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The Honeymoon






Draco forgot about the reapplying rule
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draco malfoy… harry potter says the name, albeit a little distastefully. the distinct blond haired boy is too overbearing for harry’s liking, for anyone’s liking for that matter. really, it is a wonder he even has friends. it is only their first year and they’ve barely spoken, but malfoy reminds him so much of dudley, but admittedly in a rather elegant way, that harry can’t fathom why he wants to become friends with him. so what if he has all the money in the world? nevermind that, harry is never going to befriend this grey eyed slytherin boy.
you wish, malfoy. harry potter retorts unflinchingly. it’s their second year and he is already used to this sort of banter, kind of like a sixth sense. their ever scornful snark is a two way street. but their rivalry, to quote hermione, is “ridiculous and unwarranted.” he supposes it’s true but it’s me and you bickering till the end of the line, you git.
malfoy, harry potter utters in frustration. he’s up to something! not even hermione and ron, his best mates, believe him. but harry just knows. there’s something… different with the way the prat has been acting recently. not only is malfoy’s usually pretentious self subdued, but his pale pointy face is also showing expressions harry didn’t think malfoy had. what exactly is going on?
malfoy?! harry potter whispers, loud enough for the other boy to hear, but soft enough for bellatrix lestrange not to hear. the blond haired boy recognizes him, harry was sure of it. years of bickering and fighting made harry good at reading malfoy’s expressions. but he gives no obvious indication, aside from the slight widening of his grey eyes. why isn’t malfoy saying anything? when did malfoy, of all people, become his saving grace?
malfoy. harry potter greets on the platform, a very small smile playing on his lips. he hasn’t seen the blond haired man in years. in fact, they haven’t talked properly in years. in a way, it’s refreshing to see that although harry’s life has changed in all sorts of ways, draco malfoy has not. yes, harry knows malfoy has aged physically—they all have, but harry still sees a younger boy, with relatively softer features and brighter grey eyes, but with the same old personality. truthfully, harry misses that. perhaps, harry will talk to him someday and give malfoy the thanks he rightfully deserves.
draco, harry potter moans into the kiss. no sooner than he utters that, draco’s mouth is everywhere, kissing him gently, oh so gently. like he’s afraid that the boy who lived, of all people, would break under his touch. like harry is his world. draco is harry’s world. harry wants draco, needs him. and not just in a physical sense either. he’s his perfect match, his draco malfoy, and harry wouldn’t want it any other way.
draco malfoy’s pov
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Dating Draco Malfoy would include...
Being Harry Potter
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The Smiles of Harry Potter and What They Mean - by Draco Malfoy
Draco hates Harry’s camera smile and the way his cheeks strain with the effort to keep himself from grimacing. He’s become better at it over the years but if you look closely there’s still a dullness to his eyes which is never there when he’s smiling genuinely. Harry has two different camera smiles and there’s the one for young fans whose hearts he doesn’t want to break and it’s softer, more encouraging but it still doesn’t spread across his face. He understands he is their hero but he doesn’t want to be so. Then there’s his media smile, the one the Ministry expect him to paint onto his face whenever they need it. It’s dull and tired, and Draco doesn’t understand how anyone could ever think Harry means it.
Harry has a smile that he hands out to everyone and Draco loves that about him. It mirrors the love that Harry has in his heart and the way he is willing to hand it out in abundance. This smile often comes with a chuckle or nod, a way of Harry acknowledging the person’s presence and showing them that they matter. The smile itself is a simple thing but thats what makes it so perfect, its a small open mouthed thing with a few teeth on display and it doesn’t necessarily stay for long but a second is all you need, because Draco knows better than anyone that even just a whisper of a smile from Harry Potter carries hope.
Harry’s teasing smile is one of Draco’s favourites — not that he’d ever tell him that. It’s a playful crooked smirk that warns you of whats to come, gives you a moment to try and get your defenses ready before Harry’s wit breaks them down. It’s a conspirator smile that promises adventures you’ll never forget. It whispers come with me or play along and its the one that Draco’s heard people say was once worn by his father. Sharp comments, challenging gazes and restless energy, when Harry gives you this smile you know you’re ready for the ride of your life.
