&ress,” drao said softly. “he’s—” he ger, his heart twisting. “he’s been having a really hard time with this.”
surprise fshed aross mgonagall’s features. her eyes rested on potter as her expression slowly softeer, i think you misuood.” at that, potter’s eyes so hers. “when i promised you to help you beome an auror, it romise to help you fulfill your dreams. dreams hahing wrong with that.”
&hough the words were him, drao felt read through his hest and a tiion in his fiook him a momehat the tingling was atually oming from potter. it was his magi.
“you defeated the greatest evil our world ever had to fae. you arried that burden for almost 18 years. if ao do whatever the hell they want, it’s you.”
drao almhi when mgonagall swore.
“and i’ll promise you again, i’ll d io help you do it.”
&ress…”
drao ould feel the disbelief and gratitude radiating from potter; he woer eve his magi was dht o drao. it felt so intimate.
&ion is, what do you want to do?” mgonagall asked.
“i have absolutely er answered, sounding ashamed.
“not even one?”
“well, i guess it would be o be helping people.”
if drao hadrated by the sensation i, he would have rolled his eyes. of ourse potter wae his time to other people.
mgonagall ing her forearms on her desk and iwining her fingers.
“it seems to me there’s a fairly easy and obvious solution for that,” she said.
“otter blihere is?”
“of ourse! why don’t you just join malfoy in—”
&ress,” drao ied her.
“what? oh. you haven’t told him?”
“told me otter said, looking onfused.
shit. drao had told mgonagall their arra should be kept a seret under all irumstahe st persoo bb his seret.
“what is it?” potter pressed.
“i’m sonagall told drao, “i thought you two…” the rest of the uene had drao’s mind spinning. she obviously thought they were lose enough for drao to share his seret with potter.
“ugh, just tell him,” drao sighed. he didn’t in it himself.
“very well,” mgonagall said. “about two, mr. malfoy approahed me with an idea.”
“what kind of idea?”
“an infant shool.”
“otter’s head whipped around to stare at drao. “that shool was your idea?”
“ah, so you do know about it.”
&ook me there,” potter murmured without taking his eyes off drao. “but i didn’t know…”
“well, he ersuasive,” mgonagall said with the ti hint of a smile. “how did you put it? ‘we doher lunati who wants to take over the world beause he thier than everyone.’”
drao s’s true, isn’t it?”
“what o,” mgonagall ontinued, “was what you said ab hildreed before they ome here. while dividio houses iso be pitti eah other, i a’s a natural ourse, espeially with gryffindors and slytherih urved upwards. “but it’s an turn out well.”
drao oughed, feelio his heeks.
“oh, before i fet,” mgonagall said, “professor flitwik wao give you some douments on spellwork. he was going to owl it to you, but sine yot out of her seat. “i’ll be right bak.”
drao ould tell potter was dying to talk to him, but he waited until mgonagall had losed the door behind her.
“are you fuking serious?” he blurted.
drao tried to keep his fae impassive. “what?”
“you don’t just volu shool! it was your idea? it’s your shool?”
“nobody knows about this potter, about my i least. pansy and bise know, oh, and luna, but i made them swear not to tell anybody.”