QUNELA

word count: 1625

request?: no

description: after being stood up on a date, an unlikely replacement decides to join her

pairing: draco malfoy x female!reader

warnings: swearing

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Against my better wishes, I checked the time on my watch again. I had been waiting at The Three Broomsticks for nearly an hour on the arrival of my date, and so far there was nothing.

I watched my fellow Hogwarts students laughing and having a good time together. I searched through the crowds of people to see if I could see his face, but he wasn’t even there with any of his friends. I sighed heavily and chugged down the rest of my Butterbeer. I began to collect my things when the door to the Three Brooksticks opened and in walked a familiar head of bright blonde hair.

Draco showed up alone, very unusual for him. I was used to seeing him being tailed by his little entourage and his obsessed non-girlfriend. Not that he seemed to mind being alone, in fact he seemed much happier with his goon squad behind him.

His eyes searched the room, presumably for an empty table, before landing on me. I awkwardly shuffled and quickly looked away. I didn’t have any ill will towards Draco, we never really spoke. But I knew of his reputation. Who didn’t? The last thing I wanted was for my first introduction with him to be after being stood up. I knew he’d have a field day with that.

Just my luck, he began to move towards me. I was too awkward to even think to move. I just looked away from him, trying to stay focused on my empty mug.

“Is this seat taken?”

His voice made my heart leap into my chest. I looked up at him and saw his piercing blue eyes looking back down into mine, almost looking right through me.

I couldn’t form a proper sentence, so I just nodded. Draco smiled and nodded towards my mug. “Want another one?”

“You don’t have to,” I started, but before I could say anything else Draco was taking my mug and making his way to the bar. When he returned, I smiled sheepishly at him. “Thanks.”

“Least I could do,” he said as he sat down. “You seemed a little down when I walked in.”

“I’m surprised you cared,” I blurted before I could stop myself. I felt my face burning with embarrassment as Draco raised an eyebrow at me. “Wh-What I mean is-is we’re not exactly…acquaintances or anything. I didn’t even know you knew I existed.”

“I guess you have a point,” Draco said, taking a sip of his Butterbeer. “I figured you were alone and said, I was alone, maybe I’d try to talk to you.”

I raised an eyebrow at him. “Very unusual for a Slytherin to want to talk to a Hufflepuff, but I suppose I’ll take it. Better than sitting here waiting for a date who isn’t going to arrive.”

I looked down at my Butterbeer before taking a mouthful of it. The look on Draco’s face turned to one of concern as I spoke. “A date that won’t arrive? What nutter would stand you up?”

I couldn’t help but chuckle at this. “You are giving me far more credit than I deserve. But, if you must know, it was Seamus Finnigan.”

A laugh slipped from Draco’s lips before he could stop himself. I glared at him and started collecting my things again. Quickly, he took hold of my arm to get me to sit down again. “I didn’t mean it like that. I’m just laughing that you’d even say yes to a oafish git like him.”

I shrugged, although I knew he was right. Seamus wasn’t exactly the most popular kid, and dating him would be a constant threat of being blown up. But he seemed so sweet, I just couldn’t turn him down. I figured he would make for at least a memorable first date, if nothing else.

I didn’t peg Seamus for the type to stand someone up. I figured he would’ve warned me before he cancelled the date. It’s not like he didn’t have ample opportunity, he had even told me the day before he’d meet me at the Three Broomsticks.

“He seemed nice,” I admitted. “And no one exactly shows interest in me, so I thought…why not? Bad decision on my part now, obviously.”

“More like bad decision on his part. Anyone who would stand you up is a nutter.”

I was shocked at Draco’s kind words. For all I had known, today was the first day he knew I even existed. I was shocked he felt so comfortable saying these things to me, although after being stood up, I was also sure he was just playing a prank on me.

“You don’t even know me,” I mumbled. “How can you confidently make those remarks?”

“Because, even if I don’t know you, I know I have eyes.”

I didn’t know how to respond to this. I had never met someone so brave to say these things to anyone, let alone to say them to me. My whole life, I had just been very…plain looking. I was told that I had hit a “good puberty” during the summer between my fifth and sixth year, but even then I hadn’t attracted too much attention.

