Cracking the Gold

Author\'s Note: Thanks all! I hope I\'m doing better with the chappies. ^^; So yea. At somepoint during this chapter when we were rping it, I set the alarm off because I forgot I was cooking and it got good. ^^; Whoopsies.

I am now putting the Responses to Reviews at the bottom of the last chapter. For instance, if you commented on the last chapter, or when Screwed, Collared and Re-Dressed was the last chapter available, I\'ll reply in that chapter. So, starting now, check the previous chapter (at the bottom) for a response to your reviews. I hope this is easier to understand than to explain... I have responses to four reviews on the LAST chapter right now. Ura, LPheonix, sethian and thrnbrooke.

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Harry\'s eyes widened, but notmuch as he was still concentrating on trying to pry the collar from within his neck. He laid on the floor in defeat, trying not to breathe too deeply to reduce the pain, yet he still did...


Draco smiled again, shaking a handkerchief from his sleeve, dabbing at the smear of blood that escaped from under the collar, \"you\'re going to have to be more careful with yourself pet.\"


Harry\'s eyes fell closed as he laid there, wanting to move, yet not wanting to. His mind was so boggled right then, and it seemed the voice had escaped from it ropes gags and locked room. His hands curled against the floor, as if attempting to dig his nails in.


Draco sighed, shaking his head, \"There\'s no need to be so melodramatic pet. C\'mon, up you get, won\'t be long before dinner.\"


Harry groaned, pushing himself to his knees before working to his feet. \"I\'m not hungry...\" He stumbled backwards onto the bed dazed, shaking his mind from it.


Draco smiled, reaching down to ruffle his hair, \"yes, but if you don\'t eat you\'ll waste away to nothing. Particularly if I continue feeding. Which I intend to do.\"


Harry tried to avoid showing his mind\'s flashback to that moment, that trickery of a moment where he\'d been fooled to relax. He tried not to show his reactions to thinking back on that feeling. There was no way that was right to enjoy that. No way. And he....did...n\'t.


Draco tilted his head slightly, just watching Harry\'s face. He shook his head then, smirking faintly, \"You\'ll get used to it. Provided you don\'t break before then you\'ll get used to knowing when I need to feed before I do.\"


Good. Then I can hide... Harry didn\'t respond though, only sat there. He was getting so many mixed emotions, thoughts and reactions, he had no idea what to listen to. No way to deceipher any of it. He nodded. For no apparent reason. Did he even know what Malfoy was talking about??


Draco nodded again, dabbing once more at the blood still oozing from beneath the collar, \"As long as you cooperate, I might not have to resort to such things.\"


Harry swallowed a bit nervously as Malfoy dabbed at his neck. He lowered his eyes, which tilted his head forward slightly. He smoothed the...fabric out. He wasn\'t sure what it was anymore, but he was getting chilly, and he didn\'t exactly like being practically naked in front of his rival...former rival?


Draco smiled once more, nodding once, that was the way things were supposed to be really, himself utterly calm and collected, and Harry not knowing what to expect next, \"You\'ll learn yet.\"


Harry almost growled, except it hurt. \"Learn what...?\" He angrily tugged down the hem of the fabric which insisted on riding up for some reason.


Draco chuckled, \"Not to fidget for one.\" He smiled, \"And what\'s expected of you really. If you continue to resist, I\'ll be forced to make that a more difficult lesson than you\'ve had yet.\"


Harry attempted to stop, but it made him nervous to be so naked and in pain...and...oddly....half aroused....and especially around Malfoy.


Draco smiled again when the fidgeting ceased, nodding once, \"Good. Now come along, I\'ve a few things to test before we go any further in your training.\"


Harry stood slowly and barely reluctantly followed. His steps were short and hesitant, his eyes lowered to the ground so he didn\'t trip on something he couldn\'t see. He wished he knew where his glasses were. They were broken but he could see then.


