thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

When Jake broke the kiss, he licked his lips, leaving only mere inches between their eyes. His voice was soft, breathing picked up just slightly, when he asked quietly, "will you stay here today?" His fingers drifted down Draco's chest, trying to make no small guess about exactly what he meant by his words. "...please."

There was a pause before Draco nodded as he tried to regain a hold of his emotions. He knew what Jake was requesting and reached up to kiss him one more. "I'll stay with you," he breathed in a soft voice.

That smile again. That warm, brilliant smile as he drew back, taking Draco's hands. He pulled them around him, and leaned in to murmur against his ear, "I'm going to so make it worth your while." A promise in his voice, low, before he pulled Draco close.

Later, in his bedroom with the blinds shut and curtains over that to make it dark as possible, Jake woke up slowly. A smile stayed on his lips when he realized Draco was still there, felt like asleep beside him. Quick trip to the loo, glass of water, and he'd slip back into bed. So he got out, reaching down in the dark for his pants. Squinting, he felt around carefully until he thought he had his pants. Grabbing them, flipping them around for the waist, he realized they weren't his and went to drop them when his fingers felt something odd.

His brow went up and he paused. Draco's. But... It felt like something long and hard, longer than - he wasn't even sure. Too thin to be a knife. Draco didn't smoke... What on earth? He licked his lips, then knowing it wasn't entirely right to do, he tugged it out.

Staring at it in his hands, trying to figure it out in the darkness, he felt along the length of it. ...A stick? But too smooth, too carved. What...?

He nearly dropped it when he realized what he thought it was. Quickly he pushed it back to where he found it, puttin down the pants carefully, and went for the bathroom. No way. Couldn't be.

A wand?!

Despite at first it being a bit awkward for Draco, he was glad he had stayed with Jake. He needed it and for the first time in a long time was able to forget everything and simply enjoy his time with Jake.

He only woke up when he realized a body was missing from bed and looked to see where Jake had gone. The light on in the bathroom told him where he was. He used the time to climb out of bed and grab his clothes finding it too cold now.

"Everything okay?" Draco questioned only after he realized it was a while. He didn't know that Jake had mistakenly found his wand.

Jake, leaning still nude with his hands braced on the sink, jumped at the sudden voice in the silence. He had no idea what to do with what he'd found. Why did Draco have a wand?? Was it even a wand!? How did he bring it up without sounding like a snoop!? And right after they had done all 'that'! Not like they'd gone all the way, a little early for that, for Jake, but... enough. They'd definitely done enough.

He rubbed a hand over his face and steadied himself before he called back. "Sorry, hope I didn't wake you. Wanted a glass of water and to use the loo. Just a min." Oh good and now it looked like he pissed with the door open. He sighed and to make good on his original intent, his aching bladder, and his words, he quickly did use the loo and washed his hands, and more of himself, before he got a wash cloth and wet it down. He also filled up the glass he kept by the sink and drained half of it before coming back, offering both cloth and glass over with a small, not quite easy smile mostly unseen with the light behind him.

"Here, might make things easier."

"Thanks," Draco replied as he took the glass and cloth. He tried to study him closer, but it was hard with the lights being off. He knew something was bothering Jake judging by his tone of voice and the way he was acting. Frowning a bit, he went and placed the cup down nightstand and turned on the lights.

"Mind telling me what's really wrong?" he casually questioned and sat on the bed looking up at Jake not caring if he was dressed or not."I was told I can be pretty intuitive so it's no good hiding things from me. It's a trait I got from my mother."

Oh bloody hell. Jake slid a hand back through his hair, knowing even more so this would be really awkward without even his skivvies on, but he moved to sit down next to Draco and tried to think how to explain.

"...nothing to do with what we just did, by the way," he started out, trying to ease any concern of that. His mouth worked wet, his swallow audible in the quiet room, before he leaned forward with his knees on his elbows. "...when I got up to go to the loo, I was trying to find my trousers in the dark. I grabbed a pair when I found them but there was... something in them."

