Part 1 (Im gonna hold you tight)
Muggle AU where it’s Pansy’s birthday but Draco can’t come as his parents are having a big fight. It was all too much, Draco sat on his bed his head in his hands, his heart beating in his chest, he didn’t know why it had to be him, it was unfair he wanted to be happy, he wanted to rise up above all the darkness surrounding his house to see only the very bright memories of his childhood, he laughed to himself, there weren’t many. He could still hear his mother crying outside his room, he wanted to go out, to put his arms around her, to tell her that it was going to be alright, but he could not get his feet to move, he stayed fixated on the side of his bed.
Another sound echoed through the walls of his house, he looked across to find his phone ringing.It was Pansy calling, probably to ask him why he had not shown up for her birthday party. He felt bad, but he would give anything right now to not get out of his room. He picked up the phone and brought it to his ears.“Uh, hello?”“I hate you so much, I hate you, I hate you, and I am not going to talk to you ever, how could you do this, asshole!” she yelled, the music blasting from behind her.“Yeah, me too” Draco conceded.“Ugh, now that you have said that, I can’t even stay mad at you!” she groaned “Is everything alright?”“No, it’s..it's probably nothing...but I just can’t get out of my room”“Is it your parents again?”“Yeah, kind of, I guess?” he rubbed his hand over his face, he did not want to talk to anyone right now, so he was relieved when she suddenly hung up.The silence didn’t last for long, his phone vibrated in his cold palms, with Pansy’s face drenched in glitter displayed on the screen.He groaned and picked up the call.“See, I know you do not want to talk, but sweetie, I just wanted to show you the cake you are missing!”“ I know, I chose the cake for you, I know what I am missing!”“Nah, Nah you have me all wrong,” she said, smirkingAnd he did have her all wrong because instead of showing him her birthday cake, she zoomed in on Potter and his ass, standing with his friends, talking mindlessly unaware of Pansy’s antiques.“Yeah, I am pretty sure what you are doing is illegal, but I am gonna let you off because it’s your birthday”“I don’t need any party favors,” She said and walked over to him effortlessly “Hey Potter say “hi” she said patting him on his shoulder.Potter turned to the camera, his face covered in glitter as well, “Uh, hi Malfoy, you’re dressed”Draco was at a loss for words, Harry’s face glimmering with red and green glitter was definitely a sight to behold.“I,-- yes, I was going to come but due to some, uh, unforeseen event’s I couldn’t” “Okay, you guys are boring as heck, I am gonna hang up now, see you later Draco, I am going to come over later and bring over some cake”And with that, she hung up.Draco fell back onto his back, his phone still in his hands, He needed fresh air, it was all too much, the sound of glass breaking echoing in the house, and the yells that grew louder each passing minute, he closed his eyes and tried to focus on the image of Harry, Harry in a closely fitted suit, covered in glitter, he focused on Pansy her voice as he drifted off to sleep.
He woke up later with a light knock on his door, he wanted to keep his eyes shut, he turned on his side.“Draco, sweetie, it’s me” He heard Pansy’s voice and felt her weight she sat on the bed beside him.“Happy Birthday Pansy, Happy Birthday,” Draco said, his eyes still shut, “There’s your gift on the nightstand”“Thank you for your halfassed greeting,” She said, laying down beside him.“I am sorry,” Draco said and turned to face her, now looking straight into her eyes “I love you, you look beautiful”“I love you too,” she said, pushing a stray hair strand behind his ear. “You look beautiful too”“I can’t believe you invited Potter”She laughed at that “I thought something would finally happen between the two of you”“Uh, blissful thinking, he doesn’t care about me or even like me for that matter”“You are so beautiful, love, how can someone not love you?” she said, running a thumb over his cheek, a tear running down her eyes.“Pansy?”“Yeah?”“Are you okay?”“No?” she abruptly sat up, rubbing the tears from her eyes “It's not fair, it is not fair what you have to go through, our families have fucked us over, I was coming upstairs and all I could see were broken shards of glass, and tables knocked over, and I-ugh, couldn’t think about the time when I hadn’t moved out, and I am so sorry, so sorry, you have to go through this shit, you don’t deserve it”“I know,” He sat up and wrapped his arms around her, “I know,” he said and kissed her forehead,”“By the way, I kissed Hermione”He pushed her away suddenly “You did what, oh my god I am so happy for you, I can’t believe it, my gift seems insignificant now!”“I know right? The whole party sort of faded out, and it was as if it was just the two of us, I can’t even describe it, it was so, so good”“So are you going to call her?”“She is actually waiting for me downstairs,”“Then what the hell are you doing here?” Draco said, “Go!”“I-uh, I brought Harry”“Oh”
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