The New Intern by HPFangirl71
Part 1: Harry's Secret Attraction
"Who's the blonde in talking to Shacklebolt?" Harry asked Hermione and Ron as they passed Kingsley's office.
"He's one of the new Interns." Hermione answered him.
"That there mate is the devil spawn of Draco Malfoy himself! Named after a spider or something… he's probably just as creepy too!" Ron informed Harry with an air of dramatic flair ringing in his words.
Hermione glared a warning at her husband and he shrugged a half-hearted apology back at her. Harry left the two standing in the hallway on the verge of another marital quarrel. Quietly, he entered his own office, but not before sneaking another curious glance back at the handsome young blonde man standing in the minister's office.
Time flew by quickly as Harry threw himself into the backed up paperwork piled on his desk. This was what he hated most about being head of the Auror department. Bogged down by the mounds of mundane forms, the Ministry forced him to fill out. Busy, as Harry's morning was he hadn't given Draco's son another thought. It wasn't until almost lunchtime that he even thought of the man and that was only because of the knock on his office door.
"Come in." Harry replied without looking up from the accident report he was poring over.
He heard someone take the seat in front of his desk without saying a word. Harry broke the silence without lifting his head.
"Can I help you?" Harry asked briefly before returning his attention to his report.
"I'm done with my morning training session. They sent me up here to see if I could help you sir. They said you were behind in paperwork." the voice replying was so low and soft that Harry barely heard all of what the young man said.
He lifted his head to see the blonde boy of this morning sitting directly across from him. He saw him glance at the large stack of papers piled high upon his desk and Harry smiled wanly at him.
"As you can see they were right." Harry said with a soft chuckle.
He put his hand out to the boy and met his firm but gracious handshake. A smile crossed the boy's face as he introduced himself to Harry. He gave his name as Scorpius Malfoy and Harry vaguely recalled Albus speaking of the boy once or twice over the years. He was amazed at the uncanny resemblance the young man bore to his father. His blonde hair was the same white color but with a more silvery sheen, his eyes the same torrid grey but his seemed slightly lighter in shade than Draco's, but he had the same pointed features that were dominant in the Malfoy family.
"So you're Draco's boy?" Harry asked him.
Scorpius gave a shy smile before answering.
"That's right, you and my dad knew each other in school didn't you?" he asked shyly.
"That's an understatement." Harry said with a nervous chuckle.
"Its okay sir, I know the history."
"Yes well things changed with the war, so please don't hold anything you've heard against me." he said with another embarrassing chuckle.
Harry set Scorpius up proofreading the rest of the accident reports while he dealt with some of the actual case files. The process was slow and tedious, yet the rest of the morning passed by rather quickly. Scorpius seemed to be a hard worker with an extremely efficient work ethic that truly impressed Harry.
Harry had long ago decided he preferred blokes in his bed, which had resulted in him and Ginny divorcing. For some reason he now found himself physically attracted to the man in his office, resulting in his presence being quite the distraction. The boy was rather lovely to look at and Harry couldn't help looking over at the young man periodically as they worked. He felt a bit of shameful guilt at himself as he thought of his own son Albus who was precisely the same age as Scorpius. The mere thought of that made him feel slightly ill at ease.
They two worked through lunch, ordering a meal from the vending wizard downstairs. Harry and Scorpius talked amicably while eating, finding out they had much in common. They were both huge fans of the Falmouth Falcons and they were both fond of hunter's stew, which they'd both ordered at lunch. In addition, Scorpius had played seeker for his house at Hogwarts, which Harry was surprised to find had been Ravenclaw and not Slytherin. Harry found his attraction to the boy growing with each passing hour and it was hard to remain focused on business.
Hermione and Ron showed up at his office door at the workday's end and he found himself sorry to say goodbye to Scorpius. Harry watched him exit the office, his pert arse wiggling ever so gently as he walked away. He looked up to see Hermione eyeing him suspiciously and he felt a pink blush creep across his face…