he feels hi wathg the darkness, and part of hi wants to reah up and touh his fae, to slide his hand up his ar ahe ves that stand out agaio pull hi down t the edges of the dark ark, tell drao that he loves hi andbe refuted on the sole basis of what they ed to be to eah other
“i never sleep,” drao says, but there is no longer any frahg, and the end, he does y bak down beside hi, even if harry is sure that her of the get uh sleep
thenight, drao akes hiself a sleepg draught
harry tries not to thk that it’s anythg to do with hi
≈ill her of the
harry keeps gog around the hoe, even though it was a habit that he thought he had beeop ages ago he peeks behd urtas, oves hairs arouo see if anythg is hidihe he pulls on doorknes through upboards, shoves the lothes to either side of the loset so he ahe way to the bak harry aop short of pokg his way through dra hiself with pressihe heavy oak door and seeg if he ahg
≈ ask kreaher to hek up on hi,drao ight have suggested the)
he knows drao isher thgs keep showihan ever, and harry stubles dowheo fd a full breakfast waitg for hi, even if there is nht his hands are aled, too, evearted leavg so of her lotion for hi to try
“this isn’t w” harry tells hi o, whehe fihe kithei harry had beehe loks o door, and dra the floors by ha tell whih ohe was ore ebarrassed to be aught “her of ”
“that’s g draughts are for” drao was talkg fro his pe on the ground, the t have looked, so he got up, knees groang and soap suds drippg off his hands “that’s all i was waitg for”
right, harry thks, looki aion of spohe ounter like yog to bottle it up to e toorrow and jt keep gog, fro the floor to the dows to the kithen sk, ahe bathroo, all of whih is pratially spotless beae i know for a fat that you leahe whole dht before
“whatever” harry’s annoyed, suddenly, beae if it wasn’t for drao and his stubbor he ould d on his own, harry wouldhis stead, he ould jtand turhe side and reassure hiself that drao was still there, still alright, still breathihe were about to be urdered by death eaters he ould jt hek the roo, then, not the whole hoe, aarted with his opulsive leang, harry would be able t hi bak to bed it would work out better for both of the
“harry” harry doesn’t turn around, ahere is a hand ht he ould ig so pleadi “wait”
harry does wait aurns around, fdio fae with a steai full of drao’s potion
part of hi, the nasty part, wants to say no that if drao doesn’t want his help, harry woakg anythg fro hi but he an’t quite brio do it
≈he goblet, fores hiself to try and show a bit of gratitude “thanks”
drao ishat doesn’t s hi fro tappg the ri of his own up agast harry’s, quirkiogether “cheers”
they dri when harry goes bak to bed, drao stays
there’s sreag aga, but this ti, harry stays bed
≈he raks the eilihere’s fifty-sevehen ounts the aga and agairyg to tell hiself everythi akihere is nothg hidg i or uhat if anythio all herione like she had told hi to, anythg to s this before it starts, beae drao is fe, you are fiop beg an idiot
t not have beehe door reaks opeer harry alost hexes the person standg the doorway before the braih his pani ahat it was drao he was about to send to st ungo’s
“drao?” he sits up and blks agast the brry iage front the darkness fsses “what’s wrong?”
“don’t say anythihough harry had heard it every day, he still washis pleadg tone drao’s voie, how he asks stead of deands, and asks it a way that ade it lear he etiuri “please don’t say anythg”
“okay” harry didn’t uand osed to do he didn’t know how to help anyone, a do you want?”
“bsp;i jt stay here?” he looked so sall, hunhed on hiself when he should be fillg up the roo “jt fht”
“yeah” harry srables for the p and thehe sudden light, tryg to lear a spae beside hi it was an redibly sall bed “anythg”
anythg it was suh a sall word, but it ant so uh drao dido have ti for seond thoughts tonight, jt walked to the edge of the bed, hesitatg bef any further
“it’s alright drao” harry reahes up and pulls drao’s hand away, the one he had been g to w at his ar “it’s gog to be okay”
“it won’t,” drao says, shoulders shudderiill gets to the bed, fallg to it ore than libiaken all his str