drarry christmas one shots

the early christmas present

Harry had been asking for a dog since forever. Draco had always refused as he didn't want a dog to ruin their house but Harry kept asking and Draco was starting to cave. He still refused when Harry asked, but he was finding it harder now. Maybe a dog wouldn't be so bad. It could keep them company. Not to mention, dogs were super cute.

Draco's thoughts were interrupted by a whining noise coming from the alley he was walking past. Draco stopped and looked down the alley. He couldn't see anything, maybe he was imagining things. It had been a long day at work and Draco was tired. He was about to turn around and leave when he heard it again. A tiny, high pitched whine coming from further inside the alley. Draco walked into the alley and stopped when he was sure the whining noise was next to him. Draco pulled out the torch in his phone and searched around. Then he saw it, a tiny head poking out of the snow. Draco picked up the creature and there in his arms was the freaking cutest, tiniest puppy he had ever seen.

"Hello. Where did you come from, eh?" Draco took off his scarf and wrapped the shaking puppy in it. "Gosh, you must be freezing. I haven't seen any missing posters, you must be a stray. Well, I can't just leave you here can I? No, you'll have to come home with me. My Harry has been asking for a puppy for ages. You know what, I'll take you to the vets and then to a pet shop. I'll get you everything you need and I'll take you home to Harry. Sound like a plan?" Draco said to the puppy.

The puppy gave a tiny bark in response. Draco couldn't help but smile at the tiny creature. "You're so adorable."

Draco took out his phone and told Harry that he had to work late tonight and wouldn't be home until a couple of hours later.

"Right, let's get you to the vets mister. Or missus." Draco said.

Draco cradled the puppy close to him to try and warm it up as he made the 10 minute walk to the vets. The puppy still was shaking by the time he reached the vets.

"Hello. I'm sorry but I don't have an appointment. I wondered if you could just squeeze me in because I found this puppy in the snow about 15 minutes ago and I just want to make sure it's healthy." Draco said to the receptionist.

"I'll see what I can do." The receptionist looked on her computer at the moment. "You've come at the perfect time. There is around 20 minutes before the next appointment is due. If you walk through the door, you should find the vet."

"Thank you."

Draco walked through the door and found the vet sitting at her computer.

"Oh, I wasn't aware I had an appointment now." The vet said as she noticed Draco.

"Yeah, you didn't but it's a bit of an emergency." Draco nodded his head down towards the puppy.

"Oh, of course. Place the little one down here." The vet motioned to the table.

The vet did a quick examination of the puppy before wrapping it in a few blankets to try and warm it up.

"So what you have here is a 10 week old, male, Blue Merle Australian Shepard. I suspect he was abandoned by his mother as he was the runt because he is quite a bit smaller than what he should be at 10 weeks. He seems relatively healthy, just a bit underweight so what I'll do is keep him here so he can warm up and give him a bowl of food."

"Okay, thank you."

The vet walked out of the room to get a bowl of food for the puppy. Draco gently stroked the puppy.

"You're a boy then. What shall we name you? I should probably leave that to Harry, I'll just call you... Bud for now. Okay, Bud?" Draco gently stroked the puppy behind his ears.

The vet came back with a small bowl of food for Bud. "I think what would be the best course of action for the little one is take him home for tonight and drop him off at a shelter in the morning, unless you want to keep him of course."

"Yes, I was planning on keeping him." Draco told the vet.

"Well, in that case. It would be best to make an appointment for a few weeks time so we can give him all the necessary vaccines and have him neutered and micro-chipped if you wish." The vet went over to her computer. "I have an appointment for the 6th of January at 6pm if that's okay for you."

"Yep, that's perfect."

"Do not let him outside or take him on walks when you take him home because he's not old enough yet and we don't want to expose him to anything nasty. Make sure you buy puppy food for him and when you go to sleep tonight, do not give in to his cry's because this is the only way for him to get used to time periods without you."

"Okay, thank you so much." Draco picked up Bud who was starting to fall asleep and wrapped him up in his scarf again.

Draco made a trip to the pet shop where he got a bed, food, some toys, a litter tray and some other things for Bud. Draco also found a box with air holes that was the perfect size for Bud. Draco put a blanket in the box but didn't put Bud in yet. Draco paid for everything and began to make his way home. By the time Draco reached his and Harry's house, Bud was fast asleep. He looked so adorable, one of his little ears was standing up and the other was flopped over. Draco gently placed Bud in the box and walked through the door.

"Hey Harry." Draco called out.

"Hey Dray. I'm in the living room."

"I've got an early present so don't move."

"Interesting."

Draco picked up the box that contained Bud and held it behind his back. Bud was quite light so it wasn't too hard. Draco handed Harry the bag full of the things for Bud first. Harry rooted through the bag with confusion.

"Dray, we don't have a dog, why have you got all this?" Harry asked, extremely confused.

"There's a second part to the present." Draco smiled as he gently handed the box that contained Bud over to Harry.

Harry opened the box carefully and gasped when he saw what was inside. He gently took Bud out of the box and cradled him. "You got a puppy?" Harry asked, almost crying.

"I found him actually." Bud yawned and then did a really adorable thing with his nose making both Harry and Draco 'aw'. "What are you going to name him?"

"What have you been calling him so far? If you have just been calling him 'it', I will not be impressed."

"I've been calling him Bud so far." Draco said.

"Bud." Harry repeated. Harry looked down at the tiny puppy snuggled up in his arms. "Bud. That's his name."

"It is actually kind of perfect isn't it."

"You're perfect Draco. For finding him and bringing home, this is honestly the best Christmas present ever. Thank you so much." Harry leant forward and gave Draco a kiss, being careful that he didn't squash Bud.

Bud was the main focus of attention all Christmas for everyone. He was so cute, always cocking his head, having one ear up and the other down and just being the cutest, most perfect dog and being the best Christmas present Harry ever received.