Don't read this y'all, its sad. Postwar Harry struggles to deal with the loss of the battle of Hogwarts. With work and family doing its best to make him face his problems he finds normalcy at the bottom of a bottle and comfort wrapped in silver hair.

The life of Harry Potter, told in stories to his children and loved ones. Pretty much AU. No horcruxes, French!Harry, not-quite-oneshots but we'll call it free range narrative, the Dursley's were moved to France to get Harry Potter out from under Dumbledores control, not realizing that the French government had no intention of giving him back, he goes to Beauxbatons and has a life.

Harry had never known comfort, had always been haunted by the shadow of great evil. After a short life, and a grim mission, he seeks out his end at the hands of the paladins of the light, ready to die for a world that had never cared for him. He didn't know what to expect from the temple priestesses, other than salvation in the form of death, but he got more than he bargained for.