They arrived at the Wizarding embassy, the only safe Apparition point in Muggle Paris, checked into a small hotel ('Mmm... small bed!' Draco exclaimed. Harry just rolled his eyes.), and spent the first day getting acquainted with the town. They found a nice wizard guide by the name of Etienne to help them around the city. Well, Draco found Etienne. Much to Harry's dislike, for the small fact that Etienne was gorgeous. Stupid, yes, but gorgeous. And Draco was being very...er... kind to Etienne.
They were walking to dinner when Harry had finally had enough. All day, Draco payed a total of NO attention to Harry, and all of it to Etienne. At first, Harry had been tolerant of it, because Etienne was a new person, etc. but then Draco was looking for opportunities to touch Etienne, and when Etienne decided to SHOW Draco how to greet people in France (ehem... kiss-kiss), and actually did it, Harry pulled Draco away, harshly, and smiled falsely at Etienne.
'You'll just excuse me a moment, I need to have a little talk with my BOYFRIEND.' and he hauled Draco into the restrooms, not bothering to care that he was holding onto his arm dreadfully tight. Once they were in the washroom, Harry let go and backed away a bit.
'What?' Draco asked, furrowing his brow and straightening his clothing. 'You about broke my arm off!'
'You deserved it.' Harry spat. 'Oh, I'm sorry, did I make my presence KNOWN for the first time today? What was I thinking?'
'What are you ON about?' Draco replied, shaking his head.
'Which one of these two choices are you romantically involved with, Draco Malfoy? ME or Etienne?' Harry asked, raising an eyebrow. Draco slapped himself on the forehead a moment later, then gathered Harry into his arms. Harry struggled to remain mad at the man, but found he couldn't as soft hands stroked up and down his back. 'W-what are you doing?' He questioned as he felt light kisses on his neck.
'Apologizing.' Harry grinned to himself.
'For what?' He asked innocently, wanting Draco to actually admit that he'd been a total prick all day long.
'For ignoring you and shamelessly flirting with that stupid guideboy.'
'You didn't seem to find him quite so stupid, if I do recall. " Etienne, I believe I've missed a button on my shirt. Oops, my mistake, I just unbuttoned it!" ' Harry mimicked a comment his lover had made that day.
'Hey,' Draco scoffed, ' A Malfoy cannot control his sexiness. It just exudes in mass quantities, completely untamed.'
'Well, I felt very left out.'
'I'm sorry...' The blond man said, then raised a hand to lift Harry's face from its position against Draco's chest. He kissed his lips ever-so-softly, running his tongue along the bottom lip, then pulled away. 'Now, you great prat, do you accept my apology?'
'Mmmhmm...' Harry mumbled, feeling as if he didn't have a spine. He leaned his head back on Draco's shoulder and sighed, breathing in the scent that intoxicated him more than the bottle of wine back at their table. His hands trailed up to brush their fingers against Draco's soft neck, causing the other man to shiver. 'We should get back, you know.'
'Ok...' They kissed once more and exited the washroom, holding hands. Upon returning to the table, the two men found Etienne checking his cell phone. He stood up to do something to Draco, Harry presumed, so he glared at the French twit evilly, who stuttered out an excuse to leave quite quickly. Harry grinned and the two lovers ate a nice meal before leaving for the hotel.
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'Dray... wake up, love. Time to go play detective...' Harry chuckled as he tried to wake Draco up, not succeeding in the least. He found Draco's left hand and took a finger into his mouth, sucking lightly, two fingers, three...
'Mmm... feels good.' Draco mumbled, rolling over. Harry nibbled a bit, which caused Draco to arch his back. Harry laughed again and stopped his oral pleasuring, resorting to pulling his boyfriend out of the bed. Draco's eyes snapped open and he glared. 'You could have just woken me up normally, you know.'
'I tried.' Harry said, devesting himself of his clothes, then Draco's as well. They showered quickly, then dressed in fresh clothing. After breakfast at a little café, they followed directions they had been given and found a small apartment building. Harry stood outside and took a deep breath. Draco pressed the button for apartment 11, and a voice answered,
'Oui?'
Draco sighed. 'Bonjour, le monsieur, je me demandais si je pourrais trouver quelqu'un qui pourrait me dire de Hogwarts?' He said, knowing the the 'Hogwarts' would get them up there if a wizard or witch lived there, let alone Hermione or Ron.
'Oh! oui, s'il vous plaît monte. qui ceci est?'
'Erm... Etienne Bâtard.' Draco said.
