and in the darkness, there's light

“It’s going to be okay,” Potter says, again, and Draco wonders if maybe, he can believe him. He has defeated the Dark Lord once already, after all, so maybe he can do it all over again, even if it’s just in Draco’s head.“Is it really?” Draco mumbles against Potter’s shoulder, and he’s glad when his voice doesn’t shake. “I promise.”And Draco finds that yes, he does believe him.He just wonders what it might cost them both to keep that promise.***Unexpectedly, Hogwarts' Eight Year leads to more than the chance to get away from everything just for one more year.It's also the chance to find to oneself, to heal and move on, find forgiveness and maybe even love.It's up to Draco whether to take it or not.((summary subject to change))

After reading too many Drarry Fics and running out of stuff to read (or at least not finding more of the quality angsty stuff I like), it somehow happened that I wrote my own fic (the first one for this pairing and fandom), and it also escalated pretty quickly. What started out as a angsty drabble has now started amassing plots and ideas and is in the process of being written whenever I hit a slump in my other fics (which appears to be all the time, at the moment), so, here we are.I hope you like it and that I didn't butcher all the characters, because to be honest, I've read the Harry Potter Series one single time four years back and while I'm not a hardcore fan, I really fell in love with this pairing and just couldn't help myself. I get most of my infos and inspiration from other fics and the Harry Potter Wiki, so blame them if something doesn't make sense ^^(btw, it just came to mind that I probably read a Drarry fic first before I ever picked up 'Harry Potter and the Philopher's Stone', hah.)Anyway, let's start this adventure with a quick warning: it's painful and deals with some issues in some ways it isn't always done with in fanfics, but due to my love for heavy, angsty stuff this happened. It's also a slow burn, mostly because the boys have to work through so many issues and I try to stay at least somewhat realistic, so. Here you go.(Sorry for my enormous Author's note; it's always like this with me. I also don't have a beta, so all mistakes are mine. and it's probably American English, because I couldn't quite figure out how to change the language settings on my spell-checking and I hate red underlines. I apologize for everything.)