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Author: daemoncas5
Recipient: AnnaFugazzi
Title: The Pooper Conundrum
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Summary: In which Scorpius called Harry Pooper, there are job offers, and the boys being oblivious to each other. Just the usual.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Epilogue compliant? EWE
Author's Notes: Dear annafugazzi, I'm one of those fans of yours, and very happy to write and draw you little something to express my delight in every fics you wrote! I think this HD -HOLS year is a blessing in disguise for you! [omg look at those arts and fics!] I manage the Auror thing (quite), cliche, and schmoop! Hope you like ♥
The POOPER CONUNDRUM
‘Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy!’
‘NO! Nononono Papa-NO! POOPER! YEP!’ The little boy wriggled his way out of the strong grip of his Papa, little arm flailed madly tried to freed himself of the confines of said man arms. One momentum sent stray fist to an unsuspecting jaw and Draco Malfoy-surprised and a little pained-loosened his grip. The boy, felt his way to freedom, kicked his little legs fast to the door and beyond. Little bum pinkish from hot steam leftover of Draco’s shower. No mistaking the destination; if any indication, he screamed ‘Pooper!’ all the way to his favorite playmate. Potter, ahem Harry that was. Who know that git is a decent chap, child-friendly, and could clean up very good? And a bloody marvelous partner too…Draco just wished to be able to be his partner in more sense than one. Well, not that he was going to admit that.
Ah, back to the topic: the grief of bath time. Now that he is single again without Astoria’s way of dictating what’s proper and what’s not [that seemed made sense only to her] he intend to experience a true fatherhood. Call it plebeian, but he didn’t want Scorpius grew up stuck on environment in which he couldn’t show up his true feelings, stunted on so many emotions like he did. He would give anything to his little boy, archaic Pureblood crap could wait later.
But of course it’s not that easy. Why did his mother said-well, why did he believe her? How much motherly she is, the farthest she got in his babyhood was probably rocking him to sleep, house-elves was the ones engaged in the dirty work. Huh, who knows bathing 2 years old is very challenging? Huh. Draco Malfoy sat hunched on the bathroom floor, contemplating the bittersweet of Parenthood.
Well, on the bright side, right now he can imagine the grimace on Potter face every time Scorpius called him ‘Pooper’. The highlight of his One-More-Day-Of-Dreadful-Parenting-Skill.
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Harry Potter was blissfully sleepy, sprawled among many files of the most recent case. If he did once stuck on the idea of being an Auror, now that he already has the job and being offered the higher rank, the idea seemed no longer inviting. But then, this being Chief Auror business would ascertain more time with his little girl as the job mostly in the range of supervising and paperwork. He preferred the regular hour to unpredicted calls of duty. But there is Draco to consider. Being partnered for almost four years now, it would be weird and unsettling to do his job by himself. Draco was surprisingly a good partner, he seemed to be able to predict Harry’s move in their highly rated arrest. They seemed just very synched by each other thinking, and movement too. Weird that, he always think Ron would be the only one whose watch his back in this Auror business. But well, Ron was a rather brilliant Marketing Strategist on WWW now, and truly loved his job, like he did. And he really quite dependent on Draco, so no thinking backwards, Harry.
Suddenly there are tap tapping of bare feet across the corridor, and a little person materialized. He ran at highest speed possible in which nearly knocked several wall ornaments off. Not long after Harry has a bundle of naked boy at his disposal.
‘Scorpius, shouldn’t you be bathing right now?’
‘No baf! Ye’s loss of noty bummefish undeh ye wateh! Ewil bummefish!’
‘Ah, and who told you that?’
‘Lils! She tole me, Pooper!’
