Speak to me in Parseltongue

And you lace your fingers with mine as we hold hands. How momentary, how fleeting. Why can't I hold you like this at day time, when everybody can see? Does it repulse you so much? Don't be stupid, you say. Father would flip if he knew, you say. But half of the school knows, perhaps even more. It's just rumors, you say. Rumors will go away at the lack of evidence. Somehow I find that hard to believe.

When we attend the Yule Ball, I'm supposed to take Pansy Parkinson…something about us having the same hair color, she says. We look alike, we 'match', she says. She's got a crush on me, you say.

I don't want to pretend Draco. I don't want to see you dancing with Daphne Greengrass. I want you to dance with me.

That's too public, you say. So, holding hands, whispering in class, hiding in unused rooms and closets is okay, but dancing is too out there.

You hiss in my ear, and tell me to forget. Forget, forget…and claim you here and now. Who cares about some dumb ball?

Well, I do, actually.

"It's not important, none of it is. Most of them will die quite soon anyway."

I push you away, this is not happening. I'm not doing it, I'm against it, every fibre of my being.

Then why does it matter, I say. Why do we have to keep this secret, if most of them will die anyway? Why can't I parade you like my lover, like my prize, for all the world to see?

It will endanger our plans, you say.

Piss on our plans.

And then you stare at me with this broken down, vulnerable gaze. Makes me want to hold you, touch you, love you… And when I do, I realize that you are pulling the strings here, you have been all along. That whatever happens next month, I'm going through with our plans, for better or worse. Not because I love you, not because I fear you, God no, …but because you make me feel so strong. And you know it.

"Harry?"

Yes?

"Speak to me in Parseltongue."

A/N: The End.

Thank you for reading. Before leaving I'd like to say that this ficlet was inspired by Anna Fugazzi's Harry/Draco fanfic "Bond" here on ff.

www . fanfiction s/2493456/1/Bond

(without the spaces) If you've got the time, give it a chance. Myself I think Bond is fantastic, it reads like a real published novel AND has a decent plot AND Harry/Draco goodness.