The Mating of Sharks -- a Fanmix for Blaise Zabini & Draco Malfoy
The Mating of Sharks -- a Fanmix for Blaise Zabini & Draco Malfoy
1 - [Cooler Than Me] - performed by Eric Hölljes (artist: Mike Posner)
If I could write you a song to make you fall in love,
I would already have you up under my arm...
You got designer shades just to hide your face, and
You wear 'em around like you're cooler than me
And you never say "hey," or remember my name, and
It's probably 'cause you think you're cooler than me...
Blaise Zabini's opinion of Draco Malfoy is unfavorable, which explains why he Charms Malfoy's notes to scatter across the corridor at the first touch; this does not, however, imply that Blaise Zabini's opinion of Draco Malfoy's arse as he bends to gather those papers is unfavorable as well.
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2 - [Lay All Your Love On Me] - ABBA
I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice...
Don't go wasting your emotion...
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
"Now listen very closely, Draco mine," Blaise hisses, bearing down on him - Draco gasps as his wrists are pinned roughly enough above his head for them to bruise - "if I ever see you allowing Nott to manhandle you like that again - "
Draco's eyes roll back as he rolls his hips up; someone shudders, and it is less of a kiss than a claiming as Blaise presses him into the floor.
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3 - [Number One] - Tinchy Stryder feat. N Dubz
It was nothing but a quick think
Kids games, kiss chase, just a quick fling
Now I'm hoping you never go missing
Now I'm telling you, you can hold this ring, watch how it glistens...
See, I don't understand how you're number one
When it was just a fling before now, you're the one
The day Blaise stops counting the mornings he wakes up next to Draco is shortly after his twenty-first birthday, on which he takes the afternoon off to privately write his vows. He decides not to tell Draco, lest he seem... premature; what he doesn't know is that Draco himself has stopped counting long before.
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4 - [Lying Is the Most Fun...] - Panic! At the Disco explicit
Is it still me that makes you sweat?
Am I who you think about in bed
When the lights are dim and your hands are shaking as you're sliding off [her] dress?...
How I hope to God [she] was worth it...
I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better f**k
Than any boy you'll ever meet
Sweetie, you had me
Blaise smiles when he sees the Châteauneuf-du-Papes, and purchases the bottle in hopes that they might try to enjoy at least this weekend - salvage what they could of their relationship, start working towards what they were before the pressure from Draco's parents started to build. Draco's engagement wasn't formal by any means; nothing had been yet truly arranged.
The letter announcing Lucius' death arrives the next day; a week later, Blaise presents the wine as a wedding gift to Mrs Asteria Greengrass Malfoy.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [Black Cat] - Mayday Parade
The boy that gets the girl gets to go home where they get married
But stop the tape,
The sunset still looks fake to me
The hero looks like he can't breathe
The damsel just left everything...
Get your hands off of my star
It's not your part but all your fault
And this jealous actress has a habit of making things sound way too tragic
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5 - [If You Wanted a Song Written About You...] - Mayday Parade
And I hope this makes you happy now...
As even broken hearts may have their doubts...
You changed yourself and I changed me
I really didn't see us singing through this
Then you screamed the bridge
And I cried the verse...
And you smiled the whole way through it
I guess maybe that's what's worse
Blaise doesn't burn the letters - granted, he wants to - and he doesn't burn the envelope containing the letter of his own he wrote the day he stopped counting, because if he can't send that to Draco, then he'd rather not send any post at all.
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6 - [Selfish] - This Providence
You might deny it, but you're tied to your desires
And you're selfish
Yeah, you're selfish just like everyone else
So drink up...
The first one of Blaise's boys is Jordan, but it doesn't last long; after Flint, Aubrey, and Heatherington, Blaise begins to realize that none of them do.
He blames his mother for never providing a stable father figure, and makes the decision that should he find himself drunk enough (or on their anniversary, though it wasn't like he cared anymore - just another day, and he'd fucked Thompson to try and prove it) that he'd owl Draco a reply to one of his godsdamned invitations.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [Poppin' Champagne] - All Time Low
You've got me poppin' champagne
I'm at it again
Caught up in the moment
But not in the right way
I'm falling in between
Tearing up at the seams
We're just aiming to please
And aesthetics don't hurt one bit
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7 - [Happy Ending] - Mika
This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our life, but not together
They have dinner together in a restaurant - brightly lit, patrons at every table. Draco keeps his left hand in his lap, because being caught without his ring would simply mean another of Asteria's questions he doesn't want to have to answer.