Not to mention that Draco’s little non-girlfriend and her group of friends loved to make fun of most of the girls that weren’t a part of their circle, even other Slytherin girls. Because I was also pretty smart academically, I found myself the target of their bullying often. It was hard to think of yourself otherwise when a group of girls are constantly mocking you for everything.

“You’re cute when you’re embarrassed,” Draco said with a smile. He took another mouthful of his Butterbeer, leaving a foam moustache against his upper lip.

I giggled. “You’re cute with a foam moustache.”

He laughed at this as well and wiped the moustache off with the back of his sleep.

“So, you sure Pansy and her girls didn’t put you up to this?” I asked, my eyes darting around the room to see if Pansy was hidden somewhere among the crowd of students.

“Pansy is back at the castle sulking because I turned her down after she asked me out,” Draco responded. “And her friends don’t actually like her, they just hang out with her for the status.”

That feeling of worry slowly came off my shoulders. His answer seemed genuine, which meant that he wasn’t doing this on a dare.

We continued to talk for a few hours. I got our next round of Butterbeers, and Draco got the next found after that. The students were slowly starting to file out of the Three Broomsticks as the skies began to grow dark, and it wasn’t until the owner told us we should be heading back to the castle.

On the way back, Draco walked so close to me that our hands kept brushing against one another. At first, I pulled away thinking I had just bumped him, but when it kept happening I realized it was because he wanted it to happen. Every time our hands touched, I felt a light spark of electricity go through me. I wanted nothing more than to take Draco’s hand in mine, but I figured I should let him make the first move.

When we finally arrived at the castle, Draco stopped outside. I turned to face him, confused by his sudden stop.

“I feel like I should tell you something before we go our separate ways tonight,” he admitted. I felt my heart race, afraid of what he was about to say next. “I…I actually came looking for you today. I wasn’t planning on going to Hogsmeade but…I heard Finnigan talking about how he wanted to cancel your date but didn’t have the guts to. I knew you were going to be waiting at the Three Broomsticks alone today, and that you were going to wind up disappointed with the outcome.”

It was a slight pain in my heart to know that Seamus was aware he was standing me up, but I was able to push that aside with the warm feeling of knowing that Draco had specifically come looking for me because he knew I was being stood up. “And that made you want to come find me?”

“It did. I didn’t think it was fair what he was doing to you, you don’t deserve that.”

I put my hands in my pockets, now cold from the chilly air. “Okay, that brings me to my neck question…why do you care so much?”

Draco ran a hand through his nearly white hair. “I…I think you’re really pretty, and really nice. I never thought you’d ever like me since…well, I know I’m not the nicest person in Hogwarts. But I decided to try tonight, it was killing me not to know what your reaction would be.” He shrugged as he put his hands in his pockets, mirroring my image. “So…now it’s out there. It’s up to you what you’d like to do.”

I couldn’t help but smile at Draco before looking down at the ground in front of me. I pushed around a stray pebble with the toe of my boot as I said, “If you promise not to stand me up, I’d like to go out on another date sometime.”

I could hear the smile in his voice as he responded, “Another date?”

“Well, yeah. First dates are way too awkward, we should just could today as ours and see where things go from there.”

“Okay, I’d like that a lot. I’ll send you the details of our next date when I come up with them.”

I giggled as I responded, “I’ll be waiting.”

The Lawn Gnomes: Send a prompt, au, and your favorite character and she will pen down a nice crisp story for you. We can't promise it will be good but it will be better than her college thesis

AU: Roommate AU

Prompt: “Do you know you're pretty” 

And of course draco because I love him so freaking much 😩

babe you are making me cry but thanks for your amazing words... I appreciate your love and support so I hope you like this..

Draco was fuming when he found out he had to share a room in his apartment. But times were tough and as much as he hated to admit he needed a roommate so he could split the rent. His parents were still wealthy but they were too facing the repercussions of the recession and had to him to self-sustain.

If anyone hated the recession more it was Draco because now he had to share a space with a stranger. Blaise and Pansy decided to help him to find a roommate because as much as they loved him, he was being snobby and arrogant to any potential roommate. He would pinpoint their flaws, and make up some weird excuse why they will not be a good roommate.

A week later a very exhausted Pansy showed Draco a profile. Draco spent the whole night trying to find flaws in her. But he just couldn't. Even her name was beautiful. Y/n L/n.

