Let Me Stumble Into Your Arms

Chapter 4

Hari stares at himself in the mirror, wearing his bright blue shervani. Proud of himself and how he looks today, having let his stubble grow for a day and his hair now waving over his forehead in a fringe. Maybe he'll cut his hair for the wedding or let it grow a little longer. A flower sprayed in subtle lilac is adorning his ear. 

"Do you like it?" asks Madame Malkin, double checking her measurements around his waist. Hari turns to his little boy and smiles. 

"Draco, how do you like it?" 

Draco is licking his ice cream. Magical ice cream, one that change flavours every time you lick it. This time it's chocolate, the last lick was lemon sorbet. The little boy giggles and blushes a little. 

"Daddy is hand'ome," he looks away sheepishly. 

"Aww, Bachcha thank you so much!" 

"What a sweetheart he is!" Madame Malkin declares, warming Hari's heart. Those who accept cglre relationships are few and far between but their numbers are growing every day. It's great to work with someone supportive of them. 

Draco rushes up to his Daddy, hugging his legs. "Wuv Daddy!" 

"Ah! Draco!" Hari gasps as the bright green (now mint chocolate) ice cream splatters all over his shervani and Draco's suit. 

"Oh my," Madame Malkin sighs sadly. "It's alright, we have kids in here all the time," with a specific smell she removes the stain, thankful it's fresh otherwsie she would have had to wash the fabrics. Saving both the shervani and the suit. 

Hari kneels down and faces his little sternly. "Draco, I know you;re excited but please be more careful," he makes napkins appear in his hand and gives them to Draco, wiping his mouth with another before banishing them. In hindsight he should have given the little some napkins at the start. 

"Thanks for fixing these," Hari observes his shervani returned to normal. 

"You are welcome!" she smiles, but then it drops to a crestfallen sadness. "Oh..." 

Around the spot where Draco was sitting and on the floor where he ran up, ice cream stains are all over the floor. Too old to whisp away with magic. Hari sighs, staring at Draco with a small glare. The little just smiles up at his Daddy obliviously. 

"I'll pay to fix that..." he sighs, unable not to smile despite being irritated. He just can't find the will to be strict today. "Draco, places sit back on the bench and keep your napkins under your ice cream - wait, actually you know what-!" 

Hari removes his wand from his waistband, a feature added to the shervani to help hold his wand, and makes the ice cream vanish. "Eeeek!" Draco stares down sadly at his empty hand where the ice cream used to be. "Da- Daddy! That was mean! Where my ice cweam go?!" he looks up sadly, about redy to cry. He's bored, he doesn't like being in the tailors for so long! Too much sitting still, the baby has too much energy. He must move! 

"I'll get you nother one after we leave," 

"You will?" Draco smiffles. 

"Yes," Hari smiles, a small toy truck appears in his hand. "Here love. Play nicely with this," 

Draco takes it with a look of intense gratitude. "Thankies Daddy!" he squeals. He jumps into Hari's arms, nuzzling into him and cuddling him close. "Wyv you. Bestest Daddy in da world!" he runs back to his bench to drive the toy truck along it. 

Hari turns to himself in the mirror again. Feeling a lot more confident. Validation from himself? No, that doesn't matter. He gets all the validation he needs from his little boy and feeling super supported by both him and Madame Malkin. He has only fond memories of getting his robes from this shop. 

After profusely apologising for the carpet stains, paying for them and changing into his normal clothes, Hari leads Draci out to the ice cream shop. He carries him inside using the charm to make Draco light as a feather (if you get the story reference yey!) and in front of the displayed ice cream. "Soooo many cowouws..." his eyes wide and staring in awe. 

"You can have any colour you wish!" Hari tickles his chin. 

"Fankies Daddy!" the tickling makes him giggle. But he can't choose a flavour! Not indecisive by any means, the shy little still looks up at Hari to decide. "Bu' can chu choose fow me?" 

"Of course little one," Hari's smile turns soft and gentle. Draco is getting littler by the minute. The long and boring experience must have been tiring for him. He'll nap when they get home, maybe even fall asleep before that. "Can I have some of the chamomile ice cream?" Hari asks, the ice cream infused with sleeping charms and chamomile to help Draco to his slumber. Itworks wonders helping littles relax, especially in a tea. 

Humming, Draco rests his hed on Hari's shoulder. "Wuv Da..." 

"I love you too little one," Hari takes the ice cream and places an enchantment on it to keep it cold. "Sleep for me love," 

Little Draco is happy to oblige.