Title: Must Love Dogs
Pairing: Sirius Black x Lucius Malfoy
Characters: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, James Potter, Remus Lupin
Rated: T
Warnings: SLASH M/M, some implied voyeurism and wishful thinking
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Summary: AU FIC! LUCIUS IS THE SAME AGE AS EVERYONE ELSE. Lucius finds a stray black dog- or what he assumes is a stray- on the Hogwarts grounds one day.
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Author's notes: This story is completed! I will be uploading chapters at will. It was started July 24, 2011- I forgot about it- and came back to clean it up. Enjoy!
(*) Chapter 1 (*)
Sirius lowered his head to lap at the water in the river, his tail wagging a little. Peter, Remus, and James had since gone back to the castle but he wanted to stay just a bit more to enjoy the night air. He heard the crack of a twig and stopped dead where he stood. He lifted his head up, sniffing what smelt like a familiar blend spices and cologne. Malfoy. He let a growl rumble past his lips as he whipped around looking for the Slytherin who dared intrude on his perfect night.
Lucius walked through the underbrush to take a seat on the over grown roots of a Cyprus tree, brushing his pale blonde hair over his shoulder. He folded his hands neatly in his lap as he watched the river bugs slowly landing on the water's surface. His half lidded eyes indicated deep thought, making Sirius wonder if he could make a run for it without him noticing. No such luck however as Lucius turned his head to the side catching Sirius standing rigidly on the river bank.
He wavered slightly- hoping that Malfoy disliked dogs enough to ignore him. Again, no such luck. Lucius slid his legs off the roots approaching him slowly. "Here dog- come here."
Sirius backed off, barring his teeth and growling. He should have known better to stick around rather than going back to the castle with his friends. He barked and growled but it didn't seem to help him any.
"Oh knock it off. You won't bite me. Now come here." He patted his leg and held out his hand. Sirius wavered slightly- torn between biting the out stretched hand, or running back to the castle… but half of him wanted to see what Malfoy had in mind. He lowered his tail between his legs and slowly approached him, ready to make a run for it if Lucius reached for the silver hilt of his wand. But instead, he scratched behind Sirius's floppy black ears. "That's a good boy! See? I knew you wouldn't bite me."
Sirius's tail slowly began to wag his tail slowly- damn the sensitive parts behind his ears! Lucius kept petting him, rubbing down his neck, down his back- and he wagged his tail harder. Before he could stop himself, he rolled on to his belly- where Lucius began to rub his stomach.
"You are such an ugly, mange riddled dog- but you do have an odd charm about you."
Sirius stopped writhing around in delight, and barked up at Lucius- taking offense to that statement.
"It is not my fault you don't take care of yourself! You need a bath- you're filthy from rolling around in the dirt!"Lucius stood up, dusting the dirt from his pants from kneeling on the bank. "Come along, I've decided to keep you as the Slytherin mascot. I will clean you up- you'll be looking like a dog with a pedigree in no time."
Sirius skittered to his feet, dancing nervously on his paws. He couldn't be taken to the Slytherin dungeons- not when he needed to be back in the tower. James and the others would get worried if he were gone all night long- well, if they didn't assume he was with some witch. He needed some way to get out of here and fast. If Malfoy hated dirt, then he would just have to get him dirty enough to be disgusted in order to make his break for it. He started to shake out his coat, flinging mud, dirt, and the river water from his earlier frolicking all over his fellow student.
"Awp!" Lucius threw up his arms to block his face. However it was too late for the rest of him. Once he heard the dog stop, he brought down his arms in time to see the beast making a run for it. "Oh no you don't." He muttered and removed his wand from his robe pocket. "Petrificus totalus!"
Sirius stopped dead in his tracks, falling over to the ground. He cursed himself inwardly for thinking that Malfoy would be beyond attacking a hapless animal. He heard the crunch of footfalls on crisp grass and saw the shadow of the blonde teen standing over him. His body was being levitated off the ground as Lucius walked him back. "Oh honestly. It's just a bath. It's not the end of the world."
-TBC