Manor
Harry felt surprisingly unhesitant as he walked through the large double doors to the Manor proper. He supposed that facing his boyfriend's family on their own turf was far less nerve-wracking when said turf was just their home, and not a battlefield.
He had tried to explain this logic to his friends, when they asked him, but they had just not been able to move past the fact that he was willingly going to visit these people in their own home, after they had tried to kill him on multiple occasions.
That was all in the past now, though, Harry had reminded them - and, occasionally, himself - repeatedly.
He returned the reassuring squeeze Draco gave to his hand as they finally stepped into Lord Malfoy's study. Draco had seemed almost more nervous than Harry himself
"Good evening, Draco, Mister Potter." Lucius stood from his seat to greet them, and gestured graciously for them to sit.
"Good evening." Narcissa greeted him from her own chair, inclining her head gracefully, as Lucius seated himself again.
Draco returned the greetings easily, and Harry bowed slightly - forcing himself to remain calm - before doing the same. "Good evening, Lord Malfoy, Lady Malfoy. Thank you for inviting me into your home."
Harry seated himself, somewhat nervously, in the chair between Draco and Lady Malfoy.
Lucius laced his fingers together and looked at Harry over them. "You are always welcome in my home, Mister Potter. You are my son's chosen. You are Family now."
Harry could swear that he had actually heard the capitalization of the word 'Family' when Lucius said it.
That thought, however, was superseded almost immediately by a euphoric feeling of acceptance, which only grew when Narcissa calmly agreed with her husband's declaration.
Draco looked immensely pleased, Harry noted, though it was a subtle expression.
~Fin~
