𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐒

Chapter 27

Chapter Number/Total: 27/44
Chapter Title: Reaching Out

Harry was in a fairly good mood – as good a mood as he could be in with all the worrying he had been doing for the past few weeks. He'd been driving instructors and students alike completely barmy with his worrying over Draco, and it was maddening that they all thought he was mental, because, of course, he couldn't tell anyone the real reason he was so uptight. Even worse was that, since Draco couldn't really move around, Kreacher had to take the Floo calls. So Harry was beyond happy when Christmas holidays were upon him. He was going to have several days with Draco before he had to go back to work, and it was a relief.

Right then, he was eating dinner in bed with Draco, having just got home from his last day.

Draco had slept most of the afternoon. His mother came to eat lunch with him every day and then he would nap until Harry came home. Currently he was propped up in bed with a tray in front of him. "We will have to tell mother that I'm busy for the next few days," he said.

Harry smiled. "Why?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Draco smirked, sipping his soup. "Because you and I can stay in bed together."

"Ahh," Harry said, smirking as well. "I thought it might be something like that."

"Much better than the photos I wank to while you're not here," Draco added, grinning.

Harry looked up from his soup quickly. "Is it just me," he said, feeling a little warmer, "or are you more horny than you were before?"

Draco arched an eyebrow. "I always want you, always have," he said softly. "Sometimes I lie here while you are at work and replay every way you have ever touched me."

Harry shivered, seeing it in his head. "That's ..." he said, "really hot."

Draco smirked. "Good, maybe we could replay them together over the holiday."

Harry smiled, feeling pleasantly aroused, but not overly so. "Yes," he agreed, starting to eat again. "You know," he said after a minute, "what are we doing? For Christmas?"

"Can we have Teddy for part of the day?" Draco asked.

Harry smiled another small smile. Since he'd been training and taking care of Draco, they hadn't got to spend as much time with the little boy. "He and Andromeda have been invited over to the Weasleys." He took another bite of bread, looking at Draco. "Ron asked if I was going to be there, but I didn't know what to tell him."

"You could go," Draco said cautiously. He never liked it when Harry was gone, and it was Christmas, but Harry needed his friends. Draco realised that if something happened to him, Harry would need them more than ever.

Harry made a face at that. "And leave you here?" he said. "I'm not doing that. I want to spend it with you."

Draco was thinking about the party they had had the year before. He wished they could do that again. "I wonder if my mother would come over," he said.

"Otherwise she would be spending it alone, wouldn't she?" Harry said.

"Yes," Draco said, pushing the tray away.

"Well, I don't see why she wouldn't come over then," Harry said. "I just wonder what sort of excuse I can give the Weasleys. I haven't spent a Christmas without Ron since I've known him." He frowned. He'd been using the excuse of work for a while now, and the only reason it had been working was because Ron really was so busy with work and Harry was ahead of him. Ron believed Harry was as busy as he was. And anytime anyone had shown up unannounced, Harry had made sure the visit was short and told them Draco was either at his mum's or working in the lab.