Harry has a special smile for his loved ones, its open and earnest because Harry wears his heart on his sleeve. Its warmer than the summer sun, and it wraps you up in his love. Draco will never understand the boundless love that Harry has to give out, but these smiles are the closest he gets to understanding. He wears that smile when he jokes with Ron or chats to Hermione, flying with Ginny and helping out Molly or Arthur Weasley. He wears it when he’s reclining in front of the TV with Draco in their flat, its flickers in and out with its intensity, but its always there lingering. An upturn at the corner of his mouth that tells you, Harry loves you, that he’s his happiest in your presence.
Harry’s wild smile is a thing of beauty, it is power personified. It’s the one he gets when he makes a risky catch during a Quidditch match or when he’s dueling. It’s fierce and it’s magical, it turns Harry from a man with a lightning scar to human lightening. It’s electrifying and dangerous, and if Draco were anyone else maybe it would scare him. It shows you the power that hums under Harry’s skin and reminds you that this is the man who took down the most powerful Dark Wizard of all time. It’s incredible to witness and it takes Draco’s breath away every time.
There’s one smile that’s entirely for Draco and it’s Harry’s Sunday morning smile. It’s his smile after lazy sex and when just when he wakes up, it’s barely a smile, just a trace of one. A glimpse of the happiness that Harry feels when he’s finally entirely relaxed. Draco coaxes it out of him with surprise takeaway, foot massages, morning cups of tea just the way Harry likes them. It’s Draco’s smile and it’s beautiful, it lights up Harry’s entire face and he looks young again, he doesn’t look like The Boy Who lived but just a man in love, and that’s all Draco needs him to be.
The Smiles of Draco Malfoy and What They Mean - by Harry Potter
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Hi, I'm making an ebook for Milly for the Leo Inter Serpentes HP fanfic. I'd like to include your fanart in the book. Please let me know if I can use it, thank you!
Sorry this took so long to respond to, so don’t know if it’s too late to say yes or no, but yes, you are more than welcome to ^_^
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I feel the same as dudetzzz. I’ve read LIS more times than I’ve read the cannon story, and I adore it. I think the characters in LIS have more depth than in cannon, and I love the shift in the roles of characters that barely existed to major supporting characters.
It’s also so well written that I often get confused when I’m reading the cannon or watching the movies, thinking “wait where is this scene...? Oh yea, that was LIS.”
I cannot put into words how glad I am that you wrote leo inter serpentes because honestly reading the og series is making me feel some kinda way right now and excellent rewrites like yours are one of the only things keeping me somewhat connected to a story that I grew up loving. Thank you for your work.
Thank you so much for this! I feel similarly - I’m not sure how I’ll go when I try to reread the original series, but there’s so much amazing fanfic out there, that I can stay connected to these characters I love so much without the hate and bigotry of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
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Me, 11pm: Im getting sleepy, I’ll go lay in bed and read this fanfic until I pass out.
My alarm clock: Uh, yea, it’s time to get up now.
Me, realizing I haven’t slept yet: Well... shit. I was just getting to the end!
#drarry#harry potter#drarry squad#hp#faniction#why? who knows#its really only 4am#but i do have to wake up in 3 hours#yay
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Me: writing a scene which forces one of my characters to relive a trauma
Thinking about my ten year old self
10 year old me: I would never hurt my characters like these other authors, how can they be so cruel to them? I will be nice to them and protect them
Me now: Hahaha, foolish child what little you knew, there is no plot without pain
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Witchy season? You mean Harry Potter season! IG | ETSY
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Hello! Sorry to bother you but do you now any slow burn drarry (very slow) with kind of calm atmosphere? I dont know how to explain it very well but something w/out Angst or to much fluff. Like when you read it, you feel calm or peacful? Idk im sorry
Haha no no I get it, it’s usually categorised as ~soft~ these days (almost 60% of this is Saras_Girl lmao). Also, most of these are slow burn but not all, I stuck with the ‘calm and peaceful’ side of your request mostly… These are ALL favourites by the way - quite rare for a masterlist - so I highly suggest checking them all out at some point because I guarantee all are amazing in their own ways!
DRARRY + SOFT / SLOW BURN
Light Up The Night (saras_girl)
WC: 98k, Summary: This year, despite his better judgement, Harry’s love life is going off with a bang.
amid this warm and steady sweetness (warmfoothills)
WC: 21k | Summary: Harry is not living in a period drama, no matter what his friends or his new house or Malfoy’s sudden affinity for horse-riding might suggest, and if one more person uses the word courting, he’s going to start hexing people.
