Blaise had started the day feeling extremely nervous, It was daunting to meet his boyfriend's family as well as introduce his Mother to his boyfriend all in one sitting. But he really wanted his Mother to approve of Haylan, and he wanted Haylan's family to approve of him too.
When Haylan announced that he would be telling all of them something important about his past, Blaise already knew in his gut that Draco was going to be a problem. Blaise loved his friend and godbrother, but he also knew him quite well. Draco would open his mouth before thinking every single time.
Blaise was right, Draco did open his big fat mouth, but Blaise was still processing what Haylan dropped on them too.
Haylan was Harry Bloody Potter.
Harry Potter who had gone missing during the summer after the Triwizard Tournament. Blaise had never had much contact with Harry when he was at Hogwarts, he had observed a couple of childish fights between Draco and Harry in passing but otherwise, he left Draco to his obsession over their rivalry. Honestly, he was positive that Draco had just been pulling Harry's pigtails due to being in denial about crushing on the boy who lived.
Now that thought made Blaise pause.
Draco wasn't allowed to have a crush on his first serious boyfriend. He would kill him if he tried anything.
Another pause.
He was dating not only the Emperor, not only a Lord three times over, but also the boy who lived. His boyfriend couldn't get any more powerful or famous if he actively tried. What did Haylan see in boring Blaise?
Blaise also couldn't help but admit to himself that his boyfriend being so powerful really appealed to his inner Slytherin and maybe a kink he hadn't realized he had because learning about Haylan's power just made him hard. He knew he was falling fast for Haylan, it was more than lust at this point even if there was a healthy dose of that as well. Out of everyone Haylan had still chosen Blaise which while he didn't need an ego boost, it definitely helped.
Blaise looked at Haylan and could see him pulling up walls to protect himself from expected rejection from them. That wouldn't do at all.
While tuning out Narcissa scolding Draco for his outburst, Blaise got up from his seat and made his way over to a blank-faced Haylan. Leaning down, he made sure to talk low enough that no one else but Haylan could hear him.
"Haylan, I do not care if you were to come out and say you are a Weasley or even the Dark Lord himself. You are sweet and patient and everything I have ever dreamed about having in a significant other. I choose you. Not Harry Potter, not Lord Potter-Black-Caliban, not even Emperor of the magical world. I want the Haylan I know and have come to care for. The one who blushes at the slightest compliment. The one who sends me notes with little things about his day. The one I know that I am slowly falling for and would be happy to one day marry. You are mine Haylan. Nothing is going to change that."
Haylan's face was bright red almost matching his hair. His eyes were wide with disbelief and awe. Blaise couldn't help himself if he had tried. Blaise leaned down and kissed Haylan chastely on his surprisingly soft lips.
They both pulled away blushing when Sirius wolf-whistled at them drawing everyone's attention.
"Seriously Blaise?" Draco asked exacerbated.
"You keep your childish feud and sexual denial over there Draco. Haylan is mine." Blaise growled causing the Black cousins to all laugh and Draco to turn pink and sputter out denials.
Haylan pulled Blaise down for another quick kiss, muttering softly. "You being possessive of me shouldn't be so hot."
That only made Blaise grin.
Viviana watched the two of them with an approving smile. She had worried over Blaise's flings and his lack of serious dating history. She could care less if he had a blood heir to pass the Zabini lordship onto, she was more worried that her sweet loving boy wouldn't be able to find someone he loved as deeply as she had loved her husband. Emperor Haylan seemed to fit Blaise just fine, misunderstandings aside. She couldn't wait to help plan their wedding. To see her Blaise so happy meant the world to her.
"Your past does not bother Blaise so it does not bother me. I just want him to be happy and you Emperor Caliban seem to do just that." Viviana reassured them both, enjoying watching them both look embarrassed.
Ted Tonks gave his own reassurances as well, Haylan being Harry Potter had no effect on him or his image of the powerful teenager.
Last but most complicated were the Malfoy men.
Lucius had a bad history with Harry Potter as well as serving the Dark Lord who wished him dead.
Draco with a childish rivalry and bad perceptions from his Father.
Narcissa was glaring at them both, and Haylan knew that look meant trouble for both of the Malfoy men.
"I understand if you need time to process. We have quite a bad history with each other and there are few people as open-minded and as kind as Narcissa is. I only hope you realize that this truly changes nothing in our standing overall. I respect and love Narcissa, but I am still your emperor. I may be more lenient in private settings such as this one, but in a public setting I will have no mercy if either of you decide to come against me." Haylan calmly threatened, not worried in the slightest about offending Narcissa because she had warned him in advance what their reactions might be and she fully expected Haylan to hold them accountable if they were stupid enough to challenge him in any fashion.
