Short Fuse

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its corresponding ideas and themes. If I did, well, never mind; that\'s a big if.

Summary: This takes place in Harry\'s 7th year. Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape... are they really what they seem? Some things in Harry\'s life aren\'t as simple as they seem, and with his powers growing, he begins to learn this in a difficult way.

Notes: Yes, I am one crazy mother... Welcome to the Insanity.

\"Yeah, I wanna feel the sunshine,
Shinin\' down on me and you.
When you put your arms around me,
You let me know there\'s nothing in this world I can\'t do.

I used to run in circles goin\' no-where fast.
I\'d take, uh, one step forward and up two steps back.
Couldn\'t walk a straight line even if I wanted to, mmm, mmm.
I wanna love somebody,
Love somebody like you.\"- \"Love Somebody Like You\" by Keith Urban

Chapter 11. Welcome Back

Light shone into the room of the two sleeping teens, doing nothing more than announcing that the sun had finally risen. Neither of them woke up as the sun hit their bed, but instead rolled over and insisted they have five more minutes. It was fifteen minutes later when Draco turned in his bed, finally forcing himself to open his eyes and get ready for the long day that was sure to follow. His arm passed over the side if his bed, attempting to push down on the mattress and himself up, but it was then he realized he wasn\'t alone in the bed as his hand brushed over the shoulder of another. Draco groaned and looked to face whoever was in the bed, instantly locking his grey eyes with green ones that watched him back slightly confused.

\"Draco, why are you in my bed?\" Harry said, giving a quizzical look at the blonde.

\"I\'m not in your bed, you prat, you\'re in mine.\" Draco turned his back to the other boy, pulling the covers farther over his shoulders and suddenly changing his mind about the whole getting up thing.

\"How about we get up then, and we can go check up on Io? You still do owe him an apology.\"

\"Five more minutes!\" grumbled the Slytherin, shifting again in the covers. Harry rolled his eyes.

\"I want my bagel, so let\'s go, now!\" instantly Draco shot up, looking terrified at Harry, who was laughing at the look on the other boy\'s face.

\"That was not funny, Potter! You know I have to do anything you tell me.\" Harry suddenly looked apologetic, his smile fading but his eyes meeting Draco\'s.

\"Sorry, Draco. I didn\'t mean for that to happen.\" Draco snorted.

\"Yeah, right. Well, since I can\'t go to sleep, I might as well get up and do something around here.\" Draco went to get up but a hand pushed down on his chest and Harry bent over the bow, pushing his lips together with Draco\'s. Harry was quick with the kiss, and bent lower to move closer to the boy\'s ear.

\"Shut up and got to sleep, Draco.\" he whispered, the blonde going totally limp in his arms. Harry grinned to himself and knew that Draco would hate him later for that. Harry grabbed a towel and headed for the showers, smiling at the blonde before leaving the room.
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Still sitting where he had been the night before, Snape continued to watch the young Ethereal who slept unaware of nothing but whatever dream was playing through his head. Poppy had come through several times that morning, sometimes followed by injured Order members and other times alone. Snape regarded her oddly as she came in, more worried than before, and walked up to him, obviously in need of something.

\"Severus, we are running low on blood replenishing potions and Truth Serum potions. We really need you to make some more before we run out completely.\" Snape glared coldly at her, wondering who had sent her as the sacrificial lamb. He didn\'t want to leave his Io\'s side, but it sounded like the Order really did need the potions. Sighing to himself, the head Slytherin stood.

\"Very well, I\'ll get on them right away. Watch over Io, because he better not be worse off when I come back.\" Snape warned, before turning away and stalking from the room towards the basement.

The Golden Boy passed Snape in the hall, neither acknowledging the other\'s presence. Harry entered the make-shift infirmary, seeing Madame Pomfrey sitting in a chair by Io\'s bed, watching the boy sadly. He went over to the other side, looking over Io and noticing he hadn\'t changed much since yesterday. The clothes he was wearing were different, and the cuts that should have been easily healed were wrapped in bandages, but other than that, he was still unconscious and in pretty bad shape. Harry was confused and angry- not a good combination.

\"Madame Pomfrey, why are Io\'s wounds not healed? What is with the bandages?\" She snapped out of her look when she heard the golden boy\'s voice.

\"I wasn\'t able to heal him, Mr. Potter. His injuries, severe as they are, won\'t be healed by magic. In fact, any of them I tried to heal had the opposite effect, and he\'s worse off. I have Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley doing research from the limited resources we have.\" Harry scowled.

\"At least he is free.\" said Harry, trying to point out the good in the boy\'s bad situation. Poppy looked at him oddly.

\"You set him free? How?\"

\"I did not approve of him sleeping with his rapist, and that fit the terms of the spell\'s release. He\'s free now, but I do wish it didn\'t happen like this.\" Poppy looked at him sternly.

