The Advantages of Persistence

H/D Draco has decided that after two years of a truce, a war, and an entirely too oblivious Gryffindor, he's going to go for what he really wants in his life; Harry Potter. Harry really just wanted a normal year at Hogwarts, but Malfoy asking to be his friend is likely to complicate that a bit. A/U Where Dumbledore, Fred, & Snape live, along with some others.