Just A Boy

The moment Regulus lays eyes on Draco Malfoy, after only ever seeing him once when he was 3, Regulus sees himself. He sees someone who grew up around hate, fed every derogatory thing possible, and punished if he didn't believe it. Even if all he seems unbreakable, Regulus knows exactly what that feels like.And he knows he needs to show him a way out. No matter how long that takes."Poppy nods, turning around from where she’s setting things on a shelf to look at him, “Do you think you’ll get close to him at all? You have a knack for it.”“I’m going to try, I want to make sure whatever they’re doing to him it’s not like what my family did to me,” Regulus sighs, “I hope it’s not, but I just want him to know that I’m here for him both as a teacher and as family.” “And I’m sure he’ll appreciate it,” She smiles at him."

we should have seen me giving draco a redemption arc from 40 miles away. i think draco is a very interesting character very much worthy of redemption in my gay interpretation of him, so, via snippets from each year, that's what he's going to get congratz