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Title: Don't Call Me Back
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco/Harry
Categories: Post-canon, AU, Apocalypse, Suspense, First Time, Inferi, Horror - but with some hope, hurt/comfort
Length: Medium (9,830 words)
Warnings: Violence, death of minor characters

Author on LJ: rurounihime
Author Websites: Rurounihime

Author's Summary: They walked all day, skirting copses of trees, avoiding roads. Harry pushed them past a village where the glass littered the streets, sparkling in the morning light, and doorways gaped open like giant black wounds.

Review:
ZOMBIES... Or rather, Voldemort's zombified Inferi. Whatever they are, they're scary as hell, and Harry and Draco are on the run. This opens with a vivid description of Harry's escape from a critical ward with Draco's help, and it rolls along from there. It's got a few of my favorite elements from the zombie film genre, but never feels like a retread, and I didn't know what was going to happen at any given moment.

The suspense is off the charts, and there's no time to worry about past bad feelings when you're trying to live through the day, and you know exactly one person who isn't out to kill you. This allows for some intense and emotional scenes between Harry and Draco. Favorite parts include Draco's fever and fear of turning, meeting up with a few humans, and turning to one another for comfort after two near death experiences in rapid succession. Plus I thought the open but hopeful ending was just right.

Even if zombies aren't your thing, if you like suspense and a thrown together need to rely on one another, this is a terrific read.

Don't Call Me Back (AO3)
On LJ