Ah, the lovely nickname. Harry still felt a little grimaced every time that name came out of Scorpius mouth. Well, at least he’s not alone on that. To think that Lucius’ half-repulsed-half-gobsmacked expression always broke his aristocratic facade every time Scorpius called him ‘Lucy’ is always worth his little predicament. Not quite unpredicted that, because of the boy’s choice of mangling people name is random at best. He likely just snatch a forename and maybe a surname if he felt like it (in Harry’s case) or maybe just a normal one like Papa and Nana. Very lucky they were.
As the boy enthusiastically tell Harry about ‘Noty Bummefish’ which is might or might not be a Bummplefish creature Luna talked about from the last time of her visit, Narcissa gracefully landed from the grand staircase. Lilian, his little girl, stayed contently in her hip, played with her still very much blonde strands, like usual.
‘Harry. Ah, what is my grandson doing here? And with no proper clothing?’
‘No baf Nana! D’wanna baf!’
‘Looked like he ran off Draco again’ Harry said, grin bloomed slowly on his face. Narcissa smile was full of affection, the expression he found very fetching on her.
‘Well, Harry, better find Scorpius some clothes then, if you please. I presume this one wont step into the bath anytime soon. I think Draco can learn giving Lilian a bath’, she said with a patented Malfoy smirk. Surprise laughter bubbled up his chest. Lils is very fond of water, so no hardwork giving her bath. But Draco is very wary of female bits.
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Later that night, after the weekly Potter-Malfoy Dinner, everyone (except Lucius whom is at that moment away in Maroko) got very cozy around the burning hearth and Draco didn’t look so murderous anymore, Harry announced his promotion offer. Draco surprisingly just arched his perfectly shaped eyebrow and calmly toasted Harry.
‘Wha-what? Aren’t you surprised, don’t you want to say something?’
‘Well Po-Harry, congratulations’, he said with a smirk.
‘Hei! That’s not what I mean’
‘Don’t you think I’m that daft? Robards repeatedly hinted on it at every meeting, so im already prepared when you finally caught up’
‘Drraaacooooo, you’re my partner. Don’t you want to keep me? Er, as your Auror partner, that is’, by that time Harry’s face is blushed red. Seemed the effect of the wine worked very quickly on him, yes obviously not ashamed of his slipped tongue. Don’t you want to keep me? Where the hell did that sentence came from. Yes, he was surely attracted to Draco, very much. But he just divorced from that monstrosity of an arranged marriage. So he couldn’t just jump into some relationship, even more with a gay man. Not a very good manner that was.
‘Harry you git, I’d like to keep you forever’, did his eyes just twinkled? , ’but you’ve been bothering me with your complaining about leaving Lilian with your friends every time there were some daft, supposed Auror, needed us to clear up their mess on midnight. Beside, I’ve been pending the offer to Law Enforcement Strategist Division.’
Well now that’s news.
‘Since when?’, Harry asked suspiciously. It wasn’t like Draco to hold this kind of information.
‘Since quite some time.’
‘And that was exactly…’
‘…two months’, Draco looked very shifty then. The LESD is quite high in the Rank, and that kind of invitation is very rarely distributed, and that they waited for Draco this long is very unusual. Looked like they want more permanent staff.
‘And why didn’t you tell me? It’s LESD, surely that was counting for something. Very big something. ’
‘Then who’ll watch your arse Potter, no one in the DMLE is competent enough to match your recklessness.’
‘..Er.’
‘Yes. Er.’
‘Then why-Draco you obviously want this job! I’ll understand completely if you want to transfer.’
‘Didn’t you hear me, I just can’t abandon you, you twit. I don’t trust you with anybody else!’
Draco cheeks is very red at the end he shouted those words.
Oh. Oh.
Harry didn’t know Draco care about him that much, well he didn’t usually enjoy showing affection. He was the most reckless Auror out there, according to almost all his colleagues. And to remember all those pissed expression every time he ended in St. Mungo…So, it wasn’t just because he was pissed at Harry’s behavior, but also concerned for his well-being, like-like he was truly care? Draco still lightly blushed, but now he focused his eyes on the kids. Fond expression firmly etched in his face. He was really beautiful, with all those pale skin and hair, and his beautiful heart he tried to hide from the world.
