Draco woke up, briefly forgetting where he was, and clutching his pillow tighter.

"You okay?", Harry asked, sleep lacing his voice.

He was the pillow in question and had woken up to Draco hugging him tightly.

"Yes. Just forgot where I was for a moment."

"Mkay."

Harry was almost asleep when Draco moved again.

"Alright, I'm up, what's wrong now?"

"I fell asleep before writing to Mother. She must be frantic I have to go-"

Harry stopped Draco by placing a hand on his arm.

"I wrote to her last night. I sent Scarhead Jr with a note."

"Oh. Thank you. Sorry, you can go back to sleep."

"You sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure you need it."

"So do you", Harry mumbled, rolling over.

Tentatively, he turned over as well and wrapped an arm around Harry. Harry grabbed Draco's hand and lightly kissed his knuckles.

Draco was the first to wake up again an hour later. Carefully untangling himself from Harry, he went to take a shower to try and relax. He knew it would be a trying day, and he didn't know if he was up for it. After collecting clothes to change into, Draco called for Kreacher.

"Master Malfoy", he greeted.

"Draco, please. Could you prepare breakfast for Potter and I in about an hour? He's still sleeping and I don't want him to go through the trouble for me."

"I is delighted to be able to help. Thank you Master Draco. I is gonna get you when it is ready."

With a bow, Kreacher was off and Draco took his shower. Changing into Harry's clothes, he then quietly made his way back into the bedroom where Harry was still sleeping. He lightly fussed with his hair, but decided to leave it down and flat. None of his products were here anyways.

Once he was done, Kreacher came back in to tell Draco that breakfast was ready. Harry woke up as the house elf was leaving.

"Everything alright?", Harry asked as he stretched out.

"I asked Kreacher to make breakfast. I hope that was alright. You seem very tired, I didn't want you fussing with anything."

"I am kind of tired. Lots on my mind, it's been a bit harder to sleep. Before you apologize again, your company helped, so thank you."

"Yes, I'm sure me showing up unannounced as I'm having a breakdown is always a welcome sight."

"It just reminds me that no matter how perfect you portray yourself as, you're still human, and that's perfectly fine. You're always welcome here, and I'll keep telling you that until you no longer feel bad for showing up."

"Thank you Scarhead. Really, that means a lot to me. Thank you for taking care of me last night too. I'm sorry if I freaked you out."

"You need to stop bottling your emotions up like that. You can talk to me anytime you need to alright?", Harry said sincerely.

"Alright. Did you want breakfast before you shower?"

"Please. Then we can write to McGonagall and be done with it."

"Maybe we should write to her first? Just the thought of what could happen is making my stomach turn."

"Tell you what. We eat, write the letters, and then I'll take a shower and we can do anything you want today."

"Anything?"

"Within reason", Harry corrected, both concerned and intrigued at the gleam in Draco's eyes.

"That's fair."

They ate breakfast in silence, both men working through their own thoughts. Once Harry finished cleaning up, he asked the question he had been wondering since last night.

"Prince, what did your letter say anyway, if you don't mind my asking?"

Draco had apparated with the letter still clutched in his hand. He slid the crumpled piece of parchment towards Harry. Harry used Accio to retrieve his letter and gave it to Draco as well.

"Well, yours was more personal than mine."

"She was my head of house. We discussed future careers and all that year 5."

"Did you ever actually want to be an Auror?", Draco asked curiously.

"Not at all. I admit the idea was intriguing at first, but having people want to murder you every day isn't my idea of a good time, though no one believes me."

"To be fair, you're practically married to trouble."

"Don't worry, I divorced her so you and I could get married", Harry joked, winking at Draco.

"You're such a handful."

"It's a wonderful thing you have two hands and you're an excellent Seeker then isn't it sweetheart?"

"You think I'm an excellent Seeker?", Draco asked.

"I really do. We just have different flying techniques, that's all."

"So I've noticed. You fly very... free."

"You fly like you're royalty. That's not a bad thing, you just need to loosen up sometimes."

"I can't deny that."

Draco was drumming his fingers on the table anxiously as Harry collected parchment, quills, ink, and envelopes.

"Shall we start with my letter first or yours?", Harry asked.

"Can we do mine first?"

"Of course. There is one thing we haven't spoken about yet though. Do you want to go back?", Harry asked, hesitation filling his tone.

"I don't know. Do you?"

"I don't know either."

They were interrupted by a tap on the window. Draco's owl was carrying a response from his mother, acknowledging that she knew he was with Harry, and that she had gotten the letter from the previous night. Draco had the owl wait as he collected his thoughts once more.

"I'll only go back if you do", Draco admitted. "I'm not leaving you here alone to suffer where I won't be able to drop everything to come and see you."

"We'll make the decision then, together" , Harry promised. I suppose for now we should just hear McGonagall out."

With a deep breath, a squeeze from Harry's hand, and a nod, Draco began to write his letter.

"Headmistress McGonagall,

My mind has not yet been made up as to whether or not I will return to Hogwarts. I am keeping an open mind, but my decision is contingent on a few circumstances.

I do however agree to an in person meeting. Let me know when you are available at your earliest convenience.

Regards,

Draco Malfoy"

"Do you think this is too short Scarhead?"

"No, I don't think so. She really didn't give you much to go on."

"All of that panicking over a four sentence reply", Draco scoffed at himself, handing the letter over to the owl to deliver, along with a treat for its work.

"It's okay to show your feelings, Prince. No matter what you were taught to believe, it doesn't make you weak. You can always be open and vulnerable with me and I won't judge you for it okay?"

"Okay. I'm trying."

"I know you are, and that's all that matters to me."

Harry then proceeded to work on his letter as well.

"Headmistress McGonagall,

I recognize how valuable continuing my education would be, but I'm not sure if I wish to return for another year or not. I love Hogwarts, truly I do, but I'm worried it may be too much for me to handle all at once.

I am no longer considering being an Auror. I'm not exactly sure what I wish to do, but I know now that that is out of the question. I do wish to have some semblance of a normal life. I don't want to chase any more bad guys, and I don't want them chasing me either.

With this being said, I must inform you that letter writing is my primary form of communication now. I don't feel comfortable speaking to many people, especially for long periods of time, or anything more than a few words or a short phrase. I agree to a meeting with you, I just ask that you be patient with me, which you've always been very good at.

Sincerely,

Harry Potter"

Harry just tossed his letter directly into the floo, calling out "McGonagall's office".

"I'm going to take a shower now, entertain yourself until I get back."

With a nod, Draco headed back up to Harry's room. He pulled out a book from a bookshelf he was surprised Harry had, then brought that and his blanket into Harry's safe space, dropping onto one of the beanbag chairs to read.

{Hi besties, quick update from your girl over here. I have all intentions of continuing to post one chapter every day as I've been doing for the past month and a half, but if I do somehow miss a day please understand how hard it was for me to not be able to write and post.

It seems like all Wattpad authors write crazy author's notes and spill their life out into these things. I'll keep it short and say that I'm starting a third summer class tomorrow and I have a 5-10 page paper due next week, which sadly must be my priority.

I really don't want to disappoint anyone by not being able to update, but I also just really love writing this story in general (I don't want anyone to think they're forcing me into updating because they've told me they count on the regular updates. I write daily because it genuinely makes me happy).

I want to thank you all for your continued support. I read every single comment, and all of you make me smile and laugh multiple times a day. Thank you for all the love and support, I'm sending you the absolute best wishes. ~ J 💗}