Title: The Simplest Things. Author: nishe_w Team: N/A Word count: 100 Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco Challenge: #295, handshake. Summary: Draco and Harry reflect on the action that brought them so far. Authors Notes: This is my first drabble for this pairing and my first time at posting to and taking part in any of these challenges, so I hope you enjoy it! Feedback would be much appreciated! :)
Many years later, when Harry and Draco would look back on their lives and their life together, recanting the story to their children, and then their grandchildren and even their great grandchildren, they would always begin the same way.
“It started with a handshake.”
And then they would smile at each other, age roughened faces softened by emotion, and grip each other’s hands gently, or share a short kiss, and Harry would continue on.
“One unintentionally hurtful rejection, and seven years of mutual distrust and dislike, all resolved by one handshake, the giving and taking of a chance and acceptance.”