Wounds can be shared, you know? |Draco x Reader FF

16

"I know what you did, Malfoy. You hexed her, didn't you?" Potter asks and you let go of Draco's hand instinctively. You knew there had to be a reason for him to do it, but the sheer knowing of him doing something so bad made you back away at first.
Malfoy shot a spell towards Potter instead, waking you up from your trance. You get up and want to go in front of him quickly to tell them to stop, but Potter shoots the spell back, making the sink behind you explode. In a quick reaction, Malfoy takes your hand and you run towards the stalls to seek for safety. "Don't shoot a spell. If we're caught, I'll make sure you were only a bystander. I've got this" Draco says and pushes you to the back of the room lightly to bend down and shoot towards Potter. They run around and as you loose sight of Draco in the water you run too far, into an opening where Potter was waiting already.
"Sectumsempra!" he shouts and it hit the both of you like slow motion. Before he can stop the spell it shoots towards you, the realization in his face nothing more than pure guilt.
The spell cuts apart your skin and flesh, sending you flying onto the ground. Draco immediately catches up and runs down to kneel beside you. He tries his best to cover up your wounds but they keep leaking more and more whilst he screams at Potter to do something. Potter himself was standing still, like in shock, unable to do anything as he only watched.
Your vision gets hazy as the cuts inside you burn up, you try to grasp for a hand or someone and sobs are the only thing coming out of your mouth.
"It hurts so bad" you whisper to no one but yourself as you try to reach for a hand, finally reaching Draco's. Again your vision blurs, much more than before, and you see walls of black closing in on the sides of your view as you hear more footsteps arrive, recognizing the voice as professor Snape's.

Slowly you start to hear voices again, the feeling of being carried by someone as another talks comes to you. When you open your eyes, you see, that Draco carrying you is talking to your professor, Snape. "Is there a way to alter one's memory?"
"What you're asking me is to make her forget what happened. I cannot do that without her consent."
"Forgetting what?" you ask sleepily, feeling up where your cuts once were. "Professor Snape healed you. We're getting you to the Medical Wing right now. What I said was that Snape could erase your memory of Umbridge using the Cruciatus Curse on you."
"You can?" you ask, suddenly all awake, no matter the weakness. "If you wish for it, it should be possible" Professor Snape says and nods.
"I wish for it. The nightmares that have been haunting me shall be enough, I don't mind forgetting that moment" you say and thank Draco as he puts you down slowly so you could walk yourself.
"You should rest first here, then I can meet you tomorrow to do it when you still want it" Professor Snape says and walks off.

"And what are you two here for?" asks Madam Pomfrey, busy changing the bedsheets. "We've been practicing defensive spells, one of them hit me and my body didn't take it well. I need some time to recover, professor Snape says" you quickly answer, the lie coming from your lips as if it was pure truth. "Of course, any bruises or wounds I have to heal? Let me see" Madam Pomfrey immediately walks over to you and checks your joints, asks for bruises and possible wounds or sickness. "It seems like you're a little low on iron and generally weak, so I'll keep you here for the day and supply you with some iron so your body builds itself up again. Your boyfriend can stay with, I don't have other patients as of right now."
Both you and Draco immediately turned red, but neither of you were able to speak a word to deny what the nurse had said, instead you followed her along to your bed.
She grabbed a chair with a blanket and pillow and put it next to the one already there, creating a makeshift bed next to yours.
"It's about to be dinner time, are you hungry?" "Not really, you?" you ask, looking at Draco, who was already ready to lay down. "Me neither."
"Good, then I'll leave you two alone and go to my office. For today, both of you are free of attending any classes. You are free tomorrow as well if you need it, but I doubt it. Take this" Madam Pomfrey says and puts down a glass with two pills in it, then she left. You quickly fill the glass with water and swallow the pills, then you turn around to look at Draco that already covered himself in the blanket. You did the same and crawled under your blanket.
"Do you really want to get rid of that memory?" asks Draco as he lays down as well, looking at you from under the covers. "I think so. It's not like the memory has any use, I know what the curse does. All it gives me is nightmares, and I don't want to remember it." "You'll keep the one from tonight then?" "Yes. I want to remember this one" you say.
"Can I ask why?"
"If I answer, you'll have to answer my question too."
"...Okay, fine."
"Because I like the memory of us doing something together, even if it was running around in a bathroom."
"I expected any explanation but that, to be quite honest."
"My turn. Why were you crying, and why did you curse the girl?"
"Are you tired?"
"No, answer my question."
"Follow me, first."
You get up out of the blanket, leaving a note saying you're at the bathroom and also got hungry and will return soon.

Draco leads you out the castle to the big lake, laying down next to it he spreads out his jacket. You lay down next to him and turn, looking at him expectantly. "I have a lot to unpack tonight. More than I might even be allowed to tell" he says and rubs his arm nervously. "Ever since my father has been brought to Azkaban, my mother had been very protective of me. She wants me to succeed in the task I was given, but it isn't easy, nor is it something I can refuse. I have to kill Dumbledore."
"Kill Dumbledore?" you repeat and furrow your brows. "Why would you need to do that? If you don't even want to?"
Draco sighs, whispering your name.
"You know what my parents are?"
"Death Eaters."
"Yes."
Your eyes widen as you realize, looking down at his arm.
"You're... a Death Eater?"
Draco nods as the tears form in his eyes and you immediately scoot over to embrace him in a hug. He put his hands around you, grabbing you like there was nothing else around you to touch, like you were the only thing he could hold on to. And maybe you were, as he let the tears fall and you did as well. No words were needed in this moment, the moment that explained everything that's been between you. The moment that answered all the questions you had.
Except it lead to a new question:
How do you support a Death Eater, that doesn't want to be a Death Eater? Even more so, when they are given the task to kill the most powerful wizard alive?