"Al," Scorpius said as he stroked the soft dark hair splayed across his chest.
"Hmmm..." Albus said sleepily as he snuggled even closer to Scorpius. He sounded every bit as content as he was.
Scorpius chuckled. "You're like a big teddy bear," he said fondly.
"Can't help it, love," Albus said, as he looked up with a smile on his face. "I like a good cuddle. And I know you do too, though you would never admit it."
Scorpius smiled a bit ruefully. "I'm a Malfoy and a Slytherin. I'm not supposed to like cuddling," he said.
"You're not supposed to go fall in love with a Potter either, but you did. And a Hufflepuff, at that."
Scorpius chuckled again. "You trapped me," he said.
"Yeah right! Because I am the one with all the wiles."
"You don't need wiles, not when you have such a gorgeous arse," Scorpius said.
"Oh! So it's all about my arse is it?"
"Hmmm...not entirely. You do have a charming personality."
"Really?
"Yes. Though I might not have done anything about your gorgeous arse or your charming personality if not for that pest, Mcmillan."
"Josh?" Albus was surprised. "What does he have to do with it?"
Scorpius looked a bit sheepish. "It wasn't until you started going out with him that I realised how I felt about you. I saw you two in Hogsmeade...it must have been your second date. You were in that alley behind Honeydukes and you were kissing. Mcmillan had you pinned against the wall and...all I wanted was to pry him off you, pound him against the wall and break a few of his bones."
"You were jealous..." Albus was very surprised.
"Insanely so."
"Is that why you suddenly started showing up everywhere?"
"Yes. I wanted to show you that you had other, better options. I was hoping you would fall for me and break it off with him, but I didn't reckon with your fierce sense of loyalty. I was about ready to give up, when that dolt went and cheated on you!" Scorpius said indignantly as if the very idea of someone who had Albus, so much as looking at another bloke was unforgivable.
"Well, I'm glad he did. I was just looking for a reason to break up with him. I had been fantasising about you for a several weeks by then," Albus said.
"Really?"
"Yes. Pretty much from that time I accidentally caught you in the shower in the locker room."
"That...may not have been entirely accidental," Scorpius said.
