"If you don't stop staring at me Potter, I swear I'm going to hex you into next Wednesday." Draco looked up over his book with a slight smirk, catching emerald eyes with his own storm grey ones.

Harry let out a laugh, he was suppose to be working on one of his investment portfolios but instead, kept getting distracted by his mate sitting at the other end of the couch. Draco was snuggled up with a throw blanket Molly had sent over for Christmas and was currently reading a book Hermione had sent over as part of his gift from her.

"I would say I am sorry, but I'm not. You look... so perfect just sitting on my couch like this. I can't get over that this... is all real. And you are all mine." Harry shook his head laying down his folder and quill on the coffee table. "I got you a gift.. I know we didn't really talk about exchanging gifts or anything but, I couldn't help myself. " he looked up at his mate, giving him a shrug.

Draco frowned, putting the book into his lap. He had already received a pile of gifts under the tree that he hadn't been expecting. Molly had made him a blanket in Slytherin colors, Hermione had sent over a muggle book series, Ron had sent him a new chess set with a letter saying he looked forward to an actual opponent, and Ginny had sent over a large box of Draco's favorite sweets as well as a bit more of a private gift. A book on sex positions for beginners. That had turned him five shades redder, especially when he had to try and hide it from Harry. Why she would be so bold to send something like that was beyond him.

He felt awful that he hadn't gotten gifts for anyone else. With no access to any of his vaults he couldn't afford to. Yet, all of Harry's friends, or makeshift family had went out of their way to include him regardless.

"Harry, I didn't get you anything..." Draco scowled. He didn't like that one bit. He couldn't accept a gift from his mate and not get him one in return.

"I know, and that's okay. Honestly, you being here and the last two days have been a gift enough to me. Trust me. " Harry smiled at him. He wasn't lying. Mating with Draco had settled his Alpha in a way he didn't realize was possible. A sense of calm and control had come over him. He was better at wrangling his Alpha side in.

The other thing that had Harry feeling a bit excited, in their rush to end Draco's heat and finally seal their bond, they had forgotten to use any protection charms or potions. In the two days of heat that Draco had, him and Harry had certainly made many attempts at making a baby. Not that they had thought about that until after. Draco had let Harry knot him at least a dozen times. How could Harry ask for a gift any better than the last two days? Better than the future of possibilities?

"please, just let me give you your gift. It's not anything crazy." Harry got up from the couch and ducked his head almost completely under the Christmas tree. He pulled out a box wrapped in silver paper with a green bow. The box barely big enough to fit a quaffle. Harry stood looking at Draco sheepishly. "Suddenly I'm feeling like it might be stupid and a corny gift. "

Draco held out his hands, "Well it's going to embarrass you, of course I want to open it. Give it here." He turned his lips up into a smile as the box was placed in his hands. He carefully untied the sloppily tied bow and pulled apart the silver wrapping. Once undone he held a plain brown box in his hands.

The package had a bit of weight to it. Draco tried to guess what it might have been but kept turning up blank. He slipped the lid off and looked inside, his heart almost stopping. Inside was the most beautiful box he had ever seen. Outlined in gold with pictures of dragons all over it.

Slowly Draco lifted the box out and held it delicately in his hands.

"Open it." Harry encouraged his softly. "The inside is the best part."

Draco lifted the lid with two fingers, startled when a sound came out of it. It was a music box. Inside a little dragon flew around looping to the sound coming out. "Is... is this the song you..." Draco's voice seemed to be stuck. He looked over at Harry who had sat back in his spot on the couch.

"Yeah. The one I always hum for you when you are ready to fall asleep. I charmed it to play every time you open it and it can tell if you fall asleep. It will shut its self off...is it stupid? I didn't want to make a big fuss. I just wanted to give you something personal.. just between us you know? I know you don't sleep well, and the song lulls you to sleep. So on nights we can't be together... you will have that. "

Harry was still rambling, he hadn't even noticed that Draco had set the box down, the tune playing in the back ground still. Draco stood over Harry and touched his cheek. "I have been given many lovely things over the years, some more expensive than others. But this... this is amazing. More beautiful than anything I have ever gotten. Thank you. " he bent and took Harrys lips against his.

