Shy Draco Malfoy, OOC. Dark Harry Potter.
Consider yourself well warned before reading, degrading kink, smut, dubious consent, Cruciatus Curse used in sex. :) It's a bit dark. Manipulation and etc etc, Yeah. Enjoy.
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"You're pretty when you smile."
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Everyone in the classroom froze in utter silence, including Professor Slughorn who turned to look at Harry, who looked mortified in return and ready to dig himself a grave as soon as the words were blurted out towards Draco. He made a dying whale sound and thumped his head on the table.
They all then looked at Draco, who stared at Harry with wide eyes, cheeks blotched with colour, waiting to see how he would respond to Harry's sudden sentence but to their surprise, Draco thanked him. "W-Well, thank you, Potter," he said softly as if shy before turning to his cauldron to finish his potion with Theodore Nott.
Soon they divert their attention back to their cauldron as soon as Seamus' blows up his potion work.
Hermione and Ron shared a look.
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"What the fuck does this mean even?" Harry groaned into his Potion essay parchment. "Where is Hermione when you need her?" he whined, sitting in the library on his own, surrounded by books that he didn't even know what to search for. "Are you having trouble with the Beautification Potion?" a familiar voice drawled from behind him.
Not even lifting his head, Harry sighed, "Malfoy. Just go away. Mock me later. I need to finish this." Draco was silent behind him. Harry knew he was still there, eyeing him strangely.
"Do you... need help?" Draco asked and Harry turned to face him. The blond was looking at his feet, shifting around as if he was nervous for some unknown reason. His cheeks were pink and the Gryffindor found it endearing to watch. Harry decided to tease him slightly.
"Pretty baby boy wanted to help me, the poor dumbarse Gryffindor with Potions? Must be my lucky day." Draco scowled at him, glaring. "Now I regret wanting to help you," he huffed and turned to walk away but Harry grabbed his wrist immediately and pulled him back. "Sorry, baby. I would really appreciate your help," Harry smiled sheepishly.
Draco dramatically sat next to him with a haughty expression. "Fine. Only because you asked nicely."
"Daddy is very grateful, baby boy," Harry smirked and Draco hit his arm with a book, making him winced in pain. "Potter!" he exclaimed. "You utterly shameless bastard!" he hissed. The black-haired male chuckled and turned to his essay. "Okay. No more teasing. Come on. Help me out." Draco sighed and opened one of the books. "Jot it down, Potter. I'm pointing out the information and I'm not repeating."
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Beautification Potions
It was invented by Zygmunt Budge and Sacharissa Tugwood. It is a potion that transforms the appearance of the drinker, making them seem to be attractive, even if they are not. The effects are that it enhances the attractiveness of the drinker's physical appearance. The potion emits multicolour bubbles and the colour changes.
The history of the potion began in the Middle Ages, Malodora Grymm, a Hag, used a Beautification Potion to trick a King into believing she was beautiful and then married him. In the 1500s, potioneer Zygmunt Budge developed his own recipe, which he had to test on himself (for it had the limitation of only working on humans or creatures of human-like appearance). His artificial good-looks attracted the attention of Muggle women, who started to circle the desert island in which he lived on small boats, calling things like "cooee!" and "give us a kiss, handsome!". Budge stopped taking the potion forthwith and frightened the women away by coming up to the shore in his right appearance, wearing nothing but his favourite loincloth. Sacharissa Tugwood was an expert at these potions, pioneering their creation and use in the 19th century, although they were not unheard of before her time. In the 1987-1988 school year, Jacob's sibling assisted Penny Haywood in brewing this potion in order to defeat a Red Cap in the Forbidden Forest. More contemporaneously, Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions is a shop in Diagon Alley that specialises in getting rid of warts and worse.
