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Small comic based on Lenora’s Memory Link
There’s this one Diantha Sygna Suit I love to this day
Expectations Rating: G, Words: 407 for the @drarrymicrofic prompt pensive
Harry is cleaning their study when he comes across the small silver vial. The label is written in Draco’s tight font: Lucius Malfoy Casts Love Curse on H. Potter and D. Malfoy, Security Camera Footage. Harry stands for a second looking at it with a fond smirk. They’d never caught Lucius so they didn’t know what he’d been aiming for with the curse but Harry is sure it wasn’t this.
“Draco!” He calls as he climbs the stairs to their bedroom. “Look what I’ve found.” He tosses the bottle at Draco who’s curled up fast asleep across the bright white sheets.
“Harryyyy.” Draco whines squirming a little as he tries to bury his head under the pillow.
Harry gazes at him. Weak sunlight drifts through the curtains and falls across his pale skin. He looks so relaxed, so at home that Harry’s heart squeezes. He’ll never get tired of looking at him.
“No seriously Draco get up. I need someone to reminisce with.” He grabs the bottle off the bed and wiggles it in Draco's face. Draco groans and props himself up in a sitting position brushing his long blonde hair out of his eyes. He squints at the bottle for a second.
“Is this what I think it is? The beginning of our fated romance?” His tone rings of poorly concealed hilarity.
“Yes,” Harry responds grinning. “I thought we could watch it together. You know. For nostalgia.”
“Fine alright. I can’t believe you woke me up for this,” Draco complains as he gazes at Harry fondly.
Harry perches on the bed beside him and accio’s the pensive over. Carefully he upends the swirling silver vial and reaches over to catch Draco’s hand in his own. Together they press their faces into the cool liquid.
Harry’s the first to rip himself from the memory. Eyes wide and hands shaking he waits for Draco to emerge. He stares at Draco’s pale large hands, at his aristocratic posture. He thinks about the way Draco looks in his formal robes, how hard Harry had to work to convince him to grow his hair out because he was worried he would look like his father.
Harry takes a deep breath as everything clicks into place.
When Draco finally straightens up out of the pensive Harry sees his shock mirrored in Draco’s grey eyes.
“Well,” Draco says slowly, looking at him wryly. “I guess we need to get our hands on a time turner.”
X Matt Donnelly is Variety' senior film writer. Harry will appear in the end credits scene of the Eternals, in theaters November 5