Strangeness And Charm (@drarrytrash)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 45.8k, Summary: One November night during his eighth year at Hogwarts, Draco ends up in the forbidden forest. That’s how it starts.or: If two boys fall in love in a magical forest, does it still make a sound?
Six Bloody Months (JET_Playin)
Word Count: 15k, Summary: They were friends with business benefits, that’s all…
Running On Air (eleventy7 / @tinyhistory)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 74.8k, Summary: Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.
Truffles, Noble Lord Of The Sky (megyal)
Rating: PG, WC: 10.6k, Summary: Fuck fairies; and Longbottom, too.
The Moon Looks Lovely Tonight (Omi_Ohmy)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 36k, Summary: When Harry moves into the damp and empty Black house, it doesn’t quite feel like home. And then the first owl moves in. After that, it’s a steep slope leading to bed-sharing, more owls, assorted housemates, strange potions experiments, and terrible cooking. And a bit of waltzing, too.
The Girl In The Kneazle Nightie (Saras_Girl)
Rating: PG, WC: 29.8k, Summary: All Luna wants is for her friends to be happy. Harry and Draco aren’t going to make it easy for her, but that’s okay. She has a plan.
warmest part of the winter (warmfoothills)
WC: 11k, Summary: It’s not even a balcony, it’s just a window with a bit of a ledge, and Draco’s read Shakespeare anyway, he knows how this one ends.
The Arrangement (RurouniHime)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 72k, Summary: It’s worked for years. Why change it now?
Life Is The Flower (For Which Life Is The Honey) (@bafflinghaze)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 15.4k, Summary: The Malfoy Manor lands are lush and verdant. Bees hover over carpets of flowers, and ducks paddle in the pond. It is a place far removed from bustling London and pesky reporters; it is a place where Harry finds what—and who—he didn’t know he was missing.
Beekeeping (khalulu)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 13.5k, Summary: A few years after the war, Harry needs distance from the British wizarding world and volunteers abroad as a teacher in a poor rural school. Draco is a low-budget traveler, wandering wherever his curiosity leads him. Their paths cross in Malawi, “the warm heart of Africa.”
Stop And Stare (Saras_Girl)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 78.3k, Summary: Harry’s life is full of care, he has no time to stop or stare; he has no time for anyone’s shit, until his friends aren’t having it. A story about the unravelly things.
Here And Now (Morgan_Elektra)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 27.8k, Summary: It’s been 5 years since the end of the war, but less than a week since Rita Skeeter outed Harry on the front page of The Prophet �� and made some rather scandalous insinuations about him and his blond former nemesis. A chance (or is it?) encounter on a street corner reveals just how much has changed… and what remains the same. An over-sized courgette, some olive oil, a bottle of wine, and Ed Kowalczyk make things extra interesting.
With Great Yawns And Stretchings (@sugar-screw)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 22k, Summary: The coffee is very good. Really. And the cats are so cute. That’s why Harry goes so often.
All Must Draw Near (Saras_Girl)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 61k, Summary: Harry doesn’t have time for rumours; he has a shop to run. Which is just as well, really.
Along Came Potter (@huldrejenta)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 9k, Summary: Potter shows up at Draco’s flat. Then he shows up again, and again, and again.
1,000 Points For Gryffindor (@blithelybonny)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 25.1k, Summary: The story of how Harry Potter single-handedly lost Gryffindor the House Cup while attempting to have a “normal” year at Hogwarts. Featuring Harry’s suspicious nature turned up to eleven again, a new DADA teacher who is so not here for Harry’s fame, multiple detentions, Slytherins being sneaky, Hufflepuffs being sneakier, and the mystery of Draco Malfoy’s hoodie because seriously Hermione who gave that to him and is he wearing it just to torment me? This is ridiculous!
Don’t Let’s Stop or The Case of the Dead Philandering Politician (A Draco Malfoy Mystery) (i_l0ve_my_az)
Rating: PG, WC: 15.9k, Summary: Herein Draco Malfoy is a Forensic Analyst employed by the DMLE, has an ongoing feud with Coulson who works days, irreparably frightens assistants, imbibes massive amounts of coffee and quite possibly engages in too much snarky banter with his liaison, Inspector Potter.
