room without fail
1a: This is a Big Problem.
2: Draco is unable to keep his mouth shut while drunk
3: Pansy is a shite friend
4: Potter has nice thighs
5: Draco maybe possibly doesn’t mind his apparation problem as much as he lets on
5a: Potter doesn’t seem to mind much either- Language:
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14 Dec 2025
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Pissing someone off is not an accepted love language.
Except, in this case, maybe it is.
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13 Dec 2025