Harry thought that to be a fair answer; he wouldn’t have known it to be love in only a matter of months, either. It was, however, difficult to acknowledge how different this could have been if Draco had loved that Muggle.<br/>Thoughtlessly, Harry brushed his hand up Draco’s side, settling at his ribs instead, pushing it further beneath the fabric of Draco’s robe.<br/>“I’m sorry the Ministry interfered,” he said, and meant it. The way the Ministry had kept Draco under its thumb for years was genuinely appalling, even more so when it so evidently robbed Draco of the opportunity to explore a relationship that could have been meaningful to him.