Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 96 of ? or part 13 of Part Three
Words: 314
No funny thing here, I'm empty.
Harry could hear the other boy's voice muffled through the duvet but he stayed silent. He shut his eyes tightly and lifted the mirror back up and without opening his eyes he said, "You have every right to shout at me: I fucked up. But please shout when I get there. I need some sleep and then you can shout for hours if you like. I'm sorry. I want to eat supper with my parents and go to bed. Shout at me later, please."
"I'll see you tomorrow, Potter." And with that Draco disappeared.
James was standing in the door smiling sadly. "Harry," he called softly, "supper's ruined. It's alright though, it was clam chowder, I know you hate clam chowder." He climbed back into bed and wrapped an arm around Harry's waist. "What do you want on your pizza?"
"Same thing as always," said Harry softly.
"Right," James smiled, "that's what everyone said." He pulled the muggle phone off the bedside table. "Hey, Maria, how are you?. . . We're good. We need one large meat lovers, one large Hawaiian, one large quadruple cheese and onion, and two large black olive and cappers. . . yep two of them, they're both home. I know, it's nice to have a full house." Turning his attention to Harry he said, "Maria says hi."
"Hi back," said the boy curling into his dad's side. "Can they deliver it? And can we eat in bed?"
"Yeah, baby." He kissed Harry's forehead and hung up the phone.
"And can I stay here tonight?"
"In bed with me and Sirius? That's fine. Whatever you want."
"I'm sorry. I know it's annoying. It's just. . . I saw you both die this morning. I swear I'll go back tomorrow."
"Stay the night, the week, the year. Just feel better, alright?"
"Thank you, Daddy, thank you for letting me stay."
"Always, Harry, always."