A/N: Thank you for reviewing and encouraging me. Sorry if the chapters aren´t coming so fast but I need some time to write them and that´s a bit of a problem at the moment.

3 The Auror´s Vice Squad

Draco felt his lover´s distress grow before the day of his hearing at the Ministry because of the rape finally broke. Harry had abhorent nightmares every night and he was barely able to sleep. The raven-haired wizard almost looked like death himself, pale and dark shadows under his eyes. Draco didn´t look much better because the other boy moaned and trashed around during his dreams which made it impossible to get a proper sleep for him as well. Harry was very nervous, his hands trembling continuously and his left eye was twitching slightly every now and then but he tried to hide his weakness and vulnerability pretending he was all right. The blonde saw more than once the turmoil of feelings in those magnetic emerald eyes and he was concerned, unable to do anything useful.

One night after Draco had woken up twice because the other wizard groaned loudly while he obviously dreamt something bad but refused to talk about the dream shuddering and muttering, "Draco, please don´t be concerned. It´s nothing. I´m just having nightmares and that´s not really new. Let´s try to sleep again."

Draco felt the helplessness and hid his eyes behind his long tousled hair while he was stroking the other´s shoulder in a comforting manner. Harry´s breathing got calmer and finally he fell into a light slumber again moaning quietly but he didn´t awake as the blonde touched his cheek briefly.

Draco carefully got up and went to the bathroom to use the loo cursing inwardly that he never would drink butterbeer again before he was going to sleep soon afterwards. After he was ready a brief glimpse of silver caught his stormy grey-blue eyes. The razorblade on the sink was reflecting the light and drew the Slytherin´s attention towards the blade as if it was magnetic. Slowly, very slowly the young man moved forward in a trance-like state of mind and a pale slender hand grasped the silver blade carefully. Ice-cold fingers touched the cool metal and he stepped back until his naked torso touched the stony wall behind him. The young wizard sank down to the floor looking on his hand with the shimmering silver blade blankly.

The blonde sat there for awhile in silence, all energy seemed to be drawn away and his eyes were burning with tears behind the closed eyelids. A single sob escaped his throat and he then opened his eyes and wiped away the tears that were about to start a waterfall. The pressure was too much and he didn´t want to tell his boyfriend about the helplessness and the darkness he felt because Harry was suffering too. He had to be strong for his soon-to-be-husband, protect him and give comfort instead of freaking out or being weak and vulnerable. Angry with himself he rubbed his aching eyes with the back of his left hand and held back the flood of tears that threatened to flow making him feel even more helpless.

There it was again, the feeling of emptiness and his mind drifted away, darkness crawling into his consciousness, overwhelming all his senses. Draco didn´t realize how long he had been sitting on the ground, his naked torso leant back against the cold stony bathroom wall but suddenly he was aware of his surroundings again and looked down on the glittering silver razorblade in his shaky hand. He was like hypnotized and all he could think of was that he now needed the comfort of his self-destructive rite of cutting more than ever before. The blonde breathed raggedly and took off his right sock sneering darkly. Nobody would see the fresh cut and he could stop the bleeding with a simple spell after he was done.

A pale trembling hand moved down hesitantly and then the tiny sharp blade caressed the smooth skin leaving a single fresh cut. A slightly burning pain began while the dark red liquid was rinsing down his ankle. Sighing Draco watched the little trail of warm blood flowing over his white skin and again the blade scratched over his milky skin leaving a second bleeding cut. The tension and the pressure left his mind and all he could feel now was relief and life returning in his veins while he still watched his own blood pouring on the ground leaving a dark red poodle on the floor. Suddenly realization hit him furiously and disgusted with himself he buried his face in his ice-cold hands and the blade hit the ground.

Draco had to recollect all his strength to fight away the despair and he watched the thin red line rinsing down his ankle feeling the odd comfort he needed so much. He took a deep breath and grasped for his wand which was hidden in his waistband to magically clean up the mess and stop his bleeding. After that he put on his sock to hide what he had done and he then returned to the bedroom where he found his lover tossing and turning obviously awaken after another nightmare. The silver-haired Slytherin slid under the cover and Harry wrapped his arms around the taller wizard whispering, "Where have you been so long? I´ve already missed you."

Draco couldn´t look into the other´s eyes although it was dark and so there would be nothing to see. He breathed back, "I had to use the loo. No more butterbeer before sleeping."

Harry noticed that there was something wrong and wanted to know, "But why did you need so much time? You look sad, Draco. What is bothering you?"

Draco sighed inwardly and explained still avoiding eye-contact, "I got lost in my thoughts for a moment. I´m concerned because you bottle up everything again, my love. Tell me about your nightmares, please."

