Author: Muttzrock
Title: Bedtime story
Chapter Title: Common Goal
Disclaimer: OWN NOTHING! NOT ONE DROP!
Pairings: Adult Harry/Draco, mentions of Oliver/Marcus, eventually young Harry/Draco
Warnings: Language and sexual incidents but nothing too explicit.
Summary 1: In the future, Harry and Draco are married with kids. They tell them the story on how they got together.
Summary 2: Oliver is heart broken and Marcus is seriously injured. Harry and Draco have an agreement.
Notes: First time Harry Potter fic, please be nice when sending comment.
Dan wiped his tears away, Harry held his son close, and he should have known that Dan would get upset after hearing about his uncle. Tom cuddled his knees to his chest, trying to stop the tears from falling. Draco sighed sadly remembering seeing his friend lying on the ground with blood pouring from his skull.
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"Marcus!" Oliver flew down as fast he could, he got down on the ground and ran to the unconscious body, he fell to his knees and touched Marcus's bloodied head "I'm so sorry" Tears were falling freely from Oliver's eyes as he choked on his words "I'm SORRY! Marcus I didn't mean it, I didn't mean any of it! Wake up! Please baby wake up! I love you!" The last line was echoed across the field, and Oliver cried gut wrenching tears over his love "I love you" it was only a whisper.
Eventually he was pulled away, by professors as they quickly carried the Slytherin's body to the ward, where Madam Pomfrey can heal him. Oliver watched as they took Marcus away from him, he was still kneeling there, when everyone left. He didn't notice when Harry kneeled down beside him and held his hand.
"He's going to be ok" Harry told him
"I love him Harry"
"I know"
"And so does the whole of Hogwarts"
"Yeah"
"Good"
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Draco sat beside the bed, looking down on his friend, he held back the tears that were threatening to flow, he didn't want to cry, he never cried, but he worried. He heard the doors opening and closing and turned round to find Harry and Oliver walking towards the bed. Draco stood up and stopped the two Gryffindors in their track.
"What do you two want?" Draco glared daggers at the pair, then his gaze focused on Oliver "The last thing he needs, is you here"
"Move out of the way Malfoy" Harry warned him
"Make me Potter!"
"Malfoy I know you don't want me near him, but please I need to be with him" Oliver told Draco with tears in his eyes "Please"
Harry caught the slight glimpse of humanity in Draco's eyes, and realised just how much Marcus meant to Draco and he couldn't help feeling sympathetic.
"Fine but make it quick" Draco stormed out.
"I'll leave you two alone" Harry told his friend then left them alone.
Oliver stared at Marcus; he cautiously sat down on a chair next to the bed. Apart from the bandage around Marcus's head it would have looked like he was just sleeping. He looked peaceful; he looked so young and innocent that it was tearing Oliver into pieces.
"Hey, it's me" Oliver whispered, lifting a hand up and brushed a finger across Marcus's brow, he travelled his hand down to stroke his ex's cheek "I love you, you know and so does the whole school" He looked thoughtful at the man, then smiled sadly "You're beautiful I always thought that. From your dark soft hair, to your strong hands, from your rather strange laugh to the scar on your left thigh" Oliver's voice got hitched at the back of his throat "From your unrealistically perfect chest, to your really over large, crooked teeth" he leaned down and kissed Marcus's lips gently. He sat back just watching the Slytherin's chest move up and down.
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"You ok?" Harry asked Draco
"What does it matter to you?" Draco bit back
"I was only asking" Harry countered "He's your friend it's alright to admit your worried"
"I'm not worried!"
