Iām such a sucker for a slowly developed drarry relationship.
They donāt do the whole āletās go on dates and gradually get together.ā Instead, they get roomed together and after being furious about it for a while, they get used to it.
It just hits Harry one day that Draco makes his bed with a flick of his wand every morning, because Harry always forgets.
It hits Draco one day that Harry always brings him sandwiches when he misses dinner because heās studying or too overwhelmed to go.
Harry realizes that he hasnāt been waking up from nightmares as often because Draco has started patting his hair when heās going through it in the middle of the night.
Draco realizes that he and Harry just randomly started sharing the box of chocolates and sweets Mother sends him and without knowing he started placing the box on his desk so Harry could find it easily if he ever wanted one.
And then one day Harry walks into their dorm drunk off his arse and collapses on Dracoās bed instead of his and knocks out. Draco, much to his own horror, finds that he doesnāt mind and falls as sleep as well.
Harry never sleeps again in his own bed.
And then Draco wears Harryās muggle band tee to bed when the house elves misplace his laundry one night⦠which yes⦠itās a bit short for him, but āitās comfortable, Potter.ā āBut Malfoy, they already found your clothes.ā āI said itās comfortable.ā (And it smells like you, too⦠he doesnāt say that though).
And it just becomes natural to sit next to each other in the common room and do their work, or go watch the stars when they both canāt sleep.
They hold hands absentmindedly now, when theyāre both working and focused on their essays. At some point boundaries at bed time are lost and tentative legs tangle beneath the sheets.
Hermione questions him about it, Harry pretends he doesnāt know what sheās talking about. Too scared to question it and lose what he has. Too scared Malfoy will push him away.
(Itās okay though, because one day during the Christmas hols, Draco kisses him after the unwraps his gift and Harry kisses back, just as fiercely).