[Fic] "Pressure" -- Harry Potter, G/H/D, Theme 15
Author: Elizabeth Culmer edenfalling
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter, Ginny/Harry/Draco
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Theme: #15 - Stop that
Warnings: none
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Pressure
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The thing about being the only girl in a threesome with two boys is that Ginny's the only girl and they're both boys. And sometimes they go off and talk about boy things. This is fine in theory -- Ginny goes off and talks girl stuff with Hermione and Luna and her old roommates -- but Harry and Draco don't talk boy stuff with Ron and Neville, or with Crabbe and Goyle. They talk boy stuff with each other, which is manifestly unfair. She'd never in a million years want to be a boy herself, and it's not as if she wants to join in, but she hates being left out.
Ginny wishes she could stop being jealous.
The thing about being the only Slytherin in a threesome with two Gryffindors is that Draco's the only Slytherin and they're both Gryffindors. And sometimes he feels like he's beating his head against a granite wall because they just will not understand that the world isn't fair, that you have to know how to work the system, and that not all the unfortunate things in the world are actually fixable. Not everything has to be a matter of Right and Wrong, or Good and Evil, and once in a while, it's all right not to start a crusade, to just say, "That's how it goes," maybe toss some money toward charity if they're feeling particularly guilty, and pay attention to themselves instead.
Draco wishes he could beat that into their heads.
The thing about being effectively Muggle-born in a threesome with a pureblood witch and wizard is that Harry is effectively Muggle-born, and they're both purebloods. And sometimes they stare at him blankly when he still doesn't understand the nuances of the wizarding world, or they make the most boneheaded mistakes when he takes them into Muggle London. They mean well, but he's trying to straddle two wildly different cultures and never quite feels like he fits into either, and they just don't get it. They can't understand what it was like to go from a despised, slightly peculiar nobody to a powerful, famous wizard overnight; they've always known why his name matters, and what his destiny was going to be.
Harry wishes he could take Ginny and Draco and run away.
Sometimes, they do.
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End
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter, Ginny/Harry/Draco
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Theme: #15 - Stop that
Warnings: none
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Pressure
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The thing about being the only girl in a threesome with two boys is that Ginny's the only girl and they're both boys. And sometimes they go off and talk about boy things. This is fine in theory -- Ginny goes off and talks girl stuff with Hermione and Luna and her old roommates -- but Harry and Draco don't talk boy stuff with Ron and Neville, or with Crabbe and Goyle. They talk boy stuff with each other, which is manifestly unfair. She'd never in a million years want to be a boy herself, and it's not as if she wants to join in, but she hates being left out.
Ginny wishes she could stop being jealous.
The thing about being the only Slytherin in a threesome with two Gryffindors is that Draco's the only Slytherin and they're both Gryffindors. And sometimes he feels like he's beating his head against a granite wall because they just will not understand that the world isn't fair, that you have to know how to work the system, and that not all the unfortunate things in the world are actually fixable. Not everything has to be a matter of Right and Wrong, or Good and Evil, and once in a while, it's all right not to start a crusade, to just say, "That's how it goes," maybe toss some money toward charity if they're feeling particularly guilty, and pay attention to themselves instead.
Draco wishes he could beat that into their heads.
The thing about being effectively Muggle-born in a threesome with a pureblood witch and wizard is that Harry is effectively Muggle-born, and they're both purebloods. And sometimes they stare at him blankly when he still doesn't understand the nuances of the wizarding world, or they make the most boneheaded mistakes when he takes them into Muggle London. They mean well, but he's trying to straddle two wildly different cultures and never quite feels like he fits into either, and they just don't get it. They can't understand what it was like to go from a despised, slightly peculiar nobody to a powerful, famous wizard overnight; they've always known why his name matters, and what his destiny was going to be.
Harry wishes he could take Ginny and Draco and run away.
Sometimes, they do.
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End