"ALBUS, BREAKFAST!" Al groaned and snuggled back into the warm heat emanating from behind him. He could smell lavender and vanilla – and felt a small moan escape his mouth as the boy behind him tightened is hold. Al suddenly became very aware of his body, Scorpius was wrapped around him and they'd spend the night like this. Shit – he was hard. Trying to hide it, he moved his hips backwards in attempts to leverage some more room in order to tuck the offending member into his waistband but only succeeded in pushing his ass against Scorpius. He felt something hard settle on his lower back and he gulped. OK, so it wasn't just him. Good first step.
Al wanted to stay still as to not wake the other man, but the feeling of his cock pressing against him was doing strange things to his mind. He thought about what it would feel like to touch it, to wrap his hand around it… Experimentally, he ground his hips backwards again.
"You know, if you carry on like that you're doing to have to do something about it" murmured Scorp, pressing himself closer into the smaller man. Albus didn't know what to say – carrying out a conversation in his own head was one thing but being confronted with it verbally somehow made him shy.
"I… er…" Scorpius laughed softly and slid his hand down to Al's thigh,
"Is this OK, Albus?" he asked stopping just before he reached the other man's member and squeezing. Al nodded and pushed his hips backwards once more "Please, Scorp…" Scorpius slid his hand under the waistband of Al's pants and grabbed the aching member beneath. "Fuck…. Ahh… Feels good… I…"
"AL, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN, COME DOWN FROM BREAKFAST!" Scorpius let out a small laugh and withdrew his hand.
"Looks like we'll have to finish this up later." Albus sighed, and rolled out of his bed.
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, after all". The sarcasm in Scorpius' voice was evident as he moved over to his suitcase to grab a change of clothes. "Ohh, here…. I got you something." Handing Al several packages he changed out of his sleepwear as the other man regarded the box with interest.
"Wow, big box…" Al took the package to his bed, the wrapping was immaculate – gold and red ribbon, with matching paper and Al's name embossed across a card on the front. He opened the package. "Merlin, Scorp this is a lot of stuff!" He ran his hands over the satchel, before picking up the bottle of aftershave. He opened the cap and sniffed the inside, "wow. This smells like it costs more than my house." Scorpius smiled,
"I had the scent designed just for you. It's a very subtle smell – only for you and people who are standing very close to you. It's quite a private fragrance."
"I love it, thank you. My dad wears this terrible petrol smelling stuff, so I've never wanted to wear any but now I'll finally be able to." He picked up the bangle, "and what's this?"
"Ahh, the sign on the bangle is the infinitus symbol. The modern day depiction of the leviathan eating its tail to symbolise constant life and re-birth. I thought it was fitting for you - considering how many times our friendship has died and been re-born" Al let out a sharp laugh,
"Wow- that is the most thoughtful way anyone has ever told me that I'm an asshole."
"Well, subtilty is an art." Albus began thumbing through the book before turning to the other man.
"Thank you for these. They're amazing, truly. I don't think anyone has ever put this much thought into a present for me before". Al reached under his bed and pulled out a small box, "Now I feel silly. I only got you this…" He handed the box to Scorpius who lifted the lifted the lid and extracted what appeared to be a snow globe. He shook it.
"It's… snowing?" Albus snorted,
"No, you goon! It's a memory globe. It's almost like a pensive only not – you hold it and think of a person – then you shake it and it'll play you a happy memory of the two of you. I figured with your mother and everything, it'd be um, well – it'd be nice to know you can see her or hear her whenever you want." Scorpius closed his eyes and shook the globe, the crystal lighting up with images and a woman's voice talking softly to a younger Scorpius. He held the globe to his chest before moving over to Al and wrapping his arms around him.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." The two stayed like that for, perhaps slightly longer than was necessary – before Al mumbled "we better go before my mum drags us downstairs".
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Dinnertime arrived faster than Al would have liked. The afternoon had been spent playing a game of tag Rugby with Lilly, James and Scorp and even though Al tried several times to extract Scorpius from his family – they seemed intent on not taking the hint. Just when Al thought he had the other boy to himself, his mum had ruined it by gushing over the necklace Scorp had brought her and insisting they go through her social calendar so that Scorp could give her advice on who may be able or willing to support a new charity she wanted to set up. It wasn't until 16:30 in the evening did Scorpius and Albus find themselves alone together, after being sent upstairs to change for dinner.
