Living In Safety

Bullshit

Harry

"Harry, are you still-"

"Yes."

"You aren't going to stop blaming yourself, are you?"

"Probably not."

Blaise pulls me closer, resting his chin on my head. "That isn't healthy, you know." He kisses my hair. "It's not your fault. A months past already, they'll be fine!"

"Blaise..."

"Hmm?"

"Can we just be quiet and cuddle?"I turn around so I'm facing him and my face is buried in his jumper. "Don't want to think about all of that stuff, it isn't fair." Body jumps on the bed and lays at our feet, watching what we're doing. I swear, he can sense when I'm upset.

"Am I your temporary teddy bear?" he asks, and I can hear his smile. 

"No."

"No!?"

"You're my permanent teddy bear, you git."

His arms get tighter around me. Out of nowhere, he starts tickling me!

"HEY! NOOOO!"

"HA! Magic word!?"

"Please!?"

"Wrong!"

"Love you!?"

"NOPE!"

I let out a squeal. "I'll be nice to myself!?"

"Yay!" He pecks my cheek. "New I could get you to do it. Now, get dressed, we're going out."

"Where?"

"I dunno. We're going to the ROR. So I guess you don't have to get dressed, but it'd be weird if you walked in your pajamas." Considering I really don't give a damn, I just shrug. "So... no getting dressed?"

"There are outer robes for a reason."

He holds my hand tightly as we walk, Body running ahead, then stopping to wait for us, then does the same thing again and again. I think he- Blaise, not the puppy- just wants to distract me. Severus and Regulus are at the Ministry right now, trying to convince them that Sev deserves to be allowed to adopt. I think they should. Both of them. He's a great dad, Reg is... okay so far. I don't know him that well, actually, so...

His thumb rubs gently on my hand. I look at him out of the corner of my eye and grin. He smiles back. 

"Love you."

"Love you, too."

We get to the seventh floor, and Blaise walks in front of a wall three times before a door appears.

"What'd you ask for?"

"A bedroom."

And that's all it is. A large bed in one corner, the carpeted floor soft and plush. A fire in the fireplace. There's a bigger dog bed at the end of the human bed, making it perfect.

"Oh, Blaise."

"I just thought... you could use a break, y'know?"

"Yeah. But why the ROR?"

"Because, I'm pretty sure Draco and Theo were about to fuck in the dorms, and I... I don't want to hear that. Plus, I wasn't sure if you were ready to be around that yet..."

"They were? How could you tell?"

"They came back from Hogsmeade with about five bags of lube, Hare."