Harry winced as he rummaged through the freezer. He had had quite a time at work with Ron. They had finally cornered their last suspect after an hours-long chase through both Wizarding and Muggle London, but when they disarmed him, he managed to sneak in a punch or two before he went down.
The healers had taken care of his injuries at St. Mungo's (by far the easiest he'd gotten off with in a while), but some things went better without magic. Some peas would have been helpful for the residual soreness and swelling, but as timing would have it, he and Draco had peas for dinner last night.
Pawing through the rest of the foodstuffs, Harry gave a small cheer as he happened across something almost as good as the peas. He made his way to one of the kitchen chairs and eased into it. His eye welcomed the cold. Now he just had to make sure he had the steak back in the freezer before -
"Harry! Why is tomorrow's dinner on your face!?"
Before Draco came home. Harry groaned and looked out of his good eye to see Draco quickly closing the space between them. "Because we already ate yesterday's? You know charms don't do this part quite right."
Draco sighed. "Yes, but must you use the food? Isn't the point of an icebox to have ice, perhaps for occasions such as this?"
"Well, yes," Harry conceded. "But ice isn't nearly as face-friendly. All those big cubes. Too hard."
Draco arched an eyebrow. "You do realize we can make smaller cubes? That little wooden stick you have is good for more than a few things. I do believe we even went to school to learn some of them."
"I'll make you a deal. I get to use the steaks as long as I label mine," Harry proposed.
That idea got Harry two eyebrows. "Unless you'd like to use a branding iron, I don't see the label staying on when we want to eat them. Why do you keep contaminating our edibles?"
Harry grinned, feeling only a bit guilty. "'Contaminating our edibles'. Maybe because I like having you fuss over me?"
Draco softened a bit at that. But only a bit. It took him five seconds to reach for his wand instead of the usual two.
Harry ducked. "Wait! Draco, if you hex me, I'll have to use the other steak!"