'D'accord, attend la cloche.' And a bell chimed and the door opened. Harry looked at Draco.
'What did you just say?'
'Oh, I asked if there was someone there who could tell me about Hogwarts, then they said sure, and asked my name, so I said Etienne the Bastard.' Harry laughed and they walked up the stairs to the flat. Harry knocked on the door, curious as to why he wasn't more nervous. After all, until five days ago, he'd known his friends as 'Bitch and her significant other'. But now he might have been wrong... he was really confused.
The door opened, and the two men were completely shocked at who answered. Severus Snape, with his arms wrapped around a suddenly stunned-looking ex-best-friend of a very stunned-looking raven-haired man.
'Hermione? What the fuck...?' Harry stuttered, his eyes widening. He felt Draco's hand slip into his own.
'H-Harry!' She exclaimed, launching herself at him. She hugged him tightly, then stepped back. 'Come in!' He and Draco followed her into the flat, which looked quite cheerful. Harry almost laughed as he passed a VERY shocked Snape.
'Hello, Snape. Long time no see.' He said, and glanced at Draco, who was smirking.
Snape only nodded, then allowed himself to be pulled over onto the couch by Hermione. Draco dragged Harry, whispering,
'Don't worry. I knew all along.' Harry turned and glared.
'You what?' Draco cringed.
' I shouldn't have said that.'
Harry scowled and sat down, followed by his boyfriend, who he was choosing to ignore. He turned to face his -er- friend, who was eyeing him anxiously. He leaned against Draco, even if he was peeved, and sighed.
'Tell me the whole story.'
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Voldemort had tortured her for days. Ron had willingly turned himself over. But Hermione... she refused to give up, and refused to die (aided by Snape, apparently), so they just kept her in hiding, then put her under Imperious so Harry would think she'd turned. She had found solace in Snape, who was assigned to guard and watch her. In essence, he took good care of her until the final battle came around. Draco had known the whole time, except he had been led to believe that Ron was under Imperious.
'They suspected you, Draco, and began to feed you lies.' Snape said as Draco's shocked expression betrayed his inner thoughts. 'Mr. Weasley all too easily agreed to become a Death Eater.' Harry cringed, still unable to comprehend that his best friend really had betrayed him. For the past five days, he'd been thinking that he'd be reunited with Ron, and everything would return to normal. He was rewarded, instead, with Hermione and Snape. Not that he wasn't grateful. He glanced up, seeing an anxious Hermione wringing her hands. He stood up and held out his arms. She got up and fell into his embrace.
'I'm so sorry...' She sobbed, and he rubbed slow circles on her back.
'It's all right...' He replied. They broke apart and Harry looked at Draco, looking for some comfort. His lover gave him an a reassuring look. Gods, he was going to need that support that was showing in his eyes. 'Well, we're going to be staying in the country a bit longer. We have a lot to catch up on, ' Harry said, casting a quick glance at Snape, who was currently giving Draco a meaningful look. The sun had set, and Harry was getting tired. Hermione nodded and they embraced again.
'I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?' She said, kissing his cheek. He kissed her back and Draco stood up, nodding.
'Severus.' Snape stood up and shook Draco's hand, then Harry's, before wrapping an arm around Hermione's waist. They were escorted to the door, and walked back to the hotel. Draco, before leaving the apartment building, had protectively wrapped an arm around Harry's waist and was half-supporting the emotionally-tired man next to him.
When they reached the hotel, Draco located pyjama bottoms and a long-sleeved black top for Harry, optioning on pyjama pants and a white t-shirt for himself. He half-dressed Harry, then crawled into bed, not sure if he should hold him or not. He lay still for a few minutes before he heard soft crying.
'Draco...'
'Yes?' He asked quietly. Harry turned over, facing him, and wiped the tears of his face.
'Can you just...' Draco frowned slightly as Harry pulled off his shirt.
'Harry?'
'Just comfort me, ok?' Draco nodded.
They spent the night having the most emotional sex Draco had ever had.
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(a/n)- Don't worry, I'll describe both of their reactions to this night in the next chapter... i just thought this one was getting a little lengthy, so... yeah. The last scene was based off a movie called 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack... one of my favorite movies. Sadly, the scene in reference is between a GIRL and JC... LOL.
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They were walking to dinner when Harry had finally had enough. All day, Draco payed a total of NO attention to Harry, and all of it to Etienne. At first, Harry had been tolerant of it, because Etienne was a new person, etc. but then Draco was looking for opportunities to touch Etienne, and when Etienne decided to SHOW Draco how to greet people in France (ehem... kiss-kiss), and actually did it, Harry pulled Draco away, harshly, and smiled falsely at Etienne.