Y/n moved in quickly without a peep. Her room needed repairs since no one had been there for a while. But she didn't complain. Draco was surprised she really meant the words "you won't even realize I am here" because Draco wouldn't realize when she was home and when she was not.

So Draco went out of his way to stay in the living room only because he still needed to keep an eye on his new roommate. No other reason.

Her bright smile and how sweetly she would say his name would be the only thing he could think about. But he would immediately shake his head thinking it would shake off the warmth growing in his chest.

But soon the weather was changing. The wind was getting colder. This was the time of year Draco hated the most. The temperature change would always cause Draco to fall sick.

Blaise and Pansy came to check in with him and were surprised at his changed demeanor towards Y/n. He was..softer. And their eyes widened when they saw him smiling. But couldn't help but smile too when Y/n brought soup for Draco.

Soon both excused themselves looking at how Draco and Y/n were stealing glances. When they left Y/n brought more soup for Draco. Draco could practically hear his own heartbeat when he saw Y/n sit on his bed.

When Draco didn't move to take the soup Y/n joked "Do you want me to feed you?"

Draco chuckled. He missed this feeling. Even if he was sick he missed falling in love. He had the feeling he was becoming bitter. The feeling of love returning back to him like an old childhood memory.

Draco looked at her longingly. How this girl had managed to make space in his heart so quickly. He kept looking at her his heart happily skipping at the sound of her laughter when out of the blue he said "Do you know you're pretty?"

He heard her breath hitch. Cold be damned he got closer to her. "I am really sick right now but I also want to kiss you"

Y/n chuckled again blush spreading across her cheek, he couldn't help but softly caress her cheek. Before he could say or do anything he felt her lips on him. He was having difficulty breathing because of his blocked nose but his greedy heart only wanted to feel her lips on his for a few more minutes.

He was heavily breathing as they broke from the kiss. Y/n ran her hand through his blonde hair making him groan. "Thank you for being so nice to me"

"I think I could say the same" she giggled as she pecked his lips. Draco put the soup on his nightstand and lay on her lap beaming as she kept massaging his head. He felt his own heartbeat and smiled. Yeah, he could be here for a lifetime.

left behind. DRACO MALFOY

pairing. draco malfoy x anyhouse!fem!reader, hermione granger x friend!reader, ginny weasley x friend!reader

movie. goblet of fire

summary. draco takes reader to the yule ball only to dance with astoria

genre. angst

warnings. angst, crying

word count.

authors note. first request i‘ve answered in a while so enjoy! feel free to send me requests !NOT PROOFREAD! (character list pinned on my blog, if you want a fic with a character not on the list just ask me beforehand and i can tell you wether i‘ll write one for that character or not) h/h means hogwarts house and h/c means haircolor

IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING LIKE ANY OTHER, the many hallways in the castle were filled with only a few students roaming them unlike at the start of the year. some students were sat in the great hall whilst others were lingering near their common room. y/n was sat across from hermione both their noses deep in the story of the book infront of them. the library was quite relaxing on cold days like these. although it may have looked like y/n had her entire attention dedicated to the book infront of her she couldn't stop thinking about how quickly the yule ball was approaching. she was still left without a date whilst most had already chosen someone or got chosen. even hermione had left her to sorrow alone in the search for a dance partner. it wasn't like y/n wasn't asked, actually she was asked quite a few times but declined all of them waiting for that one boy.

she shouldn't rely on a boy she knew that but what could she do she was head over heels for her bestfriend. and almost like the blonde could hear her thoughts from the other side of the castle, he made his way up to her as she was walking back from the library, a book tightly in her grasp.

„l/n“ draco spoke making the girl turn around to see him not far behind her. she smiled at the sight of her friend as the conversations they shared always brought her joy.

„malfoy“ she spoke turning her head back as he walked beside her now. the curiosity inside her was wondering about what he would want or need.

„i was wondering if you could accompany me to the yule ball?“ she looked at him as if she didn’t hear him correctly. the girl couldn’t believe what the boy had just asked. she hid the shock behind a proud her smirk thinking of what she should say next.

„and why should i go with you?“ she said stopping in the middle of the corridor now giving her full attention.

