Sometimes

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When I woke Draco was just walking in towel drying his hair. He had opted for the couch, since I had paid, though I woke wondering if maybe the couch would have been a better option. My back throbbed in pain from the hardness of the bed.
At first I couldn’t stop staring. He was fresh and smelled so sweet. He was wearing some of my jeans that just barely fit his slender hips and a sweatshirt that was too big for him. I imagined his body was probably hot from the shower. I could almost see him standing under the faucet. The scalding water massaging his chest. Running down his back. Over the curve of his…

Shaking my head I pushed the thoughts out. I tried to steady my breathing, though I didn’t remember when it had become ragged.

“I hope you don’t mind. I really stunk bad.”

“Oh? No, I don’t mind. You can have all my clothes if you want.” My eyes closed, and I wanted to disappear. More than anything I wanted to pretend I didn’t see that familiar smirk after stumbling over my words so graciously. There was something very intimate about him wearing my clothes. Something incredibly sexy.

“You don’t have your wand with you.” Draco sat on the couch and threw the towel aside. His hair was thin, and curling around his head from the dampness.

Stretching, I looked over surprised. “Did you have fun going through my stuff?”

“Had to find something to wear.” He answered simply.

“I usually don’t bring mnd wnd with me when I visit Hermione and Ron.”

“Why didn’t you just apparate there? se fse floo powder?”

“I wanted to get away from magic for a while. Kind of a vacation since I deal with it every day. I teach at Hogwarts now.”
This time it was his turn to be surprised, “I thought you were going to be an Auror.”

“The Defense Against the Dark Arts position was open again.” I smiled sheepishly. “I was only going to do it for a semester as a favor, but I enjoyed it and took the position permanently. That was two years ago.” I paused and looked over at him catching his gray eyes with mine, “and you? What do you do now?”

The smile was gone, replaced with an ever so slight frown, “I gave up magic.”

“You huh?”

“I gave it up.” I saw him struggle for composure. His shoulders slumped. I wanted to press on further but realized that I wasn’t going to have to. He took a deep breath. “In the last battle I was trying desperately not to have to fight the death eaters. Most of them were people I had grown up with. I didn’t want to have to kill them.

“I saw you run off to fight Voort.ort. But as your back was turned my father raised his wand and before I thought I…I killed him.” He took another jagged breath. “After…the war…I tried to watch over my motheut sut she hated me. She knew I killed him. When she died a few months ago, I gave up magic and started walking.”

There were no words. The beginnings of tears in Draco’s eyes glistened and without thinking I saxt txt to him and pulled him into a fierce hug. We gripped eacher ser so hard I was sure to hear bones breaking soon. His tears were cool on my neck. His sobs so violent he was shaking.

Sometime during it all I had started crying too.

So many people had died. Sirus. Dumbledore. So many friends. Enemies. The hate for Voldemort burned inside me. Fresh as ever. If I could kill him a million times over it wouldn’t be enough. He took everything from me before I ever hadhanchance to have it.

I tasted Draco’s lips before I realized they were on mine. The desperation of his kiss startled me. I felt it too. If it were possible, I pulled him closer to me. His tongue ran across my bottom lip causing me to shiver and groan. He teased me expertly, and I savored the sweetness of his mouth.

Pulling away, I gasped for air. His eyes were gray fire. Challenging me to say something. Instead I kissed his forehead, suddenly tired from it all. Draco laid his head against my shoulder and I held him there. Protecting him as he once did me.

Everything disappeared from beneath me.

I was falling for Draco.