Author: Gryphnwng
Title: Gryphon Baiting
Rating: R (NC-17 at my yahoo group and adultfanfiction.net)
Status: Work-in-progress
Pairing: Harry/Draco, some mentions of others.
Note: This is SLASH! Meaning male/male pairing. If you don't like, I'm not forcing your eyes to this page to read. I've had enough readers ask for this pairing in my Prophesy of the Serpent story that I decided to write a short, one shot, no plot included fluff piece to appease them. At least, that was what it was supposed to be. Now, it's turning into a story in it's own right, with a plot! So help me, how do I get into these messes?? Well, I hope yall enjoy!
Summery: 7th year AU ficlet- Ron and Hermione are worried about Harry, and his still seeming innocence to the way the world works. Worried for his safety, they follow him to a midnight rendezvous with Draco, and get an eyeful.
Archive: Please do! Ask for permission first though ^_^
Chapter 3: The Beginning of a Good Thing
"So, you would all like to here our story, is that it?"
Various exclamations followed his statement, stating their positive answer. Harry nodded and continued.
"Well, like I said, it is a long story, so are you sure?"
This time his ears were nearly deafened by the chorus of yes's that followed.
"Well, all right then. It starts in the middle of summer, just after 5th year. Me and my Godfather Sirius were on vacation…"
The hot mid-day sun beat down mercilessly upon the bronzed bodies lined up along the beach. Harry stood in the hot sand with feet shifting to keep from burning and dropped his towel to the ground. He sighed in appreciation as he looked out over the beautiful blue ocean, Sirius not far behind him. Grinning, he looked over to Sirius who was haphazardly laying his towel down as well, his gaze fixed outward towards the ocean.
"Wow, so beautiful, eh Sirius? Thank for taking me here!"
Sirius nodded, his own gaze fixed, not on the ocean, but a couple of bronzed beauties bathing in it. "Oh yeah, really gorgeous…Especially that Brunette in the surf over there…" Harry followed his line of site to the mentioned brunette and laughed, shaking his head.
"I was talking about the ocean, Siri. Not the handsome hunks bathing in it." He jokingly punched his Godfather in the arm. "Help me set this stuff up, k? Or are you to busy?"
Tearing his eyes away from his intended prey he ruffled Harry's hair. "Sure kid. I'll just have to catch up with him later." Grinning, he threw Harry a wink. Harry merely rolled his eyes and set to arranging their towels. Though, he had to admit there were some tempting specimens of male hunkyness on that beach. So far it had been an interesting vacation with Sirius. All through his first four years at Hogwarts he had been far to busy learning and trying to stay alive to even think about the other students as anything other then friends. Or enemies. So it came as no little surprise that all that suppressed teenaged hormones would come out with a vengeance once his focus turned from staying alive and defeating Voldemort to a more normal lifestyle.
The realization that he was gay was no gradual understanding either. He had been in the quidditch locker room after their last match against Ravenclaw. They had won, giving them the quidditch cup for that year. The locker room was getting quite boisterous with the boys indulging in a lot of horseplay. Those in the showers found themselves being treated to thwacked bottoms by towel wielding teammates. One of the bars of soap had been pressed into service as an impromptu quaffle. In the midst of the yelling and revelry, Harry found himself admiring the rather nude form of Fred Weasley. Fred was ducking in and out of the showers with the quaffle soap, playing with his twin and Ron. Harry had been talking with the reserve seeker when his eyes had caught sight of Fred.
~Flashback~
Harry laughed at Sean's comment on the impromptu quaffle game with the soap, his eyes drifting over to where the other boys were playing it. At once he was riveted to the sight of Fred Weasley. His ginger hair clung to his forehead, damp from both the shower water and the steam filling the locker room. Lower down, as well, it glistened with miniscule drops. Fred currently was holding the soap quaffle over his head, his profile turned slightly in Harry's direction, and laughing as he and Ron kept it from George. That entitled Harry to a full view of his quidditch toned body. Harry let his eyes rove over the boy's ginger-haired chest, down his abdomen, to his nearly erect cock, bouncing with every movement he made… It suddenly hit Harry like a tone of bricks.
'Holy fuck, I'm GAY!!'
He tore his eyes away from the site, a completely poll-axed look on his face. Thankfully he hadn't said that aloud, or everyone would have started teasing him unmercifully about it. Being gay at least was no big deal in the Wizarding world thankfully. Still, it would have been highly embarrassing, as the reason for his shouted remark would have been found out. It took Sean snapping his fingers in his face to wake him up from his trance. The third year was curious as to why his idle had that expression on his face, and why he had suddenly zoned out.
"Uh, Harry? You in there, mate?"
"Huh, what? OH! Sean… yeah. Sorry 'bout that." Harry tried to think of something quick. "I guess I just realized how hungry I was, didn't mean to zone out on ya. So, what were we talking about?" He inwardly winced at how lame that had sounded, but Sean seemed to have bought it.
