Toxic
Title: Toxic
Author: charlotteschaos for propercourting
Pairings: Harry/Draco (Draco, Pansy, Seamus, Theodore, Millicent)
Rating: PG
Words: 900
Disclaimer: Characters belong to JK Rowling. I move them at a whim.
Warnings: AU, as it was started before HBP was out.
Summary: Being guarded like a child is not as fun as it looks.
Notes: No beta, as always. Written for the continuing series propercourting which takes place in 7th Year Hogwarts with Harry formally courting Draco.
Receiving dour looks from Harry's dorm mates all day wasn't helping much. He realized it had been a couple of days since Harry had sent his note that all was ready on his end with the Ashwinder eggs, but Snape had amped up his scrutiny of Draco's actions out of concern for him.
Aided by Pansy, who had enlisted the help of Theo, Draco was having a hard time even getting away to owl Harry the reason for his delay. It seemed even his eagle owl Bran didn't much care for his choice of suitors, although it would be indiscreet at this point to use his own owl for communication.
He'd asked Millicent for help, but she'd denied him on principle that he was conniving to use a love potion on Pansy.
"Honestly, Bullstrode, I don't know of any other way to get her off my back. She's like a barnacle, and not just because she smells like sea life!"
Millicent was unimpressed and perked a brow. "Flattering as that is, I refuse to be party to mind control, particularly of Pansy."
The idea had always been to use the Ashwinder eggs to create a love potion for Theo to use on Pansy, but as he saw her enlisting his help to keep an eye on Draco as a sign that she liked him for him, he refused to help Draco get out.
"I don't need it now, Malfoy. She likes me. She trusts me!" Theo insisted.
"She's using you to spy on me, you lack wit! Good God man, get a grip on reality! You're assisting her in her infatuation with me! This is not helping you at all. I am going to help you!" said Draco.
Blaise laughed at the whole ordeal, but as he felt it impolitic to go against Snape without any particular gain for himself, he was of no help, either.
Crabbengoyle were too busy exploring each other's arseholes to be of any help to anyone. And their grunting kept Draco up at night until he finally silenced them-- a move that pleased all of Slytherin and made him a hero for that day. Not that it helped his situation.
Finally, Draco had managed to break away after lunch, insisting that he was going to the library. Note clutched in his fist, he fled towards the Owlery, hoping to at least get his excuse to Harry, when he literally bumped into Seamus.
"Out of my way," Draco huffed, shoving him to the side.
"I like a pushy bloke. Am I to take it this means you're the top?" asked Seamus, smirking as he caught his footing.
There was no time to stop and be irritated, so Draco simply shot Seamus a nasty look to cover his paling and spat, "Of course I'd be...." Draco halted, not having thought that far into this and squeezed his eyes shut.
"Y'know, Malfoy, if you're really not that into Harry, I'd take him off your hands for you," said Seamus jovially.
Draco bristled, his shoulders tensed as he glared at Seamus. "Excuse me?"
"Whoa there." Seamus took a step back when Draco's posture straightened, fancying Draco a hedgehog with his quills out. "I was just taking the mickey. But seriously, why haven't you gotten back to him?"
"It's complicated."
"I have time."
Draco looked up and down the empty corridor. "Snape has decided to keep a better eye on me. My roommates are of no help."
"Why don't you... hex them? Or threaten them? Aren't you the big Slytherin Prince?"
Sighing, Draco shook his head. Gryffindors were brave, but not intuitive. "I did have a reign of terror on Slytherin, but since my father's been incarcerated, many are significantly less afraid. As for the dorm mates... well, it's imprudent to bewitch those with whom you share a dorm. I must, after all, sleep somewhere."
Seamus nodded his understanding. "What about a sleeping potion?"
"Only as a last resort. If any of them detects it... well, it could lead to many problems, including expulsion, which wouldn't bode well for Potter's courting, now would it?" Looking down at the scroll crushed in his fist, Draco decided to bestow owl duties to Seamus.
Draco shoved the parchment into Seamus's hand and said, "See that this gets to Potter."
Once the note had been passed and pocketed, Pansy sped around the corner, flushed and breathless. "There you are!" she exclaimed, grabbing Draco's arm. "We lost you!"
Shooting Seamus a look that said see what I mean? Draco yanked his arm away and huffed, "I am not a lost child. What did you need?"
Pansy narrowed her eyes at Seamus, then decided against whatever she was going to say and concentrated on Draco. "Snape was looking for you." A tormenting smirk played over her lips.
"Of course." Draco rolled his eyes and headed back towards Slytherin. That note had better be delivered, or Seamus would be eating his own balls.
P,
I am unavoidably detained. Name a time and place to meet you and I will do my best to be there. In the meantime, would you happen to know anyone who might use the eggs to create a love potion? It is for use on Pansy. So if it ends up toxic, that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. It would aid me greatly to have her interests elsewhere.