„well, there are many reasons.“ he spoke standing proudly with his hands showed in the front pockets of his black trousers.

„oh really, and what would those be?“ she asked him, intrigued in his answer.

„well, for example because i am draco malfoy, the slytherin prince and you, my dear lady shall accompany me to the ball. and well we both don’t have a date“ draco explained.

draco was right she didn’t have a date and going with draco was what she dreamed of since the ball had first been announced by mcgonagall.

„sure“ she spoke wandering off but not before giving him a slight smirk which he returned.

as she wandered off the smile she had been trying to keep off her face for a while now had won and took place on the lower part of her face.

the next possible day she along with hermione and ginny went to look for dresses to wear in hogsmeade. hermione had found a fluttery dress that had a few different pink shades. ginny picked out a light pink and green one. and y/n found a similar version to hermiones in a light blue color. on the day of the yule ball the three of them did eachothers hair. y/n felt as if she could throw up she was so nervous.

the moment she walked down the stairs she shared eye contact with hermione for reassurance. before looking at draco who had a smirk plastered across his face making the girl smile. as she reached the last step draco made his way over to her putting his arm out for her to hold on which she gladly did.

everything was going great, draco had gotten them drinks, they danced and most importantly laughed together. as y/n and draco made their way of the dance floor, she took a glance over at the table the patil twins were sitting with harry and ron. none of them looked amused which made the girl slightly frown at them locking eyes with harry as he gave her a smile, making her return it.

„you having fun?“ draco spoke making y/n turn her attention to him.

„yeah, you?“ she asked him as a way to keep to the conversation going. the blonde nodded looking at her. as the girl turned her head back towards the table to see all of them gone but hearing yelling outside of the great hall although no one else seemed to mind it. she didn’t want to leave draco by himself but her curiosity took the best of her.

„i‘ll be right back“ y/n spoke to draco laying her hand on his arm. he nodded not seeming to mind it, wrapped up in a conversation with one of his friends. as she made her way out of the hall she was met with a crying hermione in the middle of the stairs.

„oh mione, what happened?“ y/n said not believing the state of her bestfriend, quickly rushing up to her to take her place next to her on the stairs wrapping an arm around her for comfort. hermione tried to explain but instead her friend stopped her and insisted they should leave. „i don’t want to ruin your night“ the crying girl spoke. „it’s okay, i‘ll be right back i‘ll just tell draco that i‘m leaving ok?“ y/n spoke as her friend nodded, tears still streaming down her face.

as y/n went back into the great hall searching for draco she found him cuddling up to astoria greengrass, they were laughing. it felt like his hands were all over her, no longer being able to take what was happening infront of her she left. she felt like crying.

'keep it together y/n, hermione is more important now, you can mourn later' y/n thought. quickly grabbing the gryffindor girl by her hand and walking with her to the gryffindor common room.

after 3 hours of comforting and crying hermione finally felt better and y/n left to go to her dormitory. as she arrived in her dorm she realised no one had been there yet so she switched out of her dress throwing it onto the chair next to her and changing into her comfort clothes. as she laid down in her bed, she was almost drowning in her thoughts.

she realised that draco didn’t seem as if he saw it in romantic way to go to the yule ball with his childhood friend. how could she have been so blind all this time? he didn’t want her, he was only being friendly. that night the h/c haired girl cried herself to sleep. her aching heart swarming her thoughts.

the next day she woke up her eyes slightly swollen from the events of yesterday. she slipped into her h/h robes and tied her up. grabbing her books on the way out along with her wand slipped in the inside pocket of her robes. as she reached snapes classroom she took her place next to hermione, who had a slight frown on her face which changed into a smile when she saw the h/h girl.

„morning“ hermione said, y/n muttering a small 'hi' in return. „how have you been?“ hermione spoke softly, not wanting to raise attention to the conversation.

„what are you talking about?“ y/n asked not knowing what the gryffindor was talking about. „you know because you had to leave“ hermione replied. „good. you?“ y/n continued. „could be better“ hermione answered with a chuckle. making the pair let out a few chuckles but y/n stopped as soon as she saw 'the slytherin prince' who sent a smirk her way which she didn’t return. after class he waited infront of the classroom for her but she ignored him. the entire time she ignored him.

she loves him but her heart ached because of him,