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Hogwarts – Assignment 1: Ancient Runes: Icelandic Magical Staves - Task #1 – Write about someone "getting the girl/guy".

Additional prompts listed at the end!

Summary: Draco doesn't feel that being stranded in the middle of a lake is the best time for Harry to profess his love for him.

Boat Full of Love

"Isn't this exciting?"

"Exciting? This is not what I would call exciting Harry." The pair were sat in a small, and rather rickety rowing boat, in the middle of a large lake. There was no one in sight except for the local wildlife, a few swans nesting on the outer banks and the odd fish that would swim past. It would have been rather peaceful and enjoyable, were it not for the lack of oars within the boat, leaving them stranded with no one to call to for help.

"Well what would you call it? I'm finding it all rather entertaining to be completely honest with you."

"How on earth could you find this entertaining, we are stranded in the middle of a lake with no way out and I am struggling to breathe!"

"Well, that's rather dramatic of you Draco, you seem to be breathing fine enough to panic," the sarcastic tone to his voice was not lost on his friend, who swiftly sent the roguish brunette a withering glare. Harry couldn't contain his chuckles; he found the dramatic way that Draco seemed to react at the smallest error so childlike it was hilarious.

"Honestly Harry, your sarcasm is not helping us right now. We are stuck in a bloody lake, in Muggle London of all places, and you are laughing at me. All I wanted was a peaceful day off!" He had begun to wind himself up, and it was rather clear to Harry that the whole situation had got to Draco, which was leading to the inevitable reaction of panic.

"This is not the time to panic Draco." Harry tried to reassure him, while still maintaining a grin on his face and a playful tone to his voice. Harry had enough experience with Draco to know that he tended to overreact when he wasn't completely in control of everything.

"We. Are. Going. To. Die."

"Have you always been this dramatic? Wait don't answer that, of course you have, you're Draco Malfoy," Harry sighed and carefully shifted his weight in the admittedly small and rather cramped boat, breathing a sigh of relief when it only rocked slightly and didn't tip. "Look, Draco we're honestly going to be fine. Someone is going to go past at some point and if not, I'm sure we can send a patronus for help, but you really need to stop panicking sweetheart."

"I know, but I really don't want anyone to know that we rowed out into the middle of the lake and of all people, I knocked the oars into the lake. I mean, how embarrassing would it be for everyone to know that!"

"Babe, at some point you need to come to turns with the fact that you're a clumsy person," there was humour in his voice, yet Harry wished that Draco wouldn't always try to put on the image of a perfectly sophisticated heir to the family name. As much as Harry loved watching Draco play the role of the confident and mature Malfoy heir, he much preferred the real Draco that people rarely got to witness. The Draco that would wear pyjamas and dance around the house or curl up in a wing back chair in his office with a pair of glasses perched on the end of his nose reading rare manuscripts that he had found on one of his many travels. The same Draco that Harry had found sobbing in his living room with a pint of ice cream while watching p.s. I love you after Harry had introduced him to televisions and movies. He loved how dramatic Draco could be, how effortlessly sarcastic and funny he was without even meaning to be, sure he was a bit extra, but Harry had always known that Draco Malfoy was the Queen of extra.

"I can't Harry, it's so embarrassing that I can read and translate multiple languages and yet, I can't even walk down the street without tripping, or bloody row a boat around a lake without knocking the oars into the water. My father would be so embarrassed by me," it killed Harry inside to see Draco so upset over a simple thing such as being clumsy.

To Harry there were so many other traits he could have as a person, that being clumsy was actually pretty endearing, but then again growing up with Lucius Malfoy as a father was sure to make something so harmless seem like such a problem when their lives revolved around presenting the perfect image to society.

"You know what Draco? I find you being clumsy pretty bloody adorable, and I don't think there's anything wrong with you for it. So what, your father may not think you're perfect, but you're pretty bloody perfect to me."

He'd finally said it, he had finally told Draco how he thought of him, well he had inferred it at least without outright confessing that he loved his best friend and thought about kissing him the majority of the time they were together. But now he was slightly regretting it as the air surrounding them became tense, and Draco sat there, his mouth open and no words coming out. Harry felt his heart drop into his stomach as he realised, that maybe Draco hadn't felt the same way as him, and he might have just ruined their friendship forever.

"Draco, I'm so-" before he could finish Draco held up a pale hand, stopping him in his tracks as he tried to think up an explanation that he could stumble through quickly.

