The Chocolate Remus Eats :

The chocolate Remus eats :

Lovers be damned

Day 11- Fairy lights @hpdestress

Ron huffed as he picked up the last of the grocery bag while Harry took one from his hand to make it more convenient for him. 

“ So how’d your online hot date go last night ?” Ron asked walking out of the store. 

“ Rancid” Harry complained, rolling his eyes “ He went too far with everything. And more so he lied about his age and occupation which really didn’t work well for me but even then I tried to make it work and I was working on it until the end of the night when he suddenly saw his girlfriend and I got pissed, threw glass of champagne at him, who threw the plate of ravioli on me- so i’d say a 10 on 10″ 

Ron started to laugh juggling his bag of grocery into another hand “ Told you “ 

“ What ? You didn’t tell me anything- You actually did the opposite of telling me- you didn’t even listen properly “ Harry shrilled 

“ Well- that’s because I know the whole online dating thing is shit- it never works- “ 

“ Exactly why. I don’t want a serious type of relationship, I’m not a man of commitment “ Harry  retorted 

“ For how long are you going to run away from commitment Harry? If you never try, you’ll never know “ Ron bitterly said, shaking his head. 

“ But I know myself- I cannot do serious relationships-” 

“ Think all you want. I know one day you’ll meet a banger guy and he’s going to break every standards of yours, every misconception that you have of yourself and make you believe in love once again” Ron interjected and wisely professed, which frankly Harry only took seriously for a second then ended up laughing all the way back home. 

“ You’re watching too many romance shows with Hermione” 

Ron rolled his eyes, imitating Harry in a terrible voice. 

He knew that Ron was right no matter how funny it may have sounded. Harry had been afraid of commitment for so long, tying to run away from everything that may bind him that he had stopped thinking that he might actually be capable of maintaining a relationship with someone. Its not like Harry had never been in love, he had been, ages ago and that was the reason why he doesn’t believe in love anymore. Back in those days he would have risked it all for him but he didn’t, nor did the man he loved did and that was what it took for Harry to entirely give up on the idea of love. He didn’t hate the idea of love but just thought he wasn’t the one who’d have his own lovestory and that saddened him many nights more than often. Maybe Ron was right, maybe he’d meet someone again who would make him fall in love once again but who would it be ? 

Harry shook his hand so his hand jingled the bell in order to attract people for the Christmas carolers but apparently it wasn’t working as well as he thought it would. It was more funny for people to see someone wrapped up in fairy lights than listening to someone singing silent night, yet Harry kept going, jingling his bell in his hand. It was all boring and rather unpleasant just standing there while the carolers gossiped away. To heck with good deeds. He wanted to unpack himself and go away until he turned to his side in hopes to scowl and imitate people when his eyes fell upon the man in the black trench coat, not just any man in a black trench coat, a very familiar man in a very familiar trench coat. Harry immediately turned around for his back to face the man but this wasn’t his lucky day because even though he tried to avoid him, the Gods/makers above were sitting with popcorn in hands enjoying the misery Harry was about to face. 

“ Really- I’m not going to eat you alive “ the man chuckled. 

Harry huffed and finally turned to a tall and slender Draco Malfoy he hadn’t seen in a very long time “ Hi “ 

“ Something tells me you’re not so happy to see me” Draco smiled, not just any smile but his famous sly, mischievous smile Harry threw his hearts at ages ago. 

“ Why ? I’m so glad to see you- happier than ever” Harry monotonously replied. 

Draco chuckled shaking his head “ You walked by yesterday night ignoring me after your much failed date” 

“ Well clearly that didn’t keep you away from contacting the man covered in ravioli” Harry mumbled. 

Draco let out a soft laugh “ You’re still the same” 

And for the first time Harry allowed himself to look at Draco more than just cunning looks, he was still the same too. 

“ You look cute wrapped up in fairy lights” 

“ Oh yeah- tease me all about it. Make fun of me if you would do so” Harry rolled his eyes. 

Draco looked at him as if he couldn’t believe the absurdity “ Since when is complimenting someone an insult or teasing if you must say so ”

“ Since it came out of your mouth” Harry replied raising an eyebrow at him. 

Draco slumped down his shoulder, sighing “ You really haven’t changed” 

“ Like you have” Harry dared. 

