The Secret

Warnings: Rated M, mostly slash, but also has hetero, language. 1997 (7th year at Hogwarts), Voldemort is dead, Mcgonagall is in charge. Doesn't follow the days (might have short or long spaces of days between chapters). If you don't feel comfortable, or feel offended with any of these warnings, don't read.

Shipper: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy

Drama/Romance/Angst

Resumo: 1997. Harry finds Draco in a dark and compromising situation. The two boys are now, not intentionally, linked by a secret. Will this make their hate grow, or bring them together?

Prologue

Diagon Alley, April 17th, 1997

This was the last day of Easter's week before returning to Hogwarts . Every year , between late March and April , all students returned to their homes or then, stayed at Hogwarts, and in this case, they could frequently visit Hogsmeade .

Harry , Ron and Hermione had decided to go to Diagon Alley and visit Fred and George at their shop . As was usual , Harry had stayed with the Weasleys that week . Hermione had considered going home to see her parents again, but she and Ron were dating and now , apparently , couldn't get away from each other .

Obviously Harry didn't mind , he was happy for them . It took seven years , much jealousy and fights for them to finally get to this . The problem is that now, the only person they saw ahead, was each other . Not that it was all bad , they were in love , maybe he was just being a bit selfish now that he didn't get much attention from either of his two best friends .

Hermione was the most realistic . Ron on the other hand , was in a perfect world , where Hermione was his crystal princess that would break if someone else touched her. He talked about her all the time. On one of those nights, he had even told him, with the most dreamy face Harry had ever seen in him, that in that afternoon, alone in the house, they had lost their virginity together.

Apparently Hermione had a personality for everyone outside, and another one inside the bedroom. Harry couldn't stand to hear much , or for very long. Both were his best friends and therefore, he definitely didn't need to hear all the details . 'Damn mate .. My life just became perfect , ' was the last thing Ron said before falling asleep, that night. The next day, even Hermione had a different glow on her face.

At that moment , Ron was speaking almost without breathing . He was confused and excited at the same time , he was studying for Auror but felt he had a desire to be a Quidditch player . Hermione smiled at her boyfriend . Harry just wasn't very interested in talking , so he didn't pay much attention. The boy looked around . Further ahead , he saw a blond boy, walking by the Quidditch shop. It was Malfoy , and next to him was Blaise Zabini .

He was, as was now customary since a few months ago, with a warm sweater and jeans , since it was cold . The suit that he used regularly hadn't been seen in a while . His hands were in his pockets , and his eyes fixed on the floor as he walked. Blaise was the most enthusiastic of the two .

After a few more steps , and obviously purposefuly, Blaise walked through the middle of Ron and Hermione , who were holding hands . Draco passed right by Harry's left side .

- Watch where you go, weasel . - Blaise said, with a superior tone of voice.

Ron didn't answer , just looked him up and down, and put his arm around his girlfriend's neck, and so the three continued to walk . Both Harry and Hermione turned to look back .

Blaise smiled and winked at Hermione . Draco looked up from the floor and for the first time in many months , looked at Harry . Him, for two seconds , then smiled, without knowing why.