There is a moment just before the waiter returns with the dessert menu when Blaise smiles at some offhand remark, and Draco's right hand shakes and he can't breathe because he remembers he can't stay; it's Tuesday, and they haven't conceived yet, and his wife is waiting for him.
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8 - [Love Remains the Same] - Gavin Rossdale
I never thought that I had any more to give
Pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same
"Brought you flowers. They're appropriate upon such announcements, or so I gather."
"But to the woman, usually." Draco glances down at the table, quiet. "Thank you."
"You deserve them. You wanted this far more than she ever did."
"And now I'll have it," he ghosts his hand over the miniature bouquet, "and flowers, too."
ALTERNATE TRACK: [How] - Maroon 5
I'm asking for your help
I am going through hell...
And now that I can see mistakes so clearly now
I'd kill if I could take you back
But how?...
I don't understand the meaning of love
But I do not mind if I die trying
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9 - [Tonight] - The Afters
Tonight, tonight we're gonna make it all right
We'll be who we want to be tonight..
When ours is love that is already perfect and I know I belong to you
When tomorrow comes we're gonna feel alive
Somehow forget about the tears we cried
There's so much more we have to gain than we could ever lose
"It's suicide, to keep on like this, both of us. We'll burn out."
"Would you have me do that? Go with you now, if you would have me, and leave to go to her, after? Would you take me like that?"
Blaise finds he can't look at Draco, and he is surprised at how unsteady his voice sounds when he asks, "Would you come back?"
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10 - [Always] - Switchfoot
Hallelujah, I'm caving in
Hallelujah, I'm in love again
Hallelujah, I'm a wretched man
Hallelujah, every breath is a second chance...
And I am always, always,
I am always yours
"I want you. I - I love you, Blaise."
There is a hurt somewhere inside Blaise's chest, like a hundred dull needles centered at one point, deep enough so he couldn't ever reach or find it, and he won't admit that it was Draco who put them there.
But it is all right, now - it would all be right.
This was right; this was theirs, always.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [The Guilty Ones] - Cast of "Spring Awakening"
And now our bodies are the guilty ones
Our touch will fill every hour
Huge and dark, oh, our hearts
Will murmur the blues from on high
Then whisper some silver reply
1 - [Cooler Than Me] - performed by Eric Hölljes (artist: Mike Posner)
If I could write you a song to make you fall in love,
I would already have you up under my arm...
You got designer shades just to hide your face, and
You wear 'em around like you're cooler than me
And you never say "hey," or remember my name, and
It's probably 'cause you think you're cooler than me...
Blaise Zabini's opinion of Draco Malfoy is unfavorable, which explains why he Charms Malfoy's notes to scatter across the corridor at the first touch; this does not, however, imply that Blaise Zabini's opinion of Draco Malfoy's arse as he bends to gather those papers is unfavorable as well.
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2 - [Lay All Your Love On Me] - ABBA
I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice...
Don't go wasting your emotion...
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
"Now listen very closely, Draco mine," Blaise hisses, bearing down on him - Draco gasps as his wrists are pinned roughly enough above his head for them to bruise - "if I ever see you allowing Nott to manhandle you like that again - "
Draco's eyes roll back as he rolls his hips up; someone shudders, and it is less of a kiss than a claiming as Blaise presses him into the floor.
----
3 - [Number One] - Tinchy Stryder feat. N Dubz
It was nothing but a quick think
Kids games, kiss chase, just a quick fling
Now I'm hoping you never go missing
Now I'm telling you, you can hold this ring, watch how it glistens...
See, I don't understand how you're number one
When it was just a fling before now, you're the one
The day Blaise stops counting the mornings he wakes up next to Draco is shortly after his twenty-first birthday, on which he takes the afternoon off to privately write his vows. He decides not to tell Draco, lest he seem... premature; what he doesn't know is that Draco himself has stopped counting long before.
----
4 - [Lying Is the Most Fun...] - Panic! At the Disco explicit
Is it still me that makes you sweat?
Am I who you think about in bed
When the lights are dim and your hands are shaking as you're sliding off [her] dress?...
How I hope to God [she] was worth it...
I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better f**k
Than any boy you'll ever meet
Sweetie, you had me
Blaise smiles when he sees the Châteauneuf-du-Papes, and purchases the bottle in hopes that they might try to enjoy at least this weekend - salvage what they could of their relationship, start working towards what they were before the pressure from Draco's parents started to build. Draco's engagement wasn't formal by any means; nothing had been yet truly arranged.
