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🌊 Creator Reveals 🌊

Here we are at the end of another sunny Summer Vibes gift exchange, and once again it is time to unveil the creators of our stunning works for this year! The mod team would like to extend a thank you to our creators for all your hard work and to our audience for all the support you’ve shown our participants throughout the fest. It has been our pleasure to host the exchange, and we hope to bring it back even bigger and better next year. And now what you’ve all been waiting for, reveals!

🌞 Fic 🌞

reawakening (E, 22.5k) by clareypotter / @clarey-potter for @slythercrux

It's nearly one year after the war, and the castle is reawakening. Strange rooms appear at odd hours, filled with ancient artifacts and unknown magics. When Harry and Draco are assigned detention in one of the newly awakened rooms, they discover first-hand that the latent magic holds far more than they expect. There aren't going to be any secrets after this detention.

TL;DR: The boys embark on a Hanahaki speedrun. It's a curse. They aren't having fun.

Trouble (T, 1.5k) by Jen_814 for karameiwaku

“Honestly Harry,” Hermione said, pouring out a cup of tea, “did you really forget your anniversary again?”

“Same time every year mate,” said Ron, coming to the table with a plate of scones. “Don’t know how you keep messing this up.”

“Uhn,” said Harry, sinking his head down on the table. “Dates.”

--

Harry screwed up, and needs his friends to help him. They do their best.

Hold Me Tight (G, 5.3k) by slythercrux / @slythercrux for Jen_814

With Voldemort’s death on the fateful Halloween night in Godric’s Hollow, Harry’s life at Hogwarts has lacked a sense of excitement, until his Sixth Year, when Draco Malfoy transferred in from Durmstrang Institute.

“Was that supposed to be a pick-up line?” Draco responded with a lazy smirk. “10 points for originality. Surprising, I know, but I've really never heard that one before. You could stand to improve, though. The delivery was quite weak. Here, let me show you.”

He twirled his hair as he gave Harry a once over with his eyes, then dropped his pitch to give himself a husky voice. “Are you sure you’re not part-Veela or something, because I can’t seem to keep my eyes off you.”

Harry stuttered, “Uh, um.”

Draco leaned in, whispering sultrily, “Looks like it worked.”

Flower Children and Ring Bearers (NR, 8.4k) by karameiwaku for @clarey-potter

When half of Hogwarts comes down with a mysterious breathing sickness, including the Boy-Who-Lived-To-Be-A-Thorn-In-His-Side, Draco looks around for patterns amid the chaos to figure out what is going on, and why.

🌞 Art 🌞

Fun Day and You (G, Digital Art) by digthewriter / @digthewriter​ for @jewelmilk​

A picnic date.

🌞 Comic 🌞

How to (Not) Train Your Dragon (G, Digital Art) by Jewelmilk / @jewelmilk​ for @digthewriter​

Draco and Harry (quite literally) bump into each other at a coffee shop in Romania after not seeing each other for 10 years, and what's that book Draco's reading?

A comic!

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Flower Children and Ring Bearers

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @clarey-potter​, clareypotter

Word Count: 8,445

Rating: Not Rated

Content: Hogwarts Eighth Year, Snark, Good Slytherins, Slytherins Being Slytherins, Quidditch, Potions Accident, Surprise Pairing, Worldbuilding, Pureblood Culture

Warnings: Hanahaki Disease

Summary:

When half of Hogwarts comes down with a mysterious breathing sickness, including the Boy-Who-Lived-To-Be-A-Thorn-In-His-Side, Draco looks around for patterns amid the chaos to figure out what is going on, and why.

Read it now on AO3!

🌞 This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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Hold Me Tight

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: Jen_814

Word Count: 5,361

Rating: General Audiences

Content: Canon Divergence, Hogwarts Sixth Year, Flirting, Romance, Pre-Slash, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Minor Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas

Warnings: Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Underage Drinking

Summary:

With Voldemort’s death on the fateful Halloween night in Godric’s Hollow, Harry’s life at Hogwarts has lacked a sense of excitement, until his Sixth Year, when Draco Malfoy transferred in from Durmstrang Institute.

“Was that supposed to be a pick-up line?” Draco responded with a lazy smirk. “10 points for originality. Surprising, I know, but I've really never heard that one before. You could stand to improve, though. The delivery was quite weak. Here, let me show you.”