Unconsciously Harry tilted his head toward the fireplace. In front of it Lilian and Scorpius was very contented sitting side by side.
Well, the boy is on his tummy with a book while Lilian chatted up with garbled baby language to Narcissa and poked Scorpius often when he didn’t listen to her tale. Scorpius newly acquired kitten chased a ball of yarn just beside her, likely the one fell off Narcissa’s knitting basket.
The sight is very domestic, made Harry’s longing for a family of his own more vivid. He was very thankful to Amelia, a woman whom is Lil’s surrogate mother, to be very kind and helpful with his jittery nerves along her pregnancy and his often panicked visit. Since he realized he was gay and the thought of women didn’t do it for him, he was pretty much resigned to his fate, didn’t really thinks there was supposed other way to have a child. But when one day Ron came to him (because Hermione insisted, of course) with a Muggle hospital brochure of artificial insemination. It was like a dream came true. But since then he wished for a partner too. A spouse to share his life with. And what a convenience that Draco’s arse did it to him.
Since then he becoming rapidly obsessed with Draco again. But just now, the way Draco told him how much he concerned over Harry’s well being is like giving hope to the future he wanted. Draco obviously enchanted by Lilian as she is by him. And she already had the elder Malfoys by her little fingers.
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‘Well lovelies, Grandmother is ready for bed now. ‘ Narcissa interrupted the silence broke Draco from his musing. She leaned down to brush kisses on top of Lilian and Scorpius heads.
‘Harry, Draco.’ Obediently Harry and Draco rose to their feet to give Narcissa peck on the cheek, just like her habit, never changed. ‘You could stay the night Harry. The Manor always open for you.’
She said that to Harry’s flustered face, and Draco rather taken aback when Narcissa turned her face to him, smirk played on her lips. What an observant lady his mother was.
They both watched her graciously ascended the stairs, still very lovely for a woman her age. And with a very wicked mind too, as Harry often said.
‘So, what my mother been telling you all this time?’
Scorpius was a bit fussy near his bed time, Lilian seemed the same on Harry’s lap.
‘Oh, just a little this and that. You know.’ Harry tried to be dismissive there, but Draco know his mother been telling him some things. Because he looked quite fidgety. Draco cant help to give him the eyebrow ’Well, we’ll just be off now. Lil’s already snoring.’
‘Are you running away Potter? Come on, tomorrow’s Saturday.’
‘Eh, okay then.’
‘Come, Blipsy already prepared Lilian’s bed’
Draco could feel Harry’s eyes on the back of his head. His heartbeats seemed outrageously erratic in his chest, liked it knew what was to come. Maybe his judgment is foolish, and maybe he just misplaced Harry’s affection which is only platonic to fulfill his fantasy, but the git is very wary around him especially around the end of his marriage. Like he didn’t know how to treat Draco then that he was finally a free man. Now- probably the wine talking-Draco felt quite reckless for a Slytherin. Better made sure of Harry’s feeling now that he knew they’d likely end on different side on DMLE, so the awkwardness could be minimalized. Not that he hoped it’d ended that way.
‘Papa kiss!’ Scorpius made grabby hands to him, and he was hit quite strongly with the love he didn’t think he could ever have, ‘Kiss now …’ he bent his head, and kissed him gently on his forehead.
‘Smelly Scorpius, you’ll make Lilian sneeze.’
‘Morrow Papa I’ll baf. Pooper kiss now!’ as Harry gave him a loud smack on his cheek, and demanded Scorpius calling him Harry, Draco felt his heart stolen away by the man. He really did want him. Now.
‘Harry, can we talk?’ Draco said, went to the other side of the room to tuck Lilian more snuggly into the cover. He dropped a kiss to her, swept a wayward curls that was so like Harry it made his stomach clenched.