'You'll just excuse me a moment, I need to have a little talk with my BOYFRIEND.' and he hauled Draco into the restrooms, not bothering to care that he was holding onto his arm dreadfully tight. Once they were in the washroom, Harry let go and backed away a bit.
'What?' Draco asked, furrowing his brow and straightening his clothing. 'You about broke my arm off!'
'You deserved it.' Harry spat. 'Oh, I'm sorry, did I make my presence KNOWN for the first time today? What was I thinking?'
'What are you ON about?' Draco replied, shaking his head.
'Which one of these two choices are you romantically involved with, Draco Malfoy? ME or Etienne?' Harry asked, raising an eyebrow. Draco slapped himself on the forehead a moment later, then gathered Harry into his arms. Harry struggled to remain mad at the man, but found he couldn't as soft hands stroked up and down his back. 'W-what are you doing?' He questioned as he felt light kisses on his neck.
'Apologizing.' Harry grinned to himself.
'For what?' He asked innocently, wanting Draco to actually admit that he'd been a total prick all day long.
'For ignoring you and shamelessly flirting with that stupid guideboy.'
'You didn't seem to find him quite so stupid, if I do recall. " Etienne, I believe I've missed a button on my shirt. Oops, my mistake, I just unbuttoned it!" ' Harry mimicked a comment his lover had made that day.
'Hey,' Draco scoffed, ' A Malfoy cannot control his sexiness. It just exudes in mass quantities, completely untamed.'
'Well, I felt very left out.'
'I'm sorry...' The blond man said, then raised a hand to lift Harry's face from its position against Draco's chest. He kissed his lips ever-so-softly, running his tongue along the bottom lip, then pulled away. 'Now, you great prat, do you accept my apology?'
'Mmmhmm...' Harry mumbled, feeling as if he didn't have a spine. He leaned his head back on Draco's shoulder and sighed, breathing in the scent that intoxicated him more than the bottle of wine back at their table. His hands trailed up to brush their fingers against Draco's soft neck, causing the other man to shiver. 'We should get back, you know.'
'Ok...' They kissed once more and exited the washroom, holding hands. Upon returning to the table, the two men found Etienne checking his cell phone. He stood up to do something to Draco, Harry presumed, so he glared at the French twit evilly, who stuttered out an excuse to leave quite quickly. Harry grinned and the two lovers ate a nice meal before leaving for the hotel.
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'Dray... wake up, love. Time to go play detective...' Harry chuckled as he tried to wake Draco up, not succeeding in the least. He found Draco's left hand and took a finger into his mouth, sucking lightly, two fingers, three...
'Mmm... feels good.' Draco mumbled, rolling over. Harry nibbled a bit, which caused Draco to arch his back. Harry laughed again and stopped his oral pleasuring, resorting to pulling his boyfriend out of the bed. Draco's eyes snapped open and he glared. 'You could have just woken me up normally, you know.'
'I tried.' Harry said, devesting himself of his clothes, then Draco's as well. They showered quickly, then dressed in fresh clothing. After breakfast at a little café, they followed directions they had been given and found a small apartment building. Harry stood outside and took a deep breath. Draco pressed the button for apartment 11, and a voice answered,
'Oui?'
Draco sighed. 'Bonjour, le monsieur, je me demandais si je pourrais trouver quelqu'un qui pourrait me dire de Hogwarts?' He said, knowing the the 'Hogwarts' would get them up there if a wizard or witch lived there, let alone Hermione or Ron.
'Oh! oui, s'il vous plaît monte. qui ceci est?'
'Erm... Etienne Bâtard.' Draco said.
'D'accord, attend la cloche.' And a bell chimed and the door opened. Harry looked at Draco.
'What did you just say?'
'Oh, I asked if there was someone there who could tell me about Hogwarts, then they said sure, and asked my name, so I said Etienne the Bastard.' Harry laughed and they walked up the stairs to the flat. Harry knocked on the door, curious as to why he wasn't more nervous. After all, until five days ago, he'd known his friends as 'Bitch and her significant other'. But now he might have been wrong... he was really confused.
The door opened, and the two men were completely shocked at who answered. Severus Snape, with his arms wrapped around a suddenly stunned-looking ex-best-friend of a very stunned-looking raven-haired man.
'Hermione? What the fuck...?' Harry stuttered, his eyes widening. He felt Draco's hand slip into his own.