He twirled his hair as he gave Harry a once over with his eyes, then dropped his pitch to give himself a husky voice. “Are you sure you’re not part-Veela or something, because I can’t seem to keep my eyes off you.”

Harry stuttered, “Uh, um.”

Draco leaned in, whispering sultrily, “Looks like it worked.”

Read it now on AO3! 

🌞 This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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How to (Not) Train Your Dragon

Creator: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @digthewriter​, digthewriter

Medium: Digital Art

Rating: General Audiences

Content: Coffee Shops & Cafes, Draco Malfoy in Glasses, Draco Malfoy in the Muggle World, Dragons, Comic, Art, Digital Art, How to Train Your Dragon References

Warnings: none

Summary:

Draco and Harry (quite literally) bump into each other at a coffee shop in Romania after not seeing each other for 10 years, and what's that book Draco's reading?

A comic!

View it now on AO3!

🌞  This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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Trouble

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: karameiwaku

Word Count: 1,589

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Content: Fluff, Anniversary, EWE, Slice of Life, Courtship

Warnings: none

Summary:

“Honestly Harry,” Hermione said, pouring out a cup of tea, “did you really forget your anniversary again?”

“Same time every year mate,” said Ron, coming to the table with a plate of scones. “Don’t know how you keep messing this up.”

“Uhn,” said Harry, sinking his head down on the table. “Dates.”

--

Harry screwed up, and needs his friends to help him. They do their best.

Read it now on AO3! 

🌞 This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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reawakening

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @slythercrux​, slythercrux

Word Count: 22,595

Rating: Explicit

Content: Hogwarts Eighth Year, EWE, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Trapped, Getting to Know Each Other, Slow Burn, Detention, Body Worship, Dirty Talk, First Time, Endearments, Smut, Sectumsempra Scars, Snarky Draco, Enemies to Lovers, Draco & Pansy Friendship

Warnings: Hanahaki Disease, Explicit Sexual Content, Curses, Coughing, Trouble Breathing, Blood

Summary:

It's nearly one year after the war, and the castle is reawakening. Strange rooms appear at odd hours, filled with ancient artifacts and unknown magics. When Harry and Draco are assigned detention in one of the newly awakened rooms, they discover first-hand that the latent magic holds far more than they expect. There aren't going to be any secrets after this detention.

TL;DR: The boys embark on a Hanahaki speedrun. It's a curse. They aren't having fun.

Read it now on AO3! 

🌞 This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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Fun Day and You

Creator: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @jewelmilk, Jewelmilk

Medium: Digital Art

Rating: General Audiences

Content: Cute, Fluff, Happy Ending, on a date, Picnic, Summer, Getting Together

Warnings: none

Summary:  

 A picnic date.

View it now on AO3! 

🌞 This work is part of H/D Summer Vibes, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌊

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Spring has only just sprung, but the hardworking folks at Gay Wizard Boys on Discord are already gearing up to bring you a taste of summer. This will be our 3rd annual H/D Summer Vibes gift exchange, and we are so excited to see what our creators have in store for us this year! Each participant will be assigned a request from another member of the exchange and will provide a fanwork in the medium of their choice to fit the guidelines they are given. We hope you will look forward to some fun in the sun featuring our favorite Gryffindor/Slytherin duo!

If you’d like to be a part of Summer Vibes 2022 and are not yet a member of GWB, you can head on over to our Discord server to get in on the action. The AO3 collection with the fest schedule, rules, and FAQ can be found here.

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☃ Creator Reveals ☃

Alas, the holidays are over, and our fest has come to an end. But don’t lose all of that winter wonder just yet because creator reveals are here! Your mod team wants to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you, both participants and readers alike. These gift exchanges are for you, after all, and we have so enjoyed hosting the Mistletoe Exchange.

We won’t delay any longer, though. Onto the main event, reveals!

❄ Fic ❄

Harry Potter and the Invasion of the Slytherins (T, 6.1k) by cavendishbutterfly for This_Time_I_Wont_Regret_My_Username / @blue-rose-smalls 

Harry just wanted to bake in peace. He didn't ask for Pansy to invade his friend group with her sheer willpower and Slytherin co-conspirators. But before he knows it, the Slytherins have regular access to his Floo. And then Draco Malfoy starts hanging around while Harry whips up endless birthday cakes and baked concoctions.

