Tasha's (aka Beren) Journal

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt23
Title: Advent23 - Aftermath
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary:
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

Somewhere along the line Harry forgot how to think. When his brain finally came back online his fist had teeth marks from where he had been trying to keep quiet. He could be very loud if he wasn't careful.

"Back with me, Potter?" Draco asked with a superior smirk.

Given that Draco was just putting away his wand, Harry had to assume there was no longer any evidence of their liaison to be found. It was scary how good they both were at that.

"Wow," Harry said, feeling it was safest not to try for complex.

Draco smiled even wider.

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt21
Title: Advent21 - Self-Awareness
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Draco has a moment of introspection.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

If people ever found out that Draco accidentally proposed in a broom cupboard he would never hear the end of it from any of his friends. Pansy would make him pay forever.

Of course, when he considered it, there was no guarantee his friends would ever speak to him again, given who he had just asked to be his consort. That should have bothered him more than it did, but the smile on Harry's face had been distracting and the grin was more so.

If he'd known Harry had such a dirty mind he would have bagged him years ago.

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt17, pt18 & pt19
Title: Advent17 - The Truth Will Out
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Harry realises something else.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"Okay, Slytherins, I get it," Harry said at Draco's reaction. "You really think Astoria planned this?"

"Or something like this," Draco replied.

Harry let that sink in.

"Does that mean that you were getting fed up of broom cupboards and dark corners as well?"

Draco frowned and Harry was pretty sure the other wizard was mentally berating himself for letting yet more information slip out.

"I may have mentioned it a couple of time, yes," Draco finally admitted.

Harry's cheeks ached at the smile that broke over his face. Of course a Slytherin would never make the obvious first move.

Title: Advent18 - Negotiations

"So," Harry said when he finally managed to control the smile, "where do we go from here?"

"Well, how attached are you to your dingy little flat?" Draco asked.

"It's not dingy," Harry protested, "well not very dingy."

It had been going cheap when he needed a place near to work.

"That's doesn't answer the question."

"Not very," he admitted.

"How do you feel about the Manor?"

"I haven't seen it since ..." he didn't need to elaborate.

"It's changed a lot and my parents live abroad."

"Okay then."

"Good, would you like your own rooms or to share mine?"

Title: Advent19 - The Practicalities
Summary: Draco starts to organise things.

"Um," Harry didn't really know what to say to that. "Right now?"

"Well, soon," Draco replied. "The minimum suitable engagement would be about a month because everyone will assume we've been shagging anyway. Then there's the ceremony, but you could move in straight away. You'd have to pretend to have your own rooms at first for appearances sake, but you don't have to use them if you don't want to."

Harry felt lighter than air. He still couldn't shift the stupid smile.

"Okay," he said, because he wasn't a Gryffindor for nothing.

Maybe the polish fumes were getting to him.

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt15
Title: Advent15 - What About Astoria?
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Draco is nervous and Harry realises a few things.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"Um," Draco said. "If I was, would you say yes?"

Harry didn't bother to reply, he just grabbed Draco and dragged him into a fierce kiss.

"Just one question," he said as they broke apart, "for this to work, wouldn't Astoria have to like me as well?"

"You'd be surprised how many relationships don't require like," Draco replied, "but you don't have to worry. When I told Astoria who I was seeing, she was over the moon."

Harry had to stop and mentally assimilate that, because pureblood sensibilities took getting used to.

"Oh Merlin's balls," Draco said, "I've been played."

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt13
Title: Advent13 - Muggle Influences
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Harry wonders why he's never heard about Draco's solution, even vaguely.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"I've never met anyone who had a consort," Harry said and there were other pureblood traditions he had come across in his line of work that had been new to him.

"I told you, it's an old tradition. It fell out of favour thanks to Muggle influences. It never made any sense until you blurted everything about Riddle to the papers. He disapproved."

"Couldn't escape his Muggle upbringing after all." Harry commented.

"We are all products of our environment," was all Draco said.

Harry couldn't disagree, their time at Hogwarts proved that.

"So tell me all about consorts," he said.

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt10
Title: Advent10 - The Gravity of the Situation
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Draco makes sure Harry understands that this is not to be taken lightly.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

Harry couldn't help the smile that spread across his face at Draco's confession.

"Don't look so happy," Draco said, "you have no idea the gravity of what we're talking about."

"Do I get to keep you?"

"Yes."

"Then I don't care."

"But you play both sides," Draco pointed out, "you could have the wife and children and be the happy little perfect Saviour the whole of our world wants you to be. There are going to be people who won't like us at all."

"If I lived my life by what other people liked, I'd have been dead at eleven."

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt8
Title: Advent8 - There Is A Way
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Draco explains what he is thinking.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"Official?" Harry asked.

Draco looked at him and pursed his lips.

"You are woefully ignorant."

"I know."

Harry had given up denying there were still a ridiculously large number of things he didn't understand about the Wizarding world. He and Hermione had been talking about doing something about it for all those who were Muggle raised.

"I'm gay," Draco said, "Astoria is a lesbian, we have a contract, but it is expected we will have discrete lovers; the important word being discrete. With you discrete is impossible, but there is a way; a respected, above board, pureblood way."

"I'm listening."

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt6
Title: Advent6 - Realities
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Harry discovers there are some things Draco won't do.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

Draco mentally kicked himself as Harry's sarcasm made him want to smile. He had never realised before their fling quite how sassy Harry could be when he wanted to.

"Merlin, we're a pair," he said and shook his head.

"Well you haven't hexed me yet," Harry said, "so I'm guessing you're not completely averse to my original suggestion."

Draco sighed.

"No, P...Harry," he corrected, "I'm not, but do you have any idea what a circus it would be out there if I so much as held your hand?"

"Do we care?"

"I can't do that to Astoria."

Harry looked devastated.

Revelations in a Broom Cupboard pt4
Title: Advent4 - Bloody Gryffindors!
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Summary: Draco accidentally shows some of his cards.
Link to other parts: LJ | DW
Author's Notes: Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"I should have known getting involved with a Gryffindor would cause complications. Especially you," Draco complained.

"You were the one who came on to me," Harry protested, "and neither of us had had that much to drink at that party."

It had been some Ministry do and, come to think of it, they'd ended up in a cupboard then too. It was a pattern.

"It's not my fault you're compelling."

Harry didn't know what to say to that.

"Compelling?"

"Bloody Chosen Ones and their ridiculously green eyes," Draco muttered.

Harry was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to have heard that.

Title: Advent2 - Conversation in a Broom Cupboard
Series: Revelations in a Broom Cupboard
Author: Beren
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: canon compliant only to Deathly Hallows, EWE
Link to other parts: LJ | DW

Author's Notes: I made the decision, it's a series of drabbles, at least for now :). Thanks to Soph for the beta.
Word count: 100

"I distinctly remember you saying no one could ever know," Draco said, pulling out his wand and casting Lumos so they could see properly.

"I did," Harry admitted, "but that was when I thought you were just a nice looking, well hung bloke who was good in bed."

"I am all of those things."

"Oh, and with a giant ego," Harry added.

Draco let one of his eyebrows arch.

"And then?" he asked.

"Then I went and fell in love with you."

"You what?!"

"I fell in love with you."

Draco's belly twisted in a way he was unfamiliar with.