Pieces Of A Puzzle

Pieces of a Puzzle

Day 23- sweaters @hpdestress

" Harry, have you seen my sweater Molly gave to me last Christmas?" Draco called from the bedroom while Harry was picking out his shoes for the dinner at the Weasley's.

" Should be in our closet " Harry replied back.

" I can't find it " He yelled back again.

Huffing Harry went to the bedroom to where Draco was standing in front of the closet finding the specific sweater.

" What does it look like ?" Harry asked

" It's a grey sweater with a DM over the front " Draco replied.

" I have never seen you wearing it, why now ?" Harry hummed as he knelt down looking for the sweater as well.

" I thought you know it's Christmas day, so let's wear what she gave me. It'll be like that I saved it for a special occasion, besides I think she'd feel good knowing I wore the sweater she knit me but it's nowhere to be seen " Draco replied.

" did you burn it ?" Harry joked but Draco didn't find it funny, obviously.

" Please Harry, I really want her to know that I care about her presents " Draco complained

" I'm sure you do, the broken vase stands in accord to that statement "

" I still have all it's pieces " Draco rolled his eyes at Harry

" and yet you never reparo it " Harry countered back

Draco hummed momentarily pausing his search" how come that never crossed my mind?"

Harry got up after that, exhaling harshly " It's not here "

" Where could it possibly be then ?" Draco whined

" I'm sure it must be somewhere but we don't have enough time to look for that sweater. Just wear any of them " Harry suggested

" But I wanted to wear her gifted sweater " Draco sighed taking a few steps back to sit on the bed.

Harry came and sat down next to him and took his hands in his own " If you don't wear her gifted sweater, she won't stop loving you Draco. She really really loves you alright and nothing can change that-"

" But-"

" No buts Draco- I know you want to show her that it matters to you and I know it does but losing that Sweater doesn't mean that, that sweater doesn't matter to you. Just wear any of them, she'll love it nonetheless" Harry smiled reassuringly at Draco.

Draco pursed his lips then smiled back, leaning his head on Harry's shoulder " I still wanted to wear her sweater "

"Then you can wear one of mine that she gave to me. I'm sure she would absolutely adore it " Harry smiled.

Draco nodded. He turned his head a little so his head was fitted in Harry's neck and softly kissed him there " I don't know what I'd do without you somedays "

" Absolutely terrible if I have to be honest "

Draco laughed shortly then was pulled up by Harry to get dressed.

They left the house in an hour and Draco as decided wore one of Harry's black sweater with small H's knitted all over. Upon reaching as usual they were engulfed into huge hugs and for an enormous amount of time until they would slightly push to breathe in properly.

When Draco was helping Molly after all the celebrations in the kitchen, she noticed his sweater and said " It looks way better than it did on Harry. I appreciate you wearing that"

" I love them. I wish I could wear these more often but I save these for occasions very special " Draco smiled at her.

" and this is a very special occasion ?" Molly asked

" Of course. You make it special "Draco smiled adoringly.

Molly's eyes filled with little tears due to the overwhelming moment and immediately hugged Draco " You are an absolute gem Draco Darling. Absolute gem"

Draco himself felt too overwhelmed and hugged her back " I love you Molly, I really do"

" Oh Draco-" she choked and hugged him tighter as her voice broke too " I love you too Darling, I love you too "

Little did they know Harry was watching them from the corner and smiling at the way the moment came into being. Harry knew what that affection meant to Draco. All his life Draco was suppressed of so many emotions, so many feelings that he wasn't able to express, love he didn't recieve the way he should've but him coming into the family had shown him ways to express his feelings more so than often and some turned into one of these beautiful moments. Draco finally felt loved and even though sometimes he doesn't admit it but falling in Love with Harry had made him fall in love with so many things that remained out of the count on fingers but he was so glad of that and Harry was even more proud of Draco.

The next morning when they woke up and checked under the Christmas tree of the Weasley house, Draco had received almost 10 gifts from Molly, all of them were the sweaters she might've knit overnight and having Draco's and Harry's initials. Draco had never felt so loved before in his life and he wept sitting there holding onto them tighter to his body enjoying the warmth of the sweaters.

" You like them?" He suddenly noticed Molly had came into the room and was watching him hold onto the sweaters.

Draco stood up and immediately hugged her for a very long time, no words spoken just the affection that developed in the moment. Molly herself didn't say anything but Just kept hugging him back the same way knowing that no words needed to be spoken, no sound had to be made to convey anything. It was only when Ron came into the room and joked about the universe probably imploding with so much love that they separated.

" I love them Molly, every single one of them " Draco said after a while.

Molly smiled in her acute, wide grin and sparkled eyes way that she does so often that said so many more things than the words that could've been spoken.

