This is the clearest reminder yet of what I loved about ATBT: great writing, finely crafted scenes, intrigue, emotion, a sense of turmoil to come.
There is so much happening here. In just a few short paragraphs you capture Harry's effort to ignore/deny the news he's just read by turning his attention to the articles around the house (I especially liked the bit regarding the spoon: "It, too, was finely made, and Harry could almost see the countless Malfoy hands that had curled around this very spoon, before reaching across the breakfast table to caress a waiting lover..." -- almost as if he's likening himself to a possession. Or is that stretching it?); his rationalisation (Draco was "forced" to do what he'd done); anger and regret at their stolen youths; and perhaps some vague sort of acceptance, too.
And what are those rows about and the "growing distance" between them? Who's out to drive a wedge between them? I'm thinking there's going to be a lot of heavy emotional stuff going on here. I'm prepared to be floored.
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There is so much happening here. In just a few short paragraphs you capture Harry's effort to ignore/deny the news he's just read by turning his attention to the articles around the house (I especially liked the bit regarding the spoon: "It, too, was finely made, and Harry could almost see the countless Malfoy hands that had curled around this very spoon, before reaching across the breakfast table to caress a waiting lover..." -- almost as if he's likening himself to a possession. Or is that stretching it?); his rationalisation (Draco was "forced" to do what he'd done); anger and regret at their stolen youths; and perhaps some vague sort of acceptance, too.
And what are those rows about and the "growing distance" between them? Who's out to drive a wedge between them? I'm thinking there's going to be a lot of heavy emotional stuff going on here. I'm prepared to be floored.
Brilliant job! Thank you.