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Chapter List
- 1-Kinder, Kindler, Kindlier
- 2-Chapter 2
- 3-Part 3
- 4-Part 4
- 5-Part 5
- 6-Part 6
- 7-Part 7
- 8-Part 8
- 9-Part 9
- 10-Part 10
- 11-Part 10
- 12-Part 12
- 10
- 11
- 12
Harry stepped out of Gladrags, smiling and bouncing the
package of robes in his arm. It was an early birthday present for Draco. Harry
intended to tell him about it, but not what it was or where it was hidden, and
torment him about it until the fifth of June arrived.

�� He paused
when he saw Severus waiting for him. He had told his partners where he was
going, but the trip had been short enough that he had expected both of them to
still be tending to the shop. Wondering if something had happened to Draco and
that was the reason Severus had come, Harry quickened his step.

�� Sure
enough, Severus�s face was pale and stricken. Harry put a hand on his arm and
ignored the curious stares. Severus had been brave enough to come into Diagon
Alley in the first place; Harry wouldn�t show less courage. If someone notices, they can report us to
the papers. We have nothing to hide.

�� What is
it?� he whispered. �Another attack?�

�� Severus
shook his head. �Not at all,� he said, but the sneer in his voice didn�t fool
Harry. He had learned to distinguish between sneers that Severus meant for
other people and those he directed at himself. He held out a square of
parchment.

�� Harry
narrowed his eyes. He suspected he knew what this was, and a quick glance
confirmed it.

�� Death Eater�blood traitor�killed
Dumbledore�not fit to live�should have left you to rot�wouldn�t buy one of your
potions if my life depended on it�

�� Harry
rested his hand more heavily on Severus�s arm and glanced up at him. �You
haven�t got one of these in a long time,� he said quietly. �Is that what makes
this so hard for you to deal with?�

�� Severus
glared at him a moment with eyes and lips pinched. �I think I am entitled to
resent such accusations, no matter how often or in what form they come,� he
said. His voice was little more than a breath, but Harry could still hear the
pain in it. He had expected Harry to be fully on his side, and it hurt him to
think that Harry wasn�t.

�� Harry shook
his head and ran his hand soothingly up and down Severus�s sleeve. Yes, people
were staring now. Harry didn�t care. The people who would be most affected by
this revelation�his friends and Draco�s family�knew about this already. For the
rest, there would be rumors for a long time before the truth came out, and even
then, Harry didn�t expect everyone to believe it. He would fight to keep his
privacy from reporters who harassed him, rather than random people on the
street. �I only meant that you seem more thrown off-balance than I had thought
you would be. I had expected more contempt for whoever sent this.�

�� Severus
took a deep breath and nodded. �Yes,� he said. �Thanks to the wards that you
put up at the shop, this letter should not have been able to get through. But
it did.�

�� So we have
a more powerful enemy,� Harry said, picking up the letter and turning it
thoughtfully over. Of course, the handwriting and the ink and parchment didn�t
reveal any particular clues, and there was no signature.

�� Yes,�
Severus said, in a voice low and tight with fury. �And if I do not know who it
is, then I cannot protect you and
Draco. You can imagine how this infuriates me.�

�� Harry
looked up in surprise, his lips parting before he thought about it. Severus
gave him a sharp glance and looked away, beginning to stride as if he would
Apparate back to the shop the moment they reached a suitable spot.

�� Harry
followed him, his head spinning. That Severus would not only fear for him and
Draco, but fear that his power might not be enough to protect them�

�� Yes, Harry
knew that strong, half-irrational panic. He had felt the same way when he
looked at Ron and Hermione during the war and wondered what would happen if
Voldemort got hold of one of them. It was a reason he had tried to leave them
behind rather than take them with him on the Horcrux hunt.

�� He had not
really expected Severus to feel it.

�� Severus
thrust a stiff, impatient arm at him, and Harry let himself be Side-Along
Apparated. Then he spun Severus around when they came into the alley behind the
shop and seized him, kissing him deeply.

