Draw The Line

Harry's Small Addiction: Chapter 32

A/N: Okay so this chapter is short, but it was made mostly for those commenting that they wanted to see Harry go into "protective boyfriend mode." So enjoy!

Harry woke up shivering and his back hurt. He tried to sit up and when he couldn't he looked down to see Draco was laying across his chest. Harry had slid down the wall over night and Draco's head had fallen off Harry's shoulder as a result.

Harry then realized it was Monday, which meant they had potions first thing. He cast a quick tempus and freaked out when it showed class had started ten minutes ago.

"Draco." No response.

"Draco!" Harry said, shaking him.

"Mmmm- what? It's early. Go back to sleep," Draco mumbled without opening his eyes.

"It's Monday, Draco."

"So?"

"Potions started ten minutes ago."

"What?!" Draco shot up so fast blood rushed to his head and he had to steady himself against the wall.

Standing up too, Harry said, "We could still make the class if we go now, a scourgify would be good enough to clean up."

Draco looked down at himself. The idea of substituting his daily shower for the scourgify charm was not appealing in the slightest, but he figured it'd have to do, "Alright."

Two scourgify charms, and a trip to their dorms to get their bags, later, they were pulling the doors to the potions classroom open.

Harry knew they looked a mess, he could feel his hair sticking up more than usual and when he glanced at Draco... well, he wasn't much better. Snickers and whispers were heard around the room as their classmates took in their appearance. Ron looked at Harry as if he'd grown a third head.

"You two realize my class started over thirty minutes ago, yes?" Professor Slughorn asked, taking in their ruffled appearances.

"Sorry, Professor," Harry said, making his way to his desk quickly, Draco following, "We overslept, it won't happen again."

"All good, all good, just don't make a habit of it," Slughorn said, turning back to the board where he was explaining some potion.

Harry was thankful he liked him, he didn't want to be in any more trouble.

Harry was opening his textbook when he heard, "Psst-" to his side. He turned to see Ron trying to get his attention.

"Where were you?" Ron whispered and Hermione was leaning in to listen too, "You weren't in your room when I went to find you," Ron's eyes traveled over to where Draco was trying to ignore Pansy who was trying to get his attention, "Either of you."

"We went to the library this morning to get some homework done and lost track of time," Harry said and Draco had to cover his mouth so they didn't hear the laugh that struggled to escape.

Hermione looked at Harry skeptically, but didn't question it.

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Rumors were flying by lunch about why Harry and Draco had been late. The most popular one was that Draco had tried to attack Harry and this rumor was backed up by their frazzled appearances. Draco and Harry hurried through lunch to go to the library and escape the rumors.

They both didn't have classes in the afternoon and had decided to spend their punishment in the library.

The rumors found their way to the library though and Draco found himself on the receiving end of multiple glares as he tried to work on his homework. Harry wasn't blind to the looks either and was growing more agitated and angry by the minute. After almost 45 minutes of silently stewing, Harry decided to get up to get a new book for his essay.

"I'll be right back. I want to get a book."

"Alright," Draco said, not even looking up from his own.

"Death Eater," Draco heard someone mutter as he walked past Draco's table. He didn't recognize the kid, but his tie told him that the kid was from Gryffindor. Draco guessed the kid was probably a sixth year.

When Draco didn't respond to him though the kid seemed to get angrier, "Did you hear me? Why would they let a Death Eater like you in the school," the kid spat out at Draco. Draco tried not to respond and simply gripped the book tighter. "Knew it was only a matter of time until you decided to attack someone. Stay away from us." By the way he said 'us' Draco knew he meant the Gryffindor house, specifically Harry.

"I didn't-" Draco started to say but the kid cut him off with a new string of insults.

"What's going on?" Harry said as he caught sight of them.

"I'm just telling the Death Eater that if he decides to attack you or anyone again he's going to have to deal with our whole house too," the kid sneered at Draco.

Harry seemed like he was ready to blow up Draco suddenly noticed as he took in Harry's flushed face and tight grip on his book.

"Harry-" Draco started to say, but Harry cut him off.

"The rumors are false and you're an idiot for just blindly trusting what others have been saying," Harry said through gritted teeth. "He's not a Death Eater, you can't define people by their past mistakes! And he didn't attack me!" Harry practically shouted the last sentence and it gained the attention of the entire room. "If I hear one more person say he attacked me, they'll be finding themselves unable to talk for the rest of the school year!" Harry shouted, quickly gathering his and Draco's things before Madam Pince could come over and kick them out herself.

"You didn't need to do that..." Draco said when they made it into a hall where no one else was around.

"I did. I'm sick of people saying false things about you and believing stupid rumors."

"Well, thank you," Draco said, reaching out and gently giving Harry's hand a squeeze.

"Yeah," Harry said, more focused on their hands.

"You know though, the face you made when I yelled was kind of cute," Harry said with a small smile.

"I didn't make any face," Draco suddenly tried to pull his hand back but Harry held fast and laced their fingers together.

"You did though, all shocked and surprised. I don't get to see you show emotion very often," Harry got closer then, his mouth near Draco's ear and Draco was turning red.

"I show emotion."

"No you don't. You're always so," Harry brushed his lips against Draco's neck as he spoke, "reserved." Draco let out a shuddering sigh at the feeling of Harry's lips on his neck.

"We should probably go to our room..." Draco said in embarrassment and Harry was eager to comply.

Harry pressed his lips to Draco's when the door to their room closed and Draco leaned into it almost immediately, his eyes fluttering closed. Harry could feel Draco smiling into the kiss and he let out a small laugh.

One thing that made dating Draco great was that he got to kiss him. Harry was quickly becoming addicted to Draco's lips

A/N: *image belongs to Nedjemmm-art on Tumblr*