I feel like Ron fans really want him to be an Auror for the rest of his life like Harry is because its a "cool" job but it makes perfect sense he stops after 2 years? He is canonically lazy. That is not projection. That is not bashing. That is how he IS. He is lazy. Why would he want such a work intensive, difficult, and stressful job long-term? I really think the glory would wear off fast once you realized you can't even talk about what you are doing, you have to work overtime, you can get injured, you deal with constant stress, and for what? A basic pension. You don't even get rich off of it. Ron at the joke shop suits his character SO much.
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Okay, Anon. I love you, and this is a safe space for people to discuss their controversial opinions with no judgement but I will have to push back a bit because I am a member of Team Ron Defense Squad.
I agree that being an auror wasn't the perfect fit for Ron, but I disagree with his laziness.
He was lazy when it came to school work. But a lot of kids are? That's hardly unique for a teenager. School didn't really interest him. But he was bright enough to do well in all his subjects (well, except history and divination, but those were joke classes) so he didn't really feel the need to work harder.
But in the things that he was interested in? The boy was not lazy.
You don't become the best chess player Hogwarts has ever seen at age 12 when you are lazy. That is years of hard work and skill development (prodigy level!). He probably spent hours at the Burrow as a kid studying chess moves and learning to see the board. That's not lazy.
You don't become a prefect by being lazy.
He also went off by himself and practiced quidditch so he could make the house team. That's not lazy. Thats determination (and a little insecurity because he was afraid of beign mocked for putting effort in or being told he wasn't good enough)
Which is totally relatable. Have you ever been afraid of failing or being compared to someone who, in your mind, has already mastered the skill you are practicing, so in the end, you didn't really try? because not trying is better than failing? That's not lazy, that's being insecure and anxious.
Ron is also with HArry on all his adventures. Going into the forbidden forest, starting an underground defense club, solving mysteries, fighting in the Ministry. This isn't lazy.
One of Ron's number one traits is his caregiving. Offering tea, the easy way in which he assures people, making sure Harry eats. Caregiving is not lazy. It takes attention to detail, emotional intelligence, and a lot of follow-up and determination.
I think Ron retired from ebing an auror early for several reasons.
1.) The job was finished. They caught the death eaters, the trials were over, he had some breathing room, and he realised that he could move on. That it was a job he felt he had to do but didn't really enjoy doing
2.) He saw that Harry really did enjoy it and that Harry didn't need a caregiver anymore, he wa an adult who could take care of himself and had Ginny at home to also care for him.
3.) Hermione, the ultimate girl boss that she is, clearly has ambitions and was career driven. Ron wanted to make sure she wasn't burnt out and that she had someone at home to take care of her (and their future children). Ron is the ultimate wife guy and I love him leaning into the role hard and with vigour.
caregiving and homemaking aren't laziness, and seeing a traditional feminine role as lazy in the body of a male character is sexist.
4.) I love Ron and the twins relationship. They are very close, even if the Twins mocking him crosses the line. And I can see Ron caring for George after the war in his very Ron-like way. Stopping by after an auror shift to help clean the shop and make sure he ate that day. Takes him to the pub for a pint, where they don't talk, but Ron just wants George to know he is there for him.
Over time, Ron learns that he loves working at the shop. He is good at it. And Geroge loves Ron being there, and he needs the help. George wants to be creative and invent things, and Ron has a great mind for business. He is using his logic skills to improve their business strategy and expand operations. He is good at balancing books and making sure bills get paid (oh no! It Looks like he enjoys a bit of homework after all!)
And Ron loves greeting customers and talking to kids in the shop. Being friendly and a bit goofy and his warm and comforting self.
He doesn't need fame and fortune because he is secure in his role as a caregiver, it is his ultimate strength. He has matured and moved on from his childhood insecurities. He is no longer in the shadow of his large loud family.
He is Ron. And he is enough (kenough)
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FANDOMS
if anyone actually reads all this, I’ll be impressed
Tv show themes through the years playlist
I colored the ones I cared most about in each section if none are colored it means I care about the things in that section equally.
