Harry jerked away in panic. "No. No. Please no. Please no."
Lucius stopped and looked at the little kitten who had his eyes closed and was shaking badly. He had been expecting some fear from kitten but he had known this was coming. Kitten had signed a two year contract with him and had known it would involve sex with Lucius; Lucius was not paying all this money for an alarm clock and travel companion after all. But he was reminded kitten had come to him the night he had been brutally raped, and had been so desperate for some where safe he had agreed to almost anything to get away from what he had run from. He had sworn to his little one he would give him some time to grow accustomed to him and had thought that he had given plenty of time for he was usually not this generous.
He eased Harry back down and reminded himself this boy was not even two months younger then his own son. He may have been eighteen but he was still quite innocent and he kept thinking of Draco if he was this cared and shaking. He would not give Harry up, he had a contract with the boy and Harry would be expected to fulfill the contract he had signed but perhaps Lucius needed to be a bit more patient. He reminded himself Harry may have been a former lion, really as a scared kitten.
Lucius called for one of his house elves and summoned a bottle of sleeping potion from his cupboards. He knew he and kitten would need to discus this more but little one lay there trembling and shaking so bad and he hated to see him like that.
Harry started coming around when he placed the bottle to his lips. "No."
Lucius lightly brushed some hair from the little one's eyes. "Just something to help you sleep kitten. We will talk in the morning. Take this for me please."
Reluctantly Harry opened his mouth and Lucius coaxed him into drinking the potion though he felt like he did when Draco was a child and refused to take one. He watched as Harry drifted off to sleep, not surprised that it had not taken very long for the potion to knock Harry out. Harry was so exhausted and scared, and he had barely eaten at dinner for he had been so nervous about coming to bed, the potion would have gone straight to him. Lucius cast a spell to cleanse Harry and put some boxers on him. Though for a moment he thought to move Harry to his own bed he stopped. Harry had to get used to the idea of being with him and he thought that sharing a bed with kitten would likely have been a good start before now, so he tucked him into bed instead.
Lucius was disappointed but he reminded himself he had not wanted to hurt Harry and that meant emotionally as well as physically. If he had forced Harry into sex when he was in such a panic mode, he would have been no better then the apothecary who had raped him. The contract did not give him the right to rape Harry and he knew if he had ever a chance to convince Harry he liked being there in bed with him, he had to stop as he had.
He slept through the night but he was woken in the morning by the shifting body next to him in bed and sat up as Harry was slowly starting to come around next to him. It took Harry a bit longer then him of course since Harry had been medicated.
Harry seemed confused. "It's morning? I......"
Lucius bent down and kissed him. "I gave you a sleeping potion lion. I am going to call for breakfast and the two of us will talk."
Harry looked even more confused and scared as he sat up against the pillows Lucius propped up with a spell. It was his place to wake Lucius and have breakfast sent for but he knew Harry was not confused about that. He could see memories of what had happened the night before came flooding back to Harry and when breakfast had arrived Harry was shaking a bit again and he assume harry was scared he would be angry that Harry had not gone through with his promise.
Harry refused the food. "I am sorry Lucius. I will make it up to you, I'm sorry. I agreed to have sex with you and.....Please don't send me back there."
Lucius quieted him. "You have not broken your contract little one and even if you had, I would never send you back to that monster. You're never going back."
He was not sure why Harry refused to live at Grimmauld; he would not have to worry about rent then. He assumed it had something to do with the death of his godfather. And he knew if Harry had been too ashamed to tell his dad about the lack of work before, it would be worse now. He knew from Severus, Remus knew full well his son could find little work, why he was constantly worried about his son and how he was paying his rent. Harry would not have any idea how to tell his dad that he had been fired from his work with Lucius especially if his dad asked why.
Harry moved to remove the sheets. "I will if you want me this morning or.......I was just spooked. I promise I will do better for you. I should never have refused."
Lucius stopped him. "You will be keeping your word but we will ease into this properly. From now on you sleep in here with me and we will take it slow."
Though Harry still looked a bit of a mix of scared and guilty Lucius convinced him to have some breakfast. He assured Harry he could be patient with him but he thought by the time they came back from China they would be well past this point. Though he was still anxious to sink into Harry and in the mood Harry was in he would have likely given Lucius oral because of his fit last night, but Lucius shook away the thought. The apothecary had made Harry give him oral to pay his rent. He was trying his best to not be associated with the man and he would have been no better. He was not some horny teenager; he could survive a few days.
Lucius directed Harry to his rooms as they finished. "Go shower kitten. Tonight after dinner we will take this a bit slower. I didn't mean to scare you so bad."