This story completely broke my heart and gave me a new view of that part of the world. I'm starting to volunteer for an organization that provides peer counseling and companionship for AIDS/HIV patients in SF because of this story. Thank you.

that was really *sob* sad!! I expected that Draco's son would call Harry Dad, it just made since, I guess. I loved it, even if it was heartbreaking!

Author's Response: Thank you!

*sob* that was a wonderful story! This was the second fanfic EVER to make me cry. I loved the Draco you created. He was perfect. Also it was a well executed plot. Thank you for writing something so real and raw while using our favorite charaters.

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Oh, geez, what a heartbreaker. At least Draco's boy has a father, and Harry gets to talk to Draco every day. Good story. For a bizarre minute, I thought you were going to have Harry turn to Snape after Draco died, then he was dismissed. Thanks for the story.

Author's Response: Thanks for reading! Yes, Ursius had a father and it was some sort of life. I don't know if, absent the portrait to talk to, Harry could've let his anger with Snape over Dumbledore go enough to really be with him, but there was some tension!

Draco's situation is so sad. It seems... so real. Makes me want to cry, really. (and he's just fiction!) Well, the seed you planted with Snape wasn't just a red herring after all. With that last paragraph I kind of wonder if Snape is one of the bad guys in trugh, but am hoping for another outcome. Lucius is still scary. Yikes. Does he have Draco? He was too creepy, and in canon Snape is described as "Lucius' lapdog."

Author's Response: Nope. Snape was hinting not to get involved, although self-centeredly mostly ;) Lucius is, alas, really still in Azkaban.

Snape knows what's going on, doesn't he!! He tried warning Harry off, but Harry was so busy being jealous that he didn't catch on. My heart is breaking thinking of Draco dying. Wonder if he could just polyjuice a new body. *sniff* Harry would still love him!! I'm wondering who is using Lucius' body. Is it Voldemort? He has great rapport with dementors. By the way, Nott is Tonks, isn't he? She is an animorphmagus. Snape said that 'it' was bigger than them, and now Harry and Draco are essentially warned off. Whoever it is knows enough about the boys to know what they were doing, but didn't exactly want them dead. Very odd. And Snape knows all about it, too. If you wanted Snape to be a sick, horrible bastard, you might have him responsible for the church by having him toy with the dead to see if he could find a decent one to 'save' Draco with. (Said Draco to Harry "give me YOUR body". It's your fault my mind went there, you know! ;D ) At any rate, I was glad to see the update. This is an interesting, if heartbreaking story and you write it well.

Author's Response: She is an animorphmagus, although Harry did see she and Nott at the same time ;)

eeep! such suspense! Wonderful story so far. Please update!

Author's Response: Soon, soon. I promise. I just got caught up in another WiP :|

A rearly difficult and interesting subject to tackle, but once again you brought tenderness and caring to your charactrisation. A very emotionally compelling story... excellent.

Author's Response: thanks so much!

lol, I just have to tell you first off that I have the urge to listen to the Cure every time I see your name. Okay, on to the story. This chapter makes me sad, as it illustrates Draco's mortality in quite the vivid way. Watching his son in the picture telling him he loves his daddy just about did me in. Harry still hasn't told Draco his son's message!! *sniff* And Draco's glamours!!! Poor guy, he's in really bad shape at this time. Snape's potions unfortunately seem pretty limited. Harry seems to be wonderfully accepting of Draco, aids and all. It's nice to see. And it does seem true that he and Draco wouldn't have had the relationship they did if Draco had been healthy, which is a bit tragic, really. All that time wasted when they could have been together. Oh... I do have a (probably) silly question. I hate hate hate showing my ignorance, but it's going to have to happen if I ever want to know. I actually tried to look it up and failed, pretty sad, eh? So, er, um.... whatisacossack? Apparently it is clothing... Anyway, nice update. Always happy to see this story continuing.

Author's Response: A cossack is the name for those long tunic robes that priests wear ;)

thanks for updating! I am really loving the way they are together. It's quite realistic that it would be very much like this if they were real life. I love th poignant moments.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I fretted a little that the time was rather compressed, but Draco does feel a sense of urgency. :)

Ah, these men have my sympathy. And Harry is falling in love with Draco. (yay) I bet he wasn't asleep. I'm still buzzing about the possibility that Nott is not. I wonder who he is, can an inferi socialize/interact with the living? Is he Draco in disguise? Unless the Nott they killed wasn't him at all, his presense is quite creepy. This adds quite the layer to his discussions with Tonks. I hope Tonks doesn't end up 'finding religion'. (Yikes) Speaking of hopes, Snape needs to find Draco a cure, too!! (I know, this isn't a story restaurant..."What plot twist would you like this evening, Madame?" I'm just venting my feelings.) :D Quite the story vortex you have going. I'm sucked in.

Author's Response: Well, Harry seems pretty passionate that Nott isn't Nott, and that he knows he's dead ;) Hmm? Well, Inferi can do that in a limited capacity, although it hasn't occured to Harry that Nott could be one, so that might say something about the nature of how dead he knows Nott is ;) Glad you're enjoying it!

Ewww!!!! Draco was with an inferi? Your story pulls me in as much as it makes me uncomfortable. You make me want to know all about Draco, what he's gotten himself into and his feelings about Harry. He's canon, with a twist. He's not going to be nice to anyone, but he seems to care all the same. ('scarhead' as his portkey trigger) Can't wait to find out the inferi plot. And the church thing is sinister. It's not the first time someone has taken messages of love and twisted it to serve agendas. Won't be the last. It seems to fit into the story so well. Can't wait for an update. Looking forward to more. (It's so hard to read good w.i.p.s, you're dying to find out more, but must wait. I'm as impatient as your Harry ;)

Author's Response: *giggles* The man Draco was with wasn't an Inferi at the time! :) He was converted to one after. I promise! He's not quite that slutty ;) I think religion has been mutated to fit other people's agendas quite often, it can be handy for that as people don't really expect it, I suppose. Thanks for reading!