far gone- alternate 'happy' ending
****THIS STARTS THE SAME DAY THAT HARRY KILLS HIMSELF IN THE LAST CHAPTER BUT HE DOESNT enjoy,,,,,****
“Draco honey it is time to wake up.”
“Harry? Why are you up? Is that coffee?” Draco mumbles, stretching out and yawning.
“I woke up early and went for a run like I used to, there was a coffee cart about two miles away, so I got some coffee and walked back,” Harry replied hopping back on the bed with the two cups of coffee and cuddles close to his boyfriend.
“Eww, you’re sweaty! Get off me. That doesn’t explain why you are up, you’re still on bed rest for another week, though I am more than thankful that you are finally that is getting that hot six-pack back, I don’t think that Healer Henries will be as happy as me.” Draco takes the coffee cup and takes a sip. “OW fuck! Why is this so bloody hot? You got it at least a half-hour ago, it should’ve cooled down by now.”
“Oh shit! Sorry, I forgot to take the warming charm off, here.” With a wave of Harry’s hand, the charm leaves the two cups and they become a drinkable temperature.
“You have no fucking idea how hot it is when you do wandless magic so effortlessly.” Draco breathes out. “Now answer my question!”
“I am coming to work with you this morning, I know you are worried that something might go wrong and I don’t want you to spend your first day back at work worrying about me. Plus, it’s about time that I hand in my resignation letter to Kingsley, being an auror isn’t what I want so I am not going to continue doing it.” Harry shrugs taking a sip of his coffee.
“I am proud of you Har, its only been week since you got out of hospital but here you are, going for a morning run, getting your sexy boyfriend morning coffee, excelling at wandless magic without trying, standing up for what you want in your life and not doing what every else wants you to do. I am so unbelievably proud of you Harry.” Draco says before placing a soft kiss on Harry’s lips. “Go shower, I will cook some eggs and bacon for breakfast, you still need to eat three meals weather you like it or not.” Draco gets up, coffee still in hand, and walks out of their bedroom; it's not their bedroom yet but Harry doesn’t plan on going back to Grimmauld anytime soon.
Harry smiles to himself and gets up and walks into the ensuite bathroom in Draco’s flat.
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“It seems like years since I have been in here wow,” Harry says when Draco and him, walk into the Ministry, busy as ever on this unimportant Monday morning.
“I know what you mean, I saved up all my holidays to get off work these past few months. Told them my mother was sick, they believed it.” Draco ways squeezing his boyfriends’ hand. “Do you want people to know we are together, I mean everyone in our group thought you were straight until a couple of weeks ago, we don’t need everyone to know if you don’t want them to, I am fine with it just being between us.”
“Dray, I have hidden who I am since I was fourteen years old, I do not care anymore if they stare let them stare, let them make as many rumours and lies as they please. The fact is I am happy with you and that is all I need to have.” Harry replies as strongly as he could muster.
“Alright, I will see you in my office after you are done with Kingsley.”
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“Knock, knock,” Harry says walking into Kingsley Shacklebolt’s office.
“Harry! How was Thailand? Going off like that without a warning, gave us all a right shock. You must tell me what it was like in Thailand, I have always wanted to go. The Minister there only ever comes here when we do get together. Almost three months there, you were gone so long we began to think you weren’t going to come back, you must have so much to say.” Kingsley says although this attitude might seem quite uncharacteristic for Minister Shacklebolt, but after the war Harry and Kingsley came quite close to one another and opened up, sharing more happy stories of the past and how Kingsley was the year above James, Sirius and Remus.
Harry freaks out, he has never been to Thailand, why was Kingsley asking him about Thailand? Harry forgot that Thailand existed. Fuck Harry came in here ready to tell Kingsley that he was leaving the Auror department and never coming back and now he is getting asked about bloody Thailand?!
“Uh, Thailand?” This was Harry’s best bet to get an answer without making himself look like a fool.
“That’s where you have been these last few months right? I am sure that’s where the Prophet said.” Kingsley questioned.
“Oh, no, I have been in St Mungo’s, almost died again and all. I am here to tell you that I am leaving the department. The whole Ministry. I realised a lot while I was in that room and I have to move on from the past, the war, being the hero, I need to move on from that persona and I don’t think to be an Auror is helping with that. I have hated myself for so long, for so many different reasons, and continuing to put myself in danger every day isn’t healthy for me anymore. I need to do something for me and this isn’t it. I have fought enough bad guys in my life and there are plenty other capable people to my job. I am grateful that you allowed me to become an Auror and I know you hoped that one day I would take over and become Head Auror, but it isn’t what I want. I have finally found the person I want to spend my life with and I don’t want to put myself in danger anymore. I hope you can understand.” Harry says as confidently and calmly as he can muster, he made up the speech on his run this morning, Harry knows that Draco is just worried that his eating disorder will worsen but he is feeding him too much food, Harry needs to burn the calories and get back into shape.
