Draco slowly replacing Harry’s wardrobe, and later asking why it was so atrocious. Learning he never had his own clothes, so he never thought to buy them because it was a waste to spend money on himself
It started with a simple T-shirt. Harry was at the Ministry, working on a rather important case, while Draco was stuck at Harry’s apartment without anything to do. He considered heading home, since he didn’t have any clean clothes at Harry’s anymore, but decided against it. Two days ago, Pansy had thrown him out of their shared apartment because apparently, she had a romantic weekend planned with her boyfriend and Draco would only be a nuisance.
“Go spend some time with your boyfriend,” she said, knowing that Harry had work and Draco felt uncomfortable staying in his apartment alone. And yes, Draco was aware that he should find a job as well. But no one was hiring and he hadn’t had any good qualifications anyway.
Draco was dying of boredom, and even that Muggle box in Harry’s living room wasn’t interesting enough for him. All it ever played were sappy romantic films that Draco disliked. With one last look at the remote on the sofa, Draco turned on his heels and headed to Harry’s bedroom. He went through his bag of clothed once again, hoping to find a decent shirt that he hadn’t used to many Cleaning charms on. Disappointed with his search results, Draco carefully opened Harry’s closet.
He found two extra sets of Auror’s robes and a handful of worn-out T-shirts. There were also three pairs of sweatpants and two jumpers. Draco nearly winced as he pulled out an oversized T-shirt that even smelled like old clothes do. Trying to find a better one was useless so Draco put it on and frowned. Harry has filled out a bit in the past years but there is no way that the shirt fits him properly. And Draco can remember quite well that Harry owned all these clothes since Hogwarts.
That’s how Draco decided to launch his new project. Throughout the next six months, Draco has slowly been replacing Harry’s wardrobe. One piece at the time, Draco found the right moments to slip new clothing into Harry’s closet while getting rid of the old one. Grey shirts were replaced by mostly green and blue variations of colour as Draco thought they fit Harry’s eyes the most. The thin jumpers disappeared and there appeared new, soft and warm jumpers in their place.
Harry had noticed of course. By the time he could only find one old T-shirt amongst all the new, he realized what Draco had been doing. He never commented on it, because he could see Draco loved taking care of Harry. He did find it a bit uncomfortable though. It was Draco’s money that the clothes were bought with and Harry disliked owing his boyfriend anything.
The first conversation about this happened on the day Draco officially moved in. Harry asked him a week before and with some gentle kisses on Draco’s neck and Harry pampering him, Draco finally broke and agreed. Boxes were packed and tissues were offered to Pansy as Draco said his goodbye. Both of them knew that her tears are just theatrics to show her boyfriend that she has a heart and to amuse Draco. Draco laughed as she hugged him and threatened to hunt him down if he doesn’t visit at least once a week.
And then he arrived at Harry’s apartment. Correction – their apartment. Harry was anxiously waiting for him. He offered to come with Draco and help him pack, but Draco said he wants to do it alone. Wants to properly say goodbye to his best friend and roommate for the last five years.
So, the second Draco steps into their apartment, Harry is in front of him. To be perfectly honest, Harry was terrified that Draco had changed his mind. That he won’t be coming and moving in. That all those new clothes were just a way of Draco saying that Harry should look good because he’ll need to start dating again. And Harry was aware that those were just toxic thoughts, caused by his self-doubt that was still present after all those years.
Draco was surprised when his boyfriend hugged him tightly and whispered: “Thank Merlin, you’re here.” Realizing, that something must have been troubling Harry, Draco lowered the shrunk boxes on to the floor and took Harry’s hand in his. He led Harry to the sofa and they set down, Harry curled up in Draco’s arms.
“Harry,” Draco gently spoke.“Hmm?” His boyfriend responded without looking up. He was warm and comfortable, nested in Draco’s arms and didn’t want it to end.
“Is everything okay?”“Yes, of course.” Harry didn’t really want to talk about it. But knowing Draco, who never let things go, he waited for the conversation to really start.
“I don’t believe you. Is it about me moving in? Or did someone send me a threatening letter again?”“It’s neither of those things. It’s about…” Harry started and then Draco’s words registered. “Wait! Did you say you received threat letters before?” Harry asked, bewildered.
Noticing his mistake, Draco waved his hand in a dismissive manner. “It’s nothing to worry about. It’s been years since I got one and they were just empty threats.” He paused and gave a piercing look to his black-haired boyfriend. “Now, tell me what your reaction earlier was all about.”
Harry sighed and looked away. “It’s about my clothes…”Draco’s gut twisted. “What about them? Does it bother you I got you new ones?”
“Well, it doesn’t really bother me per say. I’m just worried you’re trying to send me a certain message.”
“What message are you talking about?” Draco pondered, confused. “I did that because I thought it’s time you got new clothes. They were all old and worn-out. I’ve actually been wondering why your wardrobe was so atrocious. You wore those clothes in Hogwarts, for the love of Merlin!” With each sentence, Draco’s voice got a tad louder and, in the end, he was almost screaming. It wasn’t anger that fuelled him, not really. Draco was just awfully confused as to why Harry was worried that he got him new clothes.
“That’s the reason?” Harry asked quietly. His mind couldn’t comprehend it at first, but it didn’t last long before he realized how nonsensical his doubts were. Draco just wanted the best for him. He just wanted to pamper Harry a bit. Blushing at his own way of thinking, he leaned against Draco again and hugged him.
“I appreciate your concern, love. The reason I never bought new clothes might sound a bit weird to you, but for me, it goes really deep into my past, all the way to childhood. All these clothes that you got rid for me, they used to belong to my cousin Dudley. Not one piece of clothing was entirely mine until I bought robes for Hogwarts. And even after that, I hadn’t really bothered to spend money on myself and on clothes. I still wore Dudley’s old clothes, up until you got me new ones. That’s why it felt weird, and why I panicked.” Harry explains.
“I thought there was a hidden agenda to your actions and I started imagining different reasons why you would do that. Unfortunately, it had never occurred to me that you were just being a considerate boyfriend, looking out for me. And I’m sorry for that.” Harry finished and looked up to see a frown on Draco’s face.
“No, Harry, I’m sorry. I should’ve asked about it before I started doing that. It never crossed my mind that there was some deeper meaning as to why you don’t own any decent clothes. And I’m disappointed I myself to not consider it, even though I knew of your horrid past with your Muggle family.”
Harry smiled at Draco and pressed a gentle kiss to his mouth. “It’s fine, Draco. I’m just glad we got this all cleared up.”
Draco gulped and nodded, still slightly unsure. Harry noticed that and hugged him tighter. “I love you, Draco.”
“Love you too.” Draco’s arms tightened around his boyfriend as he pressed a kiss on Harry’s forehead.
@slytherellin I’m sorry for the wait and I hope this is at least a bit like you wanted it. I enjoyed writing it and thank you for the prompt!