Fic Challenge - Quote: Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn. - W.Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet.' Summary: Because sometimes the right reasons are harder than the right choices. Written preDH.

On the battlefield, surrounded by the death toll of the war, Harry seems to be the only survivor. old fic repost: not DH compliant