—Draco POV—
I woke up roughly 2 hours later. Harry's head was rested on my chest, but he stared blankly towards the wall. I moved my hand to caress his hair, my mind recapping what had happened.
"Did you just wake up?" I asked him, he shook his head.
"Did you ever fall asleep?" He shook his head once more. I continued caressing his hair, pausing a moment before asking another question.
"Are you feeling a little bit better?" He didn't respond at first, but then he nodded.
"That's good." I said.
"Where's Scorpius? He never came in while you were asleep." He said with a curiosity laced, monotone voice.
"He's next door at a birthday party." I responded.
"That explains the loud music." He said, slightly cuddling into me.
"Yeah. Speaking of which, I should probably go make sure nothing explodes. He's still only seven years old." I said, my mind wandering. I moved to get up and Harry let me. My legs swung over to the side of the bed.
"I have to get dressed." I said under my breath, noting that I had never actually changed clothing earlier. I sighed, trying to push away the remainder of my tiredness.
"We should get dressed and get him just about now." I said to no one in particular, though I knew Harry was the only other person in the room and that he was listening.
"Do I need to go?" He asked
I got up and took my shirt off, changing it for another. "It's only to pick him up, and I'll be right there with you the whole time anyway." I said matter of factly, and with little emotion. "Okay.." I heard him reply warily.
I walked towards him, now dressed. "You don't have to worry about anything. And besides, you're safe here." I told him, looking into his downcast eyes.
"I just haven't really spoken to a stranger in a long time." He said, looking ashamed at his loss of confidence in life.
"Well you must start somewhere right?"
"Yeah. I guess." He said. I gave him a soft hug, accompanied by a quick comforting rub up and down his back.
"I'm here okay? It's not like you're going alone."
—
We were stood in front of the front door of the neighbors house, Harry stood off to the side, close to me. Our hands were intertwined.
"Harry, they're muggles. I don't believe anything will happen." His response was a breath. I gave his hand a reassuring squeeze, and the door swung open.
"Draco! You're joining us!"
"Hi Maria, we're here for Scorpius."
"Oh yes of course come in. Everyone is eating cake at the table. Do you want something, there's rice and chicken, pastelitos..."
"We're fine, thank you though." I said, following her through the house, Harry close behind.
"Ay! Tio pito! Mira es el vecino. El papá del niño con el pelo raro." [Uncle Pito, look, it's our neighbor. He's the father of the child with the unusual hair.] She said to a heavy set mustached man holding a small paper plate with cake. I don't know what she said. But then I heard her speak to me.
"He understands English but he can't speak it, so I'll tell you what he says." I nodded, then made a look at Harry. A look saying 'I wish either of us knew a spell to help translate things'.
We were standing in front of the man, and Maria introduced us.
"Tio Pito, this is Draco, and this is... Harry. Yes." Then she turned to Harry.
"It is Harry, right?" She asked. Harry nodded before, quite opposite to his recent outward display of shyness, quickly hid it, but I felt him squeeze my hand tighter when he spoke.
"Hello. I'm Harry. Harry Potter. It's nice to meet you." He said, shaking the mans hand, then it was my turn.
"I'm Draco Malfoy. Scorpius's father." I said, also shaking his hand.
"Hola." [Hello.] He said towards us, before turning to Maria. "Tu no dijiste que tus vecinos eran pajaritos." [You never mentioned that the neighbors were gays.] The man said while glancing towards Harry's and my hand. I suddenly became aware of what we were doing, and we let go.
"Tío! No! La mujer del rubio se falleció tío." [No, Uncle! The Blond's wife passed away.]
"Oh... Bueno, bienvenidos a la casa." [Oh... well, welcome to the house.]
"María what's going on?" I said in a rushed whisper.
"He says hi, that's all. And he says welcome. The rest is just stupid family stuff." She said with the wave of her hand. "Don't worry."
Suddenly I felt less comfortable around Maria and her family. I don't know what he said but I could make a guess it had to to with Harry and I holding hands.
