Jaded

For Summery, warnings, spoilers and disclaimers see chapter one.


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Chapter Thirteen: Mentor for the sexually confused

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Draco sat in the library practically seething, the nerve some people had! One person in particular! He desperately needed to talk this over with Harry but the git was probably doing the nasty with his beasty boyfriend again. How Harry could even like the man was beyond Draco. Not that he had a particular problem with Remus Lupin, in fact, deep down he thought the werewolf was by far the most able DADA teacher he ever had (1977 included!) but that was just it- Lupin was old, he was best friends with Harry’s parents and he was a werewolf, and Harry knew all that long before he ended up in 1977 and still he wanted the man! Part of Draco wanted to tell Harry that one day, not too long from now they’d be returning to 1998 and that Remus would stay here where he belongs and then where would Harry be? But he had a feeling Harry would say that he’d love the older Remus just as much as he did the young one and that was more than a little disturbing for Draco so he kept his mouth shut.

But Harry issues aside, he needed to talk about his own problems and the only one he trusted enough was Harry who was a no show! Draco even contemplated walking to the north tower and demand to see the boy but stopped himself- not once during his seven years in Hogwarts had he visited the Gryffindor tower and there was absolutely no need to start now.

It was the last week of school before everyone was to go home for the winter holidays and he was rather bored, not having the mad rush for exams as the rest. Every year, around this time he’d usually curse and whine on the work load, but this year he was just about ready to ask Dumbledore to take the exams anyway. This new found freedom so close to the hols was not as welcome as he though it would be. At least in normal years he knew he had two and a half weeks of pure bliss as a reward for his efforts but now, not only that he was practically already in holidays but he couldn’t go home for Christmas which meant he’d have to stay in the boring castle and do nothing just like now only he’d have less people around to do nothing with…

While Draco was contemplating whether to give in to his dark mood Harry bounded into the library happily, it’s been a week since he found the news about Andromeda Tonks and he didn’t have a chance to tell Draco yet! He spotted the ex-blond looking rather morose in a corner table and headed towards him,

“Hello there, Alex,” He greeted cheerfully as he seated himself, completely unfazed by the glare Draco was sending him. “How’s it going?”

“Where the hell have you been? I’ve been looking for you everywhere for the last couple of days!” Draco snapped, and Harry frowned at him,

“I was around all weekend…” Which technically was true, but only if ‘around’ could be translated into ‘The Room of Requirements where Remus and I camped for the entire weekend, the sex was fantastic, thank you very much…’

“I need to talk to you!” Draco hissed and looked around to see if certain people were around and listening, “It’s about Regulus.”

“Who’s Regulus?” Harry asked, clearly disappointed he couldn’t spring the fact that Snape was in love with Draco’s aunt on Draco anytime soon,

“He’s your mutt’s little brother, Regulus Black.” Draco said with an impressive roll of his eyes, which Harry chose to ignore,

“What about him?” Draco looked around him before leaning forward conspiratorially,

“I think he’s got the hots for me…” He whispered, face pinking fast. Harry bit his lip trying to hold back a grin and tried to think of something productive to say,

“So?” Productive, not daft you twat!

“I’m not gay!” Draco hissed loudly and immediately checked to see if someone was looking at them. Harry was on the verge of snorting with laughter but knew this would not be conducive to the situation so he settled for a polite nod, which only made Draco angrier, “What am I going to do?”

“Well, you can always tell him that you’re not gay and that he should butt out or you’ll hex him.” Harry said with a shrug, not really happy with his new role as a mentor for the sexually confused.

“And what if he’s not trying to pick me up and I’ll make a complete fool of myself?” Harry wanted to smack that fat head, and he bit down the rather caustic reply that was on the tip of his tongue in favour of asking levelly,

“Ok, let’s start at the beginning, what makes you think he wants you?”

“He keeps touching me… He doesn’t touch anyone else like this!” Draco defended himself when he saw Harry’s sceptical look, “And he doesn’t have a girlfriend.”

“Not everyone who doesn’t have a girlfriend is gay, you know…” Draco sighed; this was going to be harder than he thought,

“It’s the way he keeps following me, at first I thought it was because he wanted to be close to the seventh years, he’s a sixth you know, but then I realized he wasn’t trying to butter up any of the other seventh, it was just me. He keeps trying to talk to me, smile at me whenever he sees me and always touches me, little touches but for the love of the gods it’s annoying!” Harry bit his lip when he thought of himself trying to woo Remus two months ago, gods was I that pathetic too?

