JaD

Four years after Dumbledore's death, Draco Malfoy shows up on the doorstep of number twelve, Grimmauld Place looking for Harry Potter. Torn between his selfish cowardice and family's pride, Draco finds himself alone on a battlefield and has nowhere else to turn; and Harry has to learn that sometimes you don't put up walls to keep other people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. (H/D - slash)

Catch-22: any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma.

Submitted for the FA Winter Challenge. In Harry's seventh year, standing in a snowy Hogsmeade prompts a long-avoided conversation between two enemies.