Climbing Stairs
"Harry!" A very familiar voice called out when he walked into the Slytherin common room.
He looked up and immediately smiled because it was who he was looking for. Draco.
Then suddenly Draco had magically appeared before and him and warped him into a massive bear hug.
"Oh hiya" Harry managed while grinning like an idiot.
"Thank merlin you didn't die" he heard Draco mutter quietly into his shoulder.
"I never die. I'm Harry potter" Harry said cheekily, suddenly aware that the rest of the room was staring at them.
Draco pulled back and raised an eyebrow, then his eyes softened and Harry almost couldn't breathe.
Draco's eyes were so full of warmth, care and...Love. It was such a tender look that Harry had never experienced before and he couldn't quite tear his eyes away from it.
Harry felt an overwhelming sense of something warm and tingly rise in his chest and all he wanted to do was hug Draco. But he was acutely aware of the eyes that were watching them curiously. So he grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him up the stairs while rolling his eyes after he heard Blaise shout "use protection!"
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"So slughorns drink had poison in it? I'm glad I forgot to see him yesterday, Who did he say gave it to him?" Draco asked, sitting cross legged on his bed opposite Harry.
"He didn't actually say, but it's weird" Harry replied and then shrugged. "Guess it's not the worst thing to happen really."
Harry felt Draco's gaze on him. After a pregnant pause Draco asked quietly "What's happened to you that's worse than being poisoned"
Harry stilled, he wasn't planning on telling anyone this much detail, usually people would just laugh it off and move on. Immediately lots of things sprung to mind, and Harry didn't know if he should feel concerned.
'Being tortured I don't know" Harry settled for.
Harry could still feel his face being studied.
"There's something you're not telling me, Harry you can trust me"
Harry ducked his head and leaned against the headboard while tucking his legs into himself. He didn't say anything because he had never told anyone and suddenly found it difficult to even begin to phrase it.
The mattress dipped slightly and Draco had moved to sit beside Harry and lightly put his hand on Harry's knee.
"I...Umm.. well I guess not being...Loved?" Harry managed in a coarse whisper after a long silence.
When Harry didn't continue Draco squeezed his knee gently and waited quietly.
"Um..I live with my uncle and aunt..They don't really treat me that..great I guess"
"What did they do to you" Draco asked gently.
Harry shook his head silently.
Gently, quietly and lovingly Draco wrapped an arm around Harry and rocked him a little.
Harry tucked his head into Draco's shoulder and barely whispered.
"Sometimes they wouldn't feed me. They'd make me do chores for them and if I didn't do them right then...well. they're just not very nice to me"
Draco just held him tighter.
"Did they ever hurt you"
Harry gave a tiny nod and tried his best to hide into Draco's shoulder.
"They are so so wrong to do that to you. I can't even imagine what that would be like. You are worth more than any of that hurt, okay? I won't ever let them get near you again" Draco promised into Harry's hair.
They stayed like that for a while longer, just holding each other until Harry moved so he was directly facing Draco.
"Thank you, I've never told anyone"
Draco smiled at him "well I'm really glad you told me"
Draco moved his hand up to Harry's cheek and gently stoked him there, to which Harry nuzzled into the pressure.
Harry smiled and then looked at Draco in the eyes and saw that same look from earlier and it made those funny feelings bounce around again. It made him want to kiss him.
Leaning forward and tilting his head to the left, he began to close the distance between them, his eyes flickering down to Draco's pale pink lips.
It was such a gentle pressure, and they moved slowly together, as if time didn't exist at all. Then Draco's taste and sent infiltrated every inch of Harry's mind. He increased the pressure and subconsciously moved his hands up from Draco's chest up to his neck where he twisted his fingers in the nape of his neck. When he tugged slightly he heard a sharp intake of breath.
They broke apart and Harry gazed at Draco who's eyes were a few shades darker than before and somehow blurted out.
"I love you"
Then Draco's eyes lit up and his genuine smile broke out.