Star Wars:
Original Trilogy
Prequels
I dont consider myself a sequels fan but I am obsessed with HUX and Kylux and basically anything first order
Rouge One
Star Wars Legends
Star wars Infinites
Star Wars as written by William Shakespeare
Star Wars Clone Wars
The Bad Batch
Star Wars Rebels
Andor
Mandolorian
Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
Star Wars Visions
Tales of the Jedi
Tales of the Empire
Anything Lego Star Wars
THE ACOLYTE (may it rest in piece)
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Marvel:
the movies (I’m not caught up yet)
Falcon and the winter soldier
Loki (not caught up)
Wanda Vision
Avengers Assemble (literally so weird and silly) (not finished with season 5)
spider verse
Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies
Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man movies
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Musicals/Plays:
Newsies
Bye Bye Biride
Christmas Carol
Wonka
Little mermaid
Shrek
Wizard of OZ
Anything goes
Sponge Bob
Beauty and the Beast
Guys and Dolls
Hamilton
Six
The guy who didn’t like musicals
twisted
ride the cyclone
Les Mis
The lighting thief (not finished)
into the woods
Kinda bat boy (HOLD ME BAT BOY TOUCH ME BAT BOY)
Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
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Games:
Zac McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders!!!! (Literally the best game)
Twisted Wonderland (read through book 6)
Ultimate Shark Simulator
Hogwarts Mystery (not caught up)
KOTOR (not caught up)
Star Wars Asault Team
Minecraft
Jedi Fallen Order (not finished)
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Anime:
MHA (stopped watching mid season 4 only really care about Iida)
OHSHC
BSD
Angels of death
Darling in the franxx (only really care about Goro)
Saki k (haven’t seen season 2)
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Minecraft SMPs:
EVO
Dream SMP (not caught up)
Empires SMP
X Life
After Life
New Life
Rats
Pirates (not caught up)
Trafic Light/Life Series (I only watch Jimmy, Joel, and Martin’s POVs)
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2000s Kids shows:
MLP G3 and Friendship is Magic
Wild Kratts
Octonauts
TMNT 2012
Odd Squad
imagination movers
Dinosaur Train
Lego Friends (The og version)
Monster High
Ever After High
Avatar the Last Air Bender
Sofia the first
Elena of Avalore
dinosaur train
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Weird Sci-fi and Fantasy Shows:
Doctor Who (only on the 4th Doctor)
Read All About it
H2O Just Add Water
Wolf Blood
Fragle Rock
Mako Mermaids (only watched season 1)
Alien Surfer Girls/Lightning Point
Thunder Stone
Girl From Tomorrow
Ocean Girl
Sparticle Mystery
Elephant Princess (featuring Liam Hemsworth)
Eerie Indiana
Girl’s World
House of Anubis
A girl named Jo (not sci-fi or Fantasy)
Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries (not sci-fi or Fantasy)
Blue Water High (not sci-fi or Fantasy)
The Prisoner
Spell Binder
Just Add Magic
Maddigan’s Quest
The Next Step (not sci-fi or Fantasy)
Return to Jupiter
Rocket’s Island
Parallels
Silver Sun (not caught up)
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Disney Plus Telenovelas:
Violeta
Soy Luna
Bia
Intertwined
O11CE
L-Pop
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Misc fandoms and shows:
Harry Potter (not caught up, I do not support J.K. Rowling or read the books)
The Tick (og cartoon version)
Monk
The Outsiders (movie, book, and 90s Tv series)
Alex Rider (the show not the books)
Wild at Heart (never finished)
White Collar
National Treasure Edge of History
The Lodge
Descendants
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
Gilligan’s Island
NCIS New Orleans
Hell of a Boss
Hazbin Hotel
Heart Stopper
OFMD (not caught up)
Julie and the Phantoms
Disney in general
Tinker bell
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Book series:
Percy Jackson (currently only read the lightning thief)
The Final Six
Horizon
Thea Sisters (when I was little)
Chronicles of Narnia
Wizard of Oz
The black stallion
Series of unfortunate events
The Outsiders
The Waterfire Saga
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Traitor pt.5
A/N: This is the last part of the series. I originally planned on posting it yesterday, but I´ve been at my first concert in four years (Is anyone else obsessed with Yungblud on here? His music is just soo good.) and I wasn´t home all day. Anyway, I finished it now, so I hope you guys like it 💚
pt.4
The next days felt like a dream to you. Only the next morning you found out what had happened in the department of Mystery. When you had rushed to the Hospital Wing, you saw with great relief that none of your friends would carry away any lasting damages.