Harry’s whispered okay so close to his ear sent delicious shiver through his spine.
‘So.’
‘So…?’
‘Do you want to tell me something?’
‘Well Draco, you were the one who wanted to talk. You want to tell me something? Is it about the job offer, because if you want to stay in the Auror, and I mean if you really want to that is, not that im unhappy being your partner but you know, you’ll probably would be more use in the LESD because you have a very sharp mind and-and you-okay I’ll just shut up now.’
The word ‘cute’ is probably the best to describe Harry then, with his lip-biting habit and scuffing his feet whenever he felt awkward. Draco didn’t even know he did capable of thinking such a plebeian word.
‘it’s about something else. You know, Malfoys always have what they want, and you obviously stand firmly in the way that very something I want.’ Oh Merlin why very lame. Oh Merlin.
‘I don’t-pardon?’
‘You.’
‘Draco I cant hear you, what is it?’
‘’It’s you Potter, I want you for Merlin sake why that fact is so hard to accept?’
‘Uh, what-you want me to…’ Oh shit why is he so clueless, ‘…what?’
Draco was exasperated, why. He didn’t usually this lame. Why is he being this lame with Harry. It’s so lamely mortifying.
‘Dammit Potter. I. Fancy. You. Okay?’
‘…Oh. Well, that was very good, I mean you’re fanciable and- are you drunk--I’m-yeah so mmphhh.’
Oh heaven. Potter is a man of action, that fact eluded Draco before, but this kind of confession is so much better. Preferably with lots of more tongue, and yeah, the way Harry nibbled his lips with enthusiasm. Ooh, is that Harry’s hand on his arse? Oh yeah.
When they stopped the toe-curling kiss, Harry’s face looked very dazed, and his hair even more unruly after Draco ran his hands through the locks. Harry unconsciously made circling pattern on Draco’s back and the simple act made Draco wanted him more.
‘Wow. Draco, what was that. Exactly?’
‘It called a kiss Potter.’ Harry rolled his eyes at this.
‘I mean, where was it come from. I-I really appreciate our friendship, it was very hard won. We couldn’t -I couldn’t-‘
‘Couldn’t what Harry, you kissed back. What? You don’t want me?’ Draco’s eyes were deceptively wet. Why? Harry enjoyed the kiss he could tell, but he didn’t think Draco’s serious enough. ‘I want this Harry, not just-like friend with benefit thing. I want real relationship too.’
‘You must remember I have Lils. ‘
‘And I have Scorpius. Your point?’
‘This-we could blow this off so badly, I want a partner truly, and I love kids but-are you sure you want me?’
‘Yes. Am not I the best partner you ever have?’
The slow smile on Harry’s face, and the whispered ’Okay then, okay’ on Draco’s lips after was very heartmeltingly sweet. They kissed for the second time and Draco tought he could love this man, given time.
‘Stay the night with me Harry?’ Harry raised his eyebrow.
‘Just to sleep you git.’ Draco scowled
‘Hmm, dunno you like snuggling.’
‘Whatever Pooper, follow me if you want.’
‘Hei! Not you too you prick! Don’t you know how embarrassing it was when he called me Pooper in the middle of Tesco? And very loudly too!’
Harry’s grumbles followed Draco to his room. They slowly stripped, and Draco could see Harry’s blush in the dim light of the room. He felt very aware of Harry’s presence.
They climbed the bed together, and Draco didn’t waste time before he snogged Harry to his heart content, well third time is a charm they said.
‘You will accept the offer?’
‘What?’
‘The job offer.’
‘Maybe. I’d like to spent time with Scorpius more too.’ Harry arms circled his middle, chest warm against his bare back. He could sense his smile on his nape. ‘Sleep, you sap. We’ll have tomorrow to talk.’
‘Mmhmm, we have forever.’ Draco pinched his arse cheek. Harry’s muffled laughter was very calming. Soon he fall blissfully to sleep.