Not Your Face (khasael)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 26k, Summary: After an unusual late-night encounter with the Mirror of Erised, Harry finds himself with the unexpected (and rather unwanted) ability to see aspects of everyone else’s deepest desires. Harry really wishes things like this didn’t happen to him.
And, On The Other Side, A Welcoming Voice (blamebrampton)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 38.7k, Summary: For twenty years, the official history has told readers that Harry Potter died at the Battle of Hogwarts. The next edition is going to require some significant revisions.
More Than That (joosetta)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 10k, Summary: This is a story about two 52 year old men who refuse to age gracefully.
Hippomancy For Beginners (khalulu)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 11.4k, Summary: When Draco desperately insists on becoming a Centaur Liaison, he doesn’t know what he’s getting into, especially with that annoying hero-turned-hermit Harry Potter living right at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest. Not to mention foreign unicorn women, slavering three headed beasts, bitter brews, unexpected friendships, and the consequences of a very cocky vocabulary.
This Summer (saras_girl)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 39.2k, Summary: This is a summery romantic comedy featuring my favourite ensemble cast, in which Harry is confused, Draco is Draco, and Hermione attempts to eat all the things.
The Owl Who Came For Christmas (dracogotgame)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 17.7k, Summary: Draco has a debt to pay off, no matter what Potter thinks. And he has a Very Good Idea to go along with it. Things don’t go as planned.
And A Malfoy In A Pear Tree (lauren3210)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 7.9k, Summary: Draco works in a coffee shop. Harry drops by every day to get his fix. Of coffee, Ron.
There’s A Trick With A Dragon I’m Learning To Do (curiouslyfic)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 20k, Summary: Harry’s live-in’s a workaholic being courted — harassed — by an array of weeping minions and an assortment of overprivileged pricks. Harry’s bloody portraits are being harassed — courted — by, well, an assortment of things Harry doesn’t even want to think about. Harry’s had a long week already and so far, his weekend’s not looking much better. At least he can say with certainty there’s no place like home.
Wish Upon A Star (As Dreamers Do) (ICMezzo)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 27k, Summary: There’s plant magic and celestial magic and dark magic and the normal magic that allows Harry to use a spell to clean his socks when Myrtle’s taken up in his laundry room again. Then there are wishes, and dreams, and love, and those are even more magical still.
Open For Repairs (@drarrytrash)
Rating: PG-13, WC: 34.9k, Summary: After the war, Draco works at a tv repair shop and Harry breaks things. feat. sad boys in jumpers and more ABBA than is probably necessary.
Helix (saras_girl)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 92.8k, Summary: Seven months after the end of the war, Harry is feeling lost. Fortunately, he is about to be offered an unexpected and sparkling chance to find himself again.
Deep Waters (@huldrejenta)
Rating: NC-17, WC: 13.2k, Summary: Back at Hogwarts, eighth year turns out to be just as miserable as Draco had suspected. Struggling with post-war apathy, he tries to find something positive he can do for himself. Like secretly learning how to swim in the Great Lake. Only things don’t go as planned when Potter somehow finds out.
Dating For Dads in Denial (@aibidil)
WC: 25k, Summary: In which one wizard designs and another reluctantly patronises a magical matchmaking service, amidst the chaos of children and parenting.
I Wake Up Falling (warmfoothills/@forestgreenlesbian)
WC: 9k, Summary: Draco’s always leaving, one way or another. Harry’s usually 240 thousand miles too late.
Pathless Woods (onereader/ @shealwaysreads)
WC: 30k, Summary: “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods” Lord Byron. Harry finds himself unexpectedly reacquainted with Draco Malfoy when his work as an apprentice wandmaker takes him to Wiltshire. Amongst the trees Harry finds magic, growth, and a man who might finally be proving he’s worthy of the wand that chose him.
Hawthorn, Unicorn hair, 10 inches, reasonably pliant. A story of found family, trees with feelings, belief in the power of growth, wandlore, and gratuitous description of Handsome Estate Owner™ Draco Malfoy swanning around in white shirts and leather boots.