'H-Harry!' She exclaimed, launching herself at him. She hugged him tightly, then stepped back. 'Come in!' He and Draco followed her into the flat, which looked quite cheerful. Harry almost laughed as he passed a VERY shocked Snape.
'Hello, Snape. Long time no see.' He said, and glanced at Draco, who was smirking.
Snape only nodded, then allowed himself to be pulled over onto the couch by Hermione. Draco dragged Harry, whispering,
'Don't worry. I knew all along.' Harry turned and glared.
'You what?' Draco cringed.
' I shouldn't have said that.'
Harry scowled and sat down, followed by his boyfriend, who he was choosing to ignore. He turned to face his -er- friend, who was eyeing him anxiously. He leaned against Draco, even if he was peeved, and sighed.
'Tell me the whole story.'
-----
Voldemort had tortured her for days. Ron had willingly turned himself over. But Hermione... she refused to give up, and refused to die (aided by Snape, apparently), so they just kept her in hiding, then put her under Imperious so Harry would think she'd turned. She had found solace in Snape, who was assigned to guard and watch her. In essence, he took good care of her until the final battle came around. Draco had known the whole time, except he had been led to believe that Ron was under Imperious.
'They suspected you, Draco, and began to feed you lies.' Snape said as Draco's shocked expression betrayed his inner thoughts. 'Mr. Weasley all too easily agreed to become a Death Eater.' Harry cringed, still unable to comprehend that his best friend really had betrayed him. For the past five days, he'd been thinking that he'd be reunited with Ron, and everything would return to normal. He was rewarded, instead, with Hermione and Snape. Not that he wasn't grateful. He glanced up, seeing an anxious Hermione wringing her hands. He stood up and held out his arms. She got up and fell into his embrace.
'I'm so sorry...' She sobbed, and he rubbed slow circles on her back.
'It's all right...' He replied. They broke apart and Harry looked at Draco, looking for some comfort. His lover gave him an a reassuring look. Gods, he was going to need that support that was showing in his eyes. 'Well, we're going to be staying in the country a bit longer. We have a lot to catch up on, ' Harry said, casting a quick glance at Snape, who was currently giving Draco a meaningful look. The sun had set, and Harry was getting tired. Hermione nodded and they embraced again.
'I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?' She said, kissing his cheek. He kissed her back and Draco stood up, nodding.
'Severus.' Snape stood up and shook Draco's hand, then Harry's, before wrapping an arm around Hermione's waist. They were escorted to the door, and walked back to the hotel. Draco, before leaving the apartment building, had protectively wrapped an arm around Harry's waist and was half-supporting the emotionally-tired man next to him.
When they reached the hotel, Draco located pyjama bottoms and a long-sleeved black top for Harry, optioning on pyjama pants and a white t-shirt for himself. He half-dressed Harry, then crawled into bed, not sure if he should hold him or not. He lay still for a few minutes before he heard soft crying.
'Draco...'
'Yes?' He asked quietly. Harry turned over, facing him, and wiped the tears of his face.
'Can you just...' Draco frowned slightly as Harry pulled off his shirt.
'Harry?'
'Just comfort me, ok?' Draco nodded.
They spent the night having the most emotional sex Draco had ever had.
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(a/n)- Don't worry, I'll describe both of their reactions to this night in the next chapter... i just thought this one was getting a little lengthy, so... yeah. The last scene was based off a movie called 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack... one of my favorite movies. Sadly, the scene in reference is between a GIRL and JC... LOL.
THANKS THANKS THANKS TO MY REVIEWERS!!! I don't have time to reply to everyone, but I realllllly appreciate all the people who have faithfully read this story, and so I just want you to know that every review means a special something to me!
Mr. X - Wow. I am so... euphoric. Your reviews flattered me so much! I am... shocked (in a good way) that you think I have the most developed style on FF! And that I'm the best slasher. Wow. I don't know if I deserve that kind of credit! I am, actually, considering a career in writing when I am older. I hope I do have a future in it! WOW. Thank you so much for your reviews, and I hope you liked this chapter. I cannot thank you enough for the reviews... they inspired me more than you will ever know! THANK YOU!
(oh, and thanks for the thoughts for my boyfriend. He thinks it's so nice of everyone to send him good thoughts and such!)
illusionbutterfly
chicklebird
Duddits
Mistal, Autumn Priestess
Vampire-gurl19
Curious Dream Weaver
Yaoi Angel
Brenna8
Emma (dude, we are going to ROCK the children's bedroom at the Wornall House this Christmas!)