So this chapter will start out on Draco's side for the first time! Enjoy the ride!
Two updates back to back?! I couldn't resist. Next chapter our boys will finally meet face to face but rest assure there's plenty of plot and drama to behold. Charlie, coming out as gay, developing relationship, losing virginity… so much more.
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"Astoria, I am telling you that the man I have been talking to is Harry Potter! Right before I dropped Teddy off, Prongs had sent me some… good night pictures that I peaked at and then I show up to Potters and he's dressed in the same grey joggers! Besides I have seen enough of Prongs body to recognize it with out the face. Prongs is Potter."
Draco was pacing the office and work space they both shared. Astoria was sitting behind a neat mahogany desk organizing photos into a folder. She didn't look amused with Draco's dramatics this morning.
"I'm not saying you are wrong Draco. I am simply expressing that an old pair of grey joggers and a couple dick and body pictures are hardly conclusive. You are going to need more than that to convince me that this isn't some school boy fantasy because you saw Potter fresh out of the shower." She glanced up at him only briefly when he threw himself dramatically into the chair across from her desk. "I mean are you telling me you didn't fantasize about that after seeing him like that last night?"
When Draco and Astoria had decided they weren't going to fake their way through a marriage, house or children, they had decided to go into business together. With Draco's new found love for photography and Astorias business skills they were a match made in heaven.
"I went back through all of our messages. I am telling you it's Potter. His need for secrecy, new to the gay community, having a son from the war he takes care of, both his parents are dead and so much other stuff lines up! I went back through my calendar and the day I had lunch with Luna and saw Potter in his office is the same day I got a message from Prongs telling me about a blast from his past! He was describing me!" Draco was looking more and more frustrated. "He told me about myself. How we didn't get along, how he thought I didn't get a choice as a kid. It all adds up. His adopted family! He was talking about the Weasleys. If it's not Potter than he has a friend out there who's just like him that he should meet."
"Okay and if it's Potter? Clearly you two have a connection if not some pent up sexual frustration. Either get Prongs to confess his identity to you or set a meet date finally. It has to happen eventually. Personally, if it is Potter, I think you should count your lucky stars." Astoria shrugged easily like they were just deciding what they should have for lunch.
"Lucky stars? Are you out of your bloody mind right now? I have sending my dick pictures to this man! We have been dirty texting. He knows all my kinks! I literally told Prongs that Potter was my celebrity crush and that he had a nice ass. If I meet up with him and it is Potter I will most likely die from embarrassment long before he has a chance to hex me. Can you picture how that would even work? The savior of the wizarding world and his death eater lover?"
Draco out of reflex reached out and rubbed at his sleeved arm where his dark mark was perfectly hidden. He had tried everything to get rid of it and nothing at worked. Though now it was a bit faded and distorted from physically trying to remove it from his skin.
"Potter would take one look at me and want to duel right there." Draco groaned as Astoria came from around the desk and hopped up to sit on the edge closer to Draco.
"Dray, You and I both know that he doesn't see you as a death eater. He spoke at your trial and even sent your wand back once the ministry gave the okay. He wouldn't go through all that trouble if he thought you were worth hexing into oblivion. Besides! You read me that profile, I am telling you he was looking for you or someone who could be your doppelgänger. He literally described you exactly. You need to stop over thinking this. If Prongs is Potter what does it change really? You are both still looking for the same things… no one said you have to pop the question the first time you meet. All that history and tension between you two will make for some amazing sex I bet."
Draco looked up at Astoria, "You are right. If it is Potter… well it changes nothing on my end. I'm still looking for exactly the same thing. If it's Potter he would certainly keep our relationship private. Maybe I should confess some things about my past and see if he still wants to meet up. If he does and doesn't like what he sees, then we move on block each other, pretend it all never happened and call it a day."
"That's the spirit. Now come on, your first client will be here in ten minutes and you still have to go get the cameras set up. Business has been picking up since you did that shoot for Luna. Did she ever say who those pictures were for?" Astoria asked hopping down off the desk pulling out the paper work for the new client.
"Yeah actually she did at lunch. Apparently our dear friend Blaise has been having a bit of a secret romance behind our backs with her. She informed me that Blaise is worried we won't be so accepting of the two of them. Which is why she asked me to lunch to see how I felt about it. The pictures are for his Valentine's Day present… so not only will he be surprised from the pictures but wait until he figures out who took them." Draco laughed grabbing two cameras out of their black cases and fitting lenses on them.
"I'm surprised you haven't teased him mercilessly yet." Astoria watched as Draco loss himself in his work. Seeing this version of Draco was truly amazing. Free and relaxed. No longer worrying about the outside world and only the beauty he was about to create. She could hardly believe that the stuck up child from hogwarts was the same man before her now.
