[ help ] for your muse to lean on mine for support // theo & draco, when they both got their marks // @noassassin
if someone had told him a year ago that his father would now be in azkaban and theo himself would have the dark mark on his left arm, he would have laughed. fine, it wasn’t that it had been impossible. theo knew about his father’s involvement with the dark lord after all and even if he hadn’t, it wouldn’t have been hard to figure out given mr. nott’s beliefs that he shared with his --- no, now their master. their lord. theo’s only concolation now was that he wasn’t alone, despite that he usually liked being on his own. he had draco. although he would much rather have draco be free of this, even if it meant theo was on his own. it was what he was used to anyway.
he was sitting on the floor in draco’s room at the malfoy manor. or rather, a mattress, generously soft and thick, they had put on the floor beside draco’s bed. the place might be big, with a lot of rooms, but there were also a lot of death eaters staying inside the walls of the malfoys’ home, minus the head of the house of course; draco’s father. therefore, theo had to share a room with his friend whenever he stayed there, the one he used to have a crush on. still had? it was hard to tell; his emotions were dulled down, as if they were memories from someone he was not anymore.
theo’s feet were on the hard wood and he was facing the wall, knees pulled up and arms resting on them, stretched out and his soft brown hues aimed at the dark mark staining his left forearm. it was late, maybe past midnight, and draco was laying in his bed that was standing behind theo. was it likely the blonde boy was asleep? no, not really. neither of them hadn’t slept much at hogwarts in their dorm the past semester so why would they now? christmas definitely hadn’t been an easy time with theo knowing he would receive his dark mark a few days later, on his birthday; it had been quiet and it was still dead quiet in the bedroom with both the boys awake, until there was a creaking noise behind him, footsteps on the floor and draco slid up beside him.
they sat like that for a while, in almost the same position, dark marks on display, however not saying anything. eventually, draco surprisingly leaned his head against theo’s shoulder. the other boy was probably just tired, theo thought. the brunett was too but there wasn’t any sleep in him still. not long after, he leaned his head slightly to the side, resting it on top of draco’s as he swallowed hard and goosebumps trickled down his naked back. ❛ i got you, ❜ he mumbled. they got each other.