�� Severus didn�t
fight back, even though someone could turn the corner and see them; Harry
thought he was too stunned. When Harry drew back from the kiss, licking his
lips and thinking regretfully of the hours of work ahead, Severus whispered,
�Why did you do that?�

�� Because
you care so much about us,� Harry said, smiling at him and wishing times were
better so that Severus would be able to concentrate solely on his words and not
what had prompted them. �I want to show you that I care just as much.�

�� Severus
stared at him. Then he said, �The way I care for others is not the way that you
do, Harry.�

�� I know.�
Harry bowed his head in a little, half-mocking bow, and then turned and opened
the door of the shop.

�� Neither is
it comparable,� Severus said, following him. He sounded as though he didn�t
know whether to get angry or not, as if he wasn�t even sure whether Harry was
disagreeing with him.

�� I don�t
know,� Harry said, picking up his wand and checking the wards on the shop
automatically to make sure nothing had changed while he was out. A white star
of light flared in the corner of Severus�s section, and Harry raised an eyebrow
and went forwards to investigate it. �It would be hard to weigh two amounts of
love and make sure they were exactly the same.�

�� I will
trust you not to extend the metaphor to ridiculous extremes,� Severus said,
voice hard now.

�� You were
the one who chose the metaphor, not me,� Harry pointed out mildly, and tapped
the white star with his wand. It whirled in place and then flew up in front of
him, expanding until it made a bright pool not unlike a Pensieve. In it shone
an image of a wizard in a dark cowl and robes working against Harry�s wards.
Harry studied it.

�� Who is
that?� Severus demanded behind him in a low voice.

�� What is it?� Draco added from his
doorway, while a young, red-haired witch he must have served hurried away,
glancing nervously over her shoulder. Another
story to add to the Savior�s capabilities, Harry thought, rolling his eyes.
�I didn�t know you could do things like that.�

�� There�s
lots of things I can do that you don�t know about,� Harry murmured, smiling
wickedly at him. �You ought to see the things I do with my tongue sometimes.�

�� Draco�s
eyes glazed over. Harry chuckled.

�� Severus
prodded him in the back of the shoulder with one bony finger. �Have you any way
of finding out who this is?� he asked, in a freezing voice that said he didn�t
think such banter appropriate for the shop and would find a way of exacting
vengeance later. �So disguised, this evidence appears useless to me.�

�� No it
isn�t, Mr. Impatient,� Harry said, and heard Severus choke. �There aren�t a lot
of people with the skill to get through my wards, especially if they did it all
at once�and the image would be multiplied if they�d come here more than once.
That means��

�� The figure
in the image shot out its wand and stroked it down the side of the shop. One of
Harry�s wards wilted like a flower given too much water to let the wand
through.

�� Ah-ha,� Harry said, and felt his heart
pounding the way it used to when he was finding out the solution to some
mystery Voldemort had left. He touched the star with his wand, and the image
froze. Harry nodded to Draco and Severus. �Now it will replay this particular
moment whenever I ask it to, like a Pensieve.�

�� The face
isn�t showing,� Draco said, coming forwards to look over Harry�s other
shoulder. Harry suppressed the impulse to wriggle back into his lovers. Severus
was already upset, and Harry didn�t want to push him.

�� No,� Harry
said. �But there aren�t many people with the skill to get through my wards, as
I said. I know most of the ones who have it. And I know their wand movements.�
He nodded to the image, and it began to replay the particular stroking wand
movement that had identified the criminal to Harry. �That one belongs to a
ward-maker called Nestor Irumen. He was jealous of me when I set up my own
business, and insisted to my face that I couldn�t be trusted with such powerful
magic. That move is a particular signature of his to peel wards back.�

�� Why would
he have sent a letter to me,� Severus asked, �if it�s you he�s after?�

�� Harry
glanced at him. �He also has a problem with Death Eaters,� he said quietly. �He
was particularly outraged when it turned out you�d been on the Order�s side. He
sent letters to the newspapers for months demanding that you be put in
Azkaban.�

�� Severus
nodded tightly, but Draco asked, �Did someone in his family get killed by Death
Eaters?�

�� Harry shook
his head. �He idolized Dumbledore. He felt very strongly that Severus�s
punishment should have been death for that, but he knew not many people would
agree with him. Azkaban was a compromise.�

�� Severus
made a choked sound suddenly and turned away.

