The Letterbox: A Story About Irreplaceable Love
Seer M. Anno
Dear Draco, Hey, how are you? I'm fine, so fine. It's already a while since we last met, isn't it? I tried to send you letters, but it always went back again to me. I won't give up, though. Lily lost her tooth. She couldn't stop crying, so I told her about the tooth fairy. She was ecstatic! Albus giggled and told her that I was lying to her, and she spent two hours arguing about that with him. James eventually can't stand that anymore, so he went out flying. Ginny was the one who finally calmed them both. I had to sit them together and told Lily the truth. She was disappointed, but when James heard her crying, he finally took her flying with him and Albus. Funny, a child's mood can be changed just in a blink of eye. How about you, Astoria and Scorpius? I'm sure Scorpius has grown up fast, just like Al. They are in the same age, right? I'm so happy that they will go to Hogwarts together next year. I hope they will help each other and forget our ridiculous rivalry in the past. Please write soon, Draco. All my love, Harry
Dear Harry, I'm fine, thank you. Yes, it's already two years since then. Harry, I told you for the hundredth time, do not to lie to your child. Small children will swallow everything you told them. I'm one of them, right? No wonder people loath me at that time. At least there's no thing like that here anymore. I'm glad. Astoria and Scorpius? I suppose they're still in a piece, like usual. And yes, my son will go with Al next September. Prepare to be beaten, Potter. Love you always, Draco
"Muuuummmmyyy!"
"Lily! What is it, dear?"
Lily ran towards her redheaded mother. Ginny looked down and smiled at her. Lily's hand clutched at her little glass of chocolate milk tightly, confusion implied in her blue eyes.
"What's Daddy doin'? I knocked but he didn't answer."
Ginny lifted her eyebrow, and walked upstairs. She peeked in via the slightly ajar workroom door. Her husband was there, writing. His back faced her and the door so she couldn't figure out what he was writing, or who he's writing to.
"Ssh," Ginny pulled herself off the door and walked downstairs with her daughter. "He's busy, Lils. It's best if we leave him alone for a while."
"Alright, Mummy."
"So, what do you want to do? Al and James are playing with their friend, so we have our time alone." She went to sit next to Lily and let her leaned against her upper arm. Lily tilted her head as she finished her milk.
"Mummy, I want to say sorry."
"What have you done?"
"I... We went to Dad's workroom."
Her mother lifted her eyebrow. "Lily, do not do that again," she scolded sternly.
Lily's face matched the redness of her hair. "I know, Mum. I'm sorry. But we found something." She pulled out a crumpled paper from her pocket. Ginny frowned; that wasn't a paper. That was a photo.
A photo with a blonde man, smiling, hugged a dark, shorter man who also was smiling.
Dear Draco, James and Albus told me they had fun today. Scorpius asked them to go flying. He's determined to be like you, a Seeker. No, prepare to be beaten with my Albus, Draco bloody Malfoy. Heh, I just kidding. You know I love you. Sometimes I wonder why we broke up, why that day came. Why, Draco, why? Why you left me? I assume it's because you're dating Harry Potter. You once told me that you loath the media. And dating me is the worst way to avoid the media. But you don't listen. And when I finally truly, madly, and deeply in love with you, you left. Why? I'm sorry for grieving about the past, Draco. Please write soon. All my love, Harry
Dear Harry, Ah, Muggles kept saying 'like father like son', right? He once told me that. Astoria was a Keeper, so we will make a great Quidditch family together, just like yours, Harry. I'm glad my son had fun with yours. Remember when Scorpius and Albus were born? We told them that they're destined to be friends. That's one of the best things happened in my life so far. Merlin, Harry bloody Potter, stop grieving! Or I'll curse you to a ferret so you can feel how embarrassed I was! I love you too, by the way, so very much. We have families in our hands now, so we couldn't just left. But you have to know that I'll always love you, no matter what happened. Love you always, Draco
Dear Draco, Sorry. I just carried away. I wonder when we can play together again. Just you, me, and the Snitch. Just like that day; the day that brought us together. I guess it won't happen again anyway. Ginny told me that she had to cover the Quidditch World Cup in Germany for a month. James will be off to Hogwarts soon so I'll be home with Al and Lily. I just sort of hope that you'll come and take me. I miss you very much. All my love, Harry
"Dad, can we take a walk together?" Lily asked her father, who sat on the couch, his green eyes unfocused. Al suddenly flew inside the house, the thing he usually does to startle his father.
