Wow! Mind-blowingly brilliant. This fic was practically perfect in every way. I just recced this in my lj and said that fics like this make you fall in love with H/D all over again. Such an easy, fluid, to-the-point narrative that glued me to my seat and didn't let go before the story was finished.
Loved the little details of the Magical world and Durmstrang. Harry and Draco were very sexy together from the start and the dialogue was to die for: witty, flirtatious, charming. I would have gladly accepted Harry being genuinely in love from the start; making it Draco's evil ploy that backfired big time was even better. Perfect ending. With a few lines you made me even like Ginny.
"[...]I'd sleep better if I knew what they're teaching those children." "Wouldn't it be easier to have Hermione write to Viktor Krum?" Ahaha!
The silence inside was penetrated only by the sound of a voice that made Harry's insides twist up in elaborate knots of rare pleasure. The voice was slow, drawling, sensual -- a voice to whisper dirty secrets, to give moans meaning. He didn't know what the words meant. He did know he wanted the voice's owner, no matter what he looked like. Eyes could be closed, but that voice... Mmmmm. :P
"Grindelwald? Did you defeat him too whilst no one was looking?" :D
He had no time for feelings. They mucked everything up and turned him into a complete plonker who walked around thinking about monsters in his chest. :D :D :D The return of the chest monster.
Thank you so much for this. I'm still floating.
(I have a hunch of who you might be, mystery author, but it's only a hunch. Can't wait for the reveals.)