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Hospital is an actual hospital in London, I went on the internet and looked
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The only thing Draco remembered was hearing a terrified scream as he ran down the 4 flights of stairs to Harry. It was not until he reached him that he realized the scream was his own.
"HARRY!! NOOOOO!!!!!!! Oh God what have I done?!?!? HELP!! SOMEBODY HELP ME"
Draco was sobbing, his tears bathing Harry's lifeless body.
"Harry, Harry please wake up. Open your beautiful eyes and look at me, even if it's with hate, please open your eyes and be alive"
One of the first floor tenants came out to see what was going on.
"What the bloody hell is going on out here?"
"Please, sir you have to help me, could you call an ambulance, he's fallen down the stairs"
The shocked tenant saw Harry and ran inside to call for help.
"Please Harry don't be dead. I don't think I could survive in a world that you're not in. Wake up love, please" Draco pleaded with his ex-lover, but Harry did not move, and Draco could tell that his breathing was extremely shallow. Sobs wracked his body as he held Harry close to him, whispering words of love, pleading with him to wake up and be okay.
Time had no meaning for Draco, he didn't know how long he sat there clutching the man that he loved in his arms, but finally paramedics rushed in.
"Sir, you need to let go, we need to do our job, please, sir, let him go now"
"It's all my fault, all my fault, if he's dead I'm to blame" sobs wracked Draco's body again and he felt the paramedics wrench Harry from his grip.
"He's still alive Mr."
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy"
"We need to get him to the hospital immediately, he may have internal injuries, are you coming with him?"
"Yes" Draco managed to get a grip on himself and followed the paramedics as they loaded Harry onto a stretcher and onto the ambulance.
Once they were in the ambulance Draco was bombarded with questions.
"Mr. Malfoy, do you know the name of the injured?"
"Potter. His name is Harry Potter"
"Does he have any family that we can contact?"
"His parents are dead, and he hates the muggles"
"Muggles?"
"Nevermind, I know who to contact. I'll contact them as soon as we get everything squared away at the hospital"
The paramedics nodded. Draco was on emotional overload he couldn't believe that only a few short minutes before that he was in Harry's arms after so long, only to have it all fall apart again. He laughed bitterly at how cruel fate could be.
They finally arrived at the hospital and Harry was wheeled away to the emergency room to be treated. He was still unconscious. Draco sat in the waiting room for a few hours before a doctor came out.
"Mr. Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes?"
"I'm Dr. Edwards, Mr. Potter's doctor"
"Is he dead?" Draco asked, the answer to this question would decide his fate. If Harry was dead, he knew he wouldn't be far behind him.
"No, he is still unconscious, he received a concussion, and cracked some of his ribs, but he should come out of it fine"
"Should?"
"We won't know how serious the concussion is until he wakes up and his medication starts to wear off"
"How long before he wakes up?"
"That is a tricky question Mr. Malfoy, while Mr. Potter is under heavy sedation for the pain, there are time when other factors can come into play"
"What kind of factors?"
"Mr. Malfoy, I don't mean to pry but how did Mr. Potter tumble down 4 flights of stairs?"
Draco cringed, he knew that this question was on its way, but he knew he had to tell the truth. Harry's well being was all that mattered.
"We-we had a horrible fight, I tried to push him out of the way, but I didn't realize where he was standing, and I was so angry that I shoved harder than I should have and."
Draco's voice trailed off. All he could see was his beautiful Harry falling down 4 flights of stairs, and the sound that he made when he landed at the bottom echoed in his head.
"I see, well when Mr. Potter wakes up his account of things will be taken as well and the appropriate action will be taken from there"
Draco nodded, he knew that he was facing serious consequences for what had transpired, but he didn't care. All he wanted in that moment was for Harry to wake up and live.
"Does Mr. Potter have any other family members that should be contacted"
"Yes, but Dr. Edwards, Harry is an orphan, and his only living relatives despise him. His family is his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger"
Dr. Edwards considered Draco's statement. Draco knew that in cases such as this that blood relatives had to be contacted and he wondered if Dr. Edwards was going to force Harry's disgusting aunt and uncle to be contacted.
