Draco Malfoy (lordlyheir) wrote in mudbloods,
@ 2013-06-23 02:30:00

Draco wasn't looking forward to this. He hadn't called ahead or answered any calls or texts from Merlin or given him any indication that he still knew the other boy was alive. Pansy had covered for him with his mother and he'd been sleeping on the cot in Romy's room, as planned. Except for the drunken detour to Museum Charlie's flat. But it was the day before the start of school and he needed to do this before they were thrust into college together.

He took a deep breath, knocking on Merlin's door. He'd rehearsed a big speech in his head over and over on the way here. He was going to be good about this. Calm and righteous and he wouldn't cry or yell and he'd leave Merlin feeling sorry that he'd fucked everything up. Draco had it all planned out, and then his father opened the door. They blinked at each other in surprise for a moment. Draco could feel his resolve crumbling and his speech leaving his head. "I -- I want to see Merlin."

Lucius felt awkward, looking down at his son. He had to know about him and Evan splitting by now. "Of course," he said. "I've been --" He cleared his throat. "I was just stepping out for a moment. Merlin!" Lucius looked over his shoulder as he slipped his feet into a pair of shoes. "Draco's here to see you!"

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merlinsbeard
2013-06-23 07:10 am UTC (link)

Merlin had just stepped out of the shower and had managed to put his trousers on when he heard Lucius say that Draco was there to see him. He didn't want to do this right now. Not at all. They were going to break up and it was going to be... difficult. Even if he had been seeing Lucius, it was going to be hard on him. He didn't even know if Lucius was serious about being with him.

He pulled on his shirt and stepped out of the bathroom into the living room, looking at Draco. "Hey." He looked him over. "I tried to call you. I wanted to talk to you."

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lordlyheir
2013-06-23 06:46 pm UTC (link)

Merlin wanted to talk to him? Draco had spent the past two days feeling heart-broken and betrayed and sorry for himself. Anger hadn't really hit him yet, but he could where this was going, was almost certain he knew why Merlin wanted to talk to him, and it made him furious. "No," he snapped. "You don't get to fuck my father behind my back and then be the one who breaks up with me, Merlin."

He clenched his hands into fists. Merlin wanted to leave him. Draco had spent hours and hours agonizing over this. Trying to come up with excuses to keep the two of them together. Ways to keep his relationship with Merlin -- a relationship he'd waited years for, the relationship he'd thought would be his last and longest -- from ending. And Merlin wanted to leave him for his father. Merlin didn't love him. "I saw you two at the restaurant. I saw you kissing. I've spent the past two and a half days avoiding going home, crying on Romy and Pansy, and you don't fucking get to break my heart by cheating on me with my father and then break up with me like I'm nothing! Like I have no right to dignity! I fucking love you, Merlin! You owe me this!"

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	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin felt his heart clench as he looked back at Draco. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself so that he didn't cry. He didn't have a right to cry. He was the one who was cheating on Draco. "I wasn't going to break up with you." Merlin admitted quietly. "I just.. I wanted to talk to you about what had happened. I wanted to tell you about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-06-23 07:06 pm UTC (link)

"Talk to me about it?" Draco repeated scornfully. "My father answered the door. You've obviously been enjoying his company for a while."

He shook his head. "You don't need to tell me. I saw you kissing each other. I've got a picture of you kissing on my phone. Pansy and Romy saw you kissing." Draco wanted to break things and generally make a scene, but he'd just yelled at Merlin about dignity so he was trying to restrain himself. "I'm not going to be the idiot who stays with someone who cheats on him when we've barely started dating. Not after you spent so long making me feel like I had to work harder. Like everything I did was wrong."

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merlinsbeard
2013-06-23 07:12 pm UTC (link)

"You were infuriating me. Making me unhappy all the time." Merlin frowned at Draco. "What I did was wrong, but don't pretend like me being grumpy wasn't, in part, your fault."