The raven-haired wizard sighed deeply and spoke hoarsely, "I´m dreaming about the hearing. They don´t believe me and they say that it´s all my fault. Sometimes they laugh at me because I´m a bloody weakling. ... I also dreamt about the rape ... I feel everything again and again and I have to go through all my feelings whether I want it or not..."

The blonde felt the other young man stiffen and he embraced his lover gently to soothe him. Harry pulled his lover closer and spoke huskily his voice barely a whisper, "You´re always there when I need you. Thank you, Drake."

Draco kissed the other wizard softly on his lips and retorted, "You´re welcome, my kitten."

The both young men snuggled up against each other trying to get some sleep because the following day would be very exhausting. Enjoying the warmth of their bodies they finally fell into a light slumber abreast, one of them snoring softly. The next morning Draco´s wizard clock on the night stand gave a shrill alarm at 9 am and Harry was barely able to keep his eyes open. Draco yawned tiredly and got up quickly before he would sleep again and he dragged his half sleeping boyfriend out of the bed who was cursing incoherently. They both headed for the shower and luckily there were two bathrooms so that both of them were able to have a morning shower and wake up properly.

Today none of them was really hungry and they only ate some cereals for breakfast and Draco prepared some Earl Grey which Harry drank thankfully. The two young men decided to use the underground for their journey to the Ministry and Harry asked his lover for the third time, "Do you really want to come with me? I don´t know if you´re allowed to stay during the hearing."

Draco smiled reassuringly and said softly, "Calm down, love. Of Course I´ll come with you and I´ll have my ways to make sure that I´m allowed to stay. Trust me."

Harry smiled feebly and answered, "OK, Drake. Let´s go and get over with that."

The two wizards left the house together and went to the next underground station. Draco who didn´t use the underground much often before was a bit nervous and exited with all the strange muggel things around. Harry found the hidden curious glances of his boyfriend sort of cute and he looked adorable when he seemed to watch everything carefully trying to figure out what it was. He was like a little child who uses the underground for the first time and some muggles gave them stern looks when they saw the two young men holding hands fingers intertwined and one of them staring at everything with curiosity. Harry breathed into his boyfriend´s ear, "Draco, you´re so cute but we don´t have time to watch everything and all the muggles are staring."

Draco could have slapped himself and he mentally cursed himself for being such a child inside. He allowed himself being dragged away by Harry who seemed to know exactly what to do and he slung his arm around the smaller boy protectively still looking around carefully. They finally sat in the right train and they kissed each other ardently in spite of some giggling teenage girls who were watching the couple astounded. As they finished the kiss Draco glared at the still snickering and staring girls and drawled in his usual aristocratic manner, "Do you know how disturbing it is to stare and giggle like this? Never saw two guys kissing before?"

One of the girls blushed scarlet and her friend admitted mockingly, "No and it´s a pity that you are obviously not interested in girls otherwise I wouldn´t say no if you asked me out."

Now it was Draco´s turn to blush slightly and he snorted, "Well, you already mentioned it, we aren´t interested."

Harry chuckled and pulled his boyfriend into an embrace tenderly not caring about the younger girls who still were watching them. Draco gave up and decided to ignore the emerging snickers and leant into the embrace. Harry trembled slightly and Draco tightened the embrace and locked his lips over the other´s softly. He then parted his lover´s lips with his tongue and they started a tongue duel. Their tongues were battling around passionately and they forgot their surroundings and the hearing for a brief moment. After they finished the intense kiss panting for air Harry noticed that they were nearly there and said softly, "Draco, two more stops and we have to get out."

Draco glanced into the other´s emerald eyes and asked concerned, "Are you all right, my kitten?"

Harry nodded silently and he then admitted abruptly, "I´m scared, love."

The blonde wizard again wrapped his arm around the other boy protectively and assured him, "I´m there and I won´t let you alone, Harry."

They sat together silently until they reached their destination and left the train. Harry led the way to the entrance of the Ministry and Draco was surprised as he entered the phone box and after his lover dialled a number and spoke into the strange little thing in his hand they stepped into the Ministry together. There was a kind of information desk and they got the room number where they would have to go. On their way to the Auror´s Vice Squad Harry paled more and more and hid his eyes behind a curtain of unruly black hair again. Draco took a hold of the other´s hand and squeezed it gently to comfort his distressed boyfriend.

Finally the both wizards reached the office with number 221 as they were told and Harry knocked on the door hesitantly. A growling voice answered quickly, "Come in, please."

Draco opened the door and they stepped in slowly feeling rather nervous now. A young looking brown-haired wizard looked at them friendly and offered two chairs to sit down. The two boys sat down immediately and Harry swallowed trying to get rid of the knot in his throat. The auror cleared his throat and addressed Harry, "My name is Pete Brown. You´re Mr Potter, am I right?"

