Random OneShots

Nightmares

By: CranberryJam22 on Ao3

Drarry

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Draco's POV

"Nightmares keeping you awake too?" A voice spoke from behind where I was on the couch in the common room.

Fucking Harry Potter

"What is it to you Potter?" I spit.

"Just wondering geez."

"Right. Sorry." I hastily replied, remembering that mending the bridges with Gryffindors should be something I need to work on, "Yeah, nightmares."

"What are yours about?" He asks me, Shuffling over next to me on the couch, leaving about a foot distance between us.

"Cruciatus." Is all I say.

"Oh" he whispers, moving slightly closer and putting a hand on his thigh. "Did they use that in front of you?"

"In front of me, on me." I whisper the last part, drawing my arms close to my body.

"Do you want a hug?" He asks, avoiding my eyes and fidgeting with his hands.

I freeze at the words, "Wait- What?" I say, looking in his direction.

"I said, 'do you want a hug'." He responds, looking me in the eyes this time.

"Are you going to stab me or something?" To this he laughs, setting his own hands on his knees and leaning forward.

"Of course not, why in the world would I do that?"

"You're Harry Potter, and I'm Draco Malfoy. Feel like that's a good enough reason." He shakes his head and opens his arms.

I scoot closer and I lean into his arms. What the fuck. Is all I think, I hesitantly hug him back, wrapping my arms around his waist and leaning into him.

"Hey, relax, it's like you never hugged anyone." He teases,

"Well unless you count the Dark Lord, I don't believe I have." I retort silently cursing at the fact that I'm actually enjoying myself.

"Oh. Well relax, hugs are supposed to be comfortable." I am comfortable

I move closer to him a bit more, my face buried in his chest, my body between his legs. He puts his head on mine and nuzzles his face into my hair.

"This is strange." I commented, listing my head up to put it on his chest, "Not what I was expecting to do this evening."

"Yeah but you like it, I can tell. If you didn't, you would've hexed me or something at this point."

I huff, wrapping my arms tighter around him, setting my face back onto his chest. "You put your arms around me and I felt my knees buckle. God I am pathetic."

"You're probably just touch-starved." He says

I lift my head up and look at him, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, you're 18, have barely hugged anyone, much less cuddled, and I don't even know if you've had your first kiss."

"Ok, Potter, I've had my first kiss." I scowled, frowning into his soft shirt.

"What was your first kiss like then?"

"Well you see when you're forced to date Pansy and your parents don't believe it you may or may not have to show them that you aren't faking a relationship. Besides, you've probably only been kissed by that Chang girl and the Weaslette."

"Cho, and Ginny. You aren't wrong but I've kissed Ginny willingly and a bit more than a kiss on the cheek at a family dinner." He taunts.

I put my chin down on his chest, looking up and into his eyes, "It was not on the cheek- and- wait why are you looking at me like that?"

His face was so relaxed. His lips in a thinned line, edges tilted up.

"You just look so different from your usual self."

I sit up and cross my arms, immediately missing being in his arms, "What do you mean Potter?" I spit.

He just laughs before responding, "Well a moment ago, before it was ruined, you were all cuddly and soft. Mate, now you're just being snarky again." He just looks at me all weird and tenderly.

"First off, I'm not your 'mate' and secondly, I'm not snarky, or cuddly, or soft." Malfoys were not soft.

"Sure." He says, unconvinced, smirking at me.

"I'm not cuddly." I insist.

"Fine, you win." He says, opening his arms slightly as an invitation that can be missed if you aren't looking for it.

I huff, and tilt my chin up, trying to ignore the desire to crawl into his arms.

After a painful twenty seconds I give in.

"Fine." I mutter.

"Knew it." He says and opens his arms wider once more.

I resumed my position in his arms. I don't quite remember what happened, but all I know is that I haven't slept that well in a while.