"Wait. Are you flirting with me?" He sounded incredulous, as if he couldn't believe what he was saying, or what he had heard. There was no way for Harry to hide now, he had to admit his feelings, he couldn't live the rest of his life hiding the way he felt for the man sat before him.

"I have been for the past year"

"I don't think now is a good time to profess your love for me Harry" Draco spoke slowly, confusion lacing his voice, as if he couldn't believe that Harry had chosen this time to make such an important statement.

"Is that you saying you don't love me in return?" Harry made sure he spoke with a playful tone to his voice, but there was an undercurrent of nervousness. It was suddenly becoming clearer to him that Draco didn't return his feelings and that they were going to have to awkwardly sit in a boat in the middle of a lake until they were rescued. Together.

"Of course I love you, but I really think our being stranded should take precedence over us confessing our undying love for each other Harry! Merlin, you do pick your moments don't you." The exasperation was clear in his voice, as he tried to get Harry to focus on what Draco conceived to be the more important task to focus on, their being stuck.

Harry couldn't quite wrap his head around how calm Draco had been about his confession, as if he had always known that Harry had feelings for him and was just waiting for him to realise it himself. Which wouldn't surprise Harry actually, Draco had always been quicker at understanding his emotions, and had probably processed the inevitable change in their relationship some time ago. It would definitely explain why instead of snogging him senseless; Draco was still completely focused on them being trapped in the middle of a lake.

Of course, Harry was still going to test and tease him.

"Really, so you're telling me that you don't want to kiss me right now?" Draco didn't respond as he huffed and threw his hair back over his shoulder in a sweeping movement that just breathed drama.

"That's what I thought. Anyway, you forgot something Draco," there was a bright grin on his face as Harry shuffled as close as he could inside the rather small boat, aiming to get close but not disturb the spread of weight enough to tip it.

"Really Harry, what did I forget?" His voice deepened as he leant forward, their faces were so close together, that if either moved just slightly, they would brush against each other. Both sets of eyes flickered downwards to opposing pairs of lips, they could barely contain themselves from acting on their impulses, but Harry knew he had to hold back. He wanted their first kiss together to be special, it would be the culmination of many years' worth of romantic tension, and there was no way Harry was going to ruin it with them potentially falling into the murky lake beneath them.

"You forgot that we both have magic; we can charm our way back to land."

"By the way," began Draco once they had reached dry land again, "this is the worst date I've ever been on." With that he sashayed away towards the car and all Harry could do was laugh, he had finally got the guy he had been in love with for years and he felt complete. All he could think was that his future seemed to be a lot brighter, and he was definitely in for some fun.

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Additional Prompts:

Camp Hogwarts: Outdoors Cabin:

Horse Riding – Lacey: (Dialogue) "I don't think now is a good time to profess your love"

Firework Show – Sparkler: (Word) Childlike

Camp Hogwarts: Skills Cabin:

Baking – Chocolate Chip Cookies: (Prompt) Write about an accident that leads to something good.

Shelter Building (More Like Gathering) – Dead Leaves by the Weeping Oak: (Dialogue) "We. Are. Going. To. Die" / "Have you always been this dramatic?"

Camp Hogwarts: Adventures Cabin:

We're Going Caving! – Hiking Boots: (Dialogue) "This is the worst date I've ever been on."

We're Going on a Nature Hunt – Water from the Stream: Write a Trio Era character.

Animal Tracking – Baboon Prints: Write about someone clumsy.

Zipline – Draco Malfoy (Medium Range: 1001-4000)

Camp Hogwarts: Arts & Crafts Cabin:

Balloon Animals – Dog: (Dialogue) "Isn't this exciting"

Friendship Bracelet – Half a Heart Charm: (Dialogue) "This is not the time to panic, [name]"

Insane Prompt Challenge:

[208] (Dialogue) – "Wait. Are you flirting with me?" / "I have been for the past year."

Writing Club – July:

Ice-Cream Ben & Jerry's - Keep Caramel and Cookie On: Write about someone keeping calm in crisis or panic.

Wacky Wandmakers!:

Wood Type – Fir (word: perfect)

Wand Core – Wampus Cat Hair (character: Harry Potter)

Summer Seasonal Challenges:

National Ice Cream Month – Raspberry: (Word/Emotion) Playful

National Indoor Plant Week – Chinese Evergreen: (Setting) on/in/under water

Romance Awareness Month – Harry/Draco

Gryffindor Character – Harry Potter

Gryffindor OTPs – Harry/Draco