the older i get the more i realize what it meant for lily and james potter to die at 21. when you’re 11 and you’re reading the books, watching the films, 21 feels ancient. it did to me. even the actors they picked looked like they were in their thirties, because actual 21 year olds standing next to harry in the mirror would have been an excruciating sight i think. actual 21 year olds lined up in the photo sirius shows harry would have been horrible to see. they weren’t adults. i look at 21 year olds now and most of them are still teenagers. and i’m so sad because you know harry turns 21 and then 22 and then 28 and 29 and realizes how terribly young his parents were, how brave they were, how exceptional they were, GOD I’M SAD IM GETTING A BEER
this will not leave my head so i had to write it down. thanks, bye, love you:
okay so harry comes back for 8th year stressed and easily panicked and needing new ways to ground himself when it starts to feel like the walls are closing in
then one day, harry sees luna doing these intricate plaits in ginny’s hair and he is entranced
ginny looks so relaxed and he just watches as luna’s fingers weave through the long strands of hair and it relaxes him
from then on he frequently sees luna plaiting people’s hair; ginny’s, hermione’s, pansy’s, anyone with hair long enough. so one day harry asks her to teach him
they spend countless hours in the eighth year common room (luna and ginny practically live up there anyway), luna teaching harry using ginny’s hair and her own hair and harry getting really good
so good in fact that he starts experimenting with different hairstyles and things luna hasn’t tried yet and soon he has 8th year girls (and the occasional boy) lining up to have their hair plaited
and for harry it’s so relaxing, focussing on weaving intricate patterns onto people’s heads, it distracts him and grounds him more than anything he’s found so far
now harry (being the poor oblivious bb he is) doesn’t notice draco staring in fascination as harry does this and draco himself finds calm sitting in the hush of the common room, quietly observing as harry goes about his work
draco watches constantly but whenever anyone so much as glances at him, he quickly turns his head back to a textbook in his lap
one night draco wakes trembling from a nightmare and it’s almost as if he can still feel the piercing reptilian gaze from his dreams watching him, ready to strike from the dark corners of the room
he puts on a jumper and quietly slips out of the dorm to go and sit by the fire in the common room but freezes when he sees that the sofa is already occupied
harry turns when he hears a floorboard creak behind him to see draco looking almost as exhausted as he feels
‘hi,’ the word is tentative, an acknowledgment of the pale figure standing in the shadows of the room, and draco takes it as an invitation to take the place next to harry on the sofa, too exhausted to care that this is kind of overstepping the boundaries of the unspoken truce he and harry have struck up
draco is visibly shaken and trembling, even in the warmth of the fire so harry gently eases draco back into his embrace after receiving a brief nod in response when he questions, ‘is this okay?’
draco has relaxed slightly but his eyes still dart around the room at the slightest creak and harry feels an overwhelming sense of protection for the shivering boy in his lap
harry’s hands go to draco’s hair without thought and soon he is combing through the soft strands, gently stroking the top of draco’s head as he feels the tremors start to slow
harry had loved when draco had started wearing his hair loose and wavy at the start of their 8th year, harry had thought it had been significant of draco moving away from his strict upbringing towards becoming his own person and harry admired him for that
harry starts to french plait draco’s hair, loosely and slowly, and as draco’s hair has grown quite a lot since the war, harry can easily form two, short, french braids
by the time he’s finished, draco’s breath has evened out and his eyes are closed and harry finds that his own eyes are heavy and he slowly drifts off to sleep, draco settled in between his legs, harry’s arms wrapped around his chest
in the morning, luna lets herself into the 8th year common room early to find draco and harry curled around each other on the large sofa in front of the fire, draco with mussed, sleep tousled french plaits and harry with his hands resting over draco’s heartbeat
from then on, it is not uncommon for draco to come to classes with some variation of plait in his hair from harry practicing new styles on his hair in the common room
p.s i feel like this is a bit cheesy and the last bit is definitely an overdone concept but i love fluff and i just loved the idea of harry plaiting draco’s hair and had to write it so thanks for reading if you got this far 🙂
Also Mcgonagall: that wand needs replacing, Weasley
Whoa there!
Shitpost or not, we do not come after Professor McGonagall on this planet.
It was the best thing a teacher could do in either situation.
You’ve got an abused boy who has never had anything other than the spiders in his cupboard, he is grasping at every new, amazing, thing he finds because it’s all so wonderful? You give him a new, amazing, thing.
You have a boy who grew up in a household where family comes first, where humbleness is key, where taking handouts is seen as embarrassing? You remind that boy that he needs to find a way to replace his broken school supplies and then you sit back and do nothing because you know the family will sort itself out, it always does, and to interfere would be an insult on that perseverance and the family as a whole.
Harry was ecstatic to receive the broom. Ron would have been mortified if his teacher gave him a wand (and so would the rest of the Weasleys).
That’s how you teach.
Not just by knowing which of your kids needs something but by knowing which of your kids will accept something when you give it to them.
WE DO NOT COME AFTER PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL ON THIS PLANET.
we’re not even touching the nagini thing like………i’ve been saying crimes of grindelwald looked like a hot mess from before the first fucking trailer and this is just. holy shit
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