I Gave My Love (tigersilver)
WC: 40k, Summary: Mysterious ‘presents’ coming Owl Post, Ron wigging out daily, and Draco being all sorts of Slytherin (or just even more himself, really); what’s the story with this Twelve Days Rite anyway? All this and more Harry ponders, as he and Malfoy wend their days through the exacting grind of updating the Magical Games Standards Manual before year’s end and everyone else participates in a mad orgy of Twelve Days Gifting.ORDER TO GO. (slyther_sins)
ORDER TO GO. (slyther_sins)
WC: 18k, Summary: Draco Malfoy opens a new pâtisserie in Diagon Alley, his pastries and desserts are to die for. Harry is the coffee shop owner next door who wants to take Draco home for dessert. Ron is just there for the bread.
Seven Steps (@dorthyanndrarry)
WC: 134k, Summary: It started with just seven steps to try and win Potter’s affection, but life and relationships are rarely as easy as a checklist on a piece of parchment.
Destination: Wedding (AhaMarimbas)
WC: 31k, Summary: Harry keeps accidentally getting married by not knowing the customs of cultures he visits and Draco is his long-suffering divorce attorney. Is Harry doing it on purpose? Are the people he’s marrying doing it on purpose? Is everyone involved just an idiot? Read on and find out!
(You’re A) Revolution (OTPshipper98 / @rockmarina)
WC: 23k | Summary: “Will I—Will I see you around?”Malfoy snorts.“Careful, Potter,” he murmurs, almost to himself, as his fingers linger on the doorknob. “One might think you actually enjoy my presence.”Eight years after the end of the war, Draco Malfoy stumbles into Harry’s shop in the middle of a storm—no wand, no backstory; no signs of having lived in the country since the Battle of Hogwarts. During their first encounter, Harry promises Malfoy—and the words sound like an old mantra—that he’ll figure out Draco’s secrets eventually.And then he does. He does, except…it doesn’t quite feel like a victory.
Growing Deep Like Roots (hibye)
WC: 67k | Summary: with his kids, friends, and family. It’s everything he could have hoped for, only he wasn’t expecting Draco Malfoy. He wasn’t expecting to fall in love with him, either.
i’m here for a reason (thank you for waiting) (wonderlei)
WC: 13k | Summary: Harry moves into a new Muggle building, searching for a fresh start. He finds Draco instead.
Modern Love (@tackytigerfic)
WC: 61k, Summary: Harry Potter, of all people, knows that life isn’t always fair. And no one gets to be happy all of the time. But surely there’s something more—something better—than a rubbish Ministry job, and a lonely old house, and that feeling that everyone out there is doing a better job of living than Harry is.And it really doesn’t seem fair that Draco Malfoy is back in Harry’s life, all of a sudden, and even though he’s wandless, and living with Muggles, and making his mother cry with his lifestyle choices, he’s happy. So what’s he doing right, that Harry isn’t?Because things don’t really change, do they? And if Harry can’t be happy, he’ll settle for a good night’s sleep, some posh antiques, and the opportunity to find out what Malfoy has been up to for all these years.And that’s what starts it all.
i wake up falling (warmfoothills)
WC: 9.1k | Summary: Draco’s always leaving, one way or another. Harry’s usually 240 thousand miles too late.
Nice Things (aideomai)
WC: 22k | Summary: The first thing that happened was Theodore Nott came back from France.
*Updated (this list is out of control lol) - if you’d like to add your own recs, feel free to in the comments but please don’t message me! If you check any of the above out, please kudos and comment :)
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Draco and Harry find an stray kitten outside and bring it home, they take care of it and love it very much and Harry is like ‘look we have a child now darling’ (AND EVERYTHING ENDS WELL)
A/N: sorry this took so long, I promise I’m still working on these.
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Whiskers
Hand in hand, Harry and Draco walked through the park near their flat, as they did most evenings to enjoy the fresh air and sunset.
Mewl
“What was that?” Harry asked, looking around.
“Sounded like a meow. You know there are stray cats around here.” Draco said, arching a brow at Harry.
“Yes but...”
“Harry...” Draco sighed, recognizing that look on Harry’s face.
“I just want to make sure it’s okay.”
“Fine.”
Harry smiled that bright smile that made Draco weak in the knees every time. He couldn’t help but give a smile back as he watched Harry looking for the source of the mewling.
“I found it!” Harry came back, cradling a small ball of grey fluff in his hands.
“Is it a kitten?” Draco asked, looking over at the small ball of fluff.
“I found it in a box, someone abandoned him.” Harry said, looking down at it. “I think it might be hurt.”