That made him angry. "How would you like it if the boy you were in love with had you come out to your bigot father, got you kicked out of your house and then proceeded to make you feel like complete shit about having to get a dive job? All you did was whine about how I wasn't home. About how I smelled bad when I came home from busting my arse after a twelve hour work day."

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lordlyheir
2013-06-23 07:21 pm UTC (link)

"Your father kicking you out wasn't my fault," Draco snapped. Charlie and Pansy had convinced him of that, even if he still wanted to blame himself. "You being gay has nothing to do with me. Obviously, since you're shagging my father."

He shook his head. "We fought about your job once. I did that once and I apologised for it. When you first moved in here, you didn't talk to me or answer my texts for a week because I wanted to buy you food instead of make it for you. So I learned how to fucking make something for you, to try and make you happy, and you still treated me like I was useless and selfish and like all I ever did was annoy you. I deserve to be with someone who likes me."

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merlinsbeard
2013-06-23 07:24 pm UTC (link)

"I do like you! I fucking love you." Merlin shook his head. "I don't love your father. What your father and I did was a mistake. He knows that. I know that. I just...."

Merlin felt his hands start to shake and he turned around quickly so Draco couldn't see him cry. He composed himself, taking a deep breath, then turned to look at Draco. "What can I do?" He asked. "I don't want to lose you. I'll do anything."

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lordlyheir
2013-06-23 07:30 pm UTC (link)

Draco stared at Merlin for a long moment. He wanted to come up with something for him. Some task that would fix everything. How lonely he'd felt for the past few weeks and the misery of the past couple days. Some magic cure.

"Nothing," he said, after a moment. "There's nothing you can do that could possibly make this up to me, Merlin. You had sex with my father. I can't just... forgive you for that."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin stared at Draco. He was still trying to not cry, because he knew he didn't deserve to cry. He ran a hand through his hair and bit his bottom lip, then shook his head. "Please." Merlin reached out and took Draco's hand. "I can't lose you, Draco." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-06-23 09:07 pm UTC (link)

Draco glanced down at Merlin's hand on his. He was going to have to see him at school tomorrow. They were going to spend five days a week in the same building. Draco pulled his hand free. "You should have thought about that before you cheated on me and ignored me and took me for granted."

He looked up at the other boy, shaking his head. "You have no idea. You can't possibly know how much it hurts to have the person you've loved your whole life -- the person you thought you'd spend your life with -- hurt you like this. With my father, Merlin. Not some random man you met at work. Not someone I'll never have to see again. My dad."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin stared at Draco. He didn't know what to do. He knew it wouldn't even matter. Nothing that he said or did was going to matter. And he couldn't deal with it anymore. "It doesn't matter what I say or do, Draco. You're going to keep saying the same thing over and over again and never agree to forgive me." Merlin shook his head. "So.. Just leave." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-06-23 09:35 pm UTC (link)

Draco frowned at Merlin. He didn't think he should be getting kicked out, considering, but he didn't want to stay either. He wanted to go get really drunk somewhere and cry. "I'm leaving," he said, turning on his heel and pulling open the door to the flat.

Lucius looked up when the door to Merlin's flat opened again. He'd been waiting in the hall, but now he felt like maybe he should have waited somewhere further away. He knew Merlin was going to be upset. "Draco..." He trailed off, unsure of what he should say.

Draco had never in his life punched someone before, but his father was the reason he and Merlin were over. He was responsible for all of this. Draco lashed out, punching him in the face as hard as he could and then pushing past him into the stairwell because there was no way he was waiting to get the lift after that. He fumbled his phone out of his pocket. He'd go out and he'd dance and he'd kiss other boys and get drunk and worry about having to face Merlin at school tomorrow.

