Summary: Lucius Malfoy, CEO for Deschutes Enterprises. Harry Potter, upstart at Aurora International. Two people destined for greatness, and each other. But at what price? SLASH of the Lucius/Harry variety and a blatant AU.
CHAPTER THREE: BED AND BREAKFAST
The smell of coffee drifting in from the direction of the kitchen was a blessing to Draco as he was rudely awoken by the sudden buzzing of an alarm clock sitting atop his nightstand. Cursing himself for bothering to set the bloody thing at all, considering it was Sunday, he blindly reached a hand out to shut the nuisance up. Too bad he was already awake and wouldn't be able to go back to sleep now no matter how hard he might try.
Stretching languidly and taking one last moment to savor the warm confines of his covers, he reluctantly hauled himself out of bed, slipping his feet into his elegant silver slippers and grabbing his robe from its place on a hook inside of his closet before putting that on as well. Why on earth did his father have to keep the flat so bloody cold?
Wiping sleep from his eyes and vainly attempting to shake himself awake, Draco shuffled his way out of his room, not bothering to close his door on the way out. It's not like he had anything in there he needed to hide or anything.
Passing by his mother's old room, he briefly paused as he noticed that the usually shut door was wide open, momentarily shocked and confused before he suddenly remembered the 'guest' his father had brought home the night before. The boy really couldn't be much older than himself, if he was even older at all. Despite the fact that he found that thought somewhat disturbing, he did have to admit that it was somewhat reassuring. If his father was able to get that much action after turning forty, then chances were fairly good that he would be able to as well. Not that he expected any differently, of course.
Silently creeping up to the doorframe and taking a peek inside, he found the boy—Harry was it?—still fast asleep and wrapped up in the covers as if they were a cocoon. The scene caused Draco to smile despite himself. He had to admit that the boy was rather attractive. And undeniably cute at the moment as well.
Not wanting to be caught staring, he decided that it was about time he made his way to the breakfast table. The smell of fresh cooked waffles greeted him as he stepped into the airy breakfast nook, the welcome scent making him glad to be home. He had really missed his and his father's Sunday breakfast ritual.
"Morning," Draco greeted his father, stepping into the kitchen and grabbing a mug to pour his coffee into. Despite their near constant bickering, he and his father had always gotten along rather well and he had missed their time together.
"Good morning, Draco," Lucius greeted his son, not bothering to turn away from the eggs he was scrambling. "Would you mind waking Harry and letting him know that breakfast is ready?" It was more of a request than a question really, though Draco decided to answer anyway.
"Sure." Setting his coffee down on the table in his usual spot, Draco turned to amble back down the hallway and wake the sleeping beauty. He felt somewhat awkward, since he really didn't know Harry at all and it had been a long time since they had had any guests.
Walking up to the brunette's bedside, Draco wondered exactly how he should go about waking up the boy. He was sleeping rather peacefully and it seemed a shame to wake him, but he supposed that it would be even more of a shame if the other missed breakfast. But should he just tell him it was time to get up or shake him awake? Was the other a light sleeper or was he one of those people who didn't even wake up with an alarm clock blaring in their ear. Well, there was only one way to find out.
"Umm…Harry? It's time to wake up, breakfast's ready," Draco spoke in a vain attempt to get the boy up. Sighing, he tried again. "Harry, you need to get up now," he spoke, louder this time and with a bit of shaking. Harry only mumbled incoherently and burrowed further into the covers.
"Harry! Wake up!" Draco nearly shouted now, shaking the boy rather roughly despite his earlier hesitation.
"No, I don't want to go to school," Harry complained sleepily, shoving a pillow over his head and hiding from Draco as best he could.
Draco sighed. Really, if he hadn't been getting so irritated by now, then the whole situation would have been rather humorous. As it was, he simply couldn't believe how sound a sleeper Harry seemed to be.
Steeling himself, knowing that his father would probably be upset with his 'rudeness,' Draco took a deep breath in preparation for his next attempt to rouse the still sleeping brunette. "HARRY! WAKE UP!" he shouted as loud as he possibly could, shaking the boy almost violently before proceeding to rip the covers off of the bed and making a mad grab for the pillow Harry was using as cover, unable to pry it from Harry's hands.
Sitting up with a start, Harry suddenly released his hold on the pillow, which caused Draco to land with a thump on the floor due to the fact that he had still been pulling on the other end. Blinking in confusion, Harry leaned over the side of the bed, eyes growing wide as the realization of what had just happened dawned on him.
"Oh my God! I am so sorry!" Harry cried in distress, scrambling off the bed and to Draco's side. Draco gave him a withering glance as Harry babbled on. "I didn't mean to…Are you okay? I—shit, Draco…I feel awful!"
It was then that Lucius came upon the scene, having wondered what on earth was going on when he heard Draco's yell followed by a loud thump. He stopped short as he noticed Draco sitting on the floor with a pillow in his hand, Harry kneeling by his side and looking worried. He raised an eyebrow, wondering exactly what had happened here. "Do either of you care to give me an explanation?" he asked calmly, glancing between the two.
Draco was the first to respond. "Apparently Harry is a very heavy sleeper and doesn't like to be disturbed from his beauty rest," Draco announced with mild sarcasm, pushing himself up off the floor and carefully dusting off his robe.
Harry by now was blushing profusely. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…I was sleeping and then Draco woke me up and I didn't realize what was going on and he must have been pulling on the other end of the pillow I was holding on to and when I let it go he went flying onto the floor…" Harry explained without pause, going through the whole story rather quickly in his embarrassment. He looked down at the floor in mild shame as he awaited Lucius's response.
Taking a moment to process Harry's words, Lucius suddenly snorted in amusement at his son's expense. Upon receiving a glare from Draco, Lucius attempted to quash the chuckles forming in the back of his throat. Coughing to cover them up, he decided that it was probably better to just change the subject, as Draco looked as if he was getting rather pissed off and Harry looked as if he wished to disappear into the carpet.
"Well, I don't know if Draco informed you, Harry, but breakfast is ready," Lucius announced, offering a hand to Harry to help him off the floor.
Hesitantly, Harry accepted. "Umm…thank you very much. It smells delicious," Harry commented politely, following Draco and Lucius to the breakfast nook where an elegant glass table laden with waffles, eggs, and juice awaited them.
"There's coffee in the kitchen if you would like some," Lucius commented, sitting down at his usual spot about the round table. Harry nodded, making his way into the kitchen, while Draco sat down in his typical chair.
Returning with a steaming mug, Harry sat at the available chair, smiling in gratitude though he still felt a bit awkward. He was surprised by how nice it felt to be invited to eat breakfast with Lucius and Draco. It was a feeling that he had never gotten in his own 'home' growing up or in his lonely apartment eating microwaved meals all by himself. He couldn't help but feel happy to be welcome for once, even if he knew it wouldn't last.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note: I know it's been quite a while, but here's chapter 3. I know it has kind of veered off from the way the fic started out, but it will come back to the drama/romance...eventuallyl. Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed and/or read so far. It probably will be quite a while before I get around to updating again, so don't hold your breath.