With this life changing epiphany he suddenly saw that he was in a room full of naked or near-naked young men. His cock made itself know with a twitch of interest, and hurriedly Harry got changed into his clothes, hiding his traitorous prick. He offered to make the Hogsmeade trip for the party food up in the tower, using that for his excuse to leave.
The last few weeks of school were torture with Harry constantly being beleaguered by girls he had no interest in, and him wanting to try a relationship with a fellow wizard but having no idea how to go about it. Thus, his reputation as shy, innocent, and hard-to-get began.
~End Flashback~
The rest of that afternoon Harry spent horsing around with Sirius in the water, comparing notes on some of the cute guys the saw, and of course, Sirius pursuing his latest object of interest. All in all, it had been a good day for both, even if Sirius finally discovered that his brunette wasn't gay in the slightest, and was already married. Harry was still snickering about it several hours later back in the hotel room, much to Sirius's embarrassment. His cheek still smarted slightly from where the guys wife had bitch slapped him.
Harry's voice was muffled as he pulled an emerald colored silk shirt over his head. "You see, Siri, not every male in this place is gay. I told you not to go after him. Now see what you get for not listening to me?" He snorted with laughter as he headed over to the full-length mirror to check out his appearance. Just enough gel in his hair to give it a look like it was purposely messy, black slacks, green silk shirt, damn, he was hot. He grinned to his image in the mirror.
He looked over his shoulder as Sirius' image appeared next to him. "You don't have to keep rubbing it in you know. At least I don't about that one blonde bloke back in Venice…?" Sirius smirked when he saw his Godson's mouth snap closed and a slight blush passed over his cheeks.
"Well, I like blondes! And at least he wasn't married!" Lame defense, he knew, but what else could he say? The guy was honestly built like an Adonis!
"No, he wasn't married. But, he did have a girlfriend, as I recall?" Sirius grinned as he straightened his tie in the mirror. "Damn Muggle mirrors, I keep expecting it to talk back!"
"You only miss all the wolf whistles and compliments they give you."
"Oh, like you don't?"
"Heh, I'm not the vain one here, oh Sirius."
Sirius got an evil glint in his eyes before grabbing Harry around the neck and raised his fist in a threatening noogie position. "Care to bet on that, my dear Godson?"
Harry tried to squirm away from Sirius' grasp, yelping and yelling. "Noooo! Let me go, you mangy mutt!" He wriggled free finally and turned to the mirror, checking for any damage. Sirius doubled over in laughter.
"Not vain, eh? Riiiiiiiight…." Harry merely glared at Sirius from the mirror before laughing as well.
"Well, maybe a little…But I learned it from the master!" Sirius rolled his eyes and grabbed his jacket, walking to their hotel room door.
"Perhaps. Well, Romeo, if we want to make our reservations on time, let's get moving."
As the restaurant wasn't a far walk from their hotel, they decided to walk. The night was gorgeous, perfect weather for walking. Though they day had been quite hot, a cool breeze blew in from over the ocean that evening, cooling the city down. Not a cloud marred the sky, so all the stars shown brilliantly. Harry and Sirius made quite a sight as they walked down the boulevard. They got many admiring glances from the women they passed, as well as a few men. Most of the men, though, gave them jealous glares as the women they were walking with gave Harry and Sirius appraising glances. Both were in silk shirts, Sirius's being a sapphire blue, and black slacks. They were both quite tall, with thick black hair, with Sirius's in a ponytail, and very good-looking. And they both knew that little fact as well.
That night they were dining in a well-known restaurant called the Marquis de Lafayette. It was known all along the Riviera for its wonderful cuisine. It was also quite expensive, but they could easily afford it. Both Sirius and Harry had received money from the MoM for their work against Voldemort, and Sirius had also received his estates back as well as a recompense for being put into Azkaban for 13 years. Together with the Potter family fortune, they were the most eligible bachelors in the Wizarding world. It was for partly this reason that Harry and Sirius had decided to take their vacation in the Muggle world. There, they were merely two rich young men. Not famous heroes. Bloody reporters got very annoying after awhile.
They were greeted by a uniformed host at the entrance of the restaurant, and were immediately taken to their table. It was a nice one, next to the dolphin fountain in the center of the establishment. It was partially hidden from the view of the other diners by exotic potted plants. It was the perfect way to end their last night in the Riviera. Harry was just starting to consult his menu when their waiter for that evening approached their table to take their drink orders. Harry glanced up at the young man briefly then back to his menu. He blinked. He then whipped his head back again to look at the man so fast he nearly got whiplash.
Pale blonde hair.
Grey eyes.
Pale, pointed features.
Slim build.
Equally startled expression.
"Malfoy??"
"Potter??"
"What are you doing here?" Both young men exclaimed at the same time.
Sirius glanced between the two young men, a slightly bemused expression on his face. "Well, that was unexpected…"
TBC…
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