Slithering, a sequel. Part 44
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dracoharry100Title: Slithering, a sequel - 44
Author:twisted_miracle
Team: death eaters
Word count: 100x3
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Rating: Rated PG-13 today, NC-17 overall
Challenge: Challenge: action
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!
Author's note: Comments are love!
Summary: Draco has a potentially good idea.
Author's second Note: This is a sequel to "Slither In," which starts here: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/286839.html
and ends here: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/460335.html
Sequel "Slithering"
part 1: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/1207586.html
Part 43: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/218409.html#cutid1
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After many hours of thought, Draco had some clarity. Draco could see now; he wanted to move forward; take action.
Certainly, he could buckle down, and only study hard until N.E.W.T.s were over. But he didn’t want to. School was not merely for learning skills and achieving high marks. School was for networking. Making connections. Impressing the right people. Finding the right wife.
Or so he’d always been taught.
Draco no longer believed everything he had been taught, but these things… still rang true.
What he needed now, he decided, was a role model. But whom?
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The first Slytherins that came to mind were all useless. Father? A criminal; a lackey. Slughorn? A sycophant and coward. Snape? Miserable, hated, lonely. The Bloody Baron? Impulsive, a murderer, and misogynist. Merlin? Who honestly knew anything about the real Merlin anymore? He was far too shrouded in time and legend to be a suitable role model.
Draco sipped his tea, stared out his bedroom window, watched the snow swirl, and considered further.
Regulus Black was a man of action. The wrong ones, at first, and then…. Of course, he’d been murdered by Voldemort. But for doing the right thing.
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Thinking back further into honoured Slytherin dead, Draco soberly contemplated the possibility of modeling himself after his father’s father.
Draco’s Grandfather Abraxas had been a man of action, as well. His track record, though, was perhaps a bit more checkered than even that of Regulus. He’d reportedly managed to help depose a Minister solely for being Muggle-born. But he had also been a respected Potions Master and scholar. And Draco knew that designation was definitely true. The other thing was an old rumour.
Could his grandfather be a good role model? Maybe he should speak to his Grandfather Abraxas’ portrait.
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Continued: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/222421.html#cutid1
Author:
twisted_miracleTeam: death eaters
Word count: 100x3
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Rating: Rated PG-13 today, NC-17 overall
Challenge: Challenge: action
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!
Author's note: Comments are love!
Summary: Draco has a potentially good idea.
Author's second Note: This is a sequel to "Slither In," which starts here: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/286839.html
and ends here: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/460335.html
Sequel "Slithering"
part 1: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/1207586.html
Part 43: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/218409.html#cutid1
After many hours of thought, Draco had some clarity. Draco could see now; he wanted to move forward; take action.
Certainly, he could buckle down, and only study hard until N.E.W.T.s were over. But he didn’t want to. School was not merely for learning skills and achieving high marks. School was for networking. Making connections. Impressing the right people. Finding the right wife.
Or so he’d always been taught.
Draco no longer believed everything he had been taught, but these things… still rang true.
What he needed now, he decided, was a role model. But whom?
The first Slytherins that came to mind were all useless. Father? A criminal; a lackey. Slughorn? A sycophant and coward. Snape? Miserable, hated, lonely. The Bloody Baron? Impulsive, a murderer, and misogynist. Merlin? Who honestly knew anything about the real Merlin anymore? He was far too shrouded in time and legend to be a suitable role model.
Draco sipped his tea, stared out his bedroom window, watched the snow swirl, and considered further.
Regulus Black was a man of action. The wrong ones, at first, and then…. Of course, he’d been murdered by Voldemort. But for doing the right thing.
Thinking back further into honoured Slytherin dead, Draco soberly contemplated the possibility of modeling himself after his father’s father.
Draco’s Grandfather Abraxas had been a man of action, as well. His track record, though, was perhaps a bit more checkered than even that of Regulus. He’d reportedly managed to help depose a Minister solely for being Muggle-born. But he had also been a respected Potions Master and scholar. And Draco knew that designation was definitely true. The other thing was an old rumour.
Could his grandfather be a good role model? Maybe he should speak to his Grandfather Abraxas’ portrait.
Continued: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/222421.html#cutid1
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Date: 2018-06-29 08:14 am (UTC)Now I wonder what Abraxas has to say.
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Date: 2018-06-29 03:44 pm (UTC)Honestly? So do I! These arise so spontaneously, I really have so little idea where it is going. :)