"Well seeing as there are no significant decisions to be made at this juncture I will contact his two best friends instead"
"Dr. Edwards, contacting Weasley and Granger is a bit complicated. I will contact them when I return to my flat"
"Very well Mr. Malfoy, do you know when we can expect them?"
"Soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow. As I said I will return to my flat immediately and inform them of Harry's condition"
"Is it possible to have your contact information as well Mr. Malfoy?"
"Yes of course, please do not hesitate to call if anything changes while I am gone. I will be back as soon as I contact Harry's friends" Dr. Edwards agreed and Draco wrote down his phone number and address for him.
He walked outside into the cold night, but he couldn't feel the cold. Draco's mind was reeling. He replayed the events over and over in his head, Harry crashing into him on the stairs, Harry and he arguing, kissing holding each other, shoving Harry too hard, and watching him tumble down 4 flights of stairs. It was too much and before he knew it Draco was on his knees heaving, his dinner leaving his body entirely.
"Don't fall apart now Malfoy" he told himself. As much as it pained him to have to contact Weasley and Granger he knew that he had to. He also knew that he would have to face the music when they arrived, but Harry was back and he made a decision then and there to ensure that Harry never walked out of his life again. He promised himself that he would do what he had to do and face whatever consequences he had to. Draco only knew that he couldn't lose Harry again. He'd lost him once, and he'd nearly lost him again tonight, but not again, not ever again.
Draco was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that he had already reached his apartment building. He quickly made his way upstairs, and entered his apartment to retrieve his wand. He was fairly sure which apartment Harry had moved into since Mrs. Hannigan had recently passed away. Draco approached the door and for the first time in two years cast a spell. "Alohamora" he whispered, and the door unlocked.
The apartment was full of boxes, things were strewn everywhere. Draco noticed that many pictures already sat on Harry's mantle. One was of Harry, Weasley and Granger after winning the Quidditch Cup, the other was of the wonder trio after graduation. He noticed that the Harry in each picture was very different. In the Quidditch picture Harry looked truly happy, his eyes sparkled and his smile looked as though it would never fade. In the graduation picture the sparkle was gone from Harry's eyes and his smile looked forced. Tears filled his eyes, and he recalled that he and Harry were still together when he had won the Quidditch Cup. They had conducted their own celebration in the Astronomy Tower the night after he won the game. He smiled and felt his body react as he remembered the way that Harry's skin tasted, the way it felt to have him in his arms and the fine sheen of sweat that covered both their bodies as they made love to each other.
A hoot interrupted Draco's thoughts and he saw that Hedwig's cage was sitting on the desk. Quickly he made his way to the desk and searched for parchment and a quill, he opened the desk drawer and retrieved the parchment and quill. He gasped when he saw what was lying under the parchment. Staring back up at him was the exact picture he had on the end table in his own flat. It was the only picture of Harry and Draco together. They had their arms around each other and each wore a huge smile, their eyes sparkled they had been so happy. The memory flooded Draco's mind.
**Back at Hogwarts**
Hermione, Harry, and strangely enough Draco were sitting in an empty classroom studying for a Potions exam that was coming up. Hermione looked up from her book momentarily and noticed Draco Malfoy and Harry gazing at each other, the love in their eyes blatantly obvious. It had come as an enormous shock when Harry had confessed to she and Ron that he was dating Draco, that he had been for six months. They had both reacted badly, especially Ron, and tried to talk Harry out of it, but Harry insisted that he was in love. Grudgingly Ron and Hermione had decided to support their best friend's decision, no matter how much they disapproved of Malfoy. It was obvious that there was no changing Harry's mind and they figured that it was better to be there for Harry instead of alienate him in case the time ever came when he needed to cry on their shoulders. Hermione had finally succumbed to Harry's request that his friends spend some time around Draco and get to know him and so here she was studying with them for Potions. True they were locked away in an empty classroom because nobody knew about Harry and Draco with the exception of well, Harry and Draco and Ron and Hermione, but still sitting here with the two it was obvious to Hermione. Harry and Malfoy were deeply in love with each other. They fit together perfectly. It was an absolutely unexplainable phenomenon, some weird wrinkle in the fabric of the universe, but seeing them together Hermione knew that they had found all that they had been missing in each other.
