Fic: Art of denial (Part 23)

[my_thestral]

Author's note: So - to paraphrase The Doors: this is the end, my friends. Not of anything major, mind you, just this fic.:) And it went on for long enough (not for everyone, apparently, someone commented that he was disappointed there was no dialogue), so we bury it here today. As I'm again short on time, I'm just going to do the same thing I did last time and post an AO3 link to the last chapter (mind you, chapter 26 on AO3, bleh, I know, a mess). It's simply too time consuming if I post it here with all the word limitations, I'll keep this for my yey-and-doom posts. :) If anyone actually read it - thank you for sticking with it for so long.:)
Pairing: Ron/Draco
Word count: 10.184 (this part)
Rating: R-ish, maybe even less
Disclaimer: Yeah, you guessed it, it's been borrowed all this time - the characters have - so money's not an option.

Art of denial (23): End of denial

See also:

Art of Denial (1): It's been 20 years...
Art of denial (2): First time
Art of denial (3): Some First time... some Second time...
Art of denial (4): Still second time... and time again...
Art of denial (5): Milestones
Art of denial (6): Of hearts and bonds
Art of denial (7): Cracked open and oozing true feelings
Art of denial (8): Unbreakable
Art of denial (9): To give some, to take some away
Art of denial (10): There to witness defeat
Art of denial (11/1): Nowhere without you
Art of denial (11/2): Magic of old
Art of denial (12): With this ring I thee wed
Art of denial (13/1): When everything hurts...
Art of denial (13/2): Small comforts
Art of denial (14): Give me more...
Art of denial (15/1): Not a chosen one
Art of denial (15/2): Come to me
Art of denial (16/1): Enters the little Princess
Art of denial (16/2): A Prince to love
Art of denial (16/3): All of it, for the family
Art of denial (17/1): Of trust and hope
Art of denial (17/2): Spilling magic
Art of denial (18/1): Before the storm
Art of denial (18/2): No one else would do
Art of denial (19/1): The joys and woes of Rose Weasley
Art of denial (19/2): Treacherous eyes
Art of denial (19/3): What if you could...?
Art of denial (19/4): Of secrets and desires
Art of denial (20): Playing with an ace
Art of denial (21/1): The truth at last
Art of denial (21/2): Of sacrifices
Art of denial (21/3): Paving the road to make it count
Art of denial (22): Secrets galore