�� Draco gave
Harry a hard look and moved after Severus, murmuring soft words without
touching him. Harry winced. He ought to have remembered what it had cost
Severus to cause that death and spoken more kindly, but he had been caught up
by the solution to the mystery and talked as if he was still in Hogwarts.

�� Severus,�
he said. �I wish�� But it was no use saying that he wished it could have been
different, because that was certainly something Severus wished every day, and
Harry�s wishing could never be as strong as his, or make any difference. �I�m
sorry,� he said instead.

�� Severus
nodded, staring coolly into the distance, and then turned around. �Can this
Irumen be arrested?� he asked.

�� Harry
considered that carefully. He didn�t know if anything in the letter Severus had
received was bad enough to be considered a threat; he hadn�t got to that part
of his Auror training before he quit the program. But it was possible. He
nodded. �We�ll talk to the Aurors, the way we did about Estep�s attack. Or I�ll
go and talk to them,� he added, when he had exchanged a glance with Draco. �You
should go home and relax.�

�� I�ll come
with you,� Draco said at once.

�� Thank
you,� Severus said stiffly. �But I would rather go alone. Draco, remain here
and run the shop. We owe it to our clients not to simply disappear without
warning.�

�� Harry
opened his mouth to protest, but Severus had already stalked to the front of
the shop and opened the door with a push of his arm. When Harry leaned out the
window, he had already Apparated.

�� Let him
go, Harry,� Draco murmured. �I think he needs to take out his rage far from
either of us right now.�

�� Harry
nodded. �At the same time,� he said. �I don�t think we should leave him alone
for too long. I�ll tell the Aurors all we know about the letter and Irumen,
which shouldn�t take that long, since we�ll have to leave it up to them to do
something about it. Then I�ll come back here and strengthen the wards. And then
we�ll go home.�

�� A certain
twist in his voice must have given him away, because Draco looked at him
curiously. �What are you planning?�

�� What did
you and Severus do for me, after I�d had that fight with Estep?� Harry
countered softly.

�� Draco
frowned and shook his head. �I don�t think we should do that, Harry. That kind
of comfort was right for you, but Severus might find it patronizing.�

�� Harry
smiled. He felt half-giddy, which he supposed was part of his anger against
Irumen, which he probably wouldn�t get a chance to express in any other way.
�But a different kind might work?�

�� Maybe,�
Draco said, bracing his arm on the wall and looking at the door as if he wanted
clients to come in and distract them from this uncomfortable conversation. �I
wouldn�t want to take chances, though.�

�� There�s
one thing neither of you know,� Harry said, as patient as he could be when that
restless dizziness still spun through his head. �Before I decided to date you,
I only dated women.�

�� I knew
that,� Draco said, peering at him. �Or I thought I knew that. With all the lies
in the papers about whom you dated and for how long, it was hard to tell.�

�� Harry
sighed. Draco wasn�t pouncing on the obvious revelation the way Harry would
have expected him to. �What that means is that you�re the first men I�ve been
with sexually.�

�� Draco
raised an eyebrow. �And?� he asked, but he got it before Harry could go through
a potentially humiliating explanation. His face changed color, and he looked at
Harry as if he�d never seen him before. �Oh,�
Draco whispered. �Yes. There are�certain things that you�ve never done before.�

�� Exactly,�
Harry said. �I was thinking that perhaps that would make a better kind of
comfort for Severus than what you did for me.�

�� Draco
looked torn between laughter and an outright stare. �I�Harry, you�re offering
Severus your virgin arse to make him feel better?�

�� Harry
raised an eyebrow. �You�ve already told me that the slow, romantic sort of date
you gave me isn�t right for him. And I doubt he�d enjoy being in charge of the
sex if it also meant that he would
come uncontrollably, the way it happened to you.� Draco flushed, and Harry had
to stop himself from leaning forwards to capture Draco�s mouth. �So, yes, I
think he�d like this better. And it�s not really because I think it�ll heal him
or any nonsense like that,� Harry had to add. �It�s because I want to show him
that there are people who care for him, who trust him. He�ll probably be
thinking that if only Dumbledore hadn�t trusted him so much, this wouldn�t have
happened. He needs to be reassured that some people actually know the truth of
the situation, unlike Irumen, and value him anyway.�

