You know, it would've made the books SO much better if Drarry actually had some sort of weird relationship where they absolutely roasted the hell out of each other and basically bullied each other like friends but refused to acknowledge that they actually liked each other (as friends, at least at first) to anyone. And then, we could've had obsessive + worried Harry in sixth year going crazy Bc his idiot sorta friend / sorta arch-enemy is clearly ill and losing his mind about SOMETHING and he doesn't know what's happening. We could've had an awkward conversation with McGonagall where Harry's like "I'm worried about him" and mcgonagall's just like "???? I thought you thought you hated him??? This is growth????" OR EVEN BETTER SNAPE!!!!! SNAPE just being so obstinate and basically telling Harry to F off but our boy is super persistent so of course he's not gonna give in and so sixth turns into a year of harassing SNAPE over Harry's not quite friend not quite enemy. And of course Hermione is losing her mind Bc she realizes that Harry actually IS sorta friends with Draco and Ron is just like "you've got to be freaking KIDDING me, Malfoy?!!!!" And Dumbledore's just there like hmmmmmmmm, potential this has (Bc hes Yoda ofc)
The boys being total foils of the other and Draco being drawn to the dark side while Harry stands in the light, always, but when they're together in their weird friendship, none of it matters and they just enjoy each other's company while simultaneously refusing to admit that the other means anything to them at all. And then of course the war happens and Malfoy manor and Draco refuses to give Harry up and they're both SO confused by this Bc "we hate each other... riGHT?!!!" And then Harry gets to Hogwarts and Draco is so so torn. The room of requirement happens pretty similar, Draco yelling not to kill Harry and Harry saving Draco from the Fiendfyre. And then Voldemort says he's going to find Draco later and kill him and oof protective!Harry is ACTIVATED and he kills Voldemort like in the books, but then there's a moment where the boys just acknowledge each other after it's all over. Draco's with his parents, but he actually grins tiredly at Harry and Harry smiles in return, and that's the last they see of each other until their eighth year.
Everyone's expecting them to be the same as always, refusing to admit they're even close to friends, hexing each other occasionally, the whole nine yards. But they get to school and suddenly they're like best friends????? The eighth years all share one common room + 2 dorms Bc of course, and they're always resting on the couch together and Seamus SWEARS he saw them cuddling one night when he was trying to sneak out to the kitchens for a post-midnight snack. Maybe Draco starts kissing Harry's cheek when they have separate classes (a rare occurrence Bc the eighth years are all nearly attached at the hip Bc so few of them even returned or LIVED). Maybe Harry kisses Draco's forehead while he's playing chess with Astoria and Harry's heading up to bed. And then suddenly, Ron and Hermione and Blaise and Pansy(maybe???) are hanging out together, and they're arguing constantly, but it's almost,,, cordial???? And everyone is like "what the fuck is happening???" And then one night just before their winter break, all the eighth years are in the common room, trying to stay warm by the fire, and Harry just leans down and kisses Draco's lips, like it's not even the first time, and OH, suddenly it all makes sense to the eighth years.


