"Ok you're not it…"
"It's just so weird" Draco interrupted Harry "I mean Marcus is unconscious. Bloody hell! He was alright, he was an alright Slytherin, yeah he bullied Gryffindors, but every self-respecting Slytherin does. I can't believe he let Wood get to him so much"
"Oliver's in love with him" Harry told him forcefully "And the whole school knows it, he chose Flint over everything, don't you understand that"
"Yes Potter I'm not stupid. Merlin Marcus, he's such a…" Draco paused as he found the words "He's so unbelievably pathetic when it comes to Wood. I mean even though Wood's obviously the pillow biter of the pair, but he's got Marcus wrapped round his finger, it's just not right"
"What's wrong with you! They care about each other, that's all that matters"
"Yes they seem to care about each other, but between Wood breaking it off and Marcus having a bludger blown at his skull it shows caring for each other has got them far hasn't it!"
"Shut up!"
"Make me!"
"This is ridicules, grow up!" they stood in silence staring each other down, until again, Harry saw a flicker of emotion in Draco's eyes , this time it was sadness "You're really worried about him" Harry told him and saw the cold eyes, fill with emotion for that one moment.
"It wasn't right" Draco slumped down on a chair
"I know" A moment had passed between Harry and Draco, an understanding, and as they looked at each other there was a flicker of something special, but they quickly ignored it.
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"That's so cheesy" Tom wined, his head was on Draco's knee, his hair was being idly played with.
"What is?" asked Draco
"The flicker in the eyes" he rolled his eyes.
"Cheeky beggar" Harry laughed softly
"I think it's cool" piped up Dan
"You would" Tom mumbled
"What?"
"Nothing"
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"Mr Wood you have to leave now" Madam Pomfrey told him
"Can't I stay just a bit longer?" Oliver pleaded with the mediwitch.
"No, you have to go" She told him forcefully, then her voice softened slightly "He wont be awake till the morning, you can come back then"
"Thanks" Oliver said to her. He stood up but before he left he kissed Marcus on the forehead, then he whispered in his ear "I'll be back first thing. Love you"
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Oliver didn't sleep a wink that night, he tossed in his bed, but every time he closed his eyes, he saw a picture of Marcus lying on the Quittich pitch ground with a pool of blood around his head. Sadly the hours that was spent when he was the only person in Hogwarts still awake, he began to think, now he was thinking not about the issues he'll have to face when he went home after Graduation, but of what it'll mean to Marcus, when the school found out he was gay too. Oliver knew that some people just thought he was Marcus's stalker or something, but the Gryffindor would prefer that because now he thought about it, Marcus had far much more to deal with, if he came out. He would be disowned and hated by his family, leaving him with no money at all. Also Oliver couldn't see that the Slytherins would take to kindly to have their best chaser as a queer. He sighed loudly, he looked over to the bed where Percy slept, he smiled fondly, Percy was really supportive of him, well the being gay part but the being in love with Marcus Flint, made Oliver's ears hurt from all Percy's screeching.
"Oh Merlin, this is all my fault" he whispered to himself "What am I going to do?"
The night ended, and it was time for breakfast, Oliver wanted to go straight to Marcus but Percy and Harry convinced him to got to the great hall for something to eat.
They did manage to get Oliver to the great hall, but getting him to eat was whole different story.
"Look you two I'm not hungry" Oliver told his friends
"You have to eat something" Harry argued
"Oliver, I just have to say, how brave I think you are, it's not easy admiting to being gay, but they are right, you need to eat!" Hermione said suddenly from where she was reading a book
"Fine" Oliver picked up his fork and stuck a piece of bacon in his mouth "Happy, because now I feel sick"
"Where's Malfoy?" Harry mumbled to himself, the only person who heard him was Hermione, who raised her eyebrow but never said anything.
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Draco wasn't sat in his usual place in the Slytherin table, he was still asleep in his bed, since he spent the whole night thinking about things, as he suddenly wondered what his parents would say when they found out he was gay. He knew Narcissa would love him no matter what, and he was grateful, he loved his mother, she always told him that however he turned out, she'll always love him. But Luscious was a different matter, Draco knew that being gay wasn't really accepted, but his father never really mentioned, he was too busy drilling in his head about Harry Potter, The Dark Lord, and Death Eaters etc. Draco knew he was gay before the night he masturbated thinking about Marcus. He knew a year before that, granted at the age of 12 is a bit early to realise your gay, but Draco knew, after he had got turned after "accidentally" saw two blokes kissing down Knockturn Alley, when he was with his father. He was confused, but he read some books about it, and after more experimental research, he concluded that he definitely was gay. His research consists of the following findings, he had written it down in a notebook.