“I completely understand Harry, it was a matter of time before this happened. I never wanted to force you to do a job you weren’t happy in, that isn’t my decision to make, only yours. I just hope you can find the happiness and closure you deserve.” Kingsley sighs, he knew this was going to happen sooner or later and even though he will miss Harry dearly, he genuinely hopes that Harry finds his peace, where that be. “I am curious as to why the papers said you were in Thailand if you were at Mungo’s?”
“I assume Pansy told the papers I was in Thailand so that St Mungo’s wouldn’t be swarmed with the press and whatnot. I still get fan mail, so people must still think I saved them.” Harry replied. It seems something Pansy would do. “I guess I should do some research on Thailand before the Prophet comes knocking at my door, not that I will be at my door. Anyway, Draco is waiting for me, I just dropped in to say that I am resigning. Thanks for understanding, I will see you on Sunday for Blaise and Ron’s engagement party.”
“Of course.” Kingsley smiled at the young man and stood up to show him out. “Oh and, I am happy for you and Draco finally panned out, and if you don’t mind I would like to send Minerva an owl requesting my 50 Galleons.”
Harry chuckled, “Thanks but Minnie already knows, so I think you should get an extra 5 Galleons because she was late on delivery, don’t you?” Harry winks and walks out of the Minister's office and towards the Infirmary where his boyfriend is waiting.
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2 MONTHS LATER - Blaise and Ron’s wedding.
“Harry! What if Blaise decides he doesn’t love me anymore? I can’t do this! This is a life commitment, what if he cheats or he realises that he made a mistake?! What if he leaves me at the alter? Merlin, I would die! Oh, Godric, Harry I need you to go out and tell everyone I died, I will run away, change my name, dye my hair, start over.” Ron is freaking out, to say the least. The wedding starts in an hour and Ron hasn’t stop rambling for three hours.
“RON! Stop it. Calm down. Do you love Blaise?” Harry grabs Ron’s shoulders to stop him from pacing
“Yes, obviously or I wouldn't be marrying him.”
“Do you want to marry him?”
“Yes! What is this? 20 Questions? Harry, I love him, I want to know if he loves me! Oh Gods, what if he thinks I eat too much? What if every problem he has had with me over the last five years come up right now and he realises he doesn’t want to go through with this?”
“Ron, Blaise loves you, he isn’t going to leave you at the altar and he isn’t going to ever leave you. He loves all of you, you know that you are just having some pre-wedding jitters, I am sure once you go out there and walk down the aisle, all your worries will go away. You will be okay. Plus, if Blaise does, for some reason, leave you at the altar, me and Mione will beat his ass and you know that we are here for you always.” Harry attempts again. This time Ron takes a deep breath in and sits down in front of the vanity.
“I love him so much Harry, he is my Draco.”
“Ron, Draco and I have been dating for three months, you and Blaise have been dating for five years, it different.” Harry blushes.
“So, you’re telling me you don’t see yourself marrying Draco? Growing old with him? Harry you have loved him for longer than I have loved Blaise, just because the two of you weren’t together doesn’t change the fact that he did love you and him, your love is something that Blaise and I yearn for, you two went through so much yet you found each other against all odds and made it work.”
“Since when did you and Blaise talk about mine and Draco’s love life?” Harry laughed. Honestly, he was touched at his best mates’ words, it meant the world that Ron cares.
“Since we got together. We made about ten different bets on when either of you would come out, get together, how you’d get together. It was the foundation of our relationship and it helped us bond, I mean it was over the fact that both our best mates were obsessed with each other but still.”
“Ron! Are you almost ready to go? Pansy may or may not have told every guest that the wedding was half an hour earlier than it was meant to be, and everyone is getting antsy.” Mione says frantically coming into Ron’s room.
“You can do this mate.” Harry says supportively, “It’s Blaise, he loves you. Now hurry up and put your shoes on so you can get married!”
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It seemed that Ron was worrying over absolutely nothing. The wedding was beautiful, Harry cried. Molly did as well, and Charlie and Ron and Blaise.
Now it was the after-party, the only people still here are Harry, Draco, Hermione, Pansy, Ginny, Luna, Neville, Daphne & Astoria Greengrass, Charlie, George, Bill & Fleur (Molly took their kids) and Goyle. Ron, Ginny, Charlie, Bill, George, Hermione and Neville are doing karaoke, Harry, Blaise, Pansy and Luna are dancing, Fleur, Astoria and Daphne are having a conversation in French while Draco half listens in and half drools over his dancing boyfriend.