"Hmm? Oh I don't ever intend to tease him. Not about his choice in partner at least. I adore Luna. She's a bit… eccentric but she's never judged me. She has kept in contact since we finished school and though I was surprised she booked with me…I think that her personality might loosen Blaise up just right. So who is the client coming in? She booked a pretty long slot for just a few pictures."
Draco moved his stuff into the back room where the latest shoot set up had been put together. The client had requested a darker scene done in blacks and greens. It almost gave Draco a very Slytherin vibe.
"Uh no name, she just seemed very adamant that it had to be you that took her pictures and that she needed discretion. I assured her that you were extremely professional and took your clients well being and needs very seriously. I told her you are the best." Astoria smiled as they headed back to the office front and the little bell dinged from an arrival. Draco stopped dead in his tracks.
"Hello Malfoy, or may I call you Draco? We have a lot to talk about today I think." Ginny Weasley stood in front of him with a smirk carrying a bag with a change of clothes. This could not be good.
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Ginny stood behind Draco, watching as he flicked through some of the photos he had taken to show her. She was covered in a robe but still supporting the black and green corset, matching thong and ripped stockings she had brought as her outfit.
"just remember these photos are raw. I still have some editing to do before they are finished. Very little editing though really. You are extremely photogenic."
"Wow, you really do work some magic. Luna wasn't kidding when she said you were the best. I thought she was pulling my leg but then she showed me that one you took of her hanging off the couch and I knew I had to do it too." Ginny moved away grabbing the pile of clothes she had left sitting on an extra chair.
"Well I'm glad that Luna is proud of her shoot. She looked amazing. Whether people do them for themselves or for a loved one I think everyone should try on one once. The confidence it brings out in most people comes right out in the pictures. Also, thank you for the compliment. I love what I do so I pour it into my work." Draco set the camera down and looked up at Ginny. "Besides being a gay man and my assistant being a woman, it makes woman feel safe here. Both wins for me. So they come in and are ready to have fun. I do get the occasional couple shoot but I prefer single shoots to doubles. Easier to get clients comfortable and flowing freely into poses."
"You know, I was surprised to hear this was what you were doing. I saw the profit last year, saying you were going into business but it didn't go into much more detail." Ginny shimmied back into her jeans and changed out of the corset back into her bra and tee shirt. She watched as Draco busied himself so she could get dressed with some privacy.
"Well luckily I have a privacy clause on the business. So unless it's an ad I post myself they aren't allowed to talk about it. The minister helped put it in place. It's only good for five years but it's long enough to get established and they won't be able to destroy my business because of my past." Draco finished putting the cameras away.
"Well I'm not sure what else you would like from me, but you booked my whole morning." Draco said sitting down on one of the couches watching as she easily sat down across from him like they were old time friends.
"Well, I may have had an ulterior motive. Listen Draco… I know it's you talking to Harry. I'm not sure how in the universe you two connected out of all the people on that ap but I know it's you. I need to know… did you know that it was Harry?"
Draco watched Ginny Weasley carefully. The woman was wise beyond her years and he knew she was a force to be reckoned with. "I didn't know for sure it was Potter until you just confirmed it. As for when I contacted him, I had no idea… when I dropped Teddy off last night, everything slid into place. So… Prongs is… Potter then?"
Ginny nodded, "Yeah. I helped him build the profile. He was in such a slump you know? He's afraid to tell anyone he's gay. He was refusing to try and date at all. All he did was work and care for Teddy. It's enough to drive someone mad eventually. I think you should tell him Draco. Harry is very understanding, and while this may confuse him a little to find out who is behind the mask, I think that it would work out better than you think."
"Astoria said the same thing. She said I should arrange to meet him and give him the change to decide if he wants to continue this. Fuck, you know it's always Potter. My whole life… so why would this be any different huh?"
Dracos mind was going a thousand miles a minute. The one person he thought he could never have was literally on the other end of his phone, talking to him everyday. They were essentially already lovers. Harry Potter… who would have guessed.
Ginny laughed a bit, "you two have always been circling around each other. You definitely owe me some sex stories if it happens. I made this happen so I feel like I'm entitled to at least a few."
"That's pretty bold to assume that he won't go running for the hills the second he realizes it's me." Draco said seriously.
"Trust me. I have it on good authority that Harry is into snarky blonde Slytherins. You won't have to worry about that part!"
"Well, I guess I better start planning a meet up and figuring out how I'm going to convince him it's time to face each other."
"I have the perfect idea!"