"ALBUS!" Harry roared. Al jumped off the broom and landed on the couch as the broom flew outside the window by itself and crushed a few inches outside the house.
"Hi, Dad." He smirked. He's so in Slytherin, Harry thought. "Can we take a walk together?"
"Well, I can't see why not," Harry jumped off the couch, followed by his children. "Let's go!"
"Err, Dad?" Al smiled uneasily. "Can Scorpius come with us? He will come to play, but if we want to take a walk instead..."
Harry felt a small pain when he heard that name. "Of course," he sighed.
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Albus and Lily walked first, followed by Harry and Draco's only child. He's really quiet as a kid, Harry thought, unlike his beloved father.
"Scorpius, are you alright? You seemed distant today," Harry tried to make the boy talked. Albus and Lily both are laughing happily; didn't seem to notice.
"Nothing, Mr. Potter."
"Call me Harry."
The blonde boy shook his head. "I...I found this." He gave something shiny to Harry. Harry looked down and almost cried of what he saw.
2 weeks later...
Dear Draco, Why you didn't answer my letter? That's fine, actually. But I need someone to talk to, someone to take my pain away. Ginny cheated with one of the reporters. The woman I love, Draco! Are people I love finally turning me down? First you, and now her! The kids didn't know yet, and I don't know how to tell them. Especially Lily, I don't want to break her fragile heart. Draco, please come. I need you. Please. All my love, Harry
Ginny sneaked in her house. Harry will never forgive her. She was just fooling around with that sexy wizard, and had no idea that will be one of the hottest news in the wizarding world.
The house was dark. Outside a storm was forming. But the fireplace in Harry's workroom was lit; Harry must be working when he left the room. She walked away from the Floo and stared at the window.
She gasped.
There was a blonde man on his broom. His grey eyes bored down the ground. She followed his gaze and froze.
There was Harry, her Harry, was flying on his broom towards Draco, the man he loved. The man she beat in the fight for Harry's love. The rain was falling, along with Harry's tears. Draco touched his face when he had been in the same level as the blonde, and they kissed.
Ginny couldn't blink, couldn't move.
"You'll be fine, Harry," she could hear Draco's voice.
"Let me come with you, Draco." she could see Draco's nod and little smile.
And then they flew further and finally gone outside Ginny's vision. She finally snapped out from the daze of the odd sight outside, and began looking around the room.
Her eyes found a wooden box. Curious, she opened it.
All the letters, all Harry's handwriting, with Dear Draco... and Dear Harry... as the start. She stared at the carvings on the box and she fell down on her knees, the tears came freely from her eyes. Something snapped in her mind and she realized everything that happened with her husband.
The Letterbox
When the dead was separated from the lived
But the lived couldn't forget the dead
He writes the letters and replies it on his own lines
It's already too late for her.
Harry Potter was found dead next to Draco Malfoy's graveyard under an Elder tree, exactly two years after the blonde's death. His broom was crushed together with the one which was supposed to be Draco's. When he died, Harry wore a ring other than his wedding one, the silver ring with an emerald and his name carved on it. A ring Draco gave him before he died in the hands of one of Harry's fanatic and lunatic fan. Harry gave it to Scorpius Malfoy when Draco died, but the boy knew that something was happening and returned it to him.
The Potters and The Malfoys finally merged together as a unity. Astoria Greengrass-Malfoy asked them to live together in the Manor, nearer to the two graves of the lovers. The kids accepted, and Scorpius finally got the companions he always dreamed about.
Ginny, who kept saying that she was sorry, buried the letters with him. But sometimes she couldn't help but regret of what happened to them. For the first time, she finally understood about her husband's love, which is truly and deeply irreplaceable. Just like hers to Harry. And that's when she sat down, took a parchment, and wrote:
Dear Harry...
FIN.
A/N: I posted this story in dA, but I think I need to share it here too. This is a Surprise Ending for Drarry For Life group contest. Hope you like it! Reviews are welcome! ^^
Yes, I'm thinking about a sequel after this. Just maybe, so this is WIP again :)