An Unexpected Encounter, Part IV
Title: Unexpected Encounter, Part IV
Author/Artist: digthewriter
Word Count: 365x2
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: R
Warnings: Sexual content.
Created for: hogwarts365, prompt 80
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: PART FOUR of "Unexpected Encounter" Read PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE
Summary: Draco changes his mind.
Potter grabbed Draco's arm and pulled him off the sofa. He had this huge smile on his face that inadvertently made Draco smile, too. Potter looked like a kid in a sweetshop. He was dragging Draco out of the sitting room and towards the stairs when his Floo roared.
Draco turned to look first and his eyes widened when he recognised who it was. Molly Weasley. He told himself to keep calm and turned towards Potter struggling to seem nonchalant.
"I'll be right back," Potter said and hurried towards the fireplace and Draco all but ran out of the room and hid in the kitchen. He felt like he was fifteen years old and had just got caught by his parents and another boy's hand had been on his cock.
"What am I doing here?" he asked himself. Now that Potter wasn't in the room, he finally could think straight. Had he just agreed to have a no-strings-attached one-off with Potter?
No, you agreed to have a series of no-strings-attached multiple-offs with Potter, his brain told him.
What was he doing? He didn't do casual. Draco did proper courtships and dates and wine...Okay so he'd already done the wine bit but. He needed to get out of there. He could imagine his conversation with Pansy the next day. She'd most definitely tear him a new one. The last time Draco had tried having a "friends with benefits" with a former coworker, it had been a disaster. He didn't know when he was supposed to draw the line and the other man was being so hot and cold, it'd drove Draco mad.
But things with Potter, this arrangement, seemed different, though. Potter didn't want to have an open relationship. He just didn't want to date. He'd called it an "awkward dating phase."
"Sorry about that," Potter said as he entered the kitchen. "Molly and Hermione are planning a surprise birthday party for Ron and-" Potter stopped talking and looked at Draco. Concern was evident in his eyes. "What's the matter?" He placed his hand on Draco's shoulder and gently squeezed it.
Draco bit his lower lip as he was unsure of how to get out of there. How to get out of this. Potter's hand was so warm and comforting.
"I don't think this is a good idea," he said.
Potter slightly frowned. "Why not? You were all but ready before."
"I know. Your teeth and your tongue had distracted me from rational thought. I just-"
"I can provide my tongue and my teeth again," Potter said smiling and rubbed his thumb on Draco's collar bone.
Draco took a deep breath and a step back. "I should go."
"Draco..." Potter whispered.
Draco immediately raised an eyebrow at that. When had they arrived at first name basis?
"Did I come on too strong?" Potter asked. "Hermione's always saying that I come on too strong."
"Do you come on a lot of people?" Draco teased. Nervous or not, one-off or not, he really couldn't help himself.
"In business deals," Potter said, scowling. "I've been told that I can be a bit too overbearing."
"No. You were perfectly...bearing," Draco said. "I've just changed my mind. I don't-I mean I'm not..."
"Okay," Potter said while he looked down on the ground. "You have every right to change your mind." He moved out of the way so Draco could leave the kitchen.
Draco figured that he would take the Floo out of there. He just wasn't sure where he'd be headed. His or Pansy's? Then he remembered that Pansy had been speaking with Longbottom at the party and what if she was with him and then she probably wouldn't want Draco's company.
He started to step away slowly and when he reached the door, he turned to look at Potter again.
"It's just that I don't do casual relationships. I...I was confused before because we were having such a good time but, I know that I would have regretted it in the morning. I like the awkward dating phase and...nevermind. I'll see you, Potter."
Instead of taking the Floo, and before Potter could rush after him, Draco Disapparated.
The next morning, he found an owl waiting for him in his sitting room window. It was from Potter.
"Dinner at seven, then? I'll assure you that I am very awkward at dating." PART FIVE
Author/Artist: digthewriter
Word Count: 365x2
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: R
Warnings: Sexual content.
Created for: hogwarts365, prompt 80
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: PART FOUR of "Unexpected Encounter" Read PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE
Summary: Draco changes his mind.
Potter grabbed Draco's arm and pulled him off the sofa. He had this huge smile on his face that inadvertently made Draco smile, too. Potter looked like a kid in a sweetshop. He was dragging Draco out of the sitting room and towards the stairs when his Floo roared.
Draco turned to look first and his eyes widened when he recognised who it was. Molly Weasley. He told himself to keep calm and turned towards Potter struggling to seem nonchalant.
"I'll be right back," Potter said and hurried towards the fireplace and Draco all but ran out of the room and hid in the kitchen. He felt like he was fifteen years old and had just got caught by his parents and another boy's hand had been on his cock.
"What am I doing here?" he asked himself. Now that Potter wasn't in the room, he finally could think straight. Had he just agreed to have a no-strings-attached one-off with Potter?
No, you agreed to have a series of no-strings-attached multiple-offs with Potter, his brain told him.
What was he doing? He didn't do casual. Draco did proper courtships and dates and wine...Okay so he'd already done the wine bit but. He needed to get out of there. He could imagine his conversation with Pansy the next day. She'd most definitely tear him a new one. The last time Draco had tried having a "friends with benefits" with a former coworker, it had been a disaster. He didn't know when he was supposed to draw the line and the other man was being so hot and cold, it'd drove Draco mad.
But things with Potter, this arrangement, seemed different, though. Potter didn't want to have an open relationship. He just didn't want to date. He'd called it an "awkward dating phase."
"Sorry about that," Potter said as he entered the kitchen. "Molly and Hermione are planning a surprise birthday party for Ron and-" Potter stopped talking and looked at Draco. Concern was evident in his eyes. "What's the matter?" He placed his hand on Draco's shoulder and gently squeezed it.
Draco bit his lower lip as he was unsure of how to get out of there. How to get out of this. Potter's hand was so warm and comforting.
"I don't think this is a good idea," he said.
Potter slightly frowned. "Why not? You were all but ready before."
"I know. Your teeth and your tongue had distracted me from rational thought. I just-"
"I can provide my tongue and my teeth again," Potter said smiling and rubbed his thumb on Draco's collar bone.
Draco took a deep breath and a step back. "I should go."
"Draco..." Potter whispered.
Draco immediately raised an eyebrow at that. When had they arrived at first name basis?
"Did I come on too strong?" Potter asked. "Hermione's always saying that I come on too strong."
"Do you come on a lot of people?" Draco teased. Nervous or not, one-off or not, he really couldn't help himself.
"In business deals," Potter said, scowling. "I've been told that I can be a bit too overbearing."
"No. You were perfectly...bearing," Draco said. "I've just changed my mind. I don't-I mean I'm not..."
"Okay," Potter said while he looked down on the ground. "You have every right to change your mind." He moved out of the way so Draco could leave the kitchen.
Draco figured that he would take the Floo out of there. He just wasn't sure where he'd be headed. His or Pansy's? Then he remembered that Pansy had been speaking with Longbottom at the party and what if she was with him and then she probably wouldn't want Draco's company.
He started to step away slowly and when he reached the door, he turned to look at Potter again.
"It's just that I don't do casual relationships. I...I was confused before because we were having such a good time but, I know that I would have regretted it in the morning. I like the awkward dating phase and...nevermind. I'll see you, Potter."
Instead of taking the Floo, and before Potter could rush after him, Draco Disapparated.
The next morning, he found an owl waiting for him in his sitting room window. It was from Potter.
"Dinner at seven, then? I'll assure you that I am very awkward at dating." PART FIVE