A Drarry Teacher au

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When Draco woke up, the first thing that he noticed was that he was not in his room. Instead he was on a couch, with a blanket and a pillow that he couldn't remember in a familiar looking room. As the blonde Slytherin slowly became alert, he remembered how he and Harry were up late and he must have fallen asleep. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he finally noticed a piece of parchment with some rough scribbles on it. After a moment, Draco was able to decipher the chicken scratch, which was a note from Harry.
'Draco, I went down to the quidditch pitch around six because I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. You fell asleep last night so I decided to let you sleep. Go ahead and go down to breakfast without me. Don't forget to dress warm for Hogsmeade!
-Harry' 
Yikes. Draco had completely forgotten about the fact that today was Hogsmeade. He cast a quick tempus charm, and realized that he still had thirty minutes to get ready for breakfast at nine. The Slytherin got up and stretched, his sweater riding up to show his pale stomach. After hearing a satisfying pop that came from his back, he gently folded the blanket before placing it on top of the pillow. Draco then carefully left his crush's office, walking briskly walking down to the dungeons. Before he was even out of the corridor, he ran into the most mischievous fourth years; Teddy, Skylar and Kat. Kat's hair was no longer shoulder length and yellow, it was short, more of a pixie cut length, and it was a pastel blue. The Slytherin cocked his eyebrow at the Hufflepuff.
"Late night spontaneous decision. But that's not the point. It's time for phase two," Kat said, crossing her arms. 
"Phase two?"
"Yes phase two. Yesterday was phase one of our plan."
"Plan?"
"Wow and here we thought Harry was the oblivious one, Skylar, Teddy? Care to fill the lovesick man in?" Draco gapped at the trio, blushing and crossing his arms.
"I am not lovesick. I simply have a teeny tiny crush on a friend. That's it." The three rolled their eyes, scoffing.
"Yeah right. Anyways, the plan is something mainly Teddy came up with. We first thought of it back in December, hence why we put up the mistletoe," Skylar started, turning towards Teddy so he can finish.
"Phase one was to get rid of Ember because she clearly was keeping you away from your man. Now you need to get the man. Phase two begins with flirting," Teddy says casually, smirking at the blushing Draco.
"F-flirting?That is outrageous!" Draco exclaimed, flailing his arms about.
"I told you he would react like this Teddy!" Kat rolled her eyes, turning towards her friend who bit his lip.
"Alright. Look Draco, we've been your students since first year and all three of us had noticed that this is the happiest you have been. My godfather has brought out the best in you, you haven't noticed this but he has also been the happiest he has been in years. If you two don't work out, you can blame me, but please try and get with him," Teddy spoke, being completely honest. Draco smiled slightly, thinking over what the young Hufflepuff said before sighing.
"Fine, I will try. I doubt that he likes me but I will go through with your plan. So the first step is flirting?"
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Meanwhile, Harry had made it to the Great Hall after just two hours of flying. He was about thirty minutes early to breakfast, only a few teachers and a select number of students were eating breakfast. Where's Draco? Harry thought, as he walked up to the table. Neville was there wide eyed, for some reason looking really nervous as he pushed his food around. Deciding to comfort his friend, Harry stole Draco's seat.
"Hey Nev, are you okay mate?" He asked, gently placing his hand on the Herbology teacher's shoulder. 
"Erm yeah. Wait how's my outfit? Is it too much, is it not enough? Crap I should have put on the green sweater I should go change before-" 
"Neville, breathe mate, take a deep breathe. Good, now exhale and explain to me what's going on." Harry calmed down his friend, who took a few deep breaths before continuing. 
"I erm, have a date and as you can tell I'm very nervous, because I really like them and don't want to screw it up." Neville admitted, blushing. Harry grinned, happy for his friend. 
"Date? With who?"
"Blaise. I ran into him a few Hogsmeade trips ago and we started talking through letters and meeting up at Hogsmeade on weekends. He asked me out a couple nights ago through a floo call and today is our first date." Neville explained, smiling to himself by the end. Harry tilted his head as if he was contemplating something.
"Blaise? But I thought you and Luna were together," He said innocently, prompting a laugh from the previously nervous boy.
"Harry, Luna and Neville are just friends, they have a sibling type bond, everyone knows that. Also, don't be nervous Neville, Blaise is a really sweet person, he sent me a letter a few days ago and it sounds like he really likes you, just be yourself," Draco said, finally arriving to breakfast. Neville sent a grin towards the Slytherin, the pink returning to his cheeks at the mention of Blaise really liking him. He silently sat back and watched his two friends talk, wishing they were together. He, like a lot of people, shipped the two professors.
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Harry and Draco found themselves walking around the streets of Hogsmeade, each carrying a few bags. The cold was getting to them, a permanent red tint to their cheeks. The two friends were walking through the snow, their shoulders bumping into each other. Draco looked down, noticing that both their hands were empty. 'Subtly grab his hand or touch his shoulder, hair or arm whenever you can' He remembered what Teddy told him earlier when they were discussing plans. Taking a deep breath, Draco got an idea.
"Here that looks heavy, let me hold it for you," He said, grabbing Harry's gloved hand and squeezing it sightly. A few moments passed before Harry realized what Draco said.
"Um Draco?" 
"Yes Potter?"
"The bags are in my other hand."
"I know." Harry decided to drop it, not letting go of his friend's hand. It felt nice holding his hands. Friends do that, right? Hold hands. Both boys walked in comfortable silence to go get a nice hot mug of butterbeer, Draco feeling more confident since his plan worked. Now, all he has to do is flirt some more, until the adorable idiotic boy stopped being so damn oblivious. No matter how long that took.