"Y/N! Come here!" I sigh as I hear the voice of my fiancé call me from upstairs.

Me and Draco have been dating for 2 years now. He asked me out 5 months after Astoria's death, and I couldn't deny because I have had the biggest crush on him since we were 14. And I knew I was just a rebound, a distraction, but still that didn't stop me from saying yes. He proposed me 4 months ago, and again, I said yes(only after the approval of scorpius ofcourse,who was now 3 years old), even when I knew that he couldn't love me the way he loved her.

In our 2 years of dating, he has barely ever complimented me. Always compared me to her. Everything I do, he always tells me to do it her way. I have tried. I have always tried to make him see me. The actual me. But he just never seems to notice.

When I wear makeup, he would look at me and say, 'Astoria never wore this much makeup.' And I would just sigh, and wipe it off, just so he would look at me the way he looked at Astoria.

Even during our intimate moments, he would sometimes whisper her name. And it killed me from inside. Because at that moment, I knew he would never be able to see me as me. That when we would have our moments, the only person in his mind would be her. That when he proposed me a few months ago, it was her in his head who he was asking to marry.

I craved his love so much that I went to the point where I started dressing like Astoria, but even that didn't seem to work.

Heck! Even Scorpius calling me 'mama' didn't do any effect on him. And when he heard the news, he seemed rather upset. And that was when I knew that I'll never be enough for him.

Because I am not her.

"Merlin! Y/N! I have been calling you!"

I was so lost in my thoughts, that I didn't notice the tears forming in my eyes, and the voice of footsteps coming downstairs.

"Sorry, I didn't seem to hear.", I responded while trying to blink away the tears.

"Its alright. Anyways, have you seen my office file? The blue one?"

"Uh..no?", I responded with a confused face. How would I know where he kept his office file?

"God Y/N! How are you so irresponsible? It was in my office bag..and I gave it to you for you to keep it safe!",he snapped.

"Astoria was much more responsible", he mumled under his breath but I still heard him.

"Stop doing that!", I snapped.

"STOP doing what?", he said with annoyance clear in his voice.

"Stop comparing me to her, to Astoria.", I half yelled.

"We are not doing this again,Y/N", he groaned.

"I am trying. I told you I am trying!"

"How? By bringing her up in everything I do?!", I raised my voice even higher.

"Merlin! We have talked about this before!", at this point we were both yelling. "I told you, I told you that I needed some time to get over her properly-"

"THEN WHY DID YOU ASK ME OUT IF YOU WEREN'T READY, DRACO?!",I cut him off. This shut him up. He just looked at me with a shocked face. We both went quiet. The heavy silence that came after was unbearable.

"I'll never be good enough, will I?",I finally broke the silence. My voice just above a whisper.

Tears were now streaming down my face.

"I was just a rebound, a distraction.", my voice a whisper.

"Y/N, listen to me-", he started.

"No Draco, You listen to me. Every thing, every single thing I do, you compare it to how she did it. Why can't you just accept me. I did not tell you to just forget her. No, I just asked you to try. Try and accept me for me. I gave you time, Draco. 2 years. Weren't they enough for you to love me? Was my love not enough for you to accept me?-"

DRACO'S POV

"I love you, Y/N!, I love you!", I cut her off with a pleading expression on my face.

"I know you love me, Draco. But I also know that you don't love me enough. And I don't know which hurts more.", she sniffled.

I just took a deep breath. I know she was right. And I didn't even try to deny it.

Again, a heavy silence fell upon us before she decided to break it.

"I am tired of this. I am tired of being compared to. I am tired of feeling that I am not enough. I am tired of not being myself, of not being who I really want to be, of not doing things how I want them to be.",she sighed.

I snapped my head up to her. "W-what do you mean?"

She took a deep breath and looked at her left hand, where the engagement ring sat. No, no,no! She took off her engagement ring.

I looked at her face to see she was already looking at me.

"No! Y/N! I need you, Scorpius needs you! You can't just do this. You can't leave us!", I shouted, tears forming in my eyes.

"I am sorry Draco. I can't live like this. I can't marry you-marry you knowing that you'll never love me-love me how I want you to!", she was now sobbing. The tears that were forming were now flowing like a waterfall.

"W-what about Scorp? H-he needs you! He even calls you 'mama'! "

"And did you want him to call me that?", she whispered.