�� Draco�s
expression shifted again, so that it was even odder than it had been before.
�Harry�� he said, and his voice trailed off. Then he sighed and rubbed his
forehead. �That just might work, actually.�

�� Harry
grinned. �And you thought I was an idiot.�

�� I haven�t
thought that since you took up with us. That proves that you�ve had one good idea in your life, at least.�
Draco leaned forwards and kissed Harry, sliding a hand along his cheek in a way
that made Harry sigh and lean in even closer. But Draco stepped back and shook
his head. �If we�re going to put that plan of yours into operation, you should
go to the Aurors.�

�� Harry
nodded, made sure that he had the threatening letter with him, and then walked
outside the shop to Apparate. He was still grinning, his cheeks flushed, and at
first he thought it was because of Draco�s kiss.

�� But then he
realized that he was thinking of what would happen tonight, and anticipating it
with a greedy kind of tenderness that made it hard to think of what he had to
do before then.

�� I don�t know if it�s going to work out. I
didn�t realize that I was ready for this yet. But it�s a risk I want to take.

*

�� Draco
rolled his eyes as he locked the front door of the shop and slung his cloak
over his shoulders. He�d had numerous customers today, and nearly all of them
had assumed that he would give them things for free simply because Severus and
Harry weren�t present. They were astonished to find that Draco knew how to spot
someone trying to get a bargain for nothing, and hard haggling skills of his
own.

�� It�s those years I spent doing nothing in
particular, I reckon, he thought, as he made sure the boxes containing
their Galleons were locked, and hefted the bag he was going to bring home. They
divided their money each night, so any thieves who attacked the house or the
shop wouldn�t get it all even if they were successful in the attack. Draco
thought most of it would have been safer in Gringotts, but Severus wanted to
have at least some money available to him, and Harry didn�t trust the bank�s
protections, for some reason. They had
reputations from the war, and then jobs. What did I have? A reputation as a
coward, and then someone who bounced from bed to bed.

�� Draco shook
his head, knowing his mouth was curled to the side in an impatient way. Well,
he had done this best to change the state of things in the last few months, and
anyone who didn�t at least faintly respect him now probably never would.

�� The back
door opened, and Draco heard Harry�s footsteps on the floor. �Draco?� Harry
called.

�� Still
here.� Draco nodded to him and cast a Lightening Charm on the heavy bag of
coins.

�� Harry
grinned at him. He looked tired, but not as beaten-down as he had the day after
he took Estep to the Ministry. �I�ve already strengthened the wards, so I think
we should go home. Lean on my arm?� He offered it to Draco with a flourish.

�� Draco
accepted, all the while wondering if he ought to tell Harry of the doubts that
had crept into his mind over the last few hours. Severus nursed his grief in private,
and that hadn�t changed since they got together. He had wanted to be involved
in Draco�s confrontation with Lucius and in Harry�s with Estep and his friends,
but that didn�t mean he would welcome the same attention. They could be making
a horrible mistake by going to him and offering it.

�� But looking
at Harry�s quietly determined expression, Draco doubted Harry would listen even
if he explained.

�� Besides,
Draco thought as they left and Harry Side-Along Apparated him home, there was
something he hadn�t thought about before. Maybe they would make a mistake and
hurt Severus, which Draco would hate; Severus had been hurt enough in his life.
But it was also possible that they could do something like that, and that
Severus would still understand and forgive them.

�� When I was sleeping with whoever I liked,
one mistake was enough to end it. I wouldn�t stay with someone who offended me
or cheated on me. But this time�what we have is stronger than that.

�� I think. I still wouldn�t want to test it.

�� But Harry was strong enough to do so, and
Draco would gladly follow in his wake.

�� When they
arrived home, Draco knew where Severus was immediately. The brooding silence
that spilled out of the house was centered on the library. Harry glanced
towards the door and nodded, then smiled at Draco.

