___<br/>The separation ha been a lot harder on Draco than he had anticipated.<br/>He had already known that it was going to take a lot of getting used to being alone again, but just how hard he was finding it came as a surprise to him. He found himself regularly looking over to talk to Harry and ask for his advice, just missing his presence in the manor, which seemed larger and even more empty than it had done before Harry had gotten there.<br/>Draco was sitting in his study, tea cold next to him, absorbed the work in front of him now that he had nothing else to distract himself with.