Draco leaned forward and checked out the kitten, it had a small injury on its paw. He smiled up at Harry. “Harry, stop panicking. You are one of the best Mediwizards at St.Mungos. This little one is in the best hands.”
Harry gave another smile and cradled the kitten to his chest as they walked back home.
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As Draco had predicted, Harry was easily able to heal the small kitten once they got home. It had a broken paw and a small cut, which Harry healed very quickly.
Looking closer at the kitten, Draco looked over at Harry. “It’s eyes aren’t open yet, which means it’s still on formula. I’ll run to the store.”
With that he got up and headed out the door, Harry smiling at him. He may seem cold to others, but Harry knew he had a kind soul, and now that this kitten was in their house, it was theirs.
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“I want to name him Dobby,” Harry said sometime later, cradling the kitten as he bottle fed it.
“After father’s old house elf?” Draco asked incredulously.
“After the house elf that was my friend and died saving us from Bellatrix.”
Draco paused for a moment, “Fair enough.”
“Hey Draco,” Harry grinned, watching the kitten drink from his bottle, “Looks like we have a kid now.”
Draco just shook his head, but he had a smile on his face.
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It didn’t take long at all for Dobby to start to grow under their care, and become an important member of their family. He was playful and curious, and one of his favorite places to be was in Draco’s lab while he worked on his potions. Much to Draco’s distress, as he liked to jump up on the shelves and weave through the fragile potion bottles. But Draco conceded that keeping an eye on the small cat weaving through the potion bottles was better than listening to Dobby screaming at him from behind the door wanting to come in.
Dobby was very attached to Harry, always weaving through Harry’s legs, climbing up his pant legs, and running up to the door whenever he got home from work.
Draco worked from home, so Dobby would cling to him instead whenever Harry was at work. As much as Draco grumbled about it, he did enjoy the small kitten’s company when Harry was away, especially on nights where Harry was working a double shift or was called into an emergency. Those nights he curled up in bed with the small bundle of fluff instead.
It also didn’t take long for Dobby to earn his namesake, as he had the tendency to make off with Draco and Harry’s shirts as well as socks to build himself little nests in hiding places all over the house. Harry thought it was cute, but it always set Draco off when he couldn’t find a favorite shirt or a single pair of matching socks.
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“Dobby, no!”
Harry looked up from the book he was reading with a concerned look on his face as a disgruntled looking Draco came marching into the living room, carrying a now adult Dobby by his scruff.
“What happened?”
“Your blasted cat got into the owl’s room again.” Draco grumbled as he deposited Dobby onto Harry’s lap. Nonplussed, Dobby curled up in Harry’s lap and started to purr. Draco glared at that cat, “One of these days he’s going to piss off Cepheus just a bit too much. He’s a great owl, but he’s still a bird of prey. And much bigger than you, you little prat.” He said pointedly to the purring cat in Harry’s lap.
Harry ran his fingers through Dobby’s fur, “Why is he always my cat when he’s in trouble?”
Draco gestured pointedly at Harry’s hand, “Because you’re always spoiling him.”
“He’s a cat, he doesn’t understand that he shouldn’t mess with Cepheus.”
Draco snorted, “He’s smarter than you give him credit for.”
Harry looked over at Draco, a curious look on his face.
Draco leaned over and absently scratched Dobby behind the ear, “Little bugger opened the door to Cepheus’ room.”
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“Draco, have you seen Dobby?”
Draco looked up from the potion he’d been working on and glanced over at Harry, who was standing in the doorway. “No, why?”
“I was looking for him as I was going to give him his dinner. It’s not like him to miss a meal.”
“He’s probably just napping somewhere. He’s getting pretty old, he’s been taking a lot more naps lately.”
“Yea, but...”
Draco sighed, “Give me a moment to get this potion to a stopping point. I only have a couple steps left and then it will need to simmer for about an hour.”
“Okay, I’ll start looking while you finish.”
They had been looking for about an hour and Harry was starting to get panicked as they walked back to Draco’s lab so he could finish the potion he was working on.
“What if Cepheus ate him?”
“That is highly unlikely, and we would have heard something like that. There would also be evidence of it in his room.”
“What if he escaped? If he can open the door to Cepheus’ room, maybe he can open the front door as well!”
“Harry, I have the whole house warded, I would have known if the door opened for any reason other than you or I doing so.”
“But—“
Harry stopped his worried babbling when they walked back into Draco’s lab, and found Dobby curled up and sleeping next to the low-burning fire Draco’s potion was sitting on.