\"Well, I guess if it works. Professor Snape will be pleased with this news.\"

\"Snape? Why would he be happy?\" the boy inquired.

\"He\'s taken quite a liking to young Io. If I hadn\'t tricked him into going to make more potions, he would still be here, by the boy\'s side. He was here all night, anyways, and from what I can tell, hasn\'t slept for a few days. at least.\"

Wondering to himself, Harry waved his hand and said his goodbye to Madame Pomfrey, leaving the room to go looking for his god father, hoping to talk to him a little. He still hadn\'t properly welcomed him back, and he also wanted to discuss with him about some things that he just couldn\'t get out of his head.
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The aristocratic Malfoy woke with a start, a flash waking him from a dreamless sleep he had been put under. Lucius gazed up with an arm across his face, the death of his wife still fresh on his mind, and his aggravation at whomever had woken him increased dramatically because of it. He looked around the room, looking for the person, when he saw a small, lanky boy with hazel eyes staring right back at him. Strands of mousy-brown hair covered the boy\'s eyes, and the boy himself seemed to be fidgeting with what looked like a camera in his hands. \'That\'s where the flash came from. What does this boy think he is doing here?\' Lucius rose from his bed, walking over to a drawer, opening and pulling out a shirt that he slipped over his head. Lucius rounded on the mousy boy, glaring down at him with an intense stare.

\"What do you think you are doing in my room taking photographs of me while I sleep?\" Lucius was surprised when the boy grinned and met his eyes.

\"Well, you looked so beautiful while sleeping, I couldn\'t resist.\" both him and Lucius took on pink hues while they looked at each other.

\"Boy, what are you doing in my room in the first place?\"

\"My name is Colin, sir, and I have no idea why I am here. I was in my room with my little brother Dennis, then I saw a flash, and then I was here, in this chair, and I can\'t seem to stand up.\"

\"What are you babbling about? What do you mean you cannot get up?\" Lucius snarled, his cheeks still a little flushed from before.

\"I\'m not kidding sir, I don\'t know how I got here, and I really am stuck to this chair! I would try and take off whatever is holding me, but my wand is over there, sir.\" Colin pointed across the room on the dresser where Lucius had pulled his shirt.

Eying the boy both oddly and angrily, Lucius retrieved the mousy Gryffindor\'s wand, turning it on the boy and ending whatever had been on the chair. He stood up, hooking the strap of his camera around his shoulder and taking his wand back from the older man. Colin grinned cheekily up at him while moving slowly towards the door. Lucius understood a moment later why the boy was nervous.

\"I don\'t want your film, boy. I don\'t care if you develop it, but if I see copies of it in the Daily Prophet, you\'ll wish your parents had never had you...\" Creevey cut him off.

\"Wait, isn\'t that the wizard\'s paper? I don\'t even know where to find their offices!\"

\"So, you\'re muggle-born, then?\" Colin shook his head, then jumped when Lucius growled. \"Get. Out. Now.\"

The boy blinked, before walking over to the hard-breathing elder Malfoy, stopping in front of him. He reached out, grabbing hold of Lucius\'s chin, bringing his head up to look him directly in the eyes. Colin understood what he saw there, happy that has seemingly pissed this guy off with just a few words. Lucius was infuriated with the mousy boy for touching him, but for some reason, couldn\'t find the strength to push him away, and soon, his legs practically collapsed under him. He had apparently lost more strength when losing his wife than he had realized. Colin caught the older man, and walked him over to his bed, pushing him into it before pushing the covers lightly up.

\"I meant what I said; you are beautiful, sir.\" Colin spun on his heel and left the room, hoping to figure out where he was, and was almost caught off guard when as he bumped into Harry.

\"Alright Harry!\" Colin said jokingly, laughing at the questioning look on Harry\'s face.

\"Colin? What are you doing here? And why in Merlin\'s balls did you say that? You haven\'t said that since fifth year.\"

\"Hey, I really have no idea how I got here, but I\'m not complaining. I just met one of the hottest guys...\" Colin pointed to the room he had just come from. Harry looked in to see only the eldest Malfoy, and he gasped slightly.

\"Colin! That was Lucius Malfoy, Draco\'s father. Gross! He even just lost his wife.\" Colin just smiled at this.