You spent most of your time on your own or with Harry, commuting between the Gryffindor common room and the Hospital wing. You enjoyed the time you could spend with your friends. It helped you distract yourself when you were sitting on Hermione´s bed, eating chocolate frogs and making fun of Fudge, who suddenly seemed to be Harry´s biggest admirer.
When you were in the common room with Harry, however, you mostly just stared into the fireplace. From time to time, you got interrupted by people approaching you and apologizing ruefully. To Harry for not believing him or for his loss and to you for ever doubting your loyalty to your house. But you, as well as Harry, tried to cut the other students off before they could start asking questions you didn’t want to answer. Then you went back to staring into the void silently.
You knew that the loss you suffered from was nothing in comparison to what Harry was going through right now. Still, both of you benefited from the fact that neither of you was alone with your pain. It comforted you to just spend some of your time with each other, especially since you were the only ones who didn’t bombard you with questions.
A few days later, you made your way back from the Hospital Wing to your common room. Harry´s and your ways had separated since he wanted to pay Hagrid a visit. But for some reason, you weren´t in the mood for Hagrid´s encouraging words.
As you turned around a corner, however, you wished you would have been. Only a few steps away, Draco stood in the corridor, frozen in place, just like you. The world around you became a blur; all you could see was him.
He didn’t look as good as he did back the day you had talked to him last. But even with bags under his eyes and the ashen undertone of his pale skin, to you, he was still the most beautiful person in the world. You couldn’t blame him for looking so tired, almost sick. Not only you had betrayed him, but his father had been arrested after he had led the attack on Harry and the others in the Department of Mystery. When you had heard about it, you had felt your heart clenching inside your chest. You had already realized back in Umbridge´s office that the fact that you had lied to him had hurt him even more than you had ever expected it to. And now he had also not only lost his privileges due to the dissolution of the Inquisitorial Squad but also his father.
“Draco.” It was just a whisper. You weren’t even sure if he had heard it.
It felt like time slowed down, as the two of you kept staring at each other.
You wished he would do something. Anything. If he would scream at you, threaten you, hex you, you would be fine with it. But the way he looked at you with a blank expression, broke your heart once more.
Then, finally, Draco dismantled from his rigidity. He straightened his back and cleared his throat.
“(Y/l/n).”, he said tonelessly, before he went on his way, passing you and turning around the next corner.
And just like that, Draco Malfoy had not only broken your heart but shattered it into a million pieces.
And you deserved it.
It was the last day before the Holidays. Tomorrow, you would return home. And for the first time, you actually looked forward to it. It wasn’t like you hadn´t missed your family in the last years, but Hogwarts felt by now more like your home than any other place. But after everything that had happened in the last few months, you felt like some distance from this place was just what you needed right now.
Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Neville and Ron had been discharged only a few days ago. Everything felt a bit more normal, now that Hermione´s empty bed wasn’t the first and last thing you saw every day. Plus, it felt good to not roam around the castle on your own anymore how you had done in the last days, except for when you had been with Harry who had usually preferred to spend most of the time on his own. Especially when you encountered the former members of the Inquisitorial Squad, who now treated you like you were a public enemy. And somehow, you were. You genuinely regretted this state of affairs, since you had actually grown into liking them over the last weeks.