"You know, I was thinking about this morning…" said Scorpius, as he changed into a black roll neck jumper. Al's heart sank. He hadn't really prepared to discuss it – he knew he enjoyed it, but talking about it would just complicate everything like it always did and he'd ruin everything. So instead of that he just let out a meagre
"Uh-hum".
"I was wondering if you'd done that kind of thing before?" Al shook his head,
"Was it that obvious?" Scorpius tutted in response,
"I didn't mean it like that, I just wanted to check-in. You feeling OK about it, or do you just want to brush it under the rug and pretend it never happened?" Al shrugged,
"Is that what you want?"
"No, but my being gay made you uncomfortable in the past and like it or not my grabbing your cock was definitely kinda gay. I just want to make sure you're not freaking out". It was a fair point, Al had over-reached in the past and hadn't exactly been a beacon of openness and honesty. It made him feel safe that Scorp was taking the time to check in on him.
"Decidedly not freaking out" he nodded, as if to sure himself of the decision "And also still open to picking up where we left off. Hopefully this time, without being interrupted by my mum." Scorpius smirked and raised an eyebrow,
"It's a date. Why don't we meet back here after dinner – you can help me pack." Al swallowed, a pit of nervousness settling in his stomach –
"Looking forward to it".
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Scorpius sensed Hugo's arrival before he saw the boy. He was sat with Lilly and Al with his back to the door when all of a sudden he felt like he was being watched. He turned slightly to see Hugo glaring at him from the doorway, with Ron, Rose and Hermione behind him taking off their shoes and coats.
Ginny was fussing over them and handing Ron a beer, whilst asking id the kids needed anything and pointing them in the direction of Al and Lilly. They all waved, albeit reluctantly. For her part, Rose strode straight over and took a seat next to Lilly, but Hugo remained with his father and moved to the kitchen. "Well, that went better than expected", Al muttered.
"Yeah, mum made Hugo promise not to be a turdwaffle." Everyone around the sofa started laughing, "She tried to get him to apologise to you but… I think you may be waiting a while." Scorp shrugged,
"Don't worry, I won't hold my breath." A poof of green smoke from the fireplace caught everyone's attention as Harry emerged from the floo network looking particularly grumpy. Scorpius had wondered why he hadn't see Potter senior since his arrival at their house.
"Honey, I'm home!" he yelled, before turning to regard his children, "Hi kids… Ohh, Malfoy- I didn't know if you'd actually come. Nice to see you." Scorpius inclined his head, "Auror Potter." Harry raised an eyebrow, the way he said that was eerily similar to Draco. A cold kind of detachment that to anyone else would read as polite but to him spoke of so much more.
"Say, kids- what do you think about a game a quidditch?" Al groaned,
"Ugh no. Go get James and Hugo and make them play with you. I'd rather sit alone and watch paint dry." Scorpius laughed
"Yeah, and I don't have any gear so…"
"Nonsense, I'm sure Al has some spare, don't you Al?"
"Well, yeah but…it's gonna get dark soon"
"Well then all the more reason to hurry up. Just one quick round before dinner. It'll be fun, I Promise." Al groaned and hid his head in his hands
"Every goddamned year."
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The match was four a side, Harry, Ron, Hugo and Rose versus Scorpius, James, Al and Ginny. Al had volunteered to play as keeper, but also made it explicitly clear that if any balls came hurdling towards him, he was out of there. Ginny was the beater, James was the Chaser and Scorp was the Seeker.
The game was friendly enough, James doing his best to intercept the quaffle before it made its way to Al, who – despite being physically present was not exactly an active participant. For his part, Scorpius wasn't exactly invested in the game. He just knew that his father had never managed to beat Potter, in a match so if he somehow pulled it off he'd never let the other man live it down.