Woman with breasts? No
A woman with nice body features? No
Any features that would make a human a woman? No
Two women kissing? No
Man with muscles? Yes
Man with nice bottom? Yes
A human would have to have all features of a man? Yes
Two men kissing? YES!
It was concluded that Draco was gay.
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After feeling a bit sick after eating that piece of bacon, Oliver spared no time in getting to Marcus as fast as he could. Once there, he saw Marcus had hardly moved an inch since he last saw him. As soon as he was close enough to him, he held his hand and looked down on him.
"Hey it's me again, just wandering if you're planning on waking up today, only that I'm really, really missing you" Surprisingly Marcus breathing changed and he started to slightly moved his body to the direction of Oliver.
"Oliver" mumbled Marcus sleepily, he slowly opened his eyes, to find his ex sitting on a chair right next to the bed he was lying on "Oliver?"
"I'm here" Oliver gripped Marcus's hand more tightly
"What happened?" Marcus asked lazily.
"You took a bludger to the head, but you're alright now" Oliver reassured him
"I feel like I have the mother of all hang-over" the two laughed lightly, Marcus then realised that Oliver's hand was still holding his "We back together?" asked the Slytherin with a smirk
"Only if you want us to be"
"I'll think about it" Marcus joked.
"Do you remember much before the accident?"
"Na, my head's all weird" he smiled, Oliver smiled back , with his other hand moved he used it to stoke Marcus's hair.
"What was the last thing you remember?" The Gryffindor watched as Marcus thought about his words
"Just after you broke up with me" Marcus told him sadly
"I'm so sorry"
"I guess I forgive you" Marcus rolled his eyes, Oliver smiled happily and kissed Marcus on the lips. When they parted, Oliver watched as winked mischievously at him, then he noticed, Marcus's features changing "You said I was nothing to you" Marcus was remembering.
"Marcus?"
"You called me Flint"
"Marcus, please I…"
"You called me an ugly troll"
"I didn't mean it" Oliver's eyes were beginning to water, while Marcus's stayed cold.
"You said 'how can anyone want me'"
"I want you!"
"You told me to drop dead" Marcus moved away from Oliver "Get away from me"
"Marcus" whispered Oliver, pleading with his body language for a second chance
"Get away from me Wood. Now!" Marcus shouted then turned away from his ex. Oliver felt his heart breaking that little bit more, he kicked himself for thinking that everything could just go back to normal, after everything he had done.
"Goodbye Marcus" Oliver told him, then quickly walked out.
Marcus wiped his tears angrily, then nuzzled his face in the pillow, a part of him wishing he didn't wake up or better yet, just wishing that he didn't remember.
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"Potter, a word!" Draco had visited Marcus and had found out what happened between him and Oliver. Harry looked at Draco suspiciously and yet curious "Now Potter!" Harry still didn't move, they were standing alone in a corridor, Draco got tired of waiting and grabbed Harry by the wrist and pulled him into an empty class room.
"Malfoy, what's the matter with you?" Harry asked angrily, not at all pleased that he had to be manhandled.
"We have to get Marcus and Wood back together"
"I thought you were against them being together"
"I was never against, just cautious. Look Marcus is so bloody depressed that it's unreal, and I've noticed you're little friend is not far off that either" Harry sighed Draco did have a point.
"Fine, we'll have to get them back together" Harry paused "But wont that mean we'll have to work with each other"
"Never thought of that. Oh Merlin, I do have to work with you"
"It's for a good cause"
"They owe us big time for this"
"Tell me about it" Harry mumbled
"What?"
"Nothing"
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