"Harry. When I inevitably fade into oblivion, will you make sure they remember me?”
Harry snorted with silent laughter. “Of course, love. Though, if you’re ‘fading into oblivion’, how is it that I’m still around to remind people?”
“Oh Harry,” Draco sighed. “We all know that I will die first. Killed by my hubris.”
“Right,” Harry whispered back. “I had forgotten.”
He stroked the hair back from Draco’s face and waited patiently for the next absurd statement. He knew from experience he would not have to wait long.
“How will they remember me?”
“Well, obviously, I’ll write poems and songs,” Harry teased.
“Have you already started?”
“Of course I have, my darling. Elegies take time.”
“That’s good,” Draco muttered, turning over. “You don’t have much time left.”
Harry stared at the back of Draco’s head for a moment, seeking out some hidden meaning and letting his brow furrow with worry for just a fraction of a second before turning over himself and going to sleep. After what felt like mere minutes, he was woken to a muffled scream and the jolt of the mattress. He rolled over and barely opened one eye, finding Draco—predictably—clutching the covers as he sat bolt upright.
“Giant octopus or buried alive?” he asked softly.
“Octopus,” Draco replied with a shudder, shuffling back down under the covers and moving over so Harry could wrap him into an embrace. “How much gin did I drink, exactly?”
“Well, I’m not sure,” Harry considered. “I lost track after the third pitcher of Pimm’s, but you’ve been asleep since about eight last night.”
“Did I tell you how I’m going to die again?”
Harry laughed. “No, sleep-talking-drunk-Draco was far more worrying and cryptic this time. You just demanded that I make people remember you.”
Draco snorted. “Well, that’s ridiculous. Who could ever forget this level of perfection.”
Harry poked Draco in the ribs and laughed when he recoiled. “Perfection, hey? What about when attending garden parties?”
“Well. Fine. Perfection except for a sheer intolerance for gin.”
Draco shuddered again against Harry and even though he knew it was slightly mean, he snaked his fingers into tentacle-like objects and trailed them along Draco’s neck, making him squirm until demanding he stop.
“At least you usually wake up before it actually manages to drown me,” Harry reasoned with a chuckle.
“Very comforting,” Draco groaned. “I’m going back to sleep. Wake me up if I tell you how I’m going to die.”
“Always,” Harry promised, kissing his head and holding him tight.