Draco shook his head “ I have- I really have” 

He really had, Harry thought. 

Draco huffed out a breath then looked at Harry with the same eyes he once used to “ My offer still stands still”

And it seemed as if the hands of the clock tower stopped right there. The offer still stood? 

“ What offer?” Harry lied. 

“ You know what offer “ Draco countered. 

Harry closed his eyes for a moment then finally allowed himself to talk without throwing a quip “ It’ll never work.You and I are very different, we used to be best friends and it’d be very weird, besides you and I belong to very different sides of the society now” 

“ If you know anything about me, You’d know I stopped caring about the society long time ago and you know you’re just trying to make an excuse, again but I didn’t force you then, I won’t force you now- For all I know we could’ve been great together “ Draco smiled lightly “ See you around, Harry” 

And he let him go, again. For the second time in his life he was making the same mistake again, letting him walk away again after making up an excuse that they probably didn’t belong together because that’s the best he could come up with but the truth was Draco was and is the only man he had ever loved, ever learnt to love and there could exist no other no matter what because maybe his life stopped there in the time when he held his hand before departing away, his hand still lingers with his touch like he left a magic right in his hands, It still existed and that magic was perhaps love, not just any love but His love. It still ran in his veins, it still ran to his heart and it still made him insane. If Love was insanity then Harry was happy to be insane but he had always been afraid of loving Draco more than he did because he was always afraid of the possibility of an end. He knew Draco was someone to him that nobody else could ever be, he knew if he let himself love Draco more than he already did then that would be the best thing in his life but he didn’t want to even imagine the end of it. He can’t see a life of loving Draco one day and losing him the next. The probability ran mile high and yet right now for once he wanted to something he might regret. He turned around and shout for Draco. He knew he might regret it one day but if he never tries, he’ll never know and maybe being with Draco even for numbered days wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world. 

“ yeah?” Draco asked back. 

“ Does your offer still stands?” Harry asked. 

Draco smiled and walked back towards Harry “ why ? You want to give it a shot?” 

Harry shook his head smiling “ I’d be damned if I lied. Yeah, I want to give us a shot” 

“ I’m glad you want to, I’ll pick you up tonight” Draco smiled.

Harry nodded and was about to turn back to bell jingling when Draco called him. 

“ Yeah ?” 

“You look cute in fairy lights, like an angel” Draco winked. 

Yeah, he was damned. 

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Another early Christmas gift, this time for the lovely @leilahmoon ❤️

…My first time drawing wolfstar… but probably not my last 😅

In case people are interested, I’ve cross posted on ao3: Even in the Quietest Moments and included a mini panel breakdown for the art. I do this for all my fan comics but I don’t usually share my “scripts” 

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did u forget the word ‘you’ or do u really want to learn about the wonders of electricity from me

Palace Dè Elite

Day 12- Diagon alley @hpdestress

Harry groans as his head hit the the pillar by the bed at the Weasley's and finally rakes his hand under the bed to find his glasses. 

“ Every time “ He heard a small laugh. It was in the next second when he found the glasses and put it on that he turned and saw Ron had came into his room. 

“ The position of this pillar is totally inaccurate” Harry grumbled. He next wore his slippers and slipped on a jumper and decided to go downstairs after Ron himself while discussing the Christmas festivities left to be done and the plan of the day. 

“ Harry “ Molly squealed and immediately wrapped her arms around him. 

Harry forcefully chuckled, hugging her. 

“ You should’ve told us sooner that you’d be coming for Christmas” Molly grinned after having taken her arms back to herself. 

Harry tried fixing his atrocious hair as he settled at the table “ I didn’t know I was going to- someone dragged me “ He replied looking at Ron “ I’m sorry for last minute trouble” 

“ Trouble, nonsense ” He heard. Arthur had came into the room with his bag of work and ready to leave. Harry immediately got up and hugged Arthur as the family tradition went “How are you, Mr. Weasley?” 

“ As bright as the star” Arthur laughed. Harry never really got his jokes but he laughed at them nonetheless. 

“ Mum, We still need decoration to do outside, it’d be fine if Harry and I do it ?” Ron asked chewing down his apple pie. 

“ Of course dear, of course” Molly grinned.

