Draco's Veela Side (Drarry)

Drarry/Scorpius/Albus- Muggle AU P2

A/N
SUCCESS! The keyboard isn't lagging anymore! I think it was due to the length of the previous part. Anyway, enjoy! (Regarding their suspension, it's one week, I know I probably said two in here but that's just because I forgot).

Scorpius woke up in the middle of the night- no visible reason, until he turned and saw Albus twitching slightly. Not enough to make major movements that would distract someone, not enough to be making sound, not enough to be clearly noticable. He must have sensed it or something. Anyway, he pulled himself up into a sitting position, watching in case Albus was partially awake and not realising he was doing it. Well, he definitely didn't realise that he was doing it, but he seemed to be completely asleep.
"Al." He whispered, and found his voice quieter than reasonable, clearing it with a small cough.

Albus didn't hear, but the twitching got bigger, until he jumped- his legs and arms rising from the mattress, and woke himself up. He rubbed the bridge of his nose, not noticing the watching boy, and bit his lip to try to stop himself from crying. Once he had calmed down, he let go off his lip and took a deep breath, lifting himself into a sitting position before opening his eyes. And then he was encased by strong arms. In shock, he froze, before burying his face into Scorpius's chest.
"Was that a nightmare?" Scorpius grumbled, chin resting on top of Albus' head.
He felt a nod underneath him.
"Have you had them every night since you stayed here? And the truth."

The answer was so delayed that Scorpius had to pull away to see if he had heard him in the first place, however Albus was just glancing down, before reluctantly replying-
"It happened a bit when my sister was born. Then I started getting feelings for Elena and it cooled down a bit, I had something else to think about, but now I'm here and it's ten times worse than it ever was, because now I have something to lose." He muttered, almost ashamed of himself.
"Are they always about your parents?"
"More or less." He sighed.

"And I thought I told you to wake me up when that happens." He raised an eyebrow, but eased when Albus lowered his head even more, "I know you won't. You have too much dignity to admit that you're afraid. But can I ask you something?"
The other nodded hesitantly.
"Where was that dignity when you started hanging around with me? I mean, a popular kid like you, who always had the looks, and a fat bullied kid like me."
"I don't have dignity." He mumbled, looking down in disappointment, but heard a small laugh and watched as Scorpius picked up his hand and squeezed it.
"You do. A lot of it. When you met me, you gave me a little bit of that dignity. And now, I'm telling you, that if you can't trust me to tell me you're scared, then why did you come up to me in the first place? Why did you talk to me, the loner?"
"I-Can we not talk about this, please? I'm feeling worse." He mumbled.

"Fine. But these nightmares- can you tell Harry and Draco, please, if you can't tell me? They can help you stop them, and then you don't have to hurt anymore." He clutched Albus' hand tighter, and Albus frowned.
God, how he'd love to not have to dread going to sleep. But he couldn't tell them. It's too embarrassing- having nightmares at the age of fifteen.
"Albus?"
He glanced up at him and realised that he had ignored his question.

"Are you going to tell our dads?"
"I..."
"If you don't, I will."
Ah, so there was the reason he shouldn't have agreed to sleeping in the same room.
"I..." He couldn't tell them. He didn't want Scorpius too, either, that just made it worse. So instead he ignored him, let go off his hand, turned to face the wall and laid himself back down on the bed.
"Fine. I'm going to then." He heard, before a sigh and the creaking of the bed as Scorpius lay himself down.
Soon the room fell into utter silence. Albus had no clue whether Scorpius was a sleep because neither of them snored, but Albus couldn't sleep. Not with the fear of having another nightmare lurking on his mind.