‘Nox’
--fin-
Author: daemoncas5
Recipient: AnnaFugazzi
Title: The Pooper Conundrum
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Summary: In which Scorpius called Harry Pooper, there are job offers, and the boys being oblivious to each other. Just the usual.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Epilogue compliant? EWE
Author's Notes: Dear annafugazzi, I'm one of those fans of yours, and very happy to write and draw you little something to express my delight in every fics you wrote! I think this HD -HOLS year is a blessing in disguise for you! [omg look at those arts and fics!] I manage the Auror thing (quite), cliche, and schmoop! Hope you like ♥
The POOPER CONUNDRUM
‘Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy!’
‘NO! Nononono Papa-NO! POOPER! YEP!’ The little boy wriggled his way out of the strong grip of his Papa, little arm flailed madly tried to freed himself of the confines of said man arms. One momentum sent stray fist to an unsuspecting jaw and Draco Malfoy-surprised and a little pained-loosened his grip. The boy, felt his way to freedom, kicked his little legs fast to the door and beyond. Little bum pinkish from hot steam leftover of Draco’s shower. No mistaking the destination; if any indication, he screamed ‘Pooper!’ all the way to his favorite playmate. Potter, ahem Harry that was. Who know that git is a decent chap, child-friendly, and could clean up very good? And a bloody marvelous partner too…Draco just wished to be able to be his partner in more sense than one. Well, not that he was going to admit that.
Ah, back to the topic: the grief of bath time. Now that he is single again without Astoria’s way of dictating what’s proper and what’s not [that seemed made sense only to her] he intend to experience a true fatherhood. Call it plebeian, but he didn’t want Scorpius grew up stuck on environment in which he couldn’t show up his true feelings, stunted on so many emotions like he did. He would give anything to his little boy, archaic Pureblood crap could wait later.
But of course it’s not that easy. Why did his mother said-well, why did he believe her? How much motherly she is, the farthest she got in his babyhood was probably rocking him to sleep, house-elves was the ones engaged in the dirty work. Huh, who knows bathing 2 years old is very challenging? Huh. Draco Malfoy sat hunched on the bathroom floor, contemplating the bittersweet of Parenthood.
Well, on the bright side, right now he can imagine the grimace on Potter face every time Scorpius called him ‘Pooper’. The highlight of his One-More-Day-Of-Dreadful-Parenting-Skill.
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Harry Potter was blissfully sleepy, sprawled among many files of the most recent case. If he did once stuck on the idea of being an Auror, now that he already has the job and being offered the higher rank, the idea seemed no longer inviting. But then, this being Chief Auror business would ascertain more time with his little girl as the job mostly in the range of supervising and paperwork. He preferred the regular hour to unpredicted calls of duty. But there is Draco to consider. Being partnered for almost four years now, it would be weird and unsettling to do his job by himself. Draco was surprisingly a good partner, he seemed to be able to predict Harry’s move in their highly rated arrest. They seemed just very synched by each other thinking, and movement too. Weird that, he always think Ron would be the only one whose watch his back in this Auror business. But well, Ron was a rather brilliant Marketing Strategist on WWW now, and truly loved his job, like he did. And he really quite dependent on Draco, so no thinking backwards, Harry.
Suddenly there are tap tapping of bare feet across the corridor, and a little person materialized. He ran at highest speed possible in which nearly knocked several wall ornaments off. Not long after Harry has a bundle of naked boy at his disposal.
‘Scorpius, shouldn’t you be bathing right now?’
‘No baf! Ye’s loss of noty bummefish undeh ye wateh! Ewil bummefish!’
‘Ah, and who told you that?’
‘Lils! She tole me, Pooper!’
