Hi sweet! I’m always helpful when it comes to procrastination, so can I have number 6 for the end of year ask?
Hi lovely, thank you for enabling my procrastination :D (I’m currently trying to multitask, so we’ll see how this goes haha)
Ooh this is a very fun question! I adore writing dialogue, so the hard part now is choosing my favorite bit. (and now that I’m being put under pressure, I cannot for the life of me decide which…)
Here’s one of my favorite parts. This was just such a sweet and tender moment between Draco and Harry and I had a lot of fun writing it. It’s from my @hd-fan-fair, he touched me, so I live to know
“Knew you’d like this,” Draco mumbles into Harry’s neck.
“How did you know?” Harry asks, just as softly.
“You’re not good at asking for what you want, usually, but you’re especially bad when it comes to the matter of touch.”
Harry feels like the breath has been knocked out of his chest. He knows that he has major issues around touch, and specifically the idea that touch can be nonviolent, but he’s never had someone so blatantly say it to his face. Hermione and Ron had both tried to have careful conversations with him in the past, but he hadn’t been receptive to it, and they’d quickly backed off.
“It’s because of your shitty Muggle family,” Draco continues.
Harry starts to protest, but Draco cuts him off.
“No, no. I know not all Muggles are shitty, but your family certainly was.” Harry can’t argue with that. Draco squeezes him gently. “I’ve been keeping a list, you know.”
“A list?” Harry’s no longer phased by Draco’s non sequiturs.
“Uhmmm hmm.” Harry can feel Draco nod. “All the ways Harry Potter likes to be touched: a comprehensive study by Draco Malfoy,” he says a bit smugly.
Harry finds that he can’t speak, for some odd reason.
“You don’t have to say anything, my dear. Just know that I know you, Harry Potter, and I will do anything to make you happy, even if you don’t know how to ask for it.”
From the Fanfic End Of Year Fic-Writer ask meme!