“Tell him to look up Fabian Prewett.” He tossed to Draco while he was trying to overcome his own shame,

“Who the hell is Fabian Prewett and why would I want to inflict Reg on him?” Draco asked suspiciously,

“Never mind…” Harry mumbled, “Look, you’re just going to have to tell him to back off.” He said with a level voice, and Draco started fidgeting in his seat,

“Well, you see… it’s not that simple…” Harry watched the squirming figure in front of him and suddenly it hit him,

“You fancy him back!” Draco’s eyes widened and his head snapped up, he looked around to see if anyone caught Harry’s rather loud whisper, before he smacked the raven-haired boy on the arm,

“Shut up!” Harry rubbed his arm and smiled, enjoying tremendously the flush that was steadily taking over Malfoy’s face. Draco buried his face in his hands and moaned softly, shit this was not going well.

“Oh sweet Merlin, you’re secretly wanting Regulus Black to rub you the right way…” Harry whispered amazed, fuck but this was fun! Draco gave out another heart wrenching moan that was muffled by his arms before he lifted his head and gave Harry a pitiful look,

“I’m a horrible person aren’t I? I love Pansy, I really do and we’re to be married this summer… I always thought I was the luckiest bloke alive, being in love with the girl your parents wants you to marry; I mean how rare is that? And now…” Harry leaned forward and placed a calming hand on Draco’s arm, suddenly not as thrilled at the prospect of humiliating his former nemesis.

“You start having cravings for the other flavour…”

“Would you stop with these stupid euphemisms?” Draco snapped and Harry smiled, they did suck as far as euphemisms go, but on his defence Harry was still a bit shocked by the fact that Draco declared he wasn’t gay only to become a classic closet case… “I know I’m not gay, but lately I’m starting to think that… maybe… do you think it’s folly to get married at the age of 18?”

“Yes. Especially if you’re not ready for it which clearly you’re not. I think you just want to try and squeeze in as much fun as you can before you get shackled down by Pansy forever.” Harry said with a smile and Draco huffed,

“Well, thank you for that in-depth analysis Dr. Freud.” Draco snarled and Harry gaped at him in amazement, “What, I took muggle studies for six friggin years you know.” A long silence stretched between the two as each tried to think of a way to worm out of this uncomfortable conversation. Harry shot side-glances at Draco, taking in the forlorn expression of his new friend. It was clear that Draco was confused and tormented and suddenly Harry wanted nothing more than help him. Some selfish part of him wanted each of his friends to feel just as good as he did, or as close as possible.

“Look, why don’t you just talk to Regulus, see if he’s really into you or not.” Draco sighed and closed his eyes as if he was in pain. Trust Harry bloody Potter to be completely useless…

“What if… If you really want to help, you could just help me, um… practice…” Draco said without looking up at Harry. He fiddled with his quill and waited until Harry’s thick mind would cope with the information, which surprisingly wasn’t very long,

“You want me to help you practice… Practice what exactly?”

“Being gay you twat!” Draco hissed and Harry blinked at him in shock,

“Let me get this straight, you want me to practice being gay with you?”

“It’s no biggie, just one kiss.” Draco objected, it wasn’t like he was asking Harry for a shag…

“No!” Harry was truly and honestly scandalized by the offer. He was getting along with Draco just fine these past couple of weeks but that was quite a leap of faith to start snogging him! Especially when he had a perfectly good boyfriend to snog instead!

“Hey, Jaime, I’ve been looking all over for you.” Harry lifted his head and smiled, it was as if Remus was summoned here by the mere thought of a snog.

“Hey, Rem.” Remus dropped into the chair next to Harry and Harry tilted his head for a kiss. Draco rolled his eyes and felt his stomach turning,

“Do you have to do this here?” He complained loudly and Remus pulled Harry towards him, placing his chin on the dark-haired boy’s shoulder,

“And hello to you as well, Alex.” He said with a wide smile, and Draco huffed. He started picking up his things when Harry stopped him with a hand on his arm,

“Alex wait. Just… talk to him, you never know what you might find out. He might very well fancy you.” Draco was about to smack Harry’s head for tipping Remus as to his problem but he knew that the werewolf would have been informed one way or another. Harry was just that kind of bloke…

“How fancies you?” Remus asked and Harry shrugged,

“Regulus Black.” Harry answered, much to Draco’s dismay, “We’re trying to find out if he’s gay.”

