Meant To Be Together - Wizard of the Month - Harry Potter (PG) [text version]
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Title: Meant To Be Together
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 1160
Character: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy (HP/DM implied)
Challenge: 10_themes Prompt #03 - "City"
Summary: Witch Weekly has named Harry Potter as their Wizard of the Month for March 2008. They are running a series of ten articles to provide readers with a bit more insight into the life of the Boy Who Lived to become the Saviour of the Wizarding World and Head of the Auror Department.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
To see all Harry Potter Wizard of the Month articles, click here.
To see all Wizard of the Month articles, click here.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Author's notes: Graphics done by winter_june; original art done by melmoe1. Thanks to both of you for your contributions and support.
Over the next few weeks, Witch Weekly will meet with Harry Potter, the man who needs no introduction, our Wizard of the Month for March 2008. This is the first in a series of ten articles which we hope will give our readers some never-before-disclosed information about the boy who became famous for surviving the killing curse when he was a year old, the youth who, numerous times, fought Voldemort and remarkably lived to tell the tale, the young man who succeeded in ridding the world of Voldemort, and the man who discovered his place in the world after the war, and fell in love along the way.
~*~*~
Harry Potter enters our studio, accompanied by his boyfriend, last month's Wizard of the Month, Draco Malfoy. As Harry settles in to discuss the process for today's photo shoot with our photographer, Draco makes his way over to speak with me.
Last month's series ended with a rather amusing and somewhat unconventional interview. Draco had invited our clearly smitten photographer, Josh, to stay, and Harry had swept Draco out before we had the chance to ask him one last question - the one posed by the last Wizard of the Month, Ronald Weasley.
Unfortunately, by the time we managed to contact Mr Malfoy, we had already gone to press and could not squeeze the answer (and his question for Harry) into the last issue, but we are going to rectify the situation today.
Witch Weekly: Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to join us again today, Draco.
Draco Malfoy: No problem at all. I have some business here in the city, so it was the perfect opportunity to wrap up.
WW: I hope Harry doesn't mind having you steal some of his limelight.
DM: [laughs] Truth be told, Harry hates the attention. You'd think he'd be used to it by now, but no. He prefers to just live his life as quietly as possible. Besides, it is his fault I had to come back here, after he swept me out of here before we were done last time.
WW: I suspect he had his motivations. So, on to the question that was left unanswered. To quote Ronald Weasley:
Why Harry? Of all the blokes in wizarding Britain, why Harry? You don't need money and you love to be the centre of attention yourself. Harry hates the limelight, but he can't help but be the star of any show he's in. How is it that you chose, after years of hating him, to be with Harry? And don't give some wussy answer like, "Because I love him." I may have to lose my lunch. I'm not talking about now. I mean back when you first started seeing each other. Why would you ever want to go out with that speccy git friend of mine?
DM: I feel as though I've answered most of those questions, although perhaps not all at once, so ... I'll try to address them one at a time.
No, I don't need money. That never entered into the equation, although I suspect it might have for Harry. He might have considered himself accepting charity if he were with someone that covered most of the expenses. So, in a way, it's good that we both have money.
True, I like to be in the thick of things, but after the war, the attention I received was rather negative, so being in the background after that wasn't so bad. And besides, I ended up getting some positive attention from it all too - at least after people finally accepted that I hadn't Imperiused Harry into falling for me.
After years of hating him? Well, they do say there's a fine line between love and hate. I think it's true. The feelings we had for each other were always stronger than those we had for others around us. We both felt so much passion for each other, though it was negatively charged at the time, that once we got past the animosity between us, we were left with raw emotion, and only one reasonable outlet. I don't think I chose him so much as we had always been each other's. Time and circumstance just had to catch up.
Well, I do love him, and as trite as it may sound, I believe we were meant to be together. [grins] So Weasley is welcome to lose his lunch. But no, that was not the initial reason. While others saw the hero, I just saw Harry. All his flaws, his faults, that atrocious hair and yes, even the specs. But underneath all of that, he is one very hot wizard. Those little things about him make him real, make him a little less the hero and a little more the innocent. So, besides the fact that Harry is ... well ... Harry, he was damn hot when I decided I wanted him, and he's even hotter now that I'm in love with him.
I trust that answered Weasley's question.
WW: I believe it did, thank you. Now for your question of Harry. I realize you could probably ask him anything you wanted, whenever you wished, so if it's not a question you necessarily need the answer to, perhaps you could ask him something that the readers might like to know.
DM: I've had a while to think about this, and I think what I've come up with fits both bills. I have never received what I felt to be a satisfactory answer whenever we've discussed the subject, and I believe that your readers might like to know the answer as well.
After everything that happened to you, after all the neglect and all the abuse of your childhood, how is it that you don't hold a grudge against your family [purses his lips with disgust at the word]? They never showed you love, compassion, or even human decency. They tried to crush the magic out of you and make you feel as though there was something terribly wrong with you, even after they knew how important you were in our world. Yet somehow you manage to show compassion towards them. You could have paid them back for the pain they caused you as a youth, many times over, yet you've never done anything to exact revenge, or even obtain justice. Why is that?
WW: Well, that's another long, multi-part question for our next Wizard of the Month. I believe we would all like to know the answer to that. Thank you again for coming here today, and for being our February Wizard of the Month.
DM: You are welcome. It has been my pleasure.
Draco remained to watch the photo shoot, much to Josh's delight - though I suspect his work took twice as long as a result. As he waved goodbye, a rather reserved Harry Potter approached me to begin our much-anticipated interview ...