"I'll visit Scorp every weekend. I know he'll be upset at first but he's a strong boy. He'll get over it eventually. When he gets a new mama, someone who is enough.", she said while looking at me straight in the eye.

"Don't do this,Y/N. Please, I love you!", I was now whispering.

She just wiped away her tears and sniffled.

She took my hand in hers, placed the ring on my palm and closed my hand.

"I love you, Draco. I really do. And I will love you forever. But I can't do this. I can't be with you. I deserve better."

And just like that, she walked away.

And I let her.

Because I knew that she was right. That I'll never be able to love her the way she wanted me to.

okay, so (i think i might have said this before) i have a really specific idea of the living arrangement of the slytherins and what their house looks like (literally what every room looks like and stuff, i’ve thought about this a lot) but to keep it short: they all live together (because pansy, tori, and theo have money problems) in a house that is (very much purposely) not decorated like their fancy mansion childhood homes, because bleugh.

so anyway, they all play that game where whenever someone falls asleep on the couch/on a living room chair, the rest of them pile random stuff on them until they wake up, and here’s how i think each of them would react to it.

astoria:

it wouldn’t take a super long time for her to wake up, but long enough that it would be funny.

she also moves a little bit in her sleep, so sometimes she’ll roll over on someone’s hand, and that’ll get tricky

if she fell asleep with shoes on, the others would put literally every single pair of shoes they could find in the house on her because you don’t wear shoes in the house!!

it usually takes anywhere between 3-10 minutes for her to wake up

daphne:

sleeps like a rock

literally, how does she sleep like that?

they could pile every single moveable object on her while laughing their asses off and she would sleep through it.

she could sleep through the apocalypse or world war III or anything. you get the picture.

if she falls asleep with makeup on, draco will put skincare products on her because he’s a petty little shit who cares too much about his friends’ faces

daphne doesn’t usually wake up until someone puts scorpius’s cats (whose names are obi-wan catnobi and cleocatra because puns) on her and they start moving around

(she is never happy to wake up to this)

“if you little bitches keep putting your random shit on me, i will rip your eyes out and eat them in front of you.” “how would we know that you were eating them if we didn’t have our eyes? we wouldn’t be able to see.” “get the fuck away from me.” “got it.”

usually takes somewhere between 12-45 minutes to wake her up. depends on how long it takes for obi-wan catnobi and cleocatra to be brought in

theo:

usually wakes up pretty quickly.

slowly enough that the others can get a few things on him, but quickly enough that it’s not that funny.

usually takes him about two-four minutes to wake up, sometimes less

draco:

either sleeps like an absolute rock, or a gust of wind would wake him up

like, sometimes, the second someone gets near him, he shoots awake and tells whoever was trying to put something on him off because “if you try to put anything on me, you’re homophobic.” “draco, everyone who lives in this house is queer. also that doesn’t make sense.” “go away.”

but then other times they could put obi-wan, cleo, every moveable object in the room, he’ll still be asleep. they could literally be sitting on top of him, and he wouldn’t even notice.

OH MY GOD, ALSO draco has the weirdest dreams ever, and he doesn’t move in his sleep, but he talks.

and that makes everything SO MUCH FUNNIER.

like, right as someone is piling random stuff on him he’ll be like, “square up, motherfucker. possums don’t scare me.” or something like that, and everyone will burst out laughing

can take anywhere between one second and multiple hours to wake him up (because sometimes they just give up)

blaise:

sleeps soundly, but not as rock-like as draco or daphne

occasionally moves a little bit

often wakes up because everyone else is laughing too loud, not because he notices the stuff on him

usually takes about 5-15 minutes to wake him up

pansy:

sleeps soundly, but is impossible to put stuff on because she moves so much

pansy is beautiful, but she is NOT a pretty sleeper.

her hair gets frizzy and messed up, her makeup smudges and she drools and moves and flails around, usually while making weird grunty-sleepy sounds

she’s the only one of them who will always sleep through the game because everyone gives up before they can put a single thing on her

scorpius (because i feel like he should be included):

doesn’t fall asleep in the living room often, but usually everyone else just lets him sleep, because, honestly, the sleep schedule of scorpius malfoy is so messed up???? like he’ll stay up all hours of the night to write a musical or learn about the invention of socks or the evolution of the candle industry or whatever

he also usually falls asleep on someone, like with his head on someone’s shoulder

sometimes they’ll try to put things on him, but usually he wakes up, notices, then goes back to sleep

and everyone is like, “😐”

“i guess he won???”