The letter announcing Lucius' death arrives the next day; a week later, Blaise presents the wine as a wedding gift to Mrs Asteria Greengrass Malfoy.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [Black Cat] - Mayday Parade
The boy that gets the girl gets to go home where they get married
But stop the tape,
The sunset still looks fake to me
The hero looks like he can't breathe
The damsel just left everything...
Get your hands off of my star
It's not your part but all your fault
And this jealous actress has a habit of making things sound way too tragic
----
5 - [If You Wanted a Song Written About You...] - Mayday Parade
And I hope this makes you happy now...
As even broken hearts may have their doubts...
You changed yourself and I changed me
I really didn't see us singing through this
Then you screamed the bridge
And I cried the verse...
And you smiled the whole way through it
I guess maybe that's what's worse
Blaise doesn't burn the letters - granted, he wants to - and he doesn't burn the envelope containing the letter of his own he wrote the day he stopped counting, because if he can't send that to Draco, then he'd rather not send any post at all.
----
6 - [Selfish] - This Providence
You might deny it, but you're tied to your desires
And you're selfish
Yeah, you're selfish just like everyone else
So drink up...
The first one of Blaise's boys is Jordan, but it doesn't last long; after Flint, Aubrey, and Heatherington, Blaise begins to realize that none of them do.
He blames his mother for never providing a stable father figure, and makes the decision that should he find himself drunk enough (or on their anniversary, though it wasn't like he cared anymore - just another day, and he'd fucked Thompson to try and prove it) that he'd owl Draco a reply to one of his godsdamned invitations.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [Poppin' Champagne] - All Time Low
You've got me poppin' champagne
I'm at it again
Caught up in the moment
But not in the right way
I'm falling in between
Tearing up at the seams
We're just aiming to please
And aesthetics don't hurt one bit
----
7 - [Happy Ending] - Mika
This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our life, but not together
They have dinner together in a restaurant - brightly lit, patrons at every table. Draco keeps his left hand in his lap, because being caught without his ring would simply mean another of Asteria's questions he doesn't want to have to answer.
There is a moment just before the waiter returns with the dessert menu when Blaise smiles at some offhand remark, and Draco's right hand shakes and he can't breathe because he remembers he can't stay; it's Tuesday, and they haven't conceived yet, and his wife is waiting for him.
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8 - [Love Remains the Same] - Gavin Rossdale
I never thought that I had any more to give
Pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same
"Brought you flowers. They're appropriate upon such announcements, or so I gather."
"But to the woman, usually." Draco glances down at the table, quiet. "Thank you."
"You deserve them. You wanted this far more than she ever did."
"And now I'll have it," he ghosts his hand over the miniature bouquet, "and flowers, too."
ALTERNATE TRACK: [How] - Maroon 5
I'm asking for your help
I am going through hell...
And now that I can see mistakes so clearly now
I'd kill if I could take you back
But how?...
I don't understand the meaning of love
But I do not mind if I die trying
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9 - [Tonight] - The Afters
Tonight, tonight we're gonna make it all right
We'll be who we want to be tonight..
When ours is love that is already perfect and I know I belong to you
When tomorrow comes we're gonna feel alive
Somehow forget about the tears we cried
There's so much more we have to gain than we could ever lose
"It's suicide, to keep on like this, both of us. We'll burn out."
"Would you have me do that? Go with you now, if you would have me, and leave to go to her, after? Would you take me like that?"
Blaise finds he can't look at Draco, and he is surprised at how unsteady his voice sounds when he asks, "Would you come back?"
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10 - [Always] - Switchfoot
Hallelujah, I'm caving in
Hallelujah, I'm in love again
Hallelujah, I'm a wretched man
Hallelujah, every breath is a second chance...
And I am always, always,
I am always yours
"I want you. I - I love you, Blaise."
There is a hurt somewhere inside Blaise's chest, like a hundred dull needles centered at one point, deep enough so he couldn't ever reach or find it, and he won't admit that it was Draco who put them there.
But it is all right, now - it would all be right.
This was right; this was theirs, always.
ALTERNATE TRACK: [The Guilty Ones] - Cast of "Spring Awakening"
And now our bodies are the guilty ones
Our touch will fill every hour
Huge and dark, oh, our hearts
Will murmur the blues from on high
Then whisper some silver reply