The only one who had talked to you at all had been Pansy. When you had walked past her and neither your nor her friends had been in sight, she had stepped in your way, arms crossed in front of your chest. “I hope you're happy now.”, she had hissed, with a murderous shimmer in her eyes. But it had disappeared again rather quickly as those damn tears had made their way into your eyes again and you had somehow managed to choke out a small “No.”. Pansy had eyed you, her expression illegible. “Fix it then.”, she had told you and strutted away, leaving you speechless.
There was nothing you wanted more than to fix this, but you had no idea how. By now, you had given up the idea of trying to talk to Draco, let alone any of the others. One night, when you hadn’t been able to sleep once more, you had sat in your bed, writing a letter, but no matter how hard you tried, the words sounded hollow and meaningless. So you had given up on trying to approach Draco, contended yourself with staring at him awkwardly from the other side of the room, while he seemed to be completely unaware of your existence again, his gaze sliding over you, showing no signs of acknowledging that you had ever been more than just two people who happened to share a class with one another. And tomorrow you would get on a train, and you wouldn’t see the boy who meant so much to you for two whole months.
But maybe it was for the best like that. One way or another. Because a part of you hoped that over the holidays Draco might be able to somewhat forgive you for what you had done. The more rational part of you on the other hand tried to tell you that you should use the time to let the boy finally go. Because you obviously knew that whatever the two of you had had, back when Draco thought you were on his side, would never come back to you. And even while it lasted you had somehow known that sooner or later you would lose him. Because if it wouldn’t have been for the fact that you had smuggled yourself into the Inquisitorial Squad to get some information, it would be the fact that the two of you wouldn’t stand a chance regarding what was about to come. Now that you-know-who was back. You knew Draco wasn’t a bad person. He didn’t take as much pleasure in actually hurting people as the others thought he did, but that didn’t change the fact that he had grown up in the belief that the world the dark wizard wanted to create was the only right one. And the fact that Draco´s father had been arrested while fulfilling an order from said wizard, told you, that his family still held on to those beliefs. But on the other hand, how could you ever judge him for that or deny him the chance to change? Hadn´t Draco been the one to welcome you with open arms when you had pretended to change your mind? You knew that if Draco would ever do the same if he would ever actually wanted to change, you would be there for him. Even though you highly doubted that he ever would. Especially now that you, his only connection to the side fighting the dark, had betrayed him as you had done. If anything, you had taken the chance from Draco to decide on his own. You had taken his chance to change his mind. In the end, you were the evil one. And no one else.
You let yourself fall onto your bed and stared against the ceiling. You shouldn’t have gotten that involved in the entire situation from the very beginning. If you would have just done your job, if you wouldn’t have attached the strings as you had done, you wouldn’t have hurt Draco as you had. And now it was too late and you would have to live with the consequences of your decisions.
Lost in your thoughts you almost missed the door of your dorm opening.
“(Y/n)?”
You looked up and saw Hermione stepping towards your bed. You raised your head, resting your upper body on your elbows.
“What is it?”
“There´s someone outside for you.” Her voice sounded strange and you could see that your friend looked rather irritated.
“Who is it?”
“You´ll see.”, she stated and frowned.
“Why don’t they come in?”
“They can´t.”
“No Gryffindor?”
“God, (Y/n), just go and look for yourself.”
You groaned and let your head fall back onto the mattress.
“I don’t want to.”
And that was the truth. Hermione had interrupted you in the middle of the spiral of your self-pity. You didn’t want to be disturbed. All you wanted to do was dive right back into it, wondering where in life you went wrong.
“But I think it´s rather important.”
“I really don’t care, Hermione. They can send me an owl if they want to.”
“I don’t think Malfoy will be satisfied with this.”
You sat up immediately and looked at your friend with widened eyes.
“Draco? Here?”
“Outside the common room, more precisely.”, Hermione said, grinning knowingly as she observed your reaction.
You were almost out of the door of your dorm when you froze.
“Why do you think he´s here?”, you asked your friend.
Hermione shrugged her shoulders.
“I didn’t ask him. He wasn’t really happy talking to me, and honestly, I wasn’t delighted either.”
“What if he tells me that he hates me? That it´s all my fault? That he never wants to see me again?”, you whined.