“but don’t you have to sleep until everyone gives up to win?”

“i don’t know. whatever. i feel defeated.”

Scorpius: Grandmother, Grandfather... I'm gay for a Potter.

Lucius:

Narcissa:

Lucius: Well at least we know for sure that you're Draco's son.

Draco:

Wanting to write/read a fanfic where he gets to be with whomever you ship him with.

“Scorpius, with his pillow and blanket, was sleeping outside of Malfoy’s office.”


Measure of a Man


Chapter Nineteen - Wine & Whiskey


By @inadaze22


I loved this scene soo much *it hurt so good* and it would not leave my mind. This fic is also subconsciously taking over my life. 
Scorpius is my absolute favorite character in this fic.


Shout out to @mignon-chignon & @jaxx-in-a-box for lighting the fire to create again and for recommending this fic.


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Warnings: mention of war, children, mention of pregnancy, tooth rotting fluff, mention of marriage, draco simping, scorp being a child

Summary: helloo can i request a postwar draco with his family going to the muggle amusement park, like draco and scorp ogling at the rides while muggle!reader just laughs and admires them? 🥺 and it could maybe be like they decided to go out bc it’s draco’s bday,, thank uuu!

Requested: YES/no

omg this was too cute and i went so overboard with this! i hope you like this anon! i absolutely adore dad!draco so i absolutely loved this request. 💛 enjoy!

malfoy manor was quiet as the sun rose above it, its' light filling every room in the once dark manor. y/n woke up with a small stretch and looked over to see the love of her life stirring awake as well.

the couple had been through hell and back since the war all those years ago. y/n refused to leave draco's side even when the wizarding community got hostile for the malfoys' actions. even though she was often discredited since she was a muggleborn.

once the trials ended, draco proposed. it was nothing extravagant but it was perfect for the couple. he had proposed while y/n was reading her book. they married two months later and found out they were pregnant six months into the marriage.

draco had his worries about being a father, as he didn't want to be like his father. y/n never stopped reassuring him, not letting him think so negatively even for a second.

now, three years later, it was draco's birthday. he used to hate it but ever since y/n and their beloved son came into his life, he became more appreciative. "good morning birthday boy." y/n giggled, placing a kiss on her husband's cheek. "mm, good morning gorgeous." draco's morning voice had its' way of making y/n happy.

their sweet silence was soon interrupted by the sound of little feet running into the room. y/n had no chance to prepare for the body slam of their three year old. "morning mummy and daddy!!" scorpius cheered happily.

"good morning buddy." draco swooped the giggling child into his arms. it amazed y/n just how much little scorp looked like draco, it never failed to make her smile. "happy birthday daddy." the toddler beamed, happy to see his dad smile back. "thanks kiddo. now let's get some breakfast. we got a big day ahead of us." scorp kissed his parents on the cheek before taking off to the kitchen.

once breakfast was finished and cleaned up, the malfoy family left for the amusement park. it had taken y/n and scorp weeks to convince draco to take them. it wasn't that it was a muggle thing, it was simply something draco never experienced. unlike y/n, who grew up muggleborn, who went frequently before hogwarts.

the park was busy but not enough to trigger any anxiety. the malfoys weaved through the crowds, scorp was wrapped around draco's waist. y/n and draco agreed it was the safest option, they couldn't lose their precious child. especially at a place like a packed amusement park.

as they walked, the sun hit y/n perfectly causing draco and scorp to look at her in amazement. "what?" she giggled when she caught them staring. "mummy, you're so pretty." scorp looked like he was looking at an angel while draco merely saw her as a goddess. "you're so right, scorp. we got lucky." y/n blushed, "oh stop. it's daddy's birthday. we should be complimenting him."

scorpius let out the happiest giggle, "you're both very pretty." it was this moment that draco knew. he knew that if he was going through life with anyone, it would be his little family. the ultimate birthday present.

Part 2

[Malfoy/Lupin/Riddle/Scammander]

Jeaden Martell is Scorpius Malfoy

Troye Sivan is Teddy R. Lupin

Billie Eilish is Delphini Riddle

Cole Sprouse is Lysander Scammander

Dylan Sprouse is Lorcan Scammander