“Oh, he’s gay alright.” Remus said with a smile, and Draco frowned,

“How do you know?” Harry, the ever so obtuse strike again Draco thought. He found it far more amusing than he had right to, because by rights he should be dead pissed that the guy who was after him was used goods.

“Let’s just say… he was very willing…” Remus was starting to feel a little bit uneasy about the conversation. He knew what he was, Harry knew what he was and if he and Alex were close enough friends then the Slytherin probably knew what he was as well, but this did not mean that he wanted to talk about his formers lovers with his current one.

“Oh.” And that was why he didn’t want to talk about it. Jaime was far too sensitive to take these things lightly and Remus didn’t want to hurt him.

“So, Reg is gay?” Draco was desperately trying to lighten up the atmosphere. It won’t do no good if Harry and Remus broke up over his stupid remarks. He still needed Harry to be on his side, and a happy Harry was easier to deal with than a moody one.

“Yup. And if you’re asking whether he likes you or not, I’d say yes.” Remus answered, his arms still around Harry though he could feel the tension in the other boy’s body.

“How can you tell?”

“Because he’s been watching us for the last five minutes looking more jealous than I’ve ever seen him at the fact that we get you all to ourselves.” He replied casually and Draco’s jaw dropped. Harry looked around him and sure enough, Regulus’ head disappeared behind a bookshelf followed by a little crash and a pained cry. He smiled mischievously and leaned forward, running his fingers on Draco’s cheek,

“Why don’t we go and find someplace more… comfortable?” He asked in the sultriest voice he could, and felt Remus smiling behind him,

“Yeah, this library is far too crowded. Tell me Alex, ever been to the… greenhouses?” A shocked squeak was heard from behind the bookshelf before a red-faced Regulus Black appeared,

“You stay away from him!” He hissed at Harry and Remus who both gave him blinding smiles. Draco slowly turned in his chair to look at Regulus,

“Reg? What are you doing here?”

“I’m not going to let you go with the two of them, they just want to use you for… sex.” The last word was whispered in a hushed tone but resonated between them nonetheless. Harry and Remus snickered and Draco tried to look as if he hadn’t just been played for a fool.

“Oh, come on Reg, lighten up. If you want the lad, he’s all yours.” Remus said with a generous tilt of his head that caused Regulus to flush red with embarrassment and Draco with anger,

“I don’t want… I mean… I just wanted to protect… I…” The poor Slytherin mumbled. Draco caught Harry’s eye and the latter winked at him. Draco straightened up and rose from his chair,

“Regulus Black, are you trying to hit on me?” He asked in his no-nonsense tone and Regulus blanched a bit,

“Y-Yes…”

“Good, than let’s find a better spot to continue.” Draco said haughtily and led Regulus out of the library, the sound of Harry and Remus’ laughter accompanying them outside. Remus snuggled closer to Harry,

“Hmm, that was fun.” He whispered,

“Yeah, except for the part where you shagged Regulus Black… Does Sirius even know you’ve bended his brother in the greenhouses?” Remus tensed a bit at the coldness in Harry’s tone but decided to take it all in stride, after all Harry didn’t have any reason to be mad at him, he had told him about his sexual past and if Harry had a problem with that it was his thing and not Remus’!

“No, he doesn’t and you are not going to tell him, and besides, I didn’t ‘bend him over in the greenhouses’,” He snarled, “It was in the Astronomy tower.” Harry couldn’t really help himself, and let a small chuckle escape his lips, he hurried to cover his mouth but it was too late. Remus turned his boyfriend around and kissed the tip of his nose. With a wide smile he rose from his seat and grabbed Harry’s hand, pulling him to his feet.

“Let’s go see how well Reg deals with virgins…” He said with a wink and started dragging the astonished Harry behind him.


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A/N: All you fans of Harry/Draco: You didn’t honestly think that Harry would say yes, did you?!