Ah, the lovely nickname. Harry still felt a little grimaced every time that name came out of Scorpius mouth. Well, at least he’s not alone on that. To think that Lucius’ half-repulsed-half-gobsmacked expression always broke his aristocratic facade every time Scorpius called him ‘Lucy’ is always worth his little predicament. Not quite unpredicted that, because of the boy’s choice of mangling people name is random at best. He likely just snatch a forename and maybe a surname if he felt like it (in Harry’s case) or maybe just a normal one like Papa and Nana. Very lucky they were.
As the boy enthusiastically tell Harry about ‘Noty Bummefish’ which is might or might not be a Bummplefish creature Luna talked about from the last time of her visit, Narcissa gracefully landed from the grand staircase. Lilian, his little girl, stayed contently in her hip, played with her still very much blonde strands, like usual.
‘Harry. Ah, what is my grandson doing here? And with no proper clothing?’
‘No baf Nana! D’wanna baf!’
‘Looked like he ran off Draco again’ Harry said, grin bloomed slowly on his face. Narcissa smile was full of affection, the expression he found very fetching on her.
‘Well, Harry, better find Scorpius some clothes then, if you please. I presume this one wont step into the bath anytime soon. I think Draco can learn giving Lilian a bath’, she said with a patented Malfoy smirk. Surprise laughter bubbled up his chest. Lils is very fond of water, so no hardwork giving her bath. But Draco is very wary of female bits.
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Later that night, after the weekly Potter-Malfoy Dinner, everyone (except Lucius whom is at that moment away in Maroko) got very cozy around the burning hearth and Draco didn’t look so murderous anymore, Harry announced his promotion offer. Draco surprisingly just arched his perfectly shaped eyebrow and calmly toasted Harry.
‘Wha-what? Aren’t you surprised, don’t you want to say something?’
‘Well Po-Harry, congratulations’, he said with a smirk.
‘Hei! That’s not what I mean’
‘Don’t you think I’m that daft? Robards repeatedly hinted on it at every meeting, so im already prepared when you finally caught up’
‘Drraaacooooo, you’re my partner. Don’t you want to keep me? Er, as your Auror partner, that is’, by that time Harry’s face is blushed red. Seemed the effect of the wine worked very quickly on him, yes obviously not ashamed of his slipped tongue. Don’t you want to keep me? Where the hell did that sentence came from. Yes, he was surely attracted to Draco, very much. But he just divorced from that monstrosity of an arranged marriage. So he couldn’t just jump into some relationship, even more with a gay man. Not a very good manner that was.
‘Harry you git, I’d like to keep you forever’, did his eyes just twinkled? , ’but you’ve been bothering me with your complaining about leaving Lilian with your friends every time there were some daft, supposed Auror, needed us to clear up their mess on midnight. Beside, I’ve been pending the offer to Law Enforcement Strategist Division.’
Well now that’s news.
‘Since when?’, Harry asked suspiciously. It wasn’t like Draco to hold this kind of information.
‘Since quite some time.’
‘And that was exactly…’
‘…two months’, Draco looked very shifty then. The LESD is quite high in the Rank, and that kind of invitation is very rarely distributed, and that they waited for Draco this long is very unusual. Looked like they want more permanent staff.
‘And why didn’t you tell me? It’s LESD, surely that was counting for something. Very big something. ’
‘Then who’ll watch your arse Potter, no one in the DMLE is competent enough to match your recklessness.’
‘..Er.’
‘Yes. Er.’
‘Then why-Draco you obviously want this job! I’ll understand completely if you want to transfer.’
‘Didn’t you hear me, I just can’t abandon you, you twit. I don’t trust you with anybody else!’
Draco cheeks is very red at the end he shouted those words.
Oh. Oh.
Harry didn’t know Draco care about him that much, well he didn’t usually enjoy showing affection. He was the most reckless Auror out there, according to almost all his colleagues. And to remember all those pissed expression every time he ended in St. Mungo…So, it wasn’t just because he was pissed at Harry’s behavior, but also concerned for his well-being, like-like he was truly care? Draco still lightly blushed, but now he focused his eyes on the kids. Fond expression firmly etched in his face. He was really beautiful, with all those pale skin and hair, and his beautiful heart he tried to hide from the world.