He realized how awkward having this conversation was for the both of them. Him being partially dressed and Jake not dressed at all. Yet, the first part of Jake's comment did ease some tension... He had to admit he was a little concerned if it had been about what they did. But the part about finding his trousers caused Draco to run a hand over his face. What way to find out....

"What did you think you found?" Draco questioned. He had to ask before he could decide on finally explaining everything. For all he knew Jake could have thought it was something else.

Jake scratched his jaw, fidgetting slightly, because he knew how stupid it sounded to say out loud if he was wrong. "I mean-" deep breath, "I only felt it in the dark, but it felt- like-" This might have been the most awkward conversation of his life, right after 'I'm gay' and his parents.

"A wand. ...Like, a spell, wizards casting with it wand." Not even going to look up because bloody hell. That even sounded stupid to say out loud.

Draco gave a barely audible sigh as he ran a hand over his forehead. "Go get dressed and I got some things to explain. Things that you won't be able to tell anyone else to after this. It'll explain a lot of stuff that you were probably only guessing at."

He shouldn't get into too much trouble for this... Right? Jake did accidentally discover his big secret.

Oh. Kay.

Jake very slowly looked over to Draco, then decided since this sounded pretty important, getting dressed would be a good idea anyway. He grabbed his jeans, farther from the bed, and his knickers, tugging them both on and offering Draco his shirt even as he snagged his own. As he pulled it over his head, he sat down, then looked with confused curiosity to the other.

Okay, let's hear it.

Draco grabbed his shirt an shrugged it on. At the same time he pulled out his wand that Jake had found earlier.

"What you thought it was is correct. You also discovered my secret that I had been trying to hide since the day we met. I'm a wizard just like my father and my mother a witch." Draco quietly explained as he carefully watched Jake's reaction to his story.

"We keep this a secret to protect ourselves. We almost died out from all witch hunts in the past. A lot has been done so that we could still use our magic and still be safe. I'm breaking the law now by telling you that this even exists."

Well, Draco would at least get a fantastic expression to go with his law-breaking, because Jake was just staring at him with parted lips, wide eyes, and complete disbelief written across his face. Jake tried to say something, anything to that, but he couldn't, and his lips worked silently before he stood up, a hand coming up to say he needed a second.

He stepped a few feet away, looking away from Draco, and when he finally found his speech again, he looked to him and finally said what he needed to do, first. "Prove it. Prove- Prove any of what you just said is true."

He gave a small frown, knowing it was to be expected. Although, he was a little surprised to see this reaction from Jake. Jake had been so accepting of everything else. Then Draco supposed Jake didn't want to be lied to again on something he desperately wanted to believe in.

Upon Jake's requested he summoned a patronus charm. He was so glad that he wasn't underage now then he would have been in major trouble. A silver white fox appeared in front of Draco and then it walked toward Jake. He looked up at Jake, trying to see how he would react.

Jake actually felt his knees shake when it was real. There was no way, no possible way Draco could have faked this. With a shaking hand, he reached down, not even sure if he could, or should, touch it, but his mind was so absolutely blown away. This was magic. Draco was magic- his family was magic. All that weird stuff...

"All of it," Jake whispered. "It was all trying to hide what you guys are."

The fox sniffed at Jake, but his hand would have went through it. Draco nodded in answer to Jake's statement.

"I wanted to tell you everything. It was so hard hiding who I really was and why I didn't exactly fit in your world...But my family is already in enough trouble. I couldn't simply afford to just tell you."

He explained softly. His voice quivered slightly from a mixture of fear and excitement.

His knees just gave out and he slowly fell to them in front of the fox, unable to take his eyes off of it yet. It felt like a lifetime of childhood wishes coming true all at once in some weird way that left him shaking, kneeling on his apartment floor. Excitement, confusion, shock.

His family really was in trouble. Trouble with who? With what? What else didn't he know about!? Wait-

His eyes snapped up and he looked to Draco with shocked concern. "...Are- but you told me. What does that mean for you?"

