Every dragon needs a lion

Harry knew it from the moment he and Draco started to share a room together at Hogwarts, eight year. He would find it in the middle of the night when he woke up to get a glass of milk. It would either lay in the arms of the blonde, clutched to his chest, or somewhere random on the bed.

He knew Draco didn’t want him to know. So when Harry finds it laying on the bed when he wakes first, he pulls it under the blankets and pretend he doesn’t know a thing.

When Draco woke first, the stuffed dragon would be hidden. And Harry would still pretend he doesn’t know. He doesn’t know why he never confronts Draco about it. Of course he was curious about the tiny dragon. But he couldn’t find it in himself to confront his boyfriend. Something about the dragon seemed so personal, so private. Draco would have to talk about it to Harry first.

...

It was a regular April night. Harry had spent the night with Ron, flying on the quidditch fields. He had asked Draco too, but he stayed in, needing to finish his transfiguration essay. Harry and Ron stayed outside very late, talking about regular stuff. Eventually they grew tired and decided to head inside. Harry wished his mate a goodnight before heading off to the room he and Draco shared.

Harry’s heart stang at the sight before him. His boyfriend was curled up in the bed, a transfiguration book laying long forgotten somewhere at the side of the bed. He seemed to be asleep. But what really made Harry smile was the dragon held against the chest of the blonde.

Harry moved towards the bed and made an attempt to climb on it quietly. Only to fail.
The transfiguration book, already dangling at the side of the bed, flew off with a loud ‘baf’ when it hit the ground.

The blonde startled awake and looked up at Harry who was sitting on the bed with a guilty smile. Harry saw the eyes of the Slytherin widen in horror as he suddenly realised that Harry caught him. With the dragon. He made a quick attempt to hide the dragon under the sheets but it didn’t work. Harry crawled over to where Draco was and grabbed the dragon. He saw Draco’s cheeks redden and his eyes still open in horror.

‘What is his name?’ Harry asked, petting the dragon. The blonde flushed more.

‘Harry.. I-, it.. it is not mine!’

‘Oh no? You have been babysitting someone’s dragon for months now, then?’ Harry grinned.

The Slytherin looked up, meeting Harry’s eyes. ‘You know?’ he whispered.

‘Yes, knew it since the first week we slept together. It is a cute thing,’ Harry casually replied.

Harry smiled when he saw his boyfriend blushing. The adorable sight of that made Harry smile and take the blonde into his arms. Draco gratefully moved closer to Harry. Harry put his arms around his shoulders. He felt him Draco relax in his grip.

‘My mother gave it to me when I was five,’ Draco whispered. ‘She said it would protect me from the monsters.’

Harry chuckled. ‘The monsters, huh? And who were the monsters?’

‘Voldemort and the deatheaters,’ Harry felt the blonde tense a bit and he himself tensed a bit up as well.

‘Voldemort is death now,’ Harry whispered. ‘And the deatheaters are in Azkaban.’

‘I know, the lion saved us,’ Draco sounded dead serious.

Harry felt himself relax. ‘The lion? Who is that?’

‘You ofcourse!’ Draco tugged at Harry’s arm a bit.

‘I’m the lion?’ Harry asked amused.

Draco smiled. ‘Yes, mother always said that one day the lion will save all the dragons. And you did. You are the lion. It makes sense. You beat the monster more than once. And after all you are a Gryffindor.’

Harry chuckled at the blonde. He was cute when he talked like that. ‘You know, a lion needs a dragon to stay alive. You are my dragon.’

Draco visibly blushed. ‘And you are my lion, Harry.’

Harry smiled and yawned. He chuckled when that made Draco yawn too. ‘We should go to sleep, it is late.’ The blonde nodded and lay down with his boyfriend, curling up against him.

Harry put a protective arm around his boyfriend. ‘I will always be your lion, my little dragon.’

Draco smiled against him. ‘I love you, lion.’

‘I love you too, dragon.’

...

A week passed and Harry found himself in the toy shop in Hogsmeade. Draco was at the three broomsticks with Blaise, Theo and Pansy. Harry looked at the shelves, smiling when he found what he was looking for. He payed at the cashier and started making his way back to Hogwarts.

He made his way to the dorm and smiled when he saw the stuffed dragon, not hidden this time. Harry grabbed the stuffed lion he got and placed it next to the dragon. ‘Every dragon needs a lion, and every lion needs a dragon.’ He whispered before heading off to the common room to play chess with Ron.