Unconsciously Harry tilted his head toward the fireplace. In front of it Lilian and Scorpius was very contented sitting side by side.
Well, the boy is on his tummy with a book while Lilian chatted up with garbled baby language to Narcissa and poked Scorpius often when he didn’t listen to her tale. Scorpius newly acquired kitten chased a ball of yarn just beside her, likely the one fell off Narcissa’s knitting basket.
The sight is very domestic, made Harry’s longing for a family of his own more vivid. He was very thankful to Amelia, a woman whom is Lil’s surrogate mother, to be very kind and helpful with his jittery nerves along her pregnancy and his often panicked visit. Since he realized he was gay and the thought of women didn’t do it for him, he was pretty much resigned to his fate, didn’t really thinks there was supposed other way to have a child. But when one day Ron came to him (because Hermione insisted, of course) with a Muggle hospital brochure of artificial insemination. It was like a dream came true. But since then he wished for a partner too. A spouse to share his life with. And what a convenience that Draco’s arse did it to him.
Since then he becoming rapidly obsessed with Draco again. But just now, the way Draco told him how much he concerned over Harry’s well being is like giving hope to the future he wanted. Draco obviously enchanted by Lilian as she is by him. And she already had the elder Malfoys by her little fingers.
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‘Well lovelies, Grandmother is ready for bed now. ‘ Narcissa interrupted the silence broke Draco from his musing. She leaned down to brush kisses on top of Lilian and Scorpius heads.
‘Harry, Draco.’ Obediently Harry and Draco rose to their feet to give Narcissa peck on the cheek, just like her habit, never changed. ‘You could stay the night Harry. The Manor always open for you.’
She said that to Harry’s flustered face, and Draco rather taken aback when Narcissa turned her face to him, smirk played on her lips. What an observant lady his mother was.
They both watched her graciously ascended the stairs, still very lovely for a woman her age. And with a very wicked mind too, as Harry often said.
‘So, what my mother been telling you all this time?’
Scorpius was a bit fussy near his bed time, Lilian seemed the same on Harry’s lap.
‘Oh, just a little this and that. You know.’ Harry tried to be dismissive there, but Draco know his mother been telling him some things. Because he looked quite fidgety. Draco cant help to give him the eyebrow ’Well, we’ll just be off now. Lil’s already snoring.’
‘Are you running away Potter? Come on, tomorrow’s Saturday.’
‘Eh, okay then.’
‘Come, Blipsy already prepared Lilian’s bed’
Draco could feel Harry’s eyes on the back of his head. His heartbeats seemed outrageously erratic in his chest, liked it knew what was to come. Maybe his judgment is foolish, and maybe he just misplaced Harry’s affection which is only platonic to fulfill his fantasy, but the git is very wary around him especially around the end of his marriage. Like he didn’t know how to treat Draco then that he was finally a free man. Now- probably the wine talking-Draco felt quite reckless for a Slytherin. Better made sure of Harry’s feeling now that he knew they’d likely end on different side on DMLE, so the awkwardness could be minimalized. Not that he hoped it’d ended that way.
‘Papa kiss!’ Scorpius made grabby hands to him, and he was hit quite strongly with the love he didn’t think he could ever have, ‘Kiss now …’ he bent his head, and kissed him gently on his forehead.
‘Smelly Scorpius, you’ll make Lilian sneeze.’
‘Morrow Papa I’ll baf. Pooper kiss now!’ as Harry gave him a loud smack on his cheek, and demanded Scorpius calling him Harry, Draco felt his heart stolen away by the man. He really did want him. Now.
‘Harry, can we talk?’ Draco said, went to the other side of the room to tuck Lilian more snuggly into the cover. He dropped a kiss to her, swept a wayward curls that was so like Harry it made his stomach clenched.