Next article: Longing for Love.
.
Title: Meant To Be Together
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 1160
Character: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy (HP/DM implied)
Challenge: 10_themes Prompt #03 - "City"
Summary: Witch Weekly has named Harry Potter as their Wizard of the Month for March 2008. They are running a series of ten articles to provide readers with a bit more insight into the life of the Boy Who Lived to become the Saviour of the Wizarding World and Head of the Auror Department.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
To see all Harry Potter Wizard of the Month articles, click here.
To see all Wizard of the Month articles, click here.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Author's notes: Graphics done by winter_june; original art done by melmoe1. Thanks to both of you for your contributions and support.
Over the next few weeks, Witch Weekly will meet with Harry Potter, the man who needs no introduction, our Wizard of the Month for March 2008. This is the first in a series of ten articles which we hope will give our readers some never-before-disclosed information about the boy who became famous for surviving the killing curse when he was a year old, the youth who, numerous times, fought Voldemort and remarkably lived to tell the tale, the young man who succeeded in ridding the world of Voldemort, and the man who discovered his place in the world after the war, and fell in love along the way.
~*~*~
Harry Potter enters our studio, accompanied by his boyfriend, last month's Wizard of the Month, Draco Malfoy. As Harry settles in to discuss the process for today's photo shoot with our photographer, Draco makes his way over to speak with me.
Last month's series ended with a rather amusing and somewhat unconventional interview. Draco had invited our clearly smitten photographer, Josh, to stay, and Harry had swept Draco out before we had the chance to ask him one last question - the one posed by the last Wizard of the Month, Ronald Weasley.
Unfortunately, by the time we managed to contact Mr Malfoy, we had already gone to press and could not squeeze the answer (and his question for Harry) into the last issue, but we are going to rectify the situation today.
Witch Weekly: Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to join us again today, Draco.
Draco Malfoy: No problem at all. I have some business here in the city, so it was the perfect opportunity to wrap up.
WW: I hope Harry doesn't mind having you steal some of his limelight.
DM: [laughs] Truth be told, Harry hates the attention. You'd think he'd be used to it by now, but no. He prefers to just live his life as quietly as possible. Besides, it is his fault I had to come back here, after he swept me out of here before we were done last time.
WW: I suspect he had his motivations. So, on to the question that was left unanswered. To quote Ronald Weasley:
Why Harry? Of all the blokes in wizarding Britain, why Harry? You don't need money and you love to be the centre of attention yourself. Harry hates the limelight, but he can't help but be the star of any show he's in. How is it that you chose, after years of hating him, to be with Harry? And don't give some wussy answer like, "Because I love him." I may have to lose my lunch. I'm not talking about now. I mean back when you first started seeing each other. Why would you ever want to go out with that speccy git friend of mine?
DM: I feel as though I've answered most of those questions, although perhaps not all at once, so ... I'll try to address them one at a time.
No, I don't need money. That never entered into the equation, although I suspect it might have for Harry. He might have considered himself accepting charity if he were with someone that covered most of the expenses. So, in a way, it's good that we both have money.
True, I like to be in the thick of things, but after the war, the attention I received was rather negative, so being in the background after that wasn't so bad. And besides, I ended up getting some positive attention from it all too - at least after people finally accepted that I hadn't Imperiused Harry into falling for me.
After years of hating him? Well, they do say there's a fine line between love and hate. I think it's true. The feelings we had for each other were always stronger than those we had for others around us. We both felt so much passion for each other, though it was negatively charged at the time, that once we got past the animosity between us, we were left with raw emotion, and only one reasonable outlet. I don't think I chose him so much as we had always been each other's. Time and circumstance just had to catch up.
Well, I do love him, and as trite as it may sound, I believe we were meant to be together. [grins] So Weasley is welcome to lose his lunch. But no, that was not the initial reason. While others saw the hero, I just saw Harry. All his flaws, his faults, that atrocious hair and yes, even the specs. But underneath all of that, he is one very hot wizard. Those little things about him make him real, make him a little less the hero and a little more the innocent. So, besides the fact that Harry is ... well ... Harry, he was damn hot when I decided I wanted him, and he's even hotter now that I'm in love with him.
I trust that answered Weasley's question.
WW: I believe it did, thank you. Now for your question of Harry. I realize you could probably ask him anything you wanted, whenever you wished, so if it's not a question you necessarily need the answer to, perhaps you could ask him something that the readers might like to know.
DM: I've had a while to think about this, and I think what I've come up with fits both bills. I have never received what I felt to be a satisfactory answer whenever we've discussed the subject, and I believe that your readers might like to know the answer as well.
After everything that happened to you, after all the neglect and all the abuse of your childhood, how is it that you don't hold a grudge against your family [purses his lips with disgust at the word]? They never showed you love, compassion, or even human decency. They tried to crush the magic out of you and make you feel as though there was something terribly wrong with you, even after they knew how important you were in our world. Yet somehow you manage to show compassion towards them. You could have paid them back for the pain they caused you as a youth, many times over, yet you've never done anything to exact revenge, or even obtain justice. Why is that?
WW: Well, that's another long, multi-part question for our next Wizard of the Month. I believe we would all like to know the answer to that. Thank you again for coming here today, and for being our February Wizard of the Month.
DM: You are welcome. It has been my pleasure.
Draco remained to watch the photo shoot, much to Josh's delight - though I suspect his work took twice as long as a result. As he waved goodbye, a rather reserved Harry Potter approached me to begin our much-anticipated interview ...
Next article: Longing for Love.
.