wow o wow. this is nightmare perfect! I find when I try to write magic or sex I lapse into present tense, so I love the feel of it, so immediate and intimate.
Wonderful depiction of energy; the textures of the magic are marvelous, the plant metaphor quite apt.
Harry seems innocent and completely vile at once; everyone loves him, will open to him. the darkness in him Takes. hah! I am resisting ... he must be cursed, our Boy Hero, he can't possibly be evil!