I found this chapter really hard to write but I hope you like it anyway. I'm probably going to skip the scene in the graveyard because everyone knows how that goes.
Broken Like An Angel
Chapter 33
3rd Person POV
They stayed as they were after the figure was gone, still blissfully unaware, lost in each other's embrace. When they finally parted, reality hit them hard, engulfing them like a tsunami wave.
"I have to go." Harry whispered, regret heavy in his voice.
"No, you don't. Stay here with me." The blond boy pleaded.
"I can't. I have to complete the last task of the tournament."
"Please don't go Harry!"
"Draco..." Harry muttered, his heart torn agonisingly in two directions.
"Please Harry! Please don't go!" Draco begged, tears stinging his eyes. "It's a trap, I know it is. I don't know what will happen but it's too dangerous!"
"Draco, I have to. If it is some kind of set up, I can't just leave someone else to get put in danger instead."
Draco let out a bitter laugh mixed with a sob. "Stop being a hero. Stop being the damn chosen one and be my boyfriend! Please Harry! I can't lose you! I just got you back! I've had a glimpse at what it's like to be without you for a few days and I can't do it permanently. I know it's selfish of me but leave them and stay with me!" The boy's tears spilled over and rolled down his cheeks.
Harry put his arms around the other boy and pulled him close, resting the head of blond hair on his shoulder. "You know I can't do that. I've faced Voldemort before," Draco flinched at the name and shivered slightly, "and I will come back like I have done before. You will never lose me. I'll always come back to you." He placed a gentle kiss to his platinum hair and moved back slightly but the boy held on.
"Please Harry! I need you!" The Slytherin sobbed, his breathing shallow and rasping. "I wouldn't be alive without you."
Harry held him close, the blond head on his shoulder, salty tears seeping into his robe. "Draco, I'm not leaving you forever. I'll be back with you soon but you know I can't let another student be put in danger for me. Call me a Gryffindor but I just can't do that." Harry himself began to well up and swallowed hard to keep the tears at bay.
"It's a trap Harry. Please don't ask me how but I know it is. I don't know what will happen exactly but you could die! I'm not going to let you walk to your death and leave me here alone again!"
"Please don't do this. It's going to be impossible to leave you already. Please don't make this harder. I promise you, I will not die. I will come back and I will be with you again. You won't be alone."
With no warning, Draco kissed him hard. Harry's surprise wore off quickly and his lips responded, trying to convey all of the love he felt for the boy but always falling short. They kissed passionately for what seemed like forever yet when the blond pulled back it still wasn't long enough.
Draco moved a little away, out of Harry's arms and, fighting back tears, closed his eyes. He took deep breaths, desperately trying to gather his composure for what he knew he had to do. When he opened them again, Harry could only just tell he was quelling a flood behind those silvery eyes that wouldn't quite meet his own emerald ones. If he hadn't known the Slytherin as well as he did, it would have been impossible to tell.
"You had better come back Harry. Don't you dare die on me." Harry was sure his face was the picture of surprise. "Go." Draco's gaze faltered as he uttered the word but he held his composure with all the determination he possessed.
"I love you Draco." Harry whispered as he turned, not waiting for a reply. There would be none, the words too difficult to speak past the lump in the blond's throat. He watched the Gryffindor walk away for as long as he could bear before he too turned away, gaze fixed on the ground, allowing himself to cry silently. Tears trailed down his cheeks leaving a chill in its wake and dripping onto the dirt beneath his feet but not a sound escaped the boy.
Broken Like An Angel