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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley (side) Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley Additional Tags: auror!Harry, auror!Ron, Unspeakable!Draco, Unspeakable!Hermione, Oblivious!Harry, Angst, top!draco, Bottom!Harry, pining!Draco, sappy!Draco, Fluff, Happy Ending, Secret Relationship, Established Relationship, smitten!Draco, Hurt Draco Malfoy Summary:
Draco thought they were in a relationship. Harry thought it was just sex.
Excerpt: And then Harry’s eyes and nose are hurting from crying as he reviews the angry encounter in the Ministry prison.
“—That I thought we were in a relationship? That you didn’t want to tell anyone because you just wanted make sure it was on a firm base, so that nothing the papers say will make us break up? That I was expecting to move in any day now? I was stupid, and it took me six months to realise that, while I thought we were making love, you believed I was just some easy fuck.”
Harry knows that sometimes can’t see things, that he isn't that good with emotions. Harry blames that on the Dursleys and on Voldemort, but this time, even Ron saw it.
Draco loves him.
Or maybe—loved— him—because Harry doesn’t know if Draco loves him anymore. And of course sex with strangers could not compare, because Draco was making love, and a plain fucking lacked everything that mattered—Draco.
And Harry had been stupid enough to make him go.
All the Dracos are running in repeat in Harry’s mind, all narrowing down to the fierce concentration of Draco in battle, beautiful even then and it hurts so much.
He does the only thing he can think of: he fire-calls Hermione. The moment Hermione’s face appears in the flames, Harry is blubbering, “Hermione, ‘Mione, I—Draco—”
Her face hardens, then softens. “Step through, Harry.”
Harry nods, and barely forces out the words to Hermione’s place. He stumbles straight into Hermione, burying his face in her hair. Hermione’s a saint, as she lets him smear her hair with his tears and his snot.
“I was an idiot, I told Draco—that—we—”
Hermione pats him. “Don’t tell me this. Tell Draco.”
“How?” He sounds like a wailing child, but he’s desperate. What if Draco’s found someone else? It’s been over a month already, and Draco is handsome, and rich, and charming.
“Owl him. Floo call him. Visit the Manor,” Hermione says. “If you’re willing to sign a stack of documents, you can visit him in Level Nine."
Harry will do anything.
I had to share this fic, even though I shared a summary on my fic recs wrap up for this week. I needed to re-read it again because I saw that @bafflinghaze had noted it was one of their most controversial fics. I didn’t know why, until I reread it. Don’t worry, it’s not anything outrageous, lol. Just a bit of miscommunication, maybe some OOC. I think it’s lovely, even though many commenters are absolutely rude in the beginning of the comment section. If you don’t mind Oblivious!Harry fics, I definitely recommend this one.And, as always if you do read it, please be kind in the comments. xoxo Carey ʚ♡⃛ɞ(ू•ᴗ•ू❁)💖❤🧡💛💚💙💜