drarry and running errands? like, who wants to go where and how their trips to the grocery store usually end up
ahh i love this, just exactly my favorite kinds of scenarios to think about lol. apologies in advance as i try to keep to five concise things 😂
harry has to Reclaim running errands. the entire concept is one of those unpleasant childhood memories: getting forcibly dragged along by aunt petunia, whisper-scolded in stores, talked about like he wasn't there when petunia met her friends. he had to carry all the bags to and from the car; she forgot him at the bank, the pharmacy, the dry cleaners.
tbh he kind of avoids all of that as much as possible because even as an adult with magic those things are stressful! beyond the memories, there's constant tension in gringotts because of the whole dragon thing; he gets stopped a lot in public, and the last time he tried to buy potions in person, an inventory of his purchases wound up in the prophet.
a lot of this changes when harry's with draco, though, and they reach the stage of the relationship where running errands together is another way of spending time together. first it's good because draco is rather helpless; he has no earthly clue how to buy groceries, for example, and harry feels like something of an expert compared to him, which makes him feel better about it.
draco is good at managing things, though. once he learns even a little bit about something, he kind of takes over. no one hassles harry in gringotts when he's there; no one dares approach harry in public or draco will dress them down; and he is scarily efficient about grocery lists.
harry takes a certain joy in watching draco just utterly conquer a to-do list, in gossiping in lines and making sure harry's included, dragging harry to a store not on their list because he sees something harry needs. now harry carries the bags to keep them from hitting innocent bystanders when draco levitates them around them, but draco makes sure they're all featherlight. and every single errand warrants a treat. draco takes treats very, very seriously and harry argues perfunctorily but not-so-secretly delights in every moment that draco spoils him.
send me drarry tropes and i’ll respond with five related headcanons!!
