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warning: mention of sexual assault
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the monday after our hogsmeade weekend snape gives us a free period to work on our projects, which is unusually kind of him. draco and i however were able to finish ours the other night. and by draco and i, i mean draco. because we don't need this class to work on our assignment, draco uses it as a brewing period.
"i think i'll practice my pepperup today," he sniffs, talking to no one in particular. his hands grazing my thigh slightly as he turns to me.
"can you grab me the ingredients?" he flashes me a smile i can't resist.i push myself off my chair before jokingly flipping him off. i hear him feign as scoff and laugh under his breath. i head toward the closet that snape keeps his ingredients in, i've never liked it in here. the light always flickers above my head ominously, and it reeks of fermented food.
i'm up on the ladder when i hear the heavy footsteps come up behind me, the culprit presses his front flush against my back as he reaches above me to grab the dragon scales. it's when he touches me that i know that it's not draco. his free hand grips my hip tightly in place; there's no rings pressing into my skin. i breathe in sharply through my nose as i feel him lean in. his hot breath fans against my ear as i'm frozen in this spot.
"venus," he chuckles," i can't wait to see you on your knees, baby." i recognize his voice, it's marcus flint. his grip my my hip tightens, hard enough to leave bruises. all my muscles tighten as i'm glued to the floor in fear. sucking my bottom lip into my mouth i shake my head.
"no? c'mon, i heard you're easy," he purrs, pulling me closer so that i can feel his hard on through his robes. i whimper uncomfortably as hot tears well up in my eyes.
"it's not like draco would mind." his rough hand grips my shoulder tightly, pushing me down to the cold ground.
the door to the closet swings open as the first of my tears start to fall. i can't even bring myself to look up at them as my shoulders heave. i hear the sound of skin connecting with skin, and then the sound of marcus' limp body hitting the floor. i know it's draco, i see him hover over marcus' unconscious body as he throws a few more punches for good measure. after it pulling himself off of flint, he turns his attention toward me.
draco crouches down beside me, his face flushed with unbridled rage. he blinks at me a few times, yet never speaks. he doesn't have to. he pulls me in towards his chest and i let myself cry. he places a soft kiss to my temple and tells me to go wait outside of the classroom. he meets me there a few moments later.
"i told snape what happened, he's excused us from the rest of our classes for the day." his hand reaches up gently to wipe my tears with his thumb. "i did get detention though for punching the fucker," he mumbles. i smile softly at him before reaching my arms around him and pulling him close to me. he rests his pointy chin on my head as his fingers run through my hair. he pulls away slightly to look at me.
"i shouldn't have sent you there, i'm sorry." he sounds sincere, his face scrunching up into a mixture of anger and sadness.
"you couldn't have known," i whisper,"i don't blame you, draco." i say not for myself, but for him. i know that even with my forgiveness he'll still beat himself up about it.
"come on." he doesn't elaborate on where we're going, he just pulls me along until we're stopped inside the kitchens. i greet the house elves as they scurry about the kitchen, busy with the meal plans.
draco seeks out dobby specifically, telling me about how he used to be his friend growing up. once we find dobby, draco whispers in his ear. dobby rushes around the kitchen, holding a small basket that he shovels food into. once finally done, he hands the basket to draco and says.
"dobby missed master draco, sir." draco smiles at him and nods his head gently.
he reaches his free hand out to link his pinky in mine, i feel myself relax at his touch. he doesn't tell me where we're going, it's not until we're just outside of the room that i'm able to guess it correctly.
"the astronomy tower," i whisper as we climb the steps. draco places his bag and the basket down near the edge of the tower. he takes a seat and pulls me down with him.
"you know that i'd never let anyone hurt you, right," his eyes are dead serious as he gazes at me. i nod my head at him. i do trust him, truly. he nods his head to himself, as if this was me trying to reassure him instead of the other way around. i lean my head on his shoulder in hopes to provide him some comfort as well as some heat. the temperature seems to keep dropping at hogwarts, with more and more snow falling each day. from here we have a gorgeous view of hogsmeade, coated with a thin layer of white snow. i try not to think about earlier, i want to be in this moment with draco. he leans over slightly to grab the basket, pulling out two treacle tarts. he passes me one with a smile, he lightly nudges his cheek to my head, i smile at the gesture.
"promise me that you'll tell me if anything like that ever happens again," he says out of nowhere. i nod my head. "no, venus i need you to say it. please," he pleads.
"i promise draco, don't worry." i smile reassuringly at him as i reach out to loop his pinky with mine. i look out of the corner of my eye to inspect the bruises littered across his knuckles. slowly, i bring his hand up my my mouth to place a soft kiss upon each bruise.
"i'm cleaning these later." he smiles at me, his eyes sparkling as he does so.
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