Merry Crisis!!!
Arthur Weasley was allowed to be with family on Christmas. The healers agreed he was healthy enough to get out for good. He joined everyone for breakfast at the HQ dinner table where the Weasley's & Hermione (who arrived because she did not want to go on a skiing trip) were.
He was still bandaged up since it was a magic filled snake & had a wheelchair for his bitten legs. The pain reduce potion helped him though to smile at his children who were relieved to have him back.
"There he is. Daddy is back!"
The mother of the Weasley children was very happy to have her family all together again (granted she wished her other 3 sons could be there too).
Yes, even Percy.
Her face hurt from smiling too much.
She noticed. Harry & Draco who had walked in side by side talking about something. After handing the others her handmade wrapped gifts, she went over to them & hugged Harry who easily hugged her back. Then, handed him his gift before turning her attention to Draco who had seemed to of picked the comfortable approach in his outfit rather than a shirt & jeans like Harry did.
He chose an oversized green jumper & black leggings with matching green converses.
She hugged him too which surprised the Slytherin who only had just hugged back when she released him, then she handed him his gift before returning to the other's after wishing them a Merry Christmas leaving the blond dumbfounded.
She had to see her twin's faces when they put on their gifts after all!
Harry turned to the blond, "You'll get use to it."
"I will? I mean, you are implying that this will happen again."
"It will."
"H-"
"Shush. Just open your gift."
Draco rolled his eyes dramatically & began to unwrap his gift carefully. He wasn't one for ripping paper open especially since it seemed to be carefully wrapped. He was always like that. He was just so use to opening things that were worth a lot. His father hated it when he had recklessly opened things especially that one time when he was eight & opened a glass item his mother had gotten him from Venice.
He still had the scars.
He threw the memory out of the window because he knew that Mrs Weasley would never get him anything expensive as glass. He wasn't her child after all but still old habits are hard to stop.
"A jumper?"
He was taken back at the sight of it.
"The Molly Weasley jumper. Hand knitted & especially made for you. Welcome to the family. You made it."
He studied the green jumper with a grey 'D' that was on it & trailed his fingers over the fabric with a fond smile that found itself onto his face. The only handmade gift he had ever gotten was from Lukas who wanted to try his hand at making a custom made denim jacket with rock band pins on it.
(He still had it).
He use to think that the more expensive the more love but he was definitely sure that it wasn't the case when he saw the jumper.
They say people pour emotion into art which is what she did to hers.
"You look as if you have just fallen in love."
He didn't look at him, "I've..."
"Speechless?"
Ignoring the Gryffindor's teasing, he lifted up his gift gently as if it really was made of glass & tried it on. It was also oversized but in a way that he liked it. Almost as if she knew him well enough when she made it. It was warm & soft. Like a hug.
He loved it.
His 'sweater-paws' lifted the collar so he could rub his cheeks onto it like a cat just as Sirius & Remus entered the room. Sirius had also chosen the leggings & jumper combo. His jumper was a crimson red with a black 'S' on it as his hair was braided back. He hugged Harry on the way past to get to the tree where the gifts where.
"Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Sirius."
He went over to the tree while dodging a cake decoration that had been charmed to life which had gotten onto a cake broomstick then had began to fly around. Then, lifted up three gifts then returned to; Draco, Harry & Remus (who was fixing the blonde's jumper from the back which had folded out) & handed them each their gift before taking a glass of wine off of Mrs Weasley who came to greet the men.
"I trust that you both got your gifts?"
"Yes, thank you, Molly."
"Yep. As you can see. I am wearing mine."
She smiled proudly at Sirius then at Draco who was practically becoming one with the jumper which made her smile bigger.
"Mind telling your kids that I left gifts from me & Remus under the tree."
Draco grinned at the 'joint gifts' part thinking about married couples before adding, "I left some gifts for them too," Then, taking a glass of pumpkin juice.
"You both shouldn't have."
"Well, we wanted to," Both Draco & Sirius said, at the same time.
They shared a wink.
She chuckled & nodded, "Alright. I'll tell them," she said.
She turned & returned to her children.
"Molly is practically bouncing."
"Can you blame her, Pads? Her husband is home & a Malfoy enjoys her knitting."
Draco scowled, "It's warm."
"Agreed!" Sirius said.
"Thanks Sirius."
"You like your gift, kiddo?"
"I love it."
Draco smiled at Harry who held a hand carved deer family.
"I thought you would think it's silly."
"No. I don't."
"Merlin... Sirius..."
Remus looked at him & shook his head fondly as he held a canvas.
"You like it? Not too shabby, eh?"
The Slytherin leaned his head over to see a painting of a wolf & a dog playing in a forest. It seemed to be charmed so that it looked as if the forest was moving & so was the canines.
"You going to cry? Sorry, Moony... I'll take it back if it's too m-"
Remus hugged his old friend tightly as he was seemingly was trying not to cry.
"I love it, prick."
"Language."
"Shut it."
