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Harry laid on the ground, trying to steady his breath and hold his chest as if it would stop the ungodly pain riveting throughout his body. He was on his way home from a meeting with the Ministry after a tough case at work, and some random stranger caught him, in the back alley.
He can still hear the panic in the stranger's voice, after casting the spell that would slowly send poison through his blood stream. It was obviously an accident on their end, but instead of calling for and trying to save Harry they just ran away without looking back.
After trying to compose himself the best he could manage he went through his options. The poison the spell cast on him was probably irreversible with how much time he's already wasted and he would most likely die within a few minutes. So he did the one thing that he knew would bring him the most joy possible right now
Call Draco, his husband of ten years today, he was supposed to get off work early so they could go home and celebrate together. James, Albus, Scorpius and Lily even made them presents so they could honor the day, but instead he lay in some random alley savoring his last minutes of life.
He slowly pulled his phone out of his coat pocket, wincing in pain at the movement, and clicked Draco's contact name, "Daddy".
"Harry where the hell are you? I thought you were supposed to be getting off of work early, and here you are, still not at home, with me!" The second his husband picked up the phone of course he decided to scold him for keeping his promise of being home early.
Harry tried to keep his voice as steady as possible while speaking to the blonde, "I know, I know. I'm sorry Draco, I was supposed to be home early but some stuff came up at the Ministry and they needed me. I'll be home soon." A lie.
"You damn will better be Potter! The kids are getting restless waiting and are getting on every single one of my nerves!"
"Ah, of course, don't worry Draco it'll be fine, they'll be-" Before Harry could finish his sentence he began coughing up blood.
"Harry? Harry?? Are you okay? What's happening?!" Concern evident in the blonde's voice, Harry quickly tried recovering from his coughing spur, by covering it up with laughter.
"Yes Draco, I'm fine, just getting a little sick I'm sure."
"Great, not only are you late, but we can't even fuck tonight because every time you try going down you'll drip snot all over my face!" Harry could practically see the disgust on Draco's face through the phone while letting out a low laugh causing him to try to muffle his coughing again.
"Draco. You know I love you right?"
"Obviously Harry, if you didn't I would smack the shit out of you." Harry allowed himself a small smile at his husband's sassiness.
"Yes, yes of course. I just can't help but think about how gorgeous you are. And your voice, and oh merlin your smile, I feel my knees go weak every time it appears on your face and-"
"Harry!" Draco stopped his rant short while laughing causing Harry to smile at the welcome vibrations from the phone.
They both sat in silence for a while before Draco spoke into the phone, "Something's happened hasn't it?"
"Why would you think that, love?"
Draco let out a content sigh at the nickname before simply responding, "You're never home late, and if you are you normally floo home quick just to check in."
"I told you, I had to stop at the ministry it was urgent, I didn't have time to stop at home, if I did I would've been there in a second, don't you dare think anything else of it, okay?" Harry pressed, while letting out a sad cough at the end.
"Okay." Draco spoke in a hushed tone, giving a Harry a clear sign that he still didn't think everything was okay, but Harry just wanted to hear him happy again.
"Do you remember when we first got married and Ron got so drunk at the after party?"
At this Draco let out a loud laugh, at the oh-so-fond memory.
"How could I forget? That was the best part of the night. Besides marrying some ponce of course."
Harry loved hearing him happy. It was probably the best feeling in the world to him, knowing that he was able to make Draco smile one more time.
"I miss you so much." Draco whispered through the phone so quiet it was surprising that Harry even heard him.
"I miss you too." Harry replied, as they sat in another comfortable silence.
Harry could feel his organs starting to shut down; his heart beat slow, as it became more and more difficult to speak to Draco.
"Hey Draco?" The blonde replied with small hum.
"Remember the first thing I said to you on our first date?"
Draco burst out laughing, almost the identical laugh he let out at the same moment they were reminiscing on.
"Of course! 'Fuck me if I'm wrong, but dinosaurs still exist right?'"
Harry could hear Draco's laughter begin to die down and he tried to keep the sound of Draco's laugh in his mind for his last moments before whispering a small 'I love you Draco', quiet enough so he wouldn't hear before clicking the 'end call' button, letting his eyes drift shut.