Hermione looked at you compassionately.
“There´s only one way to find out.”, she said in a soft voice. “And (Y/n)?”
You looked at your friend questioningly.
“In the end, you´ve done nothing wrong. And no matter what will happen, I am always here for you.”
You nodded and threw your friend a thankful smile before you left.
You had almost expected Draco to be gone when you finally had gathered the courage to climb through the exit. But the Slytherin boy was standing in the corridor, hands buried deep inside the pockets of his cloak and a strange look on his face.
When the painting of the fat lady swung aside, he looked up. Once more, the two of you just looked at each other, without saying a word.
Finally, you cleared your throat.
“You wanted to see me?” You hated yourself for how shaky your voice sounded.
Draco tore his gaze apart from you and nodded.
“I´ve got a question.”, he finally said.
You looked at him in surprise. Still, you nodded.
“Yes?”
Draco´s gaze was by now fixed on the stone floor.
“When you… When we… In Umbridge´s office… You told me I wasn’t part of the plan.”
“I did.”
The floor seemed to be very interesting since Draco´s head was still lowered.
“What did you mean by that?”
You hesitated. You knew what you had meant, but you didn’t know how to explain. Still, you had to try. Because this was probably the last chance to get things right before they were lost forever.
“I… I meant…” Why was it so damn hard to tell him what appeared so clear to you? “When I joined the Inquisitorial Squad, it was to find a way to stop Umbridge. I thought by joining you I would get closer to her.”
“And you reached your goal, didn’t you?”, Draco spit out.
“No… I mean yes, but… The plan was just to join the group, never to build up anything with any of you. But you… you were so nice and you welcomed me in a way, I would have never expected.”
“Pretty foolish of us, wasn’t it?” His voice sounded bitter.
“No, it wasn’t, Draco. That´s what I´m trying to say. Because I started to enjoy spending time with you. And I… Those friendships… they were just as real to me as they were to you. I spend my time with all of you because I wanted to. Because it felt good. And you…” You stopped and looked at Draco, who was still looking anywhere but at you. “What we had, that was… You caught me by surprise Draco. I never wanted to, but you did. And I… I loved it.” I loved you, I still do, you added silently, but the words never left your mouth.
Draco stayed silent. He seemed to think about your words for a minute.
Finally, he glanced up at you. Your heart skipped a beat as you saw all the emotions in his eyes.
“Was it real?”, he asked silently. “Us, I mean. Was any of that real?”
“All of it.”
Draco nodded. He seemed to think about something for a moment, then he made a decision.
“You want to go for a walk?”
You looked at him with narrowed eyes. That question had caught you off guard.
“What?”
“Do you?”
You hesitated. This change of subject was abrupt and unexpected. What was his intention behind all of this? You highly doubted that he had forgiven you just like that. Was it a trap? If you would follow him, would you walk into your nemesis with your eyes wide open?
Draco seemed to see the indecisiveness in your eyes because he stepped closer. The expression in his eyes was almost pleadingly.
“It´s just… I don´t want to lose you (Y/n). I can´t.”
And when you followed Draco outside, you didn´t doubt your decision once.
The sun already set when you had reached the lake. Neither of you had said a word on your way down to the shore. But the moment the two of you looked at the lake that seemed to be made of liquid gold at this time of the day, the words started tumbling from your lips, as well as Draco´s.
When you had finally told him everything about your plan to bring Umbridge down, about what you had and hadn’t known about the things that had happened in the last weeks and mostly how incredibly sorry you felt, not for what you had done, but how you had made him feel, and Draco had finally gathered the courage to tell you at least a split of his point of view on all those things, about how much you had hurt him, but also about the more recent events, about his father and his concerns about the future, the night had already fallen and only some stars were shining on the sky.
You had sat down under the tree where you had already tried to tell him all these things for the first time. Only that this time you had actually done. And he had listened.
“You wanted to tell me, didn´t you? The last time we´ve been here. You wanted to tell me what you had done.”
You nodded.
“Why? How could you know I would find out that day?”