"I love you too"
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"Hey guys can we go to dinne...Oh wow okay keep it pg" Blaise said and then awkwardly coughed.
Draco and Harry looked up from their position, with Draco pinning Harry down to the mattress, one hand holding Harry's wrists above his head.
They immediately broke apart and Harry rushed to explain.
"It's not what it looks like!"
"Looks like some real kinky stuff there potter" Blaise said cheekily and then moved away from the doorframe and walked off.
"I am never letting you tickle me again" Harry huffed as he got pulled up off the bed by Draco.
"It was revenge, besides I like seeing you smile"
"Stop saying cute things" Harry muttered, his cheeks warming.
"What would you rather me say, dirty things?" Draco suggested huskily.
"I...Um.." Harry cleared his throat and continued "let's go down to dinner"
Draco raised his eyebrows and smirked.
"So then daphnie had the nerve to tell me that my limited edition lip gloss was disgusting. Well miss my lip stick is holographic, let me tell you that my lip gloss changes colour" Pansy ranted.
"You're giving me a headache pansy, I think your lip gloss is great" Blaise said fondly.
"Thank you Blaise at least someone round here has common sense" Pansy huffed.
Harry breathed out a laugh but couldn't help noticing an uneasy feeling starting to climb in his stomach again.
Harry's heart started to pump a little harder as they walked through the large, stony corridor.
"You okay?" Draco asked beside him.
"Yeah..."
But the feeling wasn't leaving and as they walked under a stone archway Harry knew something was going to go wrong. He knew because all of a sudden he felt like a knot had been tied in his stomach.
Suddenly the stone arch above them crumbled and as if in slow motion the slabs fell one by one plummeting further and further down. Closer and closer towards everybody who was walking through the archway. Including Harry, Draco, Blaise and Pansy.
Adrenaline rushed through Harry and he grabbed Draco and sharply tugged him backwards in just enough time for the large old stone to skim Draco's head and crash to the ground.
There was an almighty crash and splintering sound and the stones broke into prices. Harry let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in. First poison and then this, someone must be out for him.
It turns out the splintering sounds were some unfortunate students who were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. But madam pomfery managed to fix them in no time, while muttering about student safety in Hogwarts.
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"Harry, we have reason to believe that you are in grave danger. All these incidents and this note all suggest that you require protection immediately" Dumbledore told Harry in his office after offering some lemon sweets.
"What note?"
Dumbledore showed him a crumpled piece of parchment that simply said "kill Harry Potter"
Strangely Harry didn't feel surprised that someone wanted him dead, he already had a sure guess as to who wanted him dead.
"But sir who would be doing these things? Surely someone inside the school must be responsible" Harry said, sitting on a chair opposite Dumbledores desk, a thoughtful look on his face.
"That is what we are trying to find out my dear Harry, it must be a student who is responsible, in the meantime a teacher must accompany you to every class and I'm afraid a curfew must be put into place"
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Draco was taking two steps up the multiple sets of stairs to the library when he noticed the set of stairs ahead quiver slightly. Stopping for a second and shaking his head he dismissed it.
When he took his first step onto the stone step, he felt the stairs shift. But before he could step off the stairs the entire stairs swing dangerously to the right, Draco lurched and immediately went to grab for the cracked banisters. Then the stairs lurched quickly to the left and Dracos foot slipped.
Gravity took hold and dragged Draco downwards, the only thing stopping him from plummeting down multiple stories were his arms that were clinging on helplessly onto the banister.
He pulled himself up, trembling as he did so, and tried to scurry further up the stairs for safety but the stairs twisted again, somehow more forceful this time and he found himself clinging on for dear life.
Then there was a cracking sound, one so very much like the archway earlier, he looked up in horror to where his knuckles were white from gripping and saw the stone begin to crack. The stairs were still swinging and there was no chance to jump off to safety.
Then as fear started to prickle into his veins and heart, the stone started to break...
And as the stairs swung, Draco fell forward, barely catching himself by his fingertips on the edge of a step........
To be continued muhahaha.
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