Harry’s whispered okay so close to his ear sent delicious shiver through his spine.
‘So.’
‘So…?’
‘Do you want to tell me something?’
‘Well Draco, you were the one who wanted to talk. You want to tell me something? Is it about the job offer, because if you want to stay in the Auror, and I mean if you really want to that is, not that im unhappy being your partner but you know, you’ll probably would be more use in the LESD because you have a very sharp mind and-and you-okay I’ll just shut up now.’
The word ‘cute’ is probably the best to describe Harry then, with his lip-biting habit and scuffing his feet whenever he felt awkward. Draco didn’t even know he did capable of thinking such a plebeian word.
‘it’s about something else. You know, Malfoys always have what they want, and you obviously stand firmly in the way that very something I want.’ Oh Merlin why very lame. Oh Merlin.
‘I don’t-pardon?’
‘You.’
‘Draco I cant hear you, what is it?’
‘’It’s you Potter, I want you for Merlin sake why that fact is so hard to accept?’
‘Uh, what-you want me to…’ Oh shit why is he so clueless, ‘…what?’
Draco was exasperated, why. He didn’t usually this lame. Why is he being this lame with Harry. It’s so lamely mortifying.
‘Dammit Potter. I. Fancy. You. Okay?’
‘…Oh. Well, that was very good, I mean you’re fanciable and- are you drunk--I’m-yeah so mmphhh.’
Oh heaven. Potter is a man of action, that fact eluded Draco before, but this kind of confession is so much better. Preferably with lots of more tongue, and yeah, the way Harry nibbled his lips with enthusiasm. Ooh, is that Harry’s hand on his arse? Oh yeah.
When they stopped the toe-curling kiss, Harry’s face looked very dazed, and his hair even more unruly after Draco ran his hands through the locks. Harry unconsciously made circling pattern on Draco’s back and the simple act made Draco wanted him more.
‘Wow. Draco, what was that. Exactly?’
‘It called a kiss Potter.’ Harry rolled his eyes at this.
‘I mean, where was it come from. I-I really appreciate our friendship, it was very hard won. We couldn’t -I couldn’t-‘
‘Couldn’t what Harry, you kissed back. What? You don’t want me?’ Draco’s eyes were deceptively wet. Why? Harry enjoyed the kiss he could tell, but he didn’t think Draco’s serious enough. ‘I want this Harry, not just-like friend with benefit thing. I want real relationship too.’
‘You must remember I have Lils. ‘
‘And I have Scorpius. Your point?’
‘This-we could blow this off so badly, I want a partner truly, and I love kids but-are you sure you want me?’
‘Yes. Am not I the best partner you ever have?’
The slow smile on Harry’s face, and the whispered ’Okay then, okay’ on Draco’s lips after was very heartmeltingly sweet. They kissed for the second time and Draco tought he could love this man, given time.
‘Stay the night with me Harry?’ Harry raised his eyebrow.
‘Just to sleep you git.’ Draco scowled
‘Hmm, dunno you like snuggling.’
‘Whatever Pooper, follow me if you want.’
‘Hei! Not you too you prick! Don’t you know how embarrassing it was when he called me Pooper in the middle of Tesco? And very loudly too!’
Harry’s grumbles followed Draco to his room. They slowly stripped, and Draco could see Harry’s blush in the dim light of the room. He felt very aware of Harry’s presence.
They climbed the bed together, and Draco didn’t waste time before he snogged Harry to his heart content, well third time is a charm they said.
‘You will accept the offer?’
‘What?’
‘The job offer.’
‘Maybe. I’d like to spent time with Scorpius more too.’ Harry arms circled his middle, chest warm against his bare back. He could sense his smile on his nape. ‘Sleep, you sap. We’ll have tomorrow to talk.’
‘Mmhmm, we have forever.’ Draco pinched his arse cheek. Harry’s muffled laughter was very calming. Soon he fall blissfully to sleep.
‘Nox’
--fin-