Sincerely,
M
Author: charlotteschaos for propercourting
Pairings: Harry/Draco (Draco, Pansy, Seamus, Theodore, Millicent)
Rating: PG
Words: 900
Disclaimer: Characters belong to JK Rowling. I move them at a whim.
Warnings: AU, as it was started before HBP was out.
Summary: Being guarded like a child is not as fun as it looks.
Notes: No beta, as always. Written for the continuing series propercourting which takes place in 7th Year Hogwarts with Harry formally courting Draco.
Receiving dour looks from Harry's dorm mates all day wasn't helping much. He realized it had been a couple of days since Harry had sent his note that all was ready on his end with the Ashwinder eggs, but Snape had amped up his scrutiny of Draco's actions out of concern for him.
Aided by Pansy, who had enlisted the help of Theo, Draco was having a hard time even getting away to owl Harry the reason for his delay. It seemed even his eagle owl Bran didn't much care for his choice of suitors, although it would be indiscreet at this point to use his own owl for communication.
He'd asked Millicent for help, but she'd denied him on principle that he was conniving to use a love potion on Pansy.
"Honestly, Bullstrode, I don't know of any other way to get her off my back. She's like a barnacle, and not just because she smells like sea life!"
Millicent was unimpressed and perked a brow. "Flattering as that is, I refuse to be party to mind control, particularly of Pansy."
The idea had always been to use the Ashwinder eggs to create a love potion for Theo to use on Pansy, but as he saw her enlisting his help to keep an eye on Draco as a sign that she liked him for him, he refused to help Draco get out.
"I don't need it now, Malfoy. She likes me. She trusts me!" Theo insisted.
"She's using you to spy on me, you lack wit! Good God man, get a grip on reality! You're assisting her in her infatuation with me! This is not helping you at all. I am going to help you!" said Draco.
Blaise laughed at the whole ordeal, but as he felt it impolitic to go against Snape without any particular gain for himself, he was of no help, either.
Crabbengoyle were too busy exploring each other's arseholes to be of any help to anyone. And their grunting kept Draco up at night until he finally silenced them-- a move that pleased all of Slytherin and made him a hero for that day. Not that it helped his situation.
Finally, Draco had managed to break away after lunch, insisting that he was going to the library. Note clutched in his fist, he fled towards the Owlery, hoping to at least get his excuse to Harry, when he literally bumped into Seamus.
"Out of my way," Draco huffed, shoving him to the side.
"I like a pushy bloke. Am I to take it this means you're the top?" asked Seamus, smirking as he caught his footing.
There was no time to stop and be irritated, so Draco simply shot Seamus a nasty look to cover his paling and spat, "Of course I'd be...." Draco halted, not having thought that far into this and squeezed his eyes shut.
"Y'know, Malfoy, if you're really not that into Harry, I'd take him off your hands for you," said Seamus jovially.
Draco bristled, his shoulders tensed as he glared at Seamus. "Excuse me?"
"Whoa there." Seamus took a step back when Draco's posture straightened, fancying Draco a hedgehog with his quills out. "I was just taking the mickey. But seriously, why haven't you gotten back to him?"
"It's complicated."
"I have time."
Draco looked up and down the empty corridor. "Snape has decided to keep a better eye on me. My roommates are of no help."
"Why don't you... hex them? Or threaten them? Aren't you the big Slytherin Prince?"
Sighing, Draco shook his head. Gryffindors were brave, but not intuitive. "I did have a reign of terror on Slytherin, but since my father's been incarcerated, many are significantly less afraid. As for the dorm mates... well, it's imprudent to bewitch those with whom you share a dorm. I must, after all, sleep somewhere."
Seamus nodded his understanding. "What about a sleeping potion?"
"Only as a last resort. If any of them detects it... well, it could lead to many problems, including expulsion, which wouldn't bode well for Potter's courting, now would it?" Looking down at the scroll crushed in his fist, Draco decided to bestow owl duties to Seamus.
Draco shoved the parchment into Seamus's hand and said, "See that this gets to Potter."
Once the note had been passed and pocketed, Pansy sped around the corner, flushed and breathless. "There you are!" she exclaimed, grabbing Draco's arm. "We lost you!"
Shooting Seamus a look that said see what I mean? Draco yanked his arm away and huffed, "I am not a lost child. What did you need?"
Pansy narrowed her eyes at Seamus, then decided against whatever she was going to say and concentrated on Draco. "Snape was looking for you." A tormenting smirk played over her lips.
"Of course." Draco rolled his eyes and headed back towards Slytherin. That note had better be delivered, or Seamus would be eating his own balls.
P,
I am unavoidably detained. Name a time and place to meet you and I will do my best to be there. In the meantime, would you happen to know anyone who might use the eggs to create a love potion? It is for use on Pansy. So if it ends up toxic, that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. It would aid me greatly to have her interests elsewhere.
Sincerely,
M