This is my first Fic I've ever wrote so please go easy on me and let me know how I did.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of it's characters, JK Rowling does. I also don't own Forever and Always, Parachute does.
Enjoy!
A/N: I'm changing this story slightly because having the lyrics in it isn't allowed on this site. I'm taking the lyrics out but the story is still based on the song.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Forever and Always
It had been five years since the Final battle and the Boy-Who-Lived, now known as the Man-Who-Defeated-the-Dark Lord, was sitting in the parlor of 12 Grimmauld Place waiting for his fiancé to arrive. They had made plans to go out to dinner with Ron and Hermione but Draco was running late. Harry was beginning to get worried as the ex-Slytherin prided himself on always being punctual. He always said, "Malfoys' are never late." 'Well if you're never late, where the bloody hell are you?'
Harry began to pace as the minutes continued to pass by. After a quick Tempus he saw that his blonde Snake was over forty-five minutes late. He began to panic, so the ex-Gryffindor Floo-ed Malfoy manor to check if Draco had stopped by there and lost track of time. He was disappointed though when Narcissa answered his call and told him that she hadn't heard from or seen her son all day. Harry was quick to reassure her when she asked if something was wrong.
Just as Harry was about to Apparate to Draco's flat after ending his Floo call with Narcissa, his Floo chimed to alert him that someone was trying to call him. He got back on his knees and answered the call.
"Mr. Potter you need to come through right now. There's been an accident."
Harry's mind immediately went to the last Christmas he spent with his lover. It was snowing outside and he was curled up in front of the fire with strong arms cradling him against a broad, warm chest. He couldn't think of any better way to spend Christmas then with the man whose arms he was being held in. Sadly, he had to get up to use the restroom and when he came back, he found the ex-Slytherin on his knee before the fire.
"Draco?" Harry's voice faltered slightly as he slowly approached his boyfriend of four years. "Wh- what are you doing?"
Draco held out a small black, opened box towards his love. His hands were trembling almost unnoticeably, but Harry noticed. He was perhaps the only one who could always read the blonde no matter how hard he tried to hide behind his Slytherin mask. "Harry... I-" He had to clear his throat before he could continue. "I want you forever, forever and always. Through the good. And the bad. And we know there will be the ugly. We'll grow old together, forever and always. Marry me?"
Harry felt tears rolling down his cheeks as Draco gave his little speech and after he asked the ex-Gryffindor to marry him, Harry tackled his now fiancé and kept saying "Yes, yes, yes!" over and over again. Draco broke out into a huge grin as he slipped the Malfoy engagement ring onto his love's finger and held him close, never wanting to let him go.
Once Harry had made it to the front desk of St. Mungos he asked the Medi-Witch on duty what room Draco Malfoy was in. He knew something was horribly wrong when the Medi-Witch looked at him with a pained stricken pitying face as she told him to follow her. He felt like he was being lead down a never ending maze of hallways as the woman told him what happened.
Apparently Ginny Weasely had snapped and attacked Draco as he was walking around Diagon Alley with Theodore Nott and Blaise Zabini. Harry didn't catch anything else the woman said as he tried to keep a straight face when he walked into the room. He went straight to his lover's bedside and held his hand tightly. He knew he sounded borderline hysterical when he began to tell the blonde about his check-up with Poppy and how their baby was healthy and growing perfectly. He then began to talk about how they should finally decide where they wanted to live. Grimmauld Place was not a good place to raise a baby but he didn't want to live at Malfoy Manor with all the bad memories the two of them had there. Maybe they should just buy a new house. Draco just smiled gently as his Lion continued to babble about the good life they would have together and about the home where they would stay forever and always. Through the good and the bad and the ugly, as his fiancé had promised him when he proposed. They would grow old together and always remember that whether rich or for poor or for better that they would still love each other forever and always.
Harry then got an idea. He called for the Medi-Witch to fetch a Minister from the Ministry of Magic's department for Marriages and Bondings. He then sent off his Patronus to tell Ron and Hermione to come to St. Mungos. He then sent one off to Lucius and Narcissa, telling them to come as well and to bring the Malfoy bonding rings with them. Less than ten minutes later everyone was in Draco's room as the Minister walked in. With a solemn face he began the ceremony. Lucius held his wife tightly as they stood beside their son's bedside. He kept the sadness and pain he was feeling hidden behind a mask as Narcissa allowed her tears to fall freely. The elder Malfoy noticed that Granger was crying as well from beside her own fiancé and best friend.
When it came time for the vows, Harry scooted closer to Draco on the white hospital bed and looked into his beautiful grey-blue eyes and said, "I- I want you forever and always. Through the good and the bad. And definitely the ugly." Draco gave a slight, breathless chuckle. "We'll grow old together. We'll always remember whether happy or sad or whatever, we'll still love each other. Forever and always."
Harry placed the Bonding ring that Ron handed him onto Draco's finger. He tried to ignore the tears in his eyes as Draco, with what little strength he had, put the bonding ring his father handed to him onto his beautiful Lion's slim finger.
Draco's heart beat was getting slower and slower. His voice was almost too low as he held Harry's gaze, when he said, "I'll... love you forever... Forever and always... Please just remember," he had to pause here in order to catch his breath so that he could continue, "even if I'm not there, that I'll always love you... Forever and always."
A/N: I'm thinking about continuing this but I'm not sure how to go about it. Harry will be a widow with his and Draco's child (don't know if it should be a boy or girl). I don't know who to pair Harry up with (I don't want to leave him all alone) so suggestions are welcome! Please review and let me know if you think I should continue this story or leave it as completed. Your opinions and ideas would be very helpful and appreciated!