Winning did not seem likely, however. The other team were already far in the lead – and with two grown adult men on their team, he supposed it would be embarrassing if they weren't. In his peripheral vision, he saw Harry dive, tumbling towards the ground. Scorpius surmised there was a chance he'd seen the snitch, but more likely… and then he saw it, fluttering around towards the edge of the filed. He took off after the little gold ball.
Keeping it in his sight, he accelerated – the snitch had moved slightly closer to the centre of the court, and Scorp saw Harry spot the object and take a dramatic turn upwards. The two were moving simultaneously towards the snitch that currently hovered equidistant between them – at this rate, the thing had likely worked out that if it just stayed still the two of them would barrel into one another and it could just fly away. Scorpius wasn't going to let that happen. Harry was using his superior stature to reach out towards the snitch – and that when the idea struck. Given than Harry was moving upwards, and Scorpius moving horizontally – if he could just… Scorpius jerked his broom upwards, anticipating that the snitch would sense the free space it created and migrate to the left and away from Harry's direct line of reach – it also meant that Scorpius was now directly above the snitch whilst Harry still remained to its right. Hoping he wasn't making a terrible mistake, Scorpius dropped from his broom, and took a nosedive straight down onto the snitch. Catching the ball with his left hand he reached to the right and just managed to grasp onto the shaft of Harry's broom. The extra weight sent Harry's broom toppling forwards, and spinning out towards the ground.
"What the fuck!?" the world was spinning, but Scorpius could see the ground wasn't too far off – it would be painful, but he probably wouldn't break anything. Winking at Harry, he let go of the broom and tumbled to the floor, which he hit with a thud. Harry managed to stabilise his broom and lifted himself out of his tailspin – but the game was over. Scorpius held up the snitch and Lilly who had been acting as referee called the game. Harry dropped to the ground, "What the hell was that, you could've gotten yourself killed!" Scorpius shrugged in reply –
"Aren't you the one who stood on his broom and caught the snitch with his mouth once?" Harry gawked as the other players descended around them.
"Great job, Scorpius!" said Ginny, sidling up to the younger man "See, Harry – told you someday someone would pull one of those tricks on you and you'd hate it… You are OK though aren't you dear?" Scorp nodded,
"I'm perfectly fine. A little smug at beating the great Harry Potter, but otherwise…" Harry smirked, and raised an eyebrow,
"Feel good, does it?"
"It feels… correct." Ginny let out a sharp laugh and patted Scorp on the shoulder,
"Definitely your father's son!" James and Al congratulated him and Harry extended his hand. Scorpius shook it, firmly. Scorpius didn't miss the look in Harry's eyes and they looked hands. it looked like… Hunger.
"Yes… He definitely is." Well, fuck.
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The rest of the evening was a much tamer affair. Everyone had cleaned up before dinner and was milling around the living room waiting for dinner to be served. Ginny was busy setting the table, and the smell of food was drifting around the household.
Scorp lened over to Al, "mind showing me where the cups are?" AL nodded and led Scorp into the kitchen. His mother had clearly finished cooking, and various items of kitchenware were cleaning themselves and Al opened a cabinet and took out a glass. He handed it to Scorp,
"Thanks." He set the glass down on the counter, "although truth be told – I knew where they were, I just wanted to get you alone for a minute or two." Al blushed,
"What, couldn't wait until tonight?" the blonde shook his head and stepped closer to Al.
"I've already waited a good few years for you to get your shit together enough to realise how great I am – I don't want to wait anymore." Albus snorted.
"I always knew you were great, I just… didn't want to admit that what I felt maybe wasn't the most platonic." Scorpius was right infront of Al, their noses almost touching. Al leant up, intending to steal a kiss before…
"Dinner, everyone! Come on before it gets cold!" The loud shout caused Al to jump backwards. He swore under his breath.
"I swear my mum is trying to cock block me". Scorpius let out a small laugh.
"Well, I suppose there's nothing wrong with waiting a few more hours. Save me a seat?" Al nodded and left the room.
Collecting his glass from the counter, Scorpius sighed and moving to exit kitchen, coming face to face with an extremely familiar face as he did so. His glass fell to the floor, and shattered.
"You…"