All my love - Drarry

18-Talking it Out

Time skip to November ( mentions of sexual assault. If that's uncomfortable for you then skip the dream)
Alex's POV

I walked up to Draco a nervous smile playing on my lips. "Hey Dray..." His eyes lit up when he saw me and he quickly created an excuse to leave Blaise and walked towards me glancing around the hall. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into the empty classroom and quickly pulled me into his chest. He pressed his face into my neck and inhaled deeply.

"You always smell so good," he murmured in my neck causing me to giggle lightly before pushing him away. He pouted before pulling me to a couch the he conjured. "What wrong al, I can feel you through the bond?" I took a shaky breath and prepared to ask him the question I had been dreading all week.

"What are we draco, I mean. We've kissed and were mates and everything but what are we? Are we dating?" I played with a thread on my robes my hand shaking violently as I waited for his answer. He stared at me for a few seconds before laughing. I stared at him with and eyebrow raised. "What," I questioned irritatedly. He placed a hand on my cheek and smiled at me.

"I asked you to be mine last week when we were studying, don't you remember?"

*flashback*
Draco muttered the ingredients to a potions as he scribbled down all his answers while I watched him dreamily. He glanced up after a few moments and smirked at me. "See something you like?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively and I blushed. He looked at me for a few moments a small smile on his face before he spoke again. " hey al," he whispered moving his hand to clutch my own. I stared into his eyes not noticing his question until he looked at me expectantly. "So is that a yes?" He looked so hopeful and unguarded that I quickly agreed not worrying about the fact that I didn't know what his question was. His eyes lit up and he pounced on my placing light kisses all over my face. "Thank you, boyfriend," he said enunciating the last word. I smiled brightly and kissed him on the cheek giggling as he blushed.
*end*

I blushed as Draco watched realization flash over my face. "Sorry," I muttered wondering just how I forgot Draco asking me out. He smiled gently and placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Don't worry about it." He began to kiss me pushing me gently into the back of the couch as he pressed his lips harder onto my own. His tongue slipped out and he licked my bottom lip asking for silent permission which I granted. Our tongues battled for dominance with Draco eventually winning. We continued only parting when we needed to breathe. Draco trailed kisses down my neck after he pulled away earning a few moans from me as he began to suck on my sweet spot creating a small dark spot. He pulled away triumphant as I flushed upon realizing what he had done.

"Mothers going to kill you," I muttered breathlessly. He smirked and kissed me again before jumping up and pulling me off the couch.

"Come on! We're going to be late for class."

-----TIME SKIP -------

Draco and I were currently in the room of requirement laying on a bed it had created from Draco's "needs". I was curled up next to him with him spooning me as he stroked my hair and talked about anything that he choose. I listened silently as he ranted about the boys in the Slytherin dormitory, complaining about how everyone now knew that they were dating due to pansy's big mouth.

"I know they'd all protect you because of your father but Pansy could have at least waited until after the next meeting to expose our relationship..." he continued to speak pulling me closer to him whenever he felt strongly opinionated about something. I listened to him speak as my eyes drifted closed and I dozed off to his words.

Dream...

A door slammed from behind me as I was pushed roughly into the cupboard under the stairs. "Freak," I heard a voice yell out as locks clicked into place. Footsteps thundered away as tear began to drip down my face. I had long since learned to keep my sobs silent to evade another punishment and now was not a time to break those rules. I curled up onto the small bed and prayed that the spiders had moved to another part of the house and were not in the cupboard. My knees were under my chin but my legs still were too long to be in the cramped room that was designated my own. Blood poured from the cuts on my back as I eventually cried myself to sleep my magic unconsciously placing me into a coma and healing me. Images flashed through my mind of a whale man who's face was flushed red with anger as he pointed to a burnt corner of a grilled cheese. The same man that had touched me in the places that my teachers had told me were private. His face filled with pleasure filled my mind as he released and collapsed onto my shaking body. I woke up with screams and I heard steps come down to where I lay. I sat in fear as the locks unlocked and the man reappeared a menacing smile on his fat face. "Ready for more?"

I awoke with a scream as I get arms wrap around me. I thrashed around trying to get them to let me go screaming for them to let me go as I scrambled off the bed into a corner of the room. "ALEX!" A familiar voice yelled jumping off the bed to run over to my shaking body. He tried to touch me again and I screamed pushing and kicking at his arms which continued to try and wrap around me. He looked at me horrified and pointed a finger at me causing my eyes to cloud and the blackness to cover me once more.

Draco's POV

I stood there watching my unconscious mate slump to the ground a horrified look on my face. I cautiously stepped towards him and gently picked him up and placed him onto the bed. Panic tried to takeover my mind but I quickly muttered words into my wand and sent them off to his parents hoping that they'd quickly arrive. I wrapped Alex in a blanket and tried to hold back tears thinking about just what might have made my mate react that way. His mother slammed into the room robes billowing around him accompanied by his panicked face. He flicked a finger towards the door and it shut and locked as he ran over to where Alex lay unconscious.

"What happened?!"

"W-we fell asleep a few hours ago and he woke up thrashing around and screaming. When I tried to comfort him or move closer he screamed and kicked at me screaming 'don't touch me' I didn't know what else to do so I spelled him unconscious and called you," I stuttered out a reply.

"I was worried this would happen." Severus scrambles around Alex placing pillows under his head and making him comfortable before pulling out his emergency potions kit. I stared at him for a few seconds before he answered my question. "I have reason to believe that his 'relatives' abused him during his childhood"

"How do you know?" I walked over to Alex and sat on the edge of the bed tucking a strand of long dark hair behind his ear. He unconsciously tilted his face towards my hand and sighed contentedly. Severus watched us with a grim look on his face.

"When I was teaching him to put up mental barriers. Stay with him. I'm going to go and get more potions. Don't move him." Severus swept away in a whirl of robes before leaving me alone with Alex.

"I'm so sorry al," I whispered before settling myself closer to him and conjuring my textbooks from off the floor. I spent the rest of the afternoon there, waiting for him to wake up and hoping that he would be alright.

(Edited 8/9/18)