The Headmaster's Only Mistake

The Hunt

A/N: the song mentioned in the chapter is Rock 'n' Roll Suicide by: David Bowie <3 Also, I changed the cover of the book, do you guys like it?

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"So someone's hiding something in the school, and they're using a Cerberus to protect it?"

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Harry sighed tiredly as he flopped down on his bed. All of his friends were busy doing their homework or attending their club meetings and Harry had been left alone. He didn't have quidditch practice and he had already finished all of his homework.

Harry looked around the room and his eyes stopped on the record player on top of a console table. He then eyed his vast collection of records that Sirius had given him for his last few birthdays and decided to put one on.

Harry didn't really mind what was on, as long as it kept him some type of company. Harry allowed the record player to choose a random track, but froze as he heard the first few strums.

"Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth," David Bowie's voice rang throughout the room.

Harry hummed and sang along. "You pull on your finger, then another finger, then cigarette. The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget"

Harry smiled and swayed his hips slightly as his favorite song filled the room. 

Rock 'n' Roll Suicide brought back happy memories of him and Mortem having pancake parties at what Harry's clock (not that it was very accurate) called three am, while everybody was asleep or gone from the castle, or them dancing around the halls with this song blaring from every room, or even when they were just in the vast library and they were sitting in fluffy arm chairs that were side by side, humming the song and holding hands while sipping tea. 

Harry especially loved when Mortem would just sit down and pull out a guitar and sing this song to Harry quietly as they stood on a balcony and watched their realm.

No matter how many songs the two heard, they would always return to this one. It was their song, after all.

Another voice started to sing along in Harry's head. 'Oh no, love, you're not alone. You're watching yourself, but you're too unfair.'

Harry felt a ghostly touch around his waist and he lay his head forward, letting it fall on an invisible chest. He wrapped his hands around a slowly appearing neck as he and Mortem swayed to the music, murmuring the lyrics quietly to each other. Slowly, Mortem started to solidify until he looked like a thirteen year old version of himself, and danced along with Harry. Harry twirled around softly and giggled, hugging Mortem before separating once again and resuming position.

They stayed in the same spot, swaying from side to side, not saying anything to each other except to sing along. Harry nestled his head in the crook of Mortems neck while Mort laid his own head on top of Harry's.

Harry let his eyes close as he smelled the familiar scent of petrichor and cactus flower. (A/N: my favorite scents.) It felt nice to finally be back in his mate's arms.

"Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful. Oh, gimme your hands." 

'I love you.' Mortem told him as they danced to the last beats of the song.

'I love you too.'

They laid down on the bed, Mortem resting his back against the headboard and Harry resting on Mortem's chest and between his legs as the next song started playing. Harry pulled out a book and began reading while Mortem read from his place on Harry's shoulder, sporadically placing kisses on his neck or hair, running a hand through Harry's thick locks and whispering sweet nothings into Harry's ear.