Prompt: 001 – Pretend
Pairing: Harry x Draco
Length: 135
It was unavoidable – bound to happen eventually – yet they acted blind to its presence as if to acknowledge the existence of this thing and the dangers of walking along that thin line would end them.
The sly brushes of fingers under desks, the intense moments when silver met emerald with both proclaiming yet denying what had grown steadily stronger for longer than they cared to admit to. And it was clear to those who dared to look closer at how the golden boy and ice prince now behaved that there was a flicker of something hidden beneath years of forced darkness. Regretfully a wall built of fear had encased these bright lights of hope for both feared the other's rejection.
After all, when dealing with matters of the heart, sometimes it is better to pretend.