Staircases (слэш)

The first time Harry visited Malfoy’s home, he was miserable and desperate and unbearably uncomfortable. He was set on edge by the way the door closing echoed in the hatefully majestic entrance chamber; all his instincts were switched to fight by the sound of his own footsteps. He gritted his teeth when Malfoy shook his hand, tried to avoid staring around the giant library they sat in, and lost his temper when Malfoy casually insulted him. He had no idea what to say, and he drank more than he’d intended in an effort to drown the engulfing silence, the gripping discomfort that surrounded them both. He hated every word that came out of Malfoy’s mouth.
When he was leaving and Malfoy asked him to come by next week, Harry accepted without so much as a moment’s hesitation.
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The war looked a little different in this timeline; after it's over, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy don't have much left aside from one another.