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Wooing the Reluctant	By : makochan0217 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 23188 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 12
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter book series is owned by JKR. I am not her. I make no money and I only plan to use her characters for some fun before returning them, much happier.

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Title: Wooing the Reluctant

Author: Makoto Sagara

Series: Harry Potter

Archive: the usual suspects (ffnet, affnet, Foreverfandom, my site, mediaminer, makochanupdates on LJ, thehexfiles, hpfandom, and the harrydraco community on LJ); anywhere else, ask first.

Pairing: Draco/Harry, past Harry+others, past Draco/others

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: Slash, ooc, angst, language, humour, EWE

Disclaimers: I don’t own Harry Potter and his friends. They belong to a list of people, including the wonderful JKR, Warner Bros, Scholastic Publishing, Raincoat Books, and others. I’m only borrowing them for entertainment purposes.

Author’s Notes: Again, a thousand thanks go to Sky for her help with the Rita article in the last chapter. And so many thanks go to Fallen Angel, Asuka Kureru, and Jamie for their help with Draco’s pick-up lines. It was not as easy as I thought it was going to be at first. Any guesses on what Draco’s going to do next?

Chapter Four - Be Serious In Your Intentions

If you are not completely serious, you will fail.

Draco took a deep breath before knocking on the simple, unassuming door of his aunt’s house. Today was his monthly visit with his young cousin and he was determined to make an impression on both the boy and his grandmother. Yes, he knew that Potter was Teddy’s godfather. Yes, he knew that Potter was suspected to be at Andromeda’s house that day. However, that was exactly why he’d decided to visit on this particular day.

The sound of little footsteps making a racket down the hallway reached his ears, and Draco couldn’t help but smile. His cousin was adorable, not that he would tell anyone. When Teddy mimicked his features, a sense of pride would well up in the blond so strong that for a moment he had to remind himself that he wasn’t a parent, and Teddy was only a Metamorphmagus. The door flew open and he was greeted with a beaming face, bright green eyes and shaggy black hair. “UNCLE Ha…rry,” Teddy started, his face falling as he changed his hair to the nearly white blond of his cousin. “Oh, Cousin Draco,” he said with much less enthusiasm than he’d had when he thought he was greeting Potter.

“Cousin Teddy,” Draco drawled, letting his face quirk into a tiny smile. “I suppose that today is a bad day to see you then?”

“Huh?” The Metamorphmagus blinked green-grey eyes.

“Teddy, is that Harry, dear?” Andromeda asked from the kitchen.

“No, Nana, it’s Cousin Draco,” the little boy answered, moving aside to let Draco enter. The man gave Teddy a wink as he walked past him into the drawing room.

“Oh, Draco,” Andromeda said as she entered the same room, pushing back dark strands of hair behind her ears. “We didn’t know that you were coming.”

“So I gathered,” Draco responded, coming forward to kiss his aunt on her flushed cheeks. “I take it that Potter is coming to spend time with Teddy today, yes?”

“Oh, yes, Harry mentioned something about a movie theatre or the zoo, and Teddy’s been quite wild with impatience ever since,” she said before placing a chaste kiss to her nephew’s cheek. “I was surprised that you didn’t come when Narcissa did last week.”

“I was rather busy then,” Draco said, sitting down on the couch as his aunt waved her wand and a tea service appeared on the battered coffee table. “Pansy was over, and since Blaise still hadn’t proposed to her, she was practically hysterical.”

“Hm,” she muttered as she fixed the tea cups. She placed a cup before him with a slash of milk and three sugars before making Teddy’s, four sugars and no milk, and her own, one sugar and a dash of milk. “I take that your friend has finally gotten over the scandal he caused in Italy to ask Pansy to marry him.”

“Something like that,” Draco answered as he took a small sip of the steaming liquid. “I had to threaten him, to be honest. Pans still doesn’t know what he did, but she really wouldn’t care either way. Blaise is making rather a big deal out of nothing, if you ask me.”

“Well, Draco, an illegitimate affair with a married contessa is hardly nothing,” Andromeda said. “And it led to a divorce for the poor woman.”

“True,” he answered, shooting a fond smile at his young cousin as the boy tried to sip his tea carefully. For a nearly four year old, Teddy was rather mature for his age. Draco guessed that it was because he was being raised by his aunt, who was so serious and down to earth. “However, Pansy’s parents are aware of the situation and hadn’t barred them from dating, so Blaise was worried about that for nothing.”

“I suppose so, but if he’s serious about Pansy, then he’s showing some maturity finally.” She leveled hard, dark eyes on Draco, and he found himself sitting up straighter. “Unlike someone in this room.”

“What do you mean?” he asked coyly.

