Slithering, a sequel. Part 62

[twisted_miracle]

Title: Slithering, a sequel - 62
Author: twisted_miracle
Team: death eaters
Word count: 100x2
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Rating: Rated PG today, NC-17 overall
Challenge: fight
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!

Author's second note: Gosh, this has been really hard lately! but I finally got somewhere with the weekly prompt. Sorry for the hiatus, it wasn't intentional!

Author's third note: check out my other current Drarry WIP. This one, much longer and posting a lot more frequently! https://archiveofourown.org/works/18137282/chapters/42884879#workskin

Summary: Talking isn't always seamless and easy, but Aunt Andromeda makes a fantastic buffer.

Author's 2nd 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 61: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/273080.html#cutid1



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Harry was gearing up for a fight; Draco winding up right along with him, when Andromeda swept in, effortlessly redirecting everyone’s attention. Draco noticed immediately — if his aunt had cried — there was no visible evidence. She’d been gone ages, though, so he thought she must have.

“Harry dear, you’re here. Lovely.”

She smiled warmly at all three of them. Draco watched Harry resettle Teddy. Teddy dropped his rabbit and put his head on Harry’s shoulder.

“I made tea, and we have nibbles. Follow me into the kitchen please, all of you.”

Draco grabbed the stuffed rabbit yet again, and followed.

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Draco worried he and Harry would fight, either after they left the house or — far worse — in front of Aunt Andromeda. But he wasn’t the only one working to keep the peace. He and Harry, he realized as took another fig, must have been sparring audibly. He breathed deeply and tried not to blush.

They all kept the conversation pretty light for a while: the weather, the baby, the most pleasant of recent newspaper headlines.

Draco felt himself relaxing, comforted. They were going to have a serious conversation, he knew they were; but it was good to do this, first.

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Continued: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/277942.html#cutid1

Comments

[enchanted_jae]

Calm down and then hash it out without fighting. *nods*

[twisted_miracle]

Yeah! That's Andi's plan, and Draco's increasingly grateful.

[lyonessheart]

well - Andy means well, but the boys have a lot to overcome. And I wonder if Draco is ready to make his own choices even if Harry might not like the choice?

[twisted_miracle]

Good questions! Thanks for reading. I honestly have no idea where this one is going to end up, but... these two are a big ole mess, ain't they?

[lyonessheart]

yeah, they both have been destroyed by the years before. I honestly think they both need therapy before there can be a healthy relationship between them. Maybe Draco decides to leave England because he needs to figure out who HE is without Narcissa trying to marry him off to Harry because that would be advantageous.

In my eyes, she is not any better than Lucius was in that regard. It is only about prestige, not about healing her hurt child. If she wants that, she needs to let him go.

And Harry, well I think he would be better of somewhere where they don't know him. Who knows where life leads these boys.

I love this verse, I love that it is not just about a happy ending, although of course I hope that with time these two can find happiness in each other. But right now they are way too young and to hurt, for that.