Harry Potter and what happened after

[krystalkatzfics]

Pairing: draco malfoy/harry potter

Rating g to nc17

Genre: romance, friendship, family,

Harry Potter walked down Diagon Alley with a confidence his younger self hadn’t had. It felt strange to be back in the UK again after several years in Romania on the Dragon reserve. After the second wizarding world he had tried to settle, he had taken Ginny on a few dates and tried to be just Harry. It hadn’t worked, everywhere they had gone had been a constant reminder of what had happened before, what they had lost. For a while he had helped with the clean up of Hogwarts and when the dust had finally settled in more ways than one he had known that he couldn’t stay. He needed to breathe to be free of everything and when Hermione and Ron had gone to Australia to find the Grangers Harry had talked to Ginny. She had taken it surprisingly well, at least as well as a red head with six brothers and a great aim could take it, it was obvious she had noticed the cracks that had formed.

He refused to say he had taken time away to find himself but he supposed that was what he had done. He had never been allowed to be himself before. At the Dursley’s he had always been told what to do and how he had to behave. At Hogwarts he had been thrust into a war he hadn’t known anything about and held the expectations of everyone, everyone that had wanted him to be just like his dad. It had been Luna that had suggested Romania and although the Blonde Ravenclaw had always been a little flighty he had gone wit it.

He truly hadn’t expected to find himself in a quiet gay bar one Friday night. He hadn’t intended his feet to lead him there, he had just wanted a drink and that had been the only bar open. He had sat at the bar and ordered his drink before realising but as the evening had worn on and he had relaxed a great deal with the help of the alcohol he had realised quite slowly that perhaps he wasn’t as straight as he had thought.

Waking up the next morning with a sore arse in the arms of a fit blonde had confirmed that belief. He had felt guilty, he had told himself that even if he wanted to find himself he would find out that he loved Ginny and they would get married and be just like his parents, just like every one expected. The thought of it had almost suffocated him however and when Ginny had come to visit e had told her the truth. He could probably swear up and down dale that he still had hex marks on his body from how that conversation had gone. Ginny had portkeyed home shortly after and truth be told he hadn’t seen or spoken to her since. He had continued to receive Christmas gifts from the Weasley’s so he didn’t think there were any hard feelings on their end but he wasn’t sure.

Madam Malkins was just in front of him and he gave a fond sort of smile remembering the first time he had stepped into the robe shop before remembering Draco and the conversation that had followed. It was surprising how often he had thought of his former school nemesis over the years. He had spoke for him and his family at their trials and although Lucius had had to go to prison for three years both Draco and his mother had been given home arrest for one year only. From what Hermione had told him in a long letters Draco had, to everyone’s surprise, been apprenticed by Olivander and had opened a wand shop of his own in Hogsmeade. He hadn’t married but given that people still spat at him when they saw him that wasn’t altogether surprising.

“Excuse me, but if you’re not going in could you move out of the way?” A crisp voice asked pulling him from his thoughts with a bump and Harry turned to see a pale blonde standing behind him. He was wearing a dove grey suit and robes and his hair was cut just above his shoulders the majority of it tied back at his neck. His grey eyes widened as he recognised him and Harry held out a hand without even thinking spluttering;

“Harry Potter”

Draco stared at the hand as though it were something dangerous before reaching out tentatively and taking it with his own.

“Draco Malfoy. Pleasure” Draco said in a soft voice and Harry gave a nod before pulling his hand back and running his hand through his hair which was a lot better behaved than it used to be though that could have something to do with the fact it was a lot longer than it used to be and even the Potter hair couldn’t fight gravity. “...It has been a while, Potter...”

“Harry...” Harry corrected him lightly with a smile and Draco blinked slowly his lighter than light eyelashes somehow managing to capture the sun as though he had put fairy dust on them. “It’s been years, you’re looking well though Draco”

“I would say the same, but you look a fright...Potter” Draco said very deliberately looking him up and down. Harry didn’t mind, not when he saw the way Draco’s pupils dilated or how his pale cheeks coloured from looking him up and down. He wasn’t dressed to impress, he had been helping Luna and Rolf after all and fancy clothes didn’t stay fancy when mucking out Hippogruff shite.

“Looks like I’m in the right place then, Draco” Saying the blondes given name just as deliberately. He flashed a smile and then bowed his head before walking into Madam Malkins. Instead of the plump witch he had been expecting Harry was surprised to find himself looking into the pale face of Theodore Nott. The heir of the Nott house had never stood trial if he remembered correctly so seeing him standing in a fitted suit with a tape measure around his shoulders was a little stunning. He had imagined that Nott had gone into potions or something studious like that, he had always been the more quiet member of Draco’s followers. “Nott”

“Potter...Welcome to Madam Malkin’s robes for all occasions, sorry we were just about to close for lunch”

“It’s fine if it’s postponed, we can’t have the hero of the wizarding world be seen like this” Draco hummed coming into the shop half a minute later. “I’m surprised it hasn’t already caused a riot...Though I have to say Potter, there is something different about you...”

“You as well, it appears that we may have started to grow up, Draco...” Harry smiled and he was almost positive that Nott rolled his eyes when Draco smirked just a little.

“Perhaps”

TBC

A/N: I have no idea if anyone will read this one but I decided to post it, this is the Harry/Draco story that I wrote ages ago and ties in with the SakuMiya Hogwarts Christmas story >.< poster on mondays

Comments

[yumi_usagi]

Thank you for posting this! Don’t worry, I’m reading it.
I like it when Draco blushed looking up and down at Harry XD
Looking forward to next chapter.

[reveetoile]

sounds good

[gcmj]

Yay!!!!im loving this!!!!! Cant wait to read the next chapter thank you 😊