Teaching Teddy, 9
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dracoharry100Title: Teaching Teddy, 9
Author:twisted_miracle
Team: death eaters
Word count: 100x5
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Challenge: direct
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, they belong to the clever Scottish lady. I just bend them and love them. Please don't smack me for playing. It isn't like I am going to earn any money from this!
Summary: Harry and Malfoy try talking.
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Continued from part 8: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/137852.html#cutid1
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Harry was already pacing nervously in front of the Hogwarts gates a few minutes before three, when he was startled by a soft pop of Apparition directly behind him. Whirling around, wand drawn, he was relieved to see Malfoy.
Rushing through the words he’d practiced, almost too fast to be heard, wand still raised, Harry stuttered out an apology he was afraid he wouldn’t say if he didn’t force it out immediately: “I’m so sorry I almost killed you I didn’t know what that spell did and that makes it worse I should never have done that I’m so sorry.”
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“First of all,” Malfoy said, eyes narrowed, “would you please lower your fucking wand?”
“Of, of course,” Harry said, taking deep breaths to calm himself down, just the way Hermione and Luna had taught him.
“Second of all, I forgave you for that a long time ago. You saved my life, Potter, don’t you remember? And I was, that day in the bathroom….”
“You were crying,” Harry said, the terrible memory so vivid he could almost smell blood.
“I was about to direct an Unforgivable at you, is what I was trying to point out,” Malfoy ground out, clearly annoyed.
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“Oh,” Harry said, caught off guard. He’d been eating himself up with guilt for nearly two hours, and thus had – oddly – stopped focusing on all the terrible things Malfoy’d done, just as completely as he’d previously forgotten his own iniquity. “Right. I remember.”
Malfoy rolled his eyes. “Nothing by halves, eh Potter? Yes. Look, we’ve both been awful. I think we’ve both managed to make up for a lot of it, though. Quite a bit of back and forth directly between us over the years, yes? Not to mention all the other… shite.” He shuffled his feet as Harry stared.
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“If I need to say it,” Malfoy said, looking directly into Harry’s eyes, “then I accept your apology. Wholeheartedly. I hope you can accept mine.”
“I can,” Harry said, relieved. “And I want you to spend time with Teddy, too. I’m sorry for getting in the way. Teddy needs lots of people to love him. I’m… glad you are one of them.”
Harry was surprised to see that at this, Malfoy blushed a bit. “Thank you,” he said primly, and straightened his spine.
“Er, would you like to get a pint with me?”
“In Hogsmeade?” Malfoy said, looking hunted. “No?”
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“Why not, Malfoy?” Harry said, feeling rejected. “I accepted your apology and you accepted mine! We have to get along if we’re both going to visit Andromeda’s.”
“Look,” Malfoy tried. “I want to bury the hatchet with you. Very much. It will be good for me, my Mum, Teddy, Aunt Andromeda… everyone. But I can’t just stroll casually into Hogsmeade, the Leaky, or Diagon. Not even with you. We’ve switched places, Potter. Now I’m… sort of… Undesirable Number 1.”
“Oh,” Harry said, deflating.
“You could come to mine? Share tea or ale or whatever?”
“To…” Harry swallowed miserably. “Malfoy Manor?”
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Part 10: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/142035.html#cutid1
Author:
twisted_miracleTeam: death eaters
Word count: 100x5
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Challenge: direct
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, they belong to the clever Scottish lady. I just bend them and love them. Please don't smack me for playing. It isn't like I am going to earn any money from this!
Summary: Harry and Malfoy try talking.
Continued from part 8: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/137852.html#cutid1
Harry was already pacing nervously in front of the Hogwarts gates a few minutes before three, when he was startled by a soft pop of Apparition directly behind him. Whirling around, wand drawn, he was relieved to see Malfoy.
Rushing through the words he’d practiced, almost too fast to be heard, wand still raised, Harry stuttered out an apology he was afraid he wouldn’t say if he didn’t force it out immediately: “I’m so sorry I almost killed you I didn’t know what that spell did and that makes it worse I should never have done that I’m so sorry.”
“First of all,” Malfoy said, eyes narrowed, “would you please lower your fucking wand?”
“Of, of course,” Harry said, taking deep breaths to calm himself down, just the way Hermione and Luna had taught him.
“Second of all, I forgave you for that a long time ago. You saved my life, Potter, don’t you remember? And I was, that day in the bathroom….”
“You were crying,” Harry said, the terrible memory so vivid he could almost smell blood.
“I was about to direct an Unforgivable at you, is what I was trying to point out,” Malfoy ground out, clearly annoyed.
“Oh,” Harry said, caught off guard. He’d been eating himself up with guilt for nearly two hours, and thus had – oddly – stopped focusing on all the terrible things Malfoy’d done, just as completely as he’d previously forgotten his own iniquity. “Right. I remember.”
Malfoy rolled his eyes. “Nothing by halves, eh Potter? Yes. Look, we’ve both been awful. I think we’ve both managed to make up for a lot of it, though. Quite a bit of back and forth directly between us over the years, yes? Not to mention all the other… shite.” He shuffled his feet as Harry stared.
“If I need to say it,” Malfoy said, looking directly into Harry’s eyes, “then I accept your apology. Wholeheartedly. I hope you can accept mine.”
“I can,” Harry said, relieved. “And I want you to spend time with Teddy, too. I’m sorry for getting in the way. Teddy needs lots of people to love him. I’m… glad you are one of them.”
Harry was surprised to see that at this, Malfoy blushed a bit. “Thank you,” he said primly, and straightened his spine.
“Er, would you like to get a pint with me?”
“In Hogsmeade?” Malfoy said, looking hunted. “No?”
“Why not, Malfoy?” Harry said, feeling rejected. “I accepted your apology and you accepted mine! We have to get along if we’re both going to visit Andromeda’s.”
“Look,” Malfoy tried. “I want to bury the hatchet with you. Very much. It will be good for me, my Mum, Teddy, Aunt Andromeda… everyone. But I can’t just stroll casually into Hogsmeade, the Leaky, or Diagon. Not even with you. We’ve switched places, Potter. Now I’m… sort of… Undesirable Number 1.”
“Oh,” Harry said, deflating.
“You could come to mine? Share tea or ale or whatever?”
“To…” Harry swallowed miserably. “Malfoy Manor?”
Part 10: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/142035.html#cutid1
