Save me

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Harry looked at the clock and realized he still had a few hours before dinner and decided that a nap was a good idea. So he climbed in next to Draco but not touching. Setting the alarm clock for 5 he went to sleep. He would think of what to do next when he got up.

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When Harry woke up he was very comfortable. Well except his wand was tapping on his forehead, but other than that he couldn’t complain. So he muttered the spell to stop his wand and began to slowly wake up. And as he did so little things started to make themselves known. Like the slight weight on his chest, or the fact that something was pinning his leg down. The soft scent of his Vanilla shampoo mixed with just a hint of Cinnamon and cloves. He shifted his head toward the scent until his lips met with semi soft hair. He opened his eyes it was to find that Draco had move until he was laying half on top of Harry.

Harry didn’t really know what know what to do. It was almost a pleasant feeling to have Malfoy like that. Almost being the key word. But he gently moved out from underneath Draco, not wanting to wake him just yet, and made his way to the bathroom. When he came back Malfoy was sitting up looking very unsure of himself. He must have heard Harry for his head snapped to look in his direction.


“Who…Who’s there?” asked Malfoy in that voice just above a whisper. It was so obvious that he had become the timid and frighten boy Harry found in the ally again. And Harry didn’t like it. Not one little bit. It was easier to deal with a Malfoy who was arrogant, self-centered, and just a mean bastard. He knew how to deal with that. But this new side of him…well he would just have to play it by ear.


He finally noticed that Draco had started to shake and tried to make himself look smaller, less threatening. It was then that he realized that he had not yet answered him.


“It’s just me Malfoy. No need to get so scared. Do you need to use the bathroom?” Asked Harry as he went over to him and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. Malfoy let out a the breath he had been holding then tilted his head back and said “Oh you mean I get a choice this time Potter?” the words were that of the old Malfoy, but the tone was still just as timid as ever. Harry frowned. Not liking this at all.


“Yeah Malfoy, this time you get a choice. Unfortunately I can’t decide when you need to take a piss. But I can decide when you need a bath. Now do you need to use the bathroom or do you want to stay in bed?” Harry kept his voice calm and level.


“Yes I would like to use the bathroom....Please” he wasn’t sure what Potter was up too. Hell he didn’t even know where he was let alone the bathroom. Until things became more clear he had no choice but to trust him.

Harry seemed to know what he was doing and slipped his arm around Draco’s waist and helped him up. It was a good thing that Harry was holding on to Draco too, because as soon as they stood up Draco got dizzy and would have collapsed to the floor. As it was he just leaned heavily on Harry.


“You ok?”


“Yeah just got really dizzy there. Sorry.”


“No need to be sorry. Hey when was the last time you ate something.”


“Um…”


“That means it’s been too long. Now I don’t think you should take real solid food right now. But maybe some broth with some bread would be good. Real easy on the stomach. And judging from the shape you’re in easy on the stomach would be a good thing.” By this point they had reached the bath room, where other problem seemed to present its self.


“Um…Potter? How…how am I going to handle this…um… I mean…um…I can’t really see and all s...s…so um.”


“Just sit down on the toilet then. There for you don’t have to worry about it. And we can avoid a potentially awkward situation.” Said Harry as he set Draco down on the toilet.

“I’ll be right outside for when you’re done. Just call.” and he closed the door.


While Draco was in the bath room Harry went to get all the healing potions he had. One of the things he had done when he had gone back home. Books, potions, potion ingredients, and anything else he could think of. He may have been on vacation but he was not going to give up studying. He needed to be prepared for anything Voldemort felt like throwing at him. Harry heard the water from the sink and assumed Draco was done, so he knocked on the door.


“Are you done?”


“Yeah.” So Harry walked it to find Malfoy leaning against the sink in order to keep upright. He went over and picked him up like he had on the way to the rest room. But Draco had used up all of his strength and Harry ended up carrying him bridal style back to bed.
As Harry was tucking him in, Draco’s couldn’t handle it anymore and his hand came and grabbed Harry’s.


“Why are you doing this Potter? Why are you helping me? After everything that I have done to you, why would you help me? You know that it’s my fault Dumbledore’s dead don’t you? Why didn’t you just kill me?” Malfoy had started to shake and tears were slipping freely down his face into his hair.


“No. you are not the one responsible for Dumbledore’s death. And I’m helping you because I was there Malfoy.” At this Malfoy stopped breathing “I was in the room that night. I saw you lower your wand. You were just a scared kid who was trying to protect your family. And look at what they’ve done to you. No, you’re only mistake was in not come to us sooner. Granted you did do a lot of damage that will take years if ever to be forgiven for. But I’ll keep you safe. So just go to sleep. I have to go eat dinner with Ron and Hermione and Remus. You just rest here. I’ll be back in a little bit with some food and potions for you. So just rest.” The last bit was said as Harry brushed Draco’s hair out of his face. Draco seemed content with it and sighed as sleep over took him.


Harry was quiet as he left the room. All the while thinking that he had completely lost his mind. Taking care of a Malfoy and promising to keep him safe, just had to be grounds for an insanity plea.


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Dinner was a very quiet affair. Apparently Ron and Hermione had had a fight. And from the way Hermione was ignoring him, he was the subject of the argument. Again. God he wished she would stop being so damn bloody paranoid that they were going to do something. Remus was absent from the dinner having met some people his own age to hang with for the night. It was good for him to get away and pretend to be normal for a bit. Harry was brought out of his musings by Ron who seemed to have had enough of the silence.