Funny thing, Harry doesn't actually mind Draco's company. Not at all.

Ice-Kissed (G, 2.3k) by corvuscrowned / @corvuscrowned for Jewelmilk / @jewelmilk

Professors Potter and Malfoy have very different philosophies when it comes to their teaching styles. Draco, for one, is dedicated to giving his students the best Potions education in all of Europe.

Potter is ... Well, Potter keeps taking his Defense classes outside to make snow angels.

Christmas traditions (G, 606) by a_reader_and_writer / @harrypotterfanfictionwriter for Prongslover77

Draco had many Christmas traditions over the years, but only one is his favorite.

In the Early Hours (M, 10.7k) by manixzen / @manixzen for alrespirar / @seekercass

It started with one night, which turned into months, which turned into years. And then, Harry realized he was in over his head.

Wizarding Expectations (NR, 7.1k) by reighchama for GuysAndGirlsAreHot

Welcome to the First ever interdepartmental Christmas Party between The Auror Department and the newly established Medi-Wizard Department

Featuring: Christmas decor, Secret Santa and under appreciated gifts.

Lights and Candy, Turning Prettily (T, 10.8k) by ebbet for corvuscrowned / @corvuscrowned

In which Draco Malfoy pretends to enjoy hot chocolate, Pansy Parkinson quotes the Grinch, Greg Goyle enjoys canapés, and Blaise Zabini says what everyone's thinking.

Cinnamon, Chocolate, and Pine (T, 7.9k) by StarLeighNight for cavendishbutterfly

After staying at Hogwarts for the winter holiday, Harry just can’t decide how to spend his time. Luckily, he doesn’t need to think too hard - Draco Malfoy decides for him.

This Love is Still Ours (E, 10.5k) by alrespirar / @seekercass for reighchama

The distance helps with the bond. It’s not as strong as it used to be during eighth year. Distance makes it dormant, as the healers said many years ago. Ever so often when Draco comes back, it roars back to life whenever he’s near Harry. They mutually agree to stay away. Until they don’t.

Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it) (T, 10.2k) by fluxweed / @fluxweeed and lastontheboat / @lastontheboat for clareypotter / @clarey-potter

Dear Mr Potter, The answer is, and will remain, a no.

Sincerely, Draco Malfoy Accounts Manager, Phoenix Press

Or: the one where Harry has writer’s block and Malfoy isn’t helping.

Christmas in Garland (NR, 16.4k) by Prongslover77 for StarLeighNight

When driven healer Harry Potter doesn't get the prestigious job he planned for, he unexpectedly finds himself moving to a remote town. He soon warms to the friendly town and its cast of characters, plus an unexpected familiar face, but suspects it's hiding one big holiday secret.

My World is Filled with Cheer and You (T, 9.1k) by withgreatelan / @withgreatelan for a_reader_and_writer / @harrypotterfanfictionwriter

Draco needs to buy Teddy a Christmas present and has put it off to the last minute. He also has no plans for Christmas Eve. A whirlwind of Weasleys (plus Luna) will find him not only with the presents he needs, but also a place to go for the holiday celebration, and a chance to reconnect with Harry and potentially get something he's been wishing for as well.

bambi (M, 32.6k) by This_Time_I_Wont_Regret_My_Username / @blue-rose-smalls for manixzen / @manixzen 

Hogwarts is putting on a fusion of muggle and wizarding plays over the Yule holidays, to get the students involved with members of different houses and give them something hands-on with their muggle studies. Draco, as a curse breaker on holiday due to an injury that won't seem to heal, is asked to help prevent the kids from accidentally blowing something (or each other) up. And because it's Christmas and he's 100% a caretaker by nature, despite the things people say about him, he agrees immediately.

Draco didn't know that Harry Potter would be there too, showing up after years of complete silence in the wizard world. Nor did Draco expect that seeing him would rekindle... whatever it was they had in their eighth year.