They remained silent and their faces may have tried to be blank masks of indifference but Haylan could see the nervousness in their eyes.
"I do think we can end this here and we will take our leave. It seems I will be having some discussions with my family when we get home." Narcissa primly stood, making her way over to Haylan and pulling him out of his chair and into a hug whispering in his ear. "You were so brave. Well done Haylan."
She stepped away and looked at the other two Malfoys which got them moving to follow her silently.
Once they left the others trickled out after saying their goodbyes. Haylan dismissed Sirius to go cause havoc elsewhere so he would have some alone time with Blaise.
They curled up together on the loveseat by the fire once they were finally alone. Even in the middle of summer, the castle got quite cold.
"You truly don't mind Blaise?" Haylan couldn't help but ask, eyeing the man next to him.
"You are mine. You aren't chasing me off so easily." Blaise teased lightly but kissed the top of Haylan's head making Haylan melt into Blaise.
"I don't know what I did right to get someone as amazing as you Blaise, but I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you happy," Haylan vowed making Blaise smile.
"I know you will." Blaise tilted Haylan's head up and kissed him again.
Kissing Haylan is what Blaise imagined going through a hurricane felt like.
Their kisses started out soft and chaste before morphing into something more passionate and urging. Blaise could feel Haylan's breathtaking magic surrounding him, caressing his own magic, causing him to lose his breath and want to beg for more.
Haylan seemed no less affected with his eyes dilated and hazed over, clutching onto Blaise as if he were a lifeline.
"You make behaving very hard to do," Haylan murmured between kisses.
"Maybe I don't want you to behave." Blaise couldn't help but challenge, nipping at Haylan's lower lip causing the redhead to moan softly.
"Your mother and my guard dogs would lose their minds if we didn't court properly." Haylan couldn't help but pant out.
"I am sure they expect some inappropriate behavior from us," Blaise said amused, moving his lips to Haylan's jaw and then down his neck, licking and biting at sensitive spots he found to make Haylan whimper and moan louder. Their magic curled tighter around one another and Blaise was positive that he could probably orgasm alone with just the feel of Haylan's magic surrounding him.
"Blaise if we don't stop now I may ask for things neither of us are ready for," Haylan said breathlessly. It was getting hard for either of them to think coherently. Haylan's body was begging for more intimate contact but they knew they needed to behave a little. They had only known each other for several weeks and shouldn't rush the physical side of their relationship while neglecting the emotional and intelligent side. Blaise groaned in defeat. Pressing several more kisses to Haylan's lips before slowly pulling away.
Haylan was the picture of sexual sin. His face flushed, panting to catch his breath, his hair mussed, and his lips slightly swollen from their kisses. Blaise wanted him. He couldn't help but imagine how Haylan would look under him begging for more. This powerful man reduced to sexual neediness.
Blaise was so very hard, he was going to be suffering from blue balls soon enough he just knew it.
"You're sin personified Haylan. I couldn't deny you even if I wanted to, and I definitely don't want to deny you anything." Blaise purred, not being able to help himself as he nipped at Haylan's earlobe before sucking it into his mouth to tease and lick.
Haylan's eyes fluttered shut as he moaned, trying to press closer to Blaise. He was rapidly losing all coherent thought on why they shouldn't be doing this. How could he deny Blaise? It felt so right and so good. He loved how Blaise took control and left him feeling like a pile of goo. They were also still both teenagers at heart and it was hard to deny their hormones.
He knew that Blaise was it for him, there would be no others. No one else would accept Haylan and all of his complicated history and insecurities with such ease. No one else saw Haylan as just a person behind his Emperor facade. No one else could melt into his wild magic so easily. Why should he deny Blaise what they both clearly wanted and needed when there would be no others? He would marry Blaise, he knew it already even if he was still learning to love him.
"Blaise~" Haylan moaned softly, pulling him back in for another electrifying kiss.
At least until they were suddenly covered in ice-cold water causing both of them to yelp and stand up.
Standing in the doorway was a grinning Sirius Black.
"I do believe my new title will be Royal Cockblocker. It was getting a touch too steamy in here you two. Best be on your best behavior before I tell Narcissa." Sirius said in a singsong tone.
Haylan was scowling fiercely. "You have five seconds to start running Siri."
Blaise couldn't help but laugh as he watched Sirius run out of the room cackling with a drenched Haylan chasing after him and yelling profanities.
It would never be boring around Haylan.
Blaise couldn't help but fall a little farther into his affections for the Emperor.