�� If you
want to put the Galleons away, I could talk to him,� he suggested quietly. �It
might help if he knows that this is my
crazy idea. Then he won�t blame you if it goes wrong.�

�� Draco
blinked. I don�t think he even realizes
that he�s offering to take the risks anymore. Yes, some parts of his heroic
persona are a joke or exaggeration, but this isn�t.

�� No,� Draco
said, and even managed to keep his voice light. �Why would I want to give you
two a chance to have sex without me?�

�� Harry
stared at him with his lips slightly parted. Then he began to smile. Draco
tried to pretend that he didn�t know the meaning of that smile, but he must
have failed, because Harry punched him lightly in the shoulder and said,
�You�re not nearly as Slytherin as you pretend to be, sometimes.�

�� Draco
opened his mouth to refute that indignantly, but Harry grabbed his hand and
started tugging him towards the library. �Come on, put the Galleons down,� he
said, and swung Draco�s arm hard enough that he had no choice. The bag
plummeted to the floor with a loud clang.

�� Well, at least this means we�re not sneaking
up on him, Draco thought, as Harry paused dramatically at the library door
before flinging it open.

�� Severus sat
in a chair with a glass of Firewhisky. He glanced up at their entrance. Draco
would have known something was wrong even without the somewhat bloodshot look
of Severus�s eyes; this was the only time he had ever seen Severus in a library
without a book. �Go away,� Severus said, his words still and tense, and then he
stared back into his glass.

�� I hope you
haven�t had a lot of that,� Harry said, dropping Draco�s hand and stalking
forwards. He had an expression on his face Draco hadn�t ever seen before. It
was almost feral. �It would interfere with our plans.�

�� Severus
looked up again. His face was dead, but he hadn�t done anything about the
irritation sparking to life in his eyes, Draco thought in satisfaction. For the
first time, he began to really hope that Harry�s plan would work. �I am sure
that you and Draco can dine without me,� Severus said, his words overly
precise.

�� Who said
anything about dining?� Harry ran his gaze up and down Severus�s body. Severus
actually blinked. Draco knew how he felt. �We�re planning something more
physical�something alcohol often interferes with.�

�� Severus set
his glass carefully aside and leaned forwards. �Do you really believe, Potter,�
he said, �that I am in the mood for sex after a day like this?�

�� No,� Harry
said. Draco raised his eyebrows, and then Harry added, �But we can get you in
the mood.�

�� Severus
stood up. Harry refused to back away. Draco, watching them both from the
outside, could see a simmering tension building up between them that was
probably a variant on the tension they had shared ever since Harry came to
Hogwarts. It was a pressure and heat not available to him, and he felt a tiny
bit of jealousy.

�� As if he
had known that Draco might, Harry flicked him a brief glance and a sweet smile.
It was over in a moment, so that he could turn back and give Severus the full
force of his attention, but it was there. Draco felt as though he could breathe
more easily, and he waited eagerly to see what would happen next.

�� You are
arrogant,� Severus said. �Assuming that you can make anyone desire you.�

�� I don�t
know about anyone,� Harry said,
shaking his head sadly, as if not being able to cause irresistible desire in
everyone he met was a problem. Draco choked. Yes, he had seen Harry be impudent
to Severus before, many times, but he had never realized how much Harry could
wield it like a weapon. �But I know that I can make you do it.�

�� Severus
reached out and gripped Harry�s right shoulder with a tightness that made Draco
wince just watching it. But Harry didn�t show any sign of pain. He looked
steadily into Severus�s face and then stretched his neck up to kiss him.

�� Severus
rocked back as if from a blow. �You will leave me alone to grieve in private,�
he said, but the words lacked the force of a command.

�� Why?�
Harry demanded. �People have done that for years, and you obviously haven�t got
much better, have you? Grieving in private can work, but it only works if you
get over the grief and go on. I did. You didn�t.�

�� Draco knew
his mouth had fallen open, but he wasn�t sure what the appropriate response
would be otherwise. No one confronted Severus Snape like this. He was feared
enough that none of his students would have dared to, even if they were his
private pets, the way Draco had been, or if they had a transient crush on him, the
way Draco had also felt for a little while when he was a student.