The black-haired boy nodded silently and the older wizard continued, "You want to report a rape?"

Harry sighed deeply and retorted hoarsely, "Yes, that´s right."

The brown-haired man scratched his chin slightly and said with an encouraging smile, "I know that you are scared but we need your statement. Please, explain what happened."

Harry stiffened and Draco took his hand stroking the other´s hand with his thumb lightly and then Harry took a deep breath and explained everything what had happened during the rape.

The auror nodded every now and then and scribbled some notes on a parchment while he listened carefully. After Harry finished he again cleared his throat and asked, "You didn´t see their faces nor did you hear their voices?"

Harry once again simply nodded not able to speak because of his sudden urge to cry but he managed to hold the tears back ashamed of his own weakness. The auror looked at the raven-haired wizard thoughtfully and explained, "That´s a very difficult situation because we aren´t allowed to use Veritaserum if there are no details that lead to the rapists. Would you agree to give us the memory into a pensieve to search for any details?"

Harry agreed quickly, "Yes, of course."

The older man pointed his wand on the table muttering, "Accio pensieve" and a pensieve similar to that one in Professor Dumbledore´s office appeared on the table soon afterwards. Brown then pointed his wand on Harry´s forehead muttering some kind of strange spell and a silver fine line of mist was shimmering at the tip of his wand. The man withdrew his wand and directed it on the pensieve making the silver mist soar into the glass. Another auror with blonde hair and an arrogant smirk appeared at that moment and greeted the two boys drawling, "Ah, Mr Potter and Mr Malfoy. Nice to meet you."

The brown-haired man spoke again, "May I introduce my partner: Hardy Bold. He is the specialist for detail search and he´s going to use the pensieve right now."

The man called Bold stepped forward and leant over the pensieve to disappear in Harry´s memory for a long while. Harry felt sick and Draco sensed that his partner wasn´t doing very well because his hand was trembling awfully, cold sweat was covering his skin and the face colour wasn´t anymore white but more a sick shade of slight green. Pete Brown looked at the Boy-Who-Lived concerned and offered, "Would you like to go into the bathroom beside? You are allowed to open the window for some fresh air and it would be better if your boyfriend comes with you."

Harry thanked the auror and stood up hastily rushing out of the room quickly followed by Draco.

As Draco entered the bathroom short afterward he found his lover leaning over a sink throwing up the little bit of breakfast he had this morning. The blonde opened the window and gave his boyfriend a handkerchief to clean his face. Harry rinsed his mouth with ice-cold water and went over to the open window breathing deeply. He now looked a bit better and Draco offered him a peppermint which the other young man took looking thankfully. Draco caressed his lover´s back gently and Harry managed to smile weakly as he spoke finally, "I´m glad when it´s over, Drake."

The silver-haired wizard nodded and stated, "I´m too, my kitten."

Harry decided, "We should go back."

Draco took the other´s hand and they returned to the hearing room beside to find the two aurors debating about the case. As the couple entered the room the two Ministry wizards stopped their discussion and Brown explained friendly, "That was very useful because one of the attackers wore rather rare dragonskin boots which are very old and another had a tiny birth mark on his left thumb. The third attacker had a lot of freckles and shabby old salamander boots which are not to buy in any stores nowadays. Those details should help to identify the guys that did this to you. You already mentioned the names and all we have to do know is identifying them with the details and then we are able to use Veritaserum or Legilmency which is better and my partner here happens to be very good at invading minds."

Hardy Bold sneered darkly and drawled, "No big deal, guys. Really no big deal. You can leave now and all you have to do now is waiting for the trial. We´ll inform you about the developments and our next steps as good as possible. Since you gave to protocol that you´re using a Fidelius Charm, are there any friends who would be able to inform you about letters?"

Harry answered feeling relieved now, "Yes, there are. You can send the letters to Blaise Zabini in Annandale Road 35, Greenwich Village. He´ll give us the letters. What will I have to do during the trial?"

Brown informed the still nervous looking black-haired wizard, "You´ll have to testify everything for the court and maybe they´ll make you use Veritaserum but I doubt that it´ll happen because we had your memory for use in our pensieve."

Harry nodded and the couple left the Ministry after Brown had replaced the memory into Harry´s mind as fast as they could feeling rather relieved now that they knew there would be a real chance to get justice.

Blaise and Terry were glad to hear the good news too and surely Blaise agreed to deliver the letters from the Ministry. The newspapers seemed to get tired of writing about our famous gay couple and luckily there was a bit of peace now giving the two young man a rest which both of them needed urgently.

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