dracoharry100 | Harry Potter, Wardsmith. Part 70

Title: Harry Potter, Wardsmith. Part 70
Author: twisted_miracle
Team: Death Eaters
Word count: 100x3
Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco
Challenge: crumble
Rating for this series: Rated NC-17
Rating for this post: Rated PG
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: Narcissa explains a bit more, and Draco reacts unexpectedly.

Part 1: http://dracoharry100.livejournal.com/1154283.html
Part 69: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/285255.html#cutid1

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“One of the worst things about choosing to marry your father,” Mother said quietly, “or so I thought at sixteen, when his parents sat me down with my father to explain the requirements involved in accepting Lucius’ proposal, was Malfoy men only want one child. One son. My sisters had meant everything to me, but now I knew: I would have one son. One grandson. Were I lucky to live that long, one great-grandson. And that was all I would be able to hope for.”

Draco wanted to wail. He’d spent his childhood longing for a little brother or sister.

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When he was tiny, he’d have loved to order a sibling about. Not an ideal reason, but it was what he’d wanted at five, and now he could own that and laugh.

Later he’d longed for someone to talk with freely about his parents.

It was only when Voldemort moved into his home that Draco was grateful to be an only child, if this was how his parents treated their heir. Nonetheless, at the same time, on those nights when his whole world was crumbling, Draco would have given nearly anything for a co-conspirator he could trust with his life.

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And now, after a lifetime of frustrated longing, he’d learned Mother wanted the same thing.

“Fucking Lucius,” Draco mumbled. Mother and Harry both turned to him; surprised. “I too, wanted a Manor-full,” he explained. “But Father, and our stupid Malfoy traditions, wouldn’t allow it.”

“What of... adoption?” Mother said, sounding uncertain. “Speaking of changing traditions?”

“I cannot imagine the Ministry allowing me to adopt,” he said. “But I have considered it. I am surprised you suggest it, though. A grandchild… not of your blood?”

“A blood grandchild is a hard thing to give up, but this is not my choice.”

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Continued: https://dracoharry100.dreamwidth.org/288334.html#cutid1