1. Harry was lying to Lupin when he said the happy memory he was thinking of while trying to fight off the boggart shaped like a dementor was just his first memory of flying. It was also of the way the light had glinted off Malfoy's hair when they had taken his first broom ride together.

2. When Harry Potter meets the boy with pale blonde hair, piercing gray eyes, and magic just like Harry, his knees practically knock together with his excitement. He wants desperately to be friends, but the boy acts aloof and that only puts him in mind of his "family." It's not until later that he learns he is supposed to hate Draco Malfoy.

3. Eleven year old Harry wished that he could understand Draco.

4. Harry wished he could take back his rejection of Draco's friendship from the second it happened.

5. The boy-who-lived wished that his princeliness would let up on the bullying sometimes. It's the least he deserved for saving the prat's life every once and a while. Didn't he have first years to torment?

6. Sometimes when Ron is particularly drunk he'll talk about how Harry spent most of sixth year following Draco around to gaze at him moonily. Harry will blush and cough and Draco will think he's adorable.

7. Harry didn't expect the abject pain and betrayal in Draco's expression when he cursed the blonde boy in the bathroom. He had expected the immediate horror and regret that he felt upon seeing the other's pain.

8. Harry was so relieved to hear that Draco was going to be okay that he nearly hugged Snape, Snape of all people, when he found out.

9. Draco loves learning new things about Harry. He loves that he knows how Harry looks all sleepy in the morning. He loves that he knows what kind of nightmares he has, and that Harry is really more of a dog person, and that treacle tart is his favorite desert.

10. Harry is almost reluctant to give Draco's wand back. He liked having that little piece of Draco with him.

11. Harry spends almost a month looking for the perfect gift to give Draco as an apology. Finally, he finds it in his parents vault. It's the locket his father gave his mother for their first anniversary.

12. Kissing Draco on the cheek after inviting him to dinner is only one of a string of actions that Harry has no idea why he's doing them. Only that it makes Harry feel good to make Draco feel better after the brutal, grueling trials of his parents.

13. During his eighth year, Harry found himself ridiculously distracted by how bloody gorgeous Draco was now that he had started letting himself notice. He wasn't just pretty though. He was intelligent, resilient, and quite charming when he wanted to be.

14. When he kissed Draco for the first time he felt like his heart nearly pounded out of his chest. The second time he felt like Draco had stolen that heart.

15. Harry spent the few weeks after kissing Draco while Draco was avoiding him moping in the common room. He was really very pathetic, perking up and then being depressed after every mention of Draco's name.

16. Hermione eventually literally kicked Harry to get him to realize that Draco was thinking Harry thought their kiss was a mistake. Ron laughed at him. Hard.

17. Harry agrees to monogamy with Draco Malfoy easily, knowing that he loved Draco deeply, and that he would never ever be bored with a lover like Malfoy.

18. Harry didn't sleep in his bed ever during the last three months of his eighth year at Hogwarts. Instead he slept in Draco's ridiculously opulent private room in the Slytherin dungeons. Well, sometimes they slept. Sometimes they spent the nights exploring each other. Sometimes Harry would hold Draco after one of Draco's nightmares about Nagini, and the horrible things Voldemort did in his home. Sometimes Harry would be held by Draco after one of Harry's nightmares about Voldemort and all the people who died for the boy-who-lived.

19. Harry proposed to Draco while they're in Paris. It's terribly unromantic, because they were fighting for their lives at the time. The ministry often sent them on missions together, Draco because he was very good at dissembling dark artifacts and spells, and Harry because his defensive and protective magic were beyond compare. Harry just shouted it over the cacophony of the battle. Later, Harry does it on one knee all properly while Draco tries not to cry with happiness.

20. Harry makes an excellent father. Mostly because he remembers everything he had wished he had as a child that slept in a cupboard. Draco makes an amazing dad as well. He's very good at listening to his children. They love their children very much, and though they have frustrating times, they just love each other more for it. They both, finally, finally have the family they've always needed.