�� You didn�t�

�� No one did, Draco realized, as his eyes
finally settled on Severus�s expression and he saw the fire flaring back to
life in him. That�s the trouble. Everyone
was so intimidated that they backed away and left him alone. Maybe that�s what
he wanted or needed at the time, but it led to permanent loneliness. Until us.

�� Until Harry had the courage to demand that
he not do it.

�� It shamed
Draco somewhat to realize that he probably would have tiptoed around Severus as
well and assumed that some things were just too sacred to talk about, and
waited for the moment when Severus acted normal. That had been the wrong tactic
this time, but it had been habit, routine. Harry was the one who had the daring
to break the routine.

�� What did
you say to me?� Severus whispered.

�� There�s
nothing wrong with your ears,� Harry said in a low drawl that Draco knew had been stolen from him, his face
bright with danger and triumph. �Unless the alcohol�s affected them, too.� He threw a quick glance at
Severus�s groin.

�� Severus
snarled and lunged.

�� In the next
moment, he was pressing Harry back against the wall, kissing him so harshly
that Draco feared Harry would suffocate. But Harry twined his arms around
Severus�s neck and kissed back, while beckoning to Draco with one hand.

�� Hardly
daring to breathe still, Draco walked across the room and wound his arms around
Severus�s waist. Severus stiffened, and Draco wondered if this had been a bad
idea and he should leave the two of them alone tonight.

�� But the way
Severus twisted about and devoured his mouth in the next moment seemed to prove
that he had only been surprised, and Draco relaxed into the kiss.

�� It was like
no kiss that he had ever received, either from Severus or his other lovers.
Severus bit his lips, drove his tongue into Draco�s mouth as though trying to
touch the back of his throat, and firmly kept Draco from kissing back as much
as he wanted. He was in control, and the fact was enough to make Draco�s
erection, which had started when he watched Harry and Severus kissing,
completely hard.

�� Draco tore
free with a gasp and leaned his head against Severus�s shoulder, closing his
eyes. He heard a low chuckle from Severus and felt long fingers stroke his
hair. Severus whispered, �I will show you what to do, Draco.�

�� Draco
forced his eyes slowly open; they wanted to stay shut after the kiss, but he
didn�t think that was a good idea. �I don�t need instruction. I just want you to have me.�

�� I have a
better idea,� Severus said, with another kiss that made Draco want to wail in
loss when he pulled back. �Harry shall have you, and I shall have Harry. I
think that shall work out nicely.�

�� Draco found
it even harder to breathe. He let out a whimper. �Did Harry tell you, then?� he
asked in an innocent tone, although he had been in the room for the entire
conversation and knew Harry hadn�t.

�� Tell me
what?� Severus looked back with narrowed eyes at Harry, who looked a little
less dazed than Draco. Only a little, Draco
reassured himself. And anyway, it was still enough to prevent him from telling
Severus the truth before Draco did.

�� That he
hasn�t been with any men before,� Draco said simply, and left Severus to figure
it out on his own, as Draco had.

�� Severus
shuddered, and his fingers dug into Harry�s hair and neck enough that Draco saw
Harry wince. On the other hand, Harry wasn�t complaining. Instead, he looked
smugly happy to have been proven right about what it would take to bring Severus
out of his grief.

�� I think,�
Severus said, with care that Draco knew was artificial, and probably due to the
bulge between his legs, �that we should show him what it�s like as soon as
possible.�

�� Draco
hummed and leaned in for another kiss.

*

�� usmorgan:
Thank you! As you can see here, that also helps Draco to respect himself.

�� k lave
demo: Oh, he didn�t think so! But they might have.

�� Thanks. I�ve
enjoyed this story as a lighter break from all the angst, too. And Draco will
continue to grow, though there�s only one more chapter after this, so a lot of
it will take place off-screen.

�� Mia: Thank
you! I think you�ll enjoy the next sex scene, then, if that one appealed to
you.

�� Pansy does
make one appearance in person before the end.
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