Harry had been leaning against the door the whole time and now finally he reached behind Draco and hugged him from the back when nobody was looking so they had their privacy " I was right, wasn't I ?"

But Draco didn't reply instead he kept smiling.

Harry, worrisome tried to catch a look on his face " Dray- baby- are you crying?"

" what- no -" he choked.

Harry chuckled behind him and hugged him even tighter, kissing the side of his neck " I'm so proud of you "

Draco hummed, snuggling himself into Harry's arms wiping the corner of his eyes " Thank you "

" For what ?" Harry asked smiling.

Draco only kept looking forward as the hustle in the house that started with Ginny who came into the kitchen with her flowy ginger hair and Ron's hands which roamed over the leftover cakes, Fleur who spoke posh-ly even yet, Arthur who came with his morning energy and his dad jokes, Hermione with her another day of helping Molly with the breakfast and the rest that fitted into the scene like the pieces of a puzzle.

" For this " Draco replied.

Harry looked forward to what Draco was watching and smiled himself. He was himself thankful for all of it and now he was even more happier to have shared this with someone he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. It all started with just a train compartment with a ginger head boy who was messy, shabby, a smile so keen and a heart of gold.

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4 circles

Day 10- Christmas parties @hpdestress

" How many more of these ?" Harry groaned putting on his wrist watch and locking it up.

Hermione gave him a sympathetic look " I'm sorry Harry- if only Ron were here, I promise tonight's the last- I won't trouble you after this one "

Harry sighed then nodded " promise me it's the last one ?"

" cross my heart " Hermione smiled. Harry nodded understandably.

" you look beautiful though. Red really is your colour " Harry complimented.

" thank you, although you do know that you don't have to compliment me like Ron does. I won't kill you If you don't " Hermione replied, her lips curled up at the edge in a small smirk.

" I know, I know but I really need to fill in some good shoes you know. Besides I'd never not appreciate you " Harry replied truthfully.

Hermione nodded at him, acknowledging his compliment while accepting at the same time then resumed giving herself the final touch.

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" wow this one really seems a closed up party" Harry mumbled as he walked next to Hermione through the doors and into the hall.

" yeah this is just my office party- you won't find a lot of outsider here " Hermione Whispered and within a few seconds both of them were dragged into conversation they thoroughly didn't enjoy especially with people they didn't even know, but then that's life of fame. More of Hermione than of Harry himself but still being acknowledged as the boy-who-lived runs well in keeping him popular, even now after years.

Exhausting from talking with people Harry took a drink and decided to stay in the corner rather than the front circle which by now after going to so many Christmas parties with Hermione, he knew were for the up frontier or the rich, wealthy or the popular people because there it was easier to approach, the Inner secluded circle was for the people who happen to have a lot of good connections with different people and these parties are just another way to make more relations, the third and the outermost circle was for the people who are normally forgotten at the party or the one's who's been dragged to these places. Harry unfortunately being the last one but he was happy right where he was with way too less people even coming up to meet him and less of a spotlight, it worked pretty well for him. The less noise and the peace to be able to drink his champagne alone was the best until quite recently his eyes followed to the bar and saw the lean figure standing against the counter with his elbow resting behind him over the counter, the same hand holding his glass of neat Scotch and other hand free for physical touch he needed to perform every now and then. He looked ethereal in every way. The way the shirt cling to his body yet not the same time and the legs interlocked underneath with the coat over the counter, Harry would say he looked more hotter than anyone he had laid an eye on here.

It had to be Draco Malfoy of course. Only he could stand in such a glorious way while maintaining a conversation. Harry might've been looking at him for far too long that Draco might've sensed it and before he could even make sense that Draco was watching him from afar, he pulled one of his famous playful smirk and the perfectly timed wink before he left the counter when the the light dimmed and went for a dance. Unfortunately that was also the last he saw of him that specific night before he was dragged back home.

Despite Hermione's offer to not tag along with to anymore parties, Harry did, in hopes of finding Draco. He didn't know why exactly but he knew one thing that every night his wink and his smirk played on a loop before he went to bed with some dangerously sexy song playing in the background which left him yearning and perhaps to fill his empty tea pot for one glance he went with Hermione to the rest of the parties which, resulted in disappointment almost every time that even Hermione understood that Harry was going to see someone but dared not to ask until it happened, mistakenly when Harry had almost cancelled on Hermione but went to the party at the last moment when he finally saw him, leaning against the bar, jacket kept by side, the same pose with a drink in his hand, only this time he was alone.

" Go " he heard. Harry turned and saw Hermione pushing him lightly "Go, talk to him"

Harry gulped in nervousness, fixing his collar and Shaking his hands.

" Fancy seeing you here " Draco said before Harry could have even said Hello.

" It's- Hermione " Harry stammered.

