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Title: A Defeat More Triumphant Than Victory
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Harry/Ginny, Draco/Astoria
Summary: Whilst Harry is en route to right a wrong, memories of the past five years and, more specifically, the past week assail him and remind him how this tragedy-in-the-making began. If only he had listened to Snape at the end of sixth year when he’d told Harry to keep his mouth shut and his mind closed.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): language; attempted non-con; violence; dark; character deaths, but not Harry or Draco, and suicide
Epilogue compliant?: Because
Word Count: ~23,000
Author's Notes:
( A Defeat More Triumphant Than Victory )