Malfoy had lost his harsh edge, at least around them in this setting, and Harry had become more daring, more cunning, but still the noble Gryffindor.
Hermione was torn from her thoughts as she heard a book being slammed on the desk.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
"Harry, be quiet! Someone will hear us!" Hermione whispered frantically
"You're a clever one Harry, why don't you just let everyone know exactly where we are"
"Oh, shut up the both of you, I'm so sick of Potions, Snape is an awful, mean and greasy git!"
"Snape is a great Potions master, perhaps if you stopped hating him you could learn a thing or two" Draco replied calmly.
"Maybe he should stop hating me first!" Harry said, and very maturely stuck his tongue out at Draco.
"Is that an invitation Potter?" Draco asked
"Will you both stop this instant! We have to do well on this test I am not going to sacrifice my grade. Harry pick up the damn book and keep studying we have a ways to go. Draco there will be no snogging until we have finished studying!"
Harry and Draco looked at Hermione, both knew that it was pointless to argue with her. They did not want to risk her temper, she could cast a mean hex when she needed to.
A few hours later they had finished and they all felt as though their heads might explode from information overload.
"Well I'm going back, coming Harry?"
"I'll be along in a minute"
"Harry James Potter, how do you expect me to get back to the Gryffindor Tower without the invisibility cloak?!?"
"Sorry, I forgot"
"What's the matter Granger a clever witch like yourself isn't smart enough not to get caught?"
Hermione glared at Draco. "Sod off Malfoy! Will you two please hurry up snog, and say goodnight, I'm exhausted and I just want to get back and get a little sleep" With that Hermione spun around and walked..straight into a wall. Apparently she was more exhausted than she thought.
Harry and Draco couldn't contain their laughter. Hermione had landed flat on her arse, the contents of her schoolbag strewn about her. Hermione glared up at them, but that only made them laugh harder. She looked absolutely ridiculous.
"Oh, very funny you two could be a gentleman and help me up?"
"S-sorry Mione" Harry tried to repress his laughter to no avail.
"You know Granger has anyone ever told you that you are all grace and eloquence?" Malfoy teased before breaking into more fits of laughter himself.
Hermione couldn't help it and soon she was laughing as well. It was late, she was exhausted, and apparently a little delirious. She noticed her camera and decided that she needed to capture the moment, she didn't know why, but something told her she had to do it.
"Draco, Harry, over here!"
Draco and Harry turned around and hugged each other tightly, their eyes gleaming, and their smiles lighting up each of their faces. Hermione snapped the picture, and something told her she had just captured something beautiful on film.
Two days later Harry and Draco both received owls with a tiny packages attached to them. Inside each of their packages was the photo Hermione had taken of them in a simple silver frame.
**Present Day**
Draco thanked Merlin everyday that Hermione had taken that picture. It was true that it hurt to look at it sometimes, but overall the picture had brought him great comfort over the past few years. Hedwig's hoot once again interrupted his reverie as he hastily wrote a note to Ron and Hermione.
Dear Ron and Hermione,
Harry has had an accident. Please come soon. He is at Brompton Hospital in muggle London.
D. Malfoy
Draco attached the letter to Hedwig and gave her instructions.
"Make sure that this makes it to either Weasley or Granger, whomever is closer, and make sure they get it quickly"
With that Draco let Hedwig go. He walked out of Harry's flat, a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach. Having to face Harry after all that had happened was bad enough, but Weasley and Granger? He'd be lucky to make it out of that confrontation alive.
Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own anything, I'm just borrowing them, if I did own them I would be rich, and that would be fabulous!!
The only thing Draco remembered was hearing a terrified scream as he ran down the 4 flights of stairs to Harry. It was not until he reached him that he realized the scream was his own.
"HARRY!! NOOOOO!!!!!!! Oh God what have I done?!?!? HELP!! SOMEBODY HELP ME"
Draco was sobbing, his tears bathing Harry's lifeless body.
"Harry, Harry please wake up. Open your beautiful eyes and look at me, even if it's with hate, please open your eyes and be alive"
One of the first floor tenants came out to see what was going on.
"What the bloody hell is going on out here?"
"Please, sir you have to help me, could you call an ambulance, he's fallen down the stairs"
The shocked tenant saw Harry and ran inside to call for help.
"Please Harry don't be dead. I don't think I could survive in a world that you're not in. Wake up love, please" Draco pleaded with his ex-lover, but Harry did not move, and Draco could tell that his breathing was extremely shallow. Sobs wracked his body as he held Harry close to him, whispering words of love, pleading with him to wake up and be okay.
Time had no meaning for Draco, he didn't know how long he sat there clutching the man that he loved in his arms, but finally paramedics rushed in.
"Sir, you need to let go, we need to do our job, please, sir, let him go now"
"It's all my fault, all my fault, if he's dead I'm to blame" sobs wracked Draco's body again and he felt the paramedics wrench Harry from his grip.
"He's still alive Mr."
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy"
"We need to get him to the hospital immediately, he may have internal injuries, are you coming with him?"
"Yes" Draco managed to get a grip on himself and followed the paramedics as they loaded Harry onto a stretcher and onto the ambulance.
Once they were in the ambulance Draco was bombarded with questions.
"Mr. Malfoy, do you know the name of the injured?"
"Potter. His name is Harry Potter"
"Does he have any family that we can contact?"
"His parents are dead, and he hates the muggles"
"Muggles?"
"Nevermind, I know who to contact. I'll contact them as soon as we get everything squared away at the hospital"
The paramedics nodded. Draco was on emotional overload he couldn't believe that only a few short minutes before that he was in Harry's arms after so long, only to have it all fall apart again. He laughed bitterly at how cruel fate could be.
They finally arrived at the hospital and Harry was wheeled away to the emergency room to be treated. He was still unconscious. Draco sat in the waiting room for a few hours before a doctor came out.
"Mr. Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes?"
"I'm Dr. Edwards, Mr. Potter's doctor"
"Is he dead?" Draco asked, the answer to this question would decide his fate. If Harry was dead, he knew he wouldn't be far behind him.
"No, he is still unconscious, he received a concussion, and cracked some of his ribs, but he should come out of it fine"
"Should?"
"We won't know how serious the concussion is until he wakes up and his medication starts to wear off"
"How long before he wakes up?"
"That is a tricky question Mr. Malfoy, while Mr. Potter is under heavy sedation for the pain, there are time when other factors can come into play"
"What kind of factors?"
"Mr. Malfoy, I don't mean to pry but how did Mr. Potter tumble down 4 flights of stairs?"
Draco cringed, he knew that this question was on its way, but he knew he had to tell the truth. Harry's well being was all that mattered.
"We-we had a horrible fight, I tried to push him out of the way, but I didn't realize where he was standing, and I was so angry that I shoved harder than I should have and."
Draco's voice trailed off. All he could see was his beautiful Harry falling down 4 flights of stairs, and the sound that he made when he landed at the bottom echoed in his head.
"I see, well when Mr. Potter wakes up his account of things will be taken as well and the appropriate action will be taken from there"
Draco nodded, he knew that he was facing serious consequences for what had transpired, but he didn't care. All he wanted in that moment was for Harry to wake up and live.
"Does Mr. Potter have any other family members that should be contacted"
"Yes, but Dr. Edwards, Harry is an orphan, and his only living relatives despise him. His family is his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger"
Dr. Edwards considered Draco's statement. Draco knew that in cases such as this that blood relatives had to be contacted and he wondered if Dr. Edwards was going to force Harry's disgusting aunt and uncle to be contacted.
