
you've got the antidote for me is a Harry Potter fanfic written by Kandakicksass. It can be read here
or listened to as a podfic here
on Archive of Our Own.
Draco accidentally discovers that he is Harry's soulmate while trying to make amends after the war. Harry immediately rejects him without ever finding that fact out. This one-sided soul bond means that Draco will die a slow and painful death unless Harry is willing to accept him. Since Draco doesn't want to force Harry into a soulmate relationship he doesn't want, he accepts and awaits his death.
you've got the antidote for me provides examples of:
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Draco doesn't tell Harry about their soulmate connection after Harry rejects him while it's forming because he doesn't want Harry to permanently tie himself to someone he hates. The consequence of this is that Draco will die an agonizing death due to the broken bond.
- Loony Fan: Harry has a large number of overly obsessive fans who send him deranged fan mail in absurd quantities. The situation is so bad that a Ministry employee has to be assigned to screen all of Harry's mail to remove the stalkers and other creepy pieces of mail. This job ends up belonging to Draco since the aurors are certain that he isn't one of those fans.
- Man, I Feel Like a Woman: One of Harry's stalker fans (referred to as "Secret Admirer 12") sends him a letter asking for a few strands of his hair for her to use in a polyjuice potion so that she can explore his body while taking his appearance.
- Mindlink Mates: When two soulmates accept and form their bond, they are able to feel all of the other's emotions. This happens to Harry and Draco after Harry takes back his rejection of the bond.
- Mutually Unequal Relation: Hermione and Ron consider Draco to be their friend. Draco sees his relationship with Ron as only being one of the former Death Eaters that Ron is required to supervise in his position as an auror. He has no idea what to consider his relationship with Hermione. When Ron gets mad at him for not telling them he's dying because they're all friends, Draco is shocked.
- Oh, My Gods!: While other characters use "Merlin" as a stand-in for "God" in various phrases, like in canon, Draco uses "Circe" instead.
- Red String of Fate: All witches and wizards have a soulmate, who is identified by a red string tied to one of their fingers that only they and their soulmate can see. When two soulmates connect, there is a short window in which the first person to recognize the bond can be rejected by the other, usually unintentionally. If this happens, the string will turn grey and the rejected person will die a slow, painful death.
- Rejected Apology: Draco tries to make amends with Harry for his actions before and during the war. Harry quickly rejects him and tells him he wants nothing to do with him.
- Secretly Dying: Draco hides the fact that he's dying of a broken soulbond for many months before Harry and Hermione figure out he's dying, although not the cause. Even once he finally admits what's happening to him, he still downplays his symptoms and pretends he's fine until nearly the very end.
- Shout-Out: The show Draco watches on Harry's TV is implied to be one of Gordon Ramsay's shows.
- Soulmate AU Fic: The fic is set in an Alternate Universe where all witches and wizards have soulmates, identified by the appearance of a spectral red string joining them by their fingers.
- Titled After the Song: The fic is titled after a lyric from the song "Honey, Make Me Healthy" by Flannel Graph.
- Too Unhappy to Be Hungry: Draco has to explain to Harry, his soulmate who unknowingly rejected him, how severe the consequences of a rejected soulbond are, since Harry barely knows anything about soulbonds. Afterwards, Draco leaves the group lunch early, without eating anything and claiming not to be hungry.
- You Just Told Me: Ron suggests Draco tell Harry that Harry is his soulmate to prevent Draco from dying of the broken bond. Draco asks how Ron knew Harry was the one and Ron answers that he'd only suspected it, Draco confirmed it by asking how he knew.
- Your Days Are Numbered: After Harry unknowingly rejects Draco as his soulmate, Draco knows he has only a couple of years left to live at most and that the time that remains for him will be agonizing. He resolves not to tell anyone that he's dying and pretends to be fine for as long as he can.
