A Drarry Teacher au

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It was around noon and Harry was sitting at his desk, doing some lesson plans when a tired Draco shuffled into the soon to be filled classroom. Harry looked up once he heard the quiet footsteps and sent the Slytherin a smile, stopping when he saw his appearance. He was wearing a slightly wrinkled shirt, a loose tie, had deep bags under the pale eyes and the usual soft, fluffy hair was matted and tangled.

"You okay Dray?" Harry asked, taking in the boy's appearance.

"The kids come in a few hours" Draco mumbled, staring down at his mis-matched socks

"Yeah they do, are you sure you're okay though?" The younger man asked, getting up from his chair and walking around his desk. Once he was about a foot away from the blonde, said man looked up and for the first time Harry noticed tears in his eyes. Without speaking, the Gryffindor pulled Draco into a hug, the smaller boy's too tired to fight back. After a couple minutes of staying like that, Draco pulled away and used his sleeve to hastily wipe his eyes.

"Sorry about that, it's just that I have really bad anxiety and it gets bad the day before students come, even though I have been doing this for ten years now. Usually I lock myself up in my room and take an anxiety potion" Draco explained while avoiding eye contact.

"Draco look at me." Harry commanded, gently using his finger to guide Draco's chin up until their eyes met.

"You're going to go get dressed, than meet me back here in five minutes, we are going to go have some fun." Harry said, earning a small grin. Draco was almost out the door when he paused, turning to face Harry.

"Harry?" 

"Hmm."

"Thank you." And with that Harry was left smiling as Draco quickly got dressed for their afternoon out.

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"I can't believe that you managed to piss off the squid enough that he sprayed water at you." Draco giggled, walking next to a drenched Harry. The blacked haired man rolled his eyes and playfully glared at Draco, but on the inside he was grinning because he successfully made the blonde man happy. Suddenly Harry got an idea, causing a cheshire grin to form and Draco to stop giggling.

"Harry?-"

"Come here Dray, let me give you a hug." Harry said, keeping the grin as he opened his arms up wide. The two men laughed as they ran around the grass, Draco refusing to get wet. ;) Unfortunately for Draco, his shoes was untied and he stumbled, allowing Harry to have enough time to pounce on him, causing both boys to tumble, landing in a heap a few feet away.

"POTTER!, MALFOY!"A voice shouted, Both boys gulped, having a feeling of DejaVu as they looked up and saw McGonagall looking down at them, a smile tugging at the corners of her lip. Both men scrambled to their feet, wiping off a few stray grass bits from their clothes. Minerva just shook her head at them, oblivious to the smirks on Draco's and Harry's faces as they slowly advanced onto the woman.

"Uhm, what were you two doing?" Mcgonagall asked. When Draco was about to speak, the woman shook her head and put her hand up.

"Wait, I don't want to know." She said. By now both boys were a foot away from her and she finally looked up and any slim trace of a smile vanished from her face.

"Potter, don't you think about it-" She said, waving a finger at him.

"We just want to give a beginning-of-the-year-hug to you" Draco smirked, towering over the old woman as she was being backed into a tree. McGonagall shrieked because despite her protests, she was hugged by two drenched proffesors.

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Both boys still had slightly damp hair as they appeared, with clean clothes, in the entrance hall. The excitement of the afternoon wore off and Draco suddenly started shaking with anxiety as he saw the four empty tables lined up with plates and cups. He calmed down once he felt a warm hand at the base of his back, guiding him up to the head table. Once both boys made it to their seats, Harry's hand was removed. After about five minutes they could hear the Echoes of footsteps and Draco jumped but then relaxed when a hand was slipped into his, the owner continuing to talk to Flitwick as Draco slowly calmed down.

Maybe this year won't be too bad.