Final bit of fallout from Padfoot's indiscretions, I couldn't sleep and haven't heard from Lily today so just posting what I came up with before I had to crash. My fault it's so short, was playing Resident Evil 2 like I was twelve again, by the way Mr X is bullshit and I got a sick feeling of vindication when he was eviscerated by William Birkin...despite how much it traumatized his daughter.
Seriously I just want to unlock Leon's B scenario at this point, I'm sick of playing around with ammo types and just want to shoot zombies in the fucking face with a damn shotgun at this point.
I'm rambling...
Right.
Read and enjoy!
New years day was interesting for the Malfoy, Potter, and Black/Bones clans; mostly due to the fact that Sirius was eyeing his female cousins warily with a sparking cattle prod in hand, and said cousins were all running their fingers down the lengths of cursed knives they had quite recently pulled from the Black Vault. All this was going on while Ted and Lucius stood aside looking on in amusement and Amelia ignored them all filling out her daily planner for the week ahead.
"Pinot Grigio?" Lord Malfoy asked the muggle born solicitor with a raised brow, Ted nodded and accepted the glass with an amused smirk crossing his lips as he sipped the wine while nodding towards the drama unfolding before them.
"Thank you Lucius, please do tell me is this some sort of pure blood politics cold war thing or family business?"
Lucius sipped his own drink before shrugging lightly, "A little from column A, a little from column B I think. Harry is, essentially family at this point. You know that as well as I do at this turn I believe."
Ted nodded as Lucius continued, "Last night Lord Black instigated an event that had Lord Potter make his intentions clear towards my daughter, and since Harry is an honorable sort we all know he was earnest in his proclamations."
Ted snorted at that as he finished his drink and offered his now empty glass towards Lucius who refilled it without breaking his gaze from the standoff between the Black Witches and their Lord, his smirk never shifting from his lips in the process.
"Quite, my adoptive son is many things but duplicitous towards his friends and family? Never. As for his intended? Ha!"
Lucius nodded slowly as he replied, "Indeed, the issue is not necessarily that he was responsible for getting Harry... hmmm..."
"So absolutely shite faced that he forgot he was a Ravenclaw long enough to snog his best friend and hope to Circe she would accept his apology later like he was a bloody Gryffindor?"
Rather then getting angry Lucius snorted in amusement and nodded, "Precisely. Rather it is that Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Andromeda have all been grooming Harry to be the perfect husband for my little girl since..."
"Forever?"
"About right, and Sirius completely mucked up their machinations due to his impertinent impatience, the problem is while they are all dangerous in their own right Lord Black has held his position because...well..."
Sirius pulled a cigarette from his pocket while lifting the sparking cattle prod to his face and lit it with the snapping electrical arcs smirking lightly as his cousins stepped back, all while his wife rolled her eyes turning back to her planner.
Ted scoffed as he finished his drink and shook his head slowly, "He's crazier then they are?"
Lucius shrugged lightly throwing his companion a 'what can you do?' look, "Pretty much."
Any comment Ted was to make was cut off as a musical voice cut across the room, "A good morning to you all, it is pleasant to see so much of our family together without a crisis at hand! How are you all doing today?"
The Black Sisters, Sirius, Ted, Amelia, and Lucius turned towards Dancia as she entered the room, her lacy blue dress shifting about her like windswept snow while she ran a hand through her long silky hair.
"I am so lucky Harry fell in love with her from the word 'Go', the idiots I would have to deal with otherwise..." Lucius muttered quietly enough for only Ted to hear, who placed a hand on his shoulder while nodding slightly.
"And we're lucky that she feels the same towards him..." He whispered in response as the hearth flared into green flames while Nymphadora and Harry rolled out onto the floor.
"Sweet merciless Morrigan sis, is there any form of magical transportation that doesn't induce the urge to vomit?!" Harry spat out as he took to his feet, Dora for her part helped him up while cracking her head to the side.
"You could enchant a motor bike like your Dogfather I suppose?"
Harry sighed while shaking his head slightly, "Dany and Mia already told me I'm not allowed to do that and they're rather... formidable witches, they would find out if I did it behind their backs regardless..."
"Already properly trained, you are after all welcome dear niece!" Bellatrix stated with a wide grin causing both Harry and Dancia to meet each other's gaze which they quickly averted as they both blushed brightly.
Dora, having recently survived this particular gauntlet decided to show some pity for her little cousins and stuck her fingers in her mouth letting out a shrieking whistle causing all to wince before pointing towards the rooms exit.
"Let the kiddos work through this on their own! Everyone out, yes that includes you Sirius and don't you be brandishing that overblown taser at me I've got a bloody Glock 18 with your name it!"
As the adults shuffled out of the room, all of them sending the two teens looks of encouragement, Dora soon grabbed the door handle, shot the pair a wink, and closed the room off.
Harry and Dancia stared at their feet for a few minutes before Harry took in a deep breath, stepped forward, and took Dancia's hands into his own.
"Dany... While...last night was not at all how I wanted to broach the subject, it was not... Wrongly proclaimed. I... Have felt, things, more than friendship, for you, for a few months now and I just wish you to know that, well..."
Dancia raised her right forefinger and placed it to Harry's lips silencing him in an instant, dropping her hand to her side she tilted her head slightly then asked, "Harry do you really want this?"
He was silent for a few moments, then let out a tired sigh, "I...think so? I...Dany... The Dursleys really screwed me up, I think at this point I know what love is but...I just... I just don't know if for sure I'm right..."
Dancia raised her right brow up, then let out an exasperated sigh, "Kiss me."
Harry blinked at that as he turned back towards his best friend, "Pardon?"
"Kiss me," she said while crossing her arms scowling, "You had no problem with it when you were drunk last night. So do it now, sober, completely in control of your mental faculties. Tell me how it makes you feel after you do so."
Harry turned beet red while sputtering to himself as he turned around, "Really just like that? Dany I-"
"What are your house words Harry James Potter?"
Freezing up he stared at the far wall for nearly a minute before he turned around, marched towards Dancia, and stopped directly before her, then he leaned down and their lips met.
They stayed like that for several moments before they broke apart, their intense gazes locked for roughly three seconds, then they both grinned like idiots and broke out giggling wrapping each other in a tight hug.
"Fortune favors the bold..." Harry muttered lightly.
"So it does," Dancia replied while breaking their embrace and meeting his gaze evenly, "No matter how this goes, I will always be your best friend, and you will always be mine. We are not letting stupid relationship bullshit ruin what we have here Harry James Potter!"
Harry grinned in return as he nodded in agreement, "Deal, Dancia Alya Malfoy. Though...where does Hermione fit into all of this?"
That had Dany blinking in surprise for a moment before she shrugged uncomfortably, "I...have no idea?"
Harry nodded slowly at that while shooting her a knowing grin, "Right, lets figure us out first, Yeah?"
Dany could only grin return, "Yeah, lets figure out us. So, time to confront the family then?"
"Yeah," Harry said while breathing in a deep sigh, taking Dany's hand he led her towards the main hall and as the doors swung open he muttered, "You distract Padfoot long enough for me to grab the cattle prod and we'll get Dora to shove it up his arse, savvy?"
Dany giggled and leaned over to kiss Harry's cheek and muttered, "I love you, you know that right?"
Harry grinned as he guided her towards their family while whispering, "I know..."