AN-Yes, another idea floating in my head. Its AU, so it will vary from cannon. I have no beta and am in nursing school so there may be errors in grammar my apologies in advance. Reviews are love!
Having a meeting in Draco Malfoys office was not the way Harry intended to spend his Friday afternoon, yet that's exactly where he was headed. Apparently Kingsley found it necessary for the head of the aurors, the head of the department of magical law enforcement and the head of magical law to have weekly meetings. He was certain that this was how migraines started. Taking a deep breath he steps off of the elevator and into the empty reception area for dmle.
This was the problem with after hour's meetings, they were after hours and all the smart people were gone. It wasn't like there was anywhere else for him to be. His fiancée was in Ireland for training camp and his best friend was at his sons peewee quiddich match. He officially had no life. He breathed a sigh of relief as the elevator door opened. The faster the meeting started the faster he could leave.
"Mum he is a so stupid! Like nerfherder stupid!" Yells a little voice emerging from the elevator. The child dressed in a full Quiddich uniform is yelling into a phone her freehand carrying a broom. "He couldn't hit a bludger at me so he throws his beater bat at my head! Mummm it was my first game here, I couldn't show weakness! FINE" The child is ignoring his presence as she stomps over to one of the benches, tosses down her backpack and flops down dramatically.
Harry couldn't help but smile. She couldn't have been more than seven but her temper was clearly evident. That temper brought make memories that made him smile, so of course he had to poke it. "Not nerfherder stupid!"
"Nerfherder is too good for this goon! My training broom was better than the trash he showed up with!" She throws her hands in the air dramatically forcing her to stop and adjust her glasses. She was a cute little thing, twin braids down each side of her head with the curls threatening to escape, a smattering of freckles and bright green eyes that stopped him in his tracks.
"Your papa chose Star Wars for movie night again didn't he?" Draco chuckles standing in his office doorway. He is terrified of the sight in front of him, thankfully he was raised by Lucius and is able to hide his emotions well.
"Yup" she says popping the p sound before running into his open arms. "I missed you Uncle Dragon! You should have seen it, I scored nine goals!"
"And you have a black eye! Your mother is going to have my hide for this. I have some bruise paste in my drawer and we will fix that before your Papa see's you and starts the next wizarding war!" Draco says affectionately kissing the top of the young girls head.
If Harry had not witnessed it he honestly wouldn't believe that Malfoy had this kind of affectionate side. "Uncle Dragon?" Harry questions with a smirk.
"My Goddaughter" He says with clear admiration in his voice "Now c'mon the floo in my office will take you to your Papa's house. Your mum will be there when she's done with work ok?"
"It's movie night, and it's Uncle Bears turn to choose. You're coming to make sure it's not something boring right? Plus tomorrow is our game at the park, an actual game and I can kick his butt again!" Her smile was contagious, but Malfoy seemed to get more on edge.
"Of course princess." He says ushering her further into his office. "Potter, just a few minutes I am going to see her through the floo." With that he shuts the door casts a silencing spell on the office and calls out "12 Grimmauld Place" before helping usher her into the floo. Once she is safe through the floo he grabs his hidden bottle of fire whiskey and takes a quick shot "This isn't going to end well"
Harry paces back and forth in the waiting room stopping only when he hears the lift stop at this floor. Kingsley is having an animated conversation with someone he can't see. His smile is wide as they banter back and forth ignoring everyone else as they make their exit. Draco seems eerily on edge and Harry's entire world explodes dramatically as the witch appears from the lift. Hermione Granger always did know how to take his breath away.
12/31/1997
The wireless is the only noise inside the tent. Random New Year's Eve news comes across alerting them to five minutes until the New Year. He looks over at his best friend, the woman he has loved since the moment he laid eyes on her at 11 on the express. He knew she was going to change the world. She was destined to greatness, and he would allow nothing to stand in her way.
She truly was the most beautiful creature he had every laid eyes on, even wearing one of his old flannels that was much too big. Gathering his courage he stands up and hold out his hand shaking her out of whatever story the book at her engrossed in. "Dance with me Hermione" he whispers. She cautiously looks up at him and gives him a small smile as she takes his offered hand. He pulls her close and he is in heaven. She fits perfectly in his arms. This is exactly where she belonged and he would win this war just to ensure she never left his arms.
The radio starts the countdown as they stop dancing. Their fingers are still intertwined and their eyes haven't left each other's. "5…..4…..3" the wireless continues its countdown and he leans in taking his destiny into his own hands. Both of his hands lightly caress her cheeks as his lips meet hers. "Happy New Year" He whispers as their foreheads touch, his breath taken away as she grasps the back of his neck pulling him closer pressing her own lips to his. He feels her smile into the kiss as she whispers
"Happy New Year my love"
The last of Harry's control slips as they spend this night proving their love.
Present Day
Harry Potter was the last person she expected to see when she got off the lift. Seven years of pain and anxiety bear down on her and it takes everything she has to not fall to pieces right here. It's the sight of her daughters Nimbus X sitting on the sofa that tosses her back to reality. "Sorry for the delay gentleman. Negotiations in France took a bit longer then we had hoped, Oh and Malfoy you should really put your broom somewhere safe. Wouldn't want anyone heartbroken if it disappeared."
At this Harry caught a second wind. Trying to sound as normal and as unaffected as possible he says "Oh it's not his, it's his God Daughters. It's insane the things that change as we age right?" He laughs uncomfortably and leans in hugging her tightly. Her body stiffens as she doesn't return the gesture. Instead, she whispers in his ear
"Please let me go Harry you have no right to pretend anymore."
His breathing stops, he hadn't seen her in seven years. She hadn't spoken to him in seven years. Shouldn't he be the one that's mad and hurt? Sensing this whole meeting is about to go very badly, Draco calls it to order knowing full well that no one's head is really in it.
"How dare you?!" Hermione shrieks at Draco from the kitchen. "You knew he was the head auror and you still led me in there like a lamb to slaughter!"
"You would never have come back! You weren't happy in Washington and you know it! You were settling because you were scared!" Draco yells in response. Sirius watches on from the doorway thankful that Lily had fallen asleep on the couch with Remus during the movie. He was sure that even the silencing charm he put up wouldn't hold up through this one
"He saw her Dray" She says plopping down in a chair with her head in her hands. "They talked. He lost that right! No he refused that right seven years ago! He washed his hands of us and I won't let him hurt her. She's not going to be another Molly Weasley charity case. I will not let this happen! We can move to France and I can apparate to work! She can go to beauxbatons"
Draco and Sirius share a silent look both of them kneeling on either side of her. "We will protect her. He won't know, and even if he does you saved the letter and that's as good as signing away his rights. He isn't even on the birth certificate. You live your life and raise that amazing little spitfire out there. Take her to the train in 4 years and have an amazing life. It's his loss. You're a better woman then he deserves." Sirius hugs her tightly whispering into her hair "I will go back to Azkaban before I let anyone hurt my girls"
