I’m looking for a fic after the war and they are headed back to hogwarts. I believe it was multi-chaptered and complete. It was a pretty long fic I believe. Harry strikes a deal (and is too stubborn to retract it) so that Draco can go back to school (and not to Azkaban if I remember right(?)) But as a repercussion, the magical government(?), spelled him so that Draco had to obey every one of Harry’s demand statements - that was the main plot point. Harry didn’t really want Draco to obey his words (mainly because he would say statement sentences on accident and Draco would have to answer etc) so he mainly avoided phrases like that. I believe Draco also had to be near him(??). BUT there was another male character (I thought it was an original character but idk anymore) who hated Draco and found like a loophole and made it so that Draco had to listen to him too. He would take him to this bathroom and beat him up (he might have used an illegal curse too - crucio probs). Also, Draco would study at the library with Harry’s friends and became closer to his friends too - mentionably, Ginny and Hermione too. The guy who hated Draco made Draco not be able to tell anyone else what he was doing and he had to get ‘defensive’ if anyone questioned him on it. Harry is a little sad because he was growing to really like Draco and now he’s distancing himself and being rude, but whenever they avoid mean guy discussion Draco is really sweet and Draco would melancholy lean on him to act as an apology (I think?). Mean guy also makes Draco search Harry’s room so that Mean guy could publish dirt on Harry in the newspaper, but Draco doesn’t find anything. Also Harry would walk him to class. And the mean guy would use the time it took Harry to walk over and get him from class to beat him up. Also, one scene was Harry walked into the bathroom trying to find Draco and the mean guy made it seem like Draco and him were in a romantic relationship. I remember liking the fic a lot, but I can’t find it! Please help :(
We believe you’re looking for Lessons in Grace and Decorum by GallaPlacidia, which has been deleted. You can find an archive of Galla’s works approved by the author here.