Now, let us explore Harry smelling amortentia
The professor moved a couple of steps forward. “And you, m'boy?”
Harry inhaled, curious. The scent wrapped around him at once, warm and persistent. “Green apple,” he began, without thinking. “Freshly cut. Parchment, rain… and orange blossom.”
Slughorn gave a small, pleased clap of his fingertips, careful not to spill the vial. “Excellent. What evocative combinations!” He returned to the front of the classroom and held the flask aloft. “This, my students, is Amortentia.” He announced at last. “The most powerful love potion in existence. It does not create true love, of course, but it generates a very convincing sensation, and very dangerous, obsession, if administered carelessly.”
Several students straightened in their seats. Others let out nervous laughter.
“Each person smells within it what they find most attractive.” Slughorn continued. “What they most desire. What is most… irresistible to them.”
Something shifted in Harry’s stomach.
Green apple. Parchment. Rain. Orange blossom.
He frowned, trying to recall where he’d first encountered that combination, and the memory arrived with such force that he threw up his Occlumency shields on pure instinct.
A warm room at the Burrow. Draco asleep on his side, hair dishevelled, no cologne, his breathing slow and even. The scent on the pillow. On the sheets.
He looked up, almost involuntarily.
And found Draco’s eyes already on his.
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