He felt the pinch of the needle as it pierced his skin, felt the euphoria begin to take over. He sighed in contentment, felt himself begin to drift as hands roamed over his body—touching, groping, taking what wasn't rightfully theirs—
Draco woke with a start. Where was he? What was happening? He looked around franticly, his heart pounding in his chest. He calmed as his memory came back to him. He was at home, in his own flat. He was safe. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. It had only been a dream, a flashback from his troubled past. Those days were behind him now, even if they came back to haunt his new life.
He'd left the heroin behind him eight years previously, along with his promiscuous tendencies. He'd traded them in for an honest living, and here he was now—living in a little two-bedroom flat in London, trying his best to avoid the ghosts of his past mistakes. He heard a little voice crying out in the dark. He stood and slipped out of his room. He crossed the hall and stepped into the little blue and green bedroom. Draco sat down on the edge of the little twin bed, brushing blonde hair back from frightened silver-blue eyes.
"What's the matter, love?" Draco asked, his voice soft.
"I had a bad dream," the little boy whispered, his hands trembling on the blankets he held up at his chin. Draco frowned and pulled his son into a hug.
"Me too, Scor. You wanna sleep with me?" Six-year-old Scorpius Malfoy nodded, his little hands clinging to Draco's t-shirt. The older blonde smiled and nodded, scooping the boy into his arms and carrying him into his own bedroom. The two of them climbed into bed, and Draco wrapped an arm protectively around his son's little body. "Sleep tight, Scorpius," he whispered, kissing the boy's forehead. His little eyes were already closing, heavy with sleep. Draco smiled and pulled his now sleeping son close, stroking soft hair back from the boy's forehead. "Good night, son. I love you."
Author Note
Just a little look into what I think Draco's life with Scorpius may be like. It's a little side fic from FredBuck91's new story "The Summoning". Just something rather cutesy and fluffy. I hadn't done that in a while. : )