⚠Talk of past trauma, talk of d3ath, cussing, talk of suc1die attempt, crying⚠

*Summary at the bottom of the page, stay safe loves♡*

Harry ran with Draco to the ROR, carrying him easily in his arms.

He got to the wall before walking back and forth three times before the door appeared and let them inside.

Inside the room was a large sofa, a small fireplace, and a queen-sized bed off to the side. 

"You didn't have to carry me, I could have walked," Draco said as Harry moved them to the couch and set him down on his lap. 

"I'm aware of that but I wanted to get us here quickly so I could try to help you as soon as possible," Harry replied softly as he took Draco's shaking hands into his own making Draco just now realize how badly his body was betraying him.

He was trying his best to keep his voice steady and his eyes from tearing up too much but when he felt Harry's comforting embrace he almost broke down.

"I will listen if you want to talk or I can just hold you until you calm down. The decision is yours Love." Harry said calmly as his thumb rubbed calm circles against the back of Draco's hands.

And like that, the damn broke. The mix of Harry's warm, comforting embrace and the calm tone of his kind words had broken him.

Draco wrapped his arms around Harry's chest as he buried his face into the crook of Harry's neck, and his legs wrapped around his waist as his body shook with sobs. 

Harry's eyes widened for a second before he wrapped his arms around Draco's lower back, rubbing his hands up and down in a calming motion in hopes to help him.

"That's it, let it all out. I'm here for you Dragon." Harry hummed quietly as Draco dampened his shirt with his tears.

About half an hour had passed when Draco began to calm down.

"I'm sorry, your shirt is soaked now." Draco apologized, startling Harry at the sudden sound.

"I promise you that I'm not worried about it in the slightest." Harry chuckled making Draco give him a small smile in return.

"Do you want to talk about it or do you want me to carry you to our dorm room and have us sleep until tomorrow? I'm perfectly fine with either option." Harry asked with a smile, trying his best to keep the mood on the lighter side.

"I want to talk about it," Draco responded after a minute of thinking about it.

"Then talk away, I will just sit here and listen until you're done," Harry said as he wrapped his arms around Draco's waist.

Draco nodded and moved so he was sitting back some, making it so he wasn't right up against Harry's shoulder.

"I feel terrible for everything I did last yea- Hell for every year I came here. I always did as I was told to try and impress my father, all I ever wanted was his approval and so I did what he asked. Well, I tried to at least, he wanted me to befriend you in the first year because you were one of the most well-known wizards of all time. So I tried and you rejected me, fairly so at how I treated your friends you had already made." Draco paused to take a breath having rushed out all of that previously.

"Anyway, I tried and failed at almost everything he asked me to do to make him proud so I lost hope and stopped trying. Well, that was until Voldemort showed up. My father was just like me but instead of wanting to impress his father it was Voldemort he wanted to impress. So he used me to do anything and everything Voldemort told him to." Draco took a shaky breath this time, concerning Harry.

"He told me to spy on you and tried to get me to help them get into the castle. I didn't want to, I truly didn't want to at all but they- the-" Draco paused as he took another breath, trying to stay calm enough to talk.

Harry noticed this and began rubbing his hands up and down Draco's arm gently, quietly reminding Draco that he wasn't alone and was safe.

After another second Draco began again, "They threatened to kill my mother and me if I didn't do anything to help them. I wouldn't have cared if it was just me, I would have rather died than have them raid Hogwarts like they did but they threatened my mum." Draco paused having felt something soft graze his shoulder for a second before disappearing.

"Sorry, I was just trying to make you calmer." Harry apologized with a blush making Draco connect the dots.

Harry had kissed his shoulder.

"It's okay, thank you," Draco replied with a small smile making Harry smile back at him.

"Any time Darling," Harry replied before giving another small kiss on his shoulder making Draco blush this time.

Draco kissed the top of Harry's head before continuing on with his story making Harry flustered for a second.

"Anyway, so I helped them and you know what they did from there... You know that time you caught me in the mirror in the washroom, I was crying because I had tried to kill myself but it didn't work." Draco paused when he heard Harry gasp quietly.

"I tried to spell myself to death but my wand wouldn't let me. I think my mum, father, or Voldemort spelled it so I couldn't off myself. If they didn't have me then they didn't have a way in here so they knew they couldn't risk it. That's why when you cursed me I thought I was going to die. I began crying again but they were tears of happiness." Draco said quietly as Harry wrapped his arms tighter around him.

"I wanted to end it all so they wouldn't hurt anyone here, I didn't want them to kill anyone. I just wanted it all to be over. But when that didn't work and you showed up at Malfoy Manner all banged up. I lied to them because I would rather have it be my life than yours that they took." Draco finished before leaning heavily against Harry's chest, his head falling against his shoulder.

"I'm so sorry that happened to you. It's all in the past now and most of them are dead or in jail, they can't hurt you anymore. Even if they could, I would fight them all over again to protect you." Harry said between soft kisses all along Draco's shoulder, collarbone, and neck.

"I know but old memories sting even now and they drove Granger to insanity," Draco said as he let one last tear slip from his eye.

"She's getting help for it now though and you shouldn't blame yourself for her because she went through a ton of stuff just like the rest of us. She just chose you to blame because you were the easiest target." Harry said, keeping his tone quiet and soft before he continued his gentle kisses.

Draco hummed in response as he allowed himself to relax more against Harry's embrace.

"Do you want to stay in here for a little while longer or do you want to see if it's lunchtime yet?" Harry asked as he ran one of his hands through Draco's soft hair.

"Stay here," Draco replied as he tilted his head to expose more of his neck for Harry to kiss.

"Okay," Harry replied with a soft smile before he continued his gentle, short kisses.

There was nothing sexual or needy behind the kisses, they were purely for helping Draco's mind occupied on him and nothing else.

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SUMMARY: Harry carries Draco to the ROR and they talk about Draco's traumatic past and how it affected him and Hermione, Harry comforts him and they have cuddly soft kisses afterward.

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1,298 Words! The next chapter will be Ron, Pansy, and Blaise!