“You know what I’m talking about, Draco Lucius Malfoy. Don’t give me that innocent routine. If it doesn’t work for Teddy, it won’t work for you. That article was hardly mature or helpful. Harry’s been downright frantic because of the mail he’s receiving.”

“Believe me, aunt. It was hardly my intent to have him harassed,” Draco said truthfully. He knew that he couldn’t lie to Andromeda. While she looked so much like Bellatrix that it sent shivers down his back sometimes, she carried herself like his mother, and that was enough to make him take heed to everything she told him. “I am totally serious about my wish to court him.”

He watched as she visibly relaxed. “Well, that’s a bit of a relief, to be honest… But, Draco, do you really understand what Harry’s been through? Blaise’s reputation isn’t the only one that is questionable. I’ve heard stories about your debauchery that turn my stomach. If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t let you anywhere near my grandson.”

“Nana,” Teddy shouted, bringing both adults’ attention to the child, who was still sporting white blond locks and that odd mixture of green and grey for his eyes. “Cousin Draco would never do anything to hurt me!”

“I know, sweetheart,” she answered, patting the boy’s hand gently. “I know that Draco loves you and would do everything he could to protect you. That wasn’t what I was saying.”

“She’s just worried about your Uncle Harry, Teddy,” Draco said gently, trying to reassure the little boy that he secretly adored. “She wants him to be happy.”

“Me too,” Teddy responded sadly. “He’s not happy a lot.”

“And that’s what has me worried, Draco. You said in your articles that you understood about Harry’s past, but do you really understand what he’s been through in his life? How can you? You had both of your parents, even though Lucius ended up going to Azkaban after the war. You were loved, spoiled, treated like a prince. Harry was treated no better than the worst house-elf your father owned.”

“I’m aware of that, Aunt Andromeda,” the blond said seriously, trying not to bristle at the way she was determined to throw a flobberworm in his face. “As I said before, I meant every word I spoke when Rita Skeeter interviewed me. Potter is… kind, good, handsome, smart, and powerful. He is exactly the kind of person who would complement me.”

“And what about you to him? Would you be willing to stop your philandering ways and to be faithful to him?”

“I was faithful to Pansy while we were together,” Draco said in his own defense.

“And how long ago was that, Draco? When was the last time you’ve been in a serious relationship?”

“Not since Hogwarts,” he mumbled.

“That’s what I thought,” she said gently, patting his hand the same way she had Teddy. “I’m not saying this to discourage you, Draco. A part of me hopes that you are correct and that you could make Harry happy. I just want to make sure that you are completely serious about this, because if you hurt him, I will make sure the Malfoy line ends with you, nephew or not.”

“Would you be willing to rid me of him now, Andromeda?” a deep voice asked amusedly. The group at the table looked up to find Potter leaning against the doorframe of the Tonks drawing room. The Saviour had his arms folded across his broad chest and a twisted smirk on his lips. “It would save us all a lot of trouble.”

“UNCLE HARRY!” Teddy yelled, launching himself across the room until he was wrapped around his godfather’s legs. “I can’t wait to go. Look, Cousin Draco is here. He can come with us, yes? Please say he can!”

And as Draco stared at the other man, he felt his world narrow down to a pair of bright, smiling green eyes that he didn’t remember being that vivid a shade of emerald. His breath caught in his throat and a heat started to gather in his pale cheeks and ears. No picture taken of the other man since the end of the war had done him justice. His chest, once scrawny and underdeveloped, was broad and well-muscled. His fashion sense still leaned towards Muggle clothing, but the denim trousers he wore now hugged toned thighs and a high arse, while the dark green t-shirt was stretched across his chest tightly. A pair of high-laced black hiking boots completed his ensemble, and Draco found himself struggling to think of anything but, ‘want, want, want, want, want’.

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The blond was probably the last person on Earth that Harry wanted to see. Ever since he’d received that horrible singing, talking doll that looked and sounded just like him, the black-haired wizard had had no rest. With the help of Hermione, he’d found a charm that would make the thing temporarily disappear so that he could go out shopping and spend time with Teddy, but as soon as the four hours of the charm were up, the doll would reappear, seemingly much more annoying for the break that he’d gotten.

However, Harry understood that he had two options. He could accept Malfoy’s courtship and the blond would make the damn thing disappear completely. Or, he could tell the blond to stuff it and force Malfoy to take the annoyance with him, after hexing him within an inch of his life. The second had held a lot of charm for Harry. Until he’d listened into Malfoy’s conversation with Andromeda.

He’d never seen this side of the arrogant, handsome, charming Slytherin. He seemed almost… vulnerable. To say that it was unexpected would have been an understatement, and brought back memories of how Malfoy had appeared during their sixth and failed seventh years at Hogwarts. And it didn’t hurt that those cold grey eyes that he’d remembered seemed to be simmering with unbridled desire as he stared at Harry.

