This is an amazing story. I love your calm, mature, flirting Harry. I really loved how your Draco starts as the snubish, sneering, obnoxious and self-pitying character we know from canon and evovles realistically thanks to Harry's tender nurturing.
I adore the flowers'description. I always enjoy when we are given an insight to an unusual profession for the boys. Actually, I found your fic recced on such a list (about unusual professions) at alijot's site. I also appreciate how you skillfully avoid clichés. Draco is disfigured for good. We don't get the feeling that Harry falls for him because " don't worry, the lover regains his beautiful face in the end." What's more, when Raphael was introduced, I thought, he was going to be Draco attacker, then the latter "recognized" him and I went :"Ok, predicatable, but it doesn't matter." But finally, the matter is left open and unresolved, like it often the case in real life. It so much better that way.
Finally, I adored the optimistic adder and Draco's fear that Harry might fall from the ladder which would generate incommensurable trouble for him!
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I adore the flowers'description. I always enjoy when we are given an insight to an unusual profession for the boys. Actually, I found your fic recced on such a list (about unusual professions) at alijot's site.
I also appreciate how you skillfully avoid clichés. Draco is disfigured for good. We don't get the feeling that Harry falls for him because " don't worry, the lover regains his beautiful face in the end." What's more, when Raphael was introduced, I thought, he was going to be Draco attacker, then the latter "recognized" him and I went :"Ok, predicatable, but it doesn't matter." But finally, the matter is left open and unresolved, like it often the case in real life. It so much better that way.
Finally, I adored the optimistic adder and Draco's fear that Harry might fall from the ladder which would generate incommensurable trouble for him!
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