Lucius had not expected Draco to punch him. He always seemed like more of a slapper. He clutched at his nose as it started to bleed, swearing and staggering into Merlin's flat. "Fuck, I should have seen that coming."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin looked at Lucius and his bleeding nose and let out a sigh. "You should have." He told him, grabbing a towel from the counter and holding it up to Lucius's face. "Don't tilt your head back. You'll choke." He told him, then pushed some of Lucius's hair from his face. "We're both single now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	luciusmal 2013-06-23 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	"It's my fault," Lucius said, letting Merlin help him with his bloody nose. He guided them both towards the couch so they could sit. "I'm sorry, Merlin. You're so young. You were happy with Draco and I took advantage of you." He brushed his fingers through Merlin's hair. "I'd kiss you, but I'm bleeding everywhere." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	"The only thing you'll have to apologise for is if you leave me after all this." Merlin told him, looking Lucius over. "I do want to be with you. I just didn't want to hurt Draco in the process." He sighed softly, running a hand through his hair. "This wasn't all you. I had a bit of a part in it as well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	luciusmal 2013-06-23 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm the older one, so I'll take all the blame," Lucius told Merlin. He pulled the towel away from his nose, touching it gently. It was tender, but it had stopped bleeding. "At least he didn't break it." He wiped at the blood on his face with the towel, then took Merlin's hand in his. "I'm not leaving," Lucius said. "Draco will cool down with time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	merlinsbeard 2013-06-23 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin looked at Lucius and then took the towel from him so he could wet it. He got up and moved to the kitchen, dampening the towel, then sat back down beside them man, wiping at his nose gently. "Does this mean you'll be with me?" Merlin asked him quietly. "Actually be with me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

luciusmal
2013-06-23 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Lucius winced a bit when Merlin started cleaning him up, but he appreciated not having to walk around like a vampire. "Yes," he said, leaning in and kissing Merlin when he was relatively sure it wouldn't taste like blood.

Lucius cupped his hand on the back of Merlin's neck, playing with the hair there as he pulled back. "If we're really been happy in our other relationships, we wouldn't have cheated with each other. I think it would be more tactful to wait before we announced our relationship to the family, but I want you. I'll take good care of you, Merlin."

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charlieboy
2013-06-23 10:28 pm UTC (link)

Merlin smiled against Lucius's lips, leaning against him a bit. "Good. I want you to take good care of me. But, i don't want you to coddle me either. Just... be a good boyfriend. And don't make fun of my job."

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Charlie was kind of surprised when he got a text from Draco informing him that he was coming over. He'd just managed to pull on a pair of trousers when there was a knock.

He walked over and opened the door, looking at Draco. "Hello..."

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lordlyheir
2013-06-23 10:33 pm UTC (link)

"I punched my father in the face," Draco informed Charlie. "After I broke up with Merlin. My father was there and Merlin said he was going to explain everything to me and then he started asking what he could do to fix things and I told him nothing so he told me to get out of his flat and I did. After I punched my dad."

He stopped, taking a breath. Draco was maybe running on adrenaline. "I think I need a drink," he said. "And to go out. You said we could go out somewhere, right? I just want to feel wanted."

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	charlieboy 2013-06-23 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"You don't have to go out to feel wanted. But, yeah. We can go out together." Charlie looked at Draco carefully, then leaned in and hugged him, pulling him close to his chest. He didn't even know if Draco would mind being hugged. He just wanted to make him feel better. After a moment, he pulled back and smiled at him. "Let me go get a shirt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-06-23 10:49 pm UTC (link)

Draco wasn't expecting the hug, but it felt nice. He closed his eyes, forcing himself to let go of the tension wound up inside his chest. Being hugged made things seem like they might be okay, even if it was by someone he had in his phone as Museum Charlie whose last name he didn't even know.

"Thank you," he said, smiling back at Charlie. "Going out isn't just about feeling wanted. I've been inside crying on or complaining to someone about Merlin. I want to go out so I feel like this is hitting me less hard than it really is."

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charlieboy
2013-06-23 10:57 pm UTC (link)

"If we're going out I may as well get more attractive. Come on." Charlie told him as he led Draco to his bedroom. He got into his cupboard and began to go through his shirts and trousers, pulling out a pair of leather ones and a button down shirt.

He pushed his jeans off and kicked them to the side. "What kind of boy you going to find tonight, then?" He asked as he pulled on his trousers and did them up, wiggling in them a bit.

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