It was true that many people had stared at Harry like that over the years, both Muggle and magical, but none with the burning intensity that Malfoy seemed to possess. That look made something dormant in Harry wake up and coil tightly in his belly, but it also put all of his instincts to stay away from his former boyhood rival on high alert.

“I’d say it’s a pleasure to see you, Malfoy, but we’re both aware that that would be a bald-faced lie,” he said, bending down to pick up his godson, who was still wrapped around his legs.

“Uncle Harry,” Teddy started sternly. “You’re supposed to be polite to other people.”

Harry looked at the boy in his arms, a little taken aback by the white blond hair and the grey-green eyes he sported. It was almost as if the Metamorphmagus was trying to be a reconstruction of any child that he and Malfoy might have. It was disturbing, and a tiny bit thrilling at the same time. “You’re right, Teddy. Sorry, Malfoy. How are you?”

The blond closed his eyes and shook his head. “I’m doing well, Potter,” he said, standing to hold out his hand. Another time, from long ago, came to Harry’s mind when the other man had done the same thing. This time, however, there was no Ron to prejudice Harry or to set the aristocrat off into a tirade about blood traitors and poor families. “I came to see Teddy and Andromeda, but I’ve been informed that today was your day with my cousin.”

“Uncle Harry, can Cousin Draco come with us? Please say yes! I promise to be ever so good if you do!” Teddy’s eyes turned completely green and got rounder as he stared at his godfather. It was extremely irresistible.

“Have you asked him if he wants to come with us today? We’ll be out with Muggles, you know,” Harry reminded the boy gently.

“Please come, Cousin Draco,” Teddy begged prettily. Harry looked over at the boy’s grandmother, who seemed to be watching the whole situation with a pleased and amused smile on her regal face.

“And just where would we be going, you little monster?” Malfoy asked teasingly, making Teddy giggle.

“Dunno,” the child answered.

“I was planning on taking him to the zoo,” Harry answered truthfully, watching the other man for any signs of distaste. “Teddy’s been asking about animals, and I figured now would be the best time for me to take him, since I don’t have any summer classes right now.”

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Draco was torn. This was going better than he expected. Truthfully, he’d been waiting for his meeting with Potter to break out in hexes and a trip to St. Mungo’s for himself since he’d sent that gift to the former Gryffindor. What he hadn’t counted on was Teddy’s helpful interference. His cousin was proving to be a valuable ally in his courtship, and he wasn’t above using the excuse of spending time with the boy if it helped along his own plans for Teddy’s godfather as well.

“That sounds like a good idea,” he said carefully, watching Teddy and Potter for any changes in their expressive faces as he talked. “And I would be delighted to spend any time with Teddy. He is the reason that I came over today, after all.”

“Yay,” the child yelled, squirming in Potter’s arms as he tried to get down so he could attach himself to Draco as well. “This is going to be so much fun, Nana. Do you want to come too?”

Andromeda, who had been mostly forgotten while Draco and Potter figured things out, laughed cheerfully. “Oh, no, sweetheart, your grandpa Teddy took me and your mum to the zoo all the time when she was a little girl. I’m quite full of all the animals by now. Besides, I’m going to visit your Aunt Narcissa while you’re away.”

“Oh, Aunty ‘Cissa,” Teddy said, his face falling immediately. “I wish she could come too. I think she’d like the kitty house that Aunty ‘Mione told me all about yesterday.”

“I’m sure she would, and I will mention that to her myself, but why don’t you enjoy spending time with Harry and Draco, hm?”

Draco leaned in close so that he could whisper in Teddy’s ear, and get a better feel for the man holding him at the same time. “Maybe, one day soon, your Nana would let me take you to Malfoy Manor. We have white peacocks that roam the grounds, and my mother has just purchased some Kneazle kittens that I’m sure you’d love.”

“Kittens?” Teddy asked, green eyes gleaming hopefully. “I love kitties, Cousin Draco.”

“I know,” he answered, taking a deep breath so that he could inhale the intoxicating nearness of the gorgeous Saviour. “Don’t tell your Nana, but Mum got one just for you.”

The little boy responded by breaking out into a toothy grin and launching himself out of Potter’s grasp so that he could wrap his tiny arms around Draco’s neck. Astonished at the show of affection that Teddy only usually showed when he was leaving, Draco slowly brought his arms around to hug the child tightly. Something in him seemed to relax as he held his young cousin, and he lifted heavy eyes to see Potter smiling at the two of them fondly.

While this day was turning out to be far from expected, Draco was okay with that. He’d get to spend time with his cousin and his Intended. He’d found out that Potter had grown up hot as well as the other things he’d told his aunt. And, he’d won a sort of approval from him by being himself with Teddy. So far, it was even better than he’d planned.

TBC

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