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bleedingangel84Title: Haunted
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Beta: None
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, a sprinkle of fluff
Word Count: 365
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made.
Notes: Angsty bit of something. I don’t even know how to classify this. 365 words that have not been beta read at all. If you see errors, please say so. Feedback and concrit are greatly welcomed. Many thanks to enchanted_jae for pointing out an error I didn't catch when posting this!
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hogwarts365 Prompt #32-“Knight in shining armour”; Katie Bell; Chocolate
Summary: Draco finds himself trapped in nightmares. Harry makes it better.
Haunted
“Katie, for Merlin’s sake…no…damn it—nooooo!”
‘Draco, wake up! It’s over. Katie’s well again.”
“I never meant for it to be her. I never wanted to kill anyone.”
“I know, Draco. Dumbledore knew it too. We were both pawns in a game.”
“Some game. They never tell you that no one ever actually wins in a war. Everything’s just surviving.”
“You’re getting maudlin, y’know? Have some chocolate.”
“Potter. Chocolate doesn’t fix everything, no matter what Lupin says.”
“True. But, if you’re eating it, you can’t talk. Malfoys are much too refined to talk with their mouths full.”
“You should’ve been a Slytherin, Potter.”
“So the Sorting Hat told me.”
“I’m gobsmacked.”
“Then my life’s mission is now complete. I can die a happy man.”
“That sounded entirely too sarcastic for a Gryffindor. Aren’t you supposed to be the knight in shining armour?”
‘The war is over. I’m just Harry Potter. An average wizard with messy har.”
‘You have a great capacity for delusion if you think you’re anywhere near average, Scarhead. I’m the average wizard here. I wasn’t even an adequate Death Eater.”
“You say that like it’s an awful thing. And yet, here we are. Both alive and more or less whole.”
“I was a coward, Harry.”
“Draco, we’re both teenagers. We’re not adults. So what if we’re a little worse for wear? We made it through, didn’t we?”
“Why us? So many others died, Harry. Why were we saved?”
“I don’t know, Draco.”
“You were my knight in shining armour, you know.”
“Too bad my armour is dented and rusted over.”
“Oh, now who’s getting maudlin? I’ll share my whiskey if you share your chocolate.”
“That seems like a fair trade. We really should get back to bed. The nurses will be making rounds soon.”
“Harry…please, I can’t sleep alone. Just hold me.”
“Budge over. And stop hogging the blankets.”
“I can’t help it. I’m cold.”
“Let me get another blanket.”
“Wrap your arms around me, Potter.”
“Is that better?”
“Mhm. Harry?”
“What?”
“What happens next?”
“We live, I suppose.”
“Together?”
“Well, seeing as you can’t sleep alone…”
“It would only be practical. Entirely sensible.”
“Yeah. Sleep, Draco. I’ll wake you for breakfast.”
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on 2014-04-24 01:19 am (UTC)One teensy thing...
Malfoys are much too refined to talk with their mouths open.”
Did you mean "with their mouths FULL"?
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on 2014-04-24 03:27 am (UTC)It's amazing how many times we can read over our own work and still miss some little error. Vexing!
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