" so just Hermione then ?" Draco suggested finally turning to Harry giving him the same playful smirk.

" what- no - no " Harry interjected

" So there's another reason why you're here then ?" Draco teased. He knew he was pulling his leg, teasing him but he really couldn't blame anything, Harry was cute when he was nervous.

" I- no- I mean yeah- I guess, I wanted to see you " he stuttered.

Draco let out a low laugh and squeezed Harry's shoulder lightly " Relax- it's just me, you're not meeting me for the first time and certainly not the last "

Harry finally calmed down a little and gave him a smile " So I'll see you again ?"

" if you want to " Draco shrugged.

" I want to " Harry replied suggestively.

" I'd like to see you again too- perhaps over a dinner?" Draco asked.

Harry looked down the nodded " that'd be nice"

" so then can I ask you for a dance now ? This song is banger and I really don't want to dance with a stranger tonight " Draco asked.

Harry laughed softly then nodded and took Draco's hand to accompany him to the center of the stage.

So according to Harry's hypothesis in future, there were 4 circles - one or the front circle, the wealthy, Riches and the popular with the organisers of the party, second- the one acquainted with the first circle, the outermost and the 3rd circle- the circle for the unknowns, the ones dragged into the party and last which he figured later in his life and probably the best circle, only reserved for Harry, was in Draco's arms.

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Behind the bedroom doors

Day 24- Family/ Found Family dinner

TW- NSFW

The news delivered to Harry was very casual for the great deal of news it was on a normal nearing Sunday before Christmas when he was watching TV with a slice of leftover pizza in his hand. It was then when Draco was taking olzie, his beautiful but absolutely Maniacal dog to walk when he told Harry vaguely.

" oh before I go, We have to go to my family dinner for christmas dinner on Christmas eve. Bye " and he walked out of the condo before Harry could've even processed the information in his mind. It was an act in purpose. Apparently as it is, Harry doesn't tend to take family dinner news at the Malfoy's as easily as Draco would like and this time to escape his never ending whirlwind of emotions and panic, he dismissed by basically running out of there leaving Harry to be to register the information by himself.

And as it happens everytime Harry sat up and down a couple of town, mumbled to himself, complained in the air, grew a little panicked then settled down on the couch over again and Draco came just in time for Harry to be on the couch sitting with his chin in his hands.

" I see you've done being a Drama queen" Draco said as he walked into the condo and towards Harry. It was just another way of saying how Harry dealt with the information each time.

Harry rolled his eyes and turned around, leaning on the back of the couch rest " I know you did it on purpose"

" Yes because you worry unnecessarily " Draco replied as he stood in front of Harry behind the couch, touching his cheek by the palm of his hand.

" I do not worry unnecessarily, I know they still don't like me " Harry mumbled.

Draco knelt down to be on eye level with Harry and said " we've been going out for a while now and they've met you before and they know all about you, they've accepted you, they have embraced you and even treated you as sanely as possible, then how can you possibly think they don't like you ?"

" Well to begin they gave me a really hard time in the beginning. What if your parents change their mind ?" Harry asks innocently.

Draco smiles at Harry and kissed his forehead in a soft touch " I know they won't-"

" but what if they- nmph-" Harry's interruption yet again was interrupted by Draco's lips over his own making him forget what he wanted to say and by the time Draco separated and got up to leave, Harry was already swooned.

" Bastard " Harry blushed at Draco.

Draco chuckled at him, ruffled his hair and went into the bedroom.

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When the day of dinner arrived, Harry got dressed up way before hours and in his attempt to wait for Draco to get dressed he managed to crease his pants which he redid the ironing of in the last minute that they were late by 10 minutes.

"Harry- Draco- I'm so glad you're here " Narcissa greeted them as soon as they arrived the manor and rang the antique bell.

"Mother " Draco replied kissing Narcissa on each cheek once as a ritual they've developed while Harry forcefully smiled at her and walked in after both of them.

Draco noticed Harry was walking slower than usual and lagged behind to catch up with Harry " Come on, don't be so worried"

" Is something wrong?" Narcissa turned and asked

" absolutely not" Draco smiled back at her. He secretly took Harry's hand in his own and intertwined them as they followed her after that.

" Is it hot In here ?" Harry mumbled to Draco later.

Draco rolled his eyes and shook his head.

" Is everything alright with Harry, he seems a little- uh- tense ?" Narcissa asked.

Harry cleared his throat at once " I'm good. Everything's good, just a little hot in here"

" Oh- would you like me to open the windows ?" Narcissa asked sweetly.

" No that's alright, I'll just take off my coat- Draco- why don't you take me to the room to keep my coat off in ?" Harry asked.

Draco seemingly was startled but took Harry to his old bedroom to keep the coat in.

" Are you okay ?" Draco asked when he shut the door behind him.