\"Oh, he did, did he? Looks like I have a better chance with him, then. Harry, can you tell me where I can find a phone in this place? I\'m pretty sure Dennis has my parents calling the police by now.\" Harry just shook his head and motioned for the boy to follow.
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\"Sirius, I have missed you, babe.\"

\"I have missed you too, love. I couldn\'t stop thinking about you while I was in there. It was like Azkaban all over again.\"

Padfoot and Moony were wrapped in each other\'s arms, with Remus running his hands over Sirius\'s back while the other man ran kisses down his jawline, his tongue flicking out to taste the salt on the skin. His mate\'s taste was driving him wild with need and desire, his mind almost totally diverted from his incarceration and year stunt behind the veil. He had missed Remus too much to stop now, his hands like a mirror to Remus\'s, running over the wolf\'s back and feeling every inch of his partner\'s skin. Sirius sucked lightly on the nape of his neck, pushing his body closer to his lover, making him know his need. Remus groaned under Sirius, feeling his need, and pressing back, making his own known.

Undoing the zipper of His lover\'s pants, Sirius wrapped his hand around his lover\'s member, stroking the head with his thumb and starting to pump slowly. The touch sent the wolf wild, craving more and more of his lover\'s ministrations. \"Sirius, baby, oh Sirius!\" Remus moaned as the other man pumped his staff slowly. Sirius grinned, stopping his hands and looking up into Remus\'s eyes, bending his head and taking the hard member into his mouth, inhaling the head of the member and only stopping when it reached the back of his throat. Remus threw back his head, the wetness over his cock making him insane with want. \"Sirius, please, want you, Padfoot. Want you!\"

His tongue danced over the underside of his lover\'s cock, sending pleasure through Remus. The man moaned harder, running his hands through Sirius\'s shaggy hair. The other man started to bob and move his tongue to lower of the shaft, until, after each bob, the tip of the dick would strike the back of his throat. Remus started pumping into his lover\'s mouth, nearly desperate to get off. Sirius stopped suddenly, denying his partner his release, but giving him a canine smile. Sirius bent over his lover, pulling his pants and shirt all the way off, and let Remus undress him. Picking up his wand, he muttered a lubrication charm before tossing it away, taking his lover into his arms and pressing his lips against Remus\'s, tongue diving passed the man\'s lips and taking up his own. Sirius laid Remus down on the bed once more, grabbing the man\'s legs and guiding himself to his lover\'s entrance.

Sirius opened his eyes to meet the begging eyes of Remus, and with a thrust, he completely filled his lover, stopping to let Remus adjust, and to revel in the feeling of being with his lover once more. Remus noticed the pause, and didn\'t even think as he leaned up and caught Sirius in another kiss, moaning softly as the other man continued and started his thrusts. Sirius gripped the hips of the wolf tightly, each thrust more pleasing then the last. Remus gasped loudly as his mate hit the one spot within him, and continued to hit that spot with each movement, sending waves and waves of pleasure through them both. The feeling of being filled in itself made Remus cry out, but as Sirius continued to hit each spot, it brought Remus that much closer to fulfillment. Padfoot reached down and stroked his lover\'s need one last time, the movement causing them both to fall over the edge, Sirius spilling his seed into his lover, and Remus to cum between the two of them. Sirius enveloped Remus in his arms, placing his lips over the other man for one last kiss.

\"I love you, Moony.\" Padfoot said as Remus reached for his own wand, muttering a cleaning charm before wrapping his arms around Sirius and joining him in bed.

\"I love you too, Padfoot.\" The two fell asleep like that, not hearing as two thumps came from next door.

\"Could you two remember silencing charms next time?!\"
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THANKS TO REVIEWERS!

Loki~ Patience is a virtue, one of mischief. We will get to the all-out ass-kicking, torturing, and badassness later. For now, just let the story flow. More fire >.<

sbkar~ Hey, thanks for the spelling catches. I didn\'t really go over before posting the chapter yesterday, but I went back and fixed the ones you corrected. Thank you! Few of your questions were answered, but others will just have to wait. Oh, and, for reference, the collar had nothing to do with the reason Io couldn\'t be healed.

Aisling~ No, three ways just don\'t suit me with Harry and Draco pairings... unless it is with Severus, but, that\'s not going to happen in this fic. Lucius will have his own toy, don\'t worry!

Narcissa Black~ I had to, I\'m sorry! Please forgive me, I\'ll make them give you a respectable burial and all that jazz. And your feelings are almost as bad as Memdrake! Also, if I were to tell my friends that, you\'d have to dig me up to get another update, because I\'s be six feet underground. I pick my friends over my writing every time, but is isn\'t like I just write these whenever. I usually have times when I know that I am free, know that my friends are busy, and w/e else is out of the way.

Memdrake~ Hey, thanks! Keep on having those feelings, they\'ll get you far in my world >.>

tessa3~ Yes, I live in California. Yes, these chapters are going well, so, keep reading, and I\'ll keep writing!
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Wow, it\'s done. The lemon part with Sirius and Remus is just a taste of what you will get from Draco and Harry when we reach that point. Hehe, have fun with the teaser for now! Later!