Harry glanced into the kitchen, only to see all of Dobby’s food missing from his bowl. He looked back in at the slumbering cat.
“So...” Draco said, arching a brow, “While we were frantically looking for him... He came out of hiding, ate all his food, and then fell asleep in the one room that we didn’t think to look in...”
“Seems so.”
“I’m going to skin him.”
“Draco!”
“What?”
“He’s just proving that he belongs in this family.”
Draco rolled his eyes, picked up Dobby, and deposited him in Harry’s arms, so he could get back to his potion.
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“Harry.”
Harry was in his office at St. Mungos, when a small silver ferret appeared on his desk, opening its mouth and speaking in Draco’s voice. He sounded extremely distressed.
“It’s Dobby.”
“Expecto Patronum!” Harry said, his stag erupting out of his wand. “I’m on my way.” was all he said before the stag disappeared, heading off to Draco.
“Janet!” Harry yelled out the door, hearing his assistant’s answering call, “I’m going home early, reschedule my appointments! Something is wrong with Dobby!” Harry didn’t wait to hear Janet’s response before he had flicked floo powder into his office fireplace and stepped through.
After the swirling stopped he stepped out of the fireplace in his home and looked around for Draco.
He was sitting on the couch, cradling a very skinny and ragged looking Dobby in his arms. As he was walking closer, Harry got a flashback of Draco cradling Dobby in this same way as he bottle fed him as a kitten.
Draco looked up, his face red, “He isn’t eating and his breathing is so fast, I don’t... I don’t know what’s wrong with him.”
Harry felt tears stinging his eyes, he had an idea what was wrong, but he didn’t want to admit it to himself, “Let’s take him to his veterinary witch.”
“This isn’t something you can handle?”
“No, cuts and broken bones are similar enough to humans that I can take care of it, but I’m not a vet.”
Draco got up and hugged Dobby to him, the scruffy old cat giving a piteous mewl in response.
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“I’m afraid, Mr. and Mr. Malfoy, that there’s nothing we can do for him.”
Harry wiped his eyes and gave a nod, he had already expected this. Draco slammed his hands on the counter, “What do you mean there’s nothing you can do! You’re a veterinary witch, aren’t you?”
Harry put his hand on Draco’s arm to calm him, “Draco... as you like to remind me whenever I have doubts, I’m one of the best mediwizards in St. Mungos. But... even I can’t stop old age.” He gestured at the veterinary witch, “Neither can she.”
The witch nodded with an understanding and sympathetic expression. “At this point we suggest putting him to sleep. We have a few options past that, one of the more popular ones is extracting some of his fondest memories and preserving them in a small pensive with his name on it. It is however one of the more expensive options as well.”
Draco bristled a little at that, “We’ll do it.”
She nodded. “Would you like to say goodbye before we start?”
Harry and Draco both nodded, and the witch brought them both back into the examination room, where Dobby was sleeping fitfully in a bundled pile of Harry and Draco’s old shirts, the ones they had given up trying to take back from him.
Harry leaned down and wrapped his arms around the bundle, his tears fogging up his glasses, “Goodbye Dobby. I’ll miss you.”
Once Harry was done, Draco gathered the bundle into his arms, saying nothing but holding Dobby as close as he could without hurting him, his tears flowing down his pale cheeks.
Neither of them could bear staying past the witch extracting Dobby’s memories and placing them in the small pensive, which she had already magically carved his name onto while they were saying goodbye. They left the room and waited silently in the waiting room to pay their bill and go home, Draco holding the small pensive to his chest and Harry holding the empty cat carrier loosely in his hands.
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Many many years later, an elderly Draco and Harry we’re walking hand in hand through an ethereal version of Kings Cross Station. They knew why they were there, they were waiting on the train that would take them to the afterlife. They had both passed on in their sleep, going together as they had done in life.
“This is quite peaceful,” Draco commented.
“It’s definitely more comforting being here as an old man welcoming death rather than a young teen.” Harry said, looking around at his familiar surroundings.
“Really, there’s only one thing that could make this more comfortable.”
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A small grey kitten streaked out from under a bench, one of Draco’s old socks in his mouth, and weaved around both of their legs before attempting to climb up Harry’s pant leg.
They both smiled brightly, “Dobby...”
“We missed you.”
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