“I didn’t.”
“Why did you want to tell me then?”
“Because I hated lying to you. And because I thought that maybe… If I tell you before you find out any other way… I thought you might be able to forgive me.”
Silence.
“I guess I´m the foolish one now, ain´t I?”, you chuckled.
“Maybe not as much as you think.”
And as you looked to the side, you saw Draco shuffling a bit closer to you, until his shoulder almost touched yours. You threw the boy a shy smile. And he returned it immediately.
For you, it was almost incomprehensible how Draco had been able to forgive you that fast. But somehow, he had done so. It wasn’t like it had been before all of this and you highly doubted that it would ever be, but then again, you asked yourself if you even wanted it to be. You felt somehow relieved to not carry the weight of all those secrets on your back anymore and be able to talk openly to Draco. And he seemed to think the same.
A breeze blew across the lake, making you shiver. Even if it was midsummer, the nights were still coolish. You couldn’t help the shiver running down your spine.
“Are you cold?”, Draco asked, giving you a concerned look.
Even though you were indeed, you didn´t want this evening to end yet. So you shrugged your shoulders.
“Just a little bit.”
But when you had expected Draco to suggest that you should get back to the castle now, you had been wrong. Because instead, you suddenly felt his arm sneaking around your shoulders, pulling you closer to him.
It only took you a second of tension, before you melted into his warmth. You snuggled up closer to his chest, resting your head almost right above his heart. The hand carefully rubbed your upper arms, trying to increase the blood flow again.
“Better?”, Draco finally asked as he glanced down at you.
“Perfect.”, you sighed.
You didn’t know how long you were staring at the lake. The stars were reflected in the crystal-clear water, making it look like the sky wasn’t only far above your head, but right to your feet.
You could hear the murmur of the waves and the swooshing of the trees, moving slightly in the wind. You felt Draco´s warmth embracing you and the steady rising and falling of his chest. His scent, mixed with the smell of the water and the grass around you, lulled you in. All of those sensations made you feel dozy and you had no doubt you could easily drift off into sleep like that. Still, you wanted to cherish this peaceful moment for as long as possible, taking in every single detail of it. But the more time passed, the more you had to fight for your eyes to stay open.
“(Y/n)?”, Draco´s voice retrieved you from your dreamy state. The way you could feel his chest vibrating under your head, send chills down your spine.
“Hmm?”
“I meant what I said earlier. You know that?”
You squinted up at the boy.
“What exactly are you talking about?”
“I told you I don´t want to lose you again. And that’s true. I don’t want to lose you ever again. I want to stay with you – as long as you want me to as well.”
A small smile crept on your lips. You sat up, so you were able to properly look at the blond boy. His silvery eyes reflected the light of the stars shining above and under you. The look on his face was serious as if he hadn’t just said the thing that made you happier than anything anyone else had ever told you.
“What makes you think I´d ever want you to leave?”, you said, the grin on your face also visible in your voice.
“Because one day you might realize that keeping me is the most stupid idea you ever had.”, he said, only half-joking.
You sighed. If Draco would only see half of the things you saw in him, he wouldn´t say such things.
“I could say the same thing to you.”, you said, just like Draco making it sound like a joke, even if to you it wasn��t.
“No, for real, Draco. After everything that happened, after everything I´ve done to you – I wouldn’t have blamed you for never wanting to talk to me again.”
“Yet here we are.”
“Here we are.”, you confirmed.
“It´s just like I told you before.”, Draco said, as he brushed a strand of hair out of your face and tucked it behind your ear. It felt like your skin was burning in the places he touched you. “There´s nothing in this world that could ever change what I´m feeling for you.”
It was like his eyes hypnotized you. You just couldn’t look away.
“And what are you feeling?”, you asked in a breathy voice.
Draco didn’t answer immediately. Instead, his gaze wandered over your face, taking in every centimetre, until it finally settled on your lips. You could feel your heartbeat quicken. Draco´s face was only a few centimetres away from yours. And he moved even closer until the tip of his nose almost touched yours. His hot breath was burning on your face. Then his gaze tore apart from your lips and travelled back up to your eyes.