❄ Art ❄

love that feels like christmas day (G, Digital Art) by Jewelmilk / @jewelmilk for ebbet

Draco and Harry celebrate their first Christmas together with snow, gingerbread houses, and a mistletoe

❄ Multimedia ❄

you're a opossum living in the trash can of my heart ♡ | playlist and (truly, magnificently atrocious) poem by clareypotter / @clarey-potter for withgreatelan / @withgreatelan​

harry’s tipsy after ron and hermione's engagement party, and he's in a sappy, maudlin mood when he writes what he is well aware is the world's worst love poetry. it's not a disaster until ron's excitable owl snatches the VERY PERSONAL AND EXTREMELY TOP SECRET poem and delivers it STRAIGHT TO MALFOY. shut up. it is NOT his fault. the little hearts written around malfoy's name had NOTHING to do with it.

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bambi

Author: @blue-rose-smalls​, This_Time_I_Wont_Regret_My_Username

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @manixzen​, manixzen

Word Count: 32,642

Rating: Mature Audiences

Content: EWE, Curse Breaker Draco, Ex-Auror Harry, Fairytale Elements, Hogwarts Inter-House Friendships, Getting Together, Soft Draco, Awkwardness, Christmas, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Bad Flirting, Mild Sexual Content, Nonbinary Character, Muggle Studies

Warnings: Injury Recovery, Angst, Anxiety

Summary:

Hogwarts is putting on a fusion of muggle and wizarding plays over the Yule holidays, to get the students involved with members of different houses and give them something hands-on with their muggle studies. Draco, as a curse breaker on holiday due to an injury that won't seem to heal, is asked to help prevent the kids from accidentally blowing something (or each other) up. And because it's Christmas and he's 100% a caretaker by nature, despite the things people say about him, he agrees immediately.

Draco didn't know that Harry Potter would be there too, showing up after years of complete silence in the wizard world. Nor did Draco expect that seeing him would rekindle... whatever it was they had in their eighth year.

Read it now on AO3!

☃ This work is part of H/D Mistletoe, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favorite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌨

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My World is Filled with Cheer and You

Author: @withgreatelan​, withgreatelan

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @harrypotterfanfictionwriter​, a_reader_and_writer

Word Count: 9,199

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Content: Christmas Eve, Christmas Party, POV Draco, Smitten Draco, Smitten Harry, Blushing, Getting Together, Meddling, Cute Teddy Lupin, Gift Giving, Christmas Shopping, Children, Family Bonding, Found Family, Draco Deserves Good Things, Accidental Magic, Luna & Draco Friendship, Draco & Ginny Friendship, Boys Kissing, Sweet, Fluff

Warnings: Grief (mentioned but not central)

Summary:

Draco needs to buy Teddy a Christmas present and has put it off to the last minute. He also has no plans for Christmas Eve. A whirlwind of Weasleys (plus Luna) will find him not only with the presents he needs, but also a place to go for the holiday celebration, and a chance to reconnect with Harry and potentially get something he's been wishing for as well.

Read it now on AO3!

☃ This work is part of H/D Mistletoe, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favorite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌨

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Christmas in Garland

Author: Prongslover77

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: StarLeighNight

Word Count: 16,458

Rating: Not Rated

Content: Christmas Fluff, Inspired by Hallmark Christmas Movies

Warnings: none

Summary:

When driven healer Harry Potter doesn't get the prestigious job he planned for, he unexpectedly finds himself moving to a remote town. He soon warms to the friendly town and its cast of characters, plus an unexpected familiar face, but suspects it's hiding one big holiday secret.

Read it now on AO3!

☃ This work is part of H/D Mistletoe, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favorite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌨

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GWB Mistletoe Exchange 2021/2022 -  Week 4 Round-Up!

Week 4 of the @gwbexchange​ has given us some amazing works!

This week brought us some pining, some letters, and some sweetness! <3 

Here is the gift exchange round-up for week 4: 

This Love is Still Ours (E, 10.5k)

The distance helps with the bond. It’s not as strong as it used to be during eighth year. Distance makes it dormant, as the healers said many years ago. Ever so often when Draco comes back, it roars back to life whenever he’s near Harry. They mutually agree to stay away. Until they don’t.

Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it) (T, 10.2k)

Dear Mr Potter, The answer is, and will remain, a no.

