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In the Dark, A Zabini/ Grindelwald fanfic	By : blaisegellert Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 1326 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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As soon as everyone was finished with breakfast, Sabra shepherded them out of the Great Hall and then out of the school and off the grounds. Blaise's father came along but Bramble remained at Hogwarts to attend to the requested butterbeer with energy.

"Are you looking for clothes," Blaise asked his dad as they walked through Hogsmeade.
"No. I'm here in case more Dementors come calling or worse. And before you say you took care of yourself, I understand that logically but my emotions get loud and they say that I'm your dad and I don't care."

Blaise sighed, but Gellert couldn't help giving the elder Mr. Zabini a smile of amusement. Geo Zabini grinned back. As they walked, Gellert looked around the town in interest.

"Have you been here before," Blaise asked and Gellert nodded.
"Many years ago," he said, suddenly feeling far older than the young man at his side.
"Has it changed much," Blaise asked.
"Not much from what I can see," Gellert replied. "Most of the shops seem different than I remember, but shops come and go. The general look is much the same."
"Not surprising," Geo said. "Wizards are slow to change, especially those in the U.K."

"There is an interesting clothing shop just around the corner," Sabra told Gellert. "It's called the Emperor's New Clothes. Blaise has shopped there a few times for dress robes and slacks."
"They carry classy outfits and also some more unique bits. I got a winter cloak with interesting runework on the hood and hem last year," Blaise said.

Gellert felt a fleeting smile of amusement crossing his face at the shop's name, and this made him feel younger again. It was odd, but Gellert found himself excited to shop for clothes. Everything felt so new when one was not able to do it for over fifty years.

It happened almost as soon as they walked into the shop! Blaise's eyes were scanning for something worthy. When he saw the 2 cloaks hanging against the back wall he stopped in his tracks and made a small sound of pleased awe. By worthy he'd meant some robes of decent fabric and design, but this... This was special!

"Gellert! Look," he breathed, then wanted to kick himself for using the other man's name in public. Of course there could be other people named Gellert but still...That was dangerous and stupid.
Blaise felt his face flaming and opened his mouth to give an embarrassed apology, but Gellert, as impressed with the cloaks as he, didn't seem to notice. He hastily moved forward to have a closer look and Blaise followed him to the back wall where they hung. The cloaks were clearly made from Runespoor skins as the orange with black stripes was obvious and even more so the 3 heads.

Gellert was lightly touching one of them and Blaise carefully lifted down the other. The price tag read 700 galleons. Very expensive but very worth it.
"We so need these," he breathed. "Not just for the fashion, though that will be astoundingly impressive and amazing," he told Gellert. "But also for the magical properties. If they don't already have something useful going on naturally it wouldn't be overly difficult to utilize that which is surely dormant and ad some protective layers. Many wizard researchers believe runespoors to be the physical embodiment of the patronus as I'm sure you already know. Mum will get these for us I'm sure!"

"You don't think she will object," Gellert asked, blue gaze dropping doubtfully to the price tag on the cloak he touched.
"We'll insist," Blaise told him, flashing a careless grin. His gaze held the same eager light for the cloaks that Gellerts did. Waving his mum over he explained why they needed them, for magical research and with a slight shrug, Sabra called the wizard behind the counter to wrap them up.

"I was looking at the shoes," she told Gellert. They carry a few different styles. Lets get you started trying some of them, then we'll move onto the robes."

Blaise watched as his mum proceeded to boss and mother Gellert Grindelwald. Hurrying him onto a bench near the shoes she brought down several styles and when Gellert indicated which he liked, she actually began to try them on for him. Kneeling on the floor in front of him, she tugged off the shoes of Blaise's he was borrowing to check for his shoe size. When Gellert bent to attend to it himself, Sabra imperiously waved him away.

"I'll be faster. Mothers always are," she told him briskly.

"You're special. She never does that for me," Blaise quipped playfully when the shoe selection was over and Sabra was carrying 4 shoe boxes up to the front counter.

Gellert gave an embarrassed grin as he shoved his borrowed shoes back on. Looking up at Blaise from where he was bent down over his foot, golden hair fell across his cheek and Blaise felt his breath catching. Gellert was so beautiful! What the hell! He looked away in order to keep his focus.

"So onto robes?? I think she'll let you try those on for yourself," he said with a chuckle as Gellert stood.

As predicted Gellert was allowed to try on his own robes. Pants and shirts as well! It took a while because Gellert selected carefully. Were it anyone else, Blaise would've been impatient but he didn't mind waiting about for Gellert and watching him choose his clothes because it was hot. The blonde attempted to stop at 3 outfits, but Sabra insisted he needed more. He was finally done at 10 outfits and 9 robes. That with the 4 sets of shoes and one pair of gleaming black boots completed everything. It turned out they had to go to another store for underthings and by the time they did that, it was time for lunch. "I'm starved," Blaise said and Gellert nodded enthusiastically.

"Gellert just needs a coat and we should be set for now," Sabra said. "There is a lovely shop just a block up that I think will have some he'll like." Indeed Gellert found a long gray coat that he mentioned being like one he used to own. Seeing how striking he looked in it when trying it on, Blaise got one to match. Slipping it on he modeled it in front of a long full length mirror against the shop's right wall.
"Well, what do you think," he asked Gellert, turning his head from right to left to study himself to the fullest.

"Brilliant," Gellert said, gaze warm as he locked eyes with Blaise in the mirror.
"Well I think the two of you look ridiculous in matching coats," Sabra complained, but when Blaise put his on the counter with Gellerts she bought it with only a slight frown and shake of her head. As she'd done after they'd paid at the other two shops, Sabra called for Bramble to apparate the items back to Blaise and Gellert's room at Hogwarts.
"Thank you both," Gellert said, turning to Blaise's parents. "You are very generous..."
From the shy discomfort on his face, it was clear Gellert was feeling more and didn't know how to put it into words. Sabra smiled and patted his shoulder.
"It's alright Dear. It was fun...Wasn't it fun, Geo," she asked her husband with an amused look as they headed back to Hogwarts.
"Oh yeah," Geo said, widening his eyes expressively. "My favorite thing to do ever...all the time...Never again." He laughed.
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In the Dark, A Zabini/ Grindelwald fanfic