And that’s how Harry’s rest of day was occupied and later that evening when Hermione too came there, the evening became wilder than it originally had been. Apparently the Weasley’s took a great fun in doing karaokes and singing at the top of their lungs, literally any of them. Harry laughed all along video taping them even as they sang and danced, doing back vocals in between too. It had been so fun yet tiring all at the same time that by the time it was 10 in the night everyone was tired of screaming and had sore throats so they just hummed along. Harry was smiling at the sight of the family, the jokes that were being shared in the corner between Bill and Fleur, Hermione and Ron talking about something which Harry could’ve joined but some days it was nice just watching them from afar and smiling at them and Arthur and Molly dancing to Molly’s favorite song. It was a sight to behold, It was all so nice and so overwhelming and yet his heart clenched in his chest every beating second when he thought that he could've been doing all of this with a boy he loved but couldn’t spend the Christmas with for several reasons. Harry would do anything right now to go to where he was, wrap him in his own arms and dance the same way Arthur and Molly were dancing. He could have it all but he’s here and not with him. Only if he could go to him. 

He felt the couch sunk under and looked over his shoulder to see Ginny joined him on the couch with a muffin in her hand. 

“ Want ?” she asked. Harry refused, smiling. 

They remained in silence watching them for so long, enjoying the incandescent happiness blooming in front of their eyes and the beauty of the relationships in its own until Harry leaned back and turned to face Ginny. 

“ Can I ask you something ?” Harry asked. 

Ginny gave him a smile “ Anything” 

“ If there was someone you could spend all your Christmases with, your new years, all the other holidays with who would it be and it cannot be family ?” 

Ginny scoffed, smiling “It’s obvious isn’t it, with someone I love” 

Harry nodded then turned momentarily to front “ And what if that someone you love is the one you’re not supposed to love ?” 

He heard Ginny exhale a sharp breath and the seat just next to him sinking further and he turned again to Ginny. 

“ Then I wouldn’t care about the world or anyone else. I would tell myself that I love them and the rest of the world doesn’t have to” 

Harry smiled, then his expressions turned into amusement “ You’ve always been the wise one” 

Ginny let out a soft chuckle then as the silence dragged on again, she put her hand over Harry’s to get his attention “ Go. You love him and that’s what matters. Spend your christmas with him, I’m sure everyone else would understand” 

Harry could’ve lied, could’ve pretended that Ginny’s word meant nothing but he knew there was no point in denying. He knew even if he tried, she’d see right through him, this was always something he liked about Ginny. The two had been through so much together and everyone thought they were meant to be, even Harry and Ginny themselves but now, he knows they weren’t meant to be and even if they were, Harry’s meant to be was someone else. He knew Ginny still hoped that they would get back together but he knew her flicker of hope was dying like a candle reaching its end until now when the wind could not bear so much and blew the candle out immediately, leaving just wax behind. 

“ You know who he is ?” Harry found himself asking 

“ I knew it before you even knew yourself” Ginny smirked. 

Harry chuckled then as it died he asked again “ How did you know ?” 

“Lets just say I’m wise” Ginny smiled. He looked at her for a moment longer than a few thinking of what they could’ve been but couldn’t be and the reason was back at Diagon alley and somehow he wouldn’t change it for the world. 

“ Seriously go, stop thinking about it too much. He’s more perfect for you than anyone could ever be, in all of the lives- Go before it’s too late. Ron would understand and I’ll handle” Ginny said, egging him on. 

Harry still waited until Ginny gave him a nod of affirmation which meant more to him than her encouragements all combined and immediately ran upto the room, packed his bag and ran outside through the back door and disapparating after having a last look of Ginny by the window giving him a nod, again. 

Within minutes Harry was knocking the poorly structured door of Palace Dè Elite. There was shuffling on the other side and some incoherent phrases while Harry waited this side and finally it came to a halt when he opened the door. 

“ Ha- Harry” He gasped in surprise. 

“ I want to spend it with you, this christmas, this eve, this new year, this holiday before we go back to school and pretend we hate each other, I want it just one time. I want to hold you and decorate our own christmas tree together even if it’s a shitty one, I want it and I want it with you wherever you are” Harry shrugged smiling as if he was a hopeless man in love dropping his bags to the ground. 

The other man awe-d and pulled Harry in a hug “ I love you” 

“ I love you too, Draco ” Harry replied in his neck, his arms holding him tight in his embrace. 

