Bones

i can't handle change

Draco and Harry stood nervously at the Hogwarts entrance. "Draco, it's going to be okay," Harry said, holding Draco's shaking hands. Draco's breath turned to mist in the cold air, but at least Harry could tell that his breathing was slowing down.

"Draco!" The two turned around to see Narcissa smiling, with her arms stretched out wide.

"Mother!" Draco exclaimed, running over and hugging her. Harry walked over and held out his hand to shake. Narcissa shook it and gave Harry a knowing look. The three began walking back to the castle, Draco and Narcissa catching up and Harry trying his best not to mess anything up. They got into the courtyard and sat down. "So, mother, Harry and I invited you here because we needed to talk to you about something," Draco said. Narcissa nodded, and Draco took a deep breath.

"So, people have kind of been catching onto Harry, and I's situation. Just this morning, these two boys, Kevin and Tyler, confronted me about it until Harry stepped in. Even Professor McGonagall is catching on! We were thinking of just..." Draco explained, trailing off.

"Ending it?" Narcissa said.

"Wh-What? No!" Draco said, taken aback.

"What Draco is trying to say, Mrs Malfoy is that we were thinking of letting it go public, but we thought it ought to be brought up to you first," Harry sighed.

"Oh, well, the only real trouble is that...I don't know how Lucius would take it. You could try to hide it from him, but those Slytherin boys might send him another letter," Narcissa said thoughtfully.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Draco exasperated.

"But this is something you want to do, Draco? Not just to please Potter?" Narcissa asked. Draco looked up at her and nodded. Narcissa hesitated, "Then you should do it. Don't let your father tell you how to live your life again," Narcissa stated. Draco threw his arms around his mother. Harry smiled at them. You were always able to tell that Draco and Narcissa had a strong bond, much better than the one between Draco and Lucius. Or between Draco and anyone, for that matter.

"I need to get back to the manor, see if he takes it better from me than a couple of random children," Narcissa said, breaking the hug.

"Thank you, Mother," Draco said, giving her another quick hug.

"From both of us, Mrs Malfoy," Harry said, holding out his hand again. Narcissa hugged him briefly instead.

"Take good care of my Draco, Harry Potter," Narcissa demanded quietly.

"You have my word," Harry complied. Narcissa smiled at the two boys before walking away.

It was honestly about time she saw those two together.

***

"Are you ready, Draco?" Harry asked as the two boys stood outside the main entrance. Draco sighed and nodded. Harry took his hand and squeezed it before opening the doors and walking through. It was almost lunchtime, so there was an unsurprisingly large amount of students loitering in the corridor. Whenever those large front doors open, you are bound to be glanced at. But if you happened to be Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter holding hands, people would be bound to take a double-take. Draco did his best to focus on where he was going, but that was proving to be quite tricky. "Harry! Harry! I just wanted to say on behalf of Gryffindor that we support you!" A boy with mousey brown hair ran up eagerly, "You too, Malfoy," He said, acknowledging Draco.

"Thank you, Dennis," Harry smiled. The boy grinned back and ran off to join a brown-haired Hufflepuff whom Draco knew as Rose Zeller.

A few other Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs nodded warmly in Draco and Harry's direction. There were no Slytherins to be seen; most of them were either early in the Great Hall or planning to be fashionably late to lunch. Hermione and Ron appeared out of seemingly nowhere. "Well, I guess we don't have to ask," Ron chuckled and scratched the back of his neck.