Harry responded eagerly, his chest swelling with pride. Draco loved his gift... and he... was falling for Draco.

"Happy Christmas Draco." Harry whispered against pink lips.

"Happy Christmas Harry."

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"You bloody harlot! I opened that damn book in front of him." Draco swatted Ginny's arm when they had a minute alone.

Since Draco's heat had come and gone, the New Year's party was in full swing as promised. Harrys home was full of Gryffindors minus Blaise and Pansy who were in heavy conversation with Neville and Luna who had made an appearance.

Ginny let out a cackle. "Oh Merlin! I wish I had been a fly on that wall!! Did he get to see it? Did you read the book? Or better yet did you try out anything in the book?"

Draco huffed, leaning against the wall. "I wonder if I should be concerned that my mates ex is extremely interested in his sex life still? That can't be normal can it?"

"You already know that's a big fat no Draco. I want a piece of your friend there. Pansy. She's a beta isn't she? " Ginny glanced over where said girl was laughing at something Luna had said.

"yes she is and I'm aware. I'm good to my word. I plan to make sure you two get a chance to talk alone tonight. " Draco lifted his glass to his lips sipping his fire whiskey.

"Perfect. Now back to the issue at hand. Clearly you two did it... your bond mark is on display for everyone to see. But did you only do it once? Or is every inch of this house soiled?" Ginny smirked gulping down some of her wine.

Draco like Ginny. She wasn't like Harrys other friends. He was much more like his own. A spit fire with a flare for dramatics. "Well I can say that if everyone here knew how many times we did it in this room alone, they would probably beg us to set the room and then them on fire."

Ginny laughed, "Sweet Circe! I knew it. I knew once you two finally broke the damn that there was no stopping the flood. Please tell me it wasn't all heat related though. That you actually got to enjoy getting laid over break? That you two fucked because you wanted to fuck."

Draco sipped his fire whiskey thinking back over the last week. At first, their actions were slow and awkward as they both tried to discover how the other worked. Once they finally stopped over thinking it, the sex came naturally. Their Alpha and Omega guiding them at first. But Ginny was accurate. The second they did it once, they couldn't stop. Everything Draco did had Harry on edge trying to fuck him on every surface he could manage. Harry was truly insatiable as an Alpha and as just a man.

"I promise you Gin, I very much enjoyed the break. I'm disappointed to head back to school. We will have to behave. That sounds truly dreadful. "

Ginny clanked her glass against his finishing her last swallow. "Here's to that. Now come on. Let's go get another drink. I need to be relaxed enough to hopefully not embarrass myself with Pansy." Ginny winked at him.

Draco rolled his eyes but pushed off the wall, "Yes yes come on you vixen. You are certainly a wench that's quickly becoming a pain right in my arse. You know that?"

Ginny laughed walking along side of him, "Yes yes dear Draco. But you still adore me. I am your favorite Weasley after all."

"who could argue with that logic?" Draco slung an arm over her shoulders. "Your only competitor is your brother. You are the clear winner there."

From across the room, Harry watched Draco with a smile. Draco was fitting in, like he always belonged.

Hermione looked at him then back to a Harry, "You and Draco been having a good break then? You both look... happy." She noted carefully.

"We are happy Hermione. Life with him is... better than I thought it would have been. " Harry finished his beer, reaching for the second bottle he had left sitting on the table. "There's a lot more to him than you think. He's like a complicated puzzle, and I'm starting to see how all the pieces fit together."

Hermione glanced at her friend, a soft look coming across her face. "Harry, I'm, I'm glad he's making you happy. You deserve that." She said gently.

Harry turned to her, "I do deserve that. And for the first time since the war, I am letting myself be happy. I wouldn't have thought I could find it here, like this, but... I am." He didn't want to have an argument with her again. Not here. Not now.

Ron approached his mate and best friend, wrapping his arms around Hermione. "Why are you two hiding over here? Come on. Let's go do shots. We have to break Malfoy and his friends in the Gryffindor way. If they remember tonight... well then we failed. Come on. Let's go," Ron the pulled Harry by his arm with a laugh. It was going to be a wild night.

"Fine, but if Draco ends up puking everywhere before midnight, you are helping clean up the mess. Without magic!" Harry warned as they headed to gather the Slytherin crew and show them a good time.