"I'm kind of sad that this is the last day of winter break." Harry admitted quietly. He was resting his head against Draco's chest as they sat on their favorite gold silk couch in front of the fire at Grimmauld Place.

"Me too, honestly." He heard Draco reply. "This has probably been the best three weeks of my life. I'm going to have to get used to sleeping in bed alone again." He chuckled.

Harry blushed as he remembered the first night they had stayed here. They had slept in separate bedrooms until Draco had been awoken by him having a nightmare. He had woken up Harry who clung to him and wouldn't let go. He had no memory of this, but Draco made the claim he was never going to let Harry sleep alone again, and they'd stayed true to that the whole break.

"I just hope my nightmares aren't gonna start up again." Harry sighed. "They honestly aren't good for my mental stability."

"Remember, if you have a nightmare, come talk to me." Draco said. "Hell, I'll even give you the password to the Slytherin common room. I have my own dorm, and you can probably stay, given you can sneak in quietly enough." He tsked. "You are quite the clumsy one."

"Am not!" Harry retorted. "But if I sneak in, what'll I tell my friends if my bed is empty every night? All the Gryffindor boys in my year stay in one room."

He felt Draco shudder underneath him. "One room? What of privacy?"

"I dunno, honestly. The only privacy we have is curtains around our beds."

"Harry." Draco said seriously. "That is awful."

Harry shook his head affectionately at Draco's remarks. "Whatever, you prat."

"I'm not a prat, I'm dignified." Draco scoffed.

"Total prat." Harry teased his boyfriend.

Draco flipped them over. "Say that again." He growled in Harry's ear.

Harry swallowed nervously. "And what if I do? Prat."

Draco attacked his lips, capturing him in a deep kiss. Harry groaned as he felt Draco slide his tongue in his mouth, exploring every corner as if it hadn't been explored before.

When they broke off, Draco latched onto his neck, searching for Harry's sweet spot. When he found it, Harry let out a gasp and tangled his fingers in Draco's silky blonde hair. "Mmmm, Draco," he moaned. "What's brought this on?" He asked breathlessly. "We have school tomorrow."

"That's the entire point." Draco said, lust glowing in his mercury eyes as he captured Harry's lips again.

"Draco, Draco," Harry breathed as the kiss was broken. "Don't you think we should move this to the bedroom?"

And with no words in response, Draco picked Harry up and carted him to their bedroom. As the door slammed behind them, Harry's glasses were removed and Draco got a good look at him. He was flushed and his eyes were filled with uncertainty.

"Harry, if you don't want to do this-" He was cut off when Harry put a finger to his lips. He looked his lover in the eyes again and saw the uncertainty had been replaced solely by lust. With a lick of his lips, Harry grabbed Draco's collar and pulled him down to whisper in his ear.

"Don't go too hard." Draco felt his body stiffen and he lost himself to the lust inside him.

Hey, quick note before I move on. I see some people say 'smut or it didn't happen' in the comments. I'd like to say, I don't want any comments like this. I am uncomfortable writing smut, and I don't want to be pressured to write it. So, any comments like this will be deleted. Thank you.

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"Draco, fuck." Harry cursed. He'd woken up and tried to stand up and almost fell over. Of course, Draco was laughing his arse off as Harry steadied himself by holding on to the headstand of the bed. "It's not funny, you jerk. I told you not to go too hard, and now I can't bloody walk." Harry complained.

Draco shrugged, wiping a tear from his eye. "Heat of the moment. Plus, it's not like you didn't encourage me." Draco started laughing again as Harry gave him a deathly glare. "Here, I'll help you."

And so, Draco had to help Harry shower, which may have gotten a little intimate, but not too intimate considering Harry was already limping. He then helped Harry get dressed, and carried him down the stairs. Harry was pissed by having to be helped with the simplest things, but he didn't complain, because honestly, he regretted nothing.

He apparated to Kings Cross Station, where they met Ron, Hermione and Ginny before they had to head to platform 9 3/4.

"Hey guys!" Harry said as he started to limp over to them. He stumbled and muttered a string of curses under his breath, as Draco laughed behind them.

"Uh Harry, what happened?" Hermione asked him with concern.

Harry flushed bright red. "Well you see—" he broke off to glare at Draco. "Quit laughing, this is your fault!"

"What'd he do?" Ginny asked, a bit hopefully.

"Don't get excited, Weaselette." Draco said, walking up to them so Harry could have some support for standing up. "I didn't hurt him. At least not without his consent."

Harry turned bright red and glared at Draco. "Just because you were encouraged doesn't mean—"

Wait... don't tell me." Ron paled. "You guys didn't do... 'it' last night, right?"

Draco lifted his hands up as if he were being arrested. "My apologies for taking your friend's virginity."

Ron went green and turned away from them, Ginny made a disgusted look, and Hermione's eyes just widened.

"Mate, I'm sorry, but I don't think I can ever look at you again." Ron told Harry, who was still looking at his back.

"Oh please, like either of you still have your virginity." Draco scoffed. "I noticed the silencing charm around your room at the Weasley's, I'm not stupid."

Hermione and Ron both went red, and Ginny just sat there in silence, gaping at her brother. "I guess that's fair." Ron admitted.

"You're going to have to help Harry walk to the platform." Draco said. "I don't think it would go over well if they saw him being helped by me."

"Doesn't change the fact that it'll make bloody headlines." Harry muttered, still leaning heavily on Draco to relieve some of the pain of standing up straight. "Harry Potter spotted limping, was he mysteriously attacked over winter break?" He said in the most animated voice he could muster.

"That's an interesting way to phrase what happened," Draco mused, which earned him a slap on the arm from Harry.

"We should go soon, if we don't wanna miss the train." Hermione said.

"Right." Harry said, turning to Draco. "When can I see you again?"

"You'll see me all the time in the hallway." He teased.

"Seriously, Draco."

"Any free period we share, I'm willing to meet with you, love."

"Okay."

Draco spotted Blaise and Pansy waving to him out of the corner of his eye. He leaned over and kissed Harry on the lips firmly, before walking over to Blaise and Pansy. "Expect some teasing for that limp!" He called, before heading off with his friends to the magical entrance to Platform 9 3/4.

"What a prat." Ron muttered.

"Yeah," Harry agreed, now leaning on Hermione. "But he's my prat."

This is honestly my favorite chapter, to write and to read over, because I feel like I nailed Draco's personality in this one? Thoughts? Also, I've watched Gravity Falls, and uh, kind of sort of ship Billdip. Yeah, I ship Billdip. No regrets! Also, I might be starting another fanfic soon. I have two ideas in mind, one I've already started writing and one I want to. 

How would you guys feel about another cringy mate story? I know these are very common, but I was fascinated by the different fanfics and started writing one myself. There's probably going to be a lot of conflict in this one, and a lot of control freak, over protective Draco. Idk, I don't really have a plot line set out yet.

The other story idea I had is already titled, but I haven't started writing it. It'll be called 'I Await a Guardian.' Basically, what will happen is Harry will realize his Patronus has changed, and he's all confused but Hermione tells him that a patronus can change based on who he loves the most. So, naturally, he tries to figure out who has the same patronus as him. Does that make sense?

Anyways, comment on the paragraph that describes the fanfiction you'd rather read so I can start posting it! And yes, this does mean what you think it means. IWMOS is almost over. I think. It depends on how overcomplicated I make things. Don't worry folks, I think we'll hit 30 chapters. I just want another story to be able to work on when I have writers block for this one. Anyway, comment your vote on which fanfiction you'd like to see!

Love you guys <3