“Attention sluts!” Pansy yells into the microphone, clearly drunk. “I am extremely sloshed right now and I wanted to say I’m so so so so so so so so happy furrr Ronnie and Blaisey, they are going to have some veryyy hawtt children that will be gay for me and Mione’s children because we are going to get married and have beautiful babies like Ronnie and Blaisey. I have known Blaise Boo since he was diapers and I have some great stories for y’all, starting with the time-" Draco runs onto the stage and takes the mic away from her.
“Okay, Pans that’s enough. I might be tipsy, but I am sober enough to know whatever story drunk Pansy thinks will be funny will most likely end in a divorce. I say that we keep drinking and keep partying because two people we all love very much just tied the knot and we are here to celebrate them.”
Not even a half-hour later Harry was on stage with the microphone.
“Helllooo everyone! I am so happy for Ronald and Blake-wait shit that’s not his name, Blaine? Blade? Blair? Fuck mate what’s your name? mate, Black, I am so sorry, Blass I am so fucking pissed right now lol can’t even see ahaha.”
“Harry you can’t see because you aren’t wearing your glasses and its BLAISE!” Draco yells out from next too Hermione on the other side of the reception hall.
“Righhttt, Blaise! I am so happy that you guys finally tied the knot, but I am going to steal the spotlight for a quick minute because I have a very important thingy ma jig to say. Draco is pregnant!”
“Harold shut the fuck up! I am not pregnant, because if you have forgotten I have a penis!” Draco spits out his drink and goes completely red.
“Definitely haven’t forgotten ‘bout your dick Draco, just wanted to tell everyone that I top. Annnyyywayyy, we all know that I quick being an Auror because ew. But just a few hours ago one Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry offered me the position of Defence Against Arts and Crafts,”
“Dark Arts Har, Dark Arts.”
“That is what I said Dolores, I said no because I love Draco’s dick too much to leave it BUT then she told me that Wormbugle wants to retire and if Draco wants the position it is his. So, Draco wanna be potions professor at Pigfarts? Oh, before you answer I wanna say some shit about the groom that I couldn’t say because his mother was here, and I am kinda scared of molly when she gets mad.”
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While Harry is making his very drunken speech about the time Ron slept with a murderer for three years, Hermione and Draco are talking.
“Are you going to move to ‘Pigfarts’ to replace ‘Wormbugle’ with Harry?” Hermione giggles.
“McGonagall approached me after she talked to Harry and we are going to be moving there together at the end of the month,” Draco says longingly. “I know we have only been dating for three months but they have been the best months of my life and honestly cannot think of a time where I was happier, Harry is my everything and when Pansy came into Ron and Blaise’s flat crying, my whole world crumbled, if anything happens to him again I don’t think I could mentally, emotionally or physically take it, that’s why when he told me he planned to quit being an Auror I couldn’t have been more relieved. And I wanted to thank you, Hermione, for keeping him alive for me since he was eleven, we would’ve died so many times if it weren’t for you.”
“Thank you, Draco, take care of him, please. He deserves happiness, he deserves you”
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It's crazy to think that just twelve years ago Harry declined Draco’s hand in friendship and Draco found out what gay meant.
Eleven years ago, Harry was certain that Draco was the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets and Draco was certain that Potter did it.
Ten years ago, Harry was fed up with Draco’s attention-seeking and Draco just wanted Harry to notice him.
Nine years ago, Harry found out what gay meant and the scared him but not as much as the return of Voldemort, Draco just wanted Harry to be safe during the tournament but of course, he had to go and resurrect Voldemort god damn it!
Eight years ago, Harry lost Sirius and his mind, Draco tried really hard to hate Potter but he couldn’t, he never could, no matter what.
Seven years ago, Harry was so certain that Draco was a Death Eater and Draco was dealing with demons of the worst kind.
Six years ago, the two of them fought on different sides of the war, but they still saved each other from death.
Five years ago, they put their past behind them and became friends but that only intensified their feelings.
Four years ago, they left Hogwarts for what they thought would be the last time.
Three years ago, Harry got his job as an Auror and Draco got his working in the Ministry Infirmary.
Two years ago, they were inseparable but not dating thank you very much, no matter how much they both wanted it, Harry thought Draco was straight and Draco thought Harry was straight, lmao idiots.
One year ago, Draco came out and Harry thought he finally had a chance but then he was crushed and started to spiral.
Finally three months ago, they found each other and now they are standing, hand in hand, outside the gates of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ready to start their future together as Professor Potter and Professor Malfoy, the legendary DADA and Potions teachers that were quite obviously, undoubtedly, so far in love with each other, that students were surprised that they had only been together for a few months. They were loved by all that’s for sure.