Drarry stories/one-shots

Late Night walks

~summary~
Harry has nightmares so he goes for a walk, he meets an unexpected person who helps him as he has a panic attack, they talk more and go on walks every night

TW: Panic Attack

Genre: Fluff

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It was 8th year, and nightmares were a current appearance in Harrys day to day life.

Flashbacks of the war, people being killed, the castle being destroyed, Nagini, And of course, Voldemort.

Harry decided to sneak out and go for a walk,

He walked up stairs, around corridors, down hallways and into rooms

He decided to sit down after a while, against a wall

His mind wandered, he looked around, he thought about certain memories he had sitting on that bench, how that stone looks very worn,  and then how that person was killed right on that floor

Blood lived in the stone walls that made Hogwarts, and Harry couldn't take it

The walk was to help this, but instead it made it worse, maybe he should've kept it to the walk,

He tried to get up but couldn't

His body felt heavy, his head felt dizzy, he fell back down on the floor, his breathing got heavier, walls caved in, tears began to run down his face, it felt like his heart was at the bottom of his stomach, and it felt like his stomach was filled with butterflies that wouldn't stop fluttering and moving

He curled into a ball, hands around his knees

Footsteps could be heard, but he couldn't move

"What the bloody hell Potter?" Said a voice

Harry heard muffled noises, mainly just his thumping, rapid heartbeat in his ears

"Potter?" The voice questioned

"Potter can you hear me?" The voice asked

Harry tried focusing on the voice, he heard enough to respond with a nod 'yes'

"Okay, can you get up? Can you move?" The voice asked

Harry nodded 'no'

He was coughing as he cried, choking on the air he desperately breathed in as he cried

"... it's me." The voice said, questioning to reveal them self "-Draco" he finished

Harry heaved, and coughed "M-Malfoy?" He said weakly

"Mhm, it's Malfoy" The blonde answered

Harry gained the strength to look up

He saw the tall blonde, bent down, looking down to Harry, he looked concerned and embarrassed

He reached out to grab Harrys knee but stopped

"I-I'm sorry, I don't know if you're comfortable with me touching you-" Draco said

"I-it's okay" Harry said quietly, his breathing getting calmer

Draco nodded, he placed a hand on Harry's knee and looked up at Harry "I'm here, I'm not leaving you until you're okay, and if you don't want to talk to me, I understand"

He must be completely mental to be helping Harry Potter, but I mean, he too knew what it was like

Harry unknowingly reached out for Draco's hand, squeezing it tightly

Draco's eyes went wide

"Firm grip there Potter" he said jokingly

Harry let out an exhale that sounded like a laugh, he looked back up at Draco, and he was smiling softly

"Thank you-" He said awkwardly as he pulled his hand away

Draco stood up and offered his hand to help Harry up, he took it and was pulled up, very close to Draco

He awkwardly pulled his hand dusted off his shirt

"Wanna walk?" Draco asked

"Sure.."

They walked around in a silence, neither could tell if it was awkward or peaceful but there was tension

"It was nightmares" Harry finally said

"Nightmares?" Draco asked

"Yeah, I get them every night, some are worse than others" Harry said

"I do too, mainly about Voldemort, My father, the death eaters and... the night I almost- the night Dumbledore died." Draco said as best he could

Harry looked down at the ground and started remembering

"I'm sorry.. I know you're sensitive to that stuff" Draco apologized

"It's okay," Harry said

"So do you go on walks often?" Draco asked

"Some nights yes, depends on how bad I feel... I usually don't break down like that... I sat down and every... thing, every memory, it fell on me like a pile of bricks, like I was just squished into one 1x1 room and there was no door out" Harry explained "I just kind of... panicked"

Draco nodded "I understand that feeling,"

"I didn't know how good it felt to just vent" Harry said "Even if it's to someone I'd never expect to vent to"

Draco chuckled, a smirk sat on his face "yeah, I don't think I could've imagined this scenario in a million years, but here we are" Draco laughed

They continued walking, they talked for a while until they walked up the stairs closer to the Gryffindor common rooms, "Well, here's my stop." Harry said

"I see, well.. I hope you sleep well," Draco said awkwardly

"You too" Harry responded

As they both separated Draco turned back quickly "Potter?"

Harry turned around quickly "yes?"

"Walk again tomorrow night?" He asked

"Sounds like a plan" Harry agreed

"Bye,"

"Bye, Draco"

(Little bonus head canon, they would talk every night about new things that happened, and go to places that usually cause Anxiety/bad Memories to overcome them, and they both didn't have nightmares for weeks)