"I don't know. You found out by accident. I think as long as you don't tell anyone else or act like you know about this to people that know me...we should be okay. This is all new for me. I never had friends that didn't have magical abilities."

Draco paused here to move to help Jake. He knew that Jake was overwhelmed by the whole explanation. Only this was just barely the beginning.

"The next bit I'm about to explain is going to be more difficult for me to explain. It'll explain why I'm here with my relatives."

Quietly, Draco explained about his family's beliefs and prejudices...what he had been like at school...and later the Death Eaters and about the Dark Lord. He would stop when ever Jake had questions or needed to digest the information.

Jake held up a hand, as if he was swearing. "I won't tell anyone. I haven't told anyone about all the... other stuff which might actually be this stuff." Excuse him if he was freaking out just a little bit.

But he listened. However long it took - and it took a while** - he would listen. Sleep was forgotten about, though he did gesture for Draco to follow him out to the kitchen for a pot of tea at some point. Only rarely did he ask anything, when he badly needed something cleared up or a definition. He just listened, because not only did he want, maybe need to know, but it sounded a lot like Draco needed to get it off his chest.

[**Seven books worth. :3]

Draco was appreciative of Jake's patience and how he did his best to understand...even learning about all the bad things his family was known for. He was ashamed to even explain that bit to Jake. He was almost afraid that Jake wouldn't want anything to do with him once he really learned what Draco had been like.

While the pot of tea was made, Draco hesitantly unraveled the bandages on his arm. He had refused to show Jake earlier what it was, but now that the secret was out. Even though he hated showing the Dark Mark, he wanted Jake to understand how real this was. He also wanted to show Jake what their relationship may emphasis and change.

Jake looked quietly to the scar that remained on Draco's arm, the mark this... this psychopathic terrorist left on that pale skin. He reached over after several silent moments, taking Draco's forearm, then bent over enough to gently press his lips to the scar. Accepting what the mark meant more than the physical remains of the mark.

"...you did what you did," he said quietly, looking up to Draco as he shifted back down. "You can't get away from that. But the thing you can do? Is change who you are now. Pay it back, however you can. And that's what you're doing. That's what matters, at least to me. You're changing."

A look of relief filled Draco's face as Jake accepted everything even the Dark Mark. "I now have you as a reason to change. I warm you that its not going to be easy for you. You will get a lot of negative attitudes from others for associating with me. Our family name will be forever stained. Very few will want to try and understand what we went through and why. I'm lucky that Remus came when he did."

He wrapped his arm back up as he sat down. "Just know that I will protect you as best I can from it. Maybe over time they will start to see I've changed in time."

"People who want to be angry at you can swivel on it," Jake said bluntly and perhaps a bit rudely, but he meant it with a certain fierce manner. "...I don't know what's going to happen. I'm honestly still in shock, and... it's a lot to take in. I've gotten to know you over the last couple of weeks and maybe... Maybe that's how you were, but that's not how you are now. The now is what matters. This... Death Eater thing is huge, I won't lie, but... It sounds a whole lot more like your dad than you. You got dragged into that mess and you either did it or you lost your family or your life. He was a terrorist and that was wrong, all of it. You don't deserve to be the focus of their anger as long as you're doing right."

"I'm sorry this was just dropped on you all at once. I wasn't sure how to explain and I knew you would have a lot of questions. If yoy have any more questions or concerns don't hesitate to ask."

He placed a hand on Jake's hand. "I'm still in shock of even telling you this. It feels like some kind of dream. I had hoped that you would eventually find out but never had prepared for it. Let alone this soon."

"It's... A lot to take in," Jake admitted quietly, leaning back and pouring himself and Draco a cup of tea each. He needed it. A long sip of tea before he tried to think where to start. "All this is hidden from... What did you say? Muggles?" He wasn't sp sure he liked that word. "I can't believe it's managed to be hidden all this time."

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