“ What about the Weasleys?” Draco asked after breaking away. 

Harry thought for a moment then remembered Ginny by the window “They’ll be alright. I just want to be you right now” 

Draco smiled and hugged him once again dragging him inside with him “ Come on you sap, lets have our own shitty version of Christmas” 

Day 11- Lover’s be damned || Day 13- Trail to one day

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Family trip gone wrong

Day 22- sledging @hpdestress

Harry huffed in frustration as he tried to find the safe gears to put on Albus and Scorpius but apparently they were nowhere to be found and soon they would become impatient to the point that it's unbearable. Ever since Harry and Draco came on the trip with their kids, nothing had gone right, not even a single thing, it was like living the movie of the worst day ever on repeat. This trip was supposed to be a fun, bonding time for the family but apparently it was everything but that. To Begin with, on their way over their car broke down and the mechanics seemed to have been very far away and Albus and Scorpius decided that it would've just been marvelous to throw a fit, the next was the room they got, it was supposed to be 2 large rooms and instead of it being as large as it was in the pictures, it was only large enough to have bunk beds in it; next was the dinner night they planned on, it was supposed to be a fancy dinner at a fancy place but a blizzard had to come right then when they were walking to it and due to the damning Blizzard, their night got cancelled and the list goes on. Harry would rewind every single one of them but that wasn't an available option.

He eventually gave up finding the gears and practiced how to break his kids heart by telling them that they can't go sledging but when Harry reached where the kids were supposed to be, they weren't there.

" Draco, where are the kids ?" Harry sounded exhausted and yet stressed at the same time.

Draco's head immediately whipped around with a handful of things to eat " I swear they were right here, just now. I swear, I promise "

Harry sighed closing his eyes momentarily then began again " It's fine, we'll find them together. You take that way, I'll take this way " He said pointing towards different directions but as soon as they were going in different directions, they heard screaming which sounded awfully familiar until they both turned around and their kids jumped up in the air in the sledge and their heart's fell right out of their chest.

" Albus-Scorp" they simultaneously screamed and immediately ran after them with hooked ropes to get them to stop but sliding on ice wasn't a piece of cake. Draco hit his head on a massive ball of ice and some kid nearby thought it was funny to hit him right in the stomach. Harry gave him an apologetic look then continued running after them. Hurdles after hurdles like Albus throwing snowballs to hit Harry, the slippery ice that made him fall over, their kids basically jumping up in the air without any protection when a slight cliff came around, his throat growing dry from all the yelling, maintaining a safe look on Draco who had now joined him and last but not the least the trees that somehow had started appearing in the middle. Harry wanted to cry at this moment and just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, he fell over his bum and slid over the ice and due to the slope it became incredibly hard to get back up. His heart hammered like a wrecking ball inside his chest and now he was scared to death for two reasons, himself and the kids.

" Albus-Scorp- Please stop the sledge " Harry shouted.

" We can't " Albus yelled back laughing and that was all it took Harry to turn at an edge to he started slipping on ice even after. When he heard another scream he turned his face to his side and saw Draco sliding down over a piece of wood, recklessly.

" Harry, save me " Draco screamed and he slipped more ahead of Harry.

Harry groaned loudly and screamed back "I'm coming"

Seconds turned into minutes and the screaming grew louder while the people all around watched them finding it absolutely hilarious how the kids drove the sledge while their father ran after them like absolute maniacs. It was finally when the steep gradually lessened and it started rising upwards that the kids sledge slowed down, not the same with Harry and Draco and they were still screaming until they both collided into each other and then into the kids.

" Ouch Dad's " Scorpius groaned.

Harry breathed heavily, holding onto the kids " that was very very dangerous "

Draco remained in shock for a while, catching his breath and holding onto the family together until later his eyes noticed the high cliff and he started laughing looking at their kids. His Laugh eventually grew louder and contagious to the point that everyone was laughing so hard that they rolled back to the ground.

" I hate to say it but this was the most fun thing that happened over the entire trip " Harry told after the laughter controlled down.

Draco turned to Harry and nodded smiling.

" Then Can we do it again ?-"

" No " they simultaneously replied.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL, HERE'S TO A LOUSY CHRISTMAS AND A CRAPPY NEW YEAR.

I wasn't planning on update tonight since it got super late but I guess I had what it took tonight .

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