Title: Dragon Lairs, Purple Chairs and Sweet Teas
Author/Artist:
pixiedustatsundownPrompt: # 143
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Word Count/Art Medium: ~9800
Rating: PG
Warning(s): none
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: I had a lot of fun writing this wonderful prompt, exploring the possibility. I want to thank my lovely beta readers, for bearing with me and encouraging me and making this story better.
Summary: Dragons are magnificent beasts, utterly fascinating and worth devoting a lifetime to; but Harry missed England, missed
home. So, he came back and was
graciously and
enthusiastically welcomed by the minister. He took a position in the
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, advising in everything remotely Dragon-related.
It’s boring, monotonous, drains all his energy and chips away at his joy, paper cut by paper cut. Home isn’t what he expected either, his friends - while glad and happy to have him back - are involved in their own lives, built while he was away and without planning him in. Bitterly, Harry sometimes catches himself thinking they became people he doesn’t even recognise. It makes Harry feel incredibly lonely, the cold logic of this development not helping matters either.
However, being
here - seeing Malfoy blush and scowl under his scrutiny, hearing that posh voice of his and meeting his eyes - Harry feels alive again. It fills him with the same heady exhilaration he felt when facing a Dragon, knowing one wrong move means certain death.
Harry has won over every Dragon yet - this one would be no different.
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Dragon Lairs, Purple Chairs and Sweet Teas)