Once they\'d entered one of the rooms, Draco returned Harry\'s sight, but only because he wanted the other man to be able to see what was coming. The walls of the room were lined with racks and shelves, all containing various impliments of either torture or bizarre pleasure, it was hard to say which they were in some cases.


Harry felt like he stopped breathing. In fact, he had. His eyes were wide, and he seemed to go stiff as a board, frozen on the spot. That was only for a moment before he panicked and turned to rush out the door, not to leave, just to leave that room.


Draco sighed, bearing his grasp on the leash, pulling it taught and shaking his head as he reeled the other man in, \"Oh no.\"


Harry\'s eyes were wide as he half attempted to scramble backwards, arms flailing at the air, partially choking as the spikes dug into the old wounds. He hadn\'t found his lungs yet. He was pretty sure they were still hiding in his throat.


Draco chuckled, keeping a tight hold on the leash as his other hand caught one of Harry\'s flailing wrists, dragging the brunette back against himself, \"Take a good look Harry.\" He murmured across the other\'s ear, \"We\'ll be going over these, one, at, a, time.\"


Harry froze, eyes glued in front of him, his hands balled into fists in defense of the grip on him, still trying to lean back towards the door, quietly gasping and sucking at air in panic.


Draco chuckled warmly once more, tongue curling out across the shell of Harry\'s ear, \"You\'ll learn to love them.\" He shrugged, \"Or you\'ll constantly hate them and this will be what finally breaks the Boy Who Lived.\"


Harry\'s eyes trembled shut as his lip and jaw quivered in fear, head tilting back to stare at the ceiling. His body kept rigid and stiff, as if petrified. His eyes flicked across the ceiling in fear, praying that this wasn\'t right, wasn\'t real. He didn\'t want to do this...or did he? He didn\'t want to die...or break? As Malfoy had called it...


Draco smiled at that position, nuzzling the line of Harry\'s jaw and the arch of his throat, deciding that he quite liked warm skin beneath his tongue, eyes half closed, \"Though, I think you\'ll learn to love it.\"


Harry quivered at the touches. \"N-n......N-never...\" He choked the words out, his eyes clenched tightly shut, wishing he was blind right then. He changes his mind fast, yes. He winced as the spike dug further into his neck, and tried to concentrate of it being pain...and nothing else.


Draco chuckled once again, stepping back, though keeping his firm hold on the lead. He debated a moment before giving it a tug, concentrating, smirking as it crawled down Harry\'s arms, looping his wrists together tightly and jerking them above his head. He flicked the end of the leather strap ceilingward then, where it stuck, pulling taught.


Harry almost squeeked in suprise as the leather jerked his arms above his head and held them there. His chest rose and fell quickly in fear. He pulled at the leather, trying to break free, feeling extremely vulnerable in this position. His body was exposed, he couldn\'t stop anything...and he barely wore anything to cover himself. And he found it increasingly difficult to cover everything as the moments progressed...


Draco almost purred at the sound, circling the other man, fingers trailing over warm skin, flicking them slightly, the leather holding him tugging tighter, bringing him to tiptoe, \"What should I do with you first I wonder?\"


Grimacing, Harry struggled to pull down on the strap, trying to keep his feet flat, goosebumps appearing where Malfoy\'s fingers had trailed. He let out an exasperated groan with his attempts, his eyes remaining sealed shut. \"L-let me go Malfoy...\"


Draco chuckled, shakig his head, \"Well, unfortunately pet, you\'re mine to do with as I please, and letting you go isn\'t on that list.\" He almost grinned then, slipping off to the nearest shelves, coming back with a small box, opening it and palming the contents in one smooth movement. He pressed close to the other man once more, icy fingers curling around his shaft and sliding quickly to the root before releasing, revealing that it wasn\'t his fingers that were icy at all, but the silver band he\'d just settled into place.

For a moment it seemed as if nothing were going to happen as it grew warm from Harry\'s own body heat, though once it had, it shifted slightly, tightening, only enough to hold on its own. Though the tightening was soon followed by a definite feeling of suction, almost nursing really, starting at the root and slowly moving towards the tip until it seemed as if his entire penis was being suckled on.


