Chapter Twenty Three: Flames

The next morning Harry sighed as he saw the men were sleeping still, laying on the floor with the covers he had given them but they were both mumbling and he knew it was close to the time when they would wake up. Making the coffee and breakfast he waited until he heard mild cursing come from Tom before glancing over his shoulder, "Hangover potions on the table," and watched as both slowly managed to get up and drink the potions, "Making breakfast, coffee's almost done you guys want a cup?"

"Please," Lucius murmured the potions simply took away some of the effects of the alcohol, his head still felt like someone had played tennis with his brain, when the teen handed him and Tom each a cup of the freshly brewed and hot coffee he asked, "How are you so sober? You were matching me drink for drink there for a while."

"I only had that first drink with alcohol…the rest was just coffee," Harry chuckled which made them blink at him, "I told you both that last night before you passed out," which made them send him mild glares, "Hey I learned a long time ago when people are keeping secrets it's best to liquor them up some before prying for information…though your both amazing closed lipped when drunk."

"What did we say?" Tom asked trying to remember why the teen had a smug little smile on his face before he gave a groan and dropped his head to the table, "I called you gorgeous."

"Mmm, yeah you did," Harry chuckled flipping pancakes before turning the bacon, "And Lucius giggled… a lot."

"Oh hell," Lucius covered his face with his hands, "Please tell me you didn't-"

"Get you two on film?" Harry asked before looking at them, they looked mortified, "Of course I did," plating them food he handed each man a plate of food and a fork before sitting down with his own coffee, "Now I will give you each the proof you're giggling, babbling idiots when Tom explains the gorgeous comment and Lucius you explain why after your fifth cup you asked me if I wore underwear."

"Did I really ask that?" Lucius asked before blinking as he suddenly remembered just that, "Oh hell, I'm never drinking again."

"Sure you will, I'll just make sure next time I actually give you something besides liquor," Harry chuckled softly, "After the third cup of barely any coffee I stopped giving you guys any coffee."

"And we were drinking thinking that some of what we were drinking was coffee," Tom said not looking at anyone as he tried to work his addled brain enough to come up with a perfectly logical reason for calling the teenager gorgeous, "I called you gorgeous most likely for one of three reasons," he looked at those green eyes and got a nod, "Well you are quite attractive which is no secret so I may have just been voicing that in a slightly more dramatic way."

"Alright point, the other two reasons?" Harry asked curious, he knew he was mildly attractive so he could give that as a valid reasoning.

"Well two I may have been really, really drunk and been thinking you were someone else…which is sort of doubtful," Tom said with a sigh, "Especially if I was able to focus at all your eyes are unique so I'd not confuse them with anyone else."

"Thanks for the compliment, now third reasoning," Harry said sipping his coffee again.

"I could have just been in a very complimentary mood," Tom said which made Harry turn and focus on Lucius.

"I heard a rumor about how you don't wear underwear and it made me curious because well…I'm just curious about most the rumors in school," Lucius said which was half the truth.

"Oh well yes I do wear underwear, black boxers to be specific," Harry chuckled before turning to Tom, "Thank you for the compliments even if they were alcohol induced, and now for me to be completely honest I had no blackmail I just lied."

"You devious little liar," Tom said before sighing and reaching for the breakfast, "What would you like to do today?" which made the teenager blink at him, "It's your vacation, we're here for your amusement alone so anything you want to do we will do."

"Oh," Harry blinked a few times before turning and looking at the house before looking at the men, "Well we're here for the next six days right?" getting two nods he smiled, "Well could we go and view some of the sights today?"

"Of course," Lucius said smiling a bit as he saw those green eyes light up, "Breakfast first."

"Of course, I'll not have you two wasting my hard work," Harry laughed before watching them enjoy the food some, "See even without my cuteness I'm worth keeping around if only for the food."

"You're also bloody brilliant," Tom said before asking him suddenly, "You knew when school started that I would be interested in your reaction?"

"Well of course I did," Harry chuckled before going towards the doorway he paused and glanced at them a smile in place, "You really didn't think any of this was accidental did you?" and he disappeared up the stairs leaving both men blinking in shock.

"He…he planned this all out," Lucius said before looking at Tom, "Hasn't he?" and got a small nod which made both smirk some wondering if he knew the games he was playing was drawing two very dangerous men to him like moths to a flame. The brighter he burned the more they were drawn in, the more they were drawn in the more dangerous the flame became.