A Scrap of Humanity by aesc36

Genre: Drama, Angst
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 25k
Tags: Post Hogwarts EWE, case!fic, mistery

Summary:

Two years after the defeat of Voldemort, Draco is called out of exile by the last person he ever expected to meet again, a person looking for answers even as Draco is looking for his own.

Quotes:

"Why're you giving me this chance? Two years ago, you people were howling for blood."

Surprisingly, Weasley looked very uncomfortable and it appeared for a long moment that he wasn't going to answer. Draco stared at him, unwilling to let the issue die, and Weasley at length gave in, saying, "It was Harry, if you must know. He was the one who wanted to bring you out here in the first place."

The room was suddenly very warm. "Harry?" the word emerged as a sort of croak.

"Yes, Harry," Weasley said dryly. "You know, Harry Potter."

"I ruddy well know who he is," Draco snapped.

"Yeah, well, I don't know why he wanted you to come, of all people." Weasley unfolded his long limbs and stood up, stretching a bit. His eyes never left Draco, though, despite the casualness of the motion. "But he suggested it, and we didn't have any other leads, so I told him I'd contact you."

"Why didn't he contact me directly?"

Weasley smirked at that. "He's not a member of the Ministry, Draco. Technically, he's not even supposed to know about it, but he's the one who found the damn things, and I wasn't about to perform a memory charm on him."

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