quelque chose

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt silver

Draco feels it when the candle gutters. He carries the plated holder out to Harry, dirt-streaked on his knees in the garden.

“What, now?” Harry pouts. “But my birthday!”

“There’s just enough time, if we hurry.”

Harry hops to his feet, brushes his hands off on his jeans, reaches for Draco.

The soulmarks were there before the Ministry did what it did. They thought they were proving something, but Harry was sorry. Once a year, he said. It’s lonely.

Not so when there’s two of them.

They land in the garden, alive again. Harry picks up his trowel and laughs.

summer bingo boxes: cottage core, no adverbs, MCD, forced bond, soulmates

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt wet

bingo boxes: pollen, rated E, tattoos, bed sharing, time travel

for the @drarrymicrofic song prompt You’re So Vain by Carly Simon

The Manor won’t let Draco sell it. Everything inside, he gives away, favourites first. Harry finds Draco crying over a book. What’s it about? he asks. In time and with water, everything changes, Draco answers. You can’t give me away, you know, Harry says. Might as well keep the rest.

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt modesty

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt bound

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt butt

Harry was less scared when he was dead. He could move at King’s Cross. Talk. Decide.

Inside this curse? Nothing.

Draco materialises in Harry’s mind, grip solid on Harry’s jacket.

“It will hurt,” Draco says. “But you’ll be out.”

Harry blinks. All he’s got.

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt incline

“What the bollocksing fuck.” Harry stares at the orb, sweating in his curse-breaking jacket. “They want us to not be partners? Over this? What does reaching completion even—”

Draco slaps the orb off the desk. It shatters on the floor. 

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt charm

“Listen, mate,” Weasley says in an infuriating Healer tone. "With a bond like this one—”

“Bring him here, or I'll use an Unforgivable on you. I’ll enjoy it.”

“Draco, I know—”

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt hesitate

When Draco says Hello. Hogwarts, too? Harry says yes.

When Draco says You need not believe me, Potter, but I’m sorry Harry says me too.

When Draco shouts jump from the other side of the curse-chasm, Harry says nothing and leaps.

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt survive

Draco doesn’t go to Azkaban by virtue of being too broken to stand trial. To stand at all, really. St Mungo’s is an eggshell blur, splitting pain in his spine, aftershock upon aftershock upon aftershock upon—

The white becomes a teacup. A warm hand supports Draco’s head.

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt dream

“Have you got the time?” Draco asks.

The clock hands spin and spin. Harry’s Tempus dissolves into squiggles. So, no.

“It’s rather bright,” Draco comments.

It is, it’s horrible, but the switch does nothing, same as Nox. So, no.

“Are we married?” Draco murmurs.

for the @drarrymicrofic prompt tremble

Dear Ron,

Don’t be cross, can’t make it to the Burrow. Everything’s fine!!! Had aaaaaaaa big huge thick a thing come up at the last mo, total bollocks how that’s happening fuck fuck how that happens. I’m going to com Sorry I can’t come, give your mum my hello !