Sincerely, Draco Malfoy Accounts Manager, Phoenix Press

Or: the one where Harry has writer’s block and Malfoy isn’t helping.

love that feels like christmas day (fanart)

Draco and Harry celebrate their first Christmas together with snow, gingerbread houses, and a mistletoe

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love that feels like christmas day

Artist: Jewelmilk, @jewelmilk​

For: ebbet, @ebbet 

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Medium: Digital Art

Rating: General Audiences

Content: Christmas, Mistletoe, Gingerbread House, Winter, Snow, First Christmas Together, they are in love, hermione definitely took this photo

Warnings: none

Summary:

Draco and Harry celebrate their first Christmas together with snow, gingerbread houses, and a mistletoe

View it now on AO3!

⛄️ This work is part of H/D Mistletoe, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌨

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Per my last letter (I hope you choke on it)

Authors: fluxweed, @fluxweeed​, lastontheboat, @lastontheboat​

For: @clarey-potter​ , clareypotter

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

Word Count: 10,258

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Content: Episolatory, Texting, Mutual Pining, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, author!Harry, Aliases, Mistaken Identity, Royalties AU (not a typo)

Warnings: Implied drinking, Swearing

Summary:

Dear Mr Potter, The answer is, and will remain, a no.

Sincerely, Draco Malfoy Accounts Manager, Phoenix Press

Or: the one where Harry has writer’s block and Malfoy isn’t helping.

Read it now on AO3!

⛄️ This work is part of H/D Mistletoe, a Gay Wizard Boys server gift exchange. Please help spread the love by sharing your favourite works and leaving kudos and comments. If you would like to join the GWB, you can do so with this link: here. 🌨

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Hello! You and your followers might be interested in a tool that I just published: the AO3 Workskin Sandbox. It makes it easy to apply a workskin to an AO3 work and then tinker with it until it looks perfect, all from one browser tab. You can find it at raw[.]githack[.]com/jdm/ao3sandbox/main/ (sorry, no real links in asks)

oh my god, I played with this like 5 minutes and it's already my favorite tool. THANK YOU

To explain what it does for peeps who might want to use it:

it lets you have a sandbox where you can write your workskins without having to save and reload pages and skins every single edit you do. You copy the html of the ao3 work (there are instructions on how to do that) you want to apply the workskin to and start writing your css and the tool visually applies what you write as you write it.

very very useful.

Thank you for sharing!

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Part of being The Drarry Librarian is making educational posts to help our fandom grow and thrive. Today I want to address a problem that isn’t specific to our fandom, but sadly to all fandoms: sending hatred and harassment, anonymously or not. I’m not naive enough to believe I can solve this problem with a post, but I certainly hope that it makes people think twice and provides some resources to anyone who has been harassed or received hate. 

Sending negative and hateful messages never accomplishes what the sender hopes. It’s just bullying, plain and simple. And just like real life bullying, online bullying negatively impacts both mental and physical health. It causes anxiety and depression, which can manifest into physical symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches, high blood pressure and puts even young people at a higher risk for heart attacks and strokes. Especially in adolescents, cyberbullying directly contributes to self-harm and suicide ideation/attempts and even in some cases, suicide completion. 

I wish that making someone who sends hate aware of the hurt that they caused would solve the problem, but I also know that when the goal is to silence the recipient, people who send hate often don’t care about hurting others. I want these people to remember that nothing fandom related is worth this and that they are in charge of curating their own fandom experiences.

YOU have the power to unfollow, filter certain tags, or even block someone. It’s never acceptable to harass someone or send them hate over a difference of opinion though.

If you receive hate, please know that you’re not alone - this person has probably harassed other people too. It’s not your fault and you don’t deserve it. Reach out to a friend for support, because even if it isn’t bothering you in the moment, it might come back to bother you later. Document the harassment through a screenshot for reporting purposes, then block and report the sender. Delete the messages from the comments or your inbox so you don’t have to see them anymore. It’s tempting to respond, but most of the time it simply gives the person what they desire: attention and the knowledge that they upset you. If you continue to be harassed, you can change your tumblr and AO3 account settings so that only registered users can comment or interact.

Remember, you are so much more than what the hate says you are. Sending hate says far more about the person who sent it than it says about you. No one deserves hate, and everyone has worth.

We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on…that’s who we really are. • Sirius Black

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