“Love.”, he simply responded, before he finally closed the gap between the two of you.
The feeling of Draco´s lips on yours was everything you had ever dreamt about and even more. They felt so much softer than you had imagined, as they tenderly moved against yours. For a moment you remained frozen in your spot before you thawed.
And once you had started, it seemed to be the easiest thing in the world. The way your lips moved in perfect sync made it feel like it had never been any other way and as Draco cupped your cheeks to pull you even closer, you gave in immediately. And even though the kiss was sweet and innocent, it was still filled with all the emotions that the two of you had bottled up over the last few weeks.
When you eventually pulled away, you looked at the boy in front of you, completely mesmerized. And Draco seemed to feel the same, because he returned your gaze, with just as much awe.
“I love you (Y/n).”, he whispered against your lips, while his eyes never left yours, not for the split of a second.
“I love you too.”, you responded quietly. And slowly, the realization of what had just happened washed over you, and the grin on your face grew uncontrollably. “I love you too.”, you repeated once more, by now smiling from one ear to the other.
Draco mirrored your smile. The grip he had on you tightened, as he pulled you close again, pressing another kiss on your lips.
As he pulled back, his thumbs caressed your cheeks, travelling over your lips, as he leaned his forehead against yours.
The two of you remained in this position for a while, just admiring each other, from time to time whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears.
It was already far after bedtime as you slowly made your way back to the castle. Once more, you held onto Draco´s hand tightly. Only that this time, you had no doubt that this touch wasn’t the end of something, but the beginning.
Somehow Draco had managed to prevent the front door from getting locked by Filch. The two of you slipped through it and got back to the Gryffindor common room, undetected.
As you stood in front of the portrait, Draco looked down at you with the happiest, yet saddest face.
“I can´t believe that tomorrow we have to leave, and I won´t get to see you for two whole months.”
You frowned.
“Maybe you don’t have to. You can visit me. Or I can visit you. Or we meet up somewhere else. As long as I can see you, I´m fine with any place.”
Draco gave you a small smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes.
“(Y/n), you know what´s going on right now. All this family stuff and… I don’t want you to get involved in it.”
You shook your head firmly.
“But I already am.”
“That´s something different. Maybe all of this was a bad idea. If not losing you means that I have to let you go, then…”
“It isn’t. And it doesn’t.” You cupped Draco´s face with your hands and forced him to look at you. “I love you Draco. All of you. And no matter what is going to happen, I won´t let you go through this alone. You once said to me that you will always choose my side. That you will do so because you want to. Because it makes you happy. And you actually chose me. Even when I made it so damn hard for you. And I want to do the same for you now. I will do. And nothing you could ever say or do to talk me out of this. I´ve let you down once, that won´t happen a second time.”
“You can´t compare Umbridge with the Dark Lord. You can´t compare the Inquisitorial Squad with Death Eaters.” Draco sounded desperate, his eyes looked at you pleadingly.
“I know, Draco. And I don’t do so. But what I also know is that I fight for the things I love. For the people I love. And you happen to be one of them. So how could I ever let you go without even trying?”
“You don’t know what you get yourself into.”, Draco mumbled.
“Maybe I don’t. But I know it´s worth it. You are worth it.”
The blond boy sighed.
“I can´t talk you out of this now, can I?”
You smiled at him superiorly.
“Not now and not ever.”
There was a small spark of hope shimmering in the boy´s eyes, which were clouded with worry, as he looked at you.
“Are you sure about this?”
You nodded eagerly.
“I´ve never been so sure about anything. I´ve made loads of decisions this year I didn’t know whether they were right or wrong. But I know this isn’t one of them.”
And when you pulled Draco into a tight embrace and he buried his face in the crook of your neck, he intuitively knew that you were right.
For sure, what the two of you had was far from perfect and both of you knew that the worst was probably yet to come. But in the end, you had each other and for now, this was everything you needed. And you, as well as Draco, highly doubted that this would ever change.
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