" can we leave already ?" Harry asked dramatically shaking his hand in the air.

Draco sighed, rolling his eyes then enclosing the distance between the two to cup his face in his hands " It's alright- just relax. A few hours and we'll be out, don't worry"

Harry visibly relaxed a little in his touch but yet not entirely " I still feel like I should not have came "

" nonsense " Draco muttered and they readied themselves to get out of the room.

As they walked down the stairs and into the dinning room, the table was getting ready with Lucius helping Narcissa set the table.

" and I told him- he can just skeedadle himself out of my shop and buy someone else's flowers- who was he to say he's seen better lilies in the entire area? I grow the best lilies out here " Lucius sternly said, proudly even.

" what happened ?" Draco asked as he got along to help with setting up the table even though Narcissa refused while Harry remained there watching them having their family time.

" oh nothing this stupid bloke came to my shop today and told me that he's seen better lilies, like that could be possible " Lucius scoffed.

"As if " Draco scoffed.

They chatted a little and laughed along a little and even though Harry was interested in listening, he wandered of watching the family portrait on the back wall and was amazed to realise how much they have changed. With war and everything, the Malfoy's had became completely stranded and abandoned and nothing of their own left but now, Lucius ran the sweetest little best flower shop in the entire town while Narcissa owned a lowscale yet stable botique and designed various clothing for the orphanage, costume parties, office goers and school robes. They had outdone themselves if Harry had to say. They no longer were the Malfoy's everyone knew of and it left Harry wondering a lot how much they must've had to struggle but Draco never talked of it, he chose not to and used to dismiss the topic with " the clock has worn out, live in these times my friend "

" Harry ?" Someone called him and he snapped back from his little train of thoughts and saw that everyone was staring at him.

" yeah " Harry pursed his lips as he turned completely to them.

" What were you thinking ?" Draco asked.

" Oh nothing, I was just watching that family portrait, I don't think it was there the last time I came " Harry replied.

" Oh that- yeah- we bought it back from gringotts. You should have a nice big family picture in the house you know " Lucius grinned. Yep, a total family guy now.

They soon sat down to eat dinner with little chattering and anecdotes constantly being shared between all of them which helped Harry relax further.

It was mid dinner when Harry was eating of his plate when he felt a hand over his thigh and he immediately turned his head toward Draco who was sitting besides him with his left hand under the table.

" What are you doing ?" Harry whispered.

" Me ? I'm doing nothing " Draco whispered back, clearly smirking and resuming eating from his plate whole listening to his mother talk about the cutest little costume she made for Annie.

Harry with much difficulty chose to ignore the hand over the thigh until he suddenly felt it sliding upwards towards his crotch.

" Draco stop " Harry muttered to Draco.

Draco ignored Harry and laughed at his parents joke yet again making Harry laugh as well even though he clearly did not know what the joke was. When he felt it getting very close to his crotch, he dropped his hand under the table to stop Draco's from sliding further but it worked only for a few minutes until Narcissa noticed he was eating with his left hand and found it hard to eat his food.

" Harry- just use your right hand why don't you ?"

" Oh yeah- ofcourse. Just a small blister on my right hand you know " Harry lied frowning.

"Oh really, let me see ? " Narcissa asked

Harry immediately shook his head " Don't worry it's alright. It almost healed anyways " He smiled forcibly and bought his right back up to eat which enabled Draco's hand to resume sliding until he finally in a feather touch he touched Harry's crotch making Harry choke on his food.

" Are you sure you're okay Harry ? You seem a little tense today ?" Lucius asked.

Harry shook his head coughing " I'm fine- really- I'm fine" he resumed coughing, Draco Patting his back to help him until Harry glared at him and excused himself for the washroom.

Harry was getting out of the washroom after having composed himself that he was immediate dragged into a room and pinned against the door as soon as he was in with a hand over his lips to keep him shut.

" I hope you were atleast a little turned on " Draco Whispered in the dark.

Harry pushed Draco's hands aside and snapped " Are you out of your mind or what ? We're at your parents and this is what you're doing ?!"

" I can't help it. Being here reminded me of the time when you stayed here the first night" Draco mumbled leaning down so he was breathing over Harry's neck and sweetly licked it, leaving Harry to incoherent whispers " remember that night ?"

" Yeah " Harry moaned pulling Draco closer in desperation by the side of his waist.

" Remember when my parents almost caught us fucking ?" Draco kissed Harry's neck softly.

Harry nodded, groaning " We should go"

" Or we could stay here a couple of minutes " Draco suggested moaning against his jawline.

Harry groaned then gained his willpower to push Draco against the door this time and kissed Draco desirably, moaning faintly " You're gonna be the death of me Draco Malfoy "

" Let's get this dinner done with "

Draco moaned nodding.

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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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