Harry shared at grin with the blond who finally opened his gift & his eyes widened.
A canvas with a painting of all his friends & him in their animagus forms within the forest by the lake. The reflections in the lake had human shadows instead. It seemed to be based off of night time with the only light being a moon. He was pretty sure he saw a shape of a werewolf between the trees.
The only thing that was charmed to move was the fireflies that he mentioned once to Sirius in his letter.
"Merlin, you are crying... Shit!"
Draco blinked them away & turned to Sirius a smile, "Thank you. You really are an amazing artist."
Sirius hugged him tightly & cradled his head.
"Originally it was just the fireflies but when I heard about your friends & your animagi forms I just had to add it."
"Even my werewolf friend."
"Of course."
"It means a lot."
"Bet this Christmas beats the other ones."
"Yes. Definitely."
After he had received his gifts off of his friends, aunt & Tonks through an owl he wasn't expecting anything off of anyone else.
He was wrong it seemed.
Harry, Granger & Remus also gave him a gift (he bought gifts for them too before he came to the old Black home).
Granger got him broom grooming supplies.
Remus got him a few muggle fairytale stories (he mentioned wanting to read them to Sirius through letter once he must of told him).
As for Harry, he got him a giant box of assorted sweets.
It seemed that Harry also got something else from both Remus & Sirius.
A pile of books...
Draco didn't question it.
After dinner, Draco, the twins & their sister had all began to play a game of D&D in the drawing room where everyone else was. Harry & his two friends merely watched as the adults all talked by the giant table.
The blond couldn't remember how or why the Weasley sister joined. She was just as scary as Pansy when she played. He snorted when one of the twin's character died & pulled out their 6th piece of paper to create another character.
Mischief VI.
The Slytherin then leaned himself on the person beside him (who was sitting way to close anyway) as they all decided to wait for the twin to create the main details of his character. They wanted to take a break anyway so most of them just cradled their hot drink.
It was the first Christmas where Draco was not required to drink some form of alcohol.
"Fred! George! What did I say about magic!" They suddenly heard Mrs Weasley shriek from behind them.
"Merlin, I hope that isn't the boggart again- Oh."
When they turned/ looked up they were met with a giant mistletoe which was the size of a chandelier which looked ready to break the ceiling.
"Wasn't me!" The twins said, then pointed at one another, "Was him!"
She glared at them after warily looking up at the plant, "You will shrink that mistletoe this instance!"
"Mum, they can't. People have to kiss to get it to shrink," Ginny said.
The woman sighed & shook her head fondly, "What should I do with the pair of you, eh?"
She pecked his husband's lips & it shrunk slightly, as all of her children all dramatically groaned.
"Oh, shush. I'll have to do it a few more times to get it to shrink won't I?"
It shrunk again & Draco turned to see Harry swat one of the twin's faces away from his cheek as well as realize he was leaning on him.
"I'd say 2 more kisses should work," Hermione said, eyeing up Ron for a second.
Harry & Draco shared a knowing look.
"Hey, Hermione?"
"Yes, Harry."
"I dare you to kiss Ron."
"Only if you kiss Draco."
"Deal."
The blond backed away, "Oh, no. I don't do kissing."
"Scared Malfoy?" Harry teased, with a grin.
"You wish!"
Eyes widened when he remembered second year which made him distracted. Harry used that as an opportunity to swoop over & kiss the tip of the Draco's nose. He blinked when the Gryffindor pulled away with an evil smirk.
The twins whooped.
The Slytherin could smack the smugness from his face but instead curiously looked at Sirius who smiled at them fondly then Hermione & Ron who still hadn't made the mistletoe shrink.
"I didn't think you would actually do that, Harry."
He just shrugged then waited patiently for them to kiss.
They didn't but the mistletoe went to it's original size.
The blond searched the room for the reason & almost squealed when he saw Sirius pulling his face away from Remus' jaw who had become an interesting shade of red.
"Oh, would you look at that we don't need to anymore," Ron said, "I'm going to get more eggnog."
He shot up & left the room.
"Gryffindors being brave, my arse."
Harry smacked his shoulder & gestured his head to Hermione who looked heartbroken.
Ginny rolled her eyes at her brother antics & slid closer to her, "His loss," She said, before kissing her cheek which made the other giggle.
The redhead then proceeded to poke her ribs & they got into a tickle fight. Harry quickly moved their cups out of the way egging Ginny on. Draco huffed out a laugh then turned back to Remus to check on him.
He burst out laughing.
Remus hadn't move. He was frozen in place & was still bright red. Sirius, who was concerned for his friend, was attempting to get him to sit down by pulling at his hand.
The werewolf's eyes screamed 'help'.
Harry noticed too & also began to laugh.
Remus was far gone.
Draco would say that this Christmas was one of his favorites. He felt loved. He enjoyed the fact he didn't have to deal with stuffy parties or stuck up rich purebloods. He could joke & he as weird as possible.
He looked forward to having something like this in future & was excited to tell his friends.
He felt home.