And somehow, so was Vincent Crabbe. He must have escaped the Fiendfyre through some stroke of dumb luck that day and slipped away unnoticed in the aftermath of the battle. Draco had spent years mourning the death of a childhood friend, never willing to let go of the guilt he felt for his role in his friend’s alleged death. Although by the time of Crabbe’s death, Draco had already had deep reservations and regrets even if he had been unwilling to admit it, about the direction his life had taken and the choices he had been forced to make. 