Harry tried to move away as Malfoy neared him, failing. His mouth dropped open in an exhale and shiver as icey fingers surrounded him. He choked on his words as it tightened, his eyes finaly opening, but not looking down--that would feel degrading. He almost groaned as it felt as if someone was suckling him, yet he could see Malfoy out of the corner of his eye. He didn\'t want to look to see who it was, he couldn\'t. He couldn\'t because his eyes fell shut again...

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Response to Reviews on this chapter. (I\'m doing it this way from now on so it\'s easier. And I don\'t know what chapter exactly it was given on, but whenever it shows up ont he reviews, it\'s going on the last chapter that was there. Make sense?)

lacquer
Nice.... It really does get interesting as the story goes. Updates!! *grins*

^_^ Thankies!!

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LPhoenix
*waits patiently by your feet for the next chapter*

*giggles and feeds*

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Fefs
Hello, dear!! Here i am, finally with time for the pleasures of life (reading can be so much fun, right??) ehehe.. and i see you updated 2 chapters!! I\'m so glad you are that fast!! I even got a smile!! I\'m glad you loved my review since i can imagine you feel curious about what we think about your work. Your fic is just fabulous! But to the chapters: They were (as expected i might add) perfect. harry likes the feeling of Draco having his wicked way with him but is in denial!! I love when that happens and Draco have to make sure our golden boy can\'t scape (why the hell would harry want to do that, i wonder...). That part about Harry\'s feelings \"He did... n\'t\" was a really good trick!! Humorous and smart thing for you to do!
When i read the part that Draco thinks about the training i was just like this: *fefs pulls her hairs out screaming.. i wanna be his pet toooooooooooooooooo!!!!* Your Draco is just sexy.. and evil wich is even better when we are thinking about this blond...
But my favorite part of these chapters was this one: \"looping his wrists together tightly and jerking them above his head\" - *fefs falls from her chair* I don\'t have words to describe this scene.. just HOT!!! Hot hot hot!!
Well.. i\'m sure you already know i loved these chapters and your fic by now, but i\'ll say it anyway.. I LOVE YOUR FIC!!
Grand finalle: My opinnion... I just love this hated love thing... i know, i\'m sick but.. my life is kind of boring right now so bare with me... I definetly hate when is a one side thing... yeah...
Well, hope to see next chapter soon!! Hugs from a fan!

*grins* I\'m thinking I\'m getting myself a fangirl. XD *grins* ^_^ Some of the humor things come purely randomly out of no where. Like the \'he did...n\'t\' lol. *giggles* I get Draco. Mine. All mine. Well, all Harry\'s really. But yea. ^_^ Mmm...the leash tying him to the ceiling---I thought that was pure brilliance. I can\'t take credit for that one. Whatever Draco does is the other girl---I\'m purely Harry. ^_^ But I love it sooo much. ^_^ *fans fefs from her hotness* And the love hate thing is awesome. I look at it more of a---still a love-hate yes---but a sexual connfusion. He\'s been straight thus far from what he knows---and suddenly he\'s loving the attention given to him by a guy?! And Malfoy none-the-less. *grins* *pats Harry* Poor boy\'s brain\'s going to explode. More so where we are up further along int he plotlines. *giggles*

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thrnbrooke
Poor Harry! Can\'t wait for chapter 12!

^_^ Glad you\'re still enjoying it!! *grins*

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thrnbrooke
Just read your response for chapter 10. I\'d be glad to be a sounding board and helping anyway I can. So any hints on what happens in 12? Someone walking in on this little session? Where is Severus? Lucius?

Ahh. This is one thing I think we both have our ideas on...but yea. Severus is still here, I assure he\'ll be popping up in the near future. Lucius is to be debated--I have an idea but must run it by her first. And as for the rest of \'the trio\'---well I need to run it by her as well. All I can really say is that since it\'s post-war-----I need to figure out how the war went. ^^;