“So Harry where is this new kitten of yours? Hiding?”


“Wha…oh, no he was tired so he’s sleeping on my bed. I gave him a bath to get all the filth off of him. He seems to like them. Odd for a cat.” Replied Harry with a small smile. He was also glad to have some noise.


“You shouldn’t bring stay cats into your room Harry. What if it is an animagi? It could be a Death Eater. That was very childish of you.” Was Hermione’s input.


“Hermione!!! You’re the one that convinced the Order that He-who-shall-not-be-named would never think of looking for Harry one a MUGGLE SHIP.” Ron said as he slammed his fork down onto the table. It was clear that they were about to get into another argument about him which would end up in them having very noisy makeup sex in the middle of the night. So Harry politely excused himself from the table and made his way to his bedroom. They didn’t even seem to notice him leave.


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As soon as Harry went into his room Malfoy sat up in his bed with a fearful look on his face.
“Don’t worry Malfoy. It’s just me. How are you feeling?” Harry asked as he sat on the bed next to him.


“I….I’m fi…I’m fine, Potter.” His voice was still very small and he hated himself for it. He was a bloody Malfoy and here he was behaving like an abused animal. All scared and frighten. But he couldn’t bring himself to be anything but. It was really quite maddening.

“Really? Are you Hungry at all? I brought some soup and crackers. Real light on the stomach. Plus you should really eat something, you know keep up your strength and all. And most healing potions are best with food. But I guess you already know that.”

“Your rambling Potter.” As soon as it left his mouth Draco’s hands came up to cover it.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ll be quiet. I promise. Just please, just please don’t…”His whole body shaking so badly that he almost fell off the bed.

But Harry was right there to steady him.

“Shhhhh Malfoy. It’s ok. It’s ok. Nothing’s going to happen. You’re safe. Nothing to be sorry about. Calm down now.” Harry was holding Malfoy in a tight embrace slowly rocking him. And surprisingly it seemed to do the trick.

“I’m sorry.”

“No need to be sorry. For a moment there you almost sounded like yourself again. You can say anything you want to me. I’ll never send you away. I promised to keep you safe and I will. Trust me.” Harry pulled away to look at him. He really needed to do something about those swollen eyes.

“O..Ok.”

“Good. Now are you hungry?” Draco nodded

“Ok. I put the soup in a mug so it will be easier to drink. And after you finish at least half I can give you something to help with the swelling and bruises. Ok?”

“Ok.” Draco still seemed to be trying to make himself look small and unthreatening. But before he could comment on it someone knocked on his door.

“Just a minute.” Harry called then whispered a little spell once again turning Draco into a little cat. “Come in.”

“Oh hey Harry why’d you leave?” came Ron’s voice as he walked in.

“Didn’t really want to watch you two fight about me again. Sorry.”

“Nhaaa. Don’t be sorry. So you want to go check out the rest of the ship? You can show me how to use all the games on the Gaming Deck?” Ron was still standing by the door resting in a very sexy pose. Not that he was aware of it thought. But Harry certainly noticed.

“Not today Ron. I think I’ll just call it an early night.”

“Yeah, ok. Well then….oh is that your new cat?” his eyes lit up as he spotted Draco sitting on the bed with he’s ears twitching like mad.

“Oh yeah, I think I’m going to call him Draco. But don’t touch him Ron. He’s still very skittish.” Harry walked across the room and was now standing in front of Ron.

Ron looked a little sad. “Oh Ok. Yeah I guess that makes sense. He was probable abandoned. Well have a good night Harry.”

“You too.” Said harry as they both hugged for the night. Harry made sure to lock the door both manually and magically before heading back to the bed and whispering the counter spell on Malfoy.

“Sorry about that Draco.”


“Did you just turn me into a cat?” asked Draco with a slight tilt to his head as if he were thinking.


“Um…Yeah I did. I’m sorry but I just don’t think that it would be such a good idea if they all knew that I had found you and brought you on board. I know Hermione would just lose it.”

“Oh.” Malfoy had his head tilted down so Harry couldn’t really read his face. Not that he could much before when they were in school. But Harry could still read him better than most.

“Is that ok Malfoy?” now it was Harry’s turn to be uncertain.

“Yes, it’s fine. Good idea really.”

“oh. Well…thank you I guess. Here, it’s the soup. Chicken Noodle.” Harry handed Draco the mug and helped him get most of it down.

After Draco had eaten a little Harry gave him a few potions to take down the swelling, and do away with the bruising. A few hours after Ron had left had Harry giving Draco the last potion and the last physical mark had disappeared. Harry cleaned up the mess they had made and took some clothes into the bathroom to change. When he came out Draco was still sitting in the same spot.

“Malfoy?”

“I still can’t see.”

“What?” Harry was over to him in a few strides.

“A spell. My father I think, so I wouldn’t know what was coming. It happened 2 days after…”
“Your Father? Do you remember the spell? Maybe we can find its counter?”


“Yeah I remember the spell. But he claimed it was a family spell. So I doubt you would be able to find the counter. Malfoy’s are notorious for keeping secrets.”

“You never know Malfoy, I may just get lucky. What was it?” Harry was kneeling in front of Draco holding his hands. Trying to remain calm.

“Ater Visum.” The room was quite for a few seconds. Then the world seemed to breathe as Harry almost laughingly said

“I know that spell.”

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