"Well seeing as there are no significant decisions to be made at this juncture I will contact his two best friends instead"
"Dr. Edwards, contacting Weasley and Granger is a bit complicated. I will contact them when I return to my flat"
"Very well Mr. Malfoy, do you know when we can expect them?"
"Soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow. As I said I will return to my flat immediately and inform them of Harry's condition"
"Is it possible to have your contact information as well Mr. Malfoy?"
"Yes of course, please do not hesitate to call if anything changes while I am gone. I will be back as soon as I contact Harry's friends" Dr. Edwards agreed and Draco wrote down his phone number and address for him.
He walked outside into the cold night, but he couldn't feel the cold. Draco's mind was reeling. He replayed the events over and over in his head, Harry crashing into him on the stairs, Harry and he arguing, kissing holding each other, shoving Harry too hard, and watching him tumble down 4 flights of stairs. It was too much and before he knew it Draco was on his knees heaving, his dinner leaving his body entirely.
"Don't fall apart now Malfoy" he told himself. As much as it pained him to have to contact Weasley and Granger he knew that he had to. He also knew that he would have to face the music when they arrived, but Harry was back and he made a decision then and there to ensure that Harry never walked out of his life again. He promised himself that he would do what he had to do and face whatever consequences he had to. Draco only knew that he couldn't lose Harry again. He'd lost him once, and he'd nearly lost him again tonight, but not again, not ever again.
Draco was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that he had already reached his apartment building. He quickly made his way upstairs, and entered his apartment to retrieve his wand. He was fairly sure which apartment Harry had moved into since Mrs. Hannigan had recently passed away. Draco approached the door and for the first time in two years cast a spell. "Alohamora" he whispered, and the door unlocked.
The apartment was full of boxes, things were strewn everywhere. Draco noticed that many pictures already sat on Harry's mantle. One was of Harry, Weasley and Granger after winning the Quidditch Cup, the other was of the wonder trio after graduation. He noticed that the Harry in each picture was very different. In the Quidditch picture Harry looked truly happy, his eyes sparkled and his smile looked as though it would never fade. In the graduation picture the sparkle was gone from Harry's eyes and his smile looked forced. Tears filled his eyes, and he recalled that he and Harry were still together when he had won the Quidditch Cup. They had conducted their own celebration in the Astronomy Tower the night after he won the game. He smiled and felt his body react as he remembered the way that Harry's skin tasted, the way it felt to have him in his arms and the fine sheen of sweat that covered both their bodies as they made love to each other.
A hoot interrupted Draco's thoughts and he saw that Hedwig's cage was sitting on the desk. Quickly he made his way to the desk and searched for parchment and a quill, he opened the desk drawer and retrieved the parchment and quill. He gasped when he saw what was lying under the parchment. Staring back up at him was the exact picture he had on the end table in his own flat. It was the only picture of Harry and Draco together. They had their arms around each other and each wore a huge smile, their eyes sparkled they had been so happy. The memory flooded Draco's mind.
**Back at Hogwarts**
Hermione, Harry, and strangely enough Draco were sitting in an empty classroom studying for a Potions exam that was coming up. Hermione looked up from her book momentarily and noticed Draco Malfoy and Harry gazing at each other, the love in their eyes blatantly obvious. It had come as an enormous shock when Harry had confessed to she and Ron that he was dating Draco, that he had been for six months. They had both reacted badly, especially Ron, and tried to talk Harry out of it, but Harry insisted that he was in love. Grudgingly Ron and Hermione had decided to support their best friend's decision, no matter how much they disapproved of Malfoy. It was obvious that there was no changing Harry's mind and they figured that it was better to be there for Harry instead of alienate him in case the time ever came when he needed to cry on their shoulders. Hermione had finally succumbed to Harry's request that his friends spend some time around Draco and get to know him and so here she was studying with them for Potions. True they were locked away in an empty classroom because nobody knew about Harry and Draco with the exception of well, Harry and Draco and Ron and Hermione, but still sitting here with the two it was obvious to Hermione. Harry and Malfoy were deeply in love with each other. They fit together perfectly. It was an absolutely unexplainable phenomenon, some weird wrinkle in the fabric of the universe, but seeing them together Hermione knew that they had found all that they had been missing in each other.