I continued walking with Harry right behind me, we were being casually greeted by several people as we did, until I found Scorpius, laughing, smiling, and eating cake.
"Hi Scorpius! How is everything?" I said, kneeling to his height. He turned to me. His face was red and his hair was messily pulled back by dry sweat. He looked like he'd just finished a summer quidditch match.
"Dada! Hi Harry! Dada everything was so much fun! We played outside the whole time and we played games like tag and-" he took a breath. I could feel the excitement radiating off of him.
"That's amazing Scorpius." I said with a smile. "I'm glad you had a good time." Soon enough there were kids standing up and going back outside to keep playing after the cake.
Just then I was tapped on the shoulder by Maria.
"Would the two of you like a beer?" She said kindly. Harry responded before me.
"Oh I can't. I don't drink." I looked at him in surprise.
"Not even one? I'll share with you if the problem is finishing a beer-"
"No no that's, that's not the problem at all I just, don't drink, anymore." my brain clicked and I realized what he was saying. He's sober.
"Oh. Well okay... do you mind if I have one?"
"No not at all please go ahead." He said immediately. I eyed him. "I promise it's perfectly fine." He said with a nod. I raised my eyebrow. "Get Draco a beer please." He said to Maria. She nodded and went over to an ice chest.
"You're off drinking? Aren't you like, 28?"
"Yes we're more or less the same age aren't we."
"Well, exactly. You're young."
"I'll tell you later." He said, glancing towards Maria who was headed back towards us with an open bottle of beer labeled 'Corona'.
I took the bottle and thanked her, then took a sip.
—
It's currently midnight and I'm sat at a square table with Harry to my left, Maria in front of me, and another woman to my right. Scorpius is sitting on my lap, and we are all halfway through a game called dominos.
"Ok Scorpius, so you have to a domino that matches with the number nine or the number two." I told my son while bouncing him up and down on my lap. I then leaned close to his ear and whispered while pointing at a specific domino we had. "You should use the one that has a nine on one side and a zero on the other side, that way Harry has to put a zero or a two."
Scorpius then put down the domino I had pointed at, which earned a few groans around the table. A smirk came across my face. I got them good.
Harry made his move, then Maria, and then, Harry pointed towards the sky, breaking everyone's concentration.
"Look. You see those stars? The ones that connect to make an upside down letter A? That's the Andromeda constellation. And you see that really bright star on top of it? That's the Andromeda galaxy." He said
My head snapped to him at the mention of my aunt, Harry was gazing up at the stars above, I followed the direction of his gaze. The sky was a canvas of jet black, decorated by the pale stars of varying brightness. This sight would fill anyone with childlike wonder... and I could certainly see it on Harry's face. I saw where he was pointing, and though he described it as an upside down 'A' shape, it looked more like a person falling to me. Is it really a coincidence that this constellation is named Andromeda?
"Oye! Pelo rubio! it's your turn! This game will last forever if you keep staring at the sky." [Hey! Blond, this game will last forever if you keep staring at the sky.] Said the lady to my right. I looked at the table. A six or a seven. I examined my dominos, Scorpius still on my lap, and realized I couldn't make any moves.
"I pass. Harry, your turn." I said. Harry looked down at his last Domino. If he puts it down, he wins the game, but, he passed as well, meaning he can't make the move, and returned his attention to the sky.
"You know, Scorpius, there's a constellation with your name too." Harry said, I held back a smile while admiring how at peace he looked with the sky.
"Really? Where?" Scorpius said. His face showed obvious tiredness, but his voice signaled for curiosity.
"I can't find it tonight because it's far away. It should be back during the Summer." Harry said. I then chimed in with my own two cents.
"You know your mother and I named you after that constellation on purpose. Almost everyone in our family is named after a constellation, Scorpius."
"Really? Are you a constellation?" Scorpius asked, looking at me.
"Indeed I am. You can find me between the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper constellations." I told him. Scorpius leaned into my chest, seemingly beginning to fall asleep.
"I won!" Exclaimed Maria.