Malfoy had lost his harsh edge, at least around them in this setting, and Harry had become more daring, more cunning, but still the noble Gryffindor.
Hermione was torn from her thoughts as she heard a book being slammed on the desk.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
"Harry, be quiet! Someone will hear us!" Hermione whispered frantically
"You're a clever one Harry, why don't you just let everyone know exactly where we are"
"Oh, shut up the both of you, I'm so sick of Potions, Snape is an awful, mean and greasy git!"
"Snape is a great Potions master, perhaps if you stopped hating him you could learn a thing or two" Draco replied calmly.
"Maybe he should stop hating me first!" Harry said, and very maturely stuck his tongue out at Draco.
"Is that an invitation Potter?" Draco asked
"Will you both stop this instant! We have to do well on this test I am not going to sacrifice my grade. Harry pick up the damn book and keep studying we have a ways to go. Draco there will be no snogging until we have finished studying!"
Harry and Draco looked at Hermione, both knew that it was pointless to argue with her. They did not want to risk her temper, she could cast a mean hex when she needed to.
A few hours later they had finished and they all felt as though their heads might explode from information overload.
"Well I'm going back, coming Harry?"
"I'll be along in a minute"
"Harry James Potter, how do you expect me to get back to the Gryffindor Tower without the invisibility cloak?!?"
"Sorry, I forgot"
"What's the matter Granger a clever witch like yourself isn't smart enough not to get caught?"
Hermione glared at Draco. "Sod off Malfoy! Will you two please hurry up snog, and say goodnight, I'm exhausted and I just want to get back and get a little sleep" With that Hermione spun around and walked..straight into a wall. Apparently she was more exhausted than she thought.
Harry and Draco couldn't contain their laughter. Hermione had landed flat on her arse, the contents of her schoolbag strewn about her. Hermione glared up at them, but that only made them laugh harder. She looked absolutely ridiculous.
"Oh, very funny you two could be a gentleman and help me up?"
"S-sorry Mione" Harry tried to repress his laughter to no avail.
"You know Granger has anyone ever told you that you are all grace and eloquence?" Malfoy teased before breaking into more fits of laughter himself.
Hermione couldn't help it and soon she was laughing as well. It was late, she was exhausted, and apparently a little delirious. She noticed her camera and decided that she needed to capture the moment, she didn't know why, but something told her she had to do it.
"Draco, Harry, over here!"
Draco and Harry turned around and hugged each other tightly, their eyes gleaming, and their smiles lighting up each of their faces. Hermione snapped the picture, and something told her she had just captured something beautiful on film.
Two days later Harry and Draco both received owls with a tiny packages attached to them. Inside each of their packages was the photo Hermione had taken of them in a simple silver frame.
**Present Day**
Draco thanked Merlin everyday that Hermione had taken that picture. It was true that it hurt to look at it sometimes, but overall the picture had brought him great comfort over the past few years. Hedwig's hoot once again interrupted his reverie as he hastily wrote a note to Ron and Hermione.
Dear Ron and Hermione,
Harry has had an accident. Please come soon. He is at Brompton Hospital in muggle London.
D. Malfoy
Draco attached the letter to Hedwig and gave her instructions.
"Make sure that this makes it to either Weasley or Granger, whomever is closer, and make sure they get it quickly"
With that Draco let Hedwig go. He walked out of Harry's flat, a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach. Having to